Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wild Boar

Wild Boar

Reason: Excellent picture of the species in a natural (non-zoo) habitat. Illustrates subject in an informative way and the picture is well done technically.
Articles this image appears in: Boar
Creator: MakroFreak [1]

Support as nominator pschemp | talk 02:49, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The composition, focus, and depth of field look excellent. I particularly like the glop of mud on top of the boar's snout. This critter looks happy as a pig in (cough, ahem). Yet the foreground appears to be heavily artifacted and there's an unexplained horizontal smear at lower right. Durova^Charge! 03:51, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Could be a camera smear...hard to say. I've asked the photographer. In the mean time, I've added another crop that addresses it by removing it. Seems a pity to destroy the composition though. pschemp | talk 04:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I took a stab at it. Is this a happy medium? Durova^Charge! 06:43, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Yes, I like Edit 4. pschemp | talk 16:10, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Support might as well weigh in too. :) Durova^Charge! 03:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ Support Cropped the crop is a bit wide, giving too much out of focus space at full res. Plus, it doesn't really add much to the article it's in; the picture at the top of the page is of the same quality and more encyclopedic composition. I like the composition much better with this crop. Thanks!Clegs (talk) 04:02, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I respectfully disagree, the other picture (right) seems much less interesting - especially composition-wise - However perhaps the crop suits you better? pschemp | talk 04:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 4 or Alternative— High quality, natural environment. It captures contact with the water without blur; the alternative also displays the boar's profile perfectly. Nice.-DMCer ™ 07:13, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 4 An amazing, highly encyclopedic photograph that is technically brilliant. --Shark face 217 02:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 4 - meets all the criteria.--Svetovid (talk) 10:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 4 What a delightful picture! I'm perpetually astonished at the pictures we get of wild animals. Calliopejen1 (talk) 05:54, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Wild Boar Habbitat 3.jpg MER-C 05:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]