Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Golden hour at bekol savannah.jpg

File:Golden hour at bekol savannah.jpg, featured edit

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Info View of the Bekol Savannah in Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia. In the forefront is a wild buffalo. The image was one of the finalists in Wiki Loves Earth Indonesia 2017. Created and uploaded by Candra Firmansyah, nominated by Crisco 1492 -- — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:19, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:19, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- I love this.PumpkinSky talk 02:28, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nat Geo --Tomascastelazo (talk) 06:39, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 06:45, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ermell (talk) 06:50, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:39, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Benh (talk) 08:13, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support A bit small, but nevertheless --Llez (talk) 08:33, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alexander Leisser (talk) 09:34, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --cart-Talk 09:38, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Question So ... 11mm with the D7100 ... this has been downsampled?--Peulle (talk) 10:56, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And 2500 pixels on the long side, so yes. It was not a requirement for the Wiki Loves Earth Indonesia competition for images to be uploaded in their original resolution. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:59, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Sorry but that just sort of ruins it for me; it's a fairly "easy to take" image and I'd like the resolution to be higher for it to wow and impress me.--Peulle (talk) 17:44, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Easy to take"? The description says "wild buffalo", its African cousins are listed among the Big five game, killing more hunters than the rest. I would not like to stand in front of any wild buffalo on any continent! --cart-Talk 09:41, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bubalus bubalis is apparently less aggressive than its African cousin. Needless to say, however, a one-ton beast is certainly not something I'd try to anger. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:06, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
What I meant was that this is not a photo taken from 500 yards away with a 600 mm lens, showing a cheetah at full sprint or something that may require cropping; it's a photo of a buffalo standing fairly still, taken at fairly close range. It seems to me that the only reason for the downscaling of this image was to make it appear better and sharper, which we should not do.--Peulle (talk) 15:45, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't know how wild kerbau (to use the Malay word, which I think is the same or almost the same in Indonesian) behave, but domesticated ones are very docile and slow-moving. I was wondering how we would know for sure this one was not owned by anyone, but I'm guessing that privately-owned kerbau wouldn't stray onto a national park. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:18, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wild (feral?) Bubalus bubalis are recorded at Baluran in several sources (i.e. here). I don't doubt this one is part of the population. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:50, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Peulle: Standing close to such an animal, having the sun setting just behind the mountains (I bet this has involved scouting), and incidentally giving a delicate lighting. I don't see much room left between that and a difficult shot. - Benh (talk) 19:34, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- Pofka (talk) 14:58, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support per Peulle. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:29, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 02:00, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daphne Lantier 04:56, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Albertus teolog (talk) 10:12, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Wolf im Wald 13:13, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 17:12, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daniel Case (talk) 17:17, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 05:42, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 11:26, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:57, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Might it be possible to get English description and coordinates next to the image? Kruusamägi (talk) 20:43, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- English description no problem. Coordinates would depend on Candra. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:43, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ivar (talk) 18:25, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 22 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Daphne Lantier 18:56, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural