Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Winter sea

Winter Sea

Winter Sea in a sunny day of January. West coast o Portugal, January 2007

Reason

Clearly depicts the spilling type of wave surf in a rocky coastline. Interesting contrast between a typical winter sea and a bright sun lighting.

Articles this image appears in

Sea, Ocean surface wave

Creator

Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Nominator

Alvesgaspar

• Support — Alvesgaspar 15:27, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak oppose, entire image is a bit blurry. Noclip 15:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
  • That is true, a much larger DOF would be necessary for this picture to be perfectly sharp (there is also a little haze in the air). Maybe one of our editing experts can help... Alvesgaspar 15:44, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose pixellation in the sky, ocean behind waves is out of focus, horizon is extremely out of focus, and can't really see the 'bright sun lighting' you refer to. Waves/ocean is a common image, so minimal encyclopedic value, no wow factor. --Bridgecross 15:45, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
  • plus a slight tilt to the right. Am I being too harsh? I haven't had my coffee yet. --Bridgecross 15:47, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
    • I'm impressed you can function without the caffeine. --Iriseyes 03:11, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose - Bridgecross nailed them all. For such a common subject, the image should be outstanding. —Dgies^t c 16:08, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak oppose Ocean shots are hard. This one has some nice wave action in the foreground, it follows the Rule of thirds nicely, I like the color and contrast ... but that's about it. For me a shot like this needs an addtional element to be special. I.e. an awsome sunset, a lighthouse, an interesting ship or coastline or island or rock formation or mountain range or something. Here's an example of what I mean. --Mactographer 18:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose Beautiful scene yet not Featured material technically. Arjun 19:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose per bridgecross. Joe 23:14, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose Kind of grainy and it doesn't exactly show Wikipedia's best quality. Why1991 02:38, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Oppose - It is grainy and somewhat pixellated. Colour and image composition are good, however I don't think this picture deserves featured status. Krowe 06:32, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose Just to be hyper-picky, the horizon has a tiny slope (as BridgeCross says) - Adrian Pingstone 20:50, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
  • The angle is exactly atn(0,25/63,0)=0,23 degrees. May I have your vote again, please?... Alvesgaspar 01:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. Quite grainy, and a rather uninteresting shot. NauticaShades 14:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted --KFP (talk | contribs) 21:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)