Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sanfrancisco Cable Car + Alcatraz

San Francisco cable car cresting a hill with Alcatraz in the background[edit]

**Original** - San Francisco cable car cresting a hill with Alcatraz in the background

Reason: Images shows two historical landmarks in San Francisco, the cable cars and alcatraz
Articles this image appears in: San Francisco cable car system
National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco, California
List of National Historic Landmarks in California
Creator: Cabe6403

Support as nominator --Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign!)} 23:51, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good technicals, and iconic of San Fransisco.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:19, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose distracting piece of a streetlight in upper left makes for only so so composition. Overall limited encyclopedic value as it illustrates neither cable cars nor Alcatraz particularly well and the combination of the two is in my opinion not particularly important. --Leivick (talk) 00:31, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - This is a great photo and screams San Fran. I say yes. ~ Wadester16 (talk) 00:32, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The photograph really needs to pick its subject better, there is lots of blank space and it could be better for such a common shot. I prefer the attached version but don't feel very strongly about it. IMO it should really be placed in a seperate nomination though as it isn't exactly an edit. Noodle snacks (talk) 03:09, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - ahhh! I really like this picture and it really illustrates the area well... but I do agree somewhat with Daniel that it's not incredibly encyclopedic in its articles... but it does add some value... :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 04:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The comparison version is much better: it's bigger and shows more detail. I too like this picture, but the car and the track are just too far away to effectively illustrate San Francisco cable car system. Also, it doesn't show anything particularly unique about cable cars, other than that they crest hills. Makeemlighter (talk) 00:35, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support: two of the highlights of San Fran in one picture. --^{SteelersFanUK06} ReplyOnMine! 13:57, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The street car needs to be bigger for any purpose. Compositionally, it would be fine but for that fatal flaw. Use of a shorter lens for a exaggerated foreground/background size ratio is the way of going about this. -Fcb981(talk:contribs) 20:56, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:53, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]