Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/St Vitus stained glass

St Vitus stained glass

Stained glass adorns the interior of St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czech Republic.

Breathtaking study of the cathedral. Perfect alignment. Beautiful light and shadow work. Crystal clear. I'm simply left speechless by this guy's talent.

Nominate and support.—enceph alon 07:31, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Oh man... Raven4x4x 02:16, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support of course - Who says there's no such thing as perfection in photography?--Deglr6328 03:52, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. of course. Enochlau 04:23, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. An absolutely astounding photograph. DO'Иeil 12:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Beautiful. TomStar81 04:03, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support CapeCodEph 06:15, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support - simply stunning. — ceejayoz ^★ 23:37, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Is it really aligned? To me it seems to tilt to the right a bit, but it could be just my two lazy eyes. --Lord Vold e mort ^{(Dark Mark)|My RfA} 14:05, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --Bash 22:35, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful --Fir0002 02:12, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support, although it does look a bit tilted... Tito xd^(?!?) 05:50, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Voldy and Tito are right, there is an ever-so-slight tilt, with the right lower than the left. I checked on my humble microsoft photo editor (stop snickering, you in the back :)); a vertical line right down the center shows the slight tilt (it's less than one milimeter at 100%). Can someone with Photoshop rotate it counter clockwise, please? Although I wonder if this is not a more complex 3d rotation that occured when the picture was taken, not a simple r-l tilt. Also, my understanding is that rotating an image permanently alters its quality. Is this true, and in what way? Thanks encephalon 11:54, 9 October 2005 (UTC) NB. None of this alters my support though. This is still one of the best pictures on WP, IMHO.[reply]
- Hey guys, well it isn't perfectly aligned, you're right. From memory and from having a quick look at it, I think it was because I wasn't perfectly centred in the cathedral. If you fix it by rotating it slightly, you will only accentuate the misalignment elsewhere. I think it is going to require a slight perspective shift. Is it really worth it though? :) Far be it for me to judge its perfection, but most people aren't going to notice. We're just a bunch of pixel peepers here, but thats ok! Diliff 08:43, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - (Snickering at Encephalon :P) Yeah, it seems like you were a little bit to the left of the central axis of the cathedral, but judging on the other merits of the image, it passes with flying colors. Tito xd^(?!?) 01:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - (scoffing airily at Tito ;)) Diliff, I quite agree that it isn't a simple x-y axis tilt, but a 3d rotation, as I said earlier. Which is why I'm not sure simply rotating it to the left will work. I'm quite happy with it as it is; the little stuff is the handprint of the human master, as opposed to a souless drone. Keep the pictures coming! :) enceph alon 08:32, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --kxd23

Promoted Image:St Vitus stained glass.jpg Yet another featured picture for Diliff. Again, it's well deserved. Raven4x4x 09:08, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]