Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Tadorna tadornoides male - Perth.jpg

Australian Shelduck male
Voting period ends on 13 Apr 2012 at 09:49:08 (UTC)
 * Reason:You can think of this as one element of a set with the image below if you like. I believe both images meet the criteria
 * Articles in which this image appears:Australian Shelduck
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:JJ Harrison


 * Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 09:49, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Question - Why does it have a tuft of down on its beak? Is it ill? Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:47, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Probably from preening. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support assuming that the bird is not ill / unrepresentative of the species. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:18, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support  Sharp, nice bokeh. Saffron Blaze (talk) 20:10, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support  Excellent. I think the article could've retained the female in the female in the water though (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_shelduck_male_arp.jpg) as it's an aquatic bird. TehGrauniad (talk) 12:02, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Needs highlight recovery. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 18:54, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose The blown highlights are blown just a little too much for me, especially for such an easily reproducible photo. - Running On Brains (talk) 19:44, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * support Tomer T (talk) 18:33, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 00:37, 16 April 2012 (UTC)