Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Crested Pigeon

Original - The Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia.

Support as nominator --Benjamint 01:46, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment sorry for asking for a crop again: I think the right margin is too wide. I find the grass somewhat distracting as it is very sharp on the bottom, and overall much more vivid than the subject, ~~while not providing much information about the bird's habitat~~. I think an image with this type of background would be better. Elekhh (talk) 07:24, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've provided a slight crop. To the background however I have to disagree: it tells us nothing about the natural habitat but of it's new adopted habitat, gardens and lawns etc. since the species has expanded it's distribution this is a very typical setting to find one in. Just as I have never seen a city pigeon in anything resembling natural habitat, I have also never seen these pigeons outside of expanses of lush, mown grass such as parks and golf-courses. IMO the IQ and the EV of the pigeon itself is more than mitigating, also NB the iridescence on the wing feathers, I spent quite a while angling myself in order to catch that glint which many photos lack. Benjamint 09:29, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw comment on habitat as it is missinterpreted and distracts from what I actually meant. Elekhh (talk) 03:47, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I largely agree with Benjamint, as long as it is not grossly unrepresentative of the natural environment (desert, arctic etc), it's hard to say it's unnatural, especially when it comes to pigeons who tend to be happy almost anywhere they can find something to nibble on. A good photo of the bird without any major distracting elements is the primary goal, and a good understanding of the habitat from the photo is merely a nice addition IMO. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:35, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support I saw plenty of these on the mainland, almost always on grass like this. Noodle snacks (talk) 02:14, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Mbz1 (talk) 23:02, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Okay for me. EV and quality are there. Maedin\^talk 07:26, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]