Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Kissing Prairie Dogs

Kissing Prairie Dogs

Reason: The cute, high quality picture adds value to the articles it appears in by showing an interesting behavior that looks like kissing.
Proposed caption: "Kissing" Black-tailed Prairie Dogs.As a matter of fact they just gently touch each other teeth, which is their way of greeting.
Articles this image appears in: Black-Tailed Prairie_Dog,Prairie Dog
Creator: Mila

Support Self Nom Mbz1 18:40, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The background is a little distracting, since it's right behind the critters' heads. Very cute image, though. Spikebrennan 20:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Question - is the color in this image right? According to the article, they should be tan, not reddish. Can you either confirm or adjust the color? Zakolantern 21:07, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I like it, very cute! Technically, it could use a levels adjustment (looks a little underexposed) and additional sharpening. I can take a shot at it if you'd like. The background's a bit noisy too, and there's a little red "hot spot" under the right "arm" of the prairie dog on the left, but the levels and sharpness are the main things for me. Alt#1 looks better. Looking at the articles, Alt#1 looks like a great fit for Prairie dog, but seems out of context and crowded in Black-tailed Prairie Dog, though maybe that's a discussion for its talk page. Also, links to other Wikipedia pages can and should be direct wiki links, not URL's, such as: Prairie dog --Peter 22:50, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose because of composition. The other prairie dog and the wood (?) in the background are very distracting. On the caption; it looks to me like the mouths of both prairie dogs are closed, which I believe would make it impossible for them to touch teeth. Might I suggest: "Prairie dogs at (insert zoo where you took this picture) greeting each other." Enuja 23:50, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alternative #1. Great picture, despite the presence of an onlooker playing with a laser pointer while this shot was taken. Unschool 03:26, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Noisy/lacking in sharpness. Basically it's only claim to fame is "cute factor" which (should) carry no weight in FPC. Dare I say it has no value in the article... As Enuja mentioned, you have a hot spot on your sensor - should be easy enough to clone it out. --Fir0002 06:09, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Thanks for stopping by (as always in the very last moment, where there's no time to respond). I guess you dare to say whatever you wish. It only shows one more time who is the judge. Do you downsample all your images to prevent us from seeing they are not sharp?--Mbz1 22:51, 16 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 10:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]