Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Celosia spicata.jpg

Celosia spicata

Original - Celosia spicata flower and foliage. Pictured in Moshi, Tanzania.

Reason

Good quality, EV and DOF. Leaves and flowers together increase the EV

Articles this image appears in

Celosia

Creator

Muhammad Mahdi Karim

• Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 20:25, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
• Support I can't imagine a better version of this. Well done.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 18:12, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
• Support - wish you got could get the stem in focus, though. :) ceranthor 12:04, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose Seems to be an atypical species of Celosia which according to the article are characterised by "woolly flower heads" - this appears absent in your shot. Thus the EV doesn't seem terrible high for the article. Also the bar being high for flower shots I'd have expected a focus stack to make the stem in focus - DOF at f/9 is just too shallow. The spider + web is also a distraction. --Fir0002 03:48, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
  • The woolyflower heads I think appear in the mature phase of the flower as I had seen them growing as well. The one depicted here is probably an immature one yet to develop the cockscombs. IMO spider and web part of the view. If it's how it appeared IRL, why should it be a problem? --Muhammad(talk) 07:11, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Also compared to this recently promoted FP, the DOF is ok --Muhammad(talk) 17:30, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. Per Fir0002, the chosen angle combined with the limited focus depth, plus a composition that feels unbalanced to me, tips the balanced in light of the high standards we expect of flowers.--ragesoss (talk) 15:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose per Fir and Ragesoss. Makeemlighter (talk) 04:08, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted --wadester16 20:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)