Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Christinus marmoratus (Marbled Gecko).jpg

Marbled Geckos in coitus

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Original - One male and one female Christinus marmoratus (Marbled Gecko) during coitus. The Marbled Gecko is a common species of Gecko often found in urban areas of southern Australia.

Edit 1 - Adjusted white balance and removed hairs.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Walkabout12 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Reason

Picture is of sound technical quality, rare moment of a nocturnal species captured in an urban setting.

Articles in which this image appears

Christinus marmoratus

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

User:Walkabout12

• Support as nominator --Walkabout12 (talk) 22:42, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
• Comment WB seems a bit reddish --Muhammad(talk) 15:48, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
• Muhammad may be right, but I'm going to support this fantastic gecko porn. If you feel like it, I'd appreciate trying to clone out the prominent hair, but it won't change my support. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 20:13, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose -- Too poor image quality. Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:11, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Can I ask you to elaborate on how exactly the quality of the image is too poor? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 17:05, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
    • Sure: very little in the subject is sharp and detailed; the lighting is too harsh and flat (camera flash?) -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:11, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Slightly confused at your comment... this is a nocturnal species that only feeds/mates at night, so it was a very dimly lit, medium exposure shot (no flash), and the subjects are almost entirely in focus and (IMO) of good detail... User:Walkabout12 (talk) 04:03, 12 April 2011 (AUS WST)
    • I can surely understand that conditions were difficult. But the result falls clearly short of FP standards. Please compare the level of detail/sharpness with this FP or even with this one. The Reptile gallery has plenty of other examples. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:09, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose per Alves. No flash you say? There was definitely some sort of harsh light above and to the left. Jujutacular ^talk 18:47, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:13, 14 April 2011 (UTC)