Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Running chicken

Running chicken

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Original – Illustration of the photographic technique of Panning (camera), in which the moving subject is kept in the centre of the camera framing, causing the background to blur. In this photo a low shutter speed of 1/40 s was used, making the body and legs of the hen blur too, which adds to the feeling of motion (and panic of the hen).

Reason

Illustrates camera panning clearly using an original subject. The motion blur in most of the hen's body and legs adds to the feeling of motion

Articles in which this image appears

Panning (camera)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds and Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment

Creator

Alvesgaspar (talk)

• Info -- A second try as I wasn't satisfied with the outcome of the first (here) and believe that the picture deserves the distinction. Not for its cutness (which certainly helps) but mainly because of its ev. Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:37, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support as nominator --Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:34, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
• The image has minimal EV though. It's only in one article and it replaced an image that, in my opinion, better illustrated the concept of panning. There are some things I don't find attractive in this image in particular. The background does not have that horizontal crisp "panning feel" that is appealing in the former image of the article (and lead image) The low shutter speed has made the subject underexposed or less appealing contrast. Since the chicken moves up and down, I'm not sure if it is a good subject to use for illustrating panning. What's the rebuttal to the opinions in the previous nomination? ZooFari (talk) 03:36, 26 January 2012 (UTC)