Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Calidris ruficollis - Marion Bay.jpg

Voting period ends on 27 Jan 2012 at 02:53:45 (UTC)

Reason

I'm still not sure why a big flock (~80) of these stint allowed me to approach so closely whilst feeding without being bothered. They have always been much shyer on other attempts. I guess they were hungry after a long migration. It was a cool experience anyway. This shot has good lighting, great detail and a nice perspective.

Articles in which this image appears

Red-necked Stint

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

JJ Harrison

• Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 02:53, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support beautiful --Guerillero | My Talk 03:32, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support per nom; supersedes currently featured image. --jjron (talk) 13:12, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose This is by now an ancient stickling point, but I prefer to see the whole of the bird for encyclopaedic purposes, and since the existing FP does show the feet, ... Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 19:26, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, to be fair, the existing one shows roughly half of one foot, rather than 'showing the feet'. I didn't see that as much advantage given the other pluses with this one. --jjron (talk) 03:24, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

...such as? Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 11:45, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Sharpness & resolution are better. I'd also suggest that the non-white background makes the bird itself stand out better. Nikthestoned 12:48, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

And given you opposed the original for far more detailed reasons, I thought you could have told us anyway (note: I'm assuming you're the same user as User:Papa Lima Whiskey; if not, my apologies, but on the contrary, if not then you shouldn't be using such a similar username). --jjron (talk) 13:03, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

You've given me "sharpness and resolution", but that doesn't tell me what additional EV you think it confers in the species article. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 02:05, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

As far as the feet in water, the first words of the article are: "The Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) is a small migratory wader.", FWIW. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:05, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Which doesn't stop us from having a picture where, in the act of wading, one of the feet is visible above the waterline. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 13:59, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Nothing stops us from improving on any of the current FPs. The question isn't necessarily how this photo could be perfected, merely whether it's satisfactory as it is. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 15:58, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support (& replace original) as per above. Nikthestoned 12:48, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Nik, the other one is up for delist here if you agree with the replace. --jjron (talk) 13:03, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Cheers JJ. Nikthestoned 14:19, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support. As usual, easily good enough for FP. Not bothered at all by the cut off feet (unless it's shown that the feet are important for identification) as it's taken in what appears to be its natural environment. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:17, 23 January 2012 (UTC
• Support Very nice. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:22, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support --Fir0002 04:38, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - yeah, animals very seldom concern themselves with showing the photographer their entire bodies in the wild. The goal should be a high-quality and accurate representation of what the bird actually does. Juliancolton (talk) 16:37, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Promoted File:Calidris ruficollis - Marion Bay.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:28, 27 January 2012 (UTC)