Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Terana caerulea

Terana caerulea

Original - The cobalt crust fungus, species Terana caerulea, growing on a twig of alder (Alnus incana).

Reason

A high-resolution photo of an unique crust fungus. Shows the velvety indigo-blue surface, the paler-colored margin, and different stages of growth (eg. the younger discrete circular spots and the larger confluent area).

Articles this image appears in

Terana caerulea

Creator

Martin Bemmann. Uploaded by user Hagen Graebner (German WIki).

• Support as nominator --Sasata (in WikiCup) (talk) 04:46, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
• Weak oppose Good enc. and resolution, depth of field too shallow. Durova^Charge! 05:39, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. Love the picture, but parts of the fungus itself are extremely blurry. J Milburn (talk) 18:29, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose Depth of field and harsh lighting. Mfield (talk) 22:51, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

• Weak oppose Depth of field just not quite there, sorry.Terri G (talk) 19:58, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 01:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)