Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Friendly Beaches 1.jpg

File:Friendly Beaches 1.jpg, featured

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•  Info created & uploaded by JJ Harrison - nominated by Tomer T (talk) 10:39, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomer T (talk) 10:39, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support -- Very nice. Saffron Blaze (talk) 10:56, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --Moonik (talk) 11:43, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Neutral Awesome combination of colors. In this case it was perfect to have gray skies. Horizon is tilted/distorted. --Paolo Costa (talk) 12:20, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support - A.Savin 13:30, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Neutral Interesting , but I would have cropped in order to remove the darky rock on the left and a bit of the bottom. Then It would also have a more 'featured' sense for the beaches part becoming FP (on the right) rather an artistical one at the moment .--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:41, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Love this kind of long exposure + wide angle shots (I often refer to JJ's page when I want to explain what kind of shot I'd like to invest myself into, not very easy when you live in Paris ...). Support despite the tilt. - Benh (talk) 18:24, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --Brackenheim (talk) 19:32, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support - Szajci ^pošta 06:14, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sea, rocks, clouds and long exposure times... It gets boring after a while. Kleuske (talk) 10:04, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Please read this comment by Paolo Stefano in another nomination. I find it suitable to this situation too. Tomer T (talk) 11:56, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
  • One is free to find this kind of picture boring, and oppose for that reason. Sorry no, the Paolo Stefano's comment (I was involved in) is not really suitable for this situation, IMO... Any opinions should be free here, could be expressed (if polite), and could justify an oppose vote.--Jebulon (talk) 16:47, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
    • Every beach is different as every species; but.. but.. this looks much similar to another sunset, so less EV in my opinion. Jkadavoor (talk) 15:09, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
      • Which one? Tomer T (talk) 15:14, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
        • I mean this is too abstract to represent 'Friendly Beaches Reserve'. The word 'sunset' is just a quote from 'Guidelines for nominators' : "almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others". Further, "beautiful does not always mean valuable." It is beautiful; and not opposing you, only the comparison. Unfortunately I can't see a single picture of that place in the page too. Or I visit a wrong page? Jkadavoor (talk) 05:41, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
          • Value has its place on the Commons but I always thought that line about beauty not always being valuable was somewhat misplaced. Saffron Blaze (talk) 10:55, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Not even Brad Pitt gets bored of looking at Angelina Jolie. Saffron Blaze (talk) 12:04, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
    • Opinion...;)--Jebulon (talk) 16:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
      • True, but also I try to judge each image on its own merits. This is a wonderful picture in its own right. Moreover I try to remember this is Commons not en:Wiki. Saffron Blaze (talk) 17:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose - A very nice picture, I agree. But after a while we feel a bit tired of the cliché and require something better. In this case, the composition would gain from a crop on the bottom. Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:03, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Who are "we"? This cliché is maybe only known to devoted constant FP reviewers. We don't choose those images to be featured for us. It is meant for Commons visitors and general Wikimedians. FPs suppose to show the best Commons can offer, and this picture is still among the best we can offer. Commons visitors and "ordinary" Wikimedians will never think looking at this image, that it's boring because it's from a "cliché" member. Tomer T (talk) 21:36, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose Ineffective use of the camera's native resolution. Regards, PETER WEIS TALK 07:20, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support - since I'm biased. The opposer's reasons are why I don't take this type of photograph any more. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:45, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Ignore that. You can't always satisfy everyone, but this type of pictures are great! Tomer T (talk) 10:27, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
  • I personally feel more flooded by the birds than this (they are great, but just personal tastes). And I believe the opposers' argument are a bit over the top. We don't have that many wide angle long exposure shots. Who else but you submit them over here? Hope you'll change your mind. - Benh (talk) 22:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
    • It was more that I got sick of taking this sort of shot, rather than anybody else getting sick of them. I even sold my ultra wide lens quite a while ago (year?). JJ Harrison (talk) 00:11, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support I'm not that worried about the clichés. This is kind of a picture which would be a nice wallpaper for desktop for example after shaping aspect ratio. But I don't suggest cropping as a necessary act. A fine picture as it is. --Ximonic (talk) 10:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per others. Tilted--Miguel Bugallo 15:55, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Really easy to fix, and nearly unnoticeable. Tomer T (talk) 16:12, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

 Info the sea horizon is now „straightened“.

Then  Support --Paolo Costa (talk) 17:48, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

•  Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 16:34, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --SteGrifo27 (tell me) 08:45, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 19:32, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --LC-de (talk) 07:04, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 14 support, 4 oppose, 2 neutral → featured. /Tomer T (talk) 13:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural