Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/European mole

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2016 at 17:32:58 (UTC)

Reason: high quality photograph of a notable species, and therefore high EV
Articles in which this image appears: European mole (most EV), Eulipotyphla, Mole (animal), Talpa (genus), +16 others
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Archaeodontosaurus

Support as nominator – Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:32, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose – Animal's body has a soft (blurry) border all around. ~~Most likely the result of selecting the body for various backgrounds 1 2~~ strike per photographer below. Bammesk (talk) 16:12, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm not sure I see what Bammesk is talking about, the picture looks great to me. Mattximus (talk) 22:57, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mattximus, looking at the image at full size for instance between (x,y)=(1650,2400) and (3650,1950), x,y relative to top left corner, the fur is blurry all along the border of the body (where the body meets the grey background). I think the blurriness is not associated with DOF of the lens, it is an artifact introduced in software during post processing (post processing for the purpose of isolating the body in order to introduce various backgrounds 1 2). Claw areas were isolated (in software) with more care, so there is no blurriness in claw areas. Bammesk (talk) 00:57, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose because of unappealing background and lethargic pose of the animal. Any chance of a photo in a more natural environment? --Janke | Talk 06:22, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Janke. Looks like it could be a stuffed animal. Sca (talk) 15:55, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It might be best to consult the originator @Archaeodontosaurus: before nominating an image of a mole which may or may not be alive. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:22, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Hello, I recall that animal. Died that morning in the museum gardens it was shown to me in the middle of a photo shoot of eggs. I have not taken great technical care. I placed it on a large sheet of cardboard and photos of the mole have been made. It appears on this sheet without further treatment. The clipping paths were made by someone else recently. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 16:52, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Archaeodontosaurus, what is the reason for blurry fur along the edge of the mole's body? for instance between the two points I mentioned above. Bammesk (talk) 01:07, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there are 8 pictures stacked but are missing one more to cover the whole subject. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:05, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Per Others – Jobas (talk) 09:05, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per others. I realize it's the way they are, but that poor thing looks dead. Daniel Case (talk) 01:26, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Daniel Case- That's because it is dead...--Godot13 (talk) 02:08, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Godot13: Yeah, I didn't realize that until after I voted. Sorry ... Daniel Case (talk) 03:05, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:58, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]