Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Albatros fuligineux.jpg

Original - Phoebetria palpebrata

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 05:06, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The lower 8th of the bird and around the edge of the head/neck area looks blurry to me, which is unfortunate because the rest of him seems so detailed. Is there an image of the entire bird? This doesn't show what the shape or size an Albatros fuligineux is, or whether the coloring of the head continues over the rest of the body. I have to oppose on these factors, I'm afraid. Best, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:04, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Seems to be a bit compressed for such large dimensions, but no problem with the depth of field issue. This bird isn't likely to be identified by its shoulder. Durova^Charge! 17:49, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support per Durova. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 19:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The image is nice, but it is severely lacking in encyclopedic value. It doesn't show enough of the bird to be informative enough. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:53, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I am puzzled by this as a reason for opposing. The image is without question the best image we have of the head of an albatross. It is not uncommon for reference works to include profiles of the head in addition to the whole body, and in fact this isn't even the only head shot we would have featured. This image isn't the only one we have of this species, and no one image can cover every aspect of a species. We have images of the whole bird in flight which shows different things from the one we have of a bird on the nest which in turn shows different things to this one, and it happens to be this one that is of sufficient quality to nominate here. As an example of what that quality brings to the image and to Wikipedia, it shows clearly the differing levels of darkness around the dark plumage of the face; albatrosses have darker spots in front of the eyes to prevent reflections, which is easier to see on a Laysan Albatross but harder to see on a darker birds. Sabine's Sunbird talk 23:52, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support per reasoning I give above. Sabine's Sunbird talk 23:52, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Omnibus (talk) 00:58, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great detail. --Chasingsol ^(talk) 06:34, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - excellent photograph. GARDEN 22:44, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Albatros fuligineux.jpg MER-C 03:30, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]