Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Oenothera cheiranthifolia suffruticosa.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Apr 2011 at 16:06:14 (UTC)

Reason: Composition, focus (I hope), subject, color - part of general effort to contribute nice hi-res photos of native California flora. Trying also to draw out inherent beauty of native plants that are not always so obviously vibrant, colorful, etc., which I hope I have done via this angle.
Articles in which this image appears: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camissonia_cheiranthifolia
FP category for this image: Category:Onagraceae
Creator: wintertanager

Support as nominator --Wintertanager (talk) 16:06, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Many parts of it have a blown-out red channel. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:53, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. King of Hearts makes a valid point; the light's perhaps a bit strong and sharpness is slightly lacking, but I find something striking about it, I think the use of DOF and colour contrast. Given the metadata's gone, any info on the camera equipment? And welcome to FPC! --jjron (talk) 12:40, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- DOF is just not enough as most of the subject is out of focus. Alvesgaspar (talk) 00:13, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- Thanks for the comment regarding the blown-out red channel - very helpful to me as I am still learning. And thanks for welcoming me - much appreciated! The DOF comment above, however, I can't agree with because in this case it is used intentionally as an aesthetic choice. This is a close-up of two flowers; compositionally the depth of field and angle reinforces the attention I intend to draw to them. I understand the general principles of DOF but rules were meant to be broken, in this case effectively (I opine)... In any case thanks for feedback.(Wintertanager (talk) 18:43, 11 April 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:10, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]