Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Western wood pewee perched near the Sacramento River-5174.jpg

File:Western wood pewee perched near the Sacramento River-5174.jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
•  Info created & uploaded by Frank Schulenburg - nominated by Tomer T -- Tomer T (talk) 07:41, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomer T (talk) 07:41, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Neutral The bird appears to be oversharpened, plus heavy noise reduction has left the bird's tail a solid black with virtually no feather textures. I will change my vote if it is fixed. --Wilfredor (talk) 09:55, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Comment It would be quite small if cropped tighter. I don't think the long twig adds to the image. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:22, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Comment There are no feather textures in the RAW file and I actually decided a while ago not to participate with my own images here anymore. Over the years I've literally removed thousands of birds from skies that people insisted were dust spots, spent hours straightening buildings that are in reality crooked because they're old, and I've done all kinds of other weird things that I would not ever do to my photos under different conditions. I'm tired of that. With that being said, I really appreciate Tomer T's kindness to nominate other people's images. I admire his ability to consistently pick great photos. Thanks, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 16:48, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for comment Frank, and yes!! I understand your frustration and it was something that happened to me at the beginning, however, now I see negative comments as a way to improve, if I see something out of logic I ask for more details about the comment. This is not a competition for more Featured Images, but a continuous improvement section. Today I am a good photographer thanks largely to this section. When I nominate a photograph, I am not looking for it to be highlighted, but I am looking for negative votes with sustained comments that invite me to reflect and improve. If I see that a comment still doesn't make sense after asking for more details, I usually say thanks but it doesn't affect me. To improve as photographers it is necessary to kill the ego that prevents us from moving forward and ignore (if necessary) the irrelevant and take the good from the evaluations in this section. I sincerely hope to see more of your work here. --Wilfredor (talk) 14:30, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

•  Neutral per Wilfredor, will change to support if there's an alt version with a crop. Urban Versis 32^KB ⚡ ^{(talk | contribs)} 21:58, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Nothing wrong with the twig, IMO. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:42, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support per Ikan. -- Radomianin (talk) 06:30, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
•  Support For me the contrast between the cute small bird and the long twig adds a funny note to the photo. --Aristeas (talk) 06:53, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
•  Support-- IamMM (talk) 06:56, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 07:39, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 08:07, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:27, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 18:06, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Schnobby (talk) 06:58, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Pofka (talk) 12:19, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 2 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:13, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)