Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Etosha elefant.jpg

Bull elephant in Namibia edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Aug 2010 at 17:03:02 (UTC)

Original - Adult bull of Loxodonta africana walking across the south rim of Etosha pan, a Communal Wildlife Conservancy in Namibia

Reason: sharp, high-res,among wiki(m/p)edias best, non-zoo picture
Articles in which this image appears: African Bush Elephant – African Elephant – Elephant – Etosha pan – Communal_Wildlife_Conservancies_in_Namibia
FP category for this image: Mammals
Creator: Ikiwaner

Support as nominator --Ikiwaner (talk) 17:03, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I love the composition, and the quality is nice, but I'm not really seeing what it's adding to the articles. You list its highest EV as in African Bush Elephant, but what purpose does it serve there? It strikes me as "just another shot" of the species, and not the most encyclopedic. J Milburn (talk) 17:48, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment If that is the elephant in its natural habitat, which it appears to be, and the majority of other pictures don't seem to be, then I can see it's EV fine and I could support this then. If however this isn't it's natural habitat then I'm unsure. JFitch (talk) 19:48, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Etosha pan is not a zoo. This is a natural habitat. --Ikiwaner (talk) 11:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose For precisely the comments of J Milburn. Greg L (talk) 20:05, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Much better composition than the current taxobox image. I suggest swapping the images and making this the lead --Muhammad(talk) 10:08, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- That's an editorial issue. Once it is the lead, then we can rejudge the issue, but saying "it would have EV if it was used in a way that it isn't" doesn't hold much water. J Milburn (talk) 11:04, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The elephant's too left. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:02, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like seeing the animals in motion. Now, we just need a tiger charging so someone can put it on my user page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per Milburn. Also, why capture the open space to the right? Is the bull charging you? Gut Monk (talk) 01:26, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 17:19, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]