Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Anna's Hummingbird at a flower

Reason: beautiful hard to catch bird. The image adds value to the article.
Caption: A male Anna's Hummingbird,Calypte anna (4 inches in length) at a flower. Anna's Hummingbirds feed about 5-10 times per hour for 30-60 seconds each time. When Anna's Hummingbirds hover over flowers, their wings can beat from 22 to 72 times per second.
Articles this image appears in: hummingbirds
Creator: mbz1

Support as nominator Mbz1 (talk) 05:00, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Poor focus and - here it comes - motion blur. I know this is a difficult subject, but I've seen better. Good for the article, though! --Janke | Talk 08:26, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: By Janke. It's blurred. —αἰτίας •discussion• 15:16, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- IMO it is a good high resolution (lots of room to be downsampled) image of a very difficult subject photographed in the wild (not next to a feeder) with the strong mitigating circumstances. In the full resolution one could see pollen flying around hummingbird bill. I sure agree that a better images were and could be taking. IMO it is correct statement about most of the subjects. That's why I withdraw the nomination. MER-C, I would appreciate it very much, if you could close it right away. Thank you all for the votes.--Mbz1 (talk) 17:37, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not promoted --jjron (talk) 10:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]