Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Western tent caterpillars Malacosoma californicum .jpg

Image:Western tent caterpillars Malacosoma californicum .jpg, not featured

•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Mbz1 -- Mbz1 (talk) 16:54, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support -- Mbz1 (talk) 16:54, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Interesting subject. I think for this image to work, it should be
  1. Tightly cropped.
  2. Super sharp.

...and it's not. Crapload (talk) 01:13, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Support cool --norro 21:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support double cool. --Reflection of Perfection (talk) 06:10, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too cool. --Karelj (talk) 19:04, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose because of the branches between the camera and the nest: could have been left there as it's part of the environment of those caterpillars, but they are too much in the way. --S23678 (talk) 13:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

• Surely I could not remove the branch in order do not disturb the nest, but I removed it in a photo shop, which means you should come up with a new reason to oppose the image :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 02:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

• First, on an administrative aspect, you should not modify an image on which there is already some vote, but instead propose it as an edit (all the actual votes were made on another picture, not the current edit!). Also, from the guidelines: “More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{RetouchedPicture}} template”. Now, on the image itself, the edit you did is quite impressive at thumb size, but the seam is visible where only halves of caterpillars have been cloned. Finally, in my opinion, retouched FPC should not have portions of the image entirely replaced by another portion of the same picture. I think the elimination of distracting elements of the picture should only be done by cloning actual photograph of the missing portion (taken from another angle or at a later time). --S23678 (talk) 12:37, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

• OK, I reverted it back.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:39, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

 

result: withdrawn => not featured. Simonizer (talk) 22:24, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Edit 1, not featured

•  Support--Mbz1 (talk) 02:27, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too much contrast, colors looks un-natural (like pictures from an old book). --S23678 (talk) 13:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

 

result: withdrawn => not featured. Simonizer (talk) 22:24, 7 July 2008 (UTC)