Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ethiopian wolf

Ethiopian wolf

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Jan 2023 at 10:58:16 (UTC)

Reason: High quality large image of rare endangered animal. Illustrates article well (more appropriate than Commons FP)
Articles in which this image appears: Ethiopian wolf
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:58, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I have a really hard time making up my mind about this photo. The EV is not ideal: a particular weakness (due to the lighting and the position of the animal, not the fault of the photographer) is that it doesn't really show off the distinctive red and white color pattern of the coat on the face and chest as clearly as some other images, like File:Canis_simensis.jpg, for example. But that photo is a non-starter as far as image quality goes, and the same is true of almost all of the other 120 or so photos of this species at the Commons, which are variously beset with problems like low resolution, lens blur, etc. Pretty much the only one that can compare with the nominated photo in image quality is a gorgeous shot of a reclining wolf (File:Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis citernii) 2.jpg), and when I clicked on it I found that Charles took that one too. Charles, I'm guessing that you felt that the reclining one wasn't suitable for FP because it doesn't show the whole animal? You may be right, but it's a beautiful photo, IMO much more striking than the one you nominated, and because it shows more clearly some details that are distinctive or unique to this species, like the coloration and the ears, I think one could argue that it's not inferior in EV. If you had nominated that one, I would have supported it without much hesitation (although I am aware that others may feel differently).

Yes, it is a better photo for sure, but I thought it had less EV, but welcome other opinions. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:20, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]