Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Male Bufflehead taking off.jpg

Bufflehead takeoff

 * Reason:Highly encyclopedic shot of a waterbird during takeoff, showing him literally running on top of the water.
 * Articles this image appears in:Bufflehead, Bird flight
 * Creator:User:Kevinlcole


 * Support as nominator  howcheng  {chat} 22:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose Picture looks kind of strange at full res. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 22:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose It's kind of blurry when fully zoomed in. Ilikefood (talk) 22:57, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It could be downsampled a bit. Muhammad (talk) 13:15, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose unsharp - inexplicably so for 1/2000s - and inadequate DOF. Mfield (talk) 16:43, 17 April 2008 (UTC) Downsampling is not going to fix any of the issues this image has. Mfield (talk) 19:52, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Too much noise and motion blur. And I'm not sure if it accurately displays the subject.  crassic ![ talk ] 23:46, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * What do you mean the second part of your remark?  howcheng  {chat} 18:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose. Grainy at full res.   Spinach Dip  08:25, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * NOTE Image has been downsampled and sharpened. Hopefully this alleviates some of the concerns raised above. Please clear your cache to view again.  howcheng  {chat} 18:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Still somewhat grainy. and the left wing seems blurry. Spencer  T♦C 19:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

. --John254 01:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)