Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sea otter nursing

Sea otter nursing

 * Reason:A beautiful intimate moment, showing one of the marvels of marine mammal adaptation. Well-lit and clear, showing the detail in the fur of both animals. This picture is from the wild (not an aquarium).
 * Articles this image appears in:Sea otter
 * Creator:Mike Baird


 * Support as nominator --Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:14, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I like all 3 versions. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 07:16, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good arguments for Alt1 below. It's my favourite now. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 01:50, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Support  Illustrates the unique behavior of otters in great detail, has high resolution and focuses on the subject at hand.  –  Jerry  teps  06:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Support excellent image! If I was forced to be critical I'd point out the softness on the right hand side of the image, but given the subject matter and excellent quality nearly everywhere else, I barely think it is worth mentioning. --Leivick (talk) 08:44, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The mother's tail is cut off, and it's soft throughout and very soft everywhere but the mother's head.  Interesting a valuable shot, though.--ragesoss (talk) 03:15, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Alt 1, which is sharper and in which it is easier to tell the two animals apart.--ragesoss (talk) 17:30, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Alt 1 This one doesn't have the problem of the cut off tail. That said I'm a little disappointed with the quality of the shots given the camera/lens which was used ot capture it! --Fir0002 05:20, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose and Support Alt 1 per ragesoss and Fir0002. Makeemlighter (talk) 22:28, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Alt 1 - I didn't realize the first one even included a baby at first. Tho I wish the face of the adult was facing the camera in Alt 1. But I still support.

MER-C 05:44, 2 December 2008 (UTC)