Commons:Valued image candidates/Arctium minus bract spine.jpg

Arctium minus bract spine.jpg

promoted

Image
Nominated by	El Grafo (talk) on 2015-09-22 09:20 (UTC)
Scope	Nominated as the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Arctium minus (lesser burdock), bract spine
Used in	Global usage de:Kleine Klette en:Hook and loop fastener
Reason	This is what makes the burs of this species stick to, well, actually almost anything including your fingers (even better than the velcro inspired by this). I know the size and quality is far from QI level, but please keep in mind these things are tiny. Shooting this was a real nightmare in multiple regards and even with a magnification ratio of about 2:1 I had to crop heavily. I think this is the best we currently have for both the species and the genus. -- El Grafo (talk)
Review (criteria)	Question Do not you have this image in a higher resolution? --Jacek Halicki (talk) 18:56, 22 September 2015 (UTC) No, unfortunately this really is the best I can offer. I already doubled the 1:1 magnification of my 100mm macro lens by reverse-mounting another 50mm onto it, but I still had to crop a huge portion of the original 16Mpx image. It's still much higher resolution than File:Klettar.jpg or File:Bur Macro BlackBg.jpg if you look at a single hook. In any case, it should be good enough at the VI review size, imho. --El Grafo (talk) 20:32, 22 September 2015 (UTC)  Support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 09:50, 23 September 2015 (UTC) Result: 1 support, 0 oppose => promoted. Palauenc05 (talk) 17:09, 26 September 2015 (UTC)