Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Elephant seal colony.jpg

Info Elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) on a beach near San Simeon, California, USA. April 21, 2007. Moulting season. Image created, uploaded and nominated by Filtv --Helen Filatova 16:32, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Helen Filatova 16:32, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - This would be more accurately described as an elephant seal harem--there's no apparent mating going on, and these seals are all female. (The males have huge noses.) Typically big males have a harem of females they tend to and impregnate, which is what I imagine is going on here. Calliopejen 17:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support they are so cute, but rectify : they are not mating, just moulting, loosing their fur in a collective mud bath. There is no sexual activity : it is not an orgy. These are only young ones. I am not completely sure but they look like being born in the year.--B.navez 17:09, 20 December 2007 (UTC) I just gave a look on the pictures of the same gallery : these are young seals born in the year, both sexes --B.navez 17:11, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment You are absolutely right. 'Moulting' much better describes the situation. Thank you for your comment! Helen Filatova 21:10, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Composition. --Karelj 18:02, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as above. I dislike the composition. Sorry. --[[Anonymous Dissident]] 21:18, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as above. --Rabensteiner 21:37, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Love it! --Tomascastelazo 04:50, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice. Slightly too high JPEG compression setting though (visible at 100%). --Lerdsuwa 15:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Wisnia6522 18:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Composition and colors look flat--Richard Bartz 19:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
clearly, I prefer colors and crop of the picture above : less light effects but more precise and giving back real natural colors and fair pack feeling--B.navez 05:17, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
surely a matter of taste ;) --Richard Bartz 11:10, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose crop feels a bit uneasy Tbc 01:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like it much --Simonizer 14:09, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose--Applebee 14:36, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Composition --Chrumps 01:22, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I can't tell if it's jpeg artefacts or oversharpening, but something's wrong when I look at this full res. BTW, I think the composition and crop are fine. Samsara 10:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

result: 6 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 10:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC) (Last two votes after voting period)[reply]

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