Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rideau Canal

Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal connects the city of Ottawa on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston on Lake Ontario. It was opened in 1832 and is still in use today, making it the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America.

Reason: Looks good, is good... makes me want to go there, with a chick who appreciates aesthetics.
Articles this image appears in: Rideau Canal
Creator: User:Bobak

Support as nominator — Roy Boy ⁸⁰⁰ 02:32, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose - not bad, but it looks like the photographer managed to find the one angle where you can't easily see that this set of locks is to negotiate a change in height. On first glance it looks horizontal. --YFB ¿ 02:56, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. It's a cool picture and well-balanced, but it is hard to tell that the canal drops with each lock. Amphy 18:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- True but the Canal's drop is pretty gradual, and the angle is likely dictated by the surroundings. Please reconsider as the distance (and the buildings on the left and right) makes it fairly clear what is going on. Further thumbing this picture makes these issues worse, a larger implementation in an article (300px or so) would help mitigate these problems. - Roy Boy ⁸⁰⁰ 19:25, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you mean by "the angle is likely dictated by the surroundings" - it'd be much easier to get a sense of the height change if the photo had been taken from lower down, looking in the opposite direction. My comments were based on viewing the image at full size, but the manual of style dictates that thumbnail sizing (e.g. the 300px you suggest) shouldn't be used in articles as it overrides the settings in people's preferences (personally I think the standard 180px thumb is too small, but that's the policy). Sorry, but I'm not going to change my vote. --YFB ¿ 21:27, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well at that angle it could be less appealing compositionally. In protest, I've made it my desktop image! :"D Roy Boy ⁸⁰⁰ 18:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support Rarely is a picture opposed for composition alone! While the slope may not be obvious at first, it is noticeable if you look, and it is otherwise flawless.--Here T oHelp 21:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heheh, is that a positive or negative statement? After all the wrangling over whether we place too much emphasis on technical merit (this post does not constitute a statement of opinion either way) I would have thought people might find a different oppose reason refreshing :-) --YFB ¿ 21:41, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More ironic than "refreshing"…--Here T oHelp 21:15, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If someone went back and took the picture from the bottom of the canal, it might look better. -- Sturgeonman 21:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support If you look at the full size image I find it's slope obvious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by -Ozone- (talk • contribs)
Weak Support per the above unsigned comment. A great, balanced pic, but I have to agree with Sturgeonman. --Gabycs 16:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I find the slope of the canal relatively easy to make out at full size. Personally, i doubt that an image from below would be any better, due to the lack of water in the shot. More like a long line of lock gates, and similar problems with perception of slope, if not worse. Would like to see an attempt though. - Supaluminal 03:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per above. Wikipediarul e s 2221 06:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I don't enjoy this process, but whatever, I released all rights so it's my bed and I'm not standing in the way. I just found out about it today. --Bobak 20:25, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Debivort 01:26, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]