Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Zinc Works and Incat.jpg

The Zinc Works edit

Original - The zinc works at Lutana, is the largest exporter in Tasmania, generating 2.5% of the state's GDP. It produces over 250000 tons of zinc per year. The Zinc works was historically responsible for high heavy metal levels in the Derwent River

Reason: It shows the location with good context (river and mountain). It fits well in it's location at Zinc. Useful to provide context for the location of Incat. Lutana was formed to house Zinc Works workers, so has importance there. Zinifex is the company that currently owns it. The zinc works is definately notable enough for it's own article.
Articles this image appears in: Zinc, Incat Lutana, Tasmania, Zinifex, Heavy industry
Creator: Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 01:23, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Take note, future panoramographers - this is what a panorama should be. Strong subject, and clear reason to use a panoramic image. Surprisingly for a factory image, it's actually pleasing to look at, and the EV is strong. Great lighting (love the shadows from the crane's power cables on the red roof) and no immediately obvious cloning errors. My only objection is the width of the image - I would suggest making a cropped version available too. For example, from just right of the power pole at left, to just left of the long grey green-rooved shed at right. Out of curiosity, what is the black speck at far left, just over the power lines? Stevage 01:45, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Fairly sure it is a marker so that aircraft don't hit the power lines. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:52, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Above the power lines, though? It looks suspended in mid air! Also, it looks like there is a slight bowing of the panorama. The pylon on the left is leaning right slightly, and the poles on the right are leaning left slightly, which probably accentuates the bowing of the bank of the river which I appreciate is due to the perspective. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 19:13, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - On the wires, see: http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3489/img2739u.jpg for an upsized, contrast enhanced version from the original. They are faintly visible in this version too. Uploading a bit of a correction for the bowing. Noodle snacks (talk) 08:01, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
supportWai Hong (talk) 11:21, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice. Although I do agree that for an illustration of the Zinc Works (and IMO that's really what the image is about, not Incat) it's a little too wide with irrelevant detail --Fir0002 10:47, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - This is definetly awesome. - ☩Damërung ☩. -- 09:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Agreed with Fir that it seems a bit wider than necessary, but I'm not sure where you could crop it without it looking a bit unbalanced, so I'm happy with it as-is. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:11, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great picture. EV is a little weak in some of the articles but still good enough. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:49, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Zinc Works and Incat.jpg --wadester 16 16:11, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]