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A Day Panorama

Original - A digital composite of 6 panoramas taken periodically through the course of a single day. On the RHS is the east and dawn and on the LHS is the west and sunset.

Reason: I don't think you could represent a day any better than this and it makes for a very interesting and unique image.
Articles this image appears in: Day
Creator: Fir0002

Support as nominator Fir0002 23:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, trying to illustrate "day" is really stretching the concept of "encyclopedic". It's not a concept that needs to be explained through photos, and if someone from outerspace didn't know what a day was, I don't think this composite image would greatly help. Perhaps it could be used to illustrate azimuth: showing the azimuth of sunrise and sunset. (you'd need to mark angles along the image, and add details in the text of longitude, latitude and time of year to make it a clear example) —Pengo 00:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Nom this on commons for a sure FP :D\=< (talk) 04:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Pengo. Would possibly support a version showing 6 suns, that would illustrate the concept of day much better. Great image, though. --Janke | Talk 08:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose as per all comments above. I have no issues with quality. The only problem is that it may not be of encyclopedia appeal, being more of an eye-candy than a picture fit to be on an encyclopedia. -- Altiris Helios Exeunt 08:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Hmm...it's used in an article, and I re-learnt the definition of encyclopedia via Wiktionary. My vote's changed to Support. -- Altiris Helios Exeunt 04:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just looked up the word 'encyclopedic' there -- they say it relates to the word 'cycle'. -- carol 16:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by CarolSpears (talk • contribs) [reply]

Oppose, Commons it. --Aqwis (talk – contributions) 11:16, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support If nothing else, it illustrates sunrise \ sunset and the symmetry between them. To me, I think it's great as it shows the beginning and the end of a day. It's stunning, to. I do however, suggest that you make another of these , showing 6 suns (as Janke said). I would strong support that in a heartbeat. --Mad Tinman _T _C 19:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- PS: You've outdone yourself with this one Fir. --Mad Tinman _T _C 19:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks for the comments (and compliment!) however getting more suns in this image is pretty near impossible. They were taken in June so the sun was a low as it ever is (in the southern hemisphere) and the images were shot at 17mm and yet the sun was still way too high to get it into the frame. To get more suns in you'd sacrifice the land and the two most important events, sunrise and sunset. --Fir0002 23:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Really? Can't say I very much understand panoramas, and was unaware of such limitation. Given that, I chage my vote to strong support. --Mad Tinman _T _C 14:42, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Simply love the photo.. and it fits in the article.. what more can you demand :p The only thing that bugs me a bit is the rather low vertical res.. could be a bit higher ;) Yzmo ^talk 21:46, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Good idea, but the picture itself is too blurry, if it were clearer and sharper, especially around the tree, I would support Rudy Breteler (talk) 00:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Picture is blurry?! You serious? It looks pretty darn sharp to me --Fir0002 05:06, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I must agree with Fir, not sure where you see that blur, I checked the tree and it seemed fine. --Mad Tinman _T _C 22:37, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment... so, we're not on Tatooine, right? Not sure I want to oppose it but the lines around the rays of lights don't look very good. gren グレン 06:20, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Think it perfectly illustrates day and night. Schcambo (talk) 12:03, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Pengo. It doesn't really illustrate anything well, either day by itself, or day and night. Clegs (talk) 16:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, much per Pengo. I might hang it on a wall, in fact, but I can't for the life of me see how it is particularly encyclopaedic. Samsara (talk • contribs) 08:25, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment to those who do not find this encyclopedic Allow me to explain why I believe this is quite encyclopaedic. For that purpose, I'll depart from an example. Take Real numbers. To represent this set , we use one of 3 representations : ℝ , an infinitely long number line , or ]-∞ , +∞[, IE, the two limits of the set. Now, carry this idea on to day. It begins with sunrise, and ends with sunset , and, carrying on from the previous example, this concept can be represented by representing it's limits and the idea of transition between. This picture does exactly that, and thus gives a very good idea of what a day is. Cheers. --Mad Tinman _T _C 20:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC) PS: In a discussion above, originality was referred by a voter as possibly having some value for FP's. Doesn't get any more original then this.[reply]
Support Good shots but brilliant idea. I am impressed. IMHO, adding to its description at which period of the year and where it was taken (geotag if possible) would be very useful. --Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk) 15:17, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
support same opinion as Alberto Wladyslaw Sojka (talk) 21:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support While I don't think it illustrates day particularly well (at first glance, that is), I think it's a beautiful, creative picture which will definitely catch the eye of whoever comes across it, and get them to continue reading. faithless (^speak) 06:26, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus MER-C 04:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]