Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Marmot

Reason

I think it a good picture of a marmot, and well fits the criteria.

Proposed caption

A Yellow-Bellied Marmot. Yellow-Bellied Marmots live in the western United States and southwestern Canada, including the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada.

Articles this image appears in

Yellow-Bellied Marmot

Creator

inklein

• Support original as nominator Inklein 23:05, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support Weak support original Edit is a bit too contrasty for me. It's a pity so much of it is overexposed, but it illustrates the animal and its habitat well. thegreen J Are you green? 01:43, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I like the pose of the marmot. hike395 03:19, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I think the angle adds quite a nice asethetic quality which compensates for the over exposure, besides, better over-exposed than under-exposed. The background is nice, makes a change to the usual close ups. All in all quite a cute photograph, would go nicely on the front page. It would be hard to get it back into that '!pose' again.WikipedianProlific^(Talk) 11:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. How could I oppose a marmot? Anyway, could someone sharpen it a little (on the edges).--Svetovid 18:45, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Autumn must be approaching, judging from the size of size of this marmot (Back to school, damn it). I must say, it is a shame about the road in the BG, I don't mind the exposure. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 21:09, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Wow, very striking shot. The marmot is nice and sharp and somehow the super-bright sun on the rocks doesn't kill the photo. (edit, I keep forgetting to sign) Mcrawford620 22:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. All around quality shot. What a pose, what a great angle. If this wasn't an encyclopedia, I'd want some kind of anthropomorphic first-person quote by the marmot to top it off. Unschool 01:15, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support edit 1 Looks very delicious encyclopedic. Debivort 03:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Not sure sharpening was needed, but curve adjust is good. Debivort 19:54, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - nice image, but could someone adjust the levels? Looks like it could do with a bit more contrast or something. Stevage 05:46, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Attractive shot; good composition. The background is the finishing touch. -- Chris B • talk • contribs 07:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit 1 uploaded. Sharpened and curves adjustment. Have fixed up a lot of the overexposure problems mentioned and sharpened the detail on the beastie. This is about as far as I wanted to take things without starting to affect quality. --jjron 10:23, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Edit 1. An eyecatching picture with some technical concerns improved by the edit. --jjron 10:23, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Edit 1. Great, high-quality picture, not to mention the hilarious yet natural pose captured by the photographer. --Prezboy1 17:23, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Edit 1. The original is a great image, and the edit cleans it up to perfect quality. NauticaShades 22:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support edit 1 although I must say, edit 2 is my favourite. Amphy 00:56, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Edit 2 all the way Support Edit 1 Unique shot. CillaИ X♦C [dic] 03:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Edit 2 1 Ksempac 20:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support edit 1 although the sunglassas are a nice touch. Buphoff 20:41, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support edit 1 Lovely --Kryobot 18:23, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Marmot-edit1.jpg MER-C 08:36, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]