Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Magnifying glass

Magnifying glass[edit]

Reason: This picture adds signifigantly to the article by showing the effect of a magnifying glass on a smaller object. This images orginates from the commons, and is already featured there.
Articles this image appears in: Magnifying glass
Creator: Heptagon (Commons user)

Support as nominator --TomStar81 (Talk) 03:20, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Fascinating composition. Is it possible to get a better focus on the stamp? Durova^Charge! 03:46, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I don't think it's great as the lead image in magnifying glass, but would perhaps have higher EV in stamp collecting and/or philately. --jjron (talk) 08:59, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This could have great use at Postage stamps and postal history of Germany. Spencer^T♦^C 20:41, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support as long as it goes on the stamp collecting or philately or postage stamp page(s), like jjron said. but it does give some value to magnifying glass by showing how one works Intothewoods29 (talk) 20:33, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Here is an image of the stamp in question. Spencer^T♦^C 20:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose if I'd never seen a magnifying glass before, this image would be confusing. Nothing is seen at the same distance both without and with the magnifying glass. —Pengo 08:58, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How many people who have access to the internet have never seen a magnifying glass? Surely as many people who have never seen a stamp! Sabine's Sunbird talk 09:56, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If everyone's seen one, why does it need illustration? —Pengo 10:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Unencyclopedic for Magnifying glass (the purported subject of the photograph, which is the magnifying glass and not the stamp, is out of focus). Spikebrennan (talk) 18:46, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Response. If you'll look at the reason for nomination, you'll see "This picture adds signifigantly to the article by showing the effect of a magnifying glass on a smaller object." It's not supposed to show the magnifying glass, it's supposed to show what a magnifying glass does. Clegs (talk) 18:43, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Reply to response. Yeah, but does it? The stamp viewed through the magnifying glass has been lifted up, so it's closer to the camera than the background stamps-- no wonder it looks bigger. The effect of the magnifying glass might be more effectively shown by depicting how it magnifies one of the stamps that's still in the sheet on the table. Spikebrennan (talk) 14:04, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Sorry, Tom, but is this really encyclopaedic? --Meldshal (§peak to me) 21:21, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose because it's a clever image, but not a mag-nificant one. It seems to sit on the fence between being sort of encyclopedic for two different topics, but not very encyclopedic for either one. Agree with Spikebrennan's comment that the rim should be in focus for this image to be encyclopedic with respect to magnifying lens. --Fletcher (talk) 01:17, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very cool idea, and you pulled it off. Clegs (talk) 18:43, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:12, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]