Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Goalkeeper (association football)

Goalkeeper (association football)
Voting period ends on 23 Dec 2017  at 17:53:37 (UTC)
 * Reason:Action shot shows the act. The technical imperfections make it look real.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Goalkeeper (association football), Association football positions, Rich Cullen
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Sport
 * Creator:photographer: Lance Cheung, uploader: Stianbh


 * Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 17:53, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Distortion everywhere. -The Herald (Benison) • the joy of the LORD my strength 14:03, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Moderate support I don't know, I sort of like this one—it has a nice sense of movement and action. How else would you expect to catch a goalie in the act of making a dramatic save? Daniel Case (talk) 06:00, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose Very poor quality. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:45, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Charles, could you be more specific, which quality or qualities do you want to see improved? Bammesk (talk) 23:05, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Composition: crop too tight. Goalie not looking at ball; just not an appealing image. Motion blur, especially the ball and player's legs: exposure time inappropriate for action shot; Image tilt; Picture is obviously a set-up, not taken in an actual game - see settings (not taken with a zoom) - so the photographer was standing on the pitch! - it really has nothing going for it at all. Charlesjsharp (talk) 23:17, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I see the crop, goalie's posture, and it being a set-up photo as subjective qualities. About blur: exposure time and depth of field could be faster/deeper, obviously improving either one would hurt the noise, so I see it as a compromise. A sidenote about the set-up, I see a fill flash from an elevated angle. What stand out to me most is the lens barrel distortion, but overall I like the photo (unusual perspective, not easy shot, imperfections make it look real). I understand if anyone disagrees. Cheers. Bammesk (talk) 00:13, 17 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose Crop is too tight, with a larger crop you could see the entire goal, which would add EV. Also motion blur is fairly distracting. Mattximus (talk) 21:46, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 13:46, 24 December 2017 (UTC)