Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:068 Mountain gorilla close-up at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Featured picture candidates/File:068 Mountain gorilla close-up at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:068 Mountain gorilla close-up at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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•  Info created by Giles Laurent - uploaded by Giles Laurent - nominated by Giles Laurent -- Giles Laurent (talk) 22:18, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 22:18, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Oppose I'm sorry to oppose another gorilla FPC. But this shot cannot compare, in my opinion, to shots like this. The over-exposed areas are the main problem. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you for your review. I just uploaded a new file with highlights edited. In my opinion, this image is more interesting than the one you linked because : 1) the sun is illuminating the mountain gorilla eyes, showing all the beauty of their color in the sun; 2) The eyes of the mountain gorilla image you linked have barely no details distinguishable; 3) I've seen almost no other image on the internet showing how the mountain gorilla eyes are when illuminated by direct sun light. Giles Laurent (talk) 11:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

  Gorilla eyes and more gorilla eyes Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:28, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

  None of your linked gorillas are illuminated by sunlight. Both of your linked gorillas are looking on the far left or far right. First link only show eyes and not the face. Giles Laurent (talk) 15:52, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

   Comment FPC is a wonderful place where you can learn so much. Ordinary mortals (like yours truly) would be scrupulous about always citing examples of other photographers in such matters, but certainly not their own insignificant works, to avoid any impression of vanity. But great men are free from such false considerations, and I can only admire Charles’ generosity in liberally presenting us with outstanding examples of his own artistry in his gracious comments. We can all learn a lot from these grandiose gestures. – Aristeas (talk) 08:57, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

  I bow before a great man and ordinary mortal. Although I always thought great men wouldn't need to use sarcasm. FPC is a competition and I'm sorry if the existing FPs I referenced are my own. On another current FP nomination I reference a better image that is not my own. You have also possibly not noticed that when I opposed this nomination it was horribly overexposed; there was also a distracting twig. I am now neutral about it. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:00, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

  Question ... when you say FPC is a competition, are you being sarcastic? Kritzolina (talk) 10:34, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

  Indeed... Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

  ... which makes me wonder ... but no, I will not continue. Kritzolina (talk) 17:36, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

  Please let's maintain the respect and dignity in our comments, set aside sarcasm and ego, and keep the peace in this place. I find it disrespectful what some are doing to Charles. In your obsessive search for photographic prestige, you're trying to discredit him by continuously insulting him. However, beneath it all lies a hidden admiration, a concealed love for Charles, an envy of his photographic ability that you will likely never match. Wilfredor (talk) 12:14, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:24, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support A characterful portrait. Cmao20 (talk) 18:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support per Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 18:29, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support the light makes this a good portrait. I'd recommend cloning out that little twig in the top-right, though -- it's bright enough to be distracting. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you! Done, new file uploaded -- Giles Laurent (talk) 21:09, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

•  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:57, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support A characterful, expressive image. -- Radomianin (talk) 12:45, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support I would still put white/highlight down. --Mile (talk) 16:10, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support The light makes this special, indeed. Thank you for capturing this, Giles Laurent! --Kritzolina (talk) 18:54, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 21:23, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Giles… ★ 00:20, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 12:40, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 14:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support – Terragio67 (talk) 20:22, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Charlesjsharp, The image is a pretty good portrait but the reflection in the completely white eyes and the overexposure is not an interesting light, it is a light that suppresses the details, in my humble opinion --Wilfredor (talk) 02:23, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you for your review. I am not sure you are viewing the latest version of the image (sometimes if you open the image at full size, and later the image is updated and that you open it again after the update, you won't see the new latest version because the old one keeps in the cache of your browser). If you open the image at full size and press cmd+R on Mac or Ctrl+F5 on windows you can force your browser to update the cached version. Could you please try that? Because an updated version was uploaded a few days ago and the highlights were recovered. According to lightroom there is no overexposure area. The fact that there is a small white circle in the eye is completely normal as it is the reflection of the sun. This is completely unavoidable for any eye photographed in the sun. Giles Laurent (talk) 10:31, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, I saw after updating the cache, I think the contract is very strong. Thank you for taking this comment constructively. The photo is still wonderful and apparently it will be highlighted, this was just my humble opinion Wilfredor (talk) 12:15, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

•  Support The eyes. Wolverine XI 06:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support The crop is tight at the bottom and at the top, however the overall impression is striking enough with the animal looking at viewer. Good capture -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:07, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 18 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /SHB2000 (talk) 06:06, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals#Family : Hominidae (Great_Apes)