Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Male Lion and Cub Chitwa South Africa Luca Galuzzi 2004

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Lion and cub feeding on African Buffalo carcass[edit]

A male lion and cub in South Africa stand over an African Buffalo carcass. Threatened by deforestation, hunting and climate change, lions are an increasingly threatened species and are plagued with chronic food shortages. Large mammals comprise an important part of a lion's diet as the cats can require up to seven kilograms of meat daily to survive.
Reason
Very striking, well-composed shot. Lions are caught at attention over a brilliant mass of meat. Large size, very encyclopedic, original and artistic.
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Predation, and lion, of course
Creator
User:LucaGaluzzi
  • Support as nominator — Theonlyedge 03:47, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral There is some ugly false-color grain on the Cape Buffalo—however, I feel like editing software could resolve this (i.e. Photoshop CS2 replace color). Besides this, it is an excellent and candid photograph that displays its subjects well as long as the concepts of social structure & predation. Once the image is cleaned, I will support. -- drumguy8800 C T 04:57, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support a bit of noise, but most of it blends into the textures of the image. Since most of the noise appears to be in the red channel, it looks like (and might actually be) bits of blood.Debivort 04:59, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. - Mgm|(talk) 08:17, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - fascinating image Booksworm Talk to me! 16:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, now that's some father-son relationship.--Svetovid 19:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak support Oppose It's a great picture, but I don't think it's good enough to featured, I'm not in full support for or several reasons. 1) composition - I really don't like how the foreground lion cuts off the lower jaw of the background lion 2) grain in the background & foreground. Honestly, I think the inside of the Cape Buffalo looks like an opened up, dried out animal, (the color looks fine, and I don't see any grain) but I don't like the grain on the grass 3) the grass itself. Unless someone can convince me that unmowed grasslands actually look like that, I'm going to be suspicious that this was taken on a game farm, and therefore I'm going to be skeptical of the entire description. I went ahead and followed the link to the author's website, but the album there doesn't have any description to speak of, and I don't know Italian anyway. Enuja 19:46, 9 May 2007 (UTC) Thanks Cody.Pope; you, along with the taller foliage on the left of the image, have convinced me that this picture, is, indeed, what it claims to be. And this kind of shot of lions in the wild is sufficiently difficult to get that I'll forgive the technical and slight composition problems. Enuja 21:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
1, The picture illustrates what it's supposed to illustrate (lion with a cub feeding) without it. 2, This picture does have some technical issues, but it's rather unique. 3,Your original research based on guesses should not influence your opinion.--Svetovid 21:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure... but, I think you might be looking into the bloody carcass of the lawn mower. But that too is original research and should not influence your opinion :D --gren グレン 22:40, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Skepticism is not original research. Enuja 00:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But it's skepticism based on original research/guesses.--Svetovid 11:20, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sabi Sand is a private game reserve. Do they mow their lawns? I doubt it. ~ trialsanderrors 00:52, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, I live in East Africa, and often eastern savannas look like that especially when there are large herbivores around (like the one being eaten), I'd bet that it occurs in SA too, but that is not even original research, just speculation. --Cody.Pope 09:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, at first I was very excited about this picture, until I saw that it's not so much better than our other lion pictures. Still, I think it's well done even though it's grainy and could possibly have captured more of the lions and carcass had it been taken from another angle or with the animals moved some. gren グレン 22:40, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Too bad about the technical flaws, but I still think it's FP-worthy. I haven't seen many pics where the male and a cub are sharing a meal, and I like how the explicitness of the entree's fate calls to mind the cruelty of reality; this pic could headline that article, too. :) --TotoBaggins 23:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Despite bit's technical issues it's a unique shot and considering how tough it must be to take such a shot they can be overlooked. Cat-five - talk 06:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support E9T7A9 ~ trialsanderrors 19:58, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Great and unusual picture. Cubs most of the times stay with females. It is rare to see a cub and male lion eating together.

--Mbz1 | Talk05/12/07

Promoted Image:Male Lion and Cub Chitwa South Africa Luca Galuzzi 2004.JPG --KFP (talk | contribs) 10:20, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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