Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Cebras de Burchell (Equus quagga burchellii), vista aérea del delta del Okavango, Botsuana, 2018-08-01, DD 30.jpg

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File:Cebras de Burchell (Equus quagga burchellii), vista aérea del delta del Okavango, Botsuana, 2018-08-01, DD 30.jpg, featured[edit]

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Burchell's zebras (Equus quagga burchellii), Okavango Delta, Botswana
  •  Comment that info should be included to the file description (along with geotag). Aerophoto would also explain sharpness problems. And I agree with Peulle, this photo doesn't stand out among other Perissodactyla FP-s. --Ivar (talk) 06:56, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, a helicopter picture, info added Poco a poco (talk) 00:14, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • In case you never did Safari, sometimes, cars are literally queueing so that we, tourists, can have a nice close look at the animals. We get as close as 20m I'd say, which is really close. That seem to be now very common and they are used to that. That also doesn't seem to detract them (too much?) from their usual behaviors and I have witnessed big cats in hunting "session". But maybe helicopter is much louder. - Benh (talk) 12:37, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • What Benh mentions is true, but rare. I have joined about 10 safaris and have experienced that twice (for a good reason, the result of those are pretty good, see here and here for which btw I used a 600 m tele as we were far). Podzemnik, I agree, these animals did notice us and looked up, okay, that's not good. We assume that we disturbed them, but not that much that they ran away (probably because it was not an extraordinary event for them and kind of are used to it). If you were consistent I'd expect a systematic "strong oppose" of all zoo pictures in FPC which are more common that wildlife. I got used to but I'm tired about the fact that reviewers make no difference between wildlife and zoo pictures in terms of quality but this comment as a reason to decline a wildlife shot is the last thing I had expected. Poco a poco (talk) 15:27, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Poco a poco: I'm trying not to vote for ZOO shots, especially of those from a short distance where a flash was used. I watched whales once from the Canadian shores. I'd be hiking for 2 days to get to the place where the water was deep and close to the shore so I'd have a chance to see them. After I saw them, about 10 noisy boats with tourists holding telezoom cameras arrived, chasing the whales for 10 minutes until they disappeared under the water. Sorry Poco, I don't want to create any controversy here, I just don't agree with taking noisy helicopters so people can take pictures of animals which would be hard to see under normal conditions. It looks like about half of zebras are actually looking at you and even though the rest of them is not, I'm sure they noticed you. We can't say what they were thinking but if I was a zebra, I know what I'd be thinking and if I was annoyed or not. --Podzemnik (talk) 19:16, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Expecting everyone to ambush / setup trigger photo or whatever do not disturb animals in wildlife and share them for free here... sets the bar quite high. And would not help with diversity of photos here. Have you never voted for bugs macro shot (I didn't check)? Sure u never bothered or crushed any of them in your hikes? I'm pretty sure the helicopter didn't really annoy the zebras. And it's quite nice that someone provides wildlife photos here. - Benh (talk) 10:16, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:45, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals#Order_:_Perissodactyla_(Odd-toed_ungulates)
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