Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:European Parliament Strasbourg Hemicycle - Diliff.jpg

File:European Parliament Strasbourg Hemicycle - Diliff.jpg edit

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Original – The European Parliament in February 2014 during a plenary session in Strasbourg, France.

Reason: It's a very notable subject: the European Parliament during a full plenary session in Strasbourg. The structure of the room and the arrangement of seating is clearly shown, as is the conduct of the parliamentarians. It'salso well captured given that it's also quite a difficult subject to shoot because it's a very wide angle view (it's not possible to get further back because the glass barriers would obscure the view). The image doesn't quite capture the entirety of the parliament, but it's about as close as is practical.
Articles in which this image appears: European Parliament and Strasbourg
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: User:Diliff

Support as nominator – Ðiliff «» (Talk) 15:57, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, quite interesting due to plenary session, although two folks at the entrance on the upper deck in top left corner look hilariously flat (probably because of stitching). Brandmeister^talk
- Yeah, it's an extremely wide angle view, so there is bound to be some distortion at the edges. I've tried to keep it under control but if I compress the edges too much, the hemispheric shape is lost. This projection is the best compromise I could achieve. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 23:07, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support great photo. ///EuroCarGT 22:54, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very strong image. Just a stitch this time? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:50, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, I did try HDR (to try to recover more of the texture in the backlit white panels around the sides), but the problem was that the parliament was in the middle of a voting session and everyone was moving so much that there was a lot of ghosting. I decided to scrap that idea and use the single exposures and just stitch them. It's not really a scene that needs HDR anyway. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:48, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Agree. HDR would be more of a headache than it's worth. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:53, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is an amazing photograph! chsh (talk) 20141204060620 — Preceding undated comment added 06:06, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Bellus Delphina ^talk 09:19, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Great image...--Godot13 (talk) 20:07, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Striking, well framed, good subject. Jus da fax 21:02, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well done gazhiley 12:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great picture, high EV. Yakikaki (talk) 23:19, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:European Parliament Strasbourg Hemicycle - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:04, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]