Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Maid of the Mist - pot-o-gold.jpg

Maid of the Mist

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 May 2011 at 15:11:09 (UTC)

Original - One of the Maid of the Mist tour boats approaching the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls

Reason: Technically good, eye-catching, illustrative
Articles in which this image appears: Maid of the Mist
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator: Saffron Blaze

Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 15:11, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support –- great picture, good find. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 16:05, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A wonderful shot, completely appropriate for this subject. J Milburn (talk) 21:57, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support -- Excellent composition. A pity that image quality is not better. Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:29, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment from author -- Having just scrutinised this photo for the first time in years I understand Alvesgaspar point about quality. I just went back to the original JPG and tried to see if I could correct the faults as I saw them (noise and dust spots). The sensor dust spots were easy but not sure the selective noise reduction made for a better picture File:Maid-of-the-Mist.jpg Saffron Blaze (talk) 00:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It is a stunning photo, but the quality just isn't there. There's not nearly enough resolution on the boat, which is, really, the EV in the image. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 09:11, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I would argue that the image shows something more important. This boat is not famous because it is a marvel of engineering, it's famous because of where it is and what it does, and this image shows that beautifully. J Milburn (talk) 09:28, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - excellent. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:24, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cowtowner (talk) 00:38, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support At first I thought that the composition was not right, and didn't offer much detail on the boat. However, the mist is a significant element, having been there myself, and wouldn't be visible with a tighter crop. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:55, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support This is amazing. To criticise (and I'm no photography expert) the starboard side of the ship looks overexposed (if that's the right term), there's little information left there but pure white. But the detail on the water, the disorientating mist and rainbow are beautiful. TehGrauniad (talk) 11:26, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Maid of the Mist - pot-o-gold.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]