Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Solar-power Laundromat

Solar-power Laundromat [edit]

California, USA is famous for its abundance of sunlight. This photograph, which shows a laundromat in California, illustrates how solar power makes use of this advantage. The laundromat is powered by solar power, as we can see from the solar collectors on the rooftop. At the right-hand upper corner of the photograph is a close-up view of the solar collectors.

The photograph was taken by Alan Mak in September, 2005. It appears in the articles "Solar power", "Solar panel", "Solar collector" and "Laundromat".

Nominate and support. - Alanmak 00:34, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support:the content is interesting, why not? --K.C. Tang 06:41, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support. This picture is so sharp in colour -- I like it. It would be nice if the close-up can be taken away. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 07:30, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't think it is a good idea to remove the close-up. Without the close-up, the area that is originally for the close-up would be just the plain, blue sky and nothing else. It is not a good idea to have half the area in a photograph just for a plain, blue sky. Also, without the close-up, the solar collectors are not very clearly shown. That is what the close-up is here for. - Alanmak 07:45, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I see...but to me, it would be a bit of an oddball to have a close-up there... -- Jerry Crimson Mann 07:51, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral ~~Comment~~ : Although this picture is very nice, I don't think it shows clearly what type of installation is on the roof (and therefore it does not add significantly to the articles) : the photographer/nominator himself thought those were phtovoltaic cells before I pointed to him that they rather were thermal pannels. Besides, in the nomination introduction, the sentence the laundromat is powered by solar power... is misleading. It would be better to say : the laundromat's hot water is produced by solar power. I would vote oppose for a modified version without the close up, because without it, it would become even less representative of solar power/panels... Glaurung 06:15, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You said you would oppose "a modified version without the close up." So, this is not an "oppose" for the current picture, right? - 68.227.83.44 07:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly, it is only a comment because I posted it during the 2-day commenting period. I now turned it in a neutral vote Glaurung 09:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. It's ok, but it doesn't really make me go wow. Enochlau 07:57, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Nice idea, but the interesting portion of the picture (the panel-clad roof) is thin and crammed because of the tight angle of the shot. Simply not striking enough to qualify as FP, even with the explanatory inset (which should be unnecessary--the photo itself should be good enough to illustrate the topic)CapeCodEph 01:57, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I think the photographer has already tried to show the solar collectors on the rooftop as well as possible. It seems to be a place makes it very difficult to take the photograph directly showing the rooftop. Anyway, the zoom-up works out perfectly though. - 68.227.83.44 07:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It is clear that it was impossible for the photographer to take a better picture of the pannels without a ladder or without climbing on a tree, and that what makes this picture not so representative of solar collectors...(on a side note : do anonymous votes count?) Glaurung 09:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No, but their input is welcome. Broken S 00:31, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Solar power is interesting and all but this just doesn't do it for me.--Deglr6328 07:42, 24 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Not promoted Broken S 01:48, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]