Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Xanthoria elegans

 
Original - Xanthoria elegans, commonly known as the elegant sunburst lichen, is seen here growing on exposed sandstone. It is used in the rock face-dating method known as lichenometry.
 
Edit 1 Minimum plausible white balance correction (bringing back the blues).
 
Edit 2 As above, with slight exposure lift.
Reason
Attractive picture of a interesting lichen; added scale helps EV. Meets size requirements.
Articles in which this image appears
Xanthoria elegans, Lichenometry
FP category for this image
Fungi
Creator
Jason Hollinger at mushroomobserver.org

Comments on the edits, please. Makeemlighter (talk) 19:05, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Xanthoria elegans 97571 wb1.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:19, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]