Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Common kestrel falco tinnunculus-2.jpg
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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 16 Mar 2011 at 08:56:14 (UTC)
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Info created by Andreas Trepte - uploaded by Merops - edited and nominated by Tony Wills -- Tony Wills (talk) 08:56, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Support A previous edit of this image was promoted as FP, but was delisted due to a few short comings, see previous nom & delisting. -- Tony Wills (talk) 08:56, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Comment I think there could be some substantial undisclosed editing going on below the railing. In particular I think that some or all of the space below has been replaced with a fake background. Particularly on left hand side the tone suddenly jumps from dark above to light green below along the fence line. The rate of this tone shift seems inconsistent with the amount of background blur. Secondly the railing is blurred at the edges above, but sharp in places below. Finally there appears to be direct evidence of cloning on the lower left hand edge of the railing. I'd like an independent assessment before making such accusations though. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Well, it is disclosed it seems (so I am wrong there), but still obvious in my view. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:59, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Well the original edit got through FP with little trouble, where were you then :-). I must admit that my editing concentrated on repairing the bird, I am not really much fussed by the fashion for blurred, blank, backgrounds ;-). Perhaps someone with a bit more skill would care to tidy up the image (or start again from the original :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 11:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Heh, sorry to waste your effort a bit. It might be technically possible to improve the consistency of background, but I'm not a photoshop whiz. JJ Harrison (talk) 23:00, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- Well the original edit got through FP with little trouble, where were you then :-). I must admit that my editing concentrated on repairing the bird, I am not really much fussed by the fashion for blurred, blank, backgrounds ;-). Perhaps someone with a bit more skill would care to tidy up the image (or start again from the original :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 11:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Oppose I would not bother with elaborate work on the background, since the quality is not up to the standard any longer: lack of detail due to heavy posterization (also, the head does not seem to be properly focused). It is essentially a bird without details in front of a photoshopped background. But I admit it looks nice as thumbnail. --Nikopol (talk) 12:44, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Comment "not up to the standard any longer" ? Boy-o-boy standards have improved in 3.5 months :-) It might be worth reviewing other FP promotions during November 2010 :-)
- I did not look up the date of the picture´s promotion. If it was only three months ago, that does not make it better, on the contrary.--Nikopol (talk) 20:09, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 19:30, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
