Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Emmanual Church of Boston Steeple

Emmanual Church of Boston Steeple[edit]

Reason: Nice and big, sharp, good lighting, illistrates the topic.
Proposed caption: A stitched panorama of the steeple of the Emmanuel Church of Boston. The architecture of this steeple is very typical of the neo-gothic period.
Articles this image appears in: Steeple
Creator: Fcb981

Support -self nom. Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 01:20, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Foreground trees out of focus/blurred are distracting also showing the whole thing would be of more value, on the plus side nice big image --Childzy ¤ Talk 10:30, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- You cant really avoid the trees, so I decided to settle for compositional framing with the main subject (the steeple) the church has no article of its own so the entire thing not being included doesn't detract for me. you cant really get a full view anyway, without getting cirrcus mirror distortion and bad perspective. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 11:36, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It's "Emmanuel." Chick Bowen 18:18, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- thanks, you are right, I wrote it down wrong when I was out shooting. Care to place a vote?? -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 00:23, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Not my area of expertise, sorry--I mostly comment on historical images. Can you explain, though, why a panorama is more useful than a single photograph in showing the steeple? If the focus is the architecture of the steeple itself, then the base and surrounding trees seem somewhat of a distraction. Chick Bowen 01:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Stitching, usually, is to increase the resolution. Pixel size and sharpness impress people here for the most part and I must admit I like to stare at minute details as well. The fact that it is a panorama doesn't change that it would still be tough to get a shot without trees, etc. from this distance (getting much closer would screw up perspective). Maybe this isn't the best subject to illistrate steeple but I think it does a darn good job and the lighting is really good and at least I am happy with the sharpness. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 02:33, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support The trees are distracting but the detail and sharpness of the steeple itself are quite good. CillaИ ♦ XC 15:40, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support the trees are not that distracting but something that I can't quite put my finger on looks wrong--Phoenix 15 22:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That would be that the image is tilted. MER-C 03:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I really dont get a height perspective of the picture. how tall is this church? Govigov 15:35, 6 October 2007 (UTC) govigov[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 03:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]