Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Höckerschwan Cygnus olor 10 Richard Bartz.jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Image:Höckerschwan Cygnus olor 10 Richard Bartz.jpg, featured[edit]
Info created , uploaded & nominated by --Richard Bartz 18:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)- Info A resting swan.
Support --Richard Bartz 18:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)- Support Gute Arbeit, Richard. Nice composition. Not easy to get that close to a swan without getting a bite. ;) --Katzenmeier 18:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- I have bribed him with wholemeal bread ;-)) --Richard Bartz 18:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support Very good work indeed. Freedom to share 18:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support --Bergwolf 20:04, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support --Digitaldreamer 20:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Comment and 
Question Lovely composition and detail. One comment is that it would have been nice if the eyes of the bird were more visible (I realize that is hard, but then again this is FPC), like in that marvellous vulture FP of yours for instance. And I have a question: Besides the obvious beauty what is it that you find particular valuable about this photo? -- Slaunger 21:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- Valuable ... i dont know if everything must be directly ostensible valuable, maybe this counts for Wikipedia or a functional picture (which i'am able to do, too). You can only show things and it depends of whom wants to see it. I am impressed by the beauty and the close distance, which gives that animal a subtle personality. I am sorry to say that the eyes of this animal are very black, shown here or here ... its hard to compare the red eyes of the volture with this. There are some circumstances, depending on the angle of the head where you can see the eyes more exactly. But for this the animal must look directly in the sun which they dont do frequently, like we humans dont do without sunglases, too. --Richard Bartz 21:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- I did not necessarily mean functional and encyclopedic value, just how you see it as valuable for Wikimedia projects. I am just recalling the guidelines about value and that "beautiful is not always valuable". It may be in this case, I am unsure. I do see the point about the "personality" - it has this reserved, "stay away or I'll bite you look to it". Concerning the eyes, I am aware that they are black, it was more the angle of the head I was thinking about as you also point out with some good examples. Good point about the sun, and thank you for responding to my comments and questions. -- Slaunger 21:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- It extends the available pictures in the Cygnus olor category in an unusual and beautiful way, IMO. As you assumed correctly with "stay away or I'll bite you look to it", this 5 feet tall beauties like to bite and this picture shows it very well. I think it looks cute ;-)) -Richard Bartz 22:05, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- I did not necessarily mean functional and encyclopedic value, just how you see it as valuable for Wikimedia projects. I am just recalling the guidelines about value and that "beautiful is not always valuable". It may be in this case, I am unsure. I do see the point about the "personality" - it has this reserved, "stay away or I'll bite you look to it". Concerning the eyes, I am aware that they are black, it was more the angle of the head I was thinking about as you also point out with some good examples. Good point about the sun, and thank you for responding to my comments and questions. -- Slaunger 21:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Oppose Composition, shadow, dof. Sorry --Beyond silence 15:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)- Oppose As Beyond silence. --Karelj 18:18, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
- Support Lovely portrait - Keta 18:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
result: 6 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Mywood 12:45, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
