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File:Anas platyrhynchos in Brest (France).jpg

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An exemplar of Anas platyrhynchos in a natural park of Brest (France)
  •  Oppose Sorry, no offence meant to the photographer, but this is pretty much a textbook example of poor composition, with that bright white line running straight through the poor creature's head. Absolutely FPX-worthy in my view. --Avenue (talk) 13:56, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Nothing special, compostion wasteful, true FPX. --Yikrazuul (talk) 17:50, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Also @ Avenue: I see composition problems too, but I think the photographer did try to take a good picture, which is why we see the exact back of the duck aligned with the bush. Maybe if it was just some random shot, terribly over-edited, purposelessly burnt out or overly darkened, way under the 2MP something like that, then I would say FPX is more called for. I don't feel like this is such a case. -- One, please. ( Thank you.) 19:42, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • My understanding is that {{FPX}} is for images one is confident have no chance of succeeding. The photographer's effort or intent is irrelevant. The image doesn't even need to flagrantly breach the guidelines; it just needs to be clearly not one of our best. --Avenue (talk) 17:19, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Alvesgespar.--Snaevar (talk) 19:07, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Please only cancel an FPX if you actually want it to become featured, that's what "support" means. If nobody wants it featured except the nominator, let's not have it hanging around here for 10 days. (There are about one million "decent pictures" on commons - that's not what FP is for.) The duck's not even sharp, and there are chromatic aberrations on it. --99of9 (talk) 00:25, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Statement: A registered user can nominate ANY image they like and leave it here until it expires if they so choose unless it is rapidly promoted, gets one vote or less, they decide to withdraw it or FPX'd. FPX doesn't mean "I don't like it! Get it off the candidate list, quick!" it means the image must be an obvious and extraordinary deviation from minimal standards to deserve a disruption to a nominator's right to have their image included here. You placed your oppose, other have placed theirs. Let the nominator and community have their say. -- One, please. ( Thank you.) 01:25, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      •  Comment The fact that it is way below minimal standards is obvious to five people as stated above. My only question to you is, are you seriously in favour of (supporting) this being promoted?? --99of9 (talk) 05:19, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose --Another Believer (talk) 18:57, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: image quality is poor (unsharpness, lack of detail) and background is distracting -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 21:42, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.
  •  Comment I struck my vote so the image could expire after its 5 days, not because I changed my mind that this type of FPXing is a good practice. -- One, please. ( Thank you.) 02:42, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info -- Many editors are not aware that one of the reasons for creating the FPX template (by User:MichaelMaggs) was to spare the nominators/creators from a long stack of oppose votes. Another reason was to free the FPC page of pictures with no chance of success, in a time when the total number of daily nominations was very high and each user was free to present as many as he wanted. The idea that the template is used to humiliate, intimidate or chase away the newbies is just false. At least, that is never my purpose. Alvesgaspar (talk) 16:07, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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