Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Badger ODFW.JPG

American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
Voting period ends on 18 Dec 2014  at 04:31:25 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality daytime photograph of a primarily nocturnal mammal. Photograph taken in natural habitat (not a zoo).  Provides a full face on view, which highlights that the eyes both face directly forward, which is important for binocular vision in carnivores
 * Articles in which this image appears:List of mammals of Oregon, English language and several foreign language Wikipedia articles on Taxidea taxus
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
 * Creator:Nick Myatt, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Obtained off Flickr and uploaded by Gaff


 * Support as nominator – &mdash; Gaff ταλκ 04:31, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Nice, but the crop is very tight – I think a little breathing room around the ears would be better. —Bruce1eetalk 04:48, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Agree with Bruce. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:10, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Also agree, the crop is just too tight. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  13:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose — Ditto. Too bad, cute critter! Sca (talk) 14:38, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment from nom If that is the only apparent concern, I can email the image creator through the ODFW website and request a wider shot. &mdash; Gaff ταλκ 15:10, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Noise is really heavy in the shadows, probably from lightening in post-processing. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:22, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 04:32, 18 December 2014 (UTC)