Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Calidris alba portrait.JPG

File:Calidris alba portrait.JPG, Featured

Voting period ends on 30 Dec 2008 at 08:46:29

•  Info Calidris alba - created, uploaded, and nominated by Ianaré Sévi
•  Support -- ianaré (talk) 08:46, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Lycaon (talk) 11:36, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Nice picture. — Aitias // discussion 20:59, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Backgroung. --Karelj (talk) 23:30, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Bird blends in too much with background, with a difficult to see outline (shape) of body. Plants growing out of beak. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 00:39, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Mdf has a nice Sanderling photo that shows it mid-stride in it's typical beach running behaviour. This photo is side-lit and ideal lighting is thought to be from behind the photographer. Tomfriedel (talk) 02:21, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
  • I'd disagree with that, lighting on axis with the photographer looks flat for birds. You really need of axis light then on axis fill. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:56, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
    • I am not sure I follow what you write about axis, but I would look at photos by some of the top bird photographers like Alan Murphy and see if you can find any images lit this way. Another well known photographer/instructor is Arthur Morris, and you could quickly google to find his #1 tip about shooting in the direction of your shadow. Tomfriedel (talk) 23:13, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
      • AFAIK Art Morris advocates shooting in this way in natural light (no flash), but he uses a better beamer and fill flash, which would be completely redundant if he was lucky enough to be on axis all the time. Here are some examples of his work and such lighting: [1],[2], [3], indeed the cover of his book is either side lit or back lit. IMHO the images that are shot with the on axis light you describe typically look very flat and boring (those are art morris shots as well). Noodle snacks (talk) 00:08, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
        • Of course side-lit and back-lit photos sometimes look great, but in my opinion it does not help this photo. I will use the 100's of photos on Alan Murphy's site, many of which are staged, to contest your point that front-lit photos are 'typically' boring and flat. Tomfriedel (talk) 02:12, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Support I like how the colors of a bird concur with colors of the background. --Lošmi (talk) 15:09, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 18:46, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 22:14, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Georgez (talk) 01:37, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Nice --Richard Bartz (talk) 15:48, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
•  Support -- MJJR (talk) 20:39, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

result: 9 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. -- Lycaon (talk) 21:05, 1 January 2009 (UTC)