Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:A pair of paradise shelducks, Lake Victoria, Christchurch.jpg
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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 1 Aug 2020 at 23:23:18 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Anseriformes#Genus : Tadorna
Info I thought this was a really nice, well-composed and valuable shot because it shows a male and a female paradise shelduck in the same frame. Two other FPs by the same author, but both very different in composition and each only shows the female of the species. created by Podzemnik - uploaded by Podzemnik - nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 23:23, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 23:23, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
Oppose Harsh light and unsharp subjects. The heads seem slightly out of focus. The black background is also unfortunate -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:13, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- The background doesn’t seem dark to me...are you 100% sure your monitor is bright enough? As for the sharpness of the heads, I do think you have a point, the head of the left duck is perhaps a tiny bit OOF. I still think this is overall a great capture though. Cmao20 (talk) 01:01, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Cmao20: I am 100% sure this is the same monitor used to review Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Парк-пам'ятка садово-паркового мистецтва Молодіжний - казкове світло.jpg :-) Black duck on black background = camouflaged duck 🌚 -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:07, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- Fair enough :) Thanks for explaining your point. Perhaps my monitor is too bright! Cmao20 (talk) 13:25, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Check the sun also: 13:21 is often too bright -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:11, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose slightly dark, the male is not in focus and the light not right to illuminate the birds. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:24, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Weak oppose, the background is too distracting. Daniel Case (talk) 04:06, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination. I think this is a great photo and I wonder how it would do at FP in English Wikipedia - lots of encyclopedic value in displaying male and female ducks together in one frame. But it looks like it's not setting anyone's heart alight here. Cmao20 (talk) 14:26, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
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