Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Taraxacum spec-1.jpg

Image:Taraxacum spec-1.jpg, not featured

•  Info With the wind blowing, these wild dandelions looked like two cog-wheels of some fantastic mechanism.Created and nominated by Alvesgaspar --Alvesgaspar 15:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Alvesgaspar 15:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support The composition is strong for such a common subject. The only negative to this image is that the shorter-stemmed flower is a bit out of focus. I usually prefer both flowers in focus, like your image here, or if one is in focus then the other should be far enough out of focus, like my image here. Still I wouldn't oppose a good shot due to that kind of picky personal preference. -- Ram-Man 15:31, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Strong support  Support LOVE . . . Minimalism --Makro Freak 18:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Can someone tell me why {{Love}} is forbidden? No one seems to care about it other than the occasional person who removes them. -- Ram-Man 18:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
  • The origin is here, but I was never against the use of the {{Love}} tag. I will gladly support its return if someone cares to make the proposal. Alvesgaspar 19:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
  • So 5 people supported its removal on a vote that wasn't even about removing it? Great. I just roll my eyes when someone removes it. I see nothing wrong with it, so that's at least one oppose vote, not to mention all the people who were not polled who actually use it which have to be more than 5 people. I don't want to make a proposal per se, just so much as ignore the silly message about it being banned, which incidently doesn't even link to the discussion (which is rediculous!). There is clearly a lack of consensus over this being banned. -- Ram-Man 19:56, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Question Why are people not voting on this (or a bunch of other flower pictures, like this and this, for that matter)? It deserves more than 3 votes. And why is this one so much better? At best it is only slightly better. -- Ram-Man 03:29, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose it is not a Taraxacum sp., I'ld go for Hieracium sp. but I'm not sure yet. Lycaon 11:13, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
  •  Info - I believe it is the same species of this one, which I was convinced it was a dandelion. - Alvesgaspar 11:58, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
    •  Comment Aha! Dandelions are never branched see this one and this one for instance. Lycaon 12:21, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
    •  Comment - I'm completly lost after learning that Hieracium species are among the most difficult to identify by botanists... Could it be H. caespitosum or H. umbellatum ? There seems to be dozens of possibilities! To worsen the situation, all flowers appear to have faded since last week. - Alvesgaspar 14:37, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
      • What about the plants they came from? What do the leaves look like? -- Ram-Man 14:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Info - I think I found the species: it is a Wall hawkweed (Hieracium murorum)! The leaves have various forms and all agrees with the information I got in Wikipedia and through the net (for example, this site). Here are two more photos of the same plant: Image:Dandelion flower and fruit.jpg, Image:Hieracium murorum-1.jpg - Alvesgaspar 11:34, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

result: 3 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 06:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)