Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Swallow chicks

Swallow chicks

 * Reason:Shows the birds well, clear, good quality image.
 * Articles this image appears in:Hirundo and Welcome Swallow
 * Creator:Benjamint


 * Support as nominator Benjamint 09:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: The birds' tails seem to be fairly blurry when viewed at full size. -- Altiris   Helios   Exeunt  10:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. It's an excellent composition, and I can forgive the blurry tail since the patterning is still clearly visible. Samsara noadmin (talk) 14:13, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per nom and Samsara. Clegs (talk) 15:06, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment The image looks oversaturated. The other images at Welcome Swallow look more like natural colors. Maybe tone it down a bit? &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2008-02-04 16:28Z
 * Comment - Colors look off to me as well. Kaldari (talk) 23:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've uploaded a slightly desaturated version to bring the colors closer to reality. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2008-02-05 01:00Z
 * Support the adjusted one The one you have adjusted to fix the coloring is very good. Juliancolton ( The Giants Win! ) 21:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support edit 1. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2008-02-06 20:24Z
 * Oppose both Colours still look unnaturally saturated. Lycaon (talk) 20:36, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you submit an alternative? The 2nd one is much closer to reality. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2008-02-06 21:00Z
 * It doesn't work that way. You can't boost and then lower stauration in the same way that you can't boost and lower contrast. The original picture (whether or not the submitted original is it) has a full range of saturations. When saturation is boosted, the middle range is stretched out, but areas with an already high saturation won't go higher. When you take this image and lower the saturation again, the areas with a high saturation will be at a much lower saturation than they originally were. Quick example&mdash;note the decrease in saturation on the bumper from the first image to the third. thegreen J      Are you green?  22:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Lycaon. thegreen J      Are you green?  02:17, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Pictogram voting support.svg|15px|top]] Support Edit 1 – The edit appears to have corrected the problem I had with the strong (probably unrealistic) blue colour appearing at the edge of the birds. Apart from that I cannot really fault the composition or the other technical aspects of this picture.  Centy  – [ reply ]• contribs  – 21:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 11:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)