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New Tree Stump[edit]

Original - A freshly cut Tree stump clearly showing the Tree rings used in Dendrochronology to date the plant, there is still sawdust left from the cutting resting on the stump.
Reason
good quality image, adds to the two articles due to its clarity and it being freshly cut. Also reasonably interesting composition
Articles in which this image appears
Dendrochronology, Tree stump
Creator
Childzy ¤ Talk 16:23, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as nominator --Childzy ¤ Talk 16:23, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I am not an expert but I think the picture's EV for dendrochronology is fairly limited. Firstly, I doubt that dendrochronologists would be interested in studying such a young tree. Secondly, even if they were interested, they probably wouldn't cut the entire tree down, since using a drill to extract a sample (as illustrated in the article) is probably a much easier method and means that samples don't need to be studied in situ. The section of the article that this picture is in talks about 'taking samples' from a variety of sites and discusses the applications of dendrochronology to historical/archaeological research... making this picture of a single, young, fully-felled tree particularly inappropriate. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 21:36, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • i can see the issue, its just that the article for tree rings directs to Dendrochronology, the image is intended to show a clearer view of tree rings. I've removed it now, it does has more value in tree stump i guess anyway--Childzy ¤ Talk 23:16, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The EV in dendrochronology could have been improved by polishing the stump so that the rings were visible more clearly. More generally I feel that the angle to the stump is too acute, the image is underexposed and the sharpness is borderline. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:46, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as per Noodle snacks- additionally, I'm not really seeing why the image has to be so dark. J Milburn (talk) 18:12, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Noodlesnacks and J Milburn. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:47, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 05:16, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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