Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Brighton Promenade

Brighton Promenade

 * Reason:A detailed and interesting view along the promenade in Brighton, a popular seaside city in the south of England. Admittedly, this is a busy composition, but I think the scene is interesting and manages to show a lot of activity and sights within the frame (best viewed at full size obviously).
 * Articles this image appears in:Brighton
 * Creator:User:Diliff


 * Support as nominator --Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:40, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The blonde woman by the Brighton's Smoked Fish Shop apparently has a massive hole in her back through which the pavement is visible . Also, a lot of the promenade is in shadow-- would a shot a few hours earlier in the afternoon been lit better?  (I've never been to Brighton, so I have no idea what would be the best time of day to shoot).  Is this shot less encyclopedic due to it being taken during the "off-season"?  (Again, I have no idea whether that's true).  Spikebrennan (talk) 15:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Haha, I don't know how I managed to miss that, as I had a good look at it to make sure there were no faults. The panorama blender has obviously decided to make it look like a window into her soul or something, as it has a definite rectangular shape to it. :-) I will endeavour to fix that issue. I guess voting should be held off on voting until this is corrected, to confirm I can definitely do it without causing other stitching issues as it is quite a serious fault. As for it being less encyclopaedic, I wouldn't say so. It probably has slightly less people walking along the promenade, but other than that it doesn't change significantly. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:05, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've just uploaded a replacement over the top of the original that addresses the stitching fault. It also happens to be slightly higher res (no significant change to the detail visible though I don't think). I also forgot to respond to the issue you raised of the shadows. It is pretty difficult to take any photo in winter that far north without shadows of some kind, as the sun is never directly overhead. I don't personally see them as distracting, and the elements in shadow aren't particularly dark. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Now there appears to be a problem with the man in the gray hooded sweatshirt near that blond girl. It looks to me like his left shoulder/arm are missing. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that this is a fault, but I can't check the original files at the moment to confirm. If it is a fault, it isn't a major one and only visible to pixel peepers. ;-) Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 08:37, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps not. Just thought I'd mention it. Makeemlighter (talk) 13:34, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Interesting photo, it's a bit like a where's wally: what's going on in that first boat on the left? What *is* that girl doing with that anchor? Does that man on the right have a dog between his legs? What is a "smoke house"? etc :) Stevage 03:34, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I tend to take a lot of those Where's Wally kind of photos (Joss Bay, Richmond and Watson Bay). I guess some of your questions may remain unanswerable though. :-) Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 08:37, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Composition lacks focus, leading the viewer to wander around aimlessly, much like the people in the photo. And unlike the beach photos cited above, the "Where's Waldo" aspect isn't as interesting (for better or worse!) when the people are wearing all their clothes.  :-)  Fletcher (talk) 00:00, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I would argue that the lack of focus is the point though. The promenade isn't one single object/concept. It is a number of different things (people, shops, the pier in the background, the random boats and artwork etc) all combined in a (relatively) compact composition. But I accept your reasoning. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:22, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support There's nothing really happening in the image; yeah, people are wondering around aimlessly, going about their daily lives, meandering and such, but I think that's one of the reasons I like it: it makes me a bit homesick. I agree with Diliff that the prom is made of a number of individual things, and so there isn't really one thing to focus on. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 18:36, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Suport Personally I love this type of picture - most pictures I take tend to be of "random" scenes like this... I hate posed pictures of people so much prefer to take a pic of people doing their normal thing - seems more interesting to me... Gazhiley (talk) 09:35, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support I like it as welll...it's a normal scene, not looking staged or anything. Per nom.  Spencer T♦C 00:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose, there is nothing technically wrong with this image (although the writing on some of the signs seems odd). I just don't think this is the best way to represent the promenade.  It shows a tiny portion and doesn't seem to be a very good way to represent it.  I'm thinking what is really needed is some kind of aerial shot. gren グレン 23:38, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What exactly do you find odd about the writing? There has been no photoshop trickery.. The writing's as-is. And yes, an aerial shot would be interesting, but completely unrealistic to expect of a FP! ;-) Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:57, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Shadows of the boat is a bit distracting but overall lighting is good. --Muhammad (talk) 04:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

--Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 08:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)