Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya).jpg

File:Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya).jpg, not featured

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•  Info created by Senthiaathavan - uploaded by Senthiaathavan - nominated by Senthiaathavan -- Senthiaathavan (talk) 15:35, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Senthiaathavan (talk) 15:35, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support I quite like this, it's not perfect but the quality is overall good and the composition is a little more creative and unusual than we often see. Cmao20 (talk) 14:04, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:12, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose The scene looks spooky. What kind of light is that? Too little cat for my taste and too much of the uninteresting tree.--Ermell (talk) 20:54, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose - I have to agree. This is not comparable in clarity to Charles' jaguar photos, for example. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:40, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support the light may be artifical - but I like the mood --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:56, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support The mystic light feels new for our wildlife photos. --Cart (talk) 09:01, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Mystic? Just a searchlight and we try to avoid this type of image! And not sharp enough Charles (talk) 10:02, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

• I don't care about the source of the light, only the effect it creates. Just like with so many other gadgets and tricks used by photographers to get a good photo. ;-) Btw, who are the "we" that tries to avoid this type of images? Is there an assembly of wildlife photographers dictating how animals should be depicted on FPC or are you using the pluralis maiestatis about yourself? --Cart (talk) 11:29, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

• Charles, you take a lot of photos with a flash, and some voters here have objected to that. Lay out the practical difference to the animal between that and this. I ask sincerely, simply because I don't know. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:19, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

• Yes, I was using the Royal We, apologies. Typically this light pattern comes from the safari vehicle guide's seach light/spotlight, not the photographer's. It's a low-temperature light that results in a browny-ornage tone. It can be used for special effects, but wildlife photographers prefer off-camera flash. With well-executued flash, you get nice colours. Sometimes there isn't time for that (or the subject is too far away) and, as you say, images taken with direct flash can seem harsh. But if it's direct flash or nothing, I'll go with direct flash. The generally accepted 'animal-concern' advice is to avoid flashing diurnal mammals. And for noctuurnal mammals, make sure the main flash is off-camera. For reptiles, amphibians and arthropods, there is not thought to be any danger to the animal. Any light of course, may reveal prey to a predator. I've never ever seen a predator attack when there's a light shining on a prey-anaimal, but I guess it can happen. Charles (talk) 22:38, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

•  Support.--Vulphere 18:16, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too dark or / and too small subject -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:44, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose The leopard is too insignificant for me to support it--Boothsift 01:21, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Per Cart --Llez (talk) 08:51, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support A wild animal in its environment, and I like the tree. --Yann (talk) 17:46, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support One of those I didn't think I'd support at first. But, per Cart, I came around when I saw it at full size. Just arty enough. Daniel Case (talk) 20:38, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry for me too much tree, and the light is not great per Charles. -- Colin (talk) 16:52, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 9 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 21:25, 8 July 2019 (UTC)