Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus).jpg

File:Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus).jpg, featured edit

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Info In 1974, this Mauritius endemic was the rarest bird in the World. Due to groundbreaking conservation work the population rose to 800, but has now slumped to possibly 400 birds. This year, the Government of Mauritius declared the Mauritius Kestrel as its national bird. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:04, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:04, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --XRay 💬 13:55, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support What a coup for you! A very valuable image. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:29, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Being an admirer of Gerald Durrell, I'd known about his involvement for some years, so it was nice to get to the island (and search for three days!). Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:32, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Ivar (talk) 15:51, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 18:21, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Wieggy (talk) 22:13, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ermell (talk) 10:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- IamMM (talk) 16:30, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support While I think you might have sharpened (ahem) a little more than necessary, that is more than neatly offset by the way you turned a background which usually derails other FP nominations like this into a pleasing abstraction that, for me, enhances the overall image. Daniel Case (talk) 18:45, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Same opinion here in terms of sharpening but overall still ok to me Poco a poco (talk) 20:08, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 02:08, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 07:04, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Daniel and Poco a Poco. --Aristeas (talk) 08:14, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 14:20, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 15:22, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 10:58, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Nythar^T^.^C 00:06, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Charles, I think this image deserves a re-process to address the sharpening issues mentioned by others (there also seems to be a slight halo around the bottom portion of the branch and feathers). In a few years we'll look back at this AI look - with its crunchy subjects and impossibly smooth backgrounds - and chuck it in the same category as over-the-top tone mapping and selective colour... --Julesvernex2 (talk) 11:53, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Post-processing is a contentious subject with no 'right' answer. When I have submitted images with less denoise (which includes less sharpening) there have been objections of a lack of sharpness. I try for a balance between on-screen appearance and suitability for printing, where sharpening artefacts don't seem to be such an issue. With the RAW file, we can always reprocess when new software is developed. 16:47, 24 December 2022 (UTC) Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:48, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:17, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds#Family : Falconidae (Falcons)