Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker2

 * Reason:I am nominating this image because I feel that it is a good image that clearly shows the subject. My main concern was the fact that the background is a tad fuzzy, but I looked at several other Bird FPs, and a few others have similar backgrounds.
 * Proposed caption:A male Downy Woodpecker eating a seed at a bird feeder. Downy Woodpeckers usually forage on trees, picking the bark surface in summer and digging deeper in winter. They mainly eat insects, and also seeds and berries. However, Downy Woodpeckers can often be found in treed suburban backyards and will often feed on suet at birdfeeders, especially during the winter.
 * Articles this image appears in:Downy Woodpecker
 * Creator:Myself

Oppose I like the negative space on the original - but unfortunately the quality isn't up to standard IMO in terms of sharpness. --Fir0002 11:31, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator Scorpion0422 05:14, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose There is too much negative space around the bird, and the bird itself is slightly out of focus. Also, the birdfeeder is not only distracting, but the small wood pole protruding from it cuts off part of the tail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lipton sale (talk • contribs) 05:50, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I cropped the image so that the bird is the main focus and there is less of the bird feeder. Is that better? -- Scorpion0422 05:53, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Not quite sharp enough. I'm usually not a big fan of feeder shots either unless the feeder complements the bird. Wwcsig (talk) 17:40, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Another decent bird shot (again, the original crop is by far the best) let down by lack of sharpness where it counts (prefocussed, maybe?) Frontal lighting is always a pain when you're looking for detail and this one suffers doubly for that reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MIckStephenson (talk • contribs)
 * Support Edit 2, even if it's not as sharp as it could be, it's far sharper than the Caffinch picture which is getting supported by several people above. My crop removes the useless empty space to the left of the bird, while not cropping any of the bird feeder. I also sharpened the bird a bit, and only the bird to avoid getting any artefacts due to the sharpening. --Aqwis (talk) 20:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral It really is a nice shot, nice composition (especially edit2) and very encyclopedic IMO. Unfortunately - as so often is the case - the sharpness is below average. -- Chris.B  |  talk  15:40, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 05:04, 24 November 2007 (UTC)