Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Virginia Opossum

Virginia Opossum

 * Reason:It's an amazing picture of a opossum
 * Articles this image appears in:Virginia Opossum
 * Creator: Cody Pope
 * Nominator: Bewareofdog


 * Support &mdash; Bewareofdog 23:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support I've had trouble viewing the fullsize version, but I can view the alternates and they are very sharp.--HereToHelp 00:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Debivort 01:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Very nice.--ragesoss 02:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support (original image) What's with the interface between the tail and body in the original? If someone can explain to me what is going on there, and convince me that there are no edits to the actual opossum in the original (finger placement, tail, ect.) I'll support.  Otherwise, I oppose. It is a very pretty picture, but I don't think featured pictures should be misleading about their subjects.  One minor thing that bothers me is how its eyes look; not having seen an opossum in the daytime, I think it might just be that opossums have funny eyes, but does anyone know? Enuja 03:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * CommentNot sure about the eyes, Enuja. He was out during the winter and he was out during the day neither of which are normal for opossums. --Cody.Pope 08:02, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support The tail is going behind a twig first and then the big branch that's all. No edits at all, only some minor color tweaking when converting from RAW to jpg (also cropping, obviously).  Also, concerning the full size version display, I tend to save my jpgs as 5-scan-progressive which means that your browser will load the image five times, which each scan getting progressively clearer (you won't notice this at all on fast connections); so you may need to wait a sec for a clearer version (the advantage being that the file sizes tends to be smaller for the same quality image, I think). --Cody.Pope 06:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support awesome possum! I've seen opossums during the day before, although it's rare (usually you just see them dead on the road or not at all) and this is a great depiction of one. The way he's sitting stock-still in a tree like that is absolutely typical. I once almost walked straight under one without seeing it until a friend pointed it out. Mak (talk)  17:02, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support and comment  (original) Like HeretoHelp, I too seem to have difficulty downloading the fullsize image, and not just because the download takes a long time. It just stops, says done, with nothing on the screen. This should be worked out before nomination. However, I think the picture is very good quality, especially in capturing an opossum in daylight. --Asiir 20:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: I had the same trouble, but I purged the page and then purged my cache and it was fine. I wonder why the problem is persisting. Perhaps a re-upload is in order? Mak (talk)  20:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Support all!!!! Tomer T
 * Comment. I can't vote on the original since it isn't loading for me. It just stops. I've tried clearing my cache, but nothing works. Anyway, I don't support alternative or alternative 2. While the face of the animal is in focuse, much of the lower half is not. It seems as if the twig in front of the animal grabbed the focus, so the animal's tail and feet are all blurry. --Mad Max 04:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Support original. --Mad Max 07:25, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Eh I'm not really sure why there are so many problems with viewing -- progressive scan is supposed to be a standard. On Sunday Monday I'll re-upload as jpeg basic.  If you're having problems, could you please leave a message on  my talk page, telling me what browser/OS you're using. Thanks. --Cody.Pope 07:22, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Update The main image has been re-uploaded as a jpeg basic. It should load fine now.  Sorry for the inconvenience. --Cody.Pope 02:13, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Great shot! FCYTravis 02:03, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support, but has anyone noticed the hot pixel in the right eye, or is that just the reflection of the sun?  howcheng  {chat} 20:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

--KFP (talk | contribs) 00:14, 23 March 2007 (UTC)