Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Barn owl falconry

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Nov 2014 at 14:21:21 (UTC)

Original – A barn owl landing on its falconer's hand

Reason: Very useful and well shot photo. Featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Falconry, Barn owl
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport, probably
Creator: Carlos Delgado

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:21, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support what a shot. Hafspajen (talk) 19:41, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good timing and good shot. -- Slaunger (talk) 20:39, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - pretty cool shot! ///EuroCarGT 01:36, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Beautiful photo of an owl landing but marred by the difficulty in understanding the gauntleted hand which at first sight looks like a fence post or stump. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support I dislike such a tight shot. The nom is about the falconry (according to the title), not just about the owl, and as Cwmhiraeth pointed out, it isn't immediately obvious what the owl is landing on due to such a tight shot. In addition (although not saying I could do better) a lot of the owl appears out of focus. If the framing was better I could look past that however. gazhiley 10:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment- I wouldn't call this a tight shot. Hafspajen (talk) 11:39, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Each to their own... I do... I'd like to see the actual falconer in shot if this is a demonstration of falconry... gazhiley 13:19, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's a compromise no matter how you look at it. The photographer can either shoot from a bit further back (or with a shorter lens) and lose detail in the bird and glove, or shot from close in and lose information on the falconer. I tend to fall on the "closer" side of that compromise, but I understand that not all people do (and to be honest I can't see the glove as anything other than a glove). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:24, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I agree it's a compromise. If this was nominated purely for the Owl, it'd be a full support all the way. However the nom is about falconry, and you can't see the falconer. Hence Weak Support. gazhiley 15:28, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Nice detail and good EV for both articles.--Godot13 (talk) 08:45, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Bellus Delphina ^talk 02:22, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tyto alba - Cetrería - 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:22, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]