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File:Alcatraz recreation yard, NW view.jpg, featured

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•  Info The famous recreation yard of the former Alcatraz prison offered the prisoners not only the opportunity for social life and sports activities, but was also the scene of bloody confrontations and escape attempts. In Don Siegel's 1979 movie Escape from Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood, the prison yard played a role several times as original filming location. Since closure of the prison, the birds have regained control of the site.
  Created, uploaded and nominated by -- Radomianin (talk) 07:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 07:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- IamMM (talk) 11:15, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Impressively shows the emptiness and the feeling of being locked up in this place – the dove gull is the icing on the cake, it embodies the loneliness of the prisoners (but unlike them it can fly away). --Aristeas (talk) 12:23, 7 February 2022 (UTC) Bird corrected, sorry ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 12:50, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 13:02, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support ×Elvorix^talk 13:22, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose IMHO, too dull light, which results in no wow. --C messier (talk) 14:23, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 16:03, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Comment Feels imbalanced to me, too right-heavy. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:30, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

•  New version uploaded @IamMM, Aristeas, Agnes Monkelbaan, Elvorix, C messier, Llez, and King of Hearts: Thank you for your helpful review, King of Hearts. I have cropped the photo a bit on the left and top, the previous frame I chose to have the seagull exactly centered. I believe this crop is a better compromise because the seagull is now in the optical center and the image is no longer so right-heavy, imho. Best wishes :)  (Sorry for the mass pinging.) -- Radomianin (talk) 19:15, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Good job! I still support. ×Elvorix^talk 19:26, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

•  Support Composition is good now. The black clipping in the trees is a bit heavy-handed though. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 19:17, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose Low POV and too much foreground. Light. And the bird. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Charles.--Ermell (talk) 23:43, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

•  Comment Thank you very much for your thoughts on the photo. The main subject of the picture is the prison yard and the seagull as a metaphorical symbol, so the low point of view is intentional. The building in the background is the dining hall. Best wishes :) -- Radomianin (talk) 12:09, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

•  Oppose per others. Sorry. --Milseburg (talk) 16:35, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Weak support as I think it could stand be cropped even further (see note). Daniel Case (talk) 18:58, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

• Dear Daniel, thank you very much for your helpful review and the suggested image crop. I tried it immediately, but unfortunately I am not satisfied with a square solution. Too much of the yard area gets lost on both sides, so the overall impression disappears. Nevertheless, many thanks for your proposed framing :) -- Radomianin (talk) 20:50, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

•  Weak support Wasn't sure about this at first but Aristeas' reasoning has convinced me, I'm still not convinced the composition is outstanding but still FP to me Cmao20 (talk) 13:22, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Weak oppose Eye-catching, the bird showing its back is distracting. It would be better facing us, and closer, or simply away. I appreciate the originality of the low POV, but find the building quite depressing. Dull light -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:48, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Wie Aristeas. Es ist im übrigen nicht ganz unwahrscheinlich, dass es sich um eine Westmöwe handelt (siehe den dortigen Abschnitt „Nahrungserwerb und Nahrung“). Beste Grüße vom Autor des Westmöwenartikels :-) --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:53, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

• Vielen Dank für Deine Hintergrundinformationen, Frank. Du hast recht, die Beinfarbe ist ein starkes Indiz für die Gattung der Westmöwen. Herzliche Grüße :) -- Radomianin (talk) 07:55, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

•  Support The crowd of tourists somewhat spoils the atmosphere, but on the whole, I think the supporters have the better argument. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:35, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose per C messier. --Fischer.H (talk) 09:57, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Weak support The unreal (hostile atmosphere) of the photo is the deciding factor for me.--Famberhorst (talk) 17:27, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Looked at this again and again and - well, here I am --Kritzolina (talk) 19:36, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 13 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:35, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Exteriors#United_States