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Greater Yellowlegs

Original - The Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, together with which and the Spotted Redshank it forms a close-knit group.

Edit 1 by Fir0002 - NR, sharpening and converted from Adobe RGB to sRGB

Alternative 1

Reason

Encyclopaedic, quality shot.

Articles this image appears in

Greater Yellowlegs

Creator

Mike Baird (bairdphotos.com)

• Support as nominator Samsara (FA • FP) 13:08, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support I really love the first one, it is crisp, well framed and a great habitat shot. The second is not of the same quality, I would much rather the bird facing the camera slightly. --liquidGhoul (talk) 13:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support Support the first one. It is good image. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 20:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support first Very crisp. The second one just seems more bland.Spencer^T♦C 20:36, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support Edit 1, Weak Oppose Alternative 1. Nice shot - and must have been hard to get considering the focal length that was necessary. That said I feel a bit cheated quality wise as coming from a Mk III and a sensational lens it should have been a lot sharper - particularly Alt 1 which is below standards IMO. I suspect the degradation occured during some kind of NR as it was shot at ISO 800. Might be worth asking for an original... --Fir0002 10:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support per Fir0002's explanations. H92110 (talk) 15:40, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support any de Bivort 17:43, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support any well done. —αἰτίας •discussion• 11:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support Alternitive 1, weak support others. Very well done. Juliancolton (Talk) 15:15, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
• Strong support original, weak oppose alternatives 1 & 2 The original is the most aesthetically pleasing and it shows the most detail. нмŵוτнτ 02:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Greater Yellowlegs2.jpg --John254 22:18, 23 February 2008 (UTC)