Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Technology Eclipsed by Nature

Technology Eclipsed by Nature

 * Reason:Self-nom; this is one of my favorite pictures from my garden. It's large enough to be used as a desktop background, and I actually use the image as my desktop wallpaper.


 * The red car behind the flowers is mine, and I didn't think about it at the time of taking this image, but looking at the image now, I think it provides an interesting perspective on nature vs. technology. In today's technologically advanced world, the intricate complexity of man-made technology eclipses the simpleness of nature. A small tree is unnoticeable next to a giant skyscraper, and the complexity of an advanced piece of machinery seems to dwarf the surface simplicity of a blade of grass. In this image, however, technology, represented by the car (an intricate piece of technology in its own right), is eclipsed by the simple beauty of the flowers of a potted plant that are in reality smaller than even the headlights of the car.


 * Articles this image appears in:Nature (philosophy), Fuschia
 * Creator:AutoGyro

MER-C 03:50, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator &mdash; AutoGyro 05:04, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose - The flower in the center of the photo is out of focus and the background is distracting. The FP criteria says the "encyclopedic value is given priority over its artistic value" and the image should "not promote a particular agenda or point of view", so the whole nature vs. technology thing doesn't really seem appropriate in my opinion.  Pretty flower though. Cacophony 09:21, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Per Cacophony, but that is a gorgeous flower. How about taking another shot of it without the car?  --TotoBaggins 13:19, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose You may not have noticed, but the main parts of the flower are not in focus. --MichaelMaggs 16:17, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Per above. 8thstar 19:36, 3 July 2007 (UTC)