Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/New York State Route 199 in the countryside

New York State Route 199 in the countryside edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Sep 2015 at 19:48:34 (UTC)

Original – NY 199 passes a farm near Hammertown, NY

Reason: A high-quality image of a highway going through one of many sections of pastoral Hudson Valley landscape
Articles in which this image appears: New York State Route 199
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator: Daniel Case

Support as nominator – Daniel Case (talk) 19:48, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I would say that it's somewhat lacking in wow, but it's a fine image and is nicely composed (you did well to move the camera forward compared to the previous image, where the powerlines were a bit too distracting). I will have to assume this view is somewhat representative of the highway. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:01, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most of it, yes, across northern Dutchess County. Daniel Case (talk) 20:51, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Very nice. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:07, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support It's up there quality wise, but a 100 yard stretch of tarmac that could be anywhere in the world realistically just doesn't really do much for me "wow" wise... Can't Oppose as it meets the criteria and is technically fine, but don't feel this will add much to the front page of Wikipedia when it's turn comes around... gazhiley 15:20, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- True. That was my feeling too. It could easily be almost anywhere in the UK except for the yellow strip down the middle... But for those from Africa, Southern Europe, Australia, Asia... It could be a view they've never seen before. I try to think outside my own bubble - it helps me to see EV in otherwise ordinary views. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:47, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Funny you should mention it as seeming to be "almost anywhere in the UK." I've always thought that area of Dutchess County looks a lot like England—and I suspect I wasn't alone, since there's an awful lot of English expats who live around Millbrook. Or so it seems to me. Daniel Case (talk) 16:00, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

With a name like Dutchess County, you'd think so. Then again the British had a habit of being generous with their naming. My home city of Melbourne is literally full of English town references, and I'm pretty sure the East Coast of the US is much the same. In fact, my favourite English comedy duo, Mitchell & Webb did an amusing skit on just that subject. ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:31, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:33, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – It's a pleasant composition but as others have noted EV seems lacking. The target article seems thorough but doesn't really offer a rationale for considering this particular highway significant – though I imagine the scenery is pretty in the fall. Inclined to oppose. Sca (talk) 14:37, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- The significance of the road shouldn't really matter for FPC purposes- if the subject is notable enough an article, there's no reason to think it couldn't be the subject of a FP. Josh Milburn (talk) 16:49, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - I agree with you but it's inevitable that part of what gives an image wow is the significance of the subject. A well taken photo of a more mundane subject/scene is going to struggle more. Still, I like this shot. There's beauty in its simplicity, and the EV is good as Daniel attends. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:31, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support as above. I'll take your word for it that this is fairly typical; I like the photograph a lot, but I think it could probably be better used in the article. Josh Milburn (talk) 21:20, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support though it would be better if it had a road sign indicating what road it was; even better if it was next to some of those US-style mailboxes; and it had shotgun pellet marks; and there should be an American flag flying in the field; and a bald eagle roosting in the tree; and a mother seeing her children onto a yellow school bus and handing them an apple pie and a burger and a Twinkie; and Captain America; and lots of guns; and astronauts. On second thought, it's fine. Belle (talk) 12:51, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- No no.. you're right. That's exactly what this photo needs!. ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:17, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - All apologies to Daniel...! Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:19, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Case (talk) 14:39, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Almost the best picture in history. Almost. Belle (talk) 00:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I second that... Just missing the white cloaks and burning crosses... Other than that I'd say that's so amazing I might nab it as a desktop background....... All the lol's and then some... :D gazhiley 09:39, 25 September 2015 (UTC) [reply]

To be fair to Daniel, he's from New York and they don't do so many burning crosses there. ;-) I updated the image with a Jesus billboard though, because what road in America doesn't have one of those?! Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:35, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Make that a deep-fried Twinkie and I'll change my vote. Sca (talk) 14:47, 24 September 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Oppose – Sorry Daniel et al., but I don't think it "adds significant encyclopedic value to an article and helps readers to understand an article." Seems I'll be the lone dissenter. (I've long contended that significance ought play a role in this selection process (as it does at WP:ITNC.) Sca (talk) 14:47, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, I don't take it personally (I do think the article could be more in-depth, though ... perhaps I will have to improve it myself; the other editors at the U.S. Roads project do not always make this sort of thing their priority. Daniel Case (talk) 14:51, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support -–Jobas (talk) 15:15, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - quite high quality highway with high encyclopedic value at probably not too high elevation hopefully not taken while high. — Cirt (talk) 20:25, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:NY 199 E of Hammertown 2014.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:53, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]