Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Male Bufflehead taking off.jpg

Original - A male bufflehead runs on top the of water to gain speed for takeoff.

Reason: Highly encyclopedic shot of a waterbird during takeoff, showing him literally running on top of the water.
Articles this image appears in: Bufflehead, Bird flight
Creator: User:Kevinlcole

Support as nominator howcheng {chat} 22:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Picture looks kind of strange at full res. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 22:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose It's kind of blurry when fully zoomed in. Ilikefood (talk) 22:57, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It could be downsampled a bit. Muhammad(talk) 13:15, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose unsharp - inexplicably so for 1/2000s - and inadequate DOF. Mfield (talk) 16:43, 17 April 2008 (UTC) Downsampling is not going to fix any of the issues this image has. Mfield (talk) 19:52, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too much noise and motion blur. And I'm not sure if it accurately displays the subject. crassic!^[talk] 23:46, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- What do you mean the second part of your remark? howcheng {chat} 18:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose. Grainy at full res. Spinach Dip 08:25, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE Image has been downsampled and sharpened. Hopefully this alleviates some of the concerns raised above. Please clear your cache to view again. howcheng {chat} 18:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Still somewhat grainy. and the left wing seems blurry. Spencer^T♦^C 19:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 01:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]