Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Geastrum saccatum

Geastrum saccatum

 * Reason:Clearly shows all the important details of a bizarre-looking earthstar fungus, eg. the central pore surrounded by the circular "mouth", recurved rays (can even see the thickness of the rays); plus, the surrounding vegetation helps to give a size perspective. FP on French wikipedia.
 * Articles this image appears in:Geastrum saccatum, Geastrum
 * Creator:Mike Young


 * Support as nominator --Sasata (talk) 20:30, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Standard disclaimer: Not an expert on photography. But I like this and think it quite good. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 06:20, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Doesn't meet the quality requirements imo. The composition is also very cluttered with all of the stuff growing over it. Noodle snacks (talk)
 * Oppose per NS. In addition, there are some minor sharpness issues on the subject itself.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 03:23, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 09:30, 21 April 2009 (UTC)