Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Large stigma.jpg

Large Stigma Closeup
A highly detailed closeup shot of the large stigma of a cultivar of Lilium longiflorum. The anthers in the background give context and interest to the image but since they are out of focus they do not detract from the main subject - the stigma.

Appears in Carpel


 * Support Self Nom. --Fir0002 06:57, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Beautiful colors and a very nice macro.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose The male organs (stamen) mess up this pic. The amaryllis stigma on the carpel page is better in this respect, even though way too small for FPC. --Janke | Talk 14:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. I actually think the anthers enhance the pic as Fir0002 says in the nom. Love the detail on top of the stigma. --jjron (talk) 07:56, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose The stamen do look a bit dishevelled, I'm fairly sure they're supposed lie parallel to each other. Although I'm really not keen on the top-heavy composition, it's the harsh lighting that really spoils things; I feel a much softer, lower-key light would focus attention on the tip, instead of which I'm distracted by the yellow "collar" below it, the stamen beyond and the hard shadow beneath. There's no denying it's incredibly sharp, it just misses the spot for me. Sorry! --mikaultalk 18:39, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose. The composition just doesn't work for me, I want to be seeing this from the side... at least a little bit from the side anyway. As it stands, it just looks like a big puffed kernel of corn, too hard to see the style. I get that the stigma is the main focus, but top down is still not the way I'd prefer to see it. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 20:20, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral Encyclopedic alright, but not wow material. Sorry. H92110 (talk) 11:10, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 02:30, 29 November 2007 (UTC)