Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pine siskin

 
Original - Carduelis pinus is a finch found across Alaska, Canada, and the western mountains of the United States.
Reason
well...where could I start? Ticks all the boxes for me.
Articles in which this image appears
Pine siskin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Cephas
  • It's "allowed"; after all, we've featured an image of a pomegranate with a washing basket (amongst other things) removed from the bg (here). Frankly, I don't think any alteration to the pine siskin image is necessary in the slightest, and I think the pine branches are informative, not confusing or distracting. But you're welcome to produce an edit if you wish. Maedin\talk 11:26, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, no, no, :) It's not "nothing but blurry background", it's compositional space! Free birds don't like cages; it doesn't suit them in 2-D, either. I see this as perfectly balanced because the bird has looking room on the right. Having said that, anyone is welcome to produce alternatives and add them here for consideration. Maedin\talk 11:26, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I think ~10% of the image could be cropped to the right (I'm too busy to do it myself right now), but I wouldn't mind the original either.--Desiderius82 (talk) 15:05, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I also disagree with cropping, for what it's worth. The current composition looks great to me. J Milburn (talk) 15:10, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Carduelis pinus CT7.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 08:26, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]