Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Nyctanassa violacea in La Manzanilla.jpg

File:Nyctanassa violacea in La Manzanilla.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Pelecaniformes
•  Info All by -- Tomascastelazo (talk) 01:29, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomascastelazo (talk) 01:29, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Weak oppose A little noisy all over. Was it darker than it looks (hence the high ISO)? Daniel Case (talk) 03:12, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Comment Cloudy day... so the high ISO is because a) I want some depth of field, the birds are very jittery, and although I try to focus in the eye, they move, so it is at least f8. and b) Because I am shooting at anything that appears, some fast, some slow birds, I want to somewhat freeze action. So it is a compromise between quality and technical necessity. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 20:08, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
•  regretful oppose I think the composition and focus are fine, and I like the bug flying over the bird's head, but the feathers just don't look natural. Perhaps too much noise reduction? PumpkinSky talk 03:39, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - Looks pretty good to me, and I have an emotional response to the photo because I sympathize with the relaxed-looking bird who's about to be attacked by that mosquito. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:27, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Ha ha, I was going to suggest to delete that mosquito, but Ikan's reading of the story gives a good reason to keep it :) So, for me it's a beautiful photo and I have no problem with a bit of noise mostly visible in the background (sure it would be better to correct it, though). More than 16 Mpix is quite a good resolution, and the head of the bird is sharp. There are enough interesting details in that image IMO and the composition is fine -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:50, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 20:08, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Dэя-Бøяg 16:54, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 18:19, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 17:21, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Poco² 18:24, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 11:50, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 9 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /PumpkinSky talk 02:43, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

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