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File:043 Elephant family at Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg[edit]

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Elephant family at Queen Elizabeth National Park SHORT DESCR
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:50, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 07:13, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Not enough space around: bad crop left, above, and right. Yann (talk) 23:04, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Crop, and vegetation in the foreground. --Tagooty (talk) 15:46, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Tagooty --imehling (talk) 14:57, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank you for your reviews. I understand that one of the three elephants beeing half in the frame can be disturbing for some of you at first glance. However the focus is more on the baby elephant that is at the center of the frame and that is surounded by his family, the two others elephants protecting the baby from both sides like guardians. Also the mother can be seen uncropped behind the two others. As for the vegetation, two elephants are simply walking over it and are still very visible above it. The vegetation also provides a sense of depth to the picture. --Giles Laurent (talk) 11:09, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I think it's a good QI but the composition seems arbitrary for me. It's the elephant on the right being cropped that does it. I appreciate your above comments though and they nearly made me think again. But I think we have better elephant photos in the category. Cmao20 (talk) 18:14, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Perhaps a little bit late... but I was curious about what would happen if you just concentrated on the elephants' heads. I must say I was surprised at the impact it gave the image: Link. What do you think? Might it be worth another try with the cropped image, or perhaps not your cup of tea. --Cart (talk) 22:11, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for the suggestion, the result is quite interesting and I love how the little one and the mother appear. I would have probably tried it but I feel that I cannot do any crop or change in the composition for this one because this picture won the 7th prize in the national contest of Uganda in Wiki Loves Earth 2023 and the final result would be different from what the jury originally selected. I only feel legitimate to improve noise reduction or sharpening for this one as it stays true to the original picture without changing it's composition. Giles Laurent (talk) 23:00, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is totally understandable. An awarded photo should not be changed. BUT you can make a crop of the photo and upload it as a different, new file and nominate the cropped version here. It wouldn't be the first time that different versions of a great image have won different awards in competitions with different criteria, that has happened several times before. Example: A set of my jellyfish photos is featured on both Commons and en-Wikipedia, but on Commons it's the original version of one of the shots that is featured, and on en-Wiki they liked the version with a color change to the background better so that one is featured there. (The other one in the set was good enough for both sites). You can connect the two versions by using the {{Other version}} template. See how it is used on this file page. Who knows, you might end up with even more versions of this amazing capture, specifically "tailored" for the tastes on other projects. :-) --Cart (talk) 23:55, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the info, I'll probably give it a try in a year or so. Unfortunately, I don't think there's enough time for this image anymore. Giles Laurent (talk) 07:35, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
     I withdraw my nomination and will try again in a few months with a different crop. --Giles Laurent (talk) 08:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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