Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Coconut Palm flowers.jpg

Coconut Palm flowers

Reason: Good quality and EV. No other picture shows this.
Articles this image appears in: Coconut, Arecaceae
Creator: Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 02:25, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. It's technically good, but the subject is not immediately obvious, and is blocked off by the dead section two thirds of the way up, as well as the draping leaves from above. The angle leaves a lot to be desired, and composition is a bit weak. I personally think a much better picture could be produced of this subject. Love the little lizard though! J Milburn (talk) 16:58, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The dead part is part of the plant where the flowers sprout from. IMO. Its part of the view. --Muhammad(talk) 23:06, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per J Milburn. Other stuff is distracting. Sasata (talk) 19:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Ok, I have images which just show the flowers but it is impossible to get the whole bunch of them without the surrounding parts of the plant. And let's not forget this is an encyclopedia. For someone who grew up around coconuts, I had not seen any flowers and this picture IMO illustrates the flowers, their positioning and pollinators (the 3 lizards). --Muhammad(talk) 23:06, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support an image without its EV (the leaves, carcass and "distractions") with just the flowers visible would be pretty boring and artificially pruned. I think its good and the composition is ideal. Zoo Fari 04:31, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Lighting is not the best. Also, I could imagine a composition where the vegetative parts could add to the picture, but this isn't it. Bonus points for the gecko, though - any chance of a close-up? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 21:33, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:19, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]