Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Red-legged seriema

Red-legged seriema

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2017 at 16:37:02 (UTC)

Reason: The beauty of this bird is all in the head. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Red-legged seriema, seriema, List of birds of Brazil
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:37, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Another finely detailed shot of an interesting avian species. Sca (talk) 18:13, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – but prefer a wider crop on left. Bammesk (talk) 02:26, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Nice and sharp (I don't have a problem with the crop). —Bruce1ee^talk 06:26, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Since the subject is facing and, so to speak, pointing right, it makes sense in terms of composition to have more space on the right. Sca (talk) 14:37, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As it's always a matter of choice I usually upload a 3x2 then overwrite a cropped image, then everyone can choose the crop they like. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:16, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Jobas (talk) 19:28, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Fails some points in 3rd criteria of WP:WIAFP. --Marvellous Spider-Man 03:54, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Such as? Sca (talk) 17:14, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Grateful for an explanation of 'Fails some points in 3rd criteria' please. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:14, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Looks very sharp & clear to me. Sca (talk) 15:07, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Entire body should be visible, instead of only the head. The article is Red-legged seriema, not Red-legged seriema's head. --Marvellous Spider-Man 11:41, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

By that logic, we should never use mug shots of people. It's an interesting head. Sca (talk) 14:59, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is a difference, when it's used to identify the entire species of Human being or Homo Sapien, not Britney Spears or any specific human being. This picture represents the entire species of the bird Red-legged seriema, not any popular specific animal like Bobbie the Wonder Dog and Fido. --Marvellous Spider-Man 15:09, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

IMO, this red-legged seriema pic. is more interesting than the one of Ms. Spears in her infobox – her massive (15,400-word) article notwithstanding. Sca (talk) 15:46, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The only interesting thing about this bird is its head. We could also have FP of the whole bird, but since it runs along the ground, it's tricky to get a very special shot. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:55, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) head.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:03, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]