Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Blenduk Church

Blenduk Church
Voting period ends on 6 Jul 2014  at 02:05:46 (UTC)
 * Reason:I hear people are getting bored of temples, and that many are unaware that Indonesia has notable churches, so I present to you a 90 megapixel image of Blenduk Church, in Semarang... the oldest church in Central Java. Sharp, good quality, and very encyclopedic. Note that this angle was deliberate, allowing me to include the name of the church (the text on the facade) as well as most of the dome. Moving back would have caused several trees to enter the frame and start blocking the dome (visible here), so I didn't do that
 * Articles in which this image appears:Blenduk Church, List of church buildings in Indonesia, Semarang
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
 * Creator:Chris Woodrich


 * Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:05, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - nice morning light, but it's rather bland I think without a genuine highlight. Hell of a kit you must have there, but (speaking of temples and researching) it's nice to see you can still make the grade (on the Indonesian wiki at least) with entry-level gear - Borobudur-Nothwest-view. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 11:07, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Re: the Borobudur image: Gunkarta does some good photography, but I've been replacing his images with better ones where possible (Gunkarta, Me). The Indonesian Wikipedia's standards are somewhat lax; they accepted this on the main page (I've got a better version coming up, once I stitch it). Although I know what you mean, and agree that would make this even better, the "genuine highlights" are in the wrong spot this time of year; the church faces south, and the sunrise is to the north-east. It would be better around October, but that's usually when the rainy season starts (and thus very touch and go for travel by motorcycle). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:13, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, your Kalasan image was excellent and I wouldn't have rated the Semarang image as "featured" you mention either, though of course it's nevertheless very welcome. Just griping really because I only have entry-level gear myself and don't think there's much chance of my getting a featured pic in. There are truly wonderful images being uploaded to Wikipedia, for example the Pont du Gard below. Keep up the good work! Coat of Many Colours (talk) 12:04, 26 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Support An interesting, unusual buildning with encyclopedic value. (And I am waiting for the interior pictures... So they can be a set. ) Wish though that they did't put the garbage cans out like that.  Hafspajen (talk) 20:57, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * One problem with the interior picture: it has some artefacts from where I applied filters to remove any ghosting (see the upper windows). I'll see if I can rework that image so that those are not so apparent. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:25, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Good EV, very nice image given positioning difficulties.--Godot13 (talk) 15:09, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support J e e  14:47, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Nice composition and detail. Out of interest, what is the dome cladding material? I guess it must be painted sheet metal but it looks so wavy that it appears to be some kind of canvas or plastic! &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  22:11, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think I've seen any information on that so far. I suspect you are correct, but I'll keep my eye open for something a little more concrete — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:36, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Silly me, article has a reference saying copper. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:56, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 04:53, 6 July 2014 (UTC)