Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/American Icons

 
Apples, Apple pie, the American Flag, and Baseball are all icons of America.
This is a picture which I have always considered good, but had never thought of nominating. It is sharp, has little, if any, grain, and is encyclopedic because it shows four items common, and almost considered "sacred", in America. It appears in Cuisine of the United States, Apple Pie, United States, and Culture by region. The picture was taken by Scott Bauer.
Seriously, I find the composition a bit lacking too. The focus of the picture seems to be on the apples, as they're in the centre-foreground and are the only items wholly in frame (even the pie, which is supposed to be the subject of the photo, is cut off). But apples are not even proverbially American; they're just there to let the viewer know that the pie is an apple pie. (Why not just cut the pie open?)
A picture along these lines but with more American icons would be a great idea. And arranged so that you can see the things, rather than with them artistically escaping out the sides of the photo.
Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
dm, I saw your post on the talk page of the picture, and I read the link you gave there. Can the nomination be closed early because of the reason you gave? | AndonicO Talk 15:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --KFP (talk | contribs) 12:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]