Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Japanese Car Accident

Japanese Car Accident

A car accident in Japan

High Quality, Nice Angle, etc.

Nominated by

Rj1020 (talk) 21:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• It's an aesthetically interesting image, with the lines of the crosswalks framing the scene, and the angle of the two cars seeming to mirror that of the crosswalks above. I also like the way the apparent calmness of the scene juxtaposes against the violent moment that must have preceded. Yet despite what's interesting about it, it really just depicts the boring aftermath of a routine accident; thus it has some, but not a lot, of encyclopedic value. On the technical side, there's a white blur on the bottom right, and the man's face seems to have some noise or compression artifacts (unless that's his complexion?). Not quite sure what I'm seeing. And not sure what others will think. Fletcher (talk) 02:30, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

• I think the crossing markings would also (rightly, in my opinion) be criticised as distracting from, rather than adding to the car accident. It is a striking image, but not FP quality. Mostlyharmless (talk) 05:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Good point; it may benefit from a crop, evenly cutting out some of the crosswalk and getting rid of the white blur. Fletcher (talk) 13:47, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

On second thoughts I think its worthy of a nomination, although might benefit from a mild crop that gets rid of the blur. Mostlyharmless (talk) 23:04, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Without judging the picture for FPC readyness or encyclopedic value at all, I must say that the crosswalks are what make the picture an interesting photograph. They frame, draw the viewer to the subject, and act as an interesting contrast with the angles of the cars juxtaposed on them. Cropping it really would destroy the composition. The white blur shouldn't be hard to fix; I'll upload an edit when I get the chance. Thegreenj 03:40, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Promoted to Candidate Rj1020 (talk) 07:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

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