Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:John's Lane Church Exterior, Dublin, Ireland - Diliff.jpg

John's Lane Church, Dublin
Voting period ends on 16 Aug 2015  at 21:52:31 (UTC)
 * Reason:It's a high resolution, high quality image of the impressive facade of John's Lane Church in Dublin, Ireland. It's a notable church by the English Neo-Gothic architect E.W. Pugin, eldest son of the more famous architect Augustus Pugin who designed buildings such as the Palace of Westminster.
 * Articles in which this image appears:John's Lane Church and E. W. Pugin
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture and Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
 * Creator:User:Diliff


 * Support as nominator – &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  21:52, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support I'm still learning the FP criteria, but it looks good to me so I'm gonna go out on a limb and support. RO (talk)  23:11, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support --Dэя-Бøяg 23:25, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support though officially this image hasn't been in the articles for a week, I just don't care (brave fashion choice by the woman bottom left, but I'm thinking she might just be pulling it off). Belle (talk) 23:56, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * True, I kind of ignore the 'must be in the article for a week' rule in most cases because my images are usually miles better than what existed previously (this, then this). I'm just a rebel like that. :-) Also, I did get the impression that Ireland was a decade or two behind the times but I think that woman's trousers put her squarely in the late 80s/early 90s! &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  00:03, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * As I've been re-pinged (ouch, by the way), I confess that I support either, both, as a set or separately; you can't say I'm not decisive. Belle (talk) 23:35, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support set — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:18, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – Jobas (talk) 10:11, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Another quality image from &#208;iliff  the rebel...  gaz hiley  10:41, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:15, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: This might be me missing something (it's late...) but is this not a little warped? Look at the bike wheel on the bottom right, for instance. What's caused that? Josh Milburn (talk) 00:12, 8 August 2015 (UTC) It's a great photo, and I'd like to support, but maybe I'll learn something first... Josh Milburn (talk) 00:13, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It's just regular wide angle perspective distortion. It tends to tear the fabric of space-time and make things look slightly stretched at the periphery. Unfortunately the only place to view this building in its entirety is from across the street, and with such a tall spire and a fairly wide angle of view on the horizontal axis, something has to give. What I can do is compress the horizontal axis somewhat. I can do it cleverly so that the compression increases the further from the centre so the central part of the image remains relatively unchanged but the periphery is compressed slightly. A bit like if the image was a physical print, and you warp the edges of the paper into the shape of a cylinder. OK, I've uploaded a new version. What do you think? The difference is relatively minor really but it does 'fix' the issue with the bicycle wheel being slightly oblong. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  01:57, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support- much better. Josh Milburn (talk) 14:30, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment – These stone colors are interesting, but – as mentioned re several other noms – I'm not a fan of corner-on oblique shots of large angular structures due to (inevitable?) perspective distortion. Sca (talk) 14:41, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I completely understand. It's not an ideal vantage point for churches with tall towers or steeples (yes, the perspective distortion is inevitable when the angle of view above the horizon is more than about 30-40°), but with narrow streets and other buildings on either side obscuring the view, this is the best compromise IMO. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  10:32, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe you could try very long stilts? Seriously, I sympathize. I'm sure you know better than I what lens works best in a situation like this. Alas, the distortion is there, making it difficult to satisfy criterion No. 1. (I won't oppose since it's apparently the best that can be done.) Sca (talk) 12:36, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I had a look online and I certainly found no better photos of the building. Some buildings are just incredibly difficult to photograph well for the above reasons. For what it's worth, I don't think the perspective distortion is that different to (or worse than) my photo of St Anne's Church in Vilnius, although I did indeed have the equivalent point of view of someone on stilts (there was a brick wall on the other side of the road that I stood on top of to get the higher POV). &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  13:23, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Now you mention it, the St. Anne's spires do have a slightly splayed look in that shot – but it's not corner-focused and seems less distorted to me. Sca (talk) 14:51, 9 August 2015 (UTC)


 * '"Comment'" - I know I can't vote, but why not add the lovely image of the church interior from the St John Lane's Church article and make it a set? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.46.92 (talk) 21:26, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I wasn't sure if an indoor-outdoor combination would qualify as a set. I suppose in a sense they are more useful together, and there's even a precedent for it, which I'd completely forgotten about. They contribute to the same article, so why not? RO, Dэя, Belle, Chris Woodrich, Jobas,  gaz hiley , Tremonist, Josh Milburn, how do you feel about the two images as a set? Sorry for throwing this in the ring half way through the nom.  &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  12:03, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * We did int/ext with Featured picture candidates/Lichfield Cathedral Set before. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:55, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I have literally no preference either way... Both are excellent pictures, but I could support them either as a set or as seperate nominations... gaz hiley  13:15, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Personally, I don't think they work as well as a set as they could, but there'd be no harm in a separate nomination. Josh Milburn (talk) 14:30, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I could live with these two photos forming a set, Diliff. --Tremonist (talk) 13:04, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support- I'm in favour of both images, either as a set or individual. Fantastic photographs. Mattximus (talk) 22:34, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support set - very good. Hafspajen (talk) 17:36, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support set - DreamSparrow  Chat   16:30, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 02:06, 17 August 2015 (UTC) --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:06, 17 August 2015 (UTC)