Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Lince ibérico (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, España, 2021-12-19, DD 07.jpg

File:Lince ibérico (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, España, 2021-12-19, DD 07.jpg, featured edit

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Info Wild female Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain. The Iberian lynx is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. In the 20th century, the Iberian lynx population had declined because of overhunting, poaching, fragmentation of suitable habitats, and the population decline of its main prey species, the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), caused by myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Note: we have no FP of this species. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 18:46, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 18:46, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Posture is good, however the face is less focused than the chest, and seems poorly done background (possible overproccessed) for me. --A.Savin 19:11, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Neutral after some improvements. --A.Savin 23:32, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Neutral~~ Generally good image quality and great expression and posture but I do agree the background looks really weird especially at thumbnail size. Cmao20 (talk) 19:43, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cmao20: I've denoised the background Poco a poco (talk) 20:55, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Very good now Cmao20 (talk) 11:39, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question Is this just one photo or a combination of two photos? I find the twisting of the spine due to the position of the legs unnatural. --Wilfredor (talk) 20:08, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a single shot, otherwise I would document that it is a composite or the result of focus stacking (even in the title). Poco a poco (talk) 20:10, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support This animal is almost impossible to photograph in the wild. --Wilfredor (talk) 20:18, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, this species has been on the brink of extinction and I can tell you that I waited for 6 hours in a hide until it showed up... Poco a poco (talk) 20:55, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This is such a shame for such a rare animal and great capture. Unfortunately, the focus missed the head and processing has produced halos around the ears. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:08, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Charlesjsharp: I've reduced the halos, looks better now Poco a poco (talk) 17:24, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded a selective sharpening version, however, I rollbacked myself because it need author approval --Wilfredor (talk) 21:07, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I took over your version, Wilfredor, it looks better, especially the left eye, thank you! Poco a poco (talk) 21:17, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Юрий Д.К 09:01, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per Wilfredor. Great composition, background is not distracting, the whole animal is visible. Yann (talk) 10:22, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ per Charles. -- Ivar (talk) 13:15, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you check again, please, Ivar and A.Savin? there have been some improvements. Poco a poco (talk) 21:18, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Notes added. -- Ivar (talk) 07:41, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Ivar, for taking your time, I uploaded a new version --Poco a poco (talk) 08:12, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral for now. It's better, but there still are light halos arond the legs and uneven sharpening on the body. -- Ivar (talk) 19:36, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support JukoFF (talk) 22:33, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question What's in the animal's ears? ★ 00:28, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ArionStar: Those are so called "pinsels", characteristic of this species Poco a poco (talk) 07:55, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Support Thank you for the explanation. ★ 12:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose A lot of problems, unsharp, his rigth eye like oversharpened. Cleaning noise around the animal make bad trace around. Far from FP standard. Poco, Quality or Quantity !? --Mile (talk) 12:53, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's rather about an extraordinary subject Poco a poco (talk) 13:19, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But we have them even here, not so rare. If this would in the woods...somehow. --Mile (talk) 13:23, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Iberian lynx in Eastern Europe, sure. Btw, what is your success rate of FP noms? Poco a poco (talk) 14:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Success rate for me is when you open your FP Category you can enjoy to see picture there, your eyes should rest on them. Do you really think this one is worth ? It was "OK" shot, ISO 2500, but not FP standard, i talk for the original. When start "editing" you get worst, banding too. I would make just little denoise and increase Vibrance, maybe 4-5% Saturation and leave it. You can not set up "ISO 200" doing much here. In any case if so special its VI nomination, not FP. Try with QI nom. --Mile (talk) 14:31, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I already went through QI and it got the stamp as you can see. Lighting conditions were very challenging (just after sunset). Poco a poco (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Yes, the right eye is unfocused, but the cat has a real presence. In terms of the animal's scarcity, I will quote from w:Iberian lynx: "By the turn of the 21st century, the Iberian lynx was on the verge of extinction, as only 94 individuals survived in two isolated subpopulations in Andalusia in 2002. Conservation measures have been implemented since then, which included improving habitat, restocking of rabbits, translocating, reintroducing and monitoring Iberian lynxes. By 2012, the population had increased to 326 individuals,[6] to 855 in 2020,[7] to 1,111 in 2021,[8] and to 1,668 in May of 2023.[9]" That's pretty rare! If that's not accurate, you should update the Wikipedia article with some source that documents a substantial population in countries other than Spain. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:56, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Yann and Ikan. --Aristeas (talk) 19:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 11:07, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 13:48, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 11 support, 2 oppose, 2 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:10, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family_:_Felidae_(Felids)