Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Huacachina Dunes oasis

Huacachina Dunes Oasis
Voting period ends on 9 Mar 2015  at 14:05:44 (UTC)


 * Reason:Interesting subject, meets size requirements,
 * Articles in which this image appears:Huacachina Ica, Peru
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
 * Creator:Ingo Mehling


 * Support as nominator Nice image (looks like something out of a fantasy setting) although a crop of the first 100px on the left might be beneficial – ©Geni (talk) 14:05, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Eye Catching place to have a town. Looks like a fun place to live, if a little difficult to live without sand invading your entire life and home! Quality seems fine to me, although agree that a crop from the left would cut out some of the repetative scenery - but then this also shows perfectly the setting this place is in... Would support either at this stage... gaz hiley  15:16, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support -- KTC (talk) 19:06, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose - What's that strange shadow creeping in from the (viewer's) left? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:00, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I see it too now you mention it - the crop I've suggested would fix that... gaz hiley  10:01, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Either of you mind adding an image note to show what you meant? -- KTC (talk) 10:08, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * marked. Looking the image over, I'm also concerned by the blown highlights in the sky and the fact that the village is in shadows — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:51, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ,, and how about a crop of much of the sand on the left, which will also take out much of the blown sky? -- KTC (talk) 13:22, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * hmm I feel that once you crop beyond the vignetting (the shadow on the left) you lose the composition. A pity.©Geni (talk) 23:42, 2 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose. There's an issue that nobody has commented on yet... There seems to be a significant bowing of the panorama. The left side is bowing outwards to the left, and the right side is bowing outwards to the right. There's also a minor stitching error above and below the left hand oasis. And the sky is a bit blown and the town itself is too dark. I think the image has a lot of potential and wow but I'd love to get my hands on the original images and process it better. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  14:01, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - Jobas (talk) 14:58, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 14:06, 9 March 2015 (UTC)