Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mussels

Mussels

**Original** - Marine blue mussel, *Mytilus edulis*, showing some of the inner anatomy. The white posterior adductor muscle is visible in the upper image, and has been cut in the lower image to allow the valves to open fully.

Reason: High EV. Some people eat these.
Articles this image appears in: Mussel, Mytilus edulis
Creator: Rainer Zenz

Support as nominator --Sasata (talk) 08:46, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Lacking EV, can you add it to the species article? Zoo Fari 17:59, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I linked it on Mytilus edulis, seemed more appropriate for the species than the previous image of a shell on the beach. Not sure the quality is there though for a FP though. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 21:51, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Can the uneven shading be fixed? At the top, the background is grey, but at the bottom, it becomes white. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 18:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. How is this lacking EV?! --Dschwen 22:22, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Not anymore but I'm a little concerned about quality. Will think about it... Zoo Fari 22:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - What do you mean not anymore? Either a picture is valuable or it isn't. --Dschwen 12:16, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - At the time, it wasn't in the species article. Now it is; now it has more EV. wadester 16 19:02, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Current usage shouldn't dictate EV, EV should be calculated on the image solely, not how it's used. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 19:11, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        EV term or not, it should have been in the species article in the first place. Zoo Fari 21:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        The "EV" featured picture criteria is "Adds value to an article and helps readers to understand an article." - how an image is used in article(s) is essential. 80.47.149.6 (talk) 16:32, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. It's noisy and blurred at full resolution. The detail and texture on the top left shell could (in particular) be a lot better. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 21:48, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lovely illustration, great EV, nicely lit, carefully laid out, sharp and properly colour balanced. I don't see any significant noise at all, and shading is exactly what you'd expect for a white b/g under this lighting. --mikaul^talk 23:32, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral: Ugh, now I remember why I don't eat mussels, :-/ Good EV, but image quality is lacking a little. Maedin\^talk 18:47, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support detailed enough to see what you need to see --Childzy ¤ Talk 15:24, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Miesmuscheln-2.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 192 FCs served} 10:45, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]