Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Moscow July 2011-4a.jpg

Saint Basil Cathedral edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Jul 2011 at 22:36:33 (UTC)

Original - Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow. Erected in 1555-61, on the order of Ivan the Terrible, to commemorate the capture of Kaza and Astrakhan

Reason: A gorgeous monument photographed with a gorgeous light, adding to the article
Articles in which this image appears: Saint Basil's Cathedral
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Alvesgaspar (talk)

Support as nominator --Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:36, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. Very important building. Great photo from clarity and showing the building. Only thing is it might look a teency bit better with more at the bottom (showing the street). Donno. Still full support.TCO (reviews needed) 22:56, 20 July 2011 (UTC) (reduced my vote a half notch. I think the lack of bottom of building is signficant.)TCO (reviews needed) 12:45, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support agree with TCO. Pine _{(was GreenPine)} ^talk 17:49, 21 July 2011 (UTC) (fixed my sig)[reply]
Oppose Amazing resolution, and an amazing subject, but the composition is awful. So cramped at the bottom that I actually feel uneasy looking at it. Have you cropped this at all, could we try a different composition? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 15:42, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Nope, I couldn't shoot it otherwise due to the presence of many people in the foreground. No way around this limitation unless the Red Square was emptied of people in the afternoon... -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 16:00, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Aaadddaaammm, I've agreed with you on your opposition of other pics, but in this case I think you strongly overstate the case against this pic. I agree it would be nice to have more of the base, but that's not a reason for denying this FP status, IMHO. Pine _{(was GreenPine)} ^talk 17:51, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think the composition is very poor, please compare it to other pictures of the same building [1]. We can do better on WP. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 21:32, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - What is so evil about having people in the frame? JJ Harrison (talk) 23:34, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      - Due to the relatively short shooting distance (see Google Earth), the presence of people would be too distrating (some heads were cloned off though). Also, stitching those parts would have been close to impossible. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 07:51, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Aaadddaaammm, I don't see the difference that you're seeing. Can you link a specific picture or two from Google and explain specifically how they're significantly better than this image? I'm willing to be convinced. Pine _{(was GreenPine)} ^talk 18:03, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Meets criteria imo. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:20, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 16:28, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]