Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:War memorial, Millport, Cumbrae, Scotland.jpg

File:War memorial, Millport, Cumbrae, Scotland.jpg, not featured

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Fencepost misaligned

• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects
•  Info created & uploaded by User:Podzemnik nominated by User:Ikan Kekek -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:35, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - I feel the majesty of the tall monument before this far-reaching expanse of water and land and the streaming clouds and wonder what it has witnessed over the years. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:35, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose the left and right edges of the statue have CAs, the sidewalk in the very bottom of frame is not aligned well – Lucas 08:06, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment - I didn't notice CA and I'm still not sure I really see any at absolute pixel-peeping size, though I'm sure Podzemnik will fix that if he can see it. But as for the sidewalk: If you want this view past the monument, you by definition cannot have the sidewalk be perfectly horizontal. I hope you mean "not aligned well" in some other way. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:19, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment From what I can see the camera could have been moved to the right to align the sidewalk and the elements visible behind the statue (islands etc. ) would have looked the same. I don't see any particluar thing in the background that would be obscured then, for example. Also the fencepost in front of the statue would then be nicely in center. – Lucas 08:38, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

•  Oppose The light is wrong for me.--Peulle (talk) 08:32, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Yes, I see what you like about this one. It helps that there's such an interesting sky. Quality issues are for me very minor given the compositional merits of the photo. Cmao20 (talk) 13:27, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose The landscape has something, the building is simply ugly -- Basile Morin (talk) 15:10, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

• I respect your opinion, but I don't find it ugly. It's a British war memorial - they all look relatively similar, but they're supposed to be stark and sombre, and I personally find an austere beauty in it. Cmao20 (talk) 18:46, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

• The fence is as hideous as the architecture -- Basile Morin (talk) 18:58, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

• What was it you said about "please also let the reviewers have their own feelings and express these feelings on a candidature even if they disagree with your vote and personal taste". ;-) --Cart (talk) 19:47, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

• Absolutely, I said that to you (here). Cmao20's seems embarrassed by my vote. Sorry if we disagree, this user is free to support, but for me this building is ugly and has no charm. We discuss, and not convinced, I explain what is particularly hideous. Where's the problem ? -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:35, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

• Don't worry Basile, there is no problem with your comment from my perspective. People have different tastes in these things. I was only expressing that I disagreed, I'm not upset by your vote. Cmao20 (talk) 22:47, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

• Great, happy we can discuss serenely. Just that enclosed construction in concrete has no attractiveness in my view, and due to the unappealing light, I don't see it as FP -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:10, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

•  Neutral I'll rather not pick sides. --BoothSift 03:41, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Although it's from Britan, I support this by feeling. Even the ugly fence don't destroy the sky grass stone light combination in the background. As for a featured picture this should be sufficient.--Der Angemeldete (talk) 12:47, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose I agree the light on the monument is not good. Compare to File:War memorial, Millport, Cumbrae, Scotland 02.jpg with golden light. This monument is not that impressive with back lighting. Also agree that a step to the right might have aligned the fence more centrally and the path more perpendicular. I do wish the local council hadn't spoiled the scene with a bright blue sign informing the stupid that this is a war memorial. -- Colin (talk) 12:57, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment - That view is nowhere near as interesting. I feel like some of you are getting lost in the details, but that's my point of view and obviously, to you and other opposers, details like the lack of absolute perpendicularity of the path are important. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:53, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

•  I withdraw my nomination - There aren't going to suddenly be 8 supporting votes for this photo, so there's no point in dragging this process out. The combination of the backlighting and the lack of perfect regularity in the amount of path breaks too many FPC conventions, and then with objections to the appearance of the memorial itself added, this just deviates too much from FPC taste to have a chance, as it turns out. Thanks to all who voted or commented on this nomination. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:57, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
  • Ikan I only referenced the other view wrt the light on the monument. Backlighting could work if the memorial had an interesting and identifiable silhouette shape. -- Colin (talk) 22:23, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

• Got it, but you weren't the only one who mentioned light. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:21, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 3 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:43, 29 March 2019 (UTC)