Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Serengeti Loewin.jpg

File:Serengeti Loewin.jpg

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•  Info created - uploaded - nominated by Ikiwaner (talk) 13:50, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ikiwaner (talk) 13:50, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Neutral grass stalks --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 14:34, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Support Simply natural --Thermos (talk) 15:25, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Support Very hard to get a lion without grass stalks. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 16:15, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Support Well, once again!--Citron (talk) 16:19, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Oppose Disturbing background, not so good crop, flash reflextion in Lions eyes. C'mon ppl, try to give them some luxflux peace. --Mile (talk) 20:50, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Oppose I accept that grass stalks must be hard to avoid, but one in front of the subject makes it hard to feature. --99of9 (talk) 04:24, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Support Nice. Grass does not bother me --Muhammad (talk) 08:26, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Neutral despite the grass stalks, it's very nice Cathy Richards (talk) 17:32, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Support and  Question Nice, it looks like a poster, but what kind of camera do you use? The fur tends to seem less sharp than it could be in your pics. --IdLoveOne (talk) 14:44, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for asking this interesting question. All camera and lens data is found in the metadata. At 400 mm focal length, 10.8 m distance and f/5.6 the depth of field is just 150 mm. Thus only the eyes and the mouth are in focus leaving the back of the head and the body unsharp. Besides the fact there was not enough light for a smaller aperture I think the limited DOF guides the viewers attention to the eyes and the mouth. Most of my other pictures are shot from a bigger distance which automatically leads to a bigger DOF. --Ikiwaner (talk) 16:34, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

•  Support -- Darius Baužys ^{→ talk} 17:56, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Oppose Not Featured-quality composition. Steven Walling 00:39, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Oppose Grass on the front. Yann (talk) 09:51, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
•  I withdraw my nomination --Ikiwaner (talk) 05:12, 26 September 2010 (UTC)