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File:Elephas maximus maximus - 01.jpg, featured

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Info Wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus maximus) in Minneriya National Park, Sri Lanka. The elephant calf is suckling. I have checked other elephants FP and I thought I have a chance, because of the evening light and moment and because there are no Asian elephants FP. Created, uploaded and nominated by -- Kadellar (talk) 12:55, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Kadellar (talk) 12:55, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 20:09, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lovely light and good detail level. I think you have a chance! --Slaunger (talk) 20:45, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Kikos (talk) 06:22, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Agree... I think you have a chance... not that many Asian Elephant images around --Arturo de Frias Marques (talk) 09:15, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --A.Savin 09:02, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support and seven --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:47, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cute family. A bit different from our Indian ssp. Hope you know they have very high privileges in Kerala. Jee 12:02, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I could see how important they are in Perahera in Kandy ;) --Kadellar (talk) 11:31, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ivar (talk) 13:33, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Jiel (talk) 18:47, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --XRay ^talk 19:41, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Alex Florstein (talk) 07:26, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I don't understand why the herons and the tail of the baby came out so blurred. They are almost in line with the main subject and the shutter speed is 1/800. Gidip (talk) 16:24, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Neither I can't figure out why that happened. I took more pictures of the scene and they have this same issue. Thanks for the review. --Kadellar (talk) 11:31, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - In photos with long lenses and in such weather, I often have problems with a lot of heat haze. I could imagine that this is stronger the closer the subject is to the ground. I'm not sure about this, but that's the most probable cause in my opinion. — Julian H.^✈(talk/files) 12:30, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Julian H.^✈(talk/files) 17:54, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Bruce1ee^talk 05:10, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thank you all very much for your kind reviews, I wasn't expecting so many supports and I'm happy about it. --Kadellar (talk) 11:31, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support And another. Perhaps it might have been a little better at ISO 100, but as it is we get the detail we need. Daniel Case (talk) 04:50, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /J e e 13:09, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals