Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Geastrum saccatum
- Reason
- Clearly shows all the important details of a bizarre-looking earthstar fungus, eg. the central pore surrounded by the circular "mouth", recurved rays (can even see the thickness of the rays); plus, the surrounding vegetation helps to give a size perspective. FP on French wikipedia.
- Articles this image appears in
- Geastrum saccatum, Geastrum
- Creator
- Mike Young
- Support as nominator --Sasata (talk) 20:30, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Standard disclaimer: Not an expert on photography. But I like this and think it quite good. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 06:20, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose Doesn't meet the quality requirements imo. The composition is also very cluttered with all of the stuff growing over it. Noodle snacks (talk)
- Oppose per NS. In addition, there are some minor sharpness issues on the subject itself. SpencerT♦Nominate! 03:23, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Not promoted MER-C 09:30, 21 April 2009 (UTC)