Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Plunketts Creek

Plunketts Creek Winter Panorama[edit]

This image is of Plunketts Creek in the village of Proctor in Plunketts Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This was originally five photos taken by myself and I stitched them into a panorama with Autostitch. (I have a higher resolution version (6.26 MB) that I need to crop, but could upload that or the original photos if needed). It is used in the Plunketts Creek article (itself an FA), and could be used in the article on the township (it is a fairly new image). I was wondering about nominating it at FPC, but wanted some other opinions. Any advice or feedback is appreciated, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 22:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nominated by: Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 22:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

This is a very attractive image, but I would personally doubt it would have much success at FPC. The main reason would be that there is really nothing in this image to distinguish this creek from any other. I'm not disputing that this is exactly what and where you say it is, however voters at FPC would tend to want an image such as this to show something 'special'. As it is this is just a nice photo of a creek in the winter. If you are still considering nominating, I would recommend cropping out that stuff at the bottom lefthand corner, as it is distracting without adding value to the image. Thank you for your nomination. --jjron (talk) 08:41, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you for your time and kind words. My thought is that if the photo is technically sound and attractive, I can perhaps make it clearer in the caption / nomination why it is also especially illustrative of several issues in the article on the creek (geology, ecology, even history). I know it is not a WOW picture, but I might give it a shot at FPC anyway, especially as this is one of the best creek pictures I have taken (or seen here). Thanks again, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 17:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Certainly give it try if you think it may stand a chance (there's no point dying wondering!), but be aware it may get opposed as I mentioned above. You can certainly try to convince voters of the encyclopaedic merit, but it may be an uphill battle. :-) --jjron (talk) 07:35, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - I have had two unsuccessful FPC nominations that had some technical issues, so I will not be (too) disappointed if this fails too. I am in an FLC right now and want to wait until that is done. Thanks again, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 17:43, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seconder

Nominated at FPC by Ruhrfisch. --jjron (talk) 12:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]