Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Alcedo azurea - Julatten.jpg

Azure Kingfisher
Voting period ends on 5 Aug 2011 at 10:41:33 (UTC)
 * Reason:Yeah, the depth of field is a bit thin, but that is because it is a very small bird, and the photo was taken in technically challenging conditions (1/20th, 700mm, iso 1600 wide open!). The important part is in focus, and you can still see the plumage clearly. One of my favorite birds I think. I spent quite a long time in a hide to get it.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Azure Kingfisher
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:JJ Harrison


 * Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 10:41, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support I agree these guys are hard to get close to. Nice.  It's amazing you can get an iso1600 to look so good! --99of9 (talk) 11:37, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Good posture, nice image. --Elekhh (talk) 23:33, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support the blur is not bad and if getting any better is near-impossible then this works for me.  Pine (was GreenPine)  talk 09:03, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support  ■ MMXX  talk  09:38, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Having just done some bird photography, I must say this is quite an achievement --Muhammad (talk) 18:48, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support - Amazing. Fallschirmjäger &#9993; 11:23, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support superb photo, comfortably meets the 8 criteria.TehGrauniad (talk) 14:54, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 14:58, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 15:35, 5 August 2011 (UTC)