Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Camas pocket gopher (3).JPG

Camas pocket gopher
Voting period ends on 1 Dec 2014  at 12:29:46 (UTC)
 * Reason:high resolution, high quality, photo taken by a regional rodent expert, exciting and representative pose
 * Articles in which this image appears:Camas pocket gopher, could be used in Aggression
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
 * Creator:Ian Silvernail, Institute for Applied Ecology


 * Support as nominator –  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  12:29, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Disclaimer: I uploaded this image. It is a dynamic photo, well composed, high resolution and highlights soe   This image and the associated image of mounds built by the gopher would be useful on the Gopher page as well.  Perhaps also Incisor and rodent &mdash; Gaff  ταλκ 15:18, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Poor lighting, IMO. 109.156.52.192 (talk) 14:00, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Regretful oppose I like the animal and the pose, but the light and the background just kill it. --Ebertakis (talk) 22:11, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Ebertakis. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:38, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Very good, but too much shade in the animal's face for a Featured picture. Hafspajen (talk) 03:47, 24 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Comments There are two other shots from the same series https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thomomys_bulbivorus up at commons. All suffer from lighting issues to some degree.  As far as the complaints about the background, this is an accurate depiction of the animals natural setting: dug up disturbed grassland.  &mdash; Gaff  ταλκ 04:50, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Yes, you are right, Gaff, all suffer from lighting issues to some degree. Great pity. Hafspajen (talk) 18:40, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 13:29, 1 December 2014 (UTC)