Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Downtown Boston

Downtown Boston[edit]

A view of downtown Boston, Massachusetts taken in August of 2006.

Reason: This photo features a magnificent view of the Boston Harbor. The image with exhibits bright, vibrant colors, and its lighting and composition is ultimately flawless. As one who has studied photography and enjoys photographs of city skylines, I can say that this is one of the best images I have ever seen of its kind.
Articles this image appears in: Boston, Massachusetts
Creator: Spinnick597
Nominator: Crashintome4196

Support — Crashintome4196 00:35, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per nom, a pretty darn good image.--Here T oHelp 01:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Weird borders on many of the buildings against the sky, especially the one on the far right. Buildings all lean in toward the center. Also, lacks a good extended caption.--ragesoss 02:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Full size image is blurry, many of the windows look strange (in addition to the edges as Rageoss brought up), and this picture makes Boston look like a very small city (I think because of how its cropped). Somehow, the thumbnail looks fake (like a computer generated image). Enuja 03:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- In response to the "computer generated image" comment, that is the reason that the image caught my eye at first. It does have that CGI look to it because its composition and lighting is so detailed and flawless. –Crashintome4196 11:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per HereToHelp -- Chris 73 | Talk 06:44, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Blurry at full size. I don't really like the cropping, and the buildings seem to lean. --Mad Max 08:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not acceptable for FPC because the buildings tilt inwards (easily corrected in a graphics program) - Adrian Pingstone 08:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support -Nelro 11:13, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment (no vote)-- Are any of the buildings that are depicted here considered landmarks? Spikebrennan 15:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - This is a beautiful picture. I love the sky, the buildings, the boats in the foreground (which give it a nice "Boston" touch). I do agree it looks a little fake, but I'm over it. What concerns me is the cropping. I'm editing today from One Financial Center :o) ...a building that is part of downtown, but cut off from this picture on the left. Also, the Federal Reserve Building is missing. I think that the crop really reduces enc. tiZom_(2¢) 18:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak opose, not sure if its just me but all of the buildings look a bit artificial and 2 dimensional Ahadland 17:36, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose E6T2A2 Tilted, oversharpened, sky looks painted on, boats look like they're on a slab of concrete, etc. ~ trialsanderrors 17:48, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per above. The tilt is very very bad also. And the quality is poor, except on the thumb view. If the tilt is fixed, with a few of other issues i might give a weak support. --Arad 19:26, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The subject should be of natural things or make a point about urban life. Too bland and featureless. Padddy5
Oppose Whoa, what happened to the sky? The whole thing looks like a computer rendering. -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 00:28, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The tilt looks horrible, the sky just looks plain awkward, and the picture is blurry and grainy. And why in the world are those dots splattered all over one of the building's windows? ~~Eugene 2x ^{Sign here} ☺ ~~ 01:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose As per above. I suspect that heavy post processing has made this picture look artificial. The post processing is also likely responsible for the strange artifacts on the borders of the taller buildings. -- Balster neb 16:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. That sky makes me think of that Kurdistan, Iran picture that got delisted as soon as it hit the Main Page. howcheng {chat} 21:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose looks like someone upped the saturation or something. Concur with howcheng. - Francis Tyers · 11:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment can we see the original? - Francis Tyers · 11:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is the original image (the top image), save for a minor crop. I've since fixed the tilt (it is pretty bad!), but I'm afraid the blurriness was unavoidable: the quality of the camera I used is nowhere near that of a professional model. I appreciate the feedback! Spinnick597 22:16, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 05:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]