Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sedona Mountain Biking

Sedona Mountain Biking

A year or so ago, the mountain bike page had a picture request for an image that was better than a photo of a mountain bike lent against a wall in somebody's back yard. That request was answered with nice image of a mountain bike in a wood that has since been replaced. More recently, I noticed this photo added to Mountain biking that is much more active and rather well handled. The copyright status of this upload was non trivial, but it looks like a good job. Image:MountainBiking MtHoodNF.jpg, also found and uploaded by User:Howcheng, is rather dramatic too and another worthy contender. -- Solipsist 23:49, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nominate and support. - Solipsist 23:49, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not very good resolution, background is blurry. The glare in the sky is distracting. I would probably support the other photo though. It has a much more unique perspective and is in the public domain. --Nebular110 00:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Upon futher research Image:MountainBiking MtHoodNF.jpg was a featured picture candidate in April 2006 and was not promoted. Oh well, I thought it was a good shot. --Nebular110 00:44, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I obviously like this image but it doesn't quite meet FPC standards. The blown-out highlights on the biker's hands are the real killer. A deeper DOF would be nice too. howch e ng {chat} 06:11, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sometimes an off-focus background looks good but not in this case. I'd like the whole pic in focus - Adrian Pingstone 07:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support Completely disagree with you on that one Adrian, the focus is what makes the pic look good. --Fir0002 12:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree, the depth of field is too deep to really pull the subject out of the background. At first glance, the background is in focus...then you realise it's not, and have to go wandering around trying to find the subject. If the background was totally blurred, that would be fine, as it is, it's just uncomfortable. IMHO, a landscape oriented photo would have worked better - the rocks in the background, while pretty, end up just being distracting. Stevage 08:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weak suppport. Gorgeous scenery, encyclopedic for Montain biking. The only problems I have with this photos are: I'd really like a higher resolution version (even if it is "technically" big enough), and I'd like the blown highlights on the arms and in the sky fixed. --Pharaoh Hound 14:40, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- The source has a bigger image that I cropped to put the biker at a hotspot; otherwise he was dead center. I don't think we'll be able to get a higher resolution version. howch e ng {chat} 06:44, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Well, it's certainly a good image for its article, but the DOF runs it for me. ~MDD 46 96 15:06, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Even if the mountain biker is the main subject, the out of focus background is distracting, as mentioned above. Somewhat small resolution, but that's not why I'm opposing -Salur 16:20, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Raven4x4x 07:08, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]