Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Pelecanus Occidentalis at Bodega Harbor.jpg

File:Pelecanus Occidentalis at Bodega Harbor.jpg, featured edit

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Info created by Frank Schulenburg – uploaded by Frank Schulenburg – nominated by Frank Schulenburg --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 22:05, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 22:05, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tomer T (talk) 22:19, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:36, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- DOF issue still as in the previous FP. -- Jkadavoor (Jee) (talk) 06:59, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Hey Jkadavoor, thanks a lot for your feedback. How if we looked at this less as an "issue" than as a disagreement about how to do things. I took about 70 exposures, from different angles and with all kinds of different depths of field. After looking at the different shots, I decided that I wanted to go with the f/7.1 than with f/4.0 (as e.g. in this picture) because I wanted the nice bokeh and I also wanted the main parts of the bird to be pin sharp (as in the picture above). So, just to clarify: I'm not challenging your vote. I'm totally fine if you don't like the photo or if you just don't think it should be featured. What I would like to point out is that I would feel much more comfortable if you said: "I see your approach and I don't like it" instead of "there's an issue". Let's just assume that most of the people here know what they're doing and might just have chosen to do it in a specific way – instead of thinking that someone was lacking the technical skills "to get it right" ;-) Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 18:28, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Frank for the detailed reply. Yes, DOF and "fine details" are not friends; they always walk in opposite directions. So the only thing we can do is to find the best point in between. I appreciate your selection here (F7.1 at 145mm) but the subject is not well aligned to your camera sensor.; the bill is close and the tail is far. So the bottom of the head is also out of focus. The camera should be well aligned vertically and horizontally to get best results in such works. The “problem” of Tomas’ previous FP seems lack of vertical alignment than horizontal.

The position of the head in the other picture you referred (F4 at 165 mm) is better ; here it turns at you . Please note that DOF changes with change in focal lengh or subject distance. You will get more advice (which are free) if posted at Wikipedia where DOF is more considered than here. BTW, I like your plenty of works including this. :) -- Jkadavoor (Jee) (talk) 06:49, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support Interesting image, plus the quality is excellent for a picture taken outside of the studio en plein air. --Gavin Collins (talk) 09:31, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 10:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Kadellar (talk) 18:09, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 15:43, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 04:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support A photo with a story. --Aschmidt (talk) 10:14, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Overall picture is nice, however I'd like to have a greater DoF. --PierreSelim (talk) 22:58, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Question Maybe a bit "cold" (too blue) ?--Jebulon (talk) 14:33, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 05:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds