Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) yawn.jpg

File:Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) yawn.jpg, featured

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 19 Oct 2017 at 14:48:51 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Featured picture candidates/File:Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) yawn.jpg Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) yawn.jpg

• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
•  Info All by Charlesjsharp -- Charles (talk) 14:48, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charles (talk) 14:48, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:11, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support He really needs to brush his teeth. Daniel Case (talk) 02:25, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Extraordinary. -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:17, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
• Weak  Support Lighting is not optimal (a bit too harsh), but great capture nonetheless. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:15, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 07:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
• Weak  Support Light a tad too blue but it's a cool capture. --cart-Talk 08:37, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

• Yes it was a bit blue, thanks. New version uploaded. Charles (talk) 11:24, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks! --cart-Talk 17:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

•  Support we need a dentist here, urgently! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:45, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --B dash (talk) 10:31, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

•  Comment As I was only 2m away I did hold out my toothbrush, but as you can see, he was not up for it. Charles (talk) 11:19, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

• Charles i think crop isnt perfect here, too much bushes. If you cut above and some on right side you get gorillas eye straight on third position. So gorilla cover much more of the image. --Mile (talk) 14:20, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

• May be. I've indicated possible crop on the image and see what others think. Charles (talk) 16:37, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

•  Support Per teeth brushers. I would prefer the new suggested crop. --Basotxerri (talk) 07:54, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

• @Charlesjsharp and Charles: This is incredible! As I assume that this isn't a zoo shot and there wasn't thick and stable steel fence in between, how do you get so near? You shot this at 45 mm, that's pretty near. Wasn't it really scary to be there? --Basotxerri (talk) 08:00, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

• This is a member of the Titus Group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda - the original group studied by Dian Fossey You hike for a couple of hours through thick bushes with the trackers hacking a path and then you get one hour with your allocated group. You can't go if you have a cold and there are some other restrictions for women. The gorillas, habituated for many years, completely ignore you and don't even make eye contact (neither do you!). It is a magical experience in a stunningly beautiful and clean country. Amazingly, in Rwanda and in Uganda, when our hour was up and the guides said is was time for us to go, the gorilla group got up and walked off. On this hike, my wife and I were the only two tourists. Charles (talk) 08:42, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

•  Comment - I think the suggested crop would make the photo even better, so I'd support it, but I'm hardly adamant about it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:26, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

• @PetarM and Ikan Kekek: cropped image uploaded. Charles (talk) 08:42, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

•  Support better than before. One good case why to use tilted screen...dont look into gorilla. --Mile (talk) 10:43, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Pofka (talk) 15:41, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 17:00, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Your work is amazing, if you need help editing your raws you know where find me --The Photographer 01:34, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Thanks for getting rid of the blue cast; it looks much nicer now -- Thennicke (talk) 07:08, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 02:53, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--cart-Talk 22:08, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals