Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Staatsoper

Vienna State Opera

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Original – The rear of the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria. Its history goes back to the Habsburg era and is known by its present name since 1920. The members of the Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from its orchestra.

Reason: Good and nice photo of the Vienna State Opera, one of the most important opera houses of the world. I know the margins are a bit narrow but considering the urban environment, I think in this case it's not a bad thing as it would probably seem more cluttered with wider margins.
Articles in which this image appears: Vienna State Opera
FP category for this image: architecture
Creator: Leuo

Support as nominator – Yakikaki (talk) 12:16, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV, level of detail, and such. As mentioned in nom, the margins are tight but not a deal breaker. HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)}
Comment – Is there a wider crop possible/available? – Editør (talk) 09:07, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not keen on the light trails on the roads or the lorry parked up at the side. Belle (talk) 12:56, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Looks good at thumbnail level (albeit too tightly cropped) but I don't think the image quality stands up at full size enough to make up for its other shortcomings. It needs to be downsampled to 50% to be properly sharp IMO, and by then it's significantly undersized. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 15:33, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per Diliff. Left and right sides of the building are severely out of focus at full size. Dusty777 18:04, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Đillif, Dusty. Plus, gimmicky. Sca (talk) 01:11, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per others. --Tremonist (talk) 14:08, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Same old issue for me - night pictures need to be technically superb to hold detail (for example the bridge picture Ðiliff provided recently) and this just doesn't I'm afraid... Very soft, parts of the roof lost to the night sky, and the ghostly lights from invisible cars... gazhiley 11:41, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. Perhaps this is unavoidable, photography isn't my area of expertise; I don't care for how the streetlamp lights show up in the picture.—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 12:15, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- It is pretty difficult to avoid the star burst effect that I assume you're referring to (a similar photo of mine has the same effect, although I think the quality of the photography is significantly better). It's the result of the imperfectly circular aperture caused by the aperture blades inside the lens. But that's not the main issue with the photo IMO. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:40, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes, "the star burst effect" is what I was referring to. I agree that it isn't the main issue, hence the per above, I just found it visually displeasing. Thanks for the explanation on why it occurs.—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 19:45, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:17, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]