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Original – A male Aix galericulata, or Mandarin Duck in Richmond Park, London.
Reason
A simple portrait of the spectacular male Mandarin Duck, with all the necessary detail in focus and in high resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Mandarin Duck and Richmond Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:17, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Good work although the bright background is a bit distracting and a bit noisy. Is such a high ISO (1,250) is really required for a non-flying bird? (Just some doubts prior to a review.) JKadavoor Jee 12:30, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • ISO 1250 was necessary for this particular photo. It was a little overcast and also the duck was under some overhanging trees which further reduced the light. The shutter speed was 1/200th of a second at 300mm focal length. I don't feel that a slower shutter speed would have captured the bird sharply as it was constantly moving. I don't think it's particularly noisy though. There is some noise but consider that (for example) JJ Harrison usually often shoots at a similar ISO, but he often downsamples his images significantly so noise is diminished. This image is not downsampled and is quite high res (5,211 × 3,512). Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Support Enough reasons. Further, I prefer a generous contribution than a too downsampled. JKadavoor Jee 05:34, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support The noise is somewhat disappointing at full size, don't know why a 2012 camera still produces it despite calm shooting conditions. Very nice otherwise. Brandmeistertalk 20:28, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • It has a little noise because the ISO was high. It wasn't as calm as the scene suggests, the duck was moving around a lot. The ISO was high as per my reasoning above. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:26, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I'm not bothered by the noise, I've seen worse. I agree the bright background is a bit glaring; could I impose on you trying to upload a version where just the bright background is a wee bit toned down? Also curious about how the photograph was taken, did you use a flash or similar? – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 05:05, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Striked out comment, I keep looking at the picture and the glare's not bugging me much. Picture looks like a painting, really well done. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 07:25, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support very nice. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:29, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Oversharpened. Arctic Kangaroo 07:37, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Oversharpened? Really? Could you be more specific? I don't think it's particularly sharpened at all, and certainly not when viewed at a reasonable size. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:26, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • To me, oversharpened results in crystalline pixels or hard blocky edges; I'm not seeing that here. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 20:21, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Lovely colours; the background doesn't bother me. —Bruce1eetalk 05:19, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I see no problem with the noise. ISO is completely justified, and in all honesty, on a 5D3 is a complete non-issue. EV and quality are great. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 18:52, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Aix galericulata (Male), Richmond Park, UK - May 2013.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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