Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/MarinaBay

Singapore's Marina Bay at Night [edit]

Singapore's Marina Bay

A photo taken by Jaron B. of Singapore's beautiful Marina Bay at night. This photo captures the elegant and relaxed atmosphere of the Marina Bay during the evening. The sleek metallic railing of the pedestrian bridge in the foreground is representative of Singapore's modernity and cleanliness. The couple walking along the bridge are far enough to not be a dominant aspect of the picture, however their leisurely pace of walking properly conveys the serene and romantic feel of the area. The raindrops on the railing add to the romantic and elegant atmosphere of the area.

The current article on Marina Bay does not contain an image of the area at night, when it is it's most brilliant.

Nominate and support. - Jaronb 05:21, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Too much noise Glaurung 07:04, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I have been to Marina Bay, and must say that it is stunning at night. This picture just doesn't convey that though.--Ali K 09:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Not stunning. --Janke | Talk 09:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, I've seen far better night shots on this page. Here at first glance you only see handrails. --Dschwen 13:19, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Agree with above. Alr 16:58, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Exif suggests you took the photo was at f/2.8. You have no hope in hell of ensuring that everything is going to be in focus at such a narrow DOF (right from the front railings to the buildings in background). I'd get a tripod, stick the camera into aperture priority mode at about f/13 or f/16 or so, look what the camera's metering system suggests is necesscary to properly expose the image, then stick it into manual mode at at that aperture and the suggested shutter speed, and take a few images either side of that shutter speed to ensure that at least one is properly exposed. The image you uploaded looks somewhat under exposed and is very out of focus. There's also a dead pixel right in the middle. Additionally half of the image is obscured by the railing. Possibly taking another photo slightly to the right and stiching together with some panorama software would have solved the last problem. Gotta Opppose, sorry. chowells 18:40, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I've just looked at my old Canon Powershot A40 and it has a manual mode, but no aperture priority mode. If your camera is the same I'd suggest you set the aperture to around f/13 or so and try an exposure of 10 or 15 seconds at ISO 100 or 200. You most definitely need a tripod. chowells 18:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose No licence; noisy; and not a match for our existing similarly-themed FPs. Diliff has spoilt us I'm afraid :-) Have you seen the competition? ~ Veledan • Talk 19:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The first Montreal one doesn't seem to have a file history displayed- is that a bug? - 86.138.87.64 21:40, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Montreal one is from commons. If you click the link to visit the commons version, you will see the file history. The one of the Sydney Harbour Bridge was uploaded to en.wiki directly. I only upload to commons these days. It just makes more sense. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: Agree with the above Mikeo 22:20, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The street lamps and the railings make the image look rather messy. enochlau (talk) 15:30, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. Flcelloguy (A note?) 15:56, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Raven4x4x 04:34, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]