Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Norrie State Park

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Mar 2017 at 03:29:07 (UTC)

Original – Golden hour light on the shores of New York's Hudson River

Reason: Good technical quality, having been made with a high-resolution camera and the sharpest lens I own; compelling lighting conditions add both beauty and EV to its article.
Articles in which this image appears: Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Juliancolton

Support as nominator – – Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:29, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It's a pretty picture, but does it add "significant encyclopedic value" to the article? I don't think so. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:30, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Charlesjsharp: ...as much as any other landscape photo, surely? As far as I can tell, it's our only free-use image illustrating this particular state park, and I think it's among the best nature-oriented images of the Hudson River in general. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:04, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've never been there, but perhaps the marina or an aerial view would be more encyclopaedic? I'm not opposing, just commenting. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:42, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Arguably this sort of scene provides more illustrative value than an image of the marina or visitor's center, since very few visitors to the park ever venture beyond that small but popular area. I'd been to the pier and marina dozens of times and never even realized until just last year that there were beautiful hiking trails and rocky cliffs just a few hundred yards away. The park is totally under-utilized for recreation and nature observing IMO, but I suppose we're not here to WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. :) I'm happy to defer to others on judging EV but I don't think "significant EV" requires it to be the most possible EV. In any event, thanks for the comments! – Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:47, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have to Oppose because of low EV - this could be almost anywhere, even here in Finland we have some coastline like this... --Janke | Talk 17:48, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Contrast isn't great, and apparently the overcast sky diminished the golden-hour effect, making this pic. rather somber. Per Janke, I don't see a lot of EV. Sca (talk) 18:07, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per others – Jobas (talk) 20:39, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn in that case, no use wasting everyone's time. Whilst I can appreciate the questions about EV, it sailed through Commons FPC without any comment about contrast or lighting so not sure what happened there... if anybody could do the necessary archiving, that would be most appreciated! – Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:01, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- I think I'm learning that FP here requires encyclopaedic value i.e. the picture really enhancing a significant article and that's clearly not the case at Commons where anything goes. Technical quality hurdle higher I think on Commons, though my little hummingbird didn't make it here! Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:03, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:55, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]