Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Balzac1901

Original - Honoré de Balzac's epic collection La Comédie humaine contains over 100 novels and stories.

Reason: The sheer number of works is represented by the many volumes displayed here. It's hard to display them all, and I've uploaded some alternative images, if folks would like to see them.
Articles this image appears in: La Comédie humaine
Creator: Scartol

Support as nominator – Scartol • Tok 16:51, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Noisy, subject cut off, poor lighting. CillaИ ♦ XC 17:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. —αἰτίας •discussion• 18:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd like to withdraw this nomination, but I'm not sure how to do it. If anyone could offer some ideas on how I might improve any of these images and/or remove this nom, I'd appreciate it. Cheers! – Scartol • Tok 18:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Don't use flash next time. Set up lighting much farther away from the books, soft light (maybe put a piece of thin paper over the light to soften it, or just reflect the light of a white material), and put the camera on a lower ISO setting. Remember, a FinePix A205 is only an entry-level point and shoot digital camera, so you'll need to make up for the relatively low quality of the camera (compared to most shots we get here, which are taken with DSLRs) by being kind to it and giving it the ideal conditions in which to shoot. Regretfully Oppose. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 19:02, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 02:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]