Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Atlantic Puffin

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Aug 2013 at 19:53:39 (UTC)

Reason: Iconic species, beautiful composition, illustrates all the key features well. The lead image of a current candidate at FAC.
Articles in which this image appears: Atlantic Puffin
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Richard Bartz

Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 19:53, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support, nice bird deserving its own FP star. Brandmeister^talk 20:19, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nikhil(talk) 05:58, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sanyambahga (talk) 07:21, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mediran (t • c) 14:35, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I know it was probably done because of the "rule of thirds" thing, but I would strongly prefer a tighter crop on this particular image. I find the extensive blurry background on the left side of the image to be distracting without adding anything at all aesthetically. Rreagan007 (talk) 16:45, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I completely disagree. It's not all about the rule of thirds, but also lead room. Aesthetically, the current crop gives the impression of the puffin looking out to sea. If it were cropped, we would instead have the impression of the puffin looking at the edge of a frame- much less visually interesting. The wide crop also serves to give an excellent impression of the puffin's natural habitat; upon a small piece of land on a cliff, next to the sea. J Milburn (talk) 17:00, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support per J Milburn -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 21:51, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support WOW. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:33, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Papageitaucher Fratercula arctica.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:21, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]