Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Winter Pigeons

Winter Pigeons [edit]

A picture of the Feral Rock Dove, also known as feral pigeon.

Photo taken by Andrew Dunn, or Solipsist, showing pigeons of various plumages fluffing their feathers in the winter to stay warm. Uploaded a cropped version as well. Appears in a few articles, namely the Rock Dove one.

Nominate and support. - JPM | 18:35, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Does not catch my eye. Alr 21:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Accurate and intriguing. Tevi 22:51, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support They're so fat! I've never seen them before, but I think I have a good idea of what they look like now. ~MDD4696 05:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I suspect they're not actually that fat, they've just ruffled their feathers up to aid in heat retention. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 15:04, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oops, I've seen them before. They just looked really different in this picture. ~MDD 46 96 21:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Messy background, a bit small according to present FP standards. --Janke | Talk 08:43, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose yeah, the background should be blurred by reducing DOF. As for the cropping, the uncropped version is ok, makes it look like there are many more than just three pigeons.--Dschwen 11:33, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Uploaded a DOF edited version. - JPM | 00:06, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Just wondering, how did you edit the DOF? I thought it was something you couldn't change once the photo has been taken? Or was the edit just a blurring of the background? enochlau (talk) 12:51, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - I called it "editing the DOF," but I just blurred the background to fake the DOF. - JPM | 22:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. Well executed photo but I think the subject matter is a little bland. Then again, we can't all shoot cuttlefish. ;) Kidding. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 15:04, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the picture is hardly of much interest for anybody who knows what a pigeon looks like Eyesclosed 08:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Thanks for the vote of confidence. I quite like this picture for its 'coldness', but I don't think it has FP quality. -- Solipsist 20:49, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't like the backlighting --- makes it too hard to see the detail of the birds. SteveHopson 01:07, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. SteveHopson makes a good point. The subject matter is a little bland as well. enochlau (talk) 12:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Not impressive, too dark. -- Chris 73 | Talk 15:19, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I think the pigeons are funny. Pschemp | ^Talk 07:14, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support DOF edit. - Pureblade | ^Θ 17:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted ~ Veledan • Talk 21:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]