Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Melanerpes-erythrocephalus-003.jpg

Image:Melanerpes-erythrocephalus-003.jpg, featured

•  Info Created and uploaded by Mdf. Nominated by Laitche --Laitche 17:35, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Laitche 17:35, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support What lens did you use? Freedom to share 18:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

• I don't know because I'm not the author. Sorry. The author is Mdf. --Laitche 19:46, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

• at 700mm, I'd bet it be a 500mm (there aren't many 500mm in Canon lenses lineup) + 1,4 extender... Unless he uses a non Canon lense ? Benh 06:30, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

•  Support yeah...seems to be a great lens. Such a quality at 700mm...wow. --AngMoKio 19:22, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Oh yes. Love the pose, love the color, love the texture of the feathers. Great work. --JaGa 19:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support no anonymous votes allowed, please sign. Lycaon 06:46, 14 November 2007 (UTC) your Perfect detail, exposure and background plus a beautiful bird. Stunning image!
•  Oppose crop, artificial background, size. Lycaon 20:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
  • 'crop', maybe, but 'artificial background' isn't observable to me, neither should 'size' at 2.359.296 pixels be an issue? Wwcsig 21:17, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
    • Don't tell me this looks like a bird in its natural environment??? It is a QI, no doubt, but FP??? (And size is my prerogative.) Lycaon 21:28, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
      • De beste stuurlui staan aan wal. --JaGa 21:52, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
        • toch nie echt deure é? :-)))) Lycaon 21:55, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
          • Argle bargle ach blenderdammerung :D --JaGa 00:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support -- MJJR 21:25, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Great picture! I love how the use of a telephoto completely blurrs the background in a masterly manner so as to focus completely on the suject. The cropping is good all around, nothing left out, nothing intruding. --Tomascastelazo 00:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support MDF is the master when it comes to shots of birds. Too bad (s)he doesn't participate in Commons discussions. We could learn a few things... Dori - Talk 01:07, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Very well done except for the crop, which ruins it for me. Calibas 01:27, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Great catch, excellent sharpness. But i also find the crop a little tight and the vignetting (or whatever it is, that makes the corner darker) disturbing. --Simonizer 08:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Great picture. --MichaelMaggs 12:02, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Karelj 17:09, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Luc Viatour 07:57, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Great shot. Crop not disturbing to me but I'd like to know more about the background. Agree with Dori about lack of discussion/learning with Mdf. --LucaG 21:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Rollopack 07:16, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Basik07 08:52, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

result: 13 supports, 3 opposes, 0 neutral => featured. Benh 21:08, 25 November 2007 (UTC)