Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Paris night

Paris from Maine-Montparnasse tower

Original - A Panorama of Paris, France is shows at dusk, taken from the Maine-Montparnasse tower.

Reason: This is a breathtaking image that shows Paris at dusk, taken from Maine-Montparnasse tower. It is extremely sharp, and clear.
Articles this image appears in: Paris, France
Creator: User:Benh

Support as nominator - Milk's Favorite Cookie 13:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice shot. - FF23 (talk) 15:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
oo la la! support --Joopercoopers (talk) 15:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious support - très bien :P hope i got the accent right --Hadseys Chat_Contribs 15:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - oh wow. No technical faults that I can spot, very pleasing to the eye, nice curvature brilliant. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 15:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - very nice, valuable picture. Galileo01 (talk) 16:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question. What are the series of bright lights near the top left-hand portion of the city?D-rew (talk) 18:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some sort of stadium, I believe. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 18:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They are a bit distracting (for me at least) at high res. Could they be reduced if they turn out not to be significant?D-rew (talk) 18:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This would kind of ruin 'panorama of the center of Paris' thing. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 18:39, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Fair enough point I guess =-), though I still think the lights impair an otherwise awesome image.D-rew (talk) 18:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's a stadium, the "Parc des Princes" -- Blieusong (talk) 16:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional Support as long as the fact that the lit Eiffel Tower in the image doesn't blow its PD status. Spikebrennan (talk) 18:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't, please see its nomination on Commons for similar topic. -- Blieusong (talk) 16:34, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strongly Support Incredible photo. My only two gripes are; it's another panorama (albiet an incredible one), and it seems subtly filtered - some of the lights seem 'blotchy'. But hey, it's fantastic. --Extr3me (talk) 18:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - great job with the Canon EOS 400D.--Svetovid (talk) 21:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*Comment - This photo needs a copyright review. All pictures of the Eiffel Tower lit up at night are copyrighted by the company that operates the Eiffel Tower (The tower itself is in the public domain, but the light display was installed...and copyrighted... in 2003. See the Tower's website for details). As such, this photo might be ineligible for FPC because it cannot be free (it currently has a GFDL & CC-BY-SA dual license). This was an issue a while back when we had a positively astonishing picture of the Eiffel Tower at night, and when it went up for FPC, it actually had to be deleted from the Commons instead (See the nomination, which lasted almost 4 months).

There is a chance this might not apply, since the Eiffel Tower is not the only thing in the picture, and that the point of the picture is to depict Paris as a whole. However, I'm unsure if this will hold, because the Eiffel Tower is an obvious focal point.

I hate to be the one to bring up issues like these, but the goal here is a free encyclopedia, and I'm quite certain Wikimedia would prefer to avoid litigation wherever possible. tiZom_(2¢) 21:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that comment was a big fat waste of time! Per Eiffel_Tower#Image_copyright_claims, as long as the image encompasses a larger area (in this case, the city), then operating company cannot lay claim to the copyright of the Eiffel Tower light display. Sorry!

And, support!!! tiZom_(2¢) 21:50, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Samsara (talk • contribs) 00:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow......better than the Hong Kong ones. Dengero (talk) 00:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow, now that's what I call a panorama! -- Grandpafootsoldier (talk) 00:44, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support enchanting H92110 (talk) 06:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful smundra 08:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support excellent work. --Krm500 (talk) 12:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Fantastic photo. - Darwinek (talk) 14:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support amazing picture. Wow. jj137 (talk) 22:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Gorgeous lighting/scene and excellent sharpness however the distortion is pretty bad --Fir0002 01:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The distorsion is on purpose. Instead of setting the anchor point to somewhere on the horizon line and get everything straight, I set it a bit below, hence the curved horizon and hence the leaning buildings. -- Blieusong (talk) 07:47, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's quite odd - why did you want distortion? Can you please do a restitch without distortion? --Fir0002 21:39, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted the curved horizon to "simulate" the round shape of the Earth (Also, I find the picture less boring that way) and translate the feeling you have when looking this scenery yourself. I'll do an "all straight" restitch ASAP, and add it to the "other versions" box. -- Blieusong (talk) 11:08, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Very good. --Trounce (talk) 16:57, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Magnifique! Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:18, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice. faithless (^speak) 01:30, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Laitche (talk) 09:10, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 12:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Paris Night.jpg MER-C 03:55, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]