Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Oryctolagus cuniculus Tasmania 2.jpg

European Rabbit

Original - European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), Austin's Ferry, Tasmania, Australia

Reason: Nice lighting, detailed. Previous complaint of my last rabbit attempt has been addressed (nose no longer in the grass).
Articles this image appears in: Rabbits in Australia, European Rabbit, Invasive species in Australia
Creator: Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 12:47, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Lovely image (love bunny!), but did you make the grass and the furs blurred by photoshop?--Caspian blue 14:30, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Nope. I was located fairly close to the ground. As a result the grass was almost perpendicular to the plane of focus. The lighter part of the background is actually across the river, about a kilometre away. For File:Microcarbo melanoleucos Austins Ferry 3.jpg I was higher up on the river bank, hence the background was relatively close. Noodle snacks (talk) 22:45, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thank you for the explanation. Then, support.Caspian blue 02:25, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nice photo. Probably a very close-up shot, focused specifically on the rabbit, so anything closer to or farther away from the camera would be out of focus. That kind of problem can be remedied by using a pinhole camera. But in this particular case, it works, as it keeps the focus on da bunny. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:44, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Some areas OOF, but overall good composition and quality. --Muhammad(talk) 15:15, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Whether it was accidental or on purpose, the tight focus on the rabbit makes the bunny be the center of attention in the photo. Although I might have cropped the foreground at the bottom of the photo, as it appears to also be a distraction, at least to some of those commenting here. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:23, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Admittedly Bias Strong Support I had considered nominating this image before, but decided against it because of the blur. However, since it is nominated, I'll throw in my support. Why? I love rabbits. Love them. So damn cute. (oh, and the EV is a reason too) Nezzadar [SPEAK] 16:13, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- As NS's first article link will tell you, there's nothing to love about rabbits in Australia. Damn varmints! --jjron (talk) 06:49, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - One rabbit is cute. When you've got millions of them, the novelty wears off quickly. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:55, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Haha, Jjron also lives in Australia. Well, a herd of bunnies are still much cuter than squirrels which are an invasive mammal to many countries. --Caspian blue 07:29, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - I know about the rabbit situation in Australia, and I will never forgive the terrorists that created Myxomatosis. If I ever wanted to become a terrorist, I would steal the vaccine from Spain and save the rabbits of Australia. Not kidding. It just so happens that I like rabbits more than people. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 08:12, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        Do you like this invasive species more than all the native species they're driving to extinction as well? --jjron (talk) 13:59, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        Yes. It goes: rabbits, squirrels, all other non-human creatures, humans, and humans from my high school. Misanthrope to the max! Seriously though, if there was a way to save the rabbits and Australia, I would take it. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 17:43, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Outdent. Could we keep on-topic, please. I'd hate to have to use the trout. Mostlyharmless (talk) 17:51, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good picture. Selective focus is a perfectly legitimate technique, and it's used here to good advantage. We already know what grass looks like. PhGustaf (talk) 23:52, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good focus and good pose. Slight imperfection of background: light grey against light grey in the head area and could reveal more about the habitat, however still satisfactory. Suggest addition to Invasive species in Australia article as well. The European Rabbit article should have a caption specifying that this is an "expat" individual - I cant's believe so much emphaisis is given in Wiki infoboxes on nationality, citizenship and ethnicity of humans and than we ignore these things by rabbits. Suggest next FP candidate on this topic to be illustrating the other characterisic posture of rabbits... :-) Elekhh (talk) 02:05, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LOL Nezzadar [SPEAK] 17:43, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree that this would be a particularly good addition to Invasive species article, and perhaps also a little prominent in Rabbits in Aus, the reason being that a wee rabbit on a nice bit of green turf isn't really representative of the main point of these articles, which is the damage these things do to the environment. --jjron (talk) 11:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have that on a shirt. Ha ha ha.

Support. Good quality, high EV. Perhaps just a very slight crop (50px or so) would reduce the OOF foreground while not affecting the composition? Mostlyharmless (talk) 03:13, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Per nom. - ☩Damërung ☩. -- 10:14, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom et al. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 14:00, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose due to blur along the bottom and in general the colours are all very similar. And I don't like the staring eye.--Silversmith Hewwo 07:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The eye is a feature of the rabbit, which has eyes positioned to look at its sides rather than the front. Since this is a side shot, the eye has to be like this. Nezzadar ^[SPEAK] 19:00, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The eye was the least of my problems with the image, but it would be nice to have a photo where the subject wasn't so obviously aware of the photographer. It looks rather terrified.--Silversmith Hewwo 22:09, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trust me on this, a terrified rabbit would not be posing for the camera like that, the little bugger would be gone fast. Nezzadar ^[SPEAK] 23:40, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW I have about half a dozen frames that are nearly identical. Noodle snacks (talk) 00:20, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can I see them? I love rabbits. He eh. Nezzadar ^[SPEAK] 00:59, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No point... Noodle snacks (talk) 01:19, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, compared to this bunny he looks rather...startled. :p --Silversmith Hewwo 02:21, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

[undent] Ahh, I see. Lots of identical bunnies. Ah well, if you get any other bunnies, please post them on my user talk page. As I said, I love bunnies. (Which I have been told is odd for an adult male, but hey...) Nezzadar ^[SPEAK] 02:36, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Very good image of an admittedly common subject. The short DOF works well, longer would give more grass without adding to the subject - Peripitus (Talk) 11:28, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Oryctolagus cuniculus Tasmania 2.jpg --jjron (talk) 11:28, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]