Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Thinornis rubricollis - Orford.jpg

Hooded Plover
Voting period ends on 20 Jan 2012 at 07:00:49 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality, good depth of field with great background isolation, geocoded and generally meets criteria.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Hooded Plover
 * FP category for this image:Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
 * Creator:JJ Harrison


 * Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 07:00, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Per nom --Fir0002 09:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Ground seems to have remarkably shallow DOF - is that legit? --jjron (talk) 13:57, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was just lying with my face in the sand. The bottom of the lens was probably an inch from the ground. JJ Harrison (talk) 21:47, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support -- George Chernilevsky  talk 19:32, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support -- Beautiful. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:57, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support - like the eye level shot --Cj.samson (talk) 10:59, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Very impressive. Dusty777 (talk) 16:34, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment very nice, but I still like the current one with the "salad" better. --Elekhh (talk) 01:06, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Not far off salad - it is sea lettuce after all. I decided to nominate this one since I managed to get closer and there is a significant resolution increase. JJ Harrison (talk) 01:15, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Although I would favor a tighter crop. Kaldari (talk) 05:14, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Excellent shot; please, don't crop any closer. Clegs (talk) 10:15, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support --Brackenheim (talk) 16:48, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 04:29, 20 January 2012 (UTC)