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Original - Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix), MaleEdit 1 - CropCrop 2. With lead room in the opposite direction, we emphasise the bird's turning to engage with the viewer.
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I was reminded that I had this floating about when I saw the nomination of a related species below.
Oppose I rarely chime in first on these taxonomic images, but I have two composition problems. First a perch where the feet are not so hard to identify would be better. Also, there seems to be general discord in the image with the bird looking alarmed and the light feathers looking sort of ruffled.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:23, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
You want us to identify a stick? That's completely irrelevant and never required for a FP, likewise where is this "general discord" about birds looking alarmed... — raeky(talk | edits)15:36, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
No, I believe he's saying the feet don't stand out enough from the perch due to the angles and colours, not that he wants the stick identified. --jjron (talk) 17:03, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
I'd suggest its calling rather than being alarmed. Excluding perhaps colour I'm not sure the feet are that important for EV purposes - they might put you in the Passerines, but I'm not sure they'd give you much more than that. Noodle snacks (talk) 21:30, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Possibly, after all, many photographs are better with the image centered even with a violation of the rule of thirds. --Iankap99 (talk) 05:50, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
This doesn't follow the rule of thirds, nor should one blindly follow it all the time. The reason for a little space is more to do with Lead room. I've provided a crop, but I really wouldn't go any for the previous reason. Noodle snacks (talk) 06:27, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Support crop 2 first, original second, and oppose crop 1: Nice. Shame the bird doesn't appear smaller, but apart from the scale, I suppose he's fluffing up his feathers for a mating display. I think it's worth mentioning on the image description page that this is breeding plumage. Almost hard to believe that they're otherwise a non-descript brown like the female; this shows the difference very well. Maedin\talk06:45, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
