Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Violet-backed starling

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Violet-backed starling

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OriginalViolet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi) male, in Damaraland, Namibia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears
Violet-backed starling
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominatorCharlesjsharp (talk) 14:01, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Very nice! Great EV. Mattximus (talk) 22:49, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – so many votes on commons! Bammesk (talk) 02:59, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment: The background can be blurred a bit to put more focus on the bird. A radial blur/motion blur would be most ideal. 180.151.77.214 (talk) 18:55, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 18:50, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, though I'd consider doing a slight crop. It feels like there's a little too much space above the bird.
    FPs 00:37, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply
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  •  Comment: I'm a great believer in the rule of thirds - in this case for the eye of the bird. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:58, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fair enough, then.
    FPs 07:47, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi) male.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:13, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]