Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Seashell

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[edit] Seashell

Self-nomination. I think it's a pretty cool picture.

• Nominate and support. - chowells 02:41, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
• My first admittedly pedantic thought was that this animal is still alive, making the title "seashell" dubious (paired bivalve shells are rare to come by unless the mollusk is still alive, and judging on how tightly closed it still is, that's my guess). On a more useful note, however, I did a little internet investigation and tried to identify the shell. Specifically, this appears to be of the genus Acanthocardia (perhaps Acanthocardia aculeata, though I can't be sure with my amateur knowledge), but it is at least a common cockle. Compare some pictures: [1] and [2]. This information may come in handy (at least the "cockle" reference) in some of the captions. Perhaps "A seashell, specifically a live cockle, found on Crosby Beach"? CapeCodEph 04:54, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
• Oppose. I would prefer to see the entire subject in focus here. Enochlau 23:29, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. It's cool and the view is interesting, just not particularly striking. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 03:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
• Oppose. JediMaster16 07:23, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• Oppose Out of focus - Adrian Pingstone 14:26, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• Oppose. Interesting, informative, but nothing special. And a little out of focus. Neutrality^talk 13:55, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
• Support. I like the focus of it, call me eccentric.... beautiful! (If it is alive, then to me it makes sense to focus on the opening and not the entire shell behind it... at any rate, it's a very nice shot anyway.) –Uris 02:14, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Not promoted Raven4x4x 11:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)