Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Nørre Vorupør Coast 2012-11-18.jpg

File:Nørre Vorupør Coast 2012-11-18.jpg, featured

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•  Info created, uploaded, nominated by Slaunger -- Slaunger (talk) 21:19, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Abstain -- Slaunger (talk) 21:19, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Sorry, but no other way for me: I must support. Great !--Jebulon (talk) 21:27, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Nice lighting. I would normally complain about rule of thirds here, but for this particular image it doesn't bother me as much. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:14, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Nice... --Tomascastelazo (talk) 01:21, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support less sky better for me, but good composition --Rjcastillo (talk) 02:08, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Ю. Данилевский (talk) 04:16, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support -- JDP90 (talk) 04:24, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose Just like any coastline; grass, sand, waves and clouds. Looks very gloomy too. :) JKadavoor Jee 04:33, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review. I agree it is a very simple composition - either you like it or you don't. About the light. November is perceived by most Danes as the most depressing month of the year as everything is normally just dark, and grey with a lot of days of cold rain. We say regarding autumn that there is September, October, November, November, November. November just never ends. Although it may appear gloomy, it is way above average November light :-) A few hours later the light looked like this, which is perhaps more typical Novemberish at my location... :-) One of the real masters of this light at the coast of Denmark was the Danish painter P S Krøyer, who worked nearby the location of the photo in Skagen, the Northernmost point of Denmark. --Slaunger (talk) 08:32, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for the very informative reply. Yes; I too heard about winter blues, but never experienced here in India. I like the picture in the link you provided. JKadavoor Jee 09:54, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

•  Oppose A pretty picture of a coastline. But other than that, don't find anything eye-catching as such. --Dey.sandip (talk) 08:22, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 10:54, 20 November 2012 (UTC) ==  Comment I prefer the original. --JLPC (talk) 15:50, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose low sharpness and wow factor, washed-out colours and impression, shady sand. --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 16:42, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
  •  Comment Thanks for your review. I would like to comment on two of the isuses you mention, as I do not agree with them (but of course respect that you have another opinion). The washed-out colours are a trademark of autumn. Actually, I have even given it a step up in saturation to make it look just a little more colourful. If I took the same photo during the summer, the vegetation would be much greener and colourful, but that is not the season I am trying to capture. It is autumn with chilly and rough winds and a salty taste in the mouth by the ocean. If I look at, e.g, or FP gallery of panoramas I notice that the number of autumn panos is very limited. By far most of the outdoor pano FPs are summer time or snow with blue sky FPs. These seasons are more forgiving wrt to being eye-catching and provide "wow", but I also like the virtues of the less colourful and rough autumn season, and I think they have a place in the FP galleries as well. Concerning the shady sand, the band of shade curving thorugh the photo is an important compositional element for me. It provides contrast, and notice that the shadow of the dunes just ends on the beach where the sea begins. I think it is a nice effect. And the shady sand is not so shady that important details are lost. For instance, a WW2 German bunker is clearly seen there. --Slaunger (talk) 20:54, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --Schnobby (talk) 18:14, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support I finally support after Slaunger's comments above. Yann (talk) 21:32, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
  • Really, I hope the photo in itself is convincing for you, and not my arguments. --Slaunger (talk) 07:25, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
    • Yes, it is, but I like to see if the result match the intent. Yann (talk) 11:25, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support -- Penyulap ☏ 09:29, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose In favor of the alternative - Benh (talk) 16:37, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
  •  Comment This is what I have always hated about alternatives: One step forth on one version and two steps back on another, which overall gives...one step back in average...which is worse then standing still...from a reviewer who actually has the intention to step forth....in average. The learning lesson is to very carefully prepare the right and best version at nomination time (and stick to that). --Slaunger (talk) 19:14, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
  • I agree (maybe without smiley)--Jebulon (talk) 00:31, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support I really like both, but I prefer the original. Michael Barera (talk) 20:44, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Alternative

•  Info Triggered by the comments above about the amount of sky, I have made a traditional 1/3 sky crop as an alternative. --Slaunger (talk) 07:45, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support -- Head and shoulders above the already brilliant image Penyulap ☏ 09:29, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support This one focuses on the (much) more interesting part in my opinion. - Benh (talk) 16:37, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Better crop. -- Colin (talk) 18:06, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support -- This is what Photography is about: showing to others our interpretation of reality. Very nice, looks like a painting (sorry Slaunger, for the distraction) -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:18, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
  • No apologies needed for any distraction. Comment appreciated. --Slaunger (talk) 09:08, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Request I think it will be helful if the early supporters will express their opinion about the Alternative too; otherwise it will be very difficult to choose one.  Neutral on alt. JKadavoor Jee 05:18, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
  • Good point. I have notified early voters on their talk pages. --Slaunger (talk) 09:08, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Yann (talk) 08:33, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose Same argument as in the original -- 13:39, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
  • Anonymous comments are allowed, but not unsigned votes...--Jebulon (talk) 17:32, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support better in this case, more interesting in my opinion --Rjcastillo (talk) 14:15, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --Tomascastelazo (talk) 15:26, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Béria Lima ^msg 17:15, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support -- JDP90 (talk) 17:42, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Answering Jee.--Jebulon (talk) 00:02, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry forgot to put the signature earlier:) Reason of oppose is same as in the original version --Dey.sandip (talk) 19:00, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 11:33, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural

The chosen alternative is: File:Nørre Vorupør Coast one third sky 2012-11-18.jpg