Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rose-crowned Fruit-dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-dove

Original - Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), a medium-sized dove of eastern Australia and Indonesia. This individual is approximately 20cm long.

Reason: This image provides excellent detail on feathers and colouring for this species; sharp and well-lit. Provided a quality image for a previously unillustrated article.
Articles this image appears in: Rose-crowned Fruit-dove
Creator: jjron

Support as nominator jjron (talk) 03:39, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak oppose~~ ~~for now~~. I'm concerned that there isn't enough contrast between the head and background. Can this be fixed? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:24, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong oppose. Okay, let's be honest about this. I have a problem with the twig in the foreground slightly obscuring the tail, as well as DOF issues with the foreground foot being out of focus. I think this image has a number of flaws that would point to a reshoot as a more viable alternative. I thought I'd mention the contrast issue first, but in fact that problem helps to obscure the fact that the framing is bad - crop is too tight at the top, bird wants to leave picture. It's an image that's bound to trigger someone's delist knee-jerk, but really, I'm whole-heartedly opposing out of my own judgement here. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 19:09, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don't think contrast is an issue.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 18:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Distracting background, plus the range of smaller flaws Papa Lima Whiskey notes.--ragesoss (talk) 20:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Encyclopedic image, contrast is ok. Muhammad(talk) 21:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
weak support A couple of minor drawbacks (per Papa Lima Whiskey), but not enough for me to oppose. The contrast issue is more prominent in thumbnail than full size, I think. Matt Deres (talk) 23:37, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose The blurry background is uncomfortable to look at, and it means the pic does not show anything of the habitat. Narayanese (talk) 10:55, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Angle is not ideal and unpleasant bokeh. Mfield (talk) 20:59, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support. Knee jerk de-list? Doubt it. On the contrary, I think this is a very beautiful picture. The crop is just fine, and there are no contrast issues when viewed at full size. As for the bokeh, I think it only serves to emphasize the subject. Very good picture! Clegs (talk) 14:21, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Per Papa Lima. ^8th star 15:20, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:32, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]