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File:Kalmia latifolia in early morning light.jpg, featured[edit]

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Mountain laurel illuminated by dappled, early-morning light in a New York forest
Beer, actually . Daniel Case (talk) 05:32, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi Colin, interesting suggestion. I tried the 16:9 crop and set it so the row of flowers near the top would still be in the frame, but I wonder if I should have included more of the bottom instead. Thoughts? –Juliancolton | Talk 22:14, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think that cropping off the cut flower is an improvement. However, losing the bottom also is less good imo. The original bottom crop had natural framing with the vegetation and led in from the bottom left corner. So if you're not bothered about a precise 16:9 then I suggest keeping your top crop but restore the bottom. However, an alternative of a 16:9 with just the top removed, focuses the eye more on the stump imo. I'm not sure about making too many edits to the original since many people have already voted. You could offer an alt and ping people. -- Colin (talk) 22:29, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • In this case the 16:9 version is definitely not an improvement IMO, however much Colin likes the pics to fill his screen. You killed the mood of the scene, this feels suffocating and totally airless. We lost the deep shadows surrounding the stump and the flowers that made up the contrast of the photo. If this is the final version, I'm pulling my support. The only way this could have worked as a Colin-sized 16:9 pic was if more space had been added to the sides of the photo, but I guess that is out of the question. Not every photo looks good in standardized proportions, most of the time it's better to let the motif decide the crop instead of trying to cramp something inside some pre-fab format. --cart-Talk 23:16, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I tend to agree, honestly... I wasn't thrilled with the new crop, but I like to try everything once. Colin, I can still suggest an alt 16:9-ish crop if you think it's an improvement, but I think I'll leave the original intact for reasons both you and Cart mentioned. –Juliancolton | Talk 23:59, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cart, just to be clear, the crop I suggested was not the one made, and I agree that was inferior. I wanted to keep the deep shadows at the stump. Wrt the flowers, well the cut-off one at the top centre keeps drawing my eye (all the lines lead up to it). And also, wrt "cramp something inside some pre-fab format", the original image was 3:2 exactly, so was simply the pre-fab ratio that the camera chose, rather than one arranged round the motif. I try various crops, and sometimes find a standard one works, and so is easier to communicate. And a screen filling image is pleasing, if it has no other flaws. Whether the 16:9 was "totally airless", or (in my suggested crop) "concentrating just on the stump", are all options/opinions we can consider, though one gets influenced by what one sees first, and what one knows has been removed. IMO, this image would be improved by taking a very thin cut to the top, to remove the cut-off flower, and that would be a non-standard proportion arranged round the motif! I was actually influenced to try 16:9 by Julian's comment that a dark background helps -- the framing of a picture can make quite a difference to how it appears, and our electronic photo frames only come in one size these days. -- Colin (talk) 08:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 22:41, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Plants#Family : Ericaceae
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