Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/HH Polizeihauptmeister MZ.jpg

Chief police officer (Polizeihauptmeister mit Amtszulage) in Hamburg, Germany

 * Reason:A portrait for a change. The pic adds to the article which previously only showed police cars. Permission was granted by the Hamburg police department public relations office, and by the officer depicted. On the technical side it is well exposed sharp and has lots of pixels.
 * Articles this image appears in:Law enforcement in Germany
 * Creator:Dschwen


 * Support as nominator &mdash; Dschwen 13:38, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 *  Weak Support Changed as per comments below it's a nice picture Booksworm Talk to me! 14:52, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak support for me too. Great shot technically. Exposure is spot on and all the pixels are there.. BUT it does bug me  that his arms and radio are slightly cropped out of the frame. My preference would either have been a tighter crop eliminating the forearms/hands completely or (obviously not possible now) for a slightly wider frame. Just a minor compositional issue though - still a good portrait in a pretty sparse field. Diliff   | (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * On second thoughts, I don't think it would be better cropped tighter unless it was just a headshot, as that would eliminate a lot of the context of the shot. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Debivort 15:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Nice personality, gives a human touch to the article. --Janke | Talk 17:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support per all above. --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support, great shot... but didn't you foresee the cries of OMG subject cut off? ;-) Personally I don't think that's important here. Dig the comp w/ the sign oof in the bg. decipher that if you will --YFB ¿  20:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support despite cutoff.--HereToHelp 20:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Very nice portrait, but why is the uniform blue? ~ trialsanderrors 06:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Its more fashionable (seriously!) and supposted to boost confidence. The old green uniform was dubbed forrest ranger uniform. Most police uniforms in Europe are blueish anyways. --Dschwen 08:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I would say most police uniforms around the world are blue actually - I only recall seeing black/grey-brown in the US and Thailand. I do remember in 2004 dealing with the police in Munich who wore that green-brown uniform though. I just had my wallet go missing and a little old lady had apparently handed it in to police with 300 euro intact. Phew. Anyway, when did they change that uniform? And was this portrait comissioned by them or did you specifically ask permission and tell them it was for use on Wikipedia? Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * In Hamburg they started in 2002 already. Here in Goettingen the new uniforms appeared just recently (this year). And you can still see many policewomen and -men in green uniforms. Work in progress. --Dschwen 10:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support per above, great quality. -- Phoenix2 16:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ach, nein! Ze germans must be scary! This just won't do. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 01:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the lack of US-Brit stereotype reinforcement. I've been looking for an officer in a nazi uniform all over Hamburg. I guess I was just 70 years late... --Dschwen 09:34, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * :D gren グレン 13:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * But seriously, he's way too friendly to be a cop, cops are supposed to be tough, not kindly old men who look like my grandpa. It's really weird to see. I'm just too used to the American style. [[Image:SWAT.jpg|thumb|what a cop's supposed to look like]] Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 20:45, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * SWAT.jpg?! That's how every cop in the US looks? Sure thing. --Dschwen 06:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support great photo, and its a person for a change. Dep. Garcia ( Talk   + |  Help Desk  |  Complaints  ) 13:00, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak support it is very well done and none of the cropping bothers me... it's just that... it's just a guy which I have a hard time associating being Wikipedia's best work... even though it does a great job on the article. gren グレン 13:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Technically excellent, encyclopedic, and the human emotion adds a nice touch. Noclip 02:27, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

--KFP (talk | contribs) 10:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)