Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:James Hetfield with Metallica -- 7 October 2004.jpg

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#Musicians and singers performing
•  Info created by DallasFletcher - uploaded by DallasFletcher - nominated by Editor-1 -- Editor-1 (talk) 05:30, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Support It is an image that can't be reproduced, it is exception.--Editor-1 (talk) 05:30, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Support - What a dramatic moment! -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:52, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose Not very good quality, nothing is really sharp, and the resolution is quite low. I would suggest to nominate it at QIC first to see if it can be a QI. Here the strong light behind doesn't impress me much -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:01, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment - It is taken with w:en:Canon EOS-1D Mark II, a 8.2 megapixel DSLR camera in 7 October 2004, its quality is enough and fair. That strong light comes from a firework, it is not unusual and unnature.--Editor-1 (talk) 08:02, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

• Old photo yes, and nothing special in it to make it featured today -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Oppose It's also over 15 years old, so it's not really a photo "of the times", I feel.--Peulle (talk) 07:26, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment - I don't know how to interpret that comment. It's arguably already a historical photo, then. Is that bad? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:57, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Comment - I'm sorry I don't understand your opinion.--Editor-1 (talk) 08:02, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

• Clarification: This is a well-known band, but it's not an important event, such as their last concert, the last performance of the artist or something special that makes this particular photo stand out. Unless taken at a very important date/event, I don't see the point in nominating a +15 year old photo.--Peulle (talk) 11:40, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment Commons:Featured_pictures/People#Events would be much more fitting than Commons:Featured pictures/People#People_at_work (although it might be time to think about splitting off a separate gallery for concert photography …). --El Grafo (talk) 10:35, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Done - agree, thank you.--Editor-1 (talk) 10:43, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
• Fixed Per El Grafo's excellent suggestion we now have Commons:Featured pictures/People#Musicians and singers performing. Looking at the photos in that gallery, the name is chosen to keep it separate from photos of crowds and audiences at concerts, and pure portraits of musicians and singers. Also it can be hard to draw the line between street performers and events. Gallery in nom fixed. --Cart (talk) 11:43, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

• awesome, thanks! --El Grafo (talk) 12:04, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Support --The photo is not excellent, but I find the subject of the photo exceptional. PROPOLI87 (talk) 10:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC)PROPOLI87PROPOLI87 (talk) 10:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Strong support When explaining what makes a FP, I usually say something about there being a technical aspect, an educational aspect, and something like a "wow" factor, and that excelling in one area can make up for shortcomings in others. This is a good example of an image that probably isn't a QI, but should be a FP. It captures the drama and intensity and indeed "wow" of a performance by an extremely notable musician/band in a way that compensates for the technical problems. A photo taken today would be something different -- a band of middle aged musicians who probably can't perform like they did in 2004. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  14:37, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Support I was on the fence about this one but Rhododendrites tipped me over. --Cart (talk) 14:56, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Basile Morin. --Fischer.H (talk) 15:40, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose per others, and the microphone is distracting --Uoaei1 (talk) 17:15, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment - @Uoaei1: Hello, it is a live performance, why you think "the microphone is distracting"? there is need to only 2 or 3 support vote, I will be grateful if you and others change your opinion, making this photo a featured picture does not hurt anybody and any thing, it is really interesting and nostalgic, Metallica will never have such performance again.--Editor-1 (talk) 09:05, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Now this is a really interesting discussion, and both pro and contra arguments are very good ;–). While (or because?) this photo is completely different from everything I normally like (and strive for) in photography, I am convinced by Rhododendrites. --Aristeas (talk) 08:35, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Podzemnik (talk) 01:55, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Support per Rhododendrites. It definitely has some technical shortcomings, but to me they are outweighed by capturing the literal and figurative explosiveness of Metallica onstage closer to their peak years than they are now. Daniel Case (talk) 05:44, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Absolutely fabulous. --MZaplotnik^(talk) 08:15, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Captures Metallica so well. Abzeronow (talk) 17:29, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 19:36, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 11 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: People#Musicians and singers performing