Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Turku Castle

Turku Castle

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 May 2010 at 23:22:42 (UTC)

Original - Turku Castle, dating from the 13th century, is the largest surviving medieval building in Finland, and one of the largest surviving medieval castles in Scandinavia.

Reason: Previous photos of Turku Castle have not been of sufficient quality. This new picture is of high quality and as it depicts one of the most famous buildings in Finland, it surely has a lot of EV. The picture was taken in the evening, thus the reddish lighting. In addition to the English wikipedia the picture also appears in Swedish, Finnish and Russian articles.
Articles in which this image appears: Turku, Turku Castle
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: ottojula

Support as nominator --Ottojula (talk) 23:22, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Great quality but can't help feeling that if this was taken at a better time of day ie around midday there would be less shadows and a more natural (less red) colour... But still good enough for a support even if slightly weak... Gazhiley (talk) 07:48, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Big resolution, fine quality, nice colors and good EV. And used in Russian Wiki too now. I like this photo -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 10:14, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose . This picture is not appealing to me. Sorry. Hive001 contact 11:55, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment It is customary to give a reason. Fletcher (talk) 20:33, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good detail and sharpness. Despite shadows, no detail is lost. Fletcher (talk) 20:33, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose I agree that the time of day this picture was taken is unfortunate - it looks too pink. Moreover, it only shows one narrow facade and fails to give a genuine idea of the castle's size - as can be estimated by the rest of the pictures in the article - though this end "is iconic and is a symbol of the city". One can hardly believe it is one of Scandinavia's largest castles by this picture. Actually, it hardly looks like a castle - IMHO. Desiderius82 (talk) 20:44, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Promoted File:Turkucastle.jpg~~ --Jujutacular ^T · C 08:29, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"If an image is listed here for about seven days with four or more reviewers in support (excluding the nominator(s)) and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-third majority in support." Sorry, but... how and why is this picture promoted?Desiderius82 (talk) 16:57, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Undoing... Jujutacular ^T · C 17:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Undone. I've moved the nomination to "Older noms requiring more input" to hopefully undo any damage I've caused by the mistaken promotion. I'm very sorry. Jujutacular ^T · C 17:19, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral I agree about it being hard to get excited about. I know the trees frame the photo a little but it is an odd proportion. I think that cropping it a bit more might help. Casliber (talk · contribs)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:29, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]