Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Turdus merula Nesting.jpg

Common Blackbird

 * Reason:Demonstrates nesting behaviour and construction. You can just see a newly born chick poking it's head out. I put the camera on a tripod when the mother was getting food and used a long remote release to take this picture without distributing disturbing the subject.
 * Articles this image appears in:Common Blackbird, Bird nest
 * Creator:Noodle snacks

with bird's nests- just as there is at least one FP for every species, there's at least one FP for every nest full of eggs. Very few reference works contain pictures of the eggs, which means that identifying birds from their eggs is annoyingly difficult. J Milburn (talk) 11:05, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 07:02, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support You mean disturbing the subject? New camera? --Muhammad (talk) 08:51, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I do. Sort of, but the camera is not mine, been having a few problems with the shutter button on my 400D atm. Hilarious typo. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:01, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Brings new meaning to shooting birds... &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  09:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. Lovely EV for the nest article, as it shows a mother bird sitting on the nest- the only image that does so. I think there's a real mine of FPs
 * Support This is a great photo!  upstate NYer  11:22, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Colour balance is perhaps a little yellow? --jjron (talk) 12:38, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Gave it a tweak. Better? Noodle snacks (talk) 21:23, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, better, but I'd probably go a little further still - see my not for voting edit. BTW nice genus name - what'd it do to deserve that? :-) --jjron (talk) 07:27, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Question - Can I vote too? - 189.216.137.0 (talk) 15:03, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Answer Heck yeah! Feel free to join in. Keep in mind that it's not who is voting but the reasoning behind the vote, so there is nothing preventing you. User:NezzadarUser_talk:Nezzadar 16:28, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * iirc !votes of IPs are disregarded, though comments aren't. You might want to create an account first. Noodle snacks (talk) 21:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Correct. Yes, create yourself an account (it's easy and it's free, no catches - just click the link at top right of any page) and then you're welcome to join in. --jjron (talk) 22:42, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 *  Weak Oppose Neutral It seems a little bit too crowded, especially in the corners. While photographing a bird in a nest is hard, finding a little less crowded of a photo would be nice. User:NezzadarUser_talk:Nezzadar 16:32, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * In this case the tips of leaves add enc in my view - it is clear that the nest has been placed in the middle of a bush, rather than out in the open. Noodle snacks (talk) 21:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with NS. J Milburn (talk) 10:05, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose - The nest is not well shown in the image, giving it perhaps not enough EV. It should be wider to show more of the nest. - ☩  Damërung   ☩   .  -- 00:20, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I may be mistaken, but I think that's about as wide as the nest goes. --jjron (talk) 07:32, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Nest are very rarely out in the open, so foliage around the nest is to be expected, and thus i have no issues with this picture - full of EV... Gazhiley (talk) 08:16, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Update The chicks left the nest to become fledglings today. Noodle snacks (talk) 03:40, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support, per nominator. Mostlyharmless (talk) 01:27, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support per nominator. Also, good EV because it's a really interesting illustration of the physicality of nesting: where the bird sits, its size relative to the nest, where the young sit, where nests are located, etc, are all represented. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 08:08, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support either, preference for edit. Slightly messy composition has EV in this case. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  09:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

-- Shoemaker's Holiday Over 213 FCs served 09:59, 22 October 2009 (UTC)