Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Ship in the SF Bay fog (40406).jpg

File:Ship in the SF Bay fog (40406).jpg, featured

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•  Info all by me. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  02:34, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
•  Support I was on a ferry on the San Francisco Bay recently and saw this big ship passing through a little pocket of light amidst dark fog. I don't think it's a traditional FPC, but I love the drama of the lost ship (in the literary sense) passing cloud-covered islands, surrounded by dark fog with just a little bit of light and blue sky. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  02:34, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
  • Since it came up at QIC, I should mention that I did not add vignetting to this in postprocessing. It's just the unusual light amid the fog. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  02:39, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
•  Support - I'd support cropping another third of the water in the foreground, but I support for the drama. I can easily imagine this as a cinematic shot. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:23, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
  • After your post-QIC advice, I experimented with a few different crops. One of the things I like about this image is the circular[ish] patch of light that illuminates the water as well as what's above water. For me, it contributes to the drama/cinematic feel. As I see it, that circle extends to near the bottom of the frame in the current crop. I didn't like the way a more severe crop cut into that shape. If it were otherwise I would surely agree with you from a composition point of view. Not sure if I'm explaining that well, or if I'm helping or hurting by explaining, but there it is. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk |  22:23, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

• I see it and get your point. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:37, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

•  Oppose regretfully. Nicely taken and great atmosphere, but IMHO, it is too hazy for me to support. Sorry. --Nikhil B (talk) 04:49, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

• I object to haziness in photos sometimes, but if the haziness is the entire point of the photo, it's hard for me to relate to rejecting it based on haze. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:07, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

•  Support Interesting, dramatic shot. Dark part in combo with enlighted part is well made, wanted to say crop but no, its better like this. --Mile (talk) 08:35, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
•  Support I was also thinking "crop" at first but at full size, the dark waves in the foreground are scary enough to keep. It's the kind of seascape I'm always grateful I don't have to be out in. Taking advantage of a natural "vignetting" also shows that you can see motifs appearing and quickly decide to take the shot, capturing the moment. --cart-Talk 09:51, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
•  Moderate support per Ikan and cart. Daniel Case (talk) 14:24, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
•  Moderate support per others. But I do wish the ship appeared larger in the photo. PumpkinSky talk 19:22, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Looks very dramatic and scary. -- Pofka (talk) 17:26, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose Two thirds of empty water, a big ship, and fog. I'm not sensitive here. Too much manierism. I suppose it would be politiphotographically correct to support...--Jebulon (talk) 15:04, 20 September 2017 (UTC)...And I'm not sure vignetting is natural.--Jebulon (talk) 15:05, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

• I have to take issue with this. I don't mind if you oppose because it doesn't strike you as a FP or if it seems too melodramatic (I would agree re: the latter, except that's why I like it), but it sounds like you're accusing me of lying and/or misrepresenting re: vignetting. There was no vignetting added. Any tone adjustments were done to the entire image. The only exception was a minor adjustment to the ship itself (and not its surroundings). If it helps to clarify, you can see another example from shortly after here: File:Ship in the SF Bay fog (40413).jpg, in which the effect is still visible on the left but not so much the right. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:22, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 7 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--cart-Talk 08:52, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

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