Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Skyline of Dallas

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Original – Skyline of Dallas

Reason: Similar in quality to other featured pictures. A good view of the city's skyline from an elevated point. Clickable in its article.
Articles in which this image appears: List of tallest buildings in Dallas
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Michael Barera

Support as nominator – Sandvich18 (talk) 22:32, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It's a clear shot, but is soft around the edges and I wonder if that's a limitation of the camera? Would be more useful if all the buildings are identified with notes. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:49, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Could you show me an example of an image with buildings identified? You can see something similar in the article but I'm not sure how I would go about formatting the image description. Sandvich18 (talk) 11:15, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 21:50, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It's technically fine (though not particularly striking)—however, its encyclopedic value is rather limited. If it's supposed to illustrate the skyline of Dallas, it cannot be accomplishing that in its full scope. There's more to the city (one of the largest in the United States) than just what's in the picture. As proof, the photo was taken from the Reunion Tower—the fifteenth-tallest structure in the city—and yet it is not in the photo. Such a tall structure would undoubtedly be part of the skyline of the city. I think the photo that was on the article page before this one, File:Bleu Ciel panoramic nightview of Downtown Dallas (20823639102).jpg accomplished more in scope, despite its resolution. -- Veggies (talk) 14:33, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I believe there's nothing wrong with sacrificing a single non-habitable structure (the list is about buildings anyway) for a great, elevated view of pretty much the whole Dallas Downtown. (Check out this map for reference.) I don't think that there is actually "more to the city [...] than just what's in the picture" as you said — it would be difficult, if not impossible, to include any more high-rises in a single photo of similar composition to this one. The image you linked is awful in my opinion as the focus isn't on the tallest buildings and I can barely make individual ones apart. It's too wide to include near the lead and the resolution is very bad. Sandvich18 (talk) 15:41, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

So don't use a single photo or a similar composition. The photo is just unimpressive to me. I also don't think it captures the scope of its intent (tallest-buildings in Dallas), but if it must be from the Reunion Tower, I think File:Dallas view.jpg is a superior photo in terms of its composition, contrast, and colors (it has terrible artifacts, however). As for showing off the skyline, File:Dallas skyline daytime.jpg is more striking and File:Dallas Texas skyline from water in 2002.jpg has a better scope. I'm not opposing the inclusion of your photo—I'm just not supporting it. Featured pictures do not have to go in the lead. -- Veggies (talk) 18:20, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:44, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]