Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Larus smithsonianus

Larus smithsonianus

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Assessing
Feeding

Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds/Charadriiformes#Genus_:_Larus
Info: Juvenile American herring gull (Larus smithsonianus) feeding on fish carrion. No existing FP of the species. All by -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 01:07, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 01:07, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Definitely a valuable series, but it might not be sharp enough for FP. Too bad COM:VIC stopped allowing set nominations a long time ago because of technical issues. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:38, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:59, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Assessing sounds anthropomorphic. Have you captured the very first peck at the fish? I think the focus was on the body of the left hand image, not the head and F6.3 has limited DoF. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:55, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I think assessing is a trait that's observed in behaviour of all animals... Regardless, no, I have not captured the very first peck. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 17:32, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm surprised we don't have any FPs of this species, considering how common they are. I'm mainly opposing because of the first image, which compositionally doesn't work for me, and is lacking in some sharpness for a relatively still shot. I'm not sure yet if I'd abstain or support if the second image were nominated on its own, but I don't think I'd oppose. — Rhododendrites ^talk | 14:32, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Similar to Rhododendrites and I don't think this is what set nominations are for. Ideally, we'd have a short video clip here, and I don't think selecting two frames really is the purpose of a set. -- Colin (talk) 18:11, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I concur with Rhodondetrites assessment here, the left image is very cluttered I'd have waited so that the wave wasn't breaking, the right image is better, although some relevant areas are in shadow Poco a poco (talk) 12:38, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Karelj (talk) 16:23, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Unappealing light -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination; thank you for the feedback. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 00:32, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]