Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Juvenile barn swallow being fed

Juvenile barn swallow being fed

Original - The barn swallow is able to feed its young while remaining in midair. The parent delivers the insect directly into to juvenile's throat.

Reason

This pictures illustrates a behavioural trait of the bird. The parent swoops down and delivers an insect to the juvenile in a split second. This picture captures the moment where the delivery takes place.

Articles this image appears in

Barn swallow

Creator

Magnus Kjaergaard

• Support as nominator --Kjaergaard (talk) 13:52, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose DOF is much too narrow: Nowhere in focus, blurred (especially at full resolution). —αἰτίας •discussion• 14:24, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose Action is too small in frame, subjects are not in correct focus Capital photographer (talk) 06:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose. I agree with the others: the subject is too small in the frame, and a crop would probably be too unfocused.--Polymath618 (talk) 08:57, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted . --John254 02:42, 28 June 2008 (UTC)