Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gasoline

Gasoline - FPC Challenge!

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Dec 2010 at 01:04:19 (UTC)

Original - Worst lead image on Wikipedia? Can we do better?

Reason: This is not a normal nomination, nor is it a joke, rather it is a challenge to the photography geniuses at FPC to produce a decent image for the lead of the gasoline article. Surely someone out there can come up with something better. How about gasoline in a beaker or graduated cylinder or anything other than a mason jar or paper cup! Whoever comes up with the best replacement wins a Photography Barnstar (and possibly gets their photograph featured).
Articles in which this image appears: gasoline
FP category for this image: Sciences/Others

Alternate 1 - AmericanXplorer13 (talk) - Quick photo I took of gasoline in a shot glass... No measurements on side of glass, maybe I will photograph that this weekend...

—Preceding undated comment added 02:03, 3 December 2010 (UTC).

Meh as nominator --Kaldari (talk) 01:04, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per nom :-) I think I can produce a better shot in a few days, once I get back home. --Muhammad(talk) 04:03, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thoughts - perhaps a combination of items would serve best as the lead image. A gasoline can and a filled graduated cylinder and... set on a plain white or black background. Jujutacular ^talk 04:23, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support nominator's decision to Oppose (c wat I did thar lolol) give me a few days! AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 04:28, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Try to shoot on a white background with good lighting, it would look great with some light caustics. AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 04:34, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Just don't use candlelight ;) Kaldari (talk) 18:55, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - But candlelight would make a great FP! Nergaal (talk) 02:34, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Meh both, too. Do we really need this? Filling a liquid and stating, it is gasoline, is not really clever, since nobody of us can proof it. And the pictures are really boring and not really eye-catching. That's my oppinion.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:39, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You know what would make a great FP? An animation of a candle lighting gasoline on fire!!! Yay! AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 16:02, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The petrol around here usually is marked with a coloured dye. Does anyone actually have access to the strictly pure stuff? Noodle snacks (talk) 00:46, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I would mail you some, but you can't airmail anything flammable in the US. Stupid safety regulations! What color is the gas/petrol in Oz? Kaldari (talk) 00:49, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Our pure stuff looks like water. I'm going to get a photo in a measuring shot glass. I wonder if someone might take it for Everclear... AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 01:23, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Unleaded is kind of purple, Premium is yellow, iirc Diesel is Red. Turns out there is an article on it Fuel dyes. Seems to be most common in the EU. Noodle snacks (talk) 07:47, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment on Alternate 1 - I like the photo. Maybe a container that doesn't suggest drinking would be more appropriate though. Kaldari (talk) 02:07, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I have one question on the alternate. What colour is the surface behind? White balance might need correction if it is white. Noodle snacks (talk) 06:08, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- I fail to understand why we a need a picture depicting gasoline. Why not also urine, tea, white wine, etc? Can we really see the difference between them? Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:35, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Urine, tea and white wine? J Milburn (talk) 11:58, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - J Milburn, why is there white wine in that test tube? AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 22:39, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
For EV I think a gasoline picture should not be in a flask that is used for drinking. A beaker of some sort of industrial/research pitcher would be more appropriate. Nergaal (talk) 16:47, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose both I don't like the Alt because, unless the background is some sort of beige (a queer choice), the white balance is way off; the cup is not centered (more space on the left, perhaps); and, as Nergaal pointed out, it is strange to put gasoline in a cup and may mislead readers into trying dangerous things (like drinking it, lol). Purpy Pupple (talk) 07:35, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- That's the point. It's Darwinism. AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 19:31, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Pics in lab kit could be tricky. It's getting hard to buy such stuff from home use and petrol isn't commonly found in labs (closest would be Heptane octane would be unusual). I've also never worked in a lab that wouldn't stongly object to it's emplyees bringing in petrol.©Geni 23:01, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Anyone can buy beakers and flasks and such, they're only a couple bucks each available at a zillion retailers. What country is it hard to buy lab equipment in? It's not illegal in the united states to buy any lab equipment glassware, in any quantity.... Not even suspicious really... Certain chemicals, yea, but equipment, no. — raeky t 05:59, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Jujutacular ^talk 04:07, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Commendations on the experimental FPC. If other pictures are produced, additional nominations are encouraged. Jujutacular ^talk 04:07, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]