Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pioneertown, California

Pioneertown, California edit

Original - Saloon, bank, bath house and livery stable fronts on Mane Street in Pioneertown, California, an unincorporated and inhabited town built in 1946 as a movie/tv set by, amongst others, Roy Rogers.

Reason: an image that meets all the technical requirements and portrays the movie set/town that is Pioneertown in a manner that will encite reader/viewer interest
Articles this image appears in: Pioneertown, California
Creator: Mfield

Support as nominator --Mfield (talk) 20:06, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Unusual subject but undeniably high quality and enc. Only minor detraction is the distortion of the leaves in the top right corner of the frame. Did they catch the edge of the ultra-wide lens? I often shoot one extra frame on either side of where I plan to crop, because when stitching it avoids that sort of issue by using the centre of the frame rather than the corner. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:11, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually this is a single shot, not a stitch at all and it is slightly cropped so you aren't seeing the extreme corner anyway. I think the softness on that close branch is due to the extremely high winds that day (and that are a feature of the high desert) rather than the corner of the lens though as it is pretty consistently sharp at f11. Shame I couldn't get any rolling tumbleweed in shot. Mfield (talk) 22:32, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Great image. I never saw an image of a town like this before. It's kinda funny how much the ones in cartoons look like the real ones. Diego_pmc ^Talk 07:47, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. per nom. Really unique pic. Intothewoods29 (talk) 18:39, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good visual value & enc, indeed it looks like a movie set. (PS: houldn't it be UNihabited, or at least -inhabited? ;-) --Janke | Talk 13:11, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it really is inhabited. Not these specific buildings but the rest of the town is a functioning town - you should read the article ;-p. Mfield (talk) 16:00, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Professional quality. The image isn't that big though, while it has been shot with a 5D. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 14:52, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Highly illustrative. Spinach Dip 22:33, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - There is something unrealistic about this place, maybe for being desert and too clean. But that does not affect the EV and high technical quality. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 10:02, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Wonderful climate of this picture (It looks like the old good times). I appreciate high technical quality. Andrew₁₈ ^@ 21:47, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Pioneertown california saloon and bath house.jpg MER-C 05:27, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]