Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Thalassarche cauta portrait - SE Tasmania.jpg

Shy Albatross portrait
Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2011 at 06:22:58 (UTC)
 * Reason:Works well with the article prose discussing the morphology of the beak, and nasal tubes.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Albatross
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:JJ Harrison


 * Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 06:22, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose Wing edge comes too close to foreground. Samsara (FA • FP) 08:15, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose -- As a person with no special interest in birds, I had to study this image for a few moments to understand exactly what I was looking at. At first glance it seemed like some sort of bird species with a big horn on it's head. This may a useful and valuable image for what it shows, but it doesn't strike me as Featured Picture worthy.
 * Oppose as well. The wing looks like some seal is eating him (my first impression, at least). Understandably a hard shot, but it could have higher EV without the wing. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:35, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Question Could the wing be edited out? Pinetalk 19:19, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I would say absolutely not. (FP candidate or not). Editing out bystanders or other extraneous subject is one thing. Editing out the wing of a bird in a clumsy attempt to make it a more preferrable shot of the bird? No. At least that's my thought on the matter. JBarta (talk) 19:45, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I would have to agree, image manipulation like that is not only not needed, but probably shouldn't be done in order to keep things accurate. JFitch   (talk)  23:02, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think it'd be appropriate. The problem largely goes away if you click on the thumbnail anyway. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:40, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I might also add, the albatrosses hold their wings like this for a bit after landing, presumably to keep them dry, before folding them up if they don't decide to take off again (a clumsy affair!).

--Makeemlighter (talk) 19:46, 12 October 2011 (UTC)