Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:002 Wild Alpine Ibex Swiss Alps and Creux du Van Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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•  Info created by Giles Laurent - uploaded by Giles Laurent - nominated by Giles Laurent -- Giles Laurent (talk) 21:06, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 21:06, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose The focus is on the tail, not the head. Noisy. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:34, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

* Oppose Nice scene, but per Charles. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:31, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

•  Weak oppose Thank you for your nomination. The scene is very nice. Unfortunately, the background is noisy. - ABAL1412^{🇻🇳🇸🇺🇷🇺} (talk ☭) 16:07, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

   Support It looks better now. - ABAL1412^{🇻🇳🇸🇺🇷🇺} (talk ☭) 08:02, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

•  Info Thank you for your feedback Charlesjsharp, Ikan Kekek and ABAL1412^{🇻🇳🇸🇺🇷🇺}. I've taken your comments into account and published a new sharper version of the file with noise reduction. What do you think ? I can still make adjustments if needed. --Giles Laurent (talk) 22:48, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Comment It's better, and the overall scene is beautiful, but I'm not overwhelmed by it. The fur could be sharper. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:12, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Comment Yes, it is much better, but the motion blur on the legs is still an issue. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:01, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 08:35, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Done Thank you for the new feedback Charlesjsharp and Ikan Kekek. I sharpened the fur and reduced the motion blur. What do you think now ? --Giles Laurent (talk) 19:01, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

• sharpening artefacts now unfortunately. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:00, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

  Could you tell me where exactly please ? I don't see any and I think the picture is now good enough for FP. Giles Laurent (talk) 20:44, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

  A new version of the file was uploaded two days ago and sharpened the animal to correct the focus + removed noise. For those of you who still see the old version, open the picture then force refresh by pressing F5 on your keyboard if you are on Windows or cmd+R if you are on Mac. Giles Laurent (talk) 20:04, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

  The quality is still not ideal, but as it is a special composition I've struck out my oppose vote. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:21, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

•  Comment It's better to me. I've crossed out my opposing vote and will live with the photo before making a decision. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:20, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Info Here is a bit more context to this picture. I have been a dozen times to this place. Alpine ibex can often be seen there but there is only one old male and he is seen a lot less often. There is only a few days/weeks every year that you can have snow there as it is not very high in altitude and also because winters are becoming warmer and warmer lately. Having the possibility to witness a perfect combo of the presence of snow there + the old male walking just by the edge + at a perfect spot to have the Creux du Van in the background and also the swiss alps + with beautiful colors of a sunset is extremely rare and I felt very lucky to witness and photograph it. --Giles Laurent (talk) 23:51, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 09:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose The animal doesn't stand out enough from the background for me. I also think it's a little overprocessed, sorry. BigDom (talk) 09:02, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support I like the overall composition with the mountains and the sky with sunset colors in the background, the cliffs partially covered with snow right behind the ibex and a last beam of light on the head and the impressive horns. --AFBorchert (talk) 21:12, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Per above.--Ermell (talk) 21:18, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Now the picture is really good. --Plozessor (talk) 03:36, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
• As AFBorchert, I like the ensemble. This is not only a detailed picture of an ibex, but it shows the animal in its habitat. On the contrary, the ibex is quite dark and the photography was highly processed. In the all, I give a  Weak support. --Harlock81 (talk) 08:44, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support per AFBorchert. It’s also a very atmospheric photo, this outweighs for me any remaining minor disadvantages. --Aristeas (talk) 08:54, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 12:00, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals/Artiodactyla#Family_:_Bovidae_(Bovids)