Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Black kite (Milvus migrans affinis) in flight Adelaide River 2.jpg

File:Black kite (Milvus migrans affinis) in flight Adelaide River 2.jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Accipitriformes#Genus : Milvus
•  Info Two FPs. One recent FP of a bird in flight. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:05, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:05, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Striking expression and good composition. Personally would maybe tone down the sharpening just a bit Cmao20 (talk) 15:46, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Юрий Д.К 16:04, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment The eyes seem to have lost all detail from underexposure. Same for the dark area near the claws. Can you recover the data from the raw file ? --Giles Laurent (talk) 20:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

   Done Eyeshadow lifted and less processing (press cmd+R on mac or ctrl+F5 on windows with image open to force refresh). Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:16, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you, it is better (the two previous "black holes" looked like some halloween creature),  Support ; but eyes are still a bit dark compared to the others shadows areas of the picture, I would brighten the shadows of the eyes just a tiny bit more if the raw file allows. Giles Laurent (talk) 08:49, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:29, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support ★ 21:59, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment There a dark halo around the bird, visible at thumbnail size. As if the sky had been locally lightened -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:57, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Interesting. I thought I saw what you say, but checking with Photoshop's color picker, I can't find any shadow. The sky has not been locally lightened. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:44, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Could it be a matter of local treatment, like brush associated with highlights and /or shadows? When I pick up the colors locally to compare different locations, it appears that this zone of the sky around the bird (especially above) is slightly darker than elsewhere. By the way, color space is reported "uncalibrated" -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:53, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

sRGB assigned. Sky higher up is usually a bit darker. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:26, 25 January 2024 (UTC) Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:25, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Very good, but there is what looks like a little shadow next to the feathers that hang pretty much straight down in the center of the picture below the bird's head. Please discuss that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:28, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

I can't find a shadow Ikan Kekek but have touched up the usual 'halo' around the hanging feather slightly in a new version. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:54, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Support Thanks. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:23, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 22:21, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 12:48, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Good quality and proper detail level --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:34, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Accipitriformes#Genus : Milvus