Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Meerkat stare.jpg

Meerkat, Suricata suricatta, stare

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Original – Meerkat on sentry duty at Newquay Zoo, UK

Reason

High res image with shallow DoF emphasising the watchful stare. Eye-catching (no pun) in an article at small or large size.

Articles in which this image appears

Meerkat

FP category for this image

Suricata suricatta

Creator

Baresi franco

• Support as nominator --Baresi franco (talk) 12:36, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
• Comment — The sand or whatever on its nose is distracting. Sca (talk) 14:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose: I think the sand adds EV. The bigger issue for me is that DOF is just way too shallow. Julia\^talk 05:06, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:36, 8 March 2014 (UTC)