Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Tree branch after ice storm.JPG

File:Tree branch after ice storm.JPG, featured

Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2009 at 00:05:23

•  Info created by Tevonic - uploaded by Tevonic - nominated by Tevonic -- Tevonic (talk) 00:05, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support. Photo shows how freezing rain after an ice storm can lead to severe damage in forests. -- Tevonic (talk) 00:05, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:21, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Neutral Great light, low noise, but the DOF does not completely cover the main object. -- H005 (talk) 08:17, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose - useful for an encyclopedia, but no wow. Downtowngal (talk) 17:32, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
  •  Comment I would respectfully disagree with Downtowngal on this. Freezing rain is supercooled water that freezes to ice on impact with an object on the ground, coating everything with ice. There are many good images of such objects on the commons, with some of them being more colorful than this one. However, the amount of ice here is incredible, and I could not find an image which conveys buildup on a similar scale. For this reason, I believe the unique composition, educational value, color, and lighting warrant consideration for FP. I agree with H005 that the DOF could be improved, but disagree that this detracts from the image. Tevonic (talk) 13:44, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
    • Indeed, such a significant buildup of ice is exceedingly rare (unless of course the branch is situated directly under the gutter...) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:17, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support As I was planning on nominating it myself, I suppose I should support it. :P Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 17:36, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Interesting work Esc861 (talk) 23:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support good colours --George Chernilevsky (talk) 09:26, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support — Kanonkas // talk // CCD // 08:59, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support --Tom dl (talk) 14:04, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose Missing wow and I don't particularly like the light. Lycaon (talk) 07:34, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

• The "wow" comes from the sheer depth of the ice, as noted above. Freezing rain usually accumulates to less than a few tenths of an inch, and I estimate this is at least 1 1/2 inch thick. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:37, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

•  Support Great image!--Mbz1 (talk) 13:24, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support ØSalamander (Talk / Contributions) 04:14, 18 July 2009 (UTC) Vote added after end of voting period. Maedin\^talk 15:02, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

result: 8 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral => featured. Maedin\talk 15:02, 18 July 2009 (UTC)