Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Golden-shouldered Parrot 0A2A7450.jpg

File:Golden-shouldered Parrot 0A2A7450.jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Psittaculidae (True Parrots)
•  Info Endangered species - no more than 1100 birds left in the wild. No FPs of this species. IMO really nice to get a male and a female in one frame (presumably a breeding pair) and the composition is really good. created by JJ Harrison - uploaded by JJ Harrison - nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 21:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 21:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 23:45, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support ★ 00:17, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Laitche (talk) 00:58, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Nice that James managed to take such a rare shot. --SHB2000 (talk) 06:15, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

• He has one that is even rarer, which I shall nominate very soon Cmao20 (talk) 15:41, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

  Which photo is that? (out of curiosity) --SHB2000 (talk) 03:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

• It's this. A critically endangered bird, fewer than 250 individuals in the world maybe as few as 50. Additionally it's a ground forager so v difficult to get a picture. Even seeing this bird is extremely difficult let alone getting a sharp 21 megapixel photo of it. The only photo of this species on Commons and one of only five or six (and by far the best) on the internet. It's third in my queue of pictures to nominate atm so you will see it here in the next couple of weeks. Cmao20 (talk) 16:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Support -- Ivar (talk) 08:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment It's a very special shot but very overexposed which is strange; perhaps some processing error. Easy to correct if JJ Harrison is logging on. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:00, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
  • Your ability to be demanding when editing wildlife photos is always pleasantly surprising,... sadly much less surprising is your ability to ignore the same (and, sorry, sometimes worse) defects in your own photographs e.g. among many and many others, regards. Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 12:41, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

• It doesn't look overexposed on my monitor. The background is certainly light, but I am not seeing any highlight clipping/loss of detail anywhere so I think it's a deliberate choice not to pull the highlights back any further. But I could be wrong. Maybe elaborate on why you think it is overexposed/add notes to show highlight clipping and I can drop JJH a note and ask him to fix? Cmao20 (talk) 16:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

• I see that both birds and branch are too bright. Reducing brightness by -70 in Photoshop CS6 is about right, though this introduces halos. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 10:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 12:32, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Also a nice balanced composition with the branch ending in the corner. --Aristeas (talk) 15:46, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 16:19, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Jay.Jarosz (talk) 18:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 18:49, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Two birds and a homogeneous background which seems natural. Fine composition -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:48, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 09:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Good quality and composition (birds looking in each other's direction), no distracting background and a hard to reproduce image --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:26, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 15:32, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 20:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:40, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /SHB2000 (talk) 08:15, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds#Family : Psittaculidae (True Parrots)