Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Vanda orchid in bloom

Vanda orchid in bloom
Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2019  at 08:35:40 (UTC)
 * Reason:Good EV as the infobox photo of Vanda garayi and Raceme, high resolution, meets moderate to good technical standards. Regarding digital manipulation (isolation on a black background) I feel it is consistent with best practices in botanical illustration and photography where the subject is often isolated for the purpose of clarity.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Vanda garayi, Raceme, Vanda, Orange (color)
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
 * Creator:theleot


 * Support as nominator – Theleot (talk) 08:35, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Did you take the image against a black background, at night, or did you add it in in post-processing? We prefer natural bokeh. MER-C 18:58, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I took the photo during the day with black cardstock as the backdrop as many other orchid species were nearby (potentially confusing), but the cardstock didn't fill the frame entirely and distracting elements were visible behind it. I burned away the paper texture behind the orchid and extended the black to encompass the whole background. Theleot (talk) 23:18, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose – Sorry, but the background manipulation gives the whole composition an artificial look. – Sca (talk) 12:46, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Sca. Geoffroi  19:28, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 14:58, 5 November 2019 (UTC)