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Info created by Slaunger - uploaded by Slaunger - nominated by Slaunger -- Slaunger (talk) 22:01, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Support Felt like we needed a seasonal nomination, and I just got a new tripod, which I wanted to test, and the town I live nearby got new christmas illumination based on LEDs saving 14.5 ton of CO2 emissions as compared to the previous conventional illumination. -- Slaunger (talk) 22:01, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Oppose I appreciate it was taken with a new tripod 
, but I believe neither the quality nor the composition is good enough for FP. --Mbz1 (talk) 00:00, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Question Thanks for the review. Could you elaborate a little on quality issue(s) you have noticed? --Slaunger (talk) 07:08, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Well, most of the quality issues I did not like have nothing to do with your skills as a photographer and probably could not have been avoided, but here is what I do not like: The gray and green looking snow, the green lamp (honestly no matter what that lamp would have looked like, it spoils the image for me), not so sharp looking lower foreground, and blurred people in the middle of the image.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:29, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- That's OK. Thanks for replying. I realize the motion-blurred pedestrians could be perceived as a turn off, and it often is for me as well. It was a deliberate "effect" in this case, but I was unsure myself if it was best to include them or not. --Slaunger (talk) 14:19, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- I guessed that the people in the image was a deliberate "effect" , and I saw that "effect" in some other images that I supported, but in those image the blurred people took much lesser part of the images than they did in yours. Anyway good luck with the nomination!--Mbz1 (talk) 16:11, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- That's OK. Thanks for replying. I realize the motion-blurred pedestrians could be perceived as a turn off, and it often is for me as well. It was a deliberate "effect" in this case, but I was unsure myself if it was best to include them or not. --Slaunger (talk) 14:19, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Well, most of the quality issues I did not like have nothing to do with your skills as a photographer and probably could not have been avoided, but here is what I do not like: The gray and green looking snow, the green lamp (honestly no matter what that lamp would have looked like, it spoils the image for me), not so sharp looking lower foreground, and blurred people in the middle of the image.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:29, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support Good description, which puts the context of this picture in persepctive. FieldMarine (talk) 13:17, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support Kooritza (talk) 18:06, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support --Schnobby (talk) 09:07, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
- Support Congrats for tripod and nice explanation. --Mile (talk) 22:45, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose I'd have to agree with Mbz1. The blurred people seems to obscure that part of the image than add to it, IMO. The lamp at the top is also distracting. Great Christmas lights! LeavXC (talk) 01:00, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose The blurred people don't bother me; in fact, I'd actually like it more if they were more blurred, to show that they are walking (this pic makes them look like they have several ghosts hovering about them). However, the composition is just too scattered and busy. Still, I agree we need more FPs to fit the season. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 20:33, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose I don't understand what is really featurable (outstanding) here. I'm not against pictures showing the day-to-day life, but I don't find anything special here. The general quality is not perfect (the lamp, the snow...). The road sign prevents me to "enter" this picture. Agree with THFSW concerning the people.--Jebulon (talk) 22:24, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
- Good observation regarding the road sign, Jebulon, I had not thought about it that way, but I understand what you mean. --Slaunger (talk) 06:41, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for taking your time to review my photo. By and large I agree with the comments. I have gotten some good input regarding how to improve with such a kind of scenary, which is just 5-10 min away. I think I will try a reshoot, perhaps a little earlier in the day, with more people, showing some more activities, and with another position of the camera (near the ground, and at one side of the street pointing more upwards, to avoid the centered composition. I have also spotted a different location on the street, which I think is more suitable, i.e., without the annoying sign). Concerning the composition beign busy: Well, this photo is taken when the street is almost "dead" with most signs taken in. I.e., as clean as i could get it. The new photo I have in mind will be more "busy", but perhaps also more interesting. Let's see . It's an interesting challenge. --Slaunger (talk) 06:52, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
