Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Original - The Estádio da Luz is the home of S.L. Benfica and the largest football stadium of Portugal. Located in the capital Lisbon it was the main venue during the UEFA Euro 2004.

Reason: Quality+EV
Articles this image appears in: S.L. Benfica and Estádio da Luz
Creator: Massimo Catarinella

Support as nominator --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 15:30, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Info This panorama was taken without a tripod, so it does have some minor technical flaws. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 15:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question Are the irregularities in the shadow in the foreground supposed to be there or are they stitching errors? I'd be surprised if it was a problem with the stitching but I just want to be sure. Time3000 (talk) 17:38, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Those irregularities are the result of the shape of the roof. They are also present in the RAW pictures. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 17:56, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll support then. Nicely done. Time3000 (talk) 19:42, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Another good stadium shot. Nicely done. wadester 16 18:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - I'd prefer a more diffuse light source, but otherwise it is high quality. Cacophony (talk) 06:11, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Really good quality... A shame to have the groundskeepers sitting in the middle of the pitch having what appears to be a picnic (but I'm sure is some form of work they are doing really!), but not enough of a distraction to cause any problems... In answer to above query the shadow abnormality is caused by the white curved corner shades which stick slightly further out than the main stand (see the one in opposite right corner above the TV which curves into the roof in the same manner of the shadow nearest to us)... Gazhiley (talk) 11:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Childzy ¤ Talk 12:19, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Uhum, here the distortions are suddenly not bothering anybody. Interesting ;-). --Dschwen 15:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Haha, clearly not all distortions are created equal. I did think the objections to your image were a bit harsh, but I would still like to see the rectilinear image for comparison. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:05, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I don't see any minor technical flaws in this one, although I probably would have brightened the shadows a bit more than you've done. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:05, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Do this. Close your eyes for a while and then open them and look at the picture. What is it what you see? You see a round piece of the field plus some sky. The picture is about the stadium but the stadium is not what you "see" from the picture. When you try to look at the stadium the sight gets pulled very strongly to the field. My suggestion: go at night or a different time of the day in which you have the light mainly on the chairs, burn some the field without making it ugly and them you get what you need. The thing is that the stadium it self is in some dim light that subtracts all the relevance that should have in the picture, I mean, if the picture is about it. Frank cheValier on a Pc (talk) 17:54, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do this: Check if your monitor is well calibrated. I can clearly see every aspect of the stadium. @Diliff: I've brightened the shadows some. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 19:39, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Sorry, I didn't mean to say that you can't see the stadium. What I mean is that the center of attention is at the bright-sun-lighted part of the field instead at the subject of the picture (the stadium). I tried burning the lighted part of the field and you can manage to bring down the distraction effect although a fine work should be done in the selection of the zone to burn and some little blurring of its boundary is probably required. Try that. I did it roughly to quickly see the result with a small version of the image. Don't worry about dodging the shadows. I think they are fine that way. I personally like to do architectural photography in the middle or late afternoon or early in the morning, if the building is facing east. The bring sun light of noon is very nice but it is a pain in edition when you get bright sky and dark buildings. Frank cheValier on a Pc (talk) 23:02, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Looks fine to me. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:57, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Not the best light but otherwise high quality picture. - Darwinek (talk) 22:14, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:LuzLissabon.jpg --jjron (talk) 14:04, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]