Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tyler Davidson Fountain Closeup

Tyler Davidson Fountain Closeup

Tyler Davidson Fountain, dedicated in 1871, is a landmark feature of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and a popular symbol of the city itself. The 43-foot-tall fountain is cast in bronze and sits on a granite base. It features several central human figures that represent the practical uses of water and four outer figures with animals (pictured) that represent the pleasures of water and originally acted as drinking fountains.

Reason: This is a very clear, and original photograph, with good nighttime lighting providing encyclopedic value to the fountain article by demonstrating one of the outer figures with animals in a closeup view.
Articles this image appears in: Tyler Davidson Fountain
Creator: Joy Schoenberger

Support as nominator — MamaGeek ^{(talk/contrib)} 18:01, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The picture is actually not "very clear" but exhibits camera shake. Also I'm not convinced that a night time shot helps showing the details as much as propper lighting would. Plus the closeup is fairly arbitrary, as little context is provided for the figurine. It could be lots of fountains. --Dschwen 12:19, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, night photo is the wrong choice if you want to show something like a statue in an encyclopaedia.--Svetovid 12:49, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. At 100%, the image isn't sharp, most likely motion blur from the .5 sec exposure. The colour is nice, and the lighting is dynamic, althought I think the highlights and shadows are a little too extreme (especially the subject matter's face), which is pretty unavoidable at night. Something about the crop and background bother me. Maybe being further back and having a bigger focal length would have helped. Or getting closer and going wider.-Andrew c 18:08, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Raven4x4x 08:39, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]