Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Trumpeter Swan

Trumpeter Swan
Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2010 at 01:04:48 (UTC)
 * Reason:I may be pushing my luck with yet another white bird image, but here goes. The good: high resolution, pose shows all of the bird-and it is not quite the "classic sideways orientation", background not overly distracting (imo). Possible downsides: It was cloudy, but this makes it possible to see highlights in the birds feathers. Too dark? I'll let you decide.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Trumpeter Swan, List of birds of Canada and the United States, List of birds of Oklahoma
 * FP category for this image:Birds
 * Creator:Sasata


 * Support as nominator --Sasata (talk) 01:04, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose sorry - maybe it's the lighting but the fine details of the picture aren't there... The feet seem blurred and the feathers are very soft and feature-less... Shame though, as it's a good pose EV-wise gaz hiley .co.uk  08:54, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - this picture might stand a very little blurring of the background, to make the bird pop out more, and/or raising the exposure a bit. It's otherwise a fine, clear image. Tim Pierce (talk) 21:07, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose: Has there been editing/masking around the bird's head? It would appear so—curious as to what editing was needed.  Oppose for that alone, but while I'm here: the composition is quite bland, with background too in focus, overexposure on the swan's back, and an odd lack of detail in the feathers on the head.   Mae din\ talk 18:22, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope, no head editing. Thanks for the comments. Sasata (talk) 18:44, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, okay. Do you see what I'm referring to, though?   Mae din\ talk 18:55, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 04:26, 26 September 2010 (UTC)