Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Albatros fuligineux.jpg

 
Original - Phoebetria palpebrata
Reason
Found this on the main page. Interesting bird and high res
Articles this image appears in
Light-mantled Albatross, Phoebetria
Creator
Vincent Legendre
  • Comment - I am puzzled by this as a reason for opposing. The image is without question the best image we have of the head of an albatross. It is not uncommon for reference works to include profiles of the head in addition to the whole body, and in fact this isn't even the only head shot we would have featured. This image isn't the only one we have of this species, and no one image can cover every aspect of a species. We have images of the whole bird in flight which shows different things from the one we have of a bird on the nest which in turn shows different things to this one, and it happens to be this one that is of sufficient quality to nominate here. As an example of what that quality brings to the image and to Wikipedia, it shows clearly the differing levels of darkness around the dark plumage of the face; albatrosses have darker spots in front of the eyes to prevent reflections, which is easier to see on a Laysan Albatross but harder to see on a darker birds. Sabine's Sunbird talk 23:52, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Albatros fuligineux.jpg MER-C 03:30, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]