Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sea otter nursing

Sea otter nursing

Original - A sea otter nurses her pup from nipples on her abdomen. Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters rest floating on their backs and carry their young on their bellies. The fur of young pups is fluffy and highly buoyant, whereas in adults it is sleeker and extremely dense.

Edit 1 by Fir0002. Sharpness and minor levels tweaks

Alt 1 Tail is not cropped

Reason

A beautiful intimate moment, showing one of the marvels of marine mammal adaptation. Well-lit and clear, showing the detail in the fur of both animals. This picture is from the wild (not an aquarium).

Articles this image appears in

Sea otter

Creator

Mike Baird

• Support as nominator --Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:14, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
  • I like all 3 versions. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 07:16, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Good arguments for Alt1 below. It's my favourite now. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 01:50, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
• Support   Illustrates the unique behavior of otters in great detail, has high resolution and focuses on the subject at hand. – Jerry^teps 06:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support excellent image! If I was forced to be critical I'd point out the softness on the right hand side of the image, but given the subject matter and excellent quality nearly everywhere else, I barely think it is worth mentioning. --Leivick (talk) 08:44, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose. The mother's tail is cut off, and it's soft throughout and very soft everywhere but the mother's head. Interesting a valuable shot, though.--ragesoss (talk) 03:15, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Support Alt 1, which is sharper and in which it is easier to tell the two animals apart.--ragesoss (talk) 17:30, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1 This one doesn't have the problem of the cut off tail. That said I'm a little disappointed with the quality of the shots given the camera/lens which was used ot capture it! --Fir0002 05:20, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose and Support Alt 1 per ragesoss and Fir0002. Makeemlighter (talk) 22:28, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1 - I didn't realize the first one even included a baby at first. Tho I wish the face of the adult was facing the camera in Alt 1. But I still support.

Promoted Image:Sea otter nursing02.jpg MER-C 05:44, 2 December 2008 (UTC)