Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with its prey.jpg

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Polar bear feeding on a bearded seal
  •  Comment - I just want to say, on a lot of photos, your standards are a lot more exacting than mine, and I'm glad you're here. This is FPC, so it's important for there to be some very tough critics to help serve as gatekeepers and maintain the focus on what's truly, strikingly outstanding. To use an American expression, stick to your guns! (In other words, keep on standing for your principles.) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:53, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I appreciate the valued comment of Kreuzschnabel. When comparing the FP bear with the black tongue with my happy feeding bear the differences become obvious: whilst the candidate bear shows a clearly natural behavior in his (indeed it is a "he" owing to his massive head) natural habitat, the FP bear (who obviously is a female) shows clear signs of fear (tongue stuck out) which she would normally not display if there were no aliens (i.e. the photographer in his/her boat). When approaching arctic wildlife we always stick to the AECO (Association of Arctic Cruise Operators) rules and stay at a respectful distance unless the animal is nosy enough to come close by itself. The FP bear with its tongue obviously was very close to the observing vessel (for whatever reason) and could thus be photographed at much higher resolution. However, you will never experience a polar bear over its meal at a closer distance as it will designate you a food competitor and thus will either disappear with its prey or attack. Both would not be natural in case the food competitor is a photographer (and the latter may become dangerous prohibiting you forever from showing your polar bear fotos). I think both fotos are valuable as FPs, that's why I proposed mine. I'll be happy to remove CAs if there are any; however I guess its more prismatic glare in the snow that can't be removed. If you could indicate the area on the photo with the CA I'll be glad to try my best. --AWeith (talk) 11:07, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Kreuzschnabel, very pity.--Alchemist-hp (talk) 07:08, 19 September 2016 (UTC) now  Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 05:51, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Bloody hell! (to use another American colorful expression in regards to the pic) If we are looking for polar bears posing or doing special things, I'd say this is rather typical polar bear behavior and not something you are likely to get a picture of in a zoo. Pending the removal of the CA in the snow I'm inclined to support this despite its size. cart-Talk 08:02, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment "Bloody [whatever]" is really more a British than an American expression. We tend to be more apt to use the f-word as an emphatic adjective. :-) Anyway, I definitely agree with you that this is a good enough and valuable enough picture to feature (minus the chromatic aberration, except that I'm not expert in seeing non-glaring chromatic aberration); however, I'm still glad Kreuz is here to be a stickler for his high standards. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:27, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I feel like being beemed back to the era when I had a British boss who always blamed me for having a Portsmouth accent (I am German) despite still not being able to use english curses correctly... Well, this is just to tell you all that I removed the CA using LR5. I apologize for the slightly bigger size - I previously cropped another format using the RAW file; now the image ist approx. 80-100 pixels bigger either side. Hope you don't mind.--AWeith (talk) 12:51, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looks ok to me and here we like things big. Still, for future references, try have your picture up to snuff and ready when you nominate it here. A good idea is to first nominate it for Quality Image, that way you'll get it checked by other editors in advance. - I hear you on the accent issue , when I (Swedish) open my mouth I have been taken for a Bostonian, Irish or even Singaporean... --cart-Talk 13:29, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
a British guy though I was American, French people assumed I was Spanish and Germans belived I came from Hungary, a German Swiss though I was a French Swiss, some Israelians asked if I were some second generation sepharditic immigrants living in Israel... so far only Flemish Belgian got right, when I speak French, that I am Italian. Damned Belgians, I almost fooled everyone!--Alexmar983 (talk) 05:59, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /INeverCry 09:44, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals/Carnivora
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