Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Podiceps cristatus 2 - Lake Dulverton.jpg

Great Crested Grebe
Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2012 at 11:49:18 (UTC)
 * Reason:Various subspecies of this bird appear across Asia and Europe. It is certainly Australia's largest and most attractive grebe. Not that many are found in Tasmania. Years ago they used to breed at Lake Dulverton, where this photo was taken, but the lake had been dry for a number of years because of a drought. Fortunately, there is water in the lake again, and a number of these Great Crested Grebe are around. A few trips and considerable patience in a hide has allowed me to get this photo.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Great Crested Grebe
 * FP category for this image:Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:JJ Harrison


 * Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 11:49, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support lovely Grebe --Cj.samson (talk) 15:10, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. Nice! --  George Chernilevsky  talk 21:30, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support --Muhammad (talk) 17:11, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak support -- A little bit of light being reflected from the neck feathers. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:50, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. --jjron (talk) 12:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support colorful subject and nice exposure (bright and dark feathers sill retain details). I would just have cropped the left side a bit to apply what I once read in a photography book (to place the eye on that "sweet" spot, 1/3 height from the top border, 1/3 width from left border). Hmm maybe I do need rest. - Blieusong (talk) 19:43, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Well captured, good detail, and value that the natural background is still recognisable as not completely blurred. --Elekhh (talk) 02:24, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. Very appealing how the bird is looking at us and has that cowlick on it's head.TCO (Reviews needed) 14:44, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 11:00, 5 January 2012 (UTC)