Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Alnus incana var. tenuifolia 4.jpg

File:Alnus incana var. tenuifolia 4.jpg, not featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants
•  Info created by ThayneT - uploaded by ThayneT - nominated by ThayneT -- ThayneT (talk) 23:52, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- ThayneT (talk) 23:52, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Oppose A little unsharp, and not really interesting enough for FP IMO. Daniel Case (talk) 03:22, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
  •  CommentUninteresting? That is typically what people think of plants, however this species on of the dominant native species throughout the western US along every single river and waterway, and is also currently in bloom. I think it is rather exciting because it means that spring is really coming, and a very appropriate photo for this time of year. ThayneT (talk) 02:03, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Oppose The burred background is too dominant in the image -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:22, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
  •  Comment The blurred background is the only reason you can actually see the subject instead of all the things in the background. This is called isolating your subject from the background by using a wide open aperture- often necessary when taking plant photos unlike in landscape photography where you are trying to get tack sharp focus front to back. ThayneT (talk) 02:03, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

• I think we all understand the concept of bokeh and reasons for using it here (I didn't at first, but I do now, and I think everyone else does). That's not the point. The point is that the background, although blurred, still distracts the viewer too much from the catkins. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:24, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

•  Oppose - I definitely think the catkins are an interesting enough subject, but I agree with Basile. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:12, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:28, 20 February 2018 (UTC)