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Sooty Shearwater[edit]

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Original – Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) in flight with Cape Pillar behind, East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
The underwing plumage is the most important diagnostic indicator to separate this species from the Short-tailed Shearwater at sea. The out of focus cliffs of Cape Pillar in the distance add some wow in my view.
Articles in which this image appears
Sooty Shearwater
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 04:20, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral the bird is great, but the blurriness of the background gives me a headache. Pine 06:37, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support. Not super-sharp compared to some other images, but good EV showing the underwing plumage if that helps distinguish it from the muttonbird (I like how there's a corresponding image in that article showing the underwing plumage as well, but maybe would be useful to mention that on the image pages). Pretty well done to get the underwings so well lit too, although the lower, I spose it's the left wing, has a patch that's a bit glaringly bright. --jjron (talk) 09:31, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support, pretty much per Jjron. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:45, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:27, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]