Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

A 3-4 year old Great Horned Owl, taken in Balsam Mountains, North Carolina. The bird is currently in rehabilitation after sustaining a wing injury from colliding with a car.

Reason

This is an excellent image with a spectacular subject. It meets all of the technical requirements of a FP, and demonstrates its subject very well. The picture also contributes a lot to the articles it appears in, and is very encyclopedic.

Articles this image appears in

Great Horned Owl, List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols, Symbols of Alberta

Creator

Taken by Peter Manidis

• Support as nominator — Emery 00:21, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• Cautious Support Some DOF problems, the scourge of all macro photography. Also, the subject is cut off. But I love how (in certain places) you can see the individual feathers.--HereToHelp 01:39, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support. Excellent image, very high resolution and high quality. Userpie 01:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• Question What's that yellow aura? —Pengo 04:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose - looks like severe over-use of the shadow/highlight tool, also DOF issues. --YFB ¿ 04:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support I like it, But what IS that yellow aura? 8thstar 14:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose, mainly because of prominent halo from photoshopping (using unsharp mask?). Can we see the original, please? --Janke | Talk 09:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose Looks fake, and that's a problem no matter what caused the yellow halo, background that looks like a mottled sheet, and over-sharp edges on the owl. Enuja 02:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose Left and right of pic are unacceptably blurry - Adrian Pingstone 08:16, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
• Support that is one cocky owl :P --Hadz^Talk 11:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose It looks like some photoshopping or a lens defect left one one spot FP worthy. Althepal 21:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 05:22, 7 April 2007 (UTC)