Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Impossible Triangle

Impossible Triangle

A view of a sculpture of the Penrose triangle.

I found this image while browsing Wikipedia and was relatively surprised it wasn't featured. It is high resolution and high quality and doesn't have any obvious flaws, but most importantly it captures the subject, the sculpture, at an angle so perfect that it is nearly impossible to find the "break" in the sculpture, which is actually completely disjoint. The only problems I can see is that the info page might need a bit of work, and it could be retouched/cropped as needed.

Nominate and support. - — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 12:52, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Not the fault of the photographer, but the background spoils the image. Since you can't take this photo from another viewpoint, it's hard to do anything about it. Oh, by the way, the left corner of the triangle has a strange irregularity, so it's certainly not "perfect". --Janke | Talk 15:08, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I guess that's true. I didn't consider the background for exactly that reason: there's no other viewpoint the photo can be taken from. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 15:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. First of all, for encyclopedic purposes, it would be very helpful to have a side by side shot of the profile, in addition to the facing view (so the reader can understand how the illusion is created). I agree the background is also distracting. A solution may be to use a telephoto lens to help blur the background, and focus in on the subject. In addition, this photo is cropped poorly if the subject is the triangle.--Andrew c 16:08, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Editing damage on left side of photo. See the 'Impossible Lamppost' --Bridgecross 16:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Well spotted - Adrian Pingstone 11:19, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above. howch e ng {chat} 18:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Per Bridgecross. NauticaShad e s 18:41, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Building in the background distracts from the subject. --Midnight Rider 01:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I think that's delightful. Unless there's a better image of a physically-created impossible triangle? Whatever the specific image, I think this concept is definitely cool enough to be featured when done well. --Masamage 20:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I think this image would get a lot more support if someone cropped it to eliminate the flaw on the left side and some of the distracting background. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 21:03, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  Any word from the guy who uploaded it? --Masamage 00:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Woah! I can't believe I missed that for over a year! I've fixed it now. - Gobeirne 06:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The cut up lamppost on the left rules it out for FPC - Adrian Pingstone 08:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Yep, someone slipped with the smear brush :-). Apart from this glitch the picture is fairly unexciting, has a busy background which makes the subject hard to see. It's a decent pic to illustrate the subject but not FP in my opinion. --Dschwen 12:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --KFP (talk | contribs) 17:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]