Commons:Valued image candidates/Agoseris glauca 8503.JPG

Agoseris glauca 8503.jpg

promoted

Image
Nominated by	Walter Siegmund (talk) on 2012-02-10 05:39 (UTC)
Scope	Nominated as the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Agoseris glauca (Pale Agoseris)
Used in	Global usage
Reason	This image, used by two sister projects, depicts the basal leaves, scape, and solitary head with imbricate bracts and yellow ligulate corolla that are distinguishing and notable characteristics of this species. -- Walter Siegmund (talk)
Review (criteria)	Support All criteria met --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 13:21, 10 February 2012 (UTC)  Oppose Why is this image better than File:Agoseris glauca WPC.jpg (depicting multiple flowers on a single plant), File:Agoseris glauca 8518.JPG (also depicting multiple flowers on a single plant), and File:Agoserisglauca.jpg (depicting both a flower and a seed head on a single plant)? Lacking any further rationale, I think I would take either the first or third of those as the most valuable image in scope. cmadler (talk) 13:01, 12 February 2012 (UTC)  Comment The appearance of the involucral bracts and leaves are among the most useful and notable features of species of Asteraceae. Regarding the fruit, the achenes (seeds) are often important features, but File:Agoserisglauca.jpg shows only the pappus which is less helpful. In identifying the depicted individual, I found the involucral bracts, leaves and location most helpful in distinguishing it from other Agoseris. This image depicts the bracts and leaves well. Some of the other photographs show multiple individuals; I think it may be clearer to show a single individual when that is a common occurrence in nature.[1] That said, I think File:Agoseris glauca 8518.JPG and File:Agoserisglauca.jpg merit consideration. However, File:Agoseris glauca WPC.jpg fails criterion 3, in my opinion (Must illustrate its subject well). Its resolution is low and the color balance is poor. Also, its location isn't described (criterion 4). Some may find the background of File:Agoseris glauca 8518.JPG somewhat distracting. The inflorescence and fruit of File:Agoserisglauca.jpg are out of focus and it isn't geocoded (criterion 5). Thank you for your comments. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 20:36, 12 February 2012 (UTC)  Support Fair enough, that's a good explanation that addresses my concerns, and I've changed my earlier oppose to a support. cmadler (talk) 11:12, 13 February 2012 (UTC) Result: 2 support, 0 oppose => promoted. Yann (talk) 12:20, 15 February 2012 (UTC)