Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) at Magdalen fjord, Svalbard (1).jpg

File:Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) at Magdalen fjord, Svalbard (1).jpg, featured

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Featured picture candidates/File:Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) at Magdalen fjord, Svalbard (1).jpg Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) at Magdalen fjord, Svalbard (1).jpg

• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family_:_Phocidae_.28Earless_seals.29
•  Info created by AWeith - uploaded by AWeith - nominated by AWeith -- AWeith (talk) 21:42, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support I know the filesize is somewhat small; however this guy was nosy yet very, very shy and would not come any closer. Therefore, I had to crop the image rather extensively. Nature photographers designate the view of the white in a seal's eye the best they can ever achieve. I guess spotting yourself on your RIB in its eye is not much worse ... -- AWeith (talk) 21:42, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support INeverCry 22:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:21, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Oppose light flares, dust spots and noise, fixable of course.  Support Excellent clean job, It's ok for me, maybe now you will need ping everybody that already voted --The Photographer 14:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

• Since AWeith is rather new to Commons he may not know how the 'ping' is done, so hereby I 'ping' those who voted before the cleanup to let them know what has been done: @INeverCry: & @King of Hearts: . cart-Talk 16:31, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

• I think that what you are referring to as "dust spots" might be out of focus water drops from general splatter or from the the seal exhaling near the surface. But if you see something that needs fixing, please make notes of it on the file page and let AWeith fix those minor flaws himself if he likes to, instead of doing your usual own fixing. cart-Talk 09:05, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your recommendation, I have added the notes. --The Photographer 11:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you for your time to indicate the critical spots! I am entirely with W.carter on the origin of them; however I agree they are disturbing. I have, therefore, just uploaded a new version with removed spots and reduced noise. I'd appreciate your second look. --AWeith (talk) 12:51, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

•  Support Mostly for the sheer artistic quality of the photo. --cart-Talk 09:05, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Jee 14:08, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Comment - I'm tempted to vote for this photo on the same basis as W.carter, but was the seal really that blue? Other QIs of harbor seals seem to show them as white and gray. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:31, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

• The seal is wet and therefore he's reflecting the sky the same way the water does, so he takes on the color of the water. Our grey seals here in my town looks the same when wet. (Yes, we have seals and "seal safaris" here.) --cart-Talk 16:35, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
• Exactly that is the case. The other seals of this herd not swimming (e.g. resting on the flat rocks) are rather beige in their fur color (see also my QI pic with the "dry seal" and the wet one tempting to climb onto the same rock as the dry one). On top, it was the blue hour in the shadow of Losvikfjella, which is 1083 meters high.--AWeith (talk) 16:46, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

•  Support - Thanks for the explanations. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:05, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

•  Support -- Colin (talk) 19:18, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Karelj (talk) 20:56, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 22:12, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support - absolutely! I know full well how difficult it is to shoot seals, otters and the like when they're in water. This one made me smile! Good job, AWeith. Atsme 📞 22:30, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Per cart's !vote, I like the way it almost looks like it was shot in monochrome. Daniel Case (talk) 05:56, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support. Very nice. —Bruce1ee^talk 06:03, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) 06:07, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 13:02, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Kruusamägi (talk) 20:23, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Great capture! and the reflection is superb! --SuperJew (talk) 13:16, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Albertus teolog (talk) 19:04, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /INeverCry 06:28, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family_:_Phocidae_.28Earless_seals.29