Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Buitre negro.jpg

File:Buitre negro.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Accipitriformes
•  Info created & uploaded by User:Juan lacruz - nominated by User:Ikan Kekek -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:46, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Support - Striking bird, in my opinion, well photographed, and educational value due to showing how they pick up pieces of carrion. Top crop may be a little close, but I like the photo enough to nominate it, anyway.-- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:46, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment I have added some material at the top, due to the tight crop. If the author does not like, please revert. But I think it is better now. Wonderful sharpness, FP IMO.--Jebulon (talk) 15:00, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Support I'm not particularly fond of the bokeh, but the bird's great! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 15:20, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Thanks J, that settled it. Excellent capture. "Dinner for one?" --cart-Talk 15:56, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Not quite as good as the best picture we have in this vein, but it's an FP for me. Daniel Case (talk) 20:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

• I agree, Daniel. That capture of the hawk with the vole's head in its beak would be difficult to surpass. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:28, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

•  Support lNeverCry 20:21, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose I see a strong halo around the bird. Charles (talk) 23:12, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

•  Question - Around what part(s) of the bird? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:56, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

• @Ikan Kekek: I see it too, on the neck and the breast, as well as the tail -- Thennicke (talk) 00:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

• I don't really see anything. If anything, I might see something on the head between the top of the head and the beak, but it looks to me like a function of how the light is hitting there. User:Juan lacruz, if you see the halos, would you like to do something about them? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:10, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

• @Ikan Kekek: The bird appears to be "glowing" compared to the background; the area immediately around the bird (particularly the neck) is too bright compared to the background. I hope this description of the issue is more helpful? This kind of haloing is almost always caused by using the "shadows and highlights" tool too aggressively to brighten the shadows -- Thennicke (talk) 06:30, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

• Specifically - too much use of the highlights slider. 09:51, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

• I agree, I see the halo.--Jebulon (talk) 10:10, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

• Thennicke, thanks for explaining what you're seeing. It doesn't bother me that the bird is emphasized this way over the background, but I get your point when you explain it this way. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:06, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

•  Oppose nice, but too much photoshoped!!! --Alchemist-hp (talk) 03:18, 4 January 2017 (UTC) Current a bit too bright. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 18:16, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Charles. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:31, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

   Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:15, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

•  Info I agree too much shadows and highlights, so I've retrieved the original image and avoided this processing. Please add space at the top for a better framing if desired. User:Juan lacruz

• User:Juan lacruz, thank you for your work. It's good to ping everyone who's voted or commented, so that they can pass judgment on the new version. To save you the trouble, I'll do the pinging: Martin Falbisoner, cart, Daniel Case, lNeverCry, Charles, Thennicke, Jebulon, Alchemist-hp, King of Hearts. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:31, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

•  Support Much better -- Thennicke (talk) 20:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 04:17, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Support----Isasza (talk) 12:49, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Poco² 11:32, 7 January 2017 (UTC) PD: Removing the white spot at the bottom would be an improvement, though.

•  Comment - I agree with you. I wonder what that white thing is, anyway. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:58, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment - The white spot seemed to be some feathers from other common vultures, it has been removed. User:Juan lacruz

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 13:48, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

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