Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Monarch Butterfly Purple Flower 3000px.jpg

Image:Monarch Butterfly Purple Flower 3000px.jpg

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Original (left), not featured

•  Info created, uploaded, and nominated by Ram-Man. 13:55, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Info Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeding
•  Support -- Ram-Man 13:55, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support -- MJJR 19:45, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Jina Lee 20:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose --Bergwolf 22:02, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too dark --Mbz1 19:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
•  Oppose Too dark. The correct light is somewhere between #2 and #3 Verdy p 21:12, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
•  No point in keeping this open. -- Ram-Man 22:59, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
  •  QuestionDo you withdraw only the original or the complete nomination with all edits? --Simonizer 07:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Just this one. I didn't nominate the third, so I can't withdraw that one. The middle one still has a chance of success if it receives a vote or two more. -- Ram-Man 11:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

result: Nomination withdrawn => not featured. Simonizer 08:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit 1 (centre), not featured

•  Info Color corrected bad colors that were due to desaturation from bright direct sunlight. Sharpened as well.
•  Support -- Ram-Man 16:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support I like this one as well, because of the sharpening. Jina Lee 20:05, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support I prefer this edit. /Daniel78 21:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Yes, this edit is the best. --Digon3 14:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too dark, not a real macro --Mbz1 19:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
  • What do you mean "not a real macro"? Also, the luminance looks fine to me, perhaps your monitor is too dark? Lightening it up washes out the color. -- Ram-Man 19:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, if you do not know what a real macro is, here's example--Mbz1 04:53, 3 June 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
      • I know what a macro is, I just didn't understand why you were opposing because of it. The guidelines do not require images to either be or not be macros. The only legitimate reason to oppose because it is not a macro is if it doesn't have a sufficient "wow factor" because of it. Anything else is just an opinion and doesn't belong here, just as it would be inappropriate to oppose all pictures with the color blue because you don't like blue. -- Ram-Man 22:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
        • Let me put it this way: We cannot feature all Ram-Man butterfly pictures. They have no VALUE, there are too many of them even at that page. If at least they were macro, maybe they'd have some value (probably not). There is no "wow factor" in your pictures.--Mbz1 22:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

•  Oppose Too dark. The correct light is somewhere between #2 and #3 Verdy p 21:12, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

result: 4 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 16:47, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit 2 (right), not featured

•  Info Edit 1 is better than the original but still a little shy. This version brings a little more colour and contrast, specially in the greens. - Alvesgaspar 17:43, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support - Alvesgaspar 17:45, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose I don't think that the color of the butterfly matches reality. It is too yellow or green. Also, unless someone can identify the plant in question, I don't remember it being that green, especially for an adult plant in mid-summer at the end of July when this picture was taken. If anything, I worried that my changes went too far. The whole image looks unnatural. -- Ram-Man 17:53, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose "ditto" above comment Jina Lee 20:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose I see no VALUE in that image --Mbz1 04:54, 3 June 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
•  Oppose Overexposed, digital artefacts. The correct light is somewhere between #2 and #3 (but you need a non linear filter to just it and avoid saturation of whites and decoloration! light of greens if OK, but oranges in the fly and magentas of flowers are washed out; to correct it, you must separate the image into at least 5 color planes, and adjust each color precisely before recomposing the image) Verdy p 21:13, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Comment This should be closed, rule of 5th day. -- Ram-Man 11:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 16:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)