Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Morchella elata 83497

Morchella elata Fr. (1822)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jun 2010 at 03:48:58 (UTC)

Original - Morchella elata is one of three related species commonly known as the black morel, the others being M. angusticeps and M. conica.

Reason

A technically proficient image of the species providing great illustrative EV to the species article. Would be complementary to File:Morelasci.jpg and another FP to compliment File:Morchella conica 1 beentree.jpg to highlight one of the most popular edible wild mushroom groups.

Articles in which this image appears

Morchella elata

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Other_lifeforms/Fungi

Creator

Dan Molter of Mushroom Observer

• Support as nominator --— raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 03:48, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
• Comment Can you link the others in the caption.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:16, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
  • I have done. We currently do not have an article on one of the species. J Milburn (talk) 11:00, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
• Support. I don't think the surroundings are the best, but it shows the species very nicely, and is used appropriately in the article. J Milburn (talk) 11:02, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
  • I like the surroundings showing it in it's natural environment. ;-) — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 11:10, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
• Weak Support The sharpness and EV is sufficient. The lighting leaves a bit to be desired, as the background is more strongly lit than the subject. The lighting problem isn't easy to fix without playing around with flashes and stuff though. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
• Weak Support Because of weak right side light, per Noodle. Sasata (talk) 16:57, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
• Support. I think this is just about good enough to deserve the star. There is a tiny amount of chromatic noise in the area Noodle snacks referred to. Any program with an appropriate filter, such as Lightroom 3 or (I presume) PS CS5 should be able to take care of this, so I don't expect it to be a lasting issue with this image (but yes, please fix it and upload over the top). Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:11, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
• Weak Support per Noodle snacks. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 00:48, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
• Support This is a black morel. It lives in the woods where it was shot. It looks dark against its background; that's why it is called a black morel. Shroomydan (talk) 02:10, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
  • But the dried leaves on the ground are darker in the foreground too. Noodle snacks (talk) 08:57, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
    • Their are no dried leaves in the foreground. The dark stuff up front is dirt. I removed the leaves in front to expose the base of the stem. The right side of the mushroom is intentionally left dark. This is not a mistake to be corrected with extra flashes. I used flash on one side to show detail, and I left the other side dark to illustrate the mushroom's true color when experienced in it's native woodland environment. This photo was submitted as part of a collection. Fully illuminated shots of the same specimen can be seen here: http://mushroomobserver.org/44417
    • The right side of the mushroom looks black because it is black; it's a black morel. Shroomydan (talk) 11:49, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Morchella elata 83497.jpg --Jujutacular ^T · C 05:06, 27 June 2010 (UTC)