Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Комплекс Мирского замка.JPG

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Apr 2015 at 11:34:42 (UTC)

Original – Mir Castle Complex in Belarus

Support as nominator – Alborzagros (talk) 11:34, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Foreground is distracting. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:45, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Other than cutting the grass, how would you eliminate it in order to get this shot of the castle? Don't you think this is a good shot of the castle? It gets all the parts of it into one picture, and it's quite clear. CorinneSD (talk) 03:18, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You move about a meter forward, then you make a panoramic image. It's really simple. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:39, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support -Jobas (talk) 01:07, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Crisco, thank you for explaining how a better photo could be taken. I'm puzzled, though. Do featured pictures have to be nearly perfect photos – the kind that would win first, second, and third prize in photo contests – or can they just be really good photos such as this one? - CorinneSD (talk) 01:16, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not necessarily "nearly perfect", but they should show the subject well. For me, at least, having part of the foreground covered in foliage is distracting. The Commons nomination had some people bring it up too, though not to the point of opposing. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:20, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't even know images went through a similar process on Commons. Must all images that are now on Commons be promoted as featured pictures? Also, if they are approved for featured picture status on Commons, why do they have to be approved on WP? - CorinneSD (talk) 01:23, 9 April 2015 (UTC) [reply]

No CorinneSD, two very different processes. Quite often those that pass on Commons end up here, but the criteria is different, so not all pass... But it's a good place to look as they tend to go there first, so a lot of discussion has taken place... But they do need to be approved here seperatly due to the different purposes of each "forum"... Does that help? gazhiley 12:26, 10 April 2015 (UTC) [reply]
Or come here first, then go there. In terms of technical demands, Commons is sometimes the more challenging, but what gets a lot of supports on Commons may not get any support here if it's not used well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:07, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both for your comments and explanations. If I understand correctly, how the image is used in articles in WP, that is, how they contribute to our understanding of a subject – encyclopedic value – is very important here, and more important than on Commons. CorinneSD (talk) 15:03, 10 April 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Tis my understanding yes... Commons seems to be more about the technical quality than anything else, whereas FP is more about whether or not there is a place for it in an Encyclopedia, and if it is the highest standard picture we can get of that subject... gazhiley 15:58, 13 April 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Oppose Agree with Crisco. Alternative to moving forward and doing a panorama, the photographer could just take a slightly higher picture... Off the back of a car, or on a stepladder or the suchlike... gazhiley 12:45, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Crisco. Sca (talk) 12:58, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:52, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]