Support I love this! It's sharp and you can see the rain too. The slightly overexposed highlights are minor, IMO. In case people don't like my edit, consider the original. Perhaps someone with better post-processing skills could process the original and increase contrast while bringing out the detail in the eyes. -- Ram-Man17:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Laugh. Because it's "common" understanding that placing the subject in the center is less aesthetically pleasing, aka, The Rule of Thirds. I cropped it to increase the probability that those evaluators who subscribe to that viewpoint would support this image. It's always interesting, in my experience, how many non-photographers think centered pictures look better. You just can't win, really. -- Ram-Man18:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I like the picture a lot. However, I don't like your attitude. I am an amateur photographer and it pains me to be laughed at when I am trying to learn something. Majorly(hot!)18:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You misunderstand and that's my fault. Text is not the best way to show emotion and tone of voice, and I apologize. I was laughing at the irony. I try hard to tailor the image to the picky crowd that often evaluates these images and then the first person to come along shoots it down. It's a comedy of irony, perhaps only to me. Your way of thinking brings to light the fact that the "Rule of Thirds" isn't always obvious or even the "right" way to think. I myself often compose my pictures in the dead center and as a result will sometimes have difficulty acquiring a FP. Please don't be offended! As for non-photographers, I was referring to those people that I interact with on a daily basis, not those here on the commons. -- Ram-Man19:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I can't believe this. I stumbled across this image earlier today and was going to nominate it myself this evening. I thought it was hilarious. I've added the original to the right, for comparison. Support either. --MichaelMaggs19:17, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support the left version. And please make a separate nomination for each picture. That is the normal way here in Commons and it pays in terms of proper closing (unlike the messy system in the en:WP...). Alvesgaspar22:31, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't like the composition, and although I'm aware it is not a horizon, the tilt is a little disturbing too. -- Lycaon06:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There is nothing special about the image, the composition is quite static and boring. A bird getting so wet can often mean that it dies of exposure during the night, or finds that it can't fly well enough to get to a roost --Benjamint44407:23, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
CommentThe bird was fine. Laughing Kookaburras are members of the kingfisher family. While they're not as aquatically oriented as some members of that family, a bit of rain doesn't trouble them. They're actually quite large birds, up to or over 450gm, according to wikipedia. Regards, Ben Aveling21:55, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I know it's dry enough to fly, I was thinking of small birds when I mentioned exposure, which you do find dead around the place in winter. I was just commenting on the fact that people think a soggy bird is hilarious. Even Kingfishers don't get soggy like that though, penguins don't for that matter, about the only (Australian)birds that will are cormarents and darters which spend most of the day in the sun drying their feathers out again. And Aust isn't even very cold --Benjamint44407:54, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Info created and uploaded by BenAveling. Modified and nominated by Ram-Man. 17:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Support I love this! It's sharp and you can see the rain too. The slightly overexposed highlights are minor, IMO. In case people don't like my edit, consider the original. Perhaps someone with better post-processing skills could process the original and increase contrast while bringing out the detail in the eyes. -- Ram-Man 17:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Comment Just wondering why the subject isn't in the centre of the image? Majorly (hot!) 18:27, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Oppose I don't like the composition, and although I'm aware it is not a horizon, the tilt is a little disturbing too. -- Lycaon 06:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
