Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Male Aix sponsa portrait.jpg

File:Male Aix sponsa portrait.jpg, featured

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•  Info Close-up portrait of a male wood duck, Aix sponsa. The illumination of the iridescent feathers has meant that, inevitably, some white feathers have gone over; however, I can't find any portraits of a wood duck where this hasn't happened :). All by me, -- Baresi F (talk) 15:08, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- Baresi F (talk) 15:08, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Maybe some oversharpening over there, but nice portrait. Remember the right category for a cautive male and link to wp article in description. --The Photographer (talk) 23:58, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Wilfredo - done --Baresi F (talk) 11:07, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

•  Support I think the colour palette in the background works well. — Julian H.^✈(talk/files) 10:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Basik07 (talk) 21:52, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- Christian Ferrer ^Talk 17:01, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Weak  Support DOF is a liiitle shallow, but main parts are sharp. Perhaps a tad oversharpened for my taste. Background bokeh is very nice as well as the colors, timing and light.-- Slaunger (talk) 20:25, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- I also think it looks a bit oversharpened... but very nice overall --Arturo de Frias Marques (talk)
•  Info Many thanks for the comments, and I agree about the sharpness. I thought I'd only applied some subtle sharpening to the eye when editing the JPEG, but the in-camera RAW-JPEG conversion has obviously applied some of its own across the whole image before I did that. I've reconverted from RAW using the off-camera Oly software, and applied -ve sharpness and it seems to be smoother now. Thanks again!
•  Support --Kbh3^rdtalk 03:46, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
•  Comment This is a great image. I'm not sure if the reflection of the fence and photographer in the duck's eye makes it better or worse, perhaps the former. I would support, but it is a zoo animal :-( -- Des Callaghan (talk) 17:37, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

I noticed pale colors in captive animals, however, all this can be fixed with a little saturation and vibration. This comment is merely technical, beyond cruelty to omit the reality of these animals --The Photographer (talk) 17:56, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 03:44, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds