Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Ross Barnett Reservoir sunset picture.jpg

Ross Barnett Reservoir Sunset edit

Original - Sun setting on the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Mississippi

I took this photograph. I live right next to the lake and often get to see really awesome sunsets. I'm curious what others think of this picture, and any suggestions on how I can take better photographs of sunsets.

Articles this image appears in: Ross Barnett Reservoir

Creator: the creator of the image, where possible using the format The Eskimo

Suggested by: The Eskimo (talk) 21:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Undeniably beautiful, but I don't think it the image teaches much about the reservoir except the obvious: That it has a lot of water in it. If you'd managed to get an over shot, like from a small plane or a satellite (hint: Perhaps GoogleMaps/GoogleEarth), that would probably pass at FPC, but I might support this at VPC. --I′d※<3※Ɵɲɛ (talk) 23:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do not upload from GoogleMaps/GoogleEarth, their satellite images are under copyright. Jujutacular ^T · C 18:16, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Figures, but the point about an aerial shot of a reservoir standing a better chance at FPC and being more educational then a sunset photo still stands, pretty though it may be. Still, some people might give it credit for being the lead image. From this angle you can't see how big it is, and it's big, bigger than a nearby town or two, an airport and something called a "wildlife management area" combined, though all of them are kind of small so it's all in perspective, but it's still 16 miles long. Maybe this can help. --I′d※<3※Ɵɲɛ (talk) 19:15, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I guess could you try it at FPC if you want to, if it fails, it fails, but there might be some willing to vote in favor of it on its beauty, meeting size qualifications and connection to the article. This is public domain made from a NASA software. This got featured, but notice that it's larger than yours; I don't really agree with it but FPC tends to favor larger images. --I′d※<3※Ɵɲɛ (talk) 23:30, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to tell you how to live your life or what you should or shouldn't regard as private information, but can I suggest that you take your home address off the image page of this - it's usually not good to advertise that type of thing. Geocoding it would be a better option. --jjron (talk) 14:25, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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