Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Water skiing on the yarra.jpg

Water Skier on the Yarra River

 * Reason:High quality image, not many sports related FPs
 * Articles this image appears in:Waterskiing
 * Creator:Fir0002


 * Support as nominator --Fir0002 04:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Question Is it possible to have a wide image with the speedboat in as well? --Muhammad (talk) 11:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It is obviously possible but that would lose detail and focus on the water skier himself (the subject which this shot is intended to illustrate) --Fir0002 08:34, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong support, prefer alt A stitched image is probably out of the question. Good quality, composition, and EV --Muhammad (talk) 13:00, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Who said skiing has to be done behind a boat anyway? Noodle snacks (talk) 08:47, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment For the purpose of EV I think it should be noted that those skis are specifically for ski jumping.  Regular skis are much narrower, more pointed in the front and much shorter.Meniscus (talk) 14:11, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Quite correct --Fir0002 10:11, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose I expected "dynamic images" when it comes to water sports, but the angle and composition look a bit dull.--Caspian blue 19:37, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you prefer the alt which has a bit more water spray. I do have some shots of him jumping (see my comment above) but unfortunately they're all backlit and so not ideal technically --Fir0002 10:11, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I certainly prefer the alt, the skier's pose, and the composition look much dynamic, so I'd say Support alt. And the File:Water skier jumping.jpg has a quite good EV, so I suggest you to touch it up a bit if you want the image to be shown on the article.--Caspian blue 19:14, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Alt - the original is a bit bland. I like the background, the waves, and the more interesting posture in the alt. Stevage 02:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Alt sweet splashing effects.  Zoo Fari  07:04, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support alt. MER-C 13:26, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 00:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)