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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Pelecaniformes#Genus : Platalea
•  Info Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) in yellow breeding plumage walking by the edge of the river in the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, India. Created by Tagooty - uploaded by Tagooty - nominated by Tagooty -- Tagooty (talk) 08:49, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tagooty (talk) 08:49, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 09:39, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Oppose The feet are obscured. Can look OK in water, but not behind a rock. enwiki infobox image is sharper and less noisy. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

   Info The bird was moving and I handheld a 600mm lens sitting in a small rowboat. --Tagooty (talk) 14:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

  Been there, done that (with a 4o0mm lens) - If I can, I now avoid small boats and canoes; too unstable. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:57, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

  In this sanctuary, the only options to get close to the bird islands are a short ride in a 20-seater covered rowboat with restricted view, or a longer ride in a 4-seater open rowboat where the rower will go where one wants, stop for taking photos. I've tried both, got better photos with the latter. --Tagooty (talk) 15:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Weak support The composition is great and the obscured feet doesn't matter to me but the head is a little bit blurry Cmao20 (talk) 18:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support ★ 18:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Юрий Д.К 05:57, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support The warm light nicely emphasizes the bird in front of the darker background, good posture of the bird. --Aristeas (talk) 09:02, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support JukoFF (talk) 00:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Giles Laurent (talk) 11:03, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:49, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 17:03, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Question The species is classed "Least concern." Is it hard to photograph, nevertheless? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:38, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

• @Ikan Kekek: In this Sanctuary, the only way to get close enough to the islands where the spoonbills are found is in a small rowboat, hand-holding a 600 mm lens. While there are many images of spoonbills in Category:Platalea leucorodia, there are only 2 FPs of this species in Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Pelecaniformes#Genus : Platalea. They are most attractive in their breeding plumage only for a short period. Good to see you back on Commons! --Tagooty (talk) 06:16, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

• Thank you, much appreciated. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:15, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

• Not a difficult bird to photograph at all, Ikan Kekek. I've not managed an FP-quality shot yet but I much prefer this one I have just uploaded. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:18, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

• Yeah, that's quite good. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Pelecaniformes#Genus : Platalea