Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:African-scops owl (Otus senegalensis) male.jpg

File:African-scops owl (Otus senegalensis) male.jpg, not featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Strigidae (True Owls)
•  Info IMO a really well-composed and characterful portrait of this bird, that also shows a little of how its camouflage works in practice. No FPs of this species that I can find. created by Charlesjsharp - uploaded by Charlesjsharp - nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 17:32, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 17:32, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment Thanks for the nomination, though I don't see this as FP myself! The branch in the foreground is annoying. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:04, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

• Sorry Charles, maybe I should have checked with you first. I get your point but I see it as FP because I love the owl's squinting expression and also the camouflage point. Would you prefer me to withdraw or shall we see how it goes? Cmao20 (talk) 23:28, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

• I'd withdraw as I suspect it will not garner 20 positive votes by tea time. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:06, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

•  Oppose +1 -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:48, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

•  Oppose I've to agree RolfHill (talk) 11:42, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose Years ago we had a lot of pictures that demonstrated the effectiveness of animals' camouflage. The problem is that this, the very thing that makes them uncontestable VIs, also runs counter to the principles we judge images by here, where the subject should stand out. I think we had maybe one picture here where the wow came from how effective the camouflage was. This is not one of those. Daniel Case (talk) 02:15, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

 I withdraw my nomination OK, withdrawing per lack of support and the request of the creator. sorry Charles. Cmao20 (talk) 01:53, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cmao20 (talk) 01:53, 5 April 2021 (UTC)