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• Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Reptiles#Family_:_Emydidae_(Pond_Turtles)
•  Info When the sun is out, turtles in this lake compete for space to bask on the various rocks and logs jutting out of the water. This rock was even more crowded than usual, with turtles regularly climbing up or sliding off. There are three kinds here: red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), yellow-bellied sliders (Trachemys scripta scripta) and a river cooter (Pseudemys concinna). See image notes for which is which. all by — Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:06, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:06, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Fun to look at and really good educational value with all the turtles identified by species and subspecies. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:12, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --StellarHalo (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --A.Savin 00:14, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Harsh light, but special picture in its kind 🐢 -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:15, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 05:29, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Question Can you compensate for the harsh light by reducing highlights in RAW? Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:56, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support per Ikan; the harsh light has been handled very well. --Aristeas (talk) 10:01, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment I've uploaded a new version to try to reduce the harshness a little more (by reducing contrast using Lightroom sliders and adding it back with the tone curve). Looking for thoughts on whether it's an improvement or whether I should restore the original (I'm not sure myself): @Ikan Kekek, StellarHalo, A.Savin, Basile Morin, Michielverbeek, Charlesjsharp, and Aristeas: . Thanks. Convenience links: original, new. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  13:44, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

• I would support this one. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:40, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
• Fine with me too. --A.Savin 14:44, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
• A modest improvement in my point of view -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:37, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

• Yeah, probably a bit better. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:40, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

•  Support Ermell (talk) 21:00, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment Good quality but a bit overexposed. --Mile (talk) 07:53, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Commonists 15:36, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

• Another sockpuppet of Livioandronico2013. - Benh (talk) 22:00, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:21, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --GRDN711 (talk) 02:24, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 06:03, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support May be the midtones are too bright. --XRay 💬 08:44, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 10:46, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Moderate support per Mile, I'm not sure I find the composition especially outstanding either, but I appreciate the care taken with all the image notes. Cmao20 (talk) 13:28, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Unfortunately our state reptile, the snapper, is not represented (but to be fair, I've only ever come across them in the wild on land, some distance from water, and almost always on Long Island well east of Brooklyn). Daniel Case (talk) 18:39, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
  • One of the only times I've seen them in the water was also when I learned something horrible: they eat baby waterfowl. I saw one stalking some goslings in Green-Wood Cemetery last year, and heard from others there that it was likely to blame for three of the goslings going missing in the preceding days. Other than that, yeah, only on land. Intimidating creatures. I presume the reason they're our state reptile is because New Yorkers are prone to snap at people (for walking too slow, driving poorly, eating the wrong kind of pizza, existing at all, etc. :) ) — Rhododendrites ^talk |  18:49, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

• Going by such standards, it says something about us living here in Lysekil since our county animal is the harbor seal. :-) --Cart (talk) 21:52, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

• Rhododendrites, as a New Yorker, I laughed at your reasoning for the choice of state reptile. :-) What is it about harbor seals, though, Cart? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:43, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

• Ikan, chubby mischievous non-conformists. :) --Cart (talk) 07:45, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

I actually thought it was out of some desire to highlight conservation efforts ... and per the article (and I would daresay my own experience) snapping turtles are actually not very aggressive animals; they will make use of their snapping capability largely only to defend themselves. I think some other states have designated the snapper one of their state animals as well.

I mean, look at some of our other state animals. Nobody would think of a bluebird as some sort of aggressive beast. Or a brook trout. Daniel Case (talk) 03:58, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

My uncle Joey got jumped by a brook trout down an alley in Alphabet City in the 80s. Couple of bluebirds flew up afterwards and stole his wallet. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  04:06, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:10, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Reptiles#Family_:_Emydidae_(Pond_Turtles)