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Panorama of Forbidden City

Panorama of Forbidden City, Beijing, China

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View of Forbidden City from Jingshan Park.
Viewer can appreciate the sheer size of the Forbidden city.
Also shows the urban development in modern Beijing (skyscrapers along the side).
Stitched from 11 pictures, taken in May 2005

Nominate and support. - Captain olimar 16:05, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Colors look a bit bland, there are visible stitch marks and the subject is cut at the bottom. --Dschwen 17:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Fix please, let's have some more contrast and saturation and bring this thing to life. Stevage 22:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Photo is not currently being used in any article. Unless it can be placed in an article it will be disqualified for failing to meet FPC criteria. TomStar81 22:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've uploaded an edit, but I'm not sure if either it or the original is to FP standards. Will decide on my vote later. --Fir0002 www 22:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Honorable try, but there are still the stich marks in the sky, the cut off gate. And now there is a discrepancy of the weather and the bon-bon-like colors. Also 600px in height is not that great. Especially the roof tiles could use more resolution (moiree banding). There are severely blown out areas in the image and the blue and red channels are pretty noisy. (but all that cannot be fixed with an edit anyway :-) ) --Dschwen 10:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
neutral (was going to be a weak support till I read the above comment) the edit helps a lot, and I like the fact that this panorama has a definite scope - it covers the whole front wall of the forbidden city. So it's not just a random view out of a window, it's a view of a particular thing. Stevage 12:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - The gate into it is cut off, and it doesn't actually show anything about the Forbidden City. It just shows the façade of the city. K ilo-Lima|^(talk) 17:40, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose I can appreciate the effort that went into making this panorama, however, as pointed out above it just isn't quite featured picture material. --Life is like a box of chocolates 00:49, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This image is only 50% height and width of the original (so the original is about 1200px in height), the file size gets prohibitively large so I did not upload it (but I can do it if there are requests). As for the color, Beijing is smoggy so this is what you would see if you were there. Forcing high saturation and contrast would not be truthful representation of the subject. Thoughts?--Captain olimar 14:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd like to see this "full size" shot. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 16:11, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
support an amazing picture this represents great photography. (the edit- brighter)--Childzy 21:26, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Does anyone else think that even though it is a panorama, the image might not have enough height. Also, with the thumbnails that would be displayed on the featured picture section, do you think there is enough visible detail?? Swollib 07:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The height issue is entirely based on the vintage point from which it was taken. the Jingshan Park is only this high and below where I chopped the picture it's blocked by trees. Maybe it's not feature picture material afterall.--Captain olimar 19:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I don't like this photo. It's to wide.211.30.199.85 22:23, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- All of User:211.30.199.85's edits are here on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates and all his votes are oppose. Should we consider his vote on any of the nominations? —Black and White (_TALK^CONTRIBS) 04:36, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - I don't think any of User:211.30.199.85's vote should be counted. Froggydarb 09:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Attention potential closer: There has been a request for the full-rez image to be uploaded. Please give the photographer a bit to upload it and see if that affects the voting. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 16:13, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- When it becomes this late in the process and there is a fundimental addition made, surely it would make more sense to resubmit? Many potential voters may not even scroll this far down the page. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 07:03, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fair enough, no objection to closing as "Not Promoted". --Dante Alighieri | Talk 16:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . Diliff is right. If the full-res version is uploaded it can be resubmitted. Raven4x4x 09:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]