Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/HDMY Dannebrog (A540)

HDMY Dannebrog (A540)
Voting period ends on 8 Dec 2018  at 13:00:01 (UTC)
 * Reason:This image of the Danish royal yacht was featured unanimously on Commons.
 * Articles in which this image appears:HDMY Dannebrog (A540), Royal yacht
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
 * Creator:Colin


 * Support as nominator – MER-C 13:00, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Support Looks good! Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:55, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Support : DreamSparrow  Chat   07:35, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose While a useful photo, side on or three quarter views generally produce much better results for photos of ships. This waterline view is a bit awkward, and the ship appears somewhat stretched. I suspect that the colours are also slightly over-saturated. An angle such as the one in this photo of the same ship (but with an uncluttered background) would be preferable. Nick-D (talk) 10:21, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment – From a historical point of view it's arguably an interesting vessel, but quite a bit of sky and waves could be cropped out – and the colors do seem overly intense. Sca (talk) 14:05, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose – agree with Nick-D about this photo and the unrealistic projection. Bammesk (talk) 16:14, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Support (as creator). Wrt angle of view that Nick-D mentions: you rarely get everything perfect. I took several shots of the yacht as we went past and this is the best. This angle elevates the boat so that it is framed by sky (and water) rather than a cluttered mess of buildings. You can't get that from higher up unless on the open sea or a very featureless stretch of land -- if you examine many of our ship photos, they have cluttered backgrounds. I don't understand Bammesk's point about "unrealistic projection". The lens is an equivalent of 24mm on a full frame camera, which is very standard wide angle, not ultra wide at all. So this is a natural projection and a view of this long thin boat from another boat is surely a natural way to see any boat. On the positive side, the weather is lovely and the low evening sun is angled just right to make this yacht pop out in the frame -- important as that will make the article reader want to click on the thumbnail to look in detail. The white hull is evenly lit and the yellow curved poles and funnels are pleasingly 3D. Compare this photo which has terrible flat light and terrible weather. The image isn't over-saturated, it really was a colourful and beautifully lit evening. As a bonus, the frame includes several Danish flags flying nicely, which the Danes are very proud of, and is an important feature of a photo of a Royal Yacht. -- Colin°Talk 08:44, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 13:27, 8 December 2018 (UTC)