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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Juvenile Pongo pygmaeus

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Original - A juvenile Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus) photographed in Ålborg Zoo, Denmark. In common with other ape species, the orangutan is displaying laughter-like behaviour. An endangered species, the Bornean orangutan is severely threatened by loss of habitat. Humans also kill the animals for meat, or abduct the young to sell them or keep them as pets, often killing the mothers in order to do so.
Reason
Okay, yes, it is on the small side, but it does meet the criteria. Sharp and clear, well-framed, good quality. Shows the "laughing" behaviour.
Articles in which this image appears
Bornean Orangutan, Orangutan, Laughter in animals, Laughing
Creator
Malene Thyssen
  • Do you mean 0.93 MP? I think "ridiculous" is a strong word, considering that it does meet the criteria and the standard upload by Benjamint is only 1.7. As for the rest, I think there's some slight movement blur on the face where he was caught mid-expression, but I found it acceptable. Maedin\talk 09:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I actually mean 0.88, sorry but I'm still thinking in 10242 rather than the marketing-cosmetics-units ;-). Anyhow there are plenty of compression artifacts in the fur and the end result is not clear at all. This is low quality. But I guess some funny-monkey-supports (pardon, ape!) are inevitable. I suggest next time we put the monkey in a tuxedo -> instant FP. --Dschwen 13:22, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not really sure why you're being so sarcastic, Dschwen, :) Apart from you implying that I somehow nominated this because I prefer apes in tuxedos and doing tricks, I don't entirely disagree with your comments. I've asked Malene for a bigger image, with less compression. We'll see what she says; if nothing comes of it, *shrug*. Maedin\talk 13:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mine and Fir's standard is very close to double this size.... (Are they compression artifacts btw? I assumed they were a few strokes of strong selective sharpening (The end result is the same of course)) Benjamint 13:31, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, but considering that Dschwen thinks this is "ridiculously small", your 0.8MP increase on that says "only slightly less ridiculous" to me. In any case, this was uploaded at that resolution in 2004 (which was fairly standard back then). Maedin\talk 13:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Anyone seen Spaceballs? Reminds of ludicrous speed :-). Well, I'm certainly not wowed by Benjamintt's size (and still "blame" Fir for setting such a bad example) but using him as a justification for uploading at just half the size of him does not strike me as a logical argument. --Dschwen 15:49, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:01, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]