Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Euplectes sp.jpg

Southern Red Bishop[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2010 at 13:00:34 (UTC)

Reason: I was reminded that I had this floating about when I saw the nomination of a related species below.
Articles in which this image appears: Southern Red Bishop
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 13:00, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
- 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)[reply]
  - 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)[reply]
    - 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)[reply]
~~Support~~. Nice plumage, but some right crop could be good. Even if the bird is alarmed, that makes it quite funny. Twilightchill t 20:16, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support crop 2. Twilightchill t 20:32, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, lovely. J Milburn (talk) 22:18, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I prefer the original ~~fairly strongly~~, for what it's worth. ~~Crop two is far too tight on the right for me.~~ J Milburn (talk) 13:37, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Scratch that, the crops aren't that bad. I still prefer the original, but I don't oppose either crop. J Milburn (talk) 13:45, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original Only — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 22:26, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support (especially Crop 2) Greg L (talk) 01:10, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~I hold my vote~~ Until the right side is cropped. --Iankap99 (talk) 05:35, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- You mean you want a crop that will violate the rule of thirds? explain please. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 05:36, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Support' both edit 1 and crop 2. Thanks noodle snacks.--Iankap99 (talk) 20:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
crop 2 is the one. Thoraeton (talk) 13:11, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Crop 2 was by PLW I think. Agree it doesn't look too bad. Noodle snacks (talk) 06:15, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support only for the original. The crops ... you can forget it. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 17:57, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What can be forgotten, your level of idiocy or of petulance? Thoraeton (talk) 20:28, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment too. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:06, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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\^talk 06:45, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support original or Crop 2. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Euplectes sp PLW crop.jpg --Jujutacular ^T · C 13:20, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Summary:

1 general oppose !vote

Nominator supports all

Support only for original / preference for original: Raeky, Alchemist-hp, J Milburn

Preference for crop 1: None

Preference for crop 2: Twilightchill, Greg L, Thoraeton, Maedin

No preference stated: Adam Cuerden (between original and crop 2), Iankap99

∴ Promote Crop 2. Jujutacular ^T · C 13:20, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]