Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis (mating).jpg

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Image:Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis (mating).jpg, featured[edit]

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  • Check the coordinates, on google maps (e.g.). Zoom in satellite mode to 50m (in Google earth you can zoom even further) and select the current picture (left panel). You see a few cars at the waterhole. That's about where we were... Lycaon 10:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

 Neutral no anonymous votes please. Lycaon 19:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Support -- Walké 20:29, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --LucaG 20:38, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- MJJR 20:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose This picture looks flat and the subjects aren't terribly sharp. I almost didn't oppose since I'm sure people will assume I'm just picking on Lyco, but the truth is I don't see a lot of wow here. --JaGa 22:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Karelj 23:02, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Vmenkov 03:22, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Bad lighting, bad camera angle. Midday light is not a flattering light to begin with. As with the camera angle, it makes the giraffes look short, as opposed to their natural height. The giraffes should have been photograhed by a low angle, highligting the contour of the animals against the plain, blue sky. They way the different backgrounds, the earth and brush and how the giraffes cut into them is displeasing. A little inteligent photograhic technique, like use of large aperture to render a shallow depth of field would have been of great help. Furthermore, giraffes mating, in my opinion, are no different than any other species, unless the image provides something extraordinary in the way of impact, surprise, anatomical characteristics, etc., therefore, I see no value on the fact that they are mating. At firt glance I thought it was mother and child. Now that I know what it is, well, then... he likes them small!!! --Tomascastelazo 15:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The angle could be better, both horizontal and vertical. /Daniel78 19:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • No it couldn't, sorry. This things happen for only seconds. In Namibia you are also not allowed to come out of your car in Etosha as to limit human disturbance, so choice of angle is very limited. These are wild animals in their natural environment so you take the opportunity you get, unlike in zoos or even at game ranches. Lycaon 20:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have, my friend.... in fact I wrote most of them. However, the value system around here centers on sharpness, wow factor, HDR, pixelmania, artifacts, etc... not circumstances. Just going along with the folkways (and you can count on me on never opposing an image for reasons other than the ones I state)... --Tomascastelazo 14:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's just because it's a new user, with nothing on either the user page or the user talk page. A welcome message has since been added. --MichaelMaggs 22:40, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I think I remember having come across this whilst browsing through other giraffe photos at en.wiki. It's encyclopedic, technically good, and good enough for FP, IMO. — RedCoat 19:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC) Voting time was over -- Benh 21:04, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
result: 14 supports, 5 opposes, 0 neutral => featured. Benh 20:57, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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