Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Devil's Swimming Pool

The Devil's Swimming Pool

Original - Tourists swimming in the Devil's Swimming Pool, located at the edge of the Victoria Falls. The Waterfall is located at the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia in Africa.

Reason: High-res image displaying one of nature's most amazing natural occurrences - a natural swimming pool at the edge of a waterfall. The photo also contains some educational merit when focusing on the creation of certain natural anomalies such as this.
Articles this image appears in: Victoria Falls
Creator: Ian Restall

Support as nominator --Tha prez (talk) 04:40, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. I like the idea, but to me this just doesn't quite nail it. It looks a bit tourist snapshotty as its taken, with the swimmers as the central feature looking to be posing for the picture (good for their photo album, but not so good for WP), and unfortunately they are poorly lit as well. As this is used to illustrate Victoria Falls, I'd think it should be taken from further back or more wide angle to give more context to the falls while showing swimmers in the pool without having them posed for the shot. I wonder if the creator has any alternative versions? --jjron (talk) 08:12, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Uploader has not contributed since March. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 12:26, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If anybody fancies a retake, I think the correct way to depict this is with an 2/3 underwater perspective, from the river towards the falls, and a person standing in the pool, fall-side, for scale. Apparently, conditions are usually good for this in December. The pool can be reached from the tip of Livingstone Island, which is on the Zambian side. Somebody is going to suggest a different composition, but I think the one I mentioned should definitely be tried. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 12:26, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - Excellent idea, but not the best quality. —Ceran ♦ ♦ (speak) 19:50, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose per jjron, though I regret doing it. I love this image and its context. ~ Wadester16 (talk) 22:55, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Snopes.com clearly shows there's better ways to photograph this subject. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:23, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- None of which are available under appropriate Creative Commons licenses, unfortunately. And I doubt snopes got permission to display those pictures... Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:43, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose this unique location can definitely be photographed much better both in terms of encyclopedic value and technical quality. --Leivick (talk) 07:45, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 03:27, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]