Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tower kiva at Chetro Ketl

The tower kiva at Chetro Ketl

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Original – The tower kiva at Chetro Ketl, in Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Reason: The image is of a high technical quality, resolution, and EV.
Articles in which this image appears: Chetro Ketl
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator: RO

Support as nominator – RO ^(talk) 22:25, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Overprocessed (haloing) and the main subject is in shadows. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:13, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I took this picture at noon and within ten days of the solstice, so how could the main subject be in shadows? RO ^(talk) 23:39, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If it's backlit, it will end up in shadows (and those are really harsh at noon, in the New Mexico desert). The original upload is very much in shadows as well. Morning or evening light is generally more manageable and pleasant to look at, though not always practicable. You'd also have to consider the time of year and day; when I took the picture of Sambisari, proper lighting for that shot was only available between 2 and 4 p.m. between November and February (too early and the shadows were either too harsh or pointed towards the camera, too late and the shadows ended up too long; outside of November–February, the sun was to the north, and thus the subject would have been in shadows). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:54, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File:Colonnade at Chetro Ketl by RO.JPG is much better lit, though lens distortion is a pretty big issue at the edges. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:56, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Seems to be some focus or processing issues, most noticably to the right hand side, around where the dead tree trunk is resting on the wall... Almost seems like an echo of the image, although I don't know the technical term... The whole image seems soft, possibly due to the lighting that Chris Woodrich referred to... gazhiley 08:41, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm fairly certain that's from the lens. Quite curious, actually, about what equipment has been used here. I've only rarely seen this strong distortion. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:16, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Looks like a stitching error to me. Oppose. --Janke | Talk 07:29, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - I very much doubt this is a stitched panorama. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 08:08, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      - Nope. It's not stitched; it's just a working class camera. Please withdraw this nom, as it obviously won't pass here. RO ^(talk) 18:49, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:22, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:22, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]