Original - A male
impala at
Mikumi National Park.
Red-billed Oxpecker are feeding on ticks found on the Impala, a practice that benefits both animals.Alternative 1 Larger resolution and wider crop.
Reason
Good quality and very good EV for many articles. Shows the impala in a natural environment and illustrates the relationship between the two species.
Comment The stalk of grass running through the face of the oxpecker on the back is a crying shame. And, wearing my bird-nerd hat, its inclusion in mutualism is debatable. Oxpeckers are part mutual and part parasitic. The extent to which this is so is a source of ongoing debate and research.
Sabine's Sunbirdtalk05:06, 17 March 2010 (UTC)reply
In the beginning the oxpeckers are mutalistic and then they end up being parasitic. Would it be better if I included that in the caption? Grass through the oxpecker is indeed unfortunate but sometimes it is impossible to see such minor things through the wiewfinder. But it illustrates the implala and the environment quite well, IMO --
Muhammad(talk)12:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)reply
OpposeSupport Alt1. The cloning is an absolute no no for me, the "original" has a bit of an unbalanced composition and I would like the subject to show more detail (i.e. give me more pixels). --
Dschwen15:53, 18 March 2010 (UTC)reply
RAM is so cheap these days though. What are the specs of your machine? Laptop or desktop? What sort of RAM does it take? Maybe I could mail you some ;-) I have some old sticks lying around.
Ðiliff«»(Talk)14:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)reply
It's a laptop with 1gb of RAM. I had a good desktop back home but when it came to laptop vs camera and lenses I took a cheap laptop. Thanks for the offer, but I probably get a better one in a few months now that my sales are picking up :) --
Muhammad(talk)16:01, 19 March 2010 (UTC)reply
Original - A male
impala at
Mikumi National Park.
Red-billed Oxpecker are feeding on ticks found on the Impala, a practice that benefits both animals.Alternative 1 Larger resolution and wider crop.
Reason
Good quality and very good EV for many articles. Shows the impala in a natural environment and illustrates the relationship between the two species.
Comment The stalk of grass running through the face of the oxpecker on the back is a crying shame. And, wearing my bird-nerd hat, its inclusion in mutualism is debatable. Oxpeckers are part mutual and part parasitic. The extent to which this is so is a source of ongoing debate and research.
Sabine's Sunbirdtalk05:06, 17 March 2010 (UTC)reply
In the beginning the oxpeckers are mutalistic and then they end up being parasitic. Would it be better if I included that in the caption? Grass through the oxpecker is indeed unfortunate but sometimes it is impossible to see such minor things through the wiewfinder. But it illustrates the implala and the environment quite well, IMO --
Muhammad(talk)12:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)reply
OpposeSupport Alt1. The cloning is an absolute no no for me, the "original" has a bit of an unbalanced composition and I would like the subject to show more detail (i.e. give me more pixels). --
Dschwen15:53, 18 March 2010 (UTC)reply
RAM is so cheap these days though. What are the specs of your machine? Laptop or desktop? What sort of RAM does it take? Maybe I could mail you some ;-) I have some old sticks lying around.
Ðiliff«»(Talk)14:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)reply
It's a laptop with 1gb of RAM. I had a good desktop back home but when it came to laptop vs camera and lenses I took a cheap laptop. Thanks for the offer, but I probably get a better one in a few months now that my sales are picking up :) --
Muhammad(talk)16:01, 19 March 2010 (UTC)reply