Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Crazywell Cross

Crazywell Cross

Original - Ancient cross close to w:Crazywell Pool on southern Dartmoor. It may well have been used as a marker for the track (Monks’ Path) from the Buckfast Abbey to Tavistock Abbey. Burrator reservoir can be seen in the distance. Like the Maltese Cross the arms of the cross grow wider as they move away from the centre. The area is surrounded with many superstitions.

Reason: The image is high quality, simple and beautiful with great composition. The image is educational.
Articles this image appears in: Crazywell Pool;Dartmoor;Dartmoor crosses
Creator: Herbythyme

Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 15:25, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, though the caption may have slightly the wrong tone. ("It is interesting", for instance.) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:54, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestion about the caption. I tried to improve it. May I please ask you what do you think?--Mbz1 (talk) 23:25, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Better, but "The arms of the cross are becoming gradually narrower toward the end." is a bit confusing, as they appear to get narrower towards the middle. A better phrasing might be "Like the Maltese cross, the arms of the cross grow wider as they move away from the centre."

I've changed it. Thank you!--Mbz1 (talk) 14:10, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I am reluctant to support my own image & I am flattered that Mbz1 considers it worthy. I set out to capture both the cross (one of a series which I am trying to get - there should be an article in it as they mark an ancient trackway) and to get a feel for a fairly remote area of the UK. So Support with thanks I guess! --Herby ^{talk thyme} 19:02, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Crazywell cross 1.JPG MER-C 07:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support I love the way the cross stands out against the landscape. Colours are also spot-on (shame about all the clouds, though) and it captures the hills/tors, as well as the resevoir and its trees. Jolly Ω Janner 16:37, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice foto with gothic atmosphere.--Umnik (talk) 18:54, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]