Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ringed-Billed-Gull

Ringed-Billed-Gull
Ringed-Billed Gull. Bruce Park, Greenwich, Connecticut. January 2005 
 * Self-Nominate and support. - Alight 02:34, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, it's in black and white. Surely some readers would want to use the pic for identification so what use would a BW pic be? Doesn't seem right to feature a bird pic in black and white. - Adrian Pingstone 10:35, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you opposing it simply because you claim it can't be used for identification because it's black & white? If so, you are incorrect. Please tell me, what other species of gull might you confuse this with? What "hidden" features of the gull would be visible if the picture were to be in color?
 * The hidden features that would be visible are its colours! By the way, please sign your contribution - Adrian Pingstone 14:37, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * That's not quite what I mean. What I'm trying to say, is that for this particular bird, all of the features that are required for identification are clearly visible, even in b&w. This is the case, even if I didn't indicate that the photo was taken in the eastern U.S., but given that I did it pretty much nails the identification. Alight 19:22, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I do not feel this picture is "beautiful, striking, shocking, impressive, titillating, fascinating, or in short just brilliant" -- AllyUnion (talk) 09:49, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Not particularly striking, and I agree that it should be in color for the articles it's probably going to be used for. Junes 15:44, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, color would have been nicer, and as far as bird pictures go, it is nice but not particular special. -- Chris 73 Talk 13:55, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. These days, there needs to be a good reason for B&W. This is not one of them. Denni &#9775; 01:12, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The fact that it's b&w is not a problem for me. it's just that there's nothing really special about it. Enochlau 23:43, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose Colour would have been nicer -- Longhair 20:42, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Not promoted +1/-7 BrokenSegue 20:15, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)