Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Echinocereus reichenbachii (2)

Echinocereus reichenbachii

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Echinocereus reichenbachii (var. reichenbachiiis) a perennial plant and shrub in the cactus family. Its popular names, lace or hedgehog cactus, refer to the appearance of the spines. The species is native to the Chihuahuan Desert and parts of northern Mexico and the southern and southwestern United States, where they grow at elevations ranging from 0 to 1,500 meters (0 to 4,921 ft). It earned the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Reason: This is a focus stack of six images. It's technically sound, high resolution, and has good EV. Since the last nom wasn't promoted due to lack of support, and the consensus was that the pot looked odd, I made another image with much softer detail in the pot, and I think it looks better.
Articles in which this image appears: Echinocereus reichenbachii, Echinocereus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
Creator: RO

Support as nominator – RO ^(talk) 23:11, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging those who commented at FPC1: Josh Milburn, Belle, Chris Woodrich, Dr. Blofeld, Diliff, Tremonist. RO ^(talk) 23:23, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:27, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looks good!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:39, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Apologies if I was partially responsible for derailing the first nomination. The edit seems to solve what was bothering me previously, though I do note that there's still a slightly odd shift from blurred-to-sharp on the pebbles at the bottom. All of the cactus is very good, however. Josh Milburn (talk) 16:45, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Godot13 (talk) 18:08, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:16, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -–Jobas (talk) 15:13, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - quite nice use of focus in foreground. — Cirt (talk) 20:31, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I think it would be better if it was in bloom, but other than that it looks good to me. Mattximus (talk) 20:32, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - SchroCat (talk) 12:45, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The way the pot is cropped at the bottom is visually very awkward. 86.186.13.208 (talk) 01:10, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Echinocereus reichenbachii by RO.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:21, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]