Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Almeja gigante (Tridacna maxima), Temple, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 33.jpg

File:Almeja gigante (Tridacna maxima), Temple, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD, DD 33.jpg, featured edit

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Info created and uploaded by Poco a poco - nominated by IamMM -- IamMM (talk) 08:15, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- IamMM (talk) 08:15, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is one I'm voting for. Sharp, beautiful and quite well-composed. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:46, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ikan Kekek and many others: I agree with your assessment, and would add that looking to the category this shot is probably the one with the overall best quality/crop/detail (and on top of a very signifcant species), but please, let me give you some feedback about all you cannot see here (behind the scene). Stingrays or lionfishes are rare. The set nom of the lionfishes deals with the first lionfish I saw in my life after about 70 dives (I saw a few more afterwards in the same area, that's true). These 2 species are from dangerous to very dangerous. If you get stung by one of these guys your vacation is over, so you shouldn't get too close (getting things focused with e.g. a 100 mm lens uderwater can be really challenging, so I usually use my 15-35 mm, which means I have to get closer) and you'll not see them often. On the other side, clams don't raally move (if you get very close, they close, but that's it) and are no risk (as long as you don't introduce your hand in the clam :) ) so, as long as you hold the camera firmly and focus properly you'll get a sharp shot. Furthermore you find giant clams everywhere in the Red Sea, indeed I'll upload a few more examples to prove that. I just aim to say here, that those things are not visible at once but do play a very important role form the photographer point of view. --Poco a poco (talk) 16:40, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Understood, but I didn't vote against the lionfish nomination, and my reason for opposing the stingray nom had nothing to do with sharpness. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:11, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know, but I think that I had a discussion with you about this topic before, that's why I brought it up. This nice image was easy to take and gets big support. Poco a poco (talk) 18:56, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Ikan. --Aristeas (talk) 10:08, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --A.Savin 13:16, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Princess Rosalina 💄 451478 13:45, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very interesting Cmao20 (talk) 14:02, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Will not say no :) Thank you, IamMM! Poco a poco (talk) 15:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Ikan. --Ivar (talk) 17:12, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Radomianin (talk) 17:30, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ermell (talk) 18:57, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:07, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Hulged (talk) 09:28, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 14:01, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 15:13, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Schnobby (talk) 16:48, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 18:04, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daniel Case (talk) 04:19, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 04:57, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 15:23, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:55, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 09:14, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 16:56, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals#Class : Bivalvia