Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Juan Carlos I of Spain 2007.jpg

Image:Juan Carlos I of Spain 2007.jpg, not featured

•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by me. Thank you for your opinions. --אx 10:19, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Where is the wow in this Picture? Plus, I find the shoulder-crop unfortunate. --JDrewes 10:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC) Support Yes, you are right. --JDrewes 17:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Please show me another photograph of Juan Carlos, which is as up-to-date, has such a high resolution, is as sharp and – last but not least – is under a free licence as well. However, I don't think there can be any kind of great wow-effect in a portrait of a king, neither should there be. -- אx 13:55, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

•  Support I think it is a good image, quite illustrative. One question: is that dandruff over his left shoulder? --Al2 14:40, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support א, you are now the master of portraits on Commons, like Richard Bartz is the master of macro and LucaG is the master of landscapes. Just one question: how do you get so close to all of those important people whose portraits you take? Freedom to share 16:03, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Please note that I used a rather long lens on a DSLR with a crop factor of 1.6. So I was not that near, maybe about 15 metres. The occasion was the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen. It takes place once a year and a lot of (serious) celebrities turns up. -- אx 18:58, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Are they open to the public? If not, how do you get in? Freedom to share 08:21, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

The ceremony is not open to the public, so I cannot take photos there. But afterwards, the prize winner is presented to the public. One day before the ceremony, the prize winner is invited to the university of Aachen for a discussion with students. This part is open to the public, too. But you have to be there very early to be able to take good photographs. You have to be fast and so you have to know your equipment. You need some good telephoto lenses as well. Thank you for your interest. If you have further questions, feel free to ask on my discussion page. -- אx 15:55, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

•  Support Great photo of a king is enough wow for me -- Lerdsuwa 16:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose - The white balance is off, please notice the bluish tone of the shirt collar. Also, I don't think this is the best expression of Juan Carlos - Alvesgaspar 18:17, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

In fact the shirt is blue. The bright stripes on the tie are white, and this is where I set the white balance. You can see that the white of the eyes is displayed properly, too. -- אx 18:58, 23 November 2007 (UTC) PS: You can see this more clearly here, if you compare to the shirt of Mr. Solana for example. -- אx 19:23, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

•  Oppose A quite bold portrait. Quality is with some minor correction good...so it could be a QI. But the sole reason that it is the only high-res photo of this person is no reason to promote it to FP. --AngMoKio 18:43, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose I think it's distracting with the white field on the left and the missing shoulder on the right. /Daniel78 00:51, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Good, natural portrait of not so easily available subject. I do not mind the crop on the shoulder. Had the shoulder been there, the composition would have been a less interesting centered portrait. -- Slaunger 22:42, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Neutral A difficult to acquire subject, but something about the picture doesn't do it for me, but I can't put my finger on it. Perhaps the lighting? -- Ram-Man 23:06, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Kjetil r 22:31, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Something is not right: colour? lighting? Lycaon 23:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

result: 6 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 15:40, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

•  Info photographed, uploaded and originally nominated by אx. . --אx. This version edited, nominated and supported by --Thermos 19:32, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Illustrative image of a subject hard to photograph. --Thermos 19:32, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Comment isn't it a bit oversharpened? --AngMoKio 22:15, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes. I uploaded a new version with less sharpening. --Thermos 06:38, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

•  Oppose I think it's distracting with the white field on the left and the missing shoulder on the right. /Daniel78 00:51, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose I like the original version more. This color balance of this version looks weird and unnatural. --Lerdsuwa 15:30, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

 Thermos 11:24, 25 November 2007 (UTC) --Thermos 11:24, 25 November 2007 (UTC)