Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Killdeer chick

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Info Killdeer are known for this funny bobbing behavior, intermittently and rapidly straightening up and coming back down. It's been described as looking like "hiccupping." When killdeer chicks do it, it's absolutely adorable. So here are the two parts of the motion captured. I've also uploaded an animated gif version based on these two images :) all by — Rhododendrites ^talk | 23:13, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nice pair of images, but it's not head-bobbing. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:44, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. what is the term for it? "Hiccup" is the most common descriptor I've seen (dozens of sources seem to use that, but none give a scientific term). — Rhododendrites ^talk | 13:05, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've not heard of a proper term other than bobbing. It might be an intermediate 'attention-seeking' stage between a chick's bobbing demanding food and an adult craning its neck for a better view. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:55, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Rhododendrites ^talk | 23:13, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support as a set. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:16, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ Background is disturbing IMO. ~~Overexposed areas IMO~~--Lmbuga (talk) 02:51, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- @Lmbuga: I've uploaded a new version which brings the highlights down a bit. Not sure how to (or whether to) address the background, though. They spend a good amount of time in these muddy areas, and the conditions were such that I couldn't get any lower to the ground. — Rhododendrites ^talk | 04:23, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just looking at the chick's camo coloring, you can tell this is (one of) their preferred environments and that's where you could photograph such a young little bird. --Cart (talk) 11:08, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all. It is at greater risk of predation when in the open. It takes that risk in order to feed. We try to take a bird photographs with a pleasing background and appropriate point of view. Birds are, of course, much more easy to find on mud and sand. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:40, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If these birds go to the mud and sand to feed, I'd say it's one of their natural places to be. --Cart (talk) 13:22, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, but not 'their preferred environment'. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:21, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

weak support --Lmbuga (talk) 12:34, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not so good back, also disturbive reflextion. I think S isn't neccessary, at least 1/800. Second option should be croped vertiacly. Quality could be better too. --Mile (talk) 15:46, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not sure what you mean S not necessary. Shutter priority mode? Are you saying it should be faster or slower? I suppose it could've been faster, but if you compare the first one (when it was nearly still) to the second image (in motion), the sharpness is not very different, so I don't think the shutter speed was a problem here? I understand the request for a crop if that image were on its own, but I feel like keeping the same perspective makes it clearer that these two images are less than a second apart. If this doesn't succeed and anyone thinks it's worth nominating one of them separately (or joining them as a composite), I would be open to a crop. — Rhododendrites ^talk | 19:23, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose quite harsh light and sharpness is imo not at FP level, sorry. --Ivar (talk) 18:20, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment In trying to find out more about this "bobbing"/"hiccupping" behavior, I found this post, which sheds some light: [1] (on facebook). — Rhododendrites ^talk | 18:13, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

as I thought; the view she must get when 'erect' must be 50%+ better. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:03, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Per Ivar and down/put doesn't justify a set IMHO --RolfHill (talk) 17:58, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination — Rhododendrites ^talk | 04:23, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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