Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Sterna nereis - Little Swanport.jpg

Fairy Tern
Voting period ends on 20 Jan 2012 at 06:57:09 (UTC)
 * Reason:This is the only image on Wikimedia Commons of this species. The photo was taken hand held in waist-deep salt water as it was the only way I could approach with the sun on the right side. Fairy Terns are classified as Vulnerable in most states of Australia. For those familiar they are about half the size of a Crested Tern.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Fairy Tern
 * FP category for this image:Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:User:JJ Harrison


 * Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 06:57, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Conditional support - can you confirm that its eye is meant to be entirely black? Almost looks like a red-eye fix...? --Fir0002 09:51, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I can, it is that way in my field guides and other online photos too and I haven't done anything post processing wise to it. I remember having to take lots of shots so I could get one with the head tilted up enough to get a decent catch light - the eye was very indistinct without it. Crested Tern, Caspian Tern etc have the same issues with black eyes in breeding plumage. JJ Harrison (talk) 10:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support -- George Chernilevsky  talk 19:33, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support -- Good for an April Fools pic: Fairy Terns have a dramatic increase in the rate of black eyes during breeding season. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:59, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The eyes are always black, but surrounded by black plumage when in breeding plumage - making the eye not stand out so much. JJ Harrison (talk) 01:13, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, gotcha. Still a support. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:59, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support beautiful image --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  01:03, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support well captured. --Elekhh (talk) 01:07, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support excellent shot. Clegs (talk) 10:14, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support --Brackenheim (talk) 16:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 04:27, 20 January 2012 (UTC)