Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Skyline of Detroit

Skyline of Detroit

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Original – Skyline of Detroit, Michigan, in December 2014

Reason: High quality image of the current skyline of Detroit. Lighting is the best that can be had, shooting north from across the Detroit River (in the summer, the sun comes from the north, and thus the skyline is in shadow).
Articles in which this image appears: Detroit, Detroit International Riverfront
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator: Chris Woodrich

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:26, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support No issues I can see - good representation of the skyline. gazhiley 13:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hafspajen (talk) 05:25, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - There is a stitching error at the very top of the image (in the sky, directly above the building labeled 211 between the steamboat and the tall building with the four American flags on top) Tokugawapants (talk) 09:14, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Fix is uploaded. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:55, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Great, thanks! Tokugawapants (talk) 20:26, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, with comment - So I've never been to Detroit, but I was wondering if the content on the left side of the image (say, to the left of the steamboat) is typically considered part of the "skyline" of Detroit. I understand a lot of work goes into making a panorama, but if I were asked to present/render the "skyline" of Detroit, I (as someone who's never been to Detroit) wouldn't include most of the material to the left of the image. However, looking at the image in the context of the Detroit article, it makes more sense in that context, but there it's presented as the Detroit International Riverfront, which makes more sense to me, since everything in the foreground this image is part of the Detroit International Riverfront, according to the article's definition. So I guess I'd like it more if it were labeled/described as it is in the Detroit article, i.e. as (a segment of) the Detroit International Riverfront. Anyway, this is splitting hairs and I realize my thoughts on skylines are just my personal opinion, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Tokugawapants (talk) 20:26, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- The scale might seem a little wonky, but then the Renaissance Center does dominate much of the skyline. Joe Louis Arena (towards the left of the image) is part of downtown Detroit, as is the RC. As for the riverfront article... I think that's a good idea. I'll include the image there. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:18, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 04:17, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - nice work.--Godot13 (talk) 04:46, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support good stuff. ///EuroCarGT 01:22, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 20:56, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Skyline of Detroit, Michigan from S 2014-12-07.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:27, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]