Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Koala

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[edit] Koala Climbing Tree

This is a photo I took earlier this year in Cape Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia. I'm nominating it because I think its probably the best photo of a koala on wikipedia and is detailed and composed well enough to give you a very good idea of the anatomy, shape and the way it climbs. I have uploaded a newer (sharpened) version of it as I know you guys are hard on soft images :). See the image on commons for the original if you'd like here[1]. There is a previously featured photo of a koala here[2] but I feel this is a better image to represent a koala as it is a) in its natural habitat, not a zoo and; b) AWAKE! It is actually in the process of climbing from one tree to another which was a great chance to see the koala at eye-level.

• Nominate and support. - Diliff 20:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
• He (she?) is looking directly into the camera, I love it! Will someone please bold my Support if the image has not been revised by the time it enters voting. -Lanoitarus 04:47, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I've bolded it as per your request. I will also support. Very sweet indeed, and it is great to see one that is awake. Raven4x4x 05:36, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support. It adds nicely to our collection of Koala pictures. -- Mgm|^(talk) 10:05, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
• Tasty - I mean Support --ZeWrestler ^Talk 15:18, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support. Natural setting, climbing a tree and looking straight into the camera could'nt get better.--Dakota ^{t e} 06:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support. Can't have too many koala pics! Mark¹ 19:43, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support. Aww... Flcelloguy (A note?) 20:26, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support. I love how it's looking at you. Enochlau 01:06, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support. "Who are you looking at?" Shawnc 03:20, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support fluffeh Deglr6328 06:36, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support Cute, easy on the eyes, illustratory of animal and habitat/behavior. - JustinWick 00:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support. Exceptional snap, very illustrative ...and yes, cute besides. -- Marcika 03:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Support Nationalparkservicequality! --Dschwen 21:34, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Promoted Image: Koala_climbing_tree.jpg Raven4x4x 04:40, 19 December 2005 (UTC)