Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cuban green woodpecker

Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus percussus) female.JPG

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Original – Female cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus percussus)

Reason: Quality image, illustrates article well. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Cuban green woodpecker Woodpecker
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:13, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – it's sharp, Charles! Very attractive colorful photo. --Janke | Talk 13:45, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sharp picture, good colors, appropriate contrast...even the bird itself is in a dynamic pose. Very good. -- Veggies (talk) 14:25, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Colorful for sure, but the up-angle and the relative thickness of the branch obscure some of the subject. Blurry background seems somewhat distracting. Sca (talk) 15:19, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I find the blurry background attractive, since it duplicates the coloring of the bird. Doesn't lessen the EV, IMO. --Janke | Talk 15:46, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support – the composition works for me, she blends in, obscured tail is unfortunate. Bammesk (talk) 02:49, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support, nice choice, although indeed the obscured tail is unfortunate. Brandmeister^talk 19:30, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adityavagarwal (talk) 11:49, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support – I'm coming round to the colorful aspects. But as usual I'd prefer a tighter crop, particularly from the bottom – to make the branch less obtrusive. (Just throwing that out as a possibility, though I don't expect much agreement.) Sca (talk) 16:12, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – I think I have to leave the branch in to frame the hidden tail. Charlesjsharp (talk)

I experimented offline with a bottom crop around the fork in the branches (also a bit of a trim on the left and just a shave on the right), and thought it looked good. – A suggestion for zooming in a little. Sca (talk) 14:38, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Sca, but I still support. Drmies (talk) 14:47, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The suggestion has merit, but then the bird's eye isn't in the centre, and you lose some nice blue sky on the left, so it's a trade off... – Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:32, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus percussus) female.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:31, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]