Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Kei Nishikori 1, Wimbledon 2013 - Diliff.jpg

File:Kei Nishikori 1, Wimbledon 2013 - Diliff.jpg[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2013 at 15:15:36 (UTC)

Reason: It's a quality action photo of Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori at Wimbledon. All important details of the player are in focus. Also, please, any issues or complaints relating to Kei Nishikori's teeth should be directed to his dentist! ;-)
Articles in which this image appears: Kei Nishikori
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator: User:Diliff

Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 15:15, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support on condition you update his retro hairstyle. But seriously, fine photograph. I would've preferred the racket to be separate from his body, but I'm not going to complain. I only got to watch Bobby Reynolds vs. No Joke Djokovich over the weekend. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:24, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think that's a fantastic photo, and I'm pleased to see that you uploaded a lot more of them to Commons. I don't suppose you have a zoom lens and a burning desire to watch cricket? Our articles on cricketers would really benefit from some action shots like this. Nev1 (talk) 20:51, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And we don't have any featured pictures of cricketers. We just have one old diagram. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:52, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

- I'm happy to do more sports photography, but cricket is another game entirely. The fields are often very large and all the action happens in the middle, a long way from the boundaries. The lens I used at Wimbledon is a 70-300mm lens - the perfect range for the intimate outside courts, but the sort of lens you need for cricket is something like this. Very large (almost 50cm long), very heavy (4kg) and very expensive (£10,000 / $15,000)! Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:13, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - I went to a test match between India and England with my gear but was stopped at the security check and told to leave the stadium or leave my camera :( --Muhammad(talk) 09:24, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - Every sporting venue and/or organisational group seems to have different rules on what you can bring. I looked up what Cricket Australia's rules are and apparently anything longer than 200mm is not allowed. Wimbledon's is pretty camera-friendly, I think it's anything that you can fit into a bag (but the bag limits were more strict than an airline's carry on policy)... It's a shame that events feel so threatened by amateur photographers. I've often wondered what the reasoning behind it is... They obviously let news organisations' photographers in with whatever gear they want, but I assume there is some arrangement where they pay for 'press access'. What that arrangement is or how much it costs, I'm not sure. I looked at some of the professional photography from Wimbledon and I don't think my photos were significantly worse than the pros. They had a slightly more suitable lenses (300-400mm f/2.8) though which help to get closer and separate the background, and a camera with faster shooting speeds, but the results weren't much different. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:06, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Saffron Blaze (talk) 22:59, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support It is always great to have photos of players in action.– BNK(talk) 01:45, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Laitche (talk) 15:59, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support, excellent action shot, used appropriately in the article. J Milburn (talk) 18:50, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 23:11, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kei Nishikori 1, Wimbledon 2013 - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]