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Macro photo of a Dandelion

Reasons:

  • it a big, clear and beautiful image
  • it's licensed under free license
  • (added later) the house in background shows that a such beautiful thing is near us

It appears in Dandelion article and was shot by me (Paulnasca).

  • Oppose - I agree that the dandelion itself is striking, but the background is less than appealing. Sango123 18:09, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Photoshop, anyone? Lupin 02:32, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • I know, I'm not a photographer, so perhaps I'm wrong, but the background is, for me, one of the attractive things about this photo. It's a flower in its real setting, not in some carefully staged neutral zone, and the background is not at all distracting to me. Trying to blur and remove the background seems to me something like taking a picture of the Houses of Parliament from the opposite side of the Thames, and then working to get Westminster Abbey out of the shot -- that's the environment (or context, if you will) in which the HoP exist. Backyards, in my (allergic) experience, are littered with these sneeze-inducing yet attractive little flowers, and I don't see that this is anything to be rid of. Just my two cents, Jwrosenzweig 23:10, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- I like it. The background adds to the overall beauty of the image, showing the flower in a natural environment. - Longhair | Talk 07:33, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support No qualms to have about the background IMHO Circeus 12:26, July 15, 2005 (UTC)


Not promoted +10 / -7 -- Solipsist 19:47, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]