Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Moscow

Moscow

St. Basil's Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Kremlin, Red Square, Moscow

The same image cropped a bit higher

A striking image - great composition and colours. Copyright by Dmitry Azovtsev and used in Wikipedia with permission, appears in the Moscow, Red Square and History of Moscow articles.

Nominate and support. - → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → Talk 19:24, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I like the background. --Kilo-Lima 20:04, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The detail is really good and the colors are stunning. Nice Picture --Ironchef8000 21:11, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, what a pitty it is cut at the bottom. Looks irritating this way. It is used in the red square article but not a single brick of the square is on the pic ;-) --Dschwen 21:21, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's true it could've been cropped better at the bottom — you see only the heads of people, but not the square itself. I think cutting it a bit higher would be appropriate, I might even give it a try tomorrow, but I don't find it a problem we can't deal with.

→ Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → Talk 22:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I really like the lighting, colors, and crisp focus of this image. I too am a little concerned about the cropping, though, and would like to see an alternative version. Camerafiend 00:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
( + ) Support I like it --Fir0002 06:17, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Excellent color and detail, don't think it needs to be cropped higher.--Dakota ~ ε 18:46, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Here's the cropped image I promised, It wasn't as easy as I expected and I guess it could be done better, but anyway, I hope you like it :) → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → Talk 19:30, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Uhm, well, I was kind of aiming for the opposite direction :-), showing more at the bottom. --Dschwen 22:31, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well... you can't actually reveal what was left out of the borders of a photo :) Achieving what you want is almost impossible, involving very good photoshopping skills, a whole bunch of suitable Red Square photos from the same position, possibly some talent in digital drawing and a load of free time — and it would be just a collage, not the real photo that was taken. So forget about it :P → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → Talk 22:39, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support both - I'm not bothered by the heads. Flcelloguy (A note?) 22:15, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support first. The second has a cut look at the bottom, while the second has more of a natural look to it. JQF 21:31, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Unfortunately St. Basil's Cathedral is in a very poor spot in the photo. The sky in the center weighs too heavily on the composition and St. Basil being so low down completely batters it. If there's a version with more space to the left, upload it. Also its very low res and you cannot see much detail of the buildings.. drumguy⁸⁸⁰⁰ - speak? 06:38, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The lighting on St. Basil's Cathedral is too weak, and the middle of the picture is too empty. As for the edit, cropping it higher is unnecessary. Edit: Forgot to sign, doing it now --JPM 00:26, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The positioning of the buildings is not ideal to illustrate them in any real way. Too much of the buildings are in shadow. enochlau (talk) 11:23, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Small image size, large very underexposed areas, poor compo. --Deglr6328 17:42, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- I think it was actually better before the crop, but even then the image composition is a bit awkward. A different angle would help, I think. There is a big empty space in the middle of the image. --jackohare 18:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The crop was a complete misunderstanding, the opposite of what I wanted. I'd support a retake with less sky and more red square.--Dschwen 17:08, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't say it was a misunderstanding, as other people actually suggest cropping it higher, and you retaking is impossible...

→ Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → Talk 19:35, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean retaking is impossible? But the red square is still there, is it? So the pic can be retaken, if not by you then by someone else. Like this I cannot support it. --Dschwen 21:35, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support I like uncropped version a bit better, but both are interesting. Eyesclosed 20:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Raven4x4x 08:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]