Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Jefferson Memorial

Jefferson Memorial

Caption

Presidential memorial dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States. Completed in 1943, it was designed by architect John Russell Pope and contains elements of both the Roman Pantheon and the Rotunda at the University of Virginia (which Jefferson founded). Today, it is one of the key anchor points of Washington D. C.'s National Mall.

Reasons

High technical quality, high resolution image of a significant US monument. Moreover, it is aesthetically pleasing (perhaps crop the left and right sides a bit?) and encyclopedic.

This photo appears in Jefferson Memorial.

Created by user:Micahmn

• Nominated by: Malachirality 00:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Comments:

• With the huge number of really good images on Jefferson Memorial, the standard for a featured picture is going to be very high, because the image is very reproducible and a single good image might have a hard time contributing a lot to the article. While this image is good, a part of the support for the dome looks blown (all white), with purple fringing on the edges, and the very top of the dome kind of disappears. Also, there are several lamps that are completely blown highlights. Personally, I prefer Image:Jefferson_Memorial_Night.jpg to this image. The dusk instead of night makes it easier to take a more technically good image, and I happen to personally prefer the look of the twilight image. While you may prefer the strong contrast of the complete night image, I think the technical flaws will prevent it from being a featured picture. Enuja (talk) 02:12, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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