Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/swan

Mute Swan

File:Höckerschwan Cygnus olor 7b cropped.jpg

Cropped To remove blurry Bird from background.

Reason: Very nicely taken shot. Sharp, and clear.
Articles this image appears in: Mute Swan
Creator: User:Richard Bartz

Support both as nominator - Milk's Favorite Cookie 20:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose crop very uncomfortable composition; the bird is pressed up against the edges/corner and has no space to fly into. --Malachirality (talk) 05:56, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support original or Edit 2 per nom Muhammad(talk) 12:26, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose crop, Oppose edit. The bird in the bg is no problem and especially no reason to fudge with this picture. --Dschwen 13:54, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support original The bird doesn't detract from the image; it actually provides a sense of scale.
treme 16:39, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply
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Question - can anyone identify the bird in the back ground? Adding that information to the caption would help with the scale perception. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 02:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It looks like some type of gull, but identifying it won't help with scale because we have no idea how far behind the swan it is. --jjron (talk) 04:58, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - The gull in the background is most likely a Larus ridibundus in winter colours (the single spot behind the eye gives it away). Lycaon (talk) 13:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question? - sorry if I'm being dense but what is the swan actually doing in the picture, is it important behaviour? Guest9999 (talk) 23:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply Landing. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Actually I'd say he's taking off - the 'running on water' is more characteristic of taking off, and the splash in the water behind him indicates that's where he's come out of the water, or at least taken a previous step. --jjron (talk) 04:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - I presume this photo is taken at the same time, seems like a landing. Narayanese (talk) 13:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - No, he takes off and watched the tower for a OK--Richard Bartz (talk) 18:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 2. crassic!^[talk] 03:30, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think the bird is taking off. The other picture in the article shows the bird landing - with both feet forward. If it is taking off it has EV as that isn't illustrated. If not its got an odd greyness that does not make it striking enoughMotmit (talk) 16:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose - the colouration of this scene seems unnatural somehow. Can I just get a confirmation that the swan's beak isn't red like other mute swans? --Fir0002 08:42, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- In a subadult stage the color of the beak isnt developed. Here is a better one ... if the beak is red its a male, pallid red is a female and gray-red is a teenager --Richard Bartz (talk) 10:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus MER-C 07:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]