Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Port aux Français

Port aux Français

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Aug 2010 at 04:50:59 (UTC)

Original - Port-aux-Français is the capital settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, French territory in the south Indian Ocean. It has about 60 winter inhabitants, which can rise to more than 120 in summer. Port-aux-Français has a shallow seaport and a quay for unloading supply ships, including Marion Dufresne (1995).

Reason: I think its a really good picture of the small town
Articles in which this image appears: Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands
FP category for this image: Places
Creator: Laurens

Support as nominator --Spongie555 (talk) 04:50, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sort of underwhelming to me. Not bad at all, and a pretty picture, but doesn't quite meet FP status to me. Composition is the main detractor: the town itself takes up a very small portion of the image - too much space is given to sky and foreground. It also seems like a better shooting location is possible. Jujutacular ^talk 09:07, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support; I hear what Juju is saying, but I think the "underwhelming" nature is kind of the point- this is the capital of an immensely isolated group of islands. Really not something you see every day. The technicals and composition are a little lacking, but the incredibly unusual and insteresting subject matter, combined with the fact this is really not something you're likely to see every day, tip the balance for me. J Milburn (talk) 12:23, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Milburn sums up my thoughts pretty well. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:17, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose More or less per Juju. Cowtowner (talk) 16:49, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per Juju, composition is detracting. The composition is too wide, big. Gut Monk (talk) 00:55, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support RenderedGEAR (talk) 00:59, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too much sky. The ground is too dark in order to preserve detail in clouds that aren’t the subject of the photo. This is simply an inferior shot to illustrate the subject matter. Greg L (talk) 22:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think Milburn kinda sums up what I thought but for people that say there more nature then the town. The town is not really big and few people live there beacuse of its isolated location so most of island is not populated and the rest of the island is the nature. Spongie555 (talk) 01:10, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:26, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]