Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/World's Tallest Totem Pole, Victoria, British Columbia

World's Second Tallest Totem Pole, Victoria, British Columbia[edit]

The world's tallest totem pole was raised in Kake Alaska in 1971 and stands 132 ft. tall. http://www.alaska.org/detail/kake-totem-pole

This picture of the second tallest pole, is not only composed well, but is technically excellent. It has very little noise, a good depth of focus, great lighting and color, and is very high resolution.

The image appears in the articles Totem Pole and Beacon Hill Park. I would go with the Totem Pole article personally.

The pole was carved by Mungo Martin, David Martin, and Henry Hunt. Dedicated 2 July, 1954.

The image was created by Fawcett5, 24 August, 2005 and has been released into the public domain.

Nominate and support. - HighInBC 17:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. Blown highlights. It would be more encyclopedic to show the whole pole from farther away. --Pharaoh Hound (talk) 18:03, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - I have seen this pole in person, and the white areas are extremely bright and without detail in reality. But yes, it is overblown in places. HighInBC 18:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Support. The color and detail are great; it's a beautiful picture. A shot from farther away would show no detail; the pole would look like a very tall line. And frankly, I find all the worry about highlights to be overblown in places. -- Robert Southworth 02:37, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Pharaoh Hound. —Keenan Pepper 18:23, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
oppose per Pharaoh Hound; i don't like the angle--Vircabutar 18:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose due to the issue with the highlights and the fact that angle makes it tough to see. Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 21:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Agree with other Opposes. Angle makes it difficult to see greater detail. -- AJ24 16:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Robert. Angle adds to encyclopedic value because it shows the totem's height. You wouldn't be able to see any color or detail clearly if it was taken from a distance. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:07, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support per Robert. Yeah, it's not the best angle but I don't know what other angle you could use on such a tall structure and still get this amount of detail. --Nebular110
Support per Robert. It's the next best thing to being beside it.--Bagginz 07:15, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Dislike the angle. --Fir0002 09:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Raven4x4x 09:48, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]