Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nile monitor

Nile monitor
Voting period ends on 12 Jul 2020  at 15:27:50 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Nile monitor
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
 * Creator:Charlesjsharp


 * Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:27, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose – sorry but a full body photo, like the one in the infobox, has more EV. Bammesk (talk) 01:40, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I somewhat agree this is poorly used. There's a description of its facial anatomy later in the article. With a suitable caption (and possibly labels) EV would be drastically increased.Your photography is clearlg better than the lead image, but the angle of the head is similar to the lead image, which also has the rest of the body, so it's a little redundant where it is now, and there's no caption to explain it where it is now.
 * This isn't a simple case like male/female/juvenile or multiple morphs where the EV needs a mere word under it. A zoom in on one feature needs to be next to discussion of that feature. Since there are some discussions of head anatomy, if they're expanded slightly, grouped together, and this image is put next to them, suitably captioned, it's an easy FP, especially if labelled. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.2% of all FPs 19:05, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree with Adam's comments above. I think a head shot (of an animal) needs either sufficient EV (as elaborated by Adam) or significant wow factor. In the article, I see brief mentions of jaw, teeth (not depicted), and the nostril placement. Not sufficient enough IMO to favor it over a full body shot. My vote could be different if I saw significant wow factor, but wow factor is a subjective thing and I don't see enough of it, sorry, (the angled composition and foreground shadow don't work for me, sorry). With all of that said, this is still an excellent photo and we are lucky to have it in en-WP. Bammesk (talk) 19:03, 4 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:20, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 22:56, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:56, 4 July 2020 (UTC)