Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Canada-Goose

Canada Goose

 * Reason:Striking picture of a low flying goose (the included shadow underlines the low altitude), high contrast between bird and surrounding environment (ice/snow).
 * Articles this image appears in:Canada Goose, also on es:Barnacla, zh:加拿大雁 and on 3 wikibooks pages
 * Creator:Cszmurlo


 * Support as nominator &mdash; Qyd 03:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. While definitely an interesting shot considering the low flight, I think for this common of a bird, the focus and minimization of artifacts could be improved. -- Tewy  03:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Nice capture, but technical details are underwhelming. Compare the sharpness to the existing Canada Goose FP: [[Image:Canada goose flight cropped and NR.jpg|50px]]  howcheng  {chat} 05:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose, but encouragement. I actually much prefer the composition of this image to our current FPC (although it's a bit closely cropped for me), but sadly there's way too much noise on the feathers, etc. Mak (talk)  14:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Visible pixelation at both high-res and in thumb version. - Mgm|(talk) 09:33, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Both images would do well in an article about bird flight. Samsara (talk • contribs) 00:59, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Well, I think this has far more merit in most respects than the current featured picture of a Canada Goose above. Yes, this has some quality issues, but the curve of the wings as it swoops so low to the icy ground is infinitely more interesting. --Vaelta 21:51, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Technically only adequate, but compositionally compelling. You can almost feel the rush of air from the wing flap. The not-too-dark shadow connected at the wing tip touching the ground nicely signals, but doesn't overly stress, how close to the ground the bird is. The white, icy background offers no visual distraction, but coupled with the wings in a downstroke, augments this beautiful illustration of the power exerted in flight. --Bagginz 05:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 10:03, 2 May 2007 (UTC)