Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gyps indicus

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2012 at 17:28:00 (UTC)

Original – Vultures in the nest (Gyps indicus), Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Edit 1

Reason: Exceptional picture of Indian vulture in the nest. Very difficult to take: this bird nests at the top of high buildings, far out of reach from humans. The species is highly endangered following use of deadly chemical by veterinary doctors.
Articles in which this image appears: Indian Vulture, Madhya Pradesh
FP category for this image: Birds
Creator: Yann

Support as nominator --Yann (talk) 17:28, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ A nice picture. There would definitely be EV if it was the lead image. It needs to be in the article for 7 days. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 19:58, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I only replaced the existing image, taken at the same place and the same moment, but which was not as good as this one. This is discribed as OK in the guidelines. Yann (talk) 13:47, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to be Neutral on the alt while I'll continue to Oppose the original nom. The alt is a decent image, which could be sharper, though the colors are much better than the original. I agree with others that EV is a bit low unless there is a section about nesting. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 17:25, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This would potentially have excellent EV to show nesting habits in a longer article. I do find the building in the background a little distracting, though. J Milburn (talk) 22:09, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Spikebrennan (talk) 15:21, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tomer T (talk) 10:08, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Nice image but I agree with J Milburn that this would have a stronger claim to EV if there was a section in the article about nesting. Pine^✉ 21:39, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm adding an edit as it seemed better contrast was possible in this image. Samsara (FA • FP) 08:49, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 Samsara (FA • FP) 08:49, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose after some thought. The image is not well used, and the background is a little distracting. The former point is the more important one. J Milburn (talk) 21:37, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The article says "The species breeds mainly on cliffs, but is known to use trees to nest in Rajasthan"; but here it is on the sunshade of an ancient temple. So I think editing the text of the article and the image caption will improve the EV. It will be nice if Samsara or somebody else remove the white building on the background in Edit 1. Jkadavoor (talk) 05:18, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:45, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]