Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:A stream on a track between Sabine Hut and Speargrass Hut, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand.jpg

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Info All by me. It's a small stream that runs over a hiking track in shady native beech forest. The orange thing on the tree in the back is a trail mark, a symbol of tramping in New Zealand. The trail basically runs over the stream, you have to hop over the boulders. I quite enjoy the shady and moist atmosphere. Quite a few native species can be seen including ferns, beech, horoeka and a lot of moss. -- Podzemnik (talk) 09:56, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Podzemnik (talk) 09:56, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support --XRay ^talk 10:24, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support A subtly beautiful place. Cmao20 (talk) 13:24, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Water & Stones are very nice, but yellow triangle & brownish fern & scattered branches in the background are a turn off for me --Axel ^(talk) 13:55, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lot of brownish stuff because it's in the middle of the winter. Also, it's a native bush which makes the view a bit raw. I was thinking about removing the orange triangle but I quite like it - it's so typical for NZ bush that I just keep it on my pictures - but I understand that it might look distracting for others. Podzemnik (talk) 08:40, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nomination. --Aristeas (talk) 19:15, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:59, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ermell (talk) 07:47, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Booth sift 04:25, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

* Support -- Podzemnik (talk) 09:56, 13 September 2019 (UTC) double vote --Steindy (talk) 19:22, 24 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 06:09, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:19, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support It doesn't look like wintertime, though ... is this some sort of evergreen forest? Daniel Case (talk) 01:55, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Daniel Case The rule of thumb is that what is not evergreen, is not native to NZ. This is a native forest, it's never been cut down before. In the winter, everything is wet and muddy and kind of dark green, in the summer it's a bit more green and many shrubs are flowering (but some shrubs and trees are flowering in the winter too...). But it's green all year around. When I first came here, I was quite amazed by hiking in the snowy bush where everything was green but covered in snow. Quite unusual sight for a European. You should come to check it out. --Podzemnik (talk) 02:20, 17 September 2019 (UTC) PS: The picture was taken at about 800m above the sea level. This one is just a couple of days before from 1600m. --Podzemnik (talk) 02:23, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Dinkum (talk) 19:01, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A bit cluttered and lacks of wow factor, the technical execution was on the other hand precise Poc o² 20:04, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per Poco. - Benh (talk) 21:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 11 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:47, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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