Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Polar bear

Polar bear

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2017 at 04:53:42 (UTC)

Original – After successfully hunting a bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starts feeding on his North of Svalbard, Norway.

Reason: High quality image, very useful for both the species article and the act of predation
Articles in which this image appears: Polar bear; predation
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: AWeith

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:53, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Very valuable shot, but unfortunate that the head is not in focus. Despite the small size, it did get through Commons FP with good support. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:44, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 16:57, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support - plenty sharp enough for practical purposes IMO. I'd love more resolution but I understand that the conditions likely required significant cropping even with a 600mm lens. At this distance, I think it's amazing the photo is as sharp as it is, actually. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:24, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing? A 600mm lens on a tripod + EOS5D body is more than capable of delivering sharp images. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:28, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sure it is - I've taken a photo or two myself, believe it or not. :) It just requires special skill on the photographer's part and relatively cooperative conditions. That's a lot of atmosphere to be shooting through, even in cold and clear environments. And for what it's worth, the lens used was apparently the Tamron 150-600, which, while an excellent lens, conventional wisdom would suggest is not quite as sharp at the long end as would be a 600mm prime. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:49, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support lNeverCry 06:58, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Difficult shot, perhaps from a ship, and there doesn't seem to be any mention of using a tripod. Could be sharper, but a rare moment with this kind of detail. In my opinion... --Godot13 (talk) 20:18, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Jobas (talk) 22:59, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 21:31, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with its prey.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:21, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]