Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Boat

Boat

The original version that shows much detail about the surronding environment

A cropped version that focuses more on the boat

A version that is more heavily cropped

This is a picture of a "sampan" - a type of boat - carrying passengers from the Sai Kung Peninsula to the offshore islands in Hong Kong. It is an important mean of transportation in the area. The photograph was taken by myself, and appears in the articles boat, sampan, Sai Kung Peninsula and Sai Kung District.

• Nominate and support. - Alan 07:14, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
• Support original. Stephen Turner (Talk) 08:30, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Criticism on the uncropped version:

• Oppose. Dull. Main subject is too small. Mikeo 09:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: The main subject of the picture is not only the sampan itself. The same picture is also used for the transport section of the Sai Kung Peninsula article. The boat itself doesn't tell the whole story. — Instantnood 17:10, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose - I understand what the picture is about, but it's just a bit too foggy for me. --Lewk_of_Serthic _contrib ^talk 23:49, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: The environment is foggy, not the picture or the boat. — Instantnood 10:39, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Understood, but it still detracts from the picture too much. If the picture was just about the boat (and the boat were larger), then I could support it, but as you said already, the picture is about more than the boat. There is too much fog preventing one from seeing the sorroundings in enough detail for this to be feature. I am considering the second two.--Lewk_of_Serthic _contrib ^talk 02:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
      • I'm afraid you've missed the point Sir Lewk. Fog is part of the environment, part of the nature. — Instantnood 18:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose to much of it is not the boat.say1988 01:24, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

→ It seems that some users like the photograph to focus more on the boat. Now, I have uploaded one more version. Which one do you guys like better? - Alan 03:26, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments after the cropped version is uploaded:

• Oppose (both). The cropping reduced the image size (at 1000 px it's on the border of being acceptable) but the sharpness isn't good enough. A picture shot from a closer location would be sharper. Also, the angle the sampan is shown from is a bit unappealing. --Janke | Talk 06:15, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Could you bring the original version back too please? That was the one I voted on, after all! And I'd like to compare all three. Stephen Turner (Talk) 10:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Okay. :-) - Alan 18:13, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks. At the moment, I only support the original one. I would also support the second one if you have a larger version, but this one is too small. The third one is too heavily cropped. Stephen Turner (Talk) 08:52, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Not promoted Mikeo 11:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)