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File:Perisoreus canadensis mercier1.jpg, featured[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2010 at 01:05:08 (UTC)
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Gray Jay
It is not a shadow .. check out this. GerardM (talk) 19:51, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It still looks like a shadow to me. All those shots show a clean white shoulder band stretching all the way around from the chest to the back; this one doesn't. The shadow seems to be cast by the tree trunk; it runs linearly down through the bird's head and shoulder, but is most obvious on the shoulder. --Avenue (talk) 01:55, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I can make an alternate choice, but I surely wouln't like such a tight crop. It's a question of personal preference, of course. To me, the tree on the left "explain" the shadow on the bird and for that reason it should stay visible. Also, the look of the bird gives a "direction" in the picture toward the right, therefore space is needed on the right to keep our eye in the picture. Apart from all this, I always like the subject to "breathe" in the picture. --Cephas (talk) 00:37, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 08:12, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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