Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Geranium pratense 'Galactic' 23-05-2022 (actm.).jpg

File:Geranium pratense 'Galactic' 23-05-2022 (actm.).jpg, featured

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Featured picture candidates/File:Geranium pratense 'Galactic' 23-05-2022 (actm.).jpg Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Geranium pratense 'Galactic' 23-05-2022 (actm.).jpg

• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants#Family : Family Geraniaceae
•  Info Flower of a geranium pratense 'Galactic'. Focus stack of 17 photos.
  All by -- Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 15:14, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 15:14, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose It is difficult to guess what has caused the weird patterns on this image, visible at thumbnail size, but I've seen them before. There are stacking or masking or cloning errors all over the image, giving the impression that the background is artificial. I don't like a black background and am opposing on that basis, but even if you like a black background, this would need a lot of work, including a slightly different crop. Sorry. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:24, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Charles. The flower is fine, but he's right about the background ... it really does look like someone tried to mask the background out (Although it's much easier to see in closeup). Daniel Case (talk) 04:01, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you for your comment. New version uploaded.--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:18, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

• Not fixed, sorry. Maybe you should increase the light to spot the flaws -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:48, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

• Thanks for the tip. @Daniel Case: New version.--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:21, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

•  Comment Plain black, color code #000000 -- Basile Morin (talk) 09:21, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you for your comment. If I translate your comment, I can't figure it out. Is the background color wrong?--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:42, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

• I think what he means is that you now have a 100% artificial black background. This must be disclosed using the retouched template, but a withdrawal might be easier. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:43, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

•  Done. correction Thank you for your reviews.--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 17:57, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
• Yes, from the blue gradient, the color changed to the darkest black, without indication on the file page. I didn't suggest to withdraw, but it is quite a radical way to get rid of these patterns, in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:44, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

•  Support this version. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:59, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 08:05, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
•  Comment I don't think we should be promoting a straightforward flower focus-stack with a 100% artificial background (now disclosed, thanks). How can this process result in the image being judged 'among the finest images'? Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:29, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

• Note: Obviously you don't have to like a black background. But the subject (the beautiful white flower) stands out nicely against the black background. And the subject is the flower.--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 13:09, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

•  Support In my humble view, the artificial background gives a good contrast to the subject, plus it's now indicated by a retouching template on the file page. The slight stacking halos around the stamens are tolerable, imo. -- Radomianin (talk) 13:55, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- IamMM (talk) 06:50, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Cmao20 (talk) 11:23, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
•  Support per Radomianin. --Aristeas (talk) 08:05, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 7 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 00:48, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Plants#Family : Family Geraniaceae