Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Autumn leaves (pantone)

Original

Reason: Vividly displays colour change, very aesthetically pleasing, draws one into the article.
Proposed caption: The leaves of the Sugar Maple, Acer Saccharum in various seasons, displaying the phenomenon of Autumn Leaf Color. The top center leaf represents a leaf earliest in the year, with the greatest amount of chlorophyll. The amount of chlorophyll in the leaves decreases as one goes counterclockwise. Pantone color samples have been placed over the leaves to show their general coloration.
Articles this image appears in: Acer saccharum
Creator: chrisglass

Support as nominator Mythi 20:57, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Oppose strong lighting from the side casts distracting shadows and makes the color seem uneven. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 01:05, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Oppose, color balance looks off (background is pale pink). I'm not convinced that the Pantone chips add much, from either an aesthetic or encyclopedic standpoint. -- Coneslayer 12:52, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Oppose - white balance is off, needs to be cropped. Kaldari 19:15, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Oppose per above NyyDave 02:30, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Oppose the pantone chips add nothing. I played with the image and it's relatively easy to correct the colour, but the chips just break it for me. Matt Deres 15:57, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Regrettably Oppose Good subject, bad equipment. If you have the equipment get a white translucent plastic or frosted glass surface, have a flash/strobe under it and set to maybe -1 stop, another two on the side of the camera and play with the settings until you get a nice balance. --antilived^{T | C | G} 23:57, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 08:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)