Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Scrub wren female Vocalising444.jpg

Scrub wren vocalising

Original

Alternative 1

Reason: Good enc, sharp, clear.
Proposed caption: A female White browed scrubwren Sericornis frontalis vocalising
Articles this image appears in: White-browed Scrubwren
Creator: Benjamint 02:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator Benjamint 02:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice resolution, but seems like kind of a weird angle, I can't see the bird's tail. There's just something disconcerting about the pose. Jeff Dahl 04:49, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Can't see the bird's tail!?! Have you checked your monitors turned on? Benjamint 08:52, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Settle down, please; the tail is out of focus and captured at an odd angle, reducing clarity further. Head on views for songbirds tend to not be as encyclopedic as the more standard side views since body proportions aren't visible. Weak Oppose - lovely detail on the breast and head, though. Matt Deres 15:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support All around great picture. Wonderful details, great background and a nice perch. Can't get any better. Wwcsig 16:04, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per Wwcsig. --Muhammad Mahdi Karim 17:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I agree with Jeff Dahl, poor composition for a bird. Unless a picture is of an event that is impossible to replicate Featured Candidacy has always required a very high degree of technical excellency. This picture is nice, but not FP. Meniscus 23:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral The detail is great, but the composition, while fine for a regular image, falls slightly short of what we've come to expect.--Here T oHelp 23:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added alternative 1 - same bird, same photographer. MER-C 03:24, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt 1--Central Powers 20:10, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Does not illustrate the subject in a compelling way, IMO. A side angle would probably work better. Kaldari 21:58, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt 1 excellent shot.--Vircabutar 06:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose both Neither alternative shows the bird in an appealing pose, so the images lack the "wow" I expect from a FP. --Janke | Talk 20:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 07:35, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]