Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Alcatraz03182006.jpg

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island (aka The Rock) is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States that served as a lighthouse, then a military fortification, and then a federal prison for the area until 1963, when it became a national recreation area.

Reason: Large panorama that shows the entire island very well. I can't see any technical details that would prevent its promotion, besides perhaps very minor focus issues
Articles this image appears in: Alcatraz Island / Image stitching / Digital photography
Creator: David Corby (User:Miskatonic)
Nominator: Jack (talk)

Support — Jack (talk) 20:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support. I noticed this pic a few days ago, and was on the brink of nominating it myself. Nice atmospheric perspective. Note how you can see the campanile on the Berkeley University campus in the background. --Dschwen(A) 20:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Vertical res is a little on the low side and the focus is a bit soft, but this must be a super-duper teleshot, probably from GGB. --Dschwen(A) 20:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The picture is very good. It's a bit fuzzy in some areas in the left part of the island, but the rest is sharp enough for me.--enano ^(Talk) 02:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Definition of ENC value. Great Panorama with (trivial due to big size) focus issues. -Fcb981 02:14, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support Highly encyclopedic as well as a great shot (or set of shots). This panorama is among the best stitching I have ever seen. -Midnight Rider 03:02, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support A good picture. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 03:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose - It's a nice image and a great view of the island, but the vertical resolution is too limited for me to support and it doesn't look like there'd be any more detail in a less-downsampled version; focus and sharpness is marginal in several places (classic long-tele-digicam syndrome). --YFB ¿ 05:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Overall resolution is quite good, and clarity, while not tack-sharp is adequate and made up for by good composition and technical difficulty. —Dgies^t c 06:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, I was going to nominate this too. Jorcoga ^Hi!_{08:18, Monday, January 29 2007}
Oppose - The image doesn't compare very favourably to the other panoramic FPs we have. Rather small, little detail, soft... mstroeck 11:25, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Agree with Mstroeck. Also, the crop is too tight. Alvesgaspar 12:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose perfect... if only better resolution. gren グレン 22:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, the detail of the prison itself is very low, many of the windows are blurry and artifacted. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 23:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support You folks have been spoiled by Diliff and co. Noclip 01:42, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- If we all throw in $5 will he take a trip to San Fran and retake this picture? gren グレン 16:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - He can stay at my place... ~ trialsanderrors 02:23, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support I'm very impressed with the the comprehensive content of the entire side of the island. - Bevo 21:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I love the fact that you can see the Cal "C" and the campanile, but was the background run through a blue filter? This looks horribly discolored. You'd expect the East Bay to be greenish grey. ~ trialsanderrors 02:16, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, this version is an edit of the original. So, you live in the Bay Area... --Dschwen(A) 17:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I live about five fingers to the left of the picture... The original is actually decent. Not sure if this gets promoted, but this should be listed in our "What not to do with Photoshop" gallery. ~ trialsanderrors 19:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Great content, nice composition, but it's such a hard subject for photos. The horizontal resolution is so high, but the vertical is so low. A true conundrum. Goyston talk, contribs, play 14:36, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry but the sum of problems put this below the FP level. ~ trialsanderrors 23:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Alcatraz03182006.jpg Raven4x4x 01:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]