Snowy Egret

I think the picture has pretty high EV, showing the bird in a natural pose, exhibiting the common field marks (egret shape, white, with black legs and yellow "boots". It's high res, and sharp detail. I might have moved it straight to FP nominations, but I wanted a second opinion. I uploaded this pic to replace the one formerly listed, which I think had lower EV. Nevertheless, I don't want to seem utterly self-promoting here - hoping to get an objective eye or two involved. See Talk:Snowy Egret for details about the swap.

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Snowy Egret

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Johnath

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Johnath ( talk) 02:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC) reply

Comments

• Probably doesn't have a chance, appears to have some seriously blown out highlights along the top of the bird. —  raeky T 02:27, 24 July 2010 (UTC) reply
  • Yeah, this was part of my concern, too - the blown highlights aren't masking important details, but they do detract from the technical quality somewhat.-- Johnath ( talk) 02:31, 24 July 2010 (UTC) reply
    • Blown highlights like this might be forgiven for a WP:VPC but is pretty much impossible to get through a WP:FPC. —  raeky T 02:36, 24 July 2010 (UTC) reply
      • This is why you should shoot RAW - highlight recovery would be easy. The head of the egret also seems to be out of focus. Hopefully it isn't too difficult to try again. Noodle snacks ( talk) 06:36, 25 July 2010 (UTC) reply
        • FWIW, I do shoot RAW. Recovery still leaves this patchy though. Alas! -- Johnath ( talk) 18:33, 25 July 2010 (UTC) reply

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