Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Steenbok

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Original – Steenbok female in Etosha National Park

Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 10:50, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose While it is a nice image, it looks very un-natural with the animal looking directly at the camera. Makes the face look a little odd. Also the haulted posture loses a leg in the shot and makes the deer look like a tripod.--Amadscientist (talk) 00:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think this fancy and eye-catching view is quite part of its stop, listen and run - fearful behavior. J Kadavoor J e e 06:21, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. A decent picture, but I'm not sold on the oh-shit-is-that-guy-about-to-shoot-me pose. J Milburn (talk) 20:35, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't think the pose is that artificial. These animals usually make such poses every once a while when taking in their surroundings. --Muhammad(talk) 21:46, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When I said un-natural I meant that the animal has clearly been disturbed. I think J Milburn put it a little better.--Amadscientist (talk) 22:24, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes; they are very fearful. We've almost no way to approach them without making their eager (alert) attention. J Kadavoor J e e 05:37, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support a very nice image. There is nothing "unnatural" about this pose. Deer jump at practically every sound they hear and probably strike this pose hundreds of times a day. I actually like the pose here. Being able to see the full head straight on gives a nice perspective. Not every image of a deer needs to be a profile shot with its head down munching on grass. This pose makes it a very engaging image to view. This perspective almost gives you the feeling of being the lion right before chasing down your lunch. In that way, it's a very exciting image. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:39, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per the reason given by Rreagan007 above. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 17:28, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Muhammad(talk) 15:19, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Great picture! I don't get the reason behind the opposes. In fact I think these kind of pics look natural to me. BNK (talk) 02:34, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I disagree, the alert pose isn't very ideal for wildlife photography. Theres a reason why really high quality wildlife photographers spend extremely long periods of time in blinds and hiding from animals, so they can get natural photographs/videos of animals behaving naturally in their environment. — raeky t 10:36, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Raphicerus campestris female (Etosha, 2012).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:55, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]