Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Pachypodium lealii.jpg

InfoBottle tree (Pachypodium lealii) close to Palmwag, Namibia. Created, uploaded and nominated by Lycaon -- Lycaon 22:47, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Lycaon 22:47, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CRITIQUE First of all, bad time of day to take photograph, harsh light flattens the image. Second, I would have taken it from ground level so it silhouettes against the plain sky, giving us a better shape or contour. Third, I would have chosen a larger aperture in order to have just the plant in focus and foreground and background out of focus in order to concentrate on the subject. Enough environment detail would have been conserved without distracting attention from the subject. Fourth, I would have taken the picture with softer, side light in order to enhance volume and texture. --Tomascastelazo 23:10, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Point 2 may have been remediated at the time. The lighting conditions however were as they were. We were on our way from Twyfelfontein to Sesfontein over several hundreds of kilometres dirt roads. We only saw P. lealii that once and it happened to be almost lunch time. Are those mitigating circumstances? I would think not. But where these plants grow (20°S, no trees, no clouds), soft light is limited to the 90 minutes after and before sunrise and sunset. And what concerns point three: it was very windy high up those hills, so I needed the speed. Alas!. Lycaon 23:32, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I did not say "Oppose", I said "critique".A larger aperture would have given you a faster shutter speed and reduce depth of field.--Tomascastelazo 00:28, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, that could have been an option. But don't you think that showing the harsh stony desert environment where these plants grow is an asset here? IMO it enhances the encyclopaedic value of the image (and probably slightly reduces the phototechnical value). Lycaon 07:13, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral Harsh light, dust spots, noise. Dori - Talk 23:14, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes those dust spots I overlooked. Tried to fix the 'noise' too, but the harsh light is beyond my capabilities. Lycaon 23:50, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The dust spots were the major reason for opposing, but I can't support due to the light. Dori - Talk 17:41, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support It is by far the best photo in Commons of this unusual tree depicted in what appears to be a very hostile environment. The light is harsh, yes, but I actually think that adds to emphasizing the harsh environment. Taking the photograph in the morning and evening would have lead to a "nicer" light, but it would not be representative of the scenario I think. -- Slaunger 20:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Love it. A wonderful subject with TONS of wow (seriously, I'm drooling) and I think that outweighs the few problems raised above (Can't we all just get along?) Doodle-doo Ħ 21:12, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I also think the lighting is flat, and DOF could be shallower but overall quality is good to me, and the subject is unusual (to me also). Benh 00:29, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't find the subject very interesting, don't like the light, focus seems subpar. Sorry. --JaGa 17:00, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

result: 4 supports, 1 opposes, 1 neutral => not featured. Cecil 22:31, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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