Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Roadkill

Roadkill edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jan 2013 at 02:22:39 (UTC)

Original – Roadkilled deer on the Okatie Highway, South Carolina, USA. The debris surrounding the deer is a mixture of the dismembered animal and parts broken off the car that has hit it. In the US there are ca. 250,000 deer-vehicle collisions per year, leading to about 200 human deaths and over $1 billion in property damage.

Reason: This is a high quality image, very well capturing the subject, with high EV in the article. I apologize to those disturbed by the image, but I decided to nominate it in line with WP:NPOV, which implies that we shouldn't avoid unpleasant topics.
Articles in which this image appears: Roadkill (since June 2012), Deer-vehicle collisions (added now)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator: jjron

Support as nominator --ELEKHH^T 02:22, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I was intending to nominate this myself sometime, so thanks for the nom Elekhh. EV is high, showing the animal in a gruesome but optional position in terms of conveying the message, the wreckage, and the murderous vehicles behind, with high quality including very good DOF control. I'll leave it up to others to determine whether it's suitable for the mainpage, but that's not an FP issue. --jjron (talk) 12:06, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but perhaps there should be a few words about possible decomposition signs (if any) to distinguish them from actual damage from the car. Brandmeister^talk 13:45, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Potentially slightly distressing, but a very strong photo with a good level of EV. Very well composed. J Milburn (talk) 22:41, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Cripes, er, Support. That's gonna be fun on the main page — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:29, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Clear wow factor. Reeks of EV for the topic... ceranthor 23:03, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Oh my (hands to the mouth). As shoking as it's amazing. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 01:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I've decided I quite like this. Chick Bowen 01:57, 12 January 2013 (UTC) And, like Crisco, I'm wondering what Howcheng will do with it. Chick Bowen 01:58, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Roadkill on Route 170 Okatie Hwy by the Chechessee River, SC, USA, jjron 09.04.2012.jpg --Jujutacular (talk) 03:31, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]