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I'm not going to vote on this one since I'd probably get accused of COI or something. But jjron did also say "unfortunately the focus on that looks to have just missed". It is either out of focus or just very soft, not to mention noisy, I don't think it is close to the technical requirements. The
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background of this shot is clearer, particularly at thumbnail size, this is why I submitted it over my own image when I did a 5x expansion of the article for
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Even if technical quality isn't perfect, I think the background is more pleasing and less distracting, making this image stand out to me more.
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I agree that this one is a better version. The bird stands out more and is much clearer to see.
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The loss of detail due to the soft focus is a problem, and the noise likewise. I would suggest
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I have better shots of this bird in sharp focus which I'll try upload soonish --
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jjron suggested that this might be a worthy competitor to the
107:. But I still think the pair are complementary. 8: 18:Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates 265:Featured picture nominations/January 2009 32: 57:Egretta novaehollandiae Tasmania 3.jpg 7: 255:Ended featured picture nominations 24: 62:Articles this image appears in 28:White-faced Heron, alternative 1: 260:Featured picture nominations 241:15:28, 12 January 2009 (UTC) 217:01:18, 11 January 2009 (UTC) 205:09:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC) 188:01:51, 10 January 2009 (UTC) 169:19:23, 9 January 2009 (UTC) 151:13:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC) 134:23:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC) 117:08:45, 5 January 2009 (UTC) 95:02:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC) 281: 59:, and I have to agree. 45: 36: 81:Support as nominator 54:currently nominated 46: 238: 86:Papa Lima Whiskey 66:White-faced Heron 42:White-faced Heron 272: 232: 167: 156:Regretful Oppose 87: 280: 279: 275: 274: 273: 271: 270: 269: 245: 244: 163: 85: 31: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 278: 276: 268: 267: 262: 257: 247: 246: 223:Not promoted 220: 219: 207: 190: 171: 153: 136: 119: 97: 77: 76: 71: 68: 63: 60: 50: 30: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 277: 266: 263: 261: 258: 256: 253: 252: 250: 243: 242: 239: 236: 230: 229: 224: 218: 215: 211: 208: 206: 202: 198: 194: 191: 189: 185: 181: 180:Noodle snacks 177: 176: 172: 170: 166: 161: 157: 154: 152: 148: 144: 140: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 120: 118: 114: 110: 109:Noodle snacks 106: 101: 98: 96: 92: 88: 82: 79: 78: 75: 72: 69: 67: 64: 61: 58: 55: 51: 48: 47: 43: 39: 35: 29: 26: 19: 234: 227: 222: 221: 209: 192: 173: 155: 138: 122:Weak Support 121: 99: 80: 37: 27: 139:Weak Oppose 74:Glen Fergus 249:Categories 175:Nominated 165:Elucidate 44:foraging. 228:Muhammad 178:at VPC. 126:Fletcher 38:Original 214:Fir0002 193:Support 100:Comment 70:Creator 210:Oppose 160:WP:VPC 105:WP:DYK 49:Reason 197:A302b 143:jjron 16:< 235:talk 201:talk 184:talk 147:talk 130:talk 113:talk 91:talk 251:: 225:-- 203:) 186:) 162:. 149:) 132:) 115:) 93:) 83:-- 40:- 237:) 233:( 199:( 182:( 145:( 128:( 111:( 89:(

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Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates
White-faced Heron, alternative

White-faced Heron
currently nominated
Egretta novaehollandiae Tasmania 3.jpg
White-faced Heron
Glen Fergus
Papa Lima Whiskey
talk
02:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
WP:DYK
Noodle snacks
talk
08:45, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
Fletcher
talk
23:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
jjron
talk
13:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
WP:VPC
Elucidate
19:23, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Nominated
Noodle snacks
talk
01:51, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
A302b
talk

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