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•  Info Wildlife Photographer Giles Laurent in a ghillie suit. Created and uploaded by him - nominated by me -- ★ 14:47, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- ★ 14:47, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Thank you for the nomination! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:09, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

  Giles, you're a FP-related subject yourself! ★ 15:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Support I know how aware it is to use these suits, manufacture one by hand with natural waste, use a perfume of wild plants but for some reason it is a magnet for mosquitoes. Internally its very heat, a plastic layer for isolate should be used the human smell of the outside --Wilfredor (talk) 16:14, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

  Welcome back, Wil! ★ 16:17, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

  I haven't gone back, at least not to create my own FPCs Wilfredor (talk) 22:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

  To be honest I never encountered this mosquito problem in Switzerland with the suit but it’s true it’s hot in the ghillie suit. Because of that I acquired another set of camouflage clothing for warm temperatures -- Giles Laurent (talk) 09:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  What I used to do was place food in a place and wait for the animals to come, but during that wait I ended up suffocating at temperatures above 40 degrees, in addition to mosquitoes constantly entering my ears. At the time there was no way to be very far from the birds because the vegetation was very dense where they were, so this also forced me to stay in the same position for a long time. Wilfredor (talk) 17:07, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

  I see. Personally I've never fed wild animals and it is also forbidden to do that in Switzerland (but there exist legal exceptions: putting a bird feeder in winter in the garden is tolerated in Switzerland) -- Giles Laurent (talk) 17:27, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

•  Support -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 00:11, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Question Tripod used? Just to be sure the credit is correct for the author of the photo -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:34, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

   Comment Indeed, unless it's a staged shot by usage of tripod and self-timer, the author's attribution cannot be correct as is. On the other hand, if the photo is staged and so the action depicted is not genuine, may it still be featured for our "People at work" gallery? --A.Savin 09:06, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  That gallery also include people going to or from work, preparing for work, or taking a break during work. Besides, if Giles really was in his working position in the photo, would we be able to spot him in it? ;-) --Cart (talk) 09:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  Here is a bit more about the context of this photo : I installed the tripod and my old camera kept taking pictures every few seconds. Different pictures in different poses were taken. A bit before I was done, a group of small birds luckily perched themselves on branches on my right and didn’t seem to notice me thanks to the camouflage. I photographed them for a bit but then these energetic birds went further away. This moment gave the best picture (this one) as it was natural. After that I also tried a slightly different location just a few steps away to see if the background was better but in my opinion this shot was still the best. So it is true it was "staged" at beginning when the tripod was put on the ground and the goal was simply to document what a wildlife photographer in a ghillie suit looks like but it could be said that it technically wasn’t staged or at least less staged with this picture as I was really looking at the birds. Anyway I don’t know which gallery is most adequate, if you think "Standing people" is better you can move it there. -- Giles Laurent (talk) 09:39, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  After having a look at the "People at work" gallery I think many of them could be considered as "staged" as well because they are clearly posing for the camera so I don't think it's a problem for that gallery but again if you prefer you can move to "Standing people" or to "Others" -- Giles Laurent (talk) 10:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  Very true Cart. But actually this is a "work position" as well and it happens quite often because one difficult thing is finding a good spot so you first have to explore different areas looking for signs of the targeted animal presence (hair, footprints, droppings, etc.) and in that process you can find many other different animals so when you see/hear one (you often hear before seeing) you stop moving and look more carefully around. I photographed many mammals in that standing position and as long as they didn't see you move or that the wind isn't sending your smell in their direction you can stay undetected. And even when they see you, if you keep not moving they sometimes even walk in your direction (sometimes very close) intrigued by this weird tree or bush with a black hole and these are just moments when your adrenaline is very high and that you never forget -- Giles Laurent (talk) 11:57, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, I know. I was mostly joking about that "pile of grass" same as Rhododendrites did. My ex was a hunter, although up here we rely more on blinds and hides than camo. Great shot anyway! --Cart (talk) 12:53, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  Yes I used a tripod with my old camera and the author is correct. My main goal of that day was to search for a group of wolves that was seen multiple times in the previous weeks in the area and that attacked a group of cows. Unfortunately I didn’t see wolves that day but that’s just nature! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 09:28, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

•  Support--Peulle (talk) 06:27, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support El Golli Mohamed 07:36, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 07:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Berthold Werner (talk) 09:03, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 09:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 09:47, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 11:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Apart from the grass in the front, everything else is high quality. Wolverine XI 11:48, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 15:26, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- WildMouse76 (talk) 15:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- MartinD (talk) 18:41, 31 May 2024 (UTC) As the Dutch put it: your own mother wouldn't recognize you.;)
•  Support Oppose - There's nothing but a pile of grass in the photo! - Question: first FP depicting an FPC participant? — Rhododendrites ^talk |  19:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  Good one ;) Actually I was the human looking at the stars during perseids so the ghillie isn't the first picture ;) But I doubt that with 18'198 featured pictures in total it would be the first FPC participant featured -- Giles Laurent (talk) 09:45, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Only silhouettes and bits of skins :-) -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:40, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 11:59, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ivar (talk) 13:02, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 17:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Classy outfit in green surroundings and a touch of mystery in appearance. You are now SVD and M25 ready. --Argenberg (talk) 21:26, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Has been on my “favourites” list for a long time. – Aristeas (talk) 14:24, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:09, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: People#People at work