Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Tawny Frogmouth 1.jpg

Info created by, uploaded by, nominated by --Benjamint444 03:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support This was a completely wild bird, it's probably never seen a person before and yet it let me walk right up to it. alot of animals seem to have this lack of survival instict. Frogmouths haven't had any any natural predators for quite a few thousand years so I guess it has an excuse --Benjamint444 03:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - maybe it realised you weren't a predator, and therefore not a threat to its survival ;-) MPF 10:09, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - This picture looks very neat. Just the way it was taken...I say yes! Happyme22 21:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Leafnode 18:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice image, but the black background just doesn't seem right, it ressembles in no way with a bird's natural habitat. The use of flash is unnatural for this kind of shots, moreover it reflects in the bird's eye. Taking account the shooting distance it looks very much like a ZOO pic or a photo of a tamed animal.

Why is the background that black by the way? Night time shot? --Atoma 13:40, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Comment - yes, night shot. The species is nocturnal, and the metadata records the photo as taken at 01:17 hours - MPF 22:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose looks unnatural --Simonizer 09:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Black background at night looks natural to me :-) --Tony Wills 10:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Given the (I guess) conditions it probably couldn't have been done another way, but the flash makes the subject looks flat. Also, colours are either undersaturated or too cold to me. Benh 11:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose very difficult subject, but the picture doesn't look really nice and it's not worth being between the best ones Alessio Damato 15:06, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Karelj 14:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Packa 12:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Very flat lighting because of flash near optical axis. It would be worth purchasing an angle arm so that the flash can be held well way from the lens in shots like this. --MichaelMaggs 13:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Flat lighting, boring composition, I'd wish to see more of the bird's body. Still, I admit that it is a difficult subject! --Siebengang 15:22, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Belmonte77 22:51, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tony Wills 07:24, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- Anrie 07:27, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

result: 9 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 07:08, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]