Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cloud-to-ground lightning during a thunderstorm

Cloud-to-ground lightning during a thunderstorm

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2012 at 07:41:42 (UTC)

Original – A lightning strike during a thunderstorm.

Reason: Large clear image, good technical quality, good illustration of the subject, already featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Thunderstorm in the section Cloud-to-ground lightning, and I just replaced images in the articles Lightning and Storm with this because this has better technical quality in my opinion.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: smial

Support as nominator --Pine^✉ 07:41, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose The subject of the picture (the lightening) takes up a very small part of the overall image. The stricking colour and paterns of the cloud that take up over 50% of the image draw more attention to me. Otherwise a very clear and perfectly timed shot. gazhiley 08:20, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Lightning isn't necessarily the most important part of this photo depending on how the photo is used. This photo is also being used in the articles storm and thunderstorm. I understand your concern about the size of the lightning strike in the image, but in my opinion the size of the lightning strike in the image is not a very significant point in this case, and the context for the lightning is helpful for the viewer to see. Pine^✉ 08:36, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - When the title of the nom states that it's about a lightning strike then as far as I'm concerned the lightning is the focal point... Or should be... gazhiley 16:40, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's use in both articles, specifically in thunderstorm indicates the lightning is the primary focus. As for a good EV for a thunderstorm, then this FP File:Anvil_shaped_cumulus_panorama_edit_crop.jpg would of course win, because it shows the full cloud formation... so Oppose here too. — raeky t 14:23, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - I think you are overreaching a bit, but I respect that you feel differently. I think that this nominated photo has better technical quality and size characteristics than the one that you linked, and if you look at this image full size I think the lightning is clearly seen at good size in the context of a thunderstorm. Pine^✉ 08:19, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
support--good quality Alborzagros (talk) 07:46, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose For EV on lightning it should really be the subject of the image, not incidental in the background. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How many distinct lightning events did the exposure capture? Juliancolton (talk) 01:46, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:30, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]