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File:Althaea cannabina. 04-08-2022 (actm.).jpg, featured[edit]

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  •  Support I don't know; I can't see them anymore. I suppose the remaining things that could be halos are instead reflections. This is an impressive photo to me, with a nice, relaxing composition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:06, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support The flower is very pretty and the background is harmonious. Significant stacking defects are no longer visible to me. -- Radomianin (talk) 13:43, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per Ikan and Radomianin. --Aristeas (talk) 13:49, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose On an aesthetic level, sorry but I find the color of this background 1. unnatural, 2. inharmonious, and 3. ugly, like in the previous nomination. My personal point of view concerning these artificial backgrounds displaying arbitrary colors like interior wallpapers is that they often ruin the charm of the natural subject depicted on the image. Flowers are living organisms met in particular environments, and these environments usually contribute to the elegance of the subject with textures, bokeh, gradients, etc. Distorting the context that way is like diminishing the value of the content. I understand the trick makes easier the potential retouches incumbent on the focus stacking process, nevertheless the result also spoils the visual impact compared to original natural compositions. By contrast, the color of the flower appears dull and fake here, in my opinion. Moreover, as part of the framing, I find the crop too tight at the bottom -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:08, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
*Note: the main reason I photograph flowers on thin twigs in a wind-free place is that it is almost always windy in Friesland. Then it is impossible to take a stack of 33 photos without motion blur. The background I use is matched to the color of the flower. You take beautiful long exposure photos of waterfalls. How unnatural is that!?--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:01, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • You sometimes manage to focus-stack flowers in their natural environment, like this one or that one, then the problem of the wind is often surmountable. Also, it is not an absolute requirement to make the whole plant in focus with multiple frames, when nominating a picture at FPC, a single beautiful shot with enough DoF can also produce a wonderful photograph, if the light is special. You're saying the flower matches the background color, but I don't think so, because this brown is too saturated. Thus "it steals the show". You seem to favor the technique over the subject, but is it a wise choice? Sorry but I have no idea what this flower looks like in a natural context, with this picture. And what about the transparency of the petals? Photographic technique is useful when the trick is at the service of the subject. But if the subject gets changed because the technique requires such artificial modifications, I think it is better to step backward, and to search for the essence again -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:31, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 7 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:14, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Plants#Family : Malvaceae
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