Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Redbud blooms

I took this picture last spring on campus at Washington University in St. Louis. I think it's a beautiful example of redbud blooms. It's on the redbud tree page.

Support. Self-nomination.--Barfooz 06:06, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Support. I like the colors and composition, but is it me or is it out of focus? -- [[User:Solitude|Solitude\^talk]] 08:49, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)
- I did a little bit of sharpening. The original image is 1600x1200 and I forgot to run a sharpen filter after I resized it. Thanks. - B
Support. Nice colors, nice contrast, nice focus. Janderk 11:57, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Support - [[User:Bevo|Bevo]] 23:56, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Oppose. Pretty, but not particularly striking. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 03:54, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Support. Fredrik | talk 16:27, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
support Cavebear42 17:02, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Support. James F. (talk) 01:00, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Oppose - First of all, a picture of a plant must be determined correctly: This one is not a redbud tree but probably some species of Prunus. To compare how flowers of Cercis really look like see Image:Cercis siliquastrum3.jpg --Franz Xaver 14:45, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Waiting - I would support it, if it was determined correctly.- thomas g graf ~ talk
- I've taken your comments into consideration and I am attempting to verify the proper classification of the plant. Prunus hortulana (hortulan plum) [1] seems to be the best fit: according to the Prunus article, it is distributed in the Missouri/Illinois area. --Barfooz
- Further comment: MPF says it's a cherry tree. That was what I originally believed it to be. Verifying... --Barfooz