Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Okapi2.jpg
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- Reason
- This is a beautiful image that perfectly displays the markings on the back legs of the okapi, the velvety coat of the body, and the giraffe-like features of the head, all at the same time. The backdrop conveys a natural setting, and is not clearly a zoo as typically seen in images of exotic animals. I noticed it because it is used on the talk pages of all articles about mammals. The stance would not be ideal in images of other four-legged animals, but it is great for this image because you can see the markings on the back of its legs clearly while still seeing its face. This is a female okapi; the males have horns like giraffes.
- Articles this image appears in
- Okapi, Template:MaTalk
- Creator
- User:Raul654
- Support as nominator — Strangerer (Talk) 14:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose Legs cut off, rear obscured by branches, purple fringing on neck, and splotches of color all over the coat. Sorry.--HereToHelp 14:54, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose - Per HTH; the cut-off legs are a dealbreaker, in my opinion. --TotoBaggins 15:04, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose Branches distract from markings, background distracts from subject and I'm afraid the lack of hooves.Pedro | Chat
- Oppose per above; a poor image of the subject really. -- Phoenix2 (holla) 16:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose per HTH. TimV.B.{critic & speak} 23:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose per Pedro. If you're gonna photograph it, we need to have the hooves in the picture too. - Mgm|(talk) 09:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose nice picture but I think the subject is poorly cropped. --Pixelface 17:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Not promoted --KFP (talk | contribs) 11:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)