Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:NET-Margraten-American Cemetery 01.jpg

File:NET-Margraten-American Cemetery 01.jpg, featured

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•  Info created, uploaded, and nominated by Godot13 -- Godot13 (talk) 18:37, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- Godot13 (talk) 18:37, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- per en:FP Saffron Blaze (talk) 18:53, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Initially reluctant in preview as I found the composition boring. Now convinced after being taken aback by the extremely good image quality. (That is one craaazy camera you have there). --Slaunger (talk) 19:40, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
  •  Comment hmmmm... A little bad faith question : Let's feature a boring composed picture because taken by a good camera  ? --Jebulon (talk) 21:49, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

• One of those cases where size matters. The images comes into its own when viewed large. Saffron Blaze (talk) 03:45, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
• @Jebulon: : For me it is a bit like this this recent FP, which also looked non-convincing in preview (and where you voted support "Per Slaunger" ), but once you started scrutinize it, you noticed a lot of interesting details. Same here, and the little details are seen, because the camera is really, really good. --Slaunger (talk) 20:20, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

•  Oppose I don't think the tall crop is working, with the figure in the middle. The bottom of the reflection, with the clouds, is not adding anything, and is in fact distracting. I see you experimented with almost-square crops and I think a crop of 6345 from the top is optimal. With that crop, the image is much more balanced and stronger imo. -- Colin (talk) 12:05, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

• Thanks for the input. I did experiment with different crops, however this version is already featured at Wikipedia FP so I'm not sure I can really alter it here.--Godot13 (talk) 15:14, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

• @Godot13: In that case you should not change this version, but a different crop could be uploaded under a new file name and be nominated as an alternative. Colin may have a point. --Slaunger (talk) 20:20, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Agree, this would be a significant change per COM:OVERWRITE so a different file would be best. -- Colin (talk) 21:13, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Colin - I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly... The crop you suggest basically centers the image on the tower, with roughly equal space above and below, yes?-Godot13 (talk) 21:49, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Alternative

•  Support I've uploaded an alternate, which is basically the cropped version I initially proposed on WP:FP. I tried an additional crop, which doesn't really work. If I am following the suggestion above properly, the reflecting pool (which drew me to the image), dimensionality, and additional source of reflected light are all gone. It would be a "nice" image but, IMHO, would not do the subject justice.--Godot13 (talk) 22:47, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

 Support I have flipped back and forth a few times and I think I'd give this the edge for visual impact. The reflection is a stronger element here even though there is less of it. In the land of hindsight I would offer that if you had gotten a bit lower or wider and was able to have the pool edges as leading lines (from the bottom corners) it would have been the ultimate. Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:19, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi Saffron Blaze- Check the other upload/version within this file and let me know if that's what you had in mind...-Godot13 (talk) 23:43, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

It is, but I like your version better. Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:50, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Pinging Slaunger and Colin about the ALT version.--Godot13 (talk) 00:24, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

•  Support This is better. I agree there is less reflection here and the dark near part of the pool in the first nomination has potential, but the cloud spoils the symmetry of the reflection and if the frame was wider you could have the diagonals extending nearer to the base rather than only 2/3 down. With this one, the reflection is symmetrical and one focuses more on the reflected figure too. -- Colin (talk) 07:18, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Christian Ferrer (talk) 17:52, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
•  Support I like this one as well, but unlike Saffron I actually think the previous version of the alt where the edge of the pool meets the lower corners is the best composition of them all. However, I seem to be pretty alone regarding this opinion, and I will not push for a change to that version or a third alternative based on my opinion alone. --Slaunger (talk) 18:59, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Both are nice and "featurable", this one more. I like this picture, and his educational value.--Jebulon (talk) 21:57, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
•  Support - Nikhil (talk) 05:51, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 10:36, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 09:13, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects

The chosen alternative is: File:NET-Margraten-American Cemetery 01 (crop).jpg