Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Euplectes franciscanus

Euplectes franciscanus

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Jun 2010 at 21:10:45 (UTC)

Original - The Northern Red Bishop or Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) is a resident breeding bird species in Africa south of the Sahara Desert and north of the Equator.

Reason: Compelling shot of a rather pretty bird. Good technicals, good composition, used well within the article. A recent finalist in the Commons POTY.
Articles in which this image appears: Northern Red Bishop
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Luc Viatour

Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 21:10, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose regrettably. Opened this intending to support, but far too noisy in the blacks, especially on the chest, and maybe a little bit soft; I don't think it's quite up there with our other bird images. ISO 1600 was probably asking just a bit too much. Personally I'd give it a little less headroom and maybe take a smidge off the left, but wouldn't oppose based on that. That spiders-web on its head is also a bit distracting. --jjron (talk) 09:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Why isn't this mentioned in Sahara#Flora_and_Fauna, not to mention having the picture included.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- The Saharah is the size of Europe. There is not room for a mention, let alone an image, of every fricking living thing that habituates it in the article on the desert as a whole. I really, really hope you're joking. J Milburn (talk) 01:20, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Bird does not occur in Sahara according to article. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:55, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support I make my vote based upon the size here; not at an über-magnified level. I like how the background is out of focus, I like the off-center composition (though I agree 100% with jjron and think it could be cropped a tad to bring it slightly more to the left and higher), and I just love the range of oranges. It’s nice to see subjects that aren’t familiar to most English-speaking peoples. In short, it is interesting. Greg L (talk) 02:04, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:26, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]