Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apostlebird (2022)

Apostlebird
Voting period ends on 7 Dec 2022  at 13:02:20 (UTC)
 * Reason:Was seen on Commons FPC one and a half years ago, where it was featured unanimously.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Apostlebird
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:JJ Harrison


 * Support as nominator – MER-C 13:02, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 08:48, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support -- Muhammad (talk) 12:24, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose Lead image is much more encyclopaedic. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:26, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Didn't you oppose that as well? --Muhammad (talk) 06:54, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Responding to the point made by Charles above: I think both images are encyclopedic, in that they both show important aspects of the bird's structure and plumage. But this one is much superior aesthetically. The current lead image in the article's infobox is, at least for me, compromised as a photograph by the same intentional blurring of the foreground that appears in the photo of the Cinnamon quail-thrush discussed earlier this month, but to a much greater degree. The result looks so artificial and contrived that I could never support it for FP. This one, on the other hand, shows what superb work the same photographer can do when he doesn't have any foreground to fuss with. Choliamb (talk) 22:20, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose Per Charlesjsharp. The lead image shows more of important features -- back and tail.  Only the feet are shown better in the nom image. --Tagooty (talk) 10:51, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support --Janke | Talk 13:22, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose – Shallow DOF blurs anterior portions of subject. – Sca (talk) 13:50, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 11:48, 10 December 2022 (UTC)