Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Jasmine bud

Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) flower bud

Reason

Stunning close up shot of Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) flower bud. This variety found in South India, is considered to be one of the largest Jasmine varieties. When in full bloom, it exceeds 5 cms in diameter.

Articles this image appears in

Jasmine

Creator

Aravindan Shanmugasundaram

• Support as nominator --Aravindan Shanmugasundaram (talk) 05:14, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Sorry, It isn't very strong on technical grounds, The highlights are blown or close to it and its soft everywhere. Try stopping down your lens a bit.
  talk) 09:21, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply
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• comment/undecided--the image has encylopedic value and is relevant to better the article and overall natural setting photographs, a closer zoom on the object with less vegetation would better the nominated image though kdm85 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdm85 (talk • contribs) 19:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - boring picture, no wow factor. Kaldari (talk) 19:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:53, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]