Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Purple mangosteen

Purple mangosteen

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Nov 2010 at 14:51:22 (UTC)

Original - Purple mangosteen fruit (Garcinia mangostana), together with its cross section. Only the white aril is edible.

Edit 2 - Focused stack–overall fruit is sharper than original single shot; with scale added.

Reason: Almost all pictures of purple mangosteens on Wikipedia are of a poor quality, so I thought I'd take one that is. High resolution, detail and EV of an unusual fruit.
Articles in which this image appears: Purple Mangosteen, Garcinia, Clusiaceae, Aril
FP category for this image: Plants/Fruits
Creator: S Masters

Support as nominator --S Masters (talk) 14:51, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ Complete fruit is not in focus, a focus stack is expected of such a shot. Also, I would prefer the picture taken from slightly higher viewpoint to show the top of the fruit as well. Fruit also looks overripe --Muhammad(talk) 16:59, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have used the software suggested by Noodle snacks. The fruit was just ripe to me, not overripe – well, it didn't taste overripe. Unfortunately, I do not have any more fruits left and I was told that they are not in season. So, I can't take any more shots showing more of the top as suggested. If it is not good enough, then I will have to wait until I can get another fresh supply, but I don't know how long that will be. S Masters (talk) 05:14, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the stacked version, if compared to the original at same sizes(v2 is much lower res than original), the original seems sharper to me. --Muhammad(talk) 06:30, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The res is the same. The canvas size is slightly smaller as I made it around the same size as the FP Image:Sugar apple with cross section.jpg, for consistency. S Masters (talk) 06:46, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The aspect ratio may be the same but the canvas size refers to the resolution. V2 is much better done so I will not oppose but I am still not completely satisfied with the angle and ripeness. If in the future you happen to get less ripened ones please consider a re-shoot. Thanks --Muhammad(talk) 13:07, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

- Just thought I'd add that CombineZP is free software that can do the stack for you. Noodle snacks (talk) 21:03, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip. Nice software. S Masters (talk) 05:14, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, while we're on the subject of asking favours, I'd like to see a scale included. This, for me, distinguishes some of our best images from those that are "just okay". Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:13, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. S Masters (talk) 05:14, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Edit2 well done --George Chernilevsky ^talk 12:54, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 2 well done. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:51, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 2 with many thanks for the scale. Spikebrennan (talk) 15:36, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 2 - As above. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 17:43, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support I nom'd in on the Commons before seeing this... :P –hover Fly | chat? 14:26, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 2-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 13:51, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mangosteen scale v2.jpg --Jujutacular ^talk 22:38, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]