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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:001 Chateau de Chillon and Dents du Midi Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 15:48, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:071 Wild marmot at Grand Muveran Nature Reserve Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 09:42, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:035 Uganda kobs mating at Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 19:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:017 Great blue turaco at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 03:15, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
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Alpine ibex
[edit]Hello. WOuld you be able to reduce the size of the images some? Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 22:48, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hi! Why would you want to downsample the pictures? Thumbnails of them already exist (click on the picture and you'll see bellow other resolutions available). Also, the advantage of full size resolution is to see all the details of the animals. Giles Laurent (talk) 23:12, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:024 Red-chested cuckoo at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 16:20, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:044 Grey-headed kingfisher at Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 16:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:003 Wild Alpine Ibex Sunset Creux du Van Mont Racine Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 22:51, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi Giles Laurent,
This is to let you know that File:001 Chateau_de_Chillon_and_Dents_du_Midi_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 10, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-02-10. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! — Amakuru (talk) 10:37, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
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Chillon Castle is an island castle located on Lake Geneva to the south of Veytaux in Vaud, Switzerland. It is situated at the eastern end of the lake, on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve, and close to the Fort de Chillon, which is embedded in the neighbouring hillside. The oldest parts of the castle have not been dated definitively, but the first written record of the castle was in 1005. It was built to control the road from Burgundy to the Great St Bernard Pass, on the site of an earlier Roman outpost. From the mid 12th century, the castle became the summer home of the Counts of Savoy, who kept a fleet of ships on Lake Geneva. It was greatly expanded during the 13th century. The castle became a prison in the 16th century, housing among others the Genvois monk François Bonivard, before reverting to being a residence and then again becoming a prison in 1733. Since the end of the 18th century, the castle has been a tourist attraction. Photograph credit: Giles Laurent
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- And an absolutely beautiful image it is. Congratulations. KJP1 (talk) 16:52, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:010e Wild Bearded Vulture in flight at Pfyn-Finges (Switzerland) Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 20:56, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi Giles Laurent,
This is to let you know that File:017 Great_blue_turaco_at_Kibale_forest_National_Park_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 3, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-05-03. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! — Amakuru (talk) 13:35, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
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The great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) is a bird species in the turaco family, Musophagidae, which is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest. It has a typical length of around 75 cm (30 in) with a mass of around 1 kg (2 lb). The adult great blue turaco has predominantly gray-blue upperparts with an upright blue-black crest. Its bill is yellow and the two sexes have similar plumage. This great blue turaco was photographed in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Photograph credit: Giles Laurent
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:020 African blue flycatcher at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 10:40, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:007 Volcano eruption of Litli-Hrútur in Iceland in 2023 Video by Giles Laurent.webm, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 11:14, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:094 Wild female Alpine Ibex at Creux du Van Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 11:40, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:001 Olive-bellied Sunbird starting to fly at Kibale National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 13:17, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:003 Olive-bellied Sunbird in flight at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 13:17, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Wildlife Photographer Giles Laurent in a ghillie suit.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 18:18, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:001 Volcano eruption of Litli-Hrútur in Iceland in 2023 Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 02:13, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:036 Usambiro barbet in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 12:00, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi Giles Laurent,
This is to let you know that File:Wildlife Photographer Giles Laurent in a ghillie suit.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for April 1, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-04-01. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! — Amakuru (talk) 11:12, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
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A ghillie suit is a type of camouflage clothing designed to resemble the background environment, such as foliage. Typically, it is a net or cloth garment covered in loose strips of burlap (hessian), cloth, twine, or jute sometimes made to look like leaves and twigs, and optionally augmented with foliage from the area. Military personnel, police, hunters, and nature photographers may wear a ghillie suit to blend into their surroundings and to conceal themselves from enemies or targets. The suit gives the wearer's outline a three-dimensional breakup, rather than a linear one. When manufactured correctly, the suit will move in the wind in the same way as surrounding foliage. Some ghillie suits are made with light and breathable material that allows a person to wear a shirt underneath. This photograph of a wildlife photographer in a ghillie suit, standing and holding a camera, was taken in a forest in the Jura Mountains near Marchissy, Switzerland. Photograph credit: Giles Laurent
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:020 The lion king Snyggve in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 11:20, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi Giles Laurent,
This is to let you know that File:003 Wild Alpine Ibex Sunset Creux du Van Mont Racine Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 10, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-02-10. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Jay8g [V•T•E] 02:59, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock, is a species of goat that lives in the Alps of Europe. Its closest living relative is the Iberian ibex. Alpine ibex have brownish-grey coats and sharp hooves adapted to steep, rough terrain. Found at elevations as high as 3,300 metres (10,800 feet), they are active throughout the year, primarily feeding on grass in open alpine meadows. Adult males, which are larger than females, segregate from them for most of the year, coming together only during the breeding season, when they fight for access to the females using their long horns. The Alpine ibex has been successfully reintroduced to parts of its historical range, but all individuals living today descend from a population bottleneck of fewer than 100 individuals from Gran Paradiso National Park in Italy. The species has few predators and is not threatened, but it has very low genetic diversity. These Alpine ibex, a male in winter and a female in summer, were photographed at Creux du Van in Switzerland. Photograph credit: Giles Laurent
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[edit]Hi Giles Laurent,
This is to let you know that File:071 Wild marmot at Grand Muveran Nature Reserve Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for March 4, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-03-04. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Yann (talk) 14:57, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
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The Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a large ground-dwelling squirrel, from the genus of marmots. It is found in high numbers in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, at heights between 800 and 3,200 metres (2,600 and 10,500 feet) in the Alps, the Carpathians, the Tatras, and the northern Apennines. In 1948, the species was reintroduced with success in the Pyrenees, where it had disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene epoch. This Alpine marmot was photographed in the Grand Muveran federal game reserve, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. Photograph credit: Giles Laurent
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[edit]Hi Giles Laurent,
This is to let you know that File:024 Red-chested cuckoo at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for April 28, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-04-28. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Jay8g [V•T•E] 23:30, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
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The red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) is a species of cuckoo. It is a medium-sized bird, about 31 cm (12.2 in) in length, found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The male has slate-grey upper parts, pale grey throat and sides of head and dark grey tail tipped with white. The breast is rufous or cinnamon, often with barring, and the belly is creamy-white or pale buff. The female is similar but the colour of the breast is duller and with variable amounts of barring. It is usually solitary and highly vocal and lives on forests and plantations. It eats insects including caterpillars, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, slugs, snails, small vertebrates and berries. This red-chested cuckoo was photographed in Kibale National Park, Kenya. Photograph credit: Giles Laurent
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