Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Royal British Legion's Paper Poppy

Reason: Paper Poppies like this one are worn throughout the United Kingdom every year in early November to raise money for the Royal British Legion and to remember those servicemen and women who died for their country. The image is of high resolution and shows the entire subject in detail. The poppy itself is not perfect, there is a slight bend in it, but this does show how they are worn by real people in the real world.
Proposed caption: An artificial corn poppy, made of plastic and cardboard by disabled ex-servicemen, worn in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries from late October to Remembrance Sunday in support of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal and to remember those servicemen and women who died in war. Wearing poppies to remember the war dead comes from the poem In Flanders' Fields by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae which concludes with the line "We shall not sleep, though poppies grow, In Flanders fields". Although originally worn to commemorate those who fell in the First World War, poppies are also worn for the fallen of every conflict since.
Articles this image appears in: The Royal British Legion, Remembrance Day
Creator: Philip Stevens

Support as nominator Philip Stevens 11:15, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~. Much as I would love this important subject to be a FP, the glare of the flash is too harsh in this photo. Pstuart84 Talk 02:13, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed some of the glare (edit 1), but as I'm sure you know, there is a quality trade-off. --Philip Stevens (talk) 06:57, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- - Do you still have the poppy to re-shoot this photo? Personally, I think it would benefit from a white background and a more even colour range. The leaf, for example, is in quite dark shadow here. Cheers, Pstuart84 Talk 13:17, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Support Alternative 1. Super, that's dealt with all my concerns. Pstuart84 Talk 14:44, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Although the extra effort has greatly improved the pic, it's still short of FP quality, I think (artefacts, contrast, over-sharpened)
I know it's often hard to detatch subject matter from image, but we are bound to judge image quality way above subject worthiness and this isn't quite there. Seriously though, I wish all Wiki photos were so carefully taken, it's a worthy attempt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MIckStephenson (talk • contribs)

No consensus MER-C 04:48, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]