Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Theatre at Palmyra

Panorama of Palmyra[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2014 at 07:39:41 (UTC)

**Original** – A panaroma of the ancient town Palmyra, Syria

Reason: outstanding photographic quality, evocative landscape, good quality image
Articles in which this image appears: Palmyra
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator: Zelidar

Support as nominator --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:39, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Perusing Palmyra I came upon a set of images. I refer to this image: File:PalmyraPanorama.jpg. Wow! How picturesque. I think this is amongst our best images and would like to recognise the contributions of the uploader Zelidar. To be clear, I originally listed this in September, but forgot to transclude it to the featured image nomination list. I'm submitting it the proper way this time! --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:41, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I don't see anything that's in focus. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:45, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I think this is a beautiful, panoramic vista that evokes the feeling of the passing of time. Hence the focus on the foreground. --Tom (LT) (talk) 20:18, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- The foreground is not in focus. It's out of focus, considerably considering it's noticeable at full size and this has been heavily downsampled. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:59, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as Crisco, plus the presence of a copyright symbol in the lower right corner. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for focus and copyright. Becky Sayles (talk) 19:16, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, though the image is not in perfect focus, it doesn't come off blurry either. To its credit, this image invokes some deep feelings, at least imo, about the humans that have walked before us on this earth. Seem this quality would be lost if this image was in perfect focus. i.e.graphic, academic. Image is almost mystical. Too bad about the copyright.-- Gwillhickers (talk) 03:21, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Agree, with the copyright any discussion about its photographic merits is mute. --Tom (LT) (talk) 05:17, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --The Herald 12:13, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

1 support, 3 oppose -- no consensus The Herald 12:13, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]