Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Leaf 2000px.jpg

Image:Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Leaf 2000px.jpg - not featured

•  Info created, uploaded, and nominated by Ram-Man 12:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Info New formation of a leaf of the Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) tree.
•  Support ---- Ram-Man 12:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Just a QI. Great detail, but distracting background and not very spectacular overall impression --Simonizer 12:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
•  CommentInteresting to note that this image is great (and will be a FP) and it has a big dark blotch next to the bird's head and a dark diagnonal bar. Of course this one failed and it has a non-distracting background. I only have to wonder if it was a pretty flower if the votes wouldn't be totally different. As far as I can tell there are no FP of plants that are just "boring" leaves and other equally important items biologically and educationally speaking. There are, however, quite a few flowers. I've tried grey, blue, and green backgrounds for "boring" subjects. If I try this sunflower, I'll add red to the list. My cone was brown against a brown background, but people seemed to like that one. Go figure. Maybe I'll just take a piece of paper and shoot against a fake white background instead from now on. -- Ram-Man 13:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Did you see my votes at the mentioned pictures? So, dont flame around. The white stains next to the leaves are distracting in my opinion, so I vote against it. Thats all! --Simonizer 07:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Winiar^✉ 13:06, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose - Nothing special. --Karelj 21:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose nothing special Metoc 21:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support I disagree - I think this image is "special", it is aesthetically pleasing. It's got nice color, both in the subject and the background. True it's not a flower, but it's not a "boring" leaf, either. Jina Lee 05:04, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Question Technically its very good but i saw pictures like this many times before, whats so special on this object ? —the preceding unsigned comment is by Bergwolf (talk • contribs)

• First of all, if this was a pretty yellow flower with the same technical quality, it would be an easy FP. If we oppose this because "I've seen it before", why don't we do it for flowers as well? or NASA images? The truth is, we don't have any leaf FPs and there are no equivalent photos on the commons of this species. Leaves are just not as "sexy" as a flower, NASA image, sunset, or a butterfly. Second, it's pretty in its own form, as emerging life. The "bunny ear" shape is also aesthetically pleasing. The green foreground on blue background and red foreground on green background add additional interest and contrast, incorporating the three primary colors of light. The composition is simple, unlike many other plant and animal pictures with cluttered backgrounds that become FPs anyway. And even though the leaf is almost centered, the stalk is not, giving it lovely anti-symmetry. The reason I put forth this image is to ask the question: Can we have a FP of objects that are not flowers, insects, nice landscapes, or NASA images? This image may be simple, but who has ever taken the time to truely appreciate this natural form? There are very few high-quality images like this available on the internet or in books, so it has quite a bit of educational value. -- Ram-Man 18:58, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

• Again, it is very good, but it has no wow-factor. And thats what FP is all about. If the voters are not enthusiastic about it, the picture wont become a FP. I must admit that its hard to get a wow-factor in picture with an subject that is not as beautiful as a flower or a galactical nebular, but i dont think that it is impossible. --Simonizer 06:56, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Agree with Simonizer. --MichaelMaggs 21:21, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

 3 support, 3 oppose >> not featured - Alvesgaspar 13:11, 19 May 2007 (UTC)