Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Elephas maximus

Indian elephant in musth
Voting period ends on 9 Mar 2013 at 23:27:14 (UTC)
 * Reason:Mature bull with beautifully shaped tusks in musth (leaking fluids in temporal glands) in typical deciduous forest habitat. With its ears open, the elephant is sniffing the air to check for the scent of the photographer (typical elephant behavior).
 * Articles in which this image appears:Elephant; Elephantidae; Asian elephant; Indian elephant; Wildlife of India; Fauna of India; Bandipur National Park; Jharkhand
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
 * Creator:Yathin sk


 * Support as nominator --~y (talk) 23:27, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - Great picture. Probable downside is that the legs are crowded by the plants.BNK (talk) 06:00, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose Nice shot and the eye is frightening, but I can't get past the busy background (trees coming out of his head) and the foliage in the foreground covering up his legs. With the tree on the left and a strange crop, it feels off-balance too. – Kerαu noςco pia ◁ gala xies 23:08, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Is it just me, or has the elephant's back right leg been photoshopped? –Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 23:48, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. An unfortunate stalk of something following the outer edge of the leg, sudden change in coloration, and baggy skin in weird places, but I think it's all normal. Also, the plants in the background go from dark to light just underneath the elephant, also making the leg look weird. – Kerαu noςco pia ◁ gala xies 00:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment Good behavioral shot with great details (See the eye details compared to our other FP); but the composition is not convincing me. The file size is small for such a big subject and the crop seems unbalanced. You may think about a more generous crop with more space on right. I've no problem with the busy background; it is it's natural habitat. (I think the "white thing" on its back leg is a plant stem.) J Kadavoor J e e 06:16, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * There is an uncropped version attached to the square. I prefer the square crops in wikipedia articles as it looks better in the thumbnails. :) -- ~y (talk) 07:58, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow, I missed that. Support then; prefer that alt. J Kadavoor J e e 08:48, 4 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I added the image Jkadavoor refers to as an alt. Note: image needs a caption. Chick Bowen 19:38, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks; hope the caption from file description is suitable. J Kadavoor J e e 05:51, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Support alt per above. --Muhammad (talk) 15:52, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support alt as per above. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 17:31, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support both the original and the alt versions, although I prefer the alt. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 10:24, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 06:22, 10 March 2013 (UTC)