Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/National Cathedral

Washington National Cathedral Twilight[edit]

Reason: Beautiful building, interesting lighting.
Proposed caption: The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, known as the Washington National Cathedral, is an Episcopal cathedral in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It is a listed monument on the National Register of Historic Places and the designated "National House of Prayer" of the United States. In 2007, it was voted one of the three most beautiful buildings in the United States in a survey by the American Institute of Architects.
Articles this image appears in: Washington National Cathedral
Creator: User:Noclip

Support as nominator Noclip (talk) 04:22, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - technically brilliant. I'd prefer a larger size though, I'd like to be able to zoom further in. Any higher res versions available? E8T9A8 —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 09:47, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support but I find the moon looks like a dirty spot on the thumbnail. The moon is also of "poor quality" compared to the otherwise high-res building (e.g. does not enhance the encyclopedicness of the image), and should be considered to be edited out if possible. – sgeureka ^t•c 22:27, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Maybe a little harsh, as it's a perfectly good shot in many ways. On the other hand the bar for these shots gets higher with every architecture-related submission, and this one doesn't quite clear it. There's some softness and CA at the sides, some jpg artifacting, and very awkward-looking distortion that makes the building to the left appear almost two-dimensional. The crop is too tight at the bottom and lighting-wise, I'd have waited maybe 10 minutes until the sky darkened just a little more and let the artificial lights dominate. It looks "flat" without this contrast, where it could really "pop" with just a bit more. --mikaul^talk 13:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Firstly, it's quite an awkward perspective, I feel. Secondly, as Mikaul pointed out, there is some distortion and CA. I really do like architecture photography mind you, although this shot doesn't really do justice to what is an otherwise very nice cathedral. -- Chris.B | talk 15:31, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus MER-C 02:46, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]