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

Black-browed Albatross
Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2011 at 06:35:53 (UTC)
 * Reason:Best available picture of this species, and meets all criteria.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Black-browed Albatross
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:JJ Harrison


 * Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 06:35, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Magnificent photo! Dusty777 (talk) 16:00, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Support excellent clarity. Highlights seem bright but not to the point of being blown. Good work. Pinetalk
 * Question -- The water seems REALLY blue and the beak colors look a little washed out. Are these natural colors? How much have the colors been enhanced/altered from natural? JBarta (talk) 22:47, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I haven't adjusted saturation or contrast. The sky is much bluer down here when compared to the terrestrial northern hemisphere in my (anecdotal) experience. I'd guess most of the world's population is in the northern hemisphere (~90%) and geostrophic winds tend to carry pollution east-west, but I don't really know. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:38, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Forgive me for being a stickler for precision, but to be clear, you have not made any enhancements that resulted in the water being more blue? That color was the color you saw as you peered through your camera? JBarta (talk) 13:03, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep. No adjustment, and it looks as I saw it. It is a bit less dark than some shots (like the southern royal below), because the swell had calmed down. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:45, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Beautiful shot. Support. JBarta (talk) 10:40, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 *  Support We have gotten used to pictures take at the bird's level that, this one looks a bit awry, but you can't be expected to take a pic while swimming, so ok --Muhammad (talk) 00:27, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 *  Support perfect! --Alchemist-hp (talk) 21:45, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 *  Support perfect! --Alchemist-hp (talk) 21:45, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 19:48, 12 October 2011 (UTC)