Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Redwing nest.jpg

Redwing_nest.jpg
My wife took this picture yesterday. I think it is vivid and crisp and illustrates redwing, nest and bird nicely. It does need to be viewed full-size to be fully enjoyed, though. I suppose it could be cropped closer around the hatchlings though I think it's nice that one can see that the nest is on the ground. - Haukurth 15:35, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * We checked on the nest again today. They're all dead now. It was probably a fox - though he didn't even eat them all. We found two of them a meter or two from the nest, blue and lifeless but not torn apart. The scene was just too sad to photograph. - Haukurth 20:33, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Nominate and support. - Haukurth 15:35, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.png|15px]] Oppose, good, but not quite good enough. --Fir0002 09:41, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, although I do think they look like groovy rockers with their spiky hair-styles. -- Silversmith Hewwo 12:27, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Thank you for voting on the picture. Might I bother you for more specific reasons you think the picture lacks merit? Perhaps it can be improved or replaced (we have a couple more of the same nest) and if not then at least we could have a better idea as to what to look for in the future (try a flower next time, maybe?). - Haukurth 13:08, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * To be more specific, I find the birds a bit hard to see, as their colour is very close to the nest's colour, and the shadows don't help. I almost supported, but I don't think it is striking enough to be featured, it's just a nice, fairly interesting picture. Maybe the others you have are better? -- Silversmith  Hewwo 18:12, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's helpful :) We looked at the other pictures again but still feel this one is the best. We tried cropping it differently and fiddling with color levels and contrast but still feel it looks best unprocessed. The shadow is there because the lighting is natural. You can see that the nest is placed in a small depression in the ground. The hatchlings are similar in colour to the nest, that's probably how Nature/Darwin/God intended it. The nest is hard to find unless you know exactly where to look. Again, thank you for your comments. - Haukurth 20:33, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Support I happen to like it. If anything, 1/3rd of the nest is a bit in the shadow, but that is not a big flaw I think -- Chris 73 Talk 17:22, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, I like it, but I don't think it's quite up to featured standard. Phoenix2 21:54, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.png|15px]] Oppose - not especially striking. Kaldari 22:44, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. --Bernard Helmstetter 16:44, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. That brownish stuff at the right is distracting. Enochlau 06:12, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The moss? That's just what the ground looks like. Would you support a closer crop? Not that it matters at this point. - Haukurth 10:15, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

+5 / -5 -- Solipsist 4 July 2005 07:25 (UTC)
 * Support. As an image its not perfect and the lighting could be better, but it is by far the best illustration on nest. My guess is its not so easy to come across a situation like this and having one unhatched egg is a major bonus. -- Solipsist 1 July 2005 08:03 (UTC)
 * Support. I believe the poster that the nests are rare to come by and he is probably right that the color coincidence is no coincidence, if you know what I mean. Superm401 | Talk July 4, 2005 03:09 (UTC)

