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•  Info created and uploaded by Baresi franco - nominated by Arctic Kangaroo -- (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 17:01, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 17:01, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Are you fitted your camera on your bird feeder?!!! Jee 17:09, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
  • Oh...I didn't realise he "cheated". But anyway the photo looks very natural, and imho that's more important. :) (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 17:19, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
  • Almost, but not quite! The feeder is on another branch about 2m to the right, and this is a branch that they land on to eye it up. I've weighted this branch at one end to pull it down and give me an unobstructed view along it (and, I think, a nice background). I've sort-of given up on my 100-300mm f5.6 lens for birds at the moment, and instead I'm trying to get close with a 60mm f2.8, which involves a lot of subterfuge ;) I've used a remote shutter and tripod here, and a home-made hide from which I can see my pre-set AF square on the LCD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baresi franco (talk • contribs) 20:32, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
    • Wow! Wonderful tactics to override the limitations of your equipment. And IMHO, you beat our great birders in some of your works. Keep it. Jee 03:08, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Poco² 19:03, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Halavar (talk) 19:37, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Many thanks for the nomination, Arctic Kangaroo :) I like the tighter crop you've done, although maybe a little more space above his head (since he's looking slightly up), might not go amiss? I wasn't exactly sure how to crop myself, as you can see in the history --Baresi franco (talk) 20:32, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:49, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support—Love, Kelvinsong talk 23:33, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 10:31, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Rjcastillo (talk) 12:16, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Info I've added a tiny bit of headroom, and cleaned up some noise --Baresi franco (talk) 19:55, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --DXR (talk) 11:55, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --AmaryllisGardener (talk) 21:07, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 07:55, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support — Julian H.^✈(talk/files) 15:01, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support--Miguel Bugallo (Lmbuga) 16:02, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 18:30, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- Colin (talk) 19:01, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 05:40, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

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