Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pitaya

Pitaya

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Oct 2010 at 03:51:26 (UTC)

Original - A red pitaya (Hylocereus undatus) fruit, also known as dragonfruit, together with a cross section.

Edit 2 - Reduced harshness of the shadows to be less distracting, tighter crop, and equal margins on the sides.

Reason

The vast majority of pictures of a pitaya on Wikipedia are not of a high quality, so I thought I would contribute one that is. High resolution, detail and EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Pitaya, Hylocereus and Hylocereus undatus

FP category for this image

Plants/Fruits

Creator

S Masters

• Support as nominator --S Masters (talk) 03:51, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
• Comment I find the shadows to be more distracting than adding value. Jujutacular ^talk 04:01, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, have reduced and softened the shadows so that it's less distracting. - S Masters (talk) 07:40, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

• Support edit I love dragonfruit! Used to eat them in Singapore. The striking appearance of the fruit and the fact that it is relatively unknown in non-tropical areas makes this an excellent featured picture in my opinion. Purpy Pupple (talk) 04:50, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
• Comment I think the margin should be the same on both sides. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 07:02, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, have fixed this so that they are visually balanced. - S Masters (talk) 07:40, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

• Support edit 2 Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:02, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support edit 2. Saw this fruit for the first time :) Twilightchill t 09:10, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support edit 2 --George Chernilevsky ^talk 09:13, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support. J Milburn (talk) 11:15, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
• Sup edit Nergaal (talk) 19:27, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
• Sup edit per above.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:05, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support edit A lot less work to get things right in camera re: shadows though! Noodle snacks (talk) 23:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
• Weak oppose Sorry, but I hate the shadows in both. Natural shadows or no shadows, in my book. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 19:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
  • Actually, agreed. I think I'd prefer it without the "shadows". J Milburn (talk) 19:58, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
    • I was wondering how would the image look like with a black background? Nergaal (talk) 21:52, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

I tried the black background and it doesn't work at all. I guess that's why all the current FPs use a white background. – S Masters (talk) 08:42, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

• Support edit nice --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 13:45, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Pitaya cross section ed2.jpg —Maedin\^talk 08:58, 31 October 2010 (UTC)