Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Waterlily

 
A blossoming waterlily at Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area
 
Edit 1 - Reduced size a bit to "improve" focus; adjusted color and noise; eliminated a few of the more distracting speckles on the petals.
File:Bluewaterlily edit02.jpg
Edit 2 - by Fir0002

This beautiful, blue waterlily is shown at the peak of its bloom. I'm pretty proud of how this pic turned out and I think that I finally have something worthy of becoming a Featuring Picture. This image can be found in the articles about Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area and Nymphaeaceae.

Above user "ButterLips"/"Dessie" is a confirmed sockpuppet. --Aude (talk | contribs) 21:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is user's first WP edit. --Aude (talk | contribs) 22:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like a brightened version of Edit 1. A little more saturated, too. -- moondigger 12:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Above user "polarqueen"/Christine is a confirmed sockpuppet. --Aude (talk | contribs) 21:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

tiger35

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  • Oppose Another close-up of a flower? The color is astonishing, but why does every other picture have to be a flower close-ups? Why can't it be a picture of the roots? The leaves? Or the rhizome? --Hecktor 20:32, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Excellent picture. Encylclopedic and informing- I think this is a great illustration of what a waterlily looks like in the center. fpwannabe
Above user "fpwannabe" is a confirmed sockpuppet. --Aude (talk | contribs) 21:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
user only has edits on FPC --Fir0002 07:42, 17 June 2006 (UTC) [reply]
I would rely on a site like that. One can easily take a picture of a blue-colored waterlily and post it on a site and say it is N. caerulea, but does it mean it actually is? Here are two links to a more reliable source: N. caerulea N. colorata. This cultivar is possibly one called 'Pamela' but again, it's really impossible to be sure, because there are so many hybrids out there. --Hecktor 09:15, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Fir0002 01:36, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]