Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Anser caerulescens CT8.jpg

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Snow Geese in flight
  • I have to darken the picture a lot to make a difference on the wing. Maybe more advanced processing can be done to correct this, but I don't how to do it. --Cephas (talk) 19:06, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 19:58, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 12:08, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support –Juliancolton | Talk 01:12, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support, per Schnobby – Kwj2772 (msg) 09:03, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Tomascastelazo (talk) 19:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 22:49, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Main subjects are severely blown. Not much detail. --Dschwen (talk) 11:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - Very nice in thumb size but poor image quality -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:06, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I am putting my two cents in... the issue with this picture is that the birds are white and under direct sunlight. While there seems to be no detail in the white areas, it is because the medium does not allow to see the detail, but it is there, at least tonally (so technology fails us here, the equipment is the one that does not allow for proper tonal reproduction). Converting this image to black and white, and then using a gray scale from zone system photography, one can see that the sky falls nicely onto zone VI, where it belongs naturally. The birds fall, consecuently, in a natural manner, up to zone IX, and a very minor part into zone X, which is to be expected, and their tonal range is there. The texture range dissapears in zone VIII. What does it mean in terms of zone system photography? It means that the exposure is correct, that adjusting exposure to bring into the texture range the highlights means that the scale would slide and give a wrong tonal representation of other parts of the photograph. Therefore, speaking in terms of zone system, the picture is correct. To leave tonal, dynamic or texture range out of the discussion would yield a wrong technical conclusion. Now, in terms of sharpness and/or movement control, well, yes, there is a little itty bit of motion blurr, but under these conditions, it is neglegible and in my opinion, as an observer, under acceptable conditions and results. Now, judging it from other photographic perspectives, it is well composed and balanced, nice contour of the subjects, clean background which allows the viewer to focus on the subjects inside a pleasant and simple sky as the background, texture and enough detail for the brain to "get" the subjects, dynamic image. There are a lot of elements of quality here. It is indeed a good quality photograph. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 23:28, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Nice combination, it has an important educational value regarding bird flight. --Alex:D (talk) 12:11, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed results:
Result: 14 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 17:36, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds
The chosen alternative is: File:Anser_caerulescens_CT8.jpg
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