Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Varanus gouldii

Varanus gouldii

 * Reason:Best image I can see of Varanus gouldii (Gould's sand monitor). Some CA around the bright leaves doesn't really distract from the image. Shows the whole reptile (excluding a small bit of tail) with some objects for scale - all in it's natural environment.
 * Articles this image appears in:Sand goanna
 * Creator:Peripitus


 * Support as nominator --Peripitus (Talk) 05:02, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support, per nom, tending to 'weak' due to the clipped tail, but then would probably support if the beast was facing forwards and you couldn't see the full tail. Unless there's something very unusual at the very tip I think it's sufficient. BTW, I can't tell for sure but the nose looks slightly blurry - I don't think it's DOF because it's blurrier than the rocks behind; perhaps a slight motion blur, perhaps a smudge on the the lens? Just wondering... --jjron (talk) 14:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

- no quorum. --jjron (talk) 14:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)