Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lechuguilla Cave Pearlsian Gulf

Lechuguilla Cave Pearlsian Gulf

 * Reason:I'm not a troglodyte, but I understand that Lechuguilla Cave is considered to be the finest cave in the world for its collection of crystaline limestone cave formations (most particularly the 'Chandelier Ballroom', although I think this photo is the better illustration). It was only discovered 20 years ago, but access is severly resticted and essentially impossible for the general public, so I suspect we are quite lucky to have this illustration by Dave Bunnell.
 * Articles this image appears in:Lechuguilla Cave
 * Creator:Dave Bunnell
 * Nominator: Solipsist

Support A bit on the low side and oversharpened, but the lighting appeals to me --Fir0002 01:08, 1 January 2007 (UTC) (UTC) MER-C 12:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support &mdash; Solipsist 20:26, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose Bad JPEG artifacts, marginal resolution, and some film/scanning grain visible. Original photo likely does not have these problems. Would support a higher-quality scan. &mdash;Dgiest c 20:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose It looks nice but it just kind of looks flushed out.-- ¿  Why  1  9  9  1  ESP. | Sign Here 21:16, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * oppose - artifacts, low contrast blacks. Debivort 04:04, 1 January 2007
 * Weak Oppose Although I like the picture, the technical problems with it (lighting, artifacts, possible aliasing) leads me to oppose.  S h a r k f a c e  2 1 7  06:38, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Artifacts, small size.--HereToHelp 19:43, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Good topic, good lighting, good quality. Reywas92 TalkSign Here 02:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Great composition and lighting, but very poor technical aspects per above. -- Tewy  05:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose, although certainly an interesting picture, the size and quality is below featured picture standards. --RandomOrca2 21:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)