Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:UT softball 2007.jpg

Original - This is the third strike of a game winning strikeout by the Texas Longhorns vs. Penn State University in a softball game.

Reason: I think this is a fantastic shot capturing the climatic moment of the game-winning pitch. Note that the yellow ball is just passing in front of the batter's arms. I also like the Longhorn logo (the logo of the winning team) seemingly hovering just over the batter.
Articles this image appears in: strikeout, Texas Longhorns, softball
Creator: dave_hensley at Flickr

Support as nominator Johntex\^talk 05:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The umpire and catcher are sharing a head. Hitter is imposed over logo making for bad contrast. Composure of shot makes my brain wonder what is out of shot 3 feet to the right(bat?). Ball is mixed up in that cluster too. As a general rule of action shots, when people in a shot have a line of sight to the 'act' the photo viewer should be able to see that 'act'---because of the before mentioned the composure is marginal. The color levels and quality is good however. --Mike Spenard (talk) 06:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Mike. EgraS (talk) 06:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Agreed. --ErgoSum88 (talk) 07:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. A good photo in terms of quality, the composition just isn't FP satisfying. This picture is also easily retaken for improvement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by D-rew (talk • contribs) 00:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for the feedback everyone. Best, Johntex\^talk 19:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above. It also is blurry near the batter's arms. Juliancolton ^{The storm still blows...} 23:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 15:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]