Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:California sea lion in La Jolla (70568).jpg

File:California sea lion in La Jolla (70568).jpg, featured

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Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family : Otariidae (Eared seals)
Info Created and uploaded by Rhododendrites - nominated by W.carter.
Support -- cart-Talk 11:09, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, the gull facing away ruins it for me. Charles (talk) 12:38, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support. The gull is definitely a negative but still this is a very majestic picture of the sea lion. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:02, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like the way the gull's pose echoes the seal's. Daniel Case (talk) 04:11, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Good moment; support per others. Sure, if the gull's head were straight, it would be even better, but in no way do I think its head being turned away kills the composition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:51, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There is a version with them facing the same way and one of them chatting, but the sea lion is not this magnificent in those. I could also add that this is down by the shore and not in a zoo. cart-Talk 10:04, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Your points are well-taken. It's not that the gull facing the viewer is the magic missing piece no matter what, it's just that in this particular picture, I think the gull looking straight ahead might make the picture even better. But this was the moment available to the photographer. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:52, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support lNeverCry 18:28, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 04:55, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I feel a little gauche supporting an image I took. And yet.. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk | 13:57, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hey "FPC newbie", if you feel strange about being proud of your own pic, you can always see it as supporting my skill in selecting and nominating nice photos. Your photography proficiency has certainly improved and I suspect this is just the first of many noms selected from your photos. Well done! --cart-Talk 14:22, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, far be it from me to question a user of such fine judgment and taste as yourself. It would practically be disrespectful for me not to support, in that case. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk | 14:28, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:18, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --The body is on the dark side, but still special to me. Famberhorst (talk) 18:16, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 20:16, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family : Otariidae (Eared seals)