Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Purple-IrisPenu.JPG

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Image:Purple-IrisPenu.JPG, not featured[edit]

A common purple iris with morning dew drops

  •  Info created, uploaded, and nominated by User:penubag
  •  Support -- penubag  16:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Flower is very noisy, while background has clearly been artificially smoothed. How did this one ever get through QI??? Lycaon 18:27, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Most of the noise is/was jpeg compression related, which means lost information. Furthermore the background (not the iris) was de-noised after selection as QI, which may (??) invalidate that stamp. Lycaon 18:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info I have just made further ajestments to my image, including gaussian blur, contrast, and reduction of background noise. I'm sorry, I didn't realize this picture was so bad, the commenter at QI said it "just barely passed". Hopefully my minor adjustments can at least keep it at QI level, if not, I'll revert to the original version. -- penubag  19:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose For one thing, this image is just too noisy. For comparison, I have more than two dozen Iris pictures here that are higher quality than this one (1 2 3 4), and none of them are FPs. -- Ram-Man 04:39, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info I withdraw my nomination after seeing those non-FA's, please still comment on my picture, I am interested in improving it. -- penubag  04:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • The image is actually quite nice, and it's a fine iris specimen (better than many of my own). The water is a nice touch (assuming its real). The main weakness is the noise (caused by too high ISO more than likely). Noise reduction just kills the sharpness and lustre. The background is only average, but since you're dealing with a large flower it is not that bad. I shoot most of my irises in bright daylight and/or use a tripod. -- Ram-Man 04:57, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks for the ego boost, and yes, the water's real. I tried to further reduce noise, but that just reduces the quality (grainier seemed prettier) and further blurring the background makes the image look unnatural, as cmnt 1 said. I'm afraid that this can never attain FP. I think you should try FP on your pictures, they blew me away.-- penubag  05:20, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Mywood 12:41, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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