Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Ardea modesta.jpg

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Original - Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta), non-breeding plumage, Gould's Lagoon, Tasmania, Australia

Reason: This bird has been over-wintering fairly close to my home for the last few years. It is difficult to approach though, typically spooking within 50 meters or so. With some luck it landed on a nesting box near my position at the time.
Articles in which this image appears: Eastern Great Egret, Egret, Ardea (genus)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: User:Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 08:53, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support very nice. Smooth bokeh. Jujutacular ^T · C 14:45, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nice depth of field, very clean and high quality image. XeroJavelin (talk) 00:35, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support the DOF really makes the bird pop. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 03:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support The bird is in such great resolution and the emphasis is definitely on the bird and the thing it's standing on. I look forward to the dissenting views of someone more particular than myself. --I′d※<3※Ɵɲɛ (talk) 19:43, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. J Milburn (talk) 11:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. What a great photo Shii (tock) 03:32, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]