Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Swakeleys House

Swakeleys House edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2011 at 22:36:56 (UTC)

Original - View of the west side of Swakeleys House

Reason: Photograph is in a high resolution, has good contrast, and is well focused on the subject.
Articles in which this image appears: Swakeleys House
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Harrison49

Support as nominator --Harrison49 (talk) 22:36, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The lighting isn't so good. Looking at google maps, and the time the photo was taken, it should have been taken in the morning to get the sun on the front. JJ Harrison (talk) 00:12, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In all fairness to the photographer, sometimes picking a better time for a photo is not practical. I travel some, and while not much of a photographer, I do like taking pictures of things I visit. Sometimes the circumstances are not ideal... but that doesn't mean I'm going to hang around for a while just to wait for better lighting, etc. I take the picture and move on. The point is, while yours is a valid criticism, I believe the fair and wise thing to do is let that particular criticism slide. Personally, I think a better criticism would be that the photo was taken off-center. (and that is under the photographer's control). A building like this looks magnificent when the picture is taken dead-on. JBarta (talk) 01:26, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, if you are travelling around and have other priorities, then it might not be practical. However that isn't a mitigating argument. There is no reason that someone couldn't go take a better photograph tomorrow. I hope Harrison49 takes the criticism constructively, and given that he probably lives in London (based on other uploads), I don't think a bit of forethought and planning is too much to ask for. Taking photos and moving on is appreciated and useful, but it doesn't represent Wikipedia's best work. JJ Harrison (talk) 01:56, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per JJ. The subject is in shadow, all the light is on the grass. -Elekhh (talk) 01:23, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose it's a little blurry. Pine^talk 07:39, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Poor lighting, Seems to be some focus issues and certainly not a sharp image. JFitch (talk) 11:45, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you all for your reviews. I'll try to catch the building at an earlier time. Harrison49 (talk) 17:46, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:22, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]