Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg)

Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg)
Voting period ends on 21 Sep 2016  at 23:43:08 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality, high EV (complete view of the Field of Mars)
 * Articles in which this image appears:Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg)
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
 * Creator:Godot13


 * Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 23:43, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Great image but why the large variation in sharpness, especially the right side? I am curious, was it shot from a tower or airborne? Bammesk (talk) 00:21, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Bammesk- Thanks. The main focal point was the center of the Field of Mars and f8 might not have been quite enough for the far surrounding areas. I was trying to balance shutter speed (1/400 IMO is very slow for aerial shooting) and potential grain. This was a difficult one to crop. I didn't want to cut off the large square building on the far right along with the base of the bridge (for aesthetics). By the same token, keeping the Church of the Spilled Blood (top center) seemed like a good idea. This was shot from a helicopter, restricted to flying over the river only, at a minimum altitude (in the city) of roughly 500 meters. It was intermittently overcast with some turbulence.--Godot13 (talk) 00:55, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * My browser display didn't do it justice at full size, looked at it again in my photo software and the sharpness looks Ok. I love the composition, the EV and everything else. Support. Bammesk (talk) 01:15, 12 September 2016 (UTC) (I just saw it was a zoom lens)
 * Many thanks for the kind words.--Godot13 (talk) 02:52, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I did a little selective sharpening on the right side (with the unsharp mask tool in GIMP) and it was an improvement, just saying. Bammesk (talk) 03:36, 12 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Support – Jobas (talk) 14:04, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - Though I agree, F11 would have been better. ISO 400 on my 60D is still perfectly acceptable (not sure about 5DS), and the 5DS you were using would give you lots of wiggle room resolution-wise if you needed to use an even higher ISO. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:44, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support A little blurriness is acceptable in a shot like this. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:21, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support –  INeverCry   20:40, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 23:44, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Added image to Featured pictures/Places/Urban instead. Armbrust The Homunculus 23:44, 21 September 2016 (UTC)