Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Puffinus tenuirostris - SE Tasmania.jpg

Puffinus tenuirostris - SE Tasmania.jpg

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Original – Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia

Reason: This bird is of cultural and economic importance as the species was harvested for feathers, flesh and oil by the Aborigines, and then later early European settlers. There is still a commercial industry today. Approximately 23 million individuals breed in South-eastern Australia, making it one of the world's most numerous sea birds. This picture shows a common pose when they land on the water, and has the advantage of showing both under and over wing plumages.
Articles in which this image appears: Short-tailed Shearwater
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: JJ Harrison

Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 06:10, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I am very jealous of your setup and opportunities. Clegs (^{engage in rational discourse}) 07:28, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- If you own a camera, then I think you have some opportunities of your own! Pelagic trips run monthly from Westport, Washington State, which is 2.5 hrs drive if you are in Seattle. Don't forget to take some sea-sickness medication. There are plenty of opportunities on such trips to use shorter telephoto lenses. This shot was taken at a focal length of 160mm or so, for example. JJ Harrison (talk) 12:46, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support with comment: You have lens flare or something near the top of the image, above the bird's beak. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:30, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very illustrative. Wonderful composition. Saffron Blaze (talk) 07:46, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Attractive thumbnail, but slightly disappointing a large size. The debatable "advantage of showing both" sides of wings is counter balanced by the blurriness of the right one. Of course, I can understand you might haven't had the time for fine tuning your settings, and that you needed high shutter speed. But was 1/1600th sec really necessary ? On the other hand, maybe a narrower aperture wouldn't have been enough. - Blieusong (talk) 22:25, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- The colour is more important than feather detail imo. This might indicate why I would choose a relatively high shutter speed, even on a calm day. That video was filmed with the same lens as this photo (70-200 IS). I think it gives some idea how difficult shooting with 500mm at sea can be. JJ Harrison (talk) 00:19, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like how this shows the different wing colors, even though the wings are a little OOF. Pine^(talk) 08:29, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Morning Sunshine (talk) 11:00, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Puffinus tenuirostris - SE Tasmania.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:00, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]