Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mariana Fruit Bat

Mariana Fruit Bat

A Mariana Fruit Bat from the Northern Mariana Islands.

A very detailed picture of an Fruit Bat. There are currently no bat pictures as Featured Pictures, so i decided to nominate this picture as a canidate. The bat itself shows great detail, while the background is present, but blurry/defined enough to cause a distraction. I also think there is great lighting in the picture.

Add your reasons for nominating it here; say what article it appears in, and who created the image.

Nominate and support. - ZeWrestler ^Talk 12:05, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Nice, even though that is one ugly bat. Phoenix2 20:26, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
- (that comment gets a laugh out of me) --ZeWrestler ^Talk 23:55, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I like the little guy, not creepy at all. — Xiong 熊 talk * 07:36, 2005 August 18 (UTC)

Uploaded a more contrasty image but for me it still isn't quite good enough --Fir0002 12:29, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

I don't feel at this point that I can support the image (although I'm still deciding), but I do want to note that, if we were to feature the image, I prefer the original to the contrasted pic that Fir did. Fir's work is usually an improvement to photos, but in this particular case, I feel that the contrasting actually loses some detail in the shadowier portions of the photo (at least on my monitor). The bat's head, in particular, is very distinct from the tree trunk in the background in the original photo, but I feel that it is much harder to see where bat ends and tree begins in Fir's version. Jwrosenzweig 10:52, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

support. I agree the bat is pretty ugly, but it is a good pic.say1988 02:59, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
Oppose. Certainly a good picture and a good addition to articles, but not quite striking enough for FP. Coffee 04:56, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Agree with Coffee. Enochlau 06:13, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The wing sells this for me. This vote can be shouted down if the vote becomes hinging. --Kizor 14:38, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - The bat and the tree in the background are too similar in either version. --CVaneg 18:55, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I'd want to see the point where the bat is clinging on - Adrian Pingstone 13:38, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The bat doesnt stand out from the rest of the picture to me. Adrian Pingstone's point I would also like to see. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 14:23, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Definitely not striking enough.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 15:30, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Not promoted This link is Broken 21:23, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]