Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Thalasseus bergii - Derwent River Estuary.jpg

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Original – Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii), non-breeding plumage with a Southern Sea Garfish (Hyporhamphus Melanochir)

Reason: I think the fish adds interest and has good EV for the article. The ISO was a little high because I only had a split second to take the shot, and the light conditions were changing continuously on the day. The photo was taken handheld from a small inflatable dinghy. A friend majoring in zoology is fairly confident about the fish species. There is an existing FP, but that image is a breeding display in breeding plumage.
Articles in which this image appears: Greater Crested Tern
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: JJ arrison

Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 06:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There are some strange shaped dividing lines between blurred and unblurred rocks underneath the bird's tail, presumeably part of your processing to reduce the noise, but I think they can be done better. --99of9 (talk) 06:21, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Hmm, that is a bit odd. I'll fix it tomorrow anyway. JJ Harrison (talk) 12:48, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support really attention-grabbing eye-catchy shot. I'm amazed how the photographer has been able to capture such a moment. Sanyambahga (talk) 10:08, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Morning Sunshine (talk) 11:00, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support. Stunning, but there's a spot under the bird's tail that looks doubled like a bad stitch. Since this is not a stitch, I'm not sure what caused it, but it's kind of distracting to have the "ghost" floating there. Clegs (^{engage in rational discourse}) 12:54, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I've uploaded a new version, blurring a section of background to make it consistent at least. JJ Harrison (talk) 00:35, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 17:58, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I'm not sure what it is about the composition, but I find that my eyes are don't seem to want to focus on the bird's head. I think that it's something to do with the angle of the bird's head being very similar to the shape of the horizon behind it. This is a particular issue with the low-resolution version that appears alongside the nomination (and, let's face it - that's the only version that most people will see). Far from being an "eye-catching shot", and the above supporter says, I feel that it is a perfectly normal shot of a seabird, of which we'll find thousands on wikipedia. And the issue with the head actually makes it slightly sub-par, in my opinion. (I suffer from protonopia, so perhaps it is because I think that the colour of the top of the darker patch of plumage is nearly identical to the colour of the sky. That being said, this isn't usually a problem with featured-picture candidates, so I felt obliged to make this !vote.) Bluap (talk) 14:53, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]