Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Durdle Door

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Original – Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch near Lulworth in Dorset, England. It is part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of Southern England which stretches from Orcombe Point near Exmouth in East Devon to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in East Dorset, a distance of 153 kilometres (95 mi)

Alternative

Reason: Great EV and a fine photo of a stunning piece of the coast. It was only added to Dorset and Jurassic Coast today, but is superior to the image it replaced. The alternative is by the same photographer and is currently used in Durdle Door. I prefer the original for aesthetic value and context, but the alternative gives a closer view of the subject. Both photos might be better without the people, but they do give a sense of scale, and it's usually pretty busy when the weather is good.
Articles in which this image appears: Durdle Door (alternative currently used), Jurassic Coast, Dorset
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Saffron Blaze

Support as nominator --Mahahahaneapneap (talk) 18:48, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support (Original) I like the composition and light. Less convinced by processing. Seems noise reduction was pushed a bit too far, giving the picture a paint look when being starred at from too close (it doesn't really matter actually ;) ) - Blieusong (talk) 21:52, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It would matter to me so please let me assure you no noise reduction was used. Saffron Blaze (talk) 21:58, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very surprised by the result then. Look at the people and the steps. But nothing wrong. I don't think it's meant to be pixel peeped (which I do too much...) - Blieusong (talk) 05:39, 6 April 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Question: Are we going to enforce the 7 day rule? If so, this should be suspended. For what it's worth, I like the image too Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is the image I replaced: No higher resolution available. Durdle_Door_-_geograph.org.uk_-_55738.jpg‎ (640 × 480 pixels, file size: 119 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:41, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I Agree that the new image is better, but we should double check whether other editors are willing to IAR on the time in-article. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:47, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Historically the 7 day "rule" isn't something we used to follow or do, and in some circumstances it's an uncontroversial addition to an article, like an article that had no illustration before or an illustration that is so obviously important for the article that noone would object to it's addition. It's where a new image is crammed into an already stuffed article or replacing another decent image and the replacer & nominator is the creator of the image, those things are controversial, and MUCH more likely to be contested in the article, thats where the 7 day should be strictly followed. If it's uncontroversial and you see no reason why anyone would object to the addition of the image, I'd vote IAR in that case. — raeky t 09:35, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As long as we're IAR-ing, Support "original" (prefer the colours) and neutral on alt. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:20, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support (Original) per Crisco 1492. Saffron Blaze (talk) 12:02, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
IAR and Support Original. The coloring has more EV, and having a little bit of the geographical context also adds EV. Clegs (talk) 12:44, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support (original). Good composition of an iconic piece of coastline. In my view the people in the image add to the experience by adding scale - often vital with landscape features such as this. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 00:44, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support original Better EV. ■ MMXX ^talk 12:30, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support original per Mmxx --Morning Sunshine (talk) 15:20, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support original per Mmxx Preceding vote added by Extra999 with this edit. Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:50, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original Per Crisco Dusty777 16:57, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support original per Mmxx Jkadavoor (talk) 06:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support original, better use of line. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 17:15, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Durdle Door Overview.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:11, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]