Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Malibu Hindu Temple

Malibu Hindu Temple

Hindu temple near Malibu, California

I had taken many pictures of temple last weekend. I am nominiating this one since this one is front-facing one of the lot. It is high resolution, adds greatly to the Malibu Hindu Temple article.

Nominate and support. - Ganeshk (talk) 05:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Poor lighting, and not the best composition with the traffic light and the roof of a car in the bottom center. --Fir0002 10:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with both your comments. It was taken a little too early in the morning. I will try to take a picture of better composition and lighting in my next visit. I will try to get this picture in particular. It will avoid getting the cars. Do you think that picture is a better one? - Ganeshk (talk) 14:34, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. As per Fir0002. Washed out colours too. Witt y lama 12:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am new to technical side of the photography. Do you have any suggestions to avoid washed out colors. I have a Canon PowerShot 500. Is it even worth it to try FPC with pictures from it? :) Please advise. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 14:34, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are certainly up against the 8-ball with a lower quality P&S camera, but it by no means disqualifies you. To avoid washed out colours, you have to be quite selective about the weather and the time of day you photograph in. A photo taken on a day with grey clouds and no blue sky is likely to result in either a washed out white sky or a dark foreground and dull colours. Ideally, you will have blue skies (which are actually darker in relation to the landscape than on a dull grey day, where the clouds are somewhat lit up by sunlight but disperse the light in all directions so less of it hits the ground). If you do take a photo on a sunny day, it helps to take the photo facing away from the sun, so the sunlight is hitting the subject directly and you are less likely to get strong shadows or the sun blowing out the sky in the background of the photo. Hope that helps. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 11:49, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Fir0002.Dark jedi requiem 20:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose YAAAAY PARKING LOT drumguy8800 C T 03:04, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per above. Cars and light take away from the temple. 172.147.172.179 21:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Dull lighting and distractions. Sorry. --Tewy 00:37, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Rather uninteresting, and bad composition. NauticaShad e s 16:16, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --KFP (talk | contribs) 21:41, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]