Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Barn owl falconry

Barn owl falconry
Voting period ends on 27 Nov 2014  at 14:21:21 (UTC)
 * Reason:Very useful and well shot photo. Featured on Commons
 * Articles in which this image appears:Falconry, Barn owl
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport, probably
 * Creator:Carlos Delgado


 * Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:21, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support what a shot. Hafspajen (talk) 19:41, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Very good timing and good shot. -- Slaunger (talk) 20:39, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - pretty cool shot! ///Euro Car  GT  01:36, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Beautiful photo of an owl landing but marred by the difficulty in understanding the gauntleted hand which at first sight looks like a fence post or stump. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak Support I dislike such a tight shot. The nom is about the falconry (according to the title), not just about the owl, and as Cwmhiraeth pointed out, it isn't immediately obvious what the owl is landing on due to such a tight shot. In addition (although not saying I could do better) a lot of the owl appears out of focus. If the framing was better I could look past that however. gaz hiley  10:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment- I wouldn't call this a tight shot. Hafspajen (talk) 11:39, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Each to their own... I do... I'd like to see the actual falconer in shot if this is a demonstration of falconry... gaz hiley  13:19, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * It's a compromise no matter how you look at it. The photographer can either shoot from a bit further back (or with a shorter lens) and lose detail in the bird and glove, or shot from close in and lose information on the falconer. I tend to fall on the "closer" side of that compromise, but I understand that not all people do (and to be honest I can't see the glove as anything other than a glove). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:24, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh I agree it's a compromise. If this was nominated purely for the Owl, it'd be a full support all the way. However the nom is about falconry, and you can't see the falconer. Hence Weak Support. gaz hiley  15:28, 18 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Support - Nice detail and good EV for both articles.--Godot13 (talk) 08:45, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support -  Bellus Delphina     talk   02:22, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 14:22, 27 November 2014 (UTC)