Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:White faced heron dec08.jpg

White-faced Heron

Reason: I know we already have an FP of this heron but I believe this one serves a different purpose - namely as a lead image for the article. It's sharp, well lit, shows the entire body (including feet), and has a clean background.
Articles this image appears in: White-faced Heron
Creator: Fir0002

Support as nominator --Fir0002 07:32, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support originalbetter contrast. Durova^Charge! 08:00, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Only thing I don't like is that it seems slightly squashed from looking up at it. Noodle snacks (talk) 10:04, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Are we looking up at it? I don't get that impression, and the caption does say it is perched on a semi-submerged log, which I wouldn't expect to see in the air. ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:45, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Maybe just the contracted neck, or a flash flood Noodle snacks (talk) 11:57, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - If the latter, then Fir0002 must have taken the photo from underwater... Sounds reasonable to me :-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 12:00, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support either. Both are good images. It is a shame we don't have the best of both though. I guess for some people the out of focus branch in the foreground might be distracting, but I guess as a photographer I find it acceptable. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:45, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt1 Good focus, excellent view of the bird. Yeah the branch in the original bugs me just a little. Fletcher (talk) 12:24, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support with preference for alternative. Better composition IMO Muhammad(talk) 15:40, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support either. Both are great. Cacophony (talk) 06:51, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support both well done. — Aitias // discussion 13:33, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt1--Alephalpha (talk) 10:18, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support either, mild preference to alt1. I think the alternate has slightly better composition. I also found the OOF branch just a bit distracting in the original. No biggie, though. Matt Deres (talk) 19:24, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Either I agree with Diliff on this one. Composition in the alternate is better, but the original looks a little better. Makeemlighter (talk) 04:27, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt1 only. The foreground branch was more than a bit distracting to me. Still a good photograph, but not a "best of the best" to me. The second one (Alt1) is excellent, however. Omnibus (talk) 07:40, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Both are great, but I really like the original actually! --Pstanton 07:42, 19 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pstanton (talk • contribs)
Comment The two images seem to be of different plumages, presumably breeding (original) and non-breeding (alt). I won't comment on technical aspects, but from an enycolpedia point of view I prefer the original, showing as it does the breeding plumes. Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:48, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Both photographs are wonderful. Pastor Theo (talk) 23:48, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:White faced heron03.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]