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Original - Iris germanica
Edit 1 - went back to originally uploaded and QI'd version, selective NR, slight local contrast enhancement, no pseudo DOF background
Edit 2 - went back once more from scratch and reworked the entire thing. The flower retains high detail as it is not blurred at all.
Reason
A high resolution, visually appealing picture of a well classified image
Articles this image appears in
Iris (genus)
Creator
myself
Complete rework of editing
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This should have been uploaded as a new image rather than over the top of the original as now the existing votes do not refer to the image they were judging. Mfield (talk) 16:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But while we're at it... I think that you need to re-evaluate what you are trying to accomplish by editing this image. Going from the original to the newest edit, I see a huge loss in texture (bad for encyclopedic value), a gaussian blurred background (looks unnatural), masking edges and errors still (soft brushes are your friend), and a general sense of over-editing. I find it impropable that the image would pass QI in its current state. IMO, you are best sticking with the original until you have an end goal in mind, whether for improving the enclopedic or aesthetic value, or both. Remember that users are not expecting an ideal or noise free image, and I think you've still gone a bit too far sacrificing things we are looking for (detail, natural foreground-background transitions) for things we're not. I'd take a closer look at Mfield or my edit, both of which show a more reasonable amount of editing. The best thing, however, would be to get it right at the start; when the flower blooms again, set your camera at a reasonable ISO and f-stop to get a more realistic-looking effect. Thegreenj 21:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Complete rework of editing (again)
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While I have the flower for this year, I might as well try my best with the editing. I went back (again) from scratch, and produced Edit 2, using a 1px feathering tool to select the image. The flower is not blurred at all, thus retaining detail, however, I might add, de-noised. This time around, I hardly tampered with the original colors of the flower and left the saturation relatively untouched excluding a few minor spots. Please reassess, thank you. -- penubag  (talk) 02:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Give this a week or two, then renominate the last edit - with all the edits and such, it's probably gotten too complex for a simple picture to get voted on fairly. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:45, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 02:30, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]