Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:2019-03-03 Chinstrap penguin on Barrientos Island, Antarctica.jpg
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures#Animals/Birds/Sphenisciformes
Info created by GRDN711 - uploaded by GRDN711 - nominated by GRDN711 -- GRDN711 (talk) 18:22, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
Support -- GRDN711 (talk) 18:22, 25 July 2019 (UTC)- Support Pretty good to me. I like his expression, and it's an extraordinary creature. Cmao20 (talk) 18:47, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
Comment 1/250 sec not fast enough to freeze the motion unfortunately. Charles (talk)
- Comment for Charles - Given a gray day on Barrientos brings trade-offs… 1/250th; f/5.6; ISO 560 with a 380 mm focal length is a decent compromise. While I did not have the opportunity for second guessing, maybe I could have given up a little more ISO for a 1/320th. Really though, a sunny day would have been the best option to freeze everything and that was not available. I am OK with a slight softness in the back flipper (front and rest of body are sharp) that says this little penguin in a hurry to meet everyone. --GRDN711 (talk) 01:39, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- Nirmal Dulal (talk) 04:18, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Boothsift 04:48, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support - Charles, if you get a sharper photo of this species of penguin, please submit it! -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:43, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Comment I take many pictures on grey days (not penguins) with the wrong settings. We all do. But then they don't get submitted to FP... Charles (talk) 09:01, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Comment for Charles - The technical settings listed above are fine given the day. The image is a good illustration of the Chinstrap penguin species and speaks to the viewer with a little Wow... appropriate for FP. --GRDN711 (talk) 19:27, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 13:51, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 20:50, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support --СССР (talk) 21:43, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:12, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 11:43, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support Ahmadtalk 14:52, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
- Qualified support A little noisy in the background, but I can let that go. I also wonder if we could crop in on the sides (see suggestion) although the image is admittedly small to begin with. Daniel Case (talk) 04:00, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
- Comment Thank you for your thoughts, Daniel. You are right – there is snow and ice further up the hill but behind the penguin is an uninspiring mixture of rocks, lichen, penguin poo and feathers from older birds molting. I made a duplicate of the image in Lightroom and implemented the vertical crop as you suggested. Flipping back and forth between the two, I was surprised how well the vertical format worked in bringing a little more focus to the bird. However, the 4:3 horizontal format also had its strengths. Mr. Happy is running towards the camera and the extra space, particularly on the right, gives a stronger sense of that motion towards the viewer. This action feels more constrained in the vertical. Either format would work but the horizontal, is little stronger IMO, having both a focus on the penguin and a greater implied interaction with the viewer. --GRDN711 (talk) 02:06, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:48, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 10:28, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support It looks so happy. --MB-one (talk) 13:11, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Podzemnik (talk) 00:11, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
Neutral Because of the overexposed parts --Llez (talk) 18:58, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 22:11, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds
