Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Benin baptism

Original - Celestial Church of Christ baptism in Cotonou, Benin. Five percent of the population of Benin belongs to the Celestial Church of Christ, an African Initiated Church.

Reason: A very interesting and encyclopedic photograph depicting Christian practices in Africa. The composition could be improved somewhat (I wish more of the pool of water were in view), but it is relatively hard to obtain high-quality pictures from the developing world. I think this is one of the best photographs of an Africa-related subject I've come across on Wikipedia. A pretty striking contrast to what baptisms look like in my church.
Articles this image appears in: Christianity in Africa, Celestial Church of Christ, Religion in Benin, Benin, Baptism (just added to the last two, hopefully they'll stick)
Creator: Ferdinand Reus

Support as nominator --Mangostar (talk) 17:51, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regretful Oppose The most important part is obscured by the angle, you can't see what the head is about to be dipped into. Clegs (talk) 16:22, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- There's no dipping involved. Just pouring from his hands which you can see reasonably well. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 07:48, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - That's exactly what I was talking about. The bodies are placed at the wrong angle so that you can't tell what's going on. If it's pouring from the hands, a much better shot would be a closeup of the hands and head. Clegs (talk) 22:21, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Regardless of whether the subject is interesting or not, the photograph is not an exceptional photograph. Not good composition; too cluttered. Would have been better taken from further away and from a different angle. Oska (talk) 08:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support if someone can create EV for the fact that the men and women are waiting in separate lines. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:13, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 07:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]