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Yellow Wattlebird

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Aug 2010 at 08:46:30 (UTC)

Reason

The photo shows the tail length of Australia's largest Honeyeater quite well. It was a bit close, so the image is a two shot composite. This bird isn't hard to see, but it usually seems to be found at the top of tall Eucalypts. I was standing on a ladder next to one such tree attempting to photograph Galahs outside their nest when this bird came along.

Articles in which this image appears

Yellow Wattlebird, List of birds of Tasmania

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Noodle snacks

• Support as nominator --
  talk) 08:46, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply
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• Weak Support original only. Would have my full support but the angle is less than ideal. You're looking up at it from quite an angle. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:09, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Probably a support. I'm taking it these aren't the most common of birds? Even if they are, as you say, probably difficult to photograph. What's the orange stuff? I notice your other image also has it. J Milburn (talk) 11:49, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is a wattle, which gives the common name to the species. - Zephyris _Talk 12:58, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose Pretty good shot and I know you tried hard, but from this angle and because of the direction the bird is tilting its head you can't see the wattles with an 'S', a pretty major and probably rare identifying trait about this bird and that detracts from the educational quality of the image. Besides liking to perch really high are they very rare? --I'ḏ♥One 17:48, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I cloned the wattle from another source image taken a few seconds apart. I'll let you guys decide what is an acceptable level of photo-manipulation. By "This bird isn't hard to see" I mean it isn't uncommon.
    talk) 02:02, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply
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    • Hmm...... =\ --I'ḏ♥One 00:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support. Angle/background not ideal, but it's a strong illustration. J Milburn (talk) 12:03, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose edit. Not acceptable to me. If the wattle is an identifying trait it should be genuine, as people might be looking very closely there. --Dschwen 13:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • After some thought, agreed. Oppose edit. J Milburn (talk) 15:35, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 10:27, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]