Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Striated heron looking for fish (p2, 5s).jpg

File:Striated heron looking for fish (p2, 5s).jpg, featured

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• Category: Pelicans _{(Pelicaniformes)} → Herons _(Ardeidae) → Small herons _(Butorides)
•  Info: All by me ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 15:01, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support: Decided to go with something artistic today, a bit soft near the head but I hope you'll still like it. :) ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 15:01, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Basotxerri (talk) 15:38, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry but this one looks kind of overprocessed to me. In any event, we have so many bird FPs that I'm beginning to think there really needs to be something more to make me go "wow".--Peulle (talk) 18:26, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

• @Peulle: As I did not turn up any saturation, vibrance, or sharpness, could you elaborate on "overprocessed" so that I know what to fix? ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 23:56, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

•  Oppose per Peulle, and the heron is a little too dark to stand out well in a very bright background. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:32, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

• @Ikan Kekek and Peulle: Thanks for both your effort in contemplating my image in detail and taking your time to comment, however, please don't take offense — IMO this is the best; I have carefully calculated the lighting, exposure, and aesthetics, and I prefer the it the way it is. ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 02:28, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 21:45, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support A well-caught moment. Nice and and very impressive image -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 22:20, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Comment This bird is special due to the refection in the water. We don't have so many pictures of this kind, from the main page the only one I've found shows Flamingos with a water reflection less intense than here. I like the posture. It's active. However, I find the crop too large on the left and suggest a tighter one with the same ratio (see note). I think it's important here because the composition is very graphic, like modern design. Also I would suggest a little tilt clock-wise (between 0,5 and 1 degree maximum) so that the head is higher and the animal appears more vertical -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:53, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
  • @Basile Morin: The note is not showing up, any idea why? In any case, I'm working on it. ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 02:05, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
    • Ahh, it seems that you've accidentally deleted it... ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 02:13, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

• Oops, done again -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:18, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

• @Basile Morin: I have uploaded and nominated it as an alternate crop. ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 02:19, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Alternative crop

•  Info: Alternative crop based on Basile's suggestion above. ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 02:19, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 02:19, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Support. Also pinging Basotxerri, Peulle, Ikan, Daniel and George -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:22, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support ―- George Chernilevsky ^talk 05:34, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:00, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:36, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 10:19, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Basotxerri (talk) 14:56, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:46, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 16:53, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Karelj (talk) 19:50, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Comment - There are a lot of things I like about this version, but please remove the very small dust spot directly above the bird's beak. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:44, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

• @Ikan Kekek:  Done, I have uploaded the fix. ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 11:31, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

•  Support - Thanks. I like that you got a picture of the bird while it was stepping. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:39, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

•  Support --Σπάρτακος (talk) 21:19, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Tozina (talk) 00:21, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Good job, --Podzemnik (talk) 04:43, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --The NMI User (talk) 09:03, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:14, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Pelecaniformes#Genus_:_Butorides

The chosen alternative is: File:Butorides striata javanica @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2).jpg