Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Varanus gouldii

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Varanus gouldii[edit]

Original - Sand goanna or Gould's monitor - in a dry creekbed, Chace ranges, South Australia
Reason
Best image I can see of Varanus gouldii (Gould's sand monitor). Some CA around the bright leaves doesn't really distract from the image. Shows the whole reptile (excluding a small bit of tail) with some objects for scale - all in it's natural environment.
Articles this image appears in
Sand goanna
Creator
Peripitus
  • Support as nominator --Peripitus (Talk) 05:02, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, per nom, tending to 'weak' due to the clipped tail, but then would probably support if the beast was facing forwards and you couldn't see the full tail. Unless there's something very unusual at the very tip I think it's sufficient. BTW, I can't tell for sure but the nose looks slightly blurry - I don't think it's DOF because it's blurrier than the rocks behind; perhaps a slight motion blur, perhaps a smudge on the the lens? Just wondering... --jjron (talk) 14:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted - no quorum. --jjron (talk) 14:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]