Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Regnbyge.jpg

Image:Regnbyge.jpg edit

A picture of rain falling.

This image appears in the article Rain. It was apparently created by Malene Thyssen, User:Malene on Commons. I found it to be by far the best image in that article. It is in focus, clear, horizon is straight, etc. The best thing about it is that it shows that the rain in the distance is patchy; on the right of the image it is not raining, and on the left it is. It is heavier in some places then others. Where the photographer is standing it is dry. This is the first time I've nominated an image for FP, so I hope I did it right and didn't do anything wrong by nominating someone else's image.

*Nominate and support. - ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 17:33, 27 October 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Oppose Read the rules! there's a link to them at the top of the page that took you to this page -"the picture should be of sufficiently high resolution to allow quality reproductions. While larger images are generally prefered, images should be at least 1000 pixels in resolution in width or height to be supported, unless they are of historical significance or animated" This one is 859 pixels across - Adrian Pingstone 18:37, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I did read the rules. It looked large to me. How do I find out how many pixels the image has? ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 18:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If firefox, if you Rightclick on the image and select view image, the resolution will be displayed in the title bar. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 19:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And in Internet Explorer? ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 19:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see, click on properties. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 19:06, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But wait, today's featured picture of the day (Image:Hebe x franciscana.jpg) is only 625x599... at 800x559 isn't this one larger? ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 19:14, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That image was promoted in early 2005 when the FP criteria were different (its resolution at full size is, in fact 800x767 px). You could try to contact the uploader/creator of this photo and ask if she has a higher resolution version. --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:23, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, I don't see any rain in this picture, just a dark cloud. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 18:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...And there is rain falling from that cloud in the distance. --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:06, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawing nomination ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 19:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]