Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Swan with nine cygnets

Original - A mute swan with its nine cygnets.

Alt1 - more realistic contrast levels, uncropped.

Reason: High resolution, adds greatly (I think) to the article, and lastly: I really don't think it's legal in most US states, as well as the majority of overseas countries, to vote against a photo this cute.
Articles this image appears in: Swan, Mute swan, Wikipedia:Advice for parents. :-)
Creator: S Sepp

~~Support as nominator~~ Support alt 1 --WiiWillieWiki 18:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that was me. ;-P WiiWillieWiki 20:18, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Original, Support Alt 1 - Original is over-processed, Fails FIC8. Compare to Alt1. Swans that are swimming through eternal darkness do not glow with holy light. Kaldari (talk) 19:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose both. Not loving the colours on the new one, either- the first looks more realistic to me. The plant life looks too green and bright, not to mention the fact the body of the mother is now blindingly white. J Milburn (talk) 20:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose both The photo could use some sharpening and the lighting is not pleasant. It has a dark background and a blown highlight on the mother's body. Zoo Fari 01:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose alt 1 Looks unrealistic, especially the whitened neck which really should be brownish, as should the cygnets, plus the background looks weirdly fluorescent. Narayanese (talk) 14:37, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:29, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]