Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Mazda RX-8 on freeway.jpg

Mazda RX-8

 * Reason:Interesting and dynamic photo of a great car. As pointed out on the FPC talkpage there aren't many (any?) car FP's and I feel this is a worthy candidate to begin to expand FP's in this category...
 * Articles this image appears in:Mazda RX-8
 * Creator:Fir0002


 * Support as nominator --Fir0002 04:41, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * support - is it tilted a bit CCW? The perspective seems a degree or two off to me. de Bivort 05:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Support it is probably better than the other one. Any tilt is inconsequential as roads are tilted to some degree in order to provide additional centripetal force in corners etc. Out of curiousity though, what sort of shutter speed were you panning these at? Noodle snacks (talk) 06:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * This one was at 1/160s and the Daimler below was at 1/100s - four times slower than recommended for a 400mm! :) So yeah despite a monopod these were quite challenging - but I'm even more pleased with this, which despite some motion blur is pretty good IMO for 1/30s with a 400mm :) --Fir0002 08:36, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * weak support - nice pic, but not sure if it's interesting enough for a featured picture. quality pic, but I would imagine it could be obtained by accessing mazda's website (most car companies have classy pics of their cars on their site) so not exactly rare. A great example of the car hence support, but no wow for me... Sorry... gazhiley Talk 15:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * A small point, but any pic from Mazda's site wouldn't be freely licensed. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 19:01, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * fair point, and justification for having this picture in Wiki, but doesn't change the fact that if you wanted to view this car in a similar quality picture, it is normally easily available via their website... As before, this is still a support, but a weak one as there's nothing overly striking about it... It's just a car after all... gazhiley Talk 10:56, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the real point of featured pictures is to encourage people to find or create high quality images for use in an encyclopedia. I guess for most people that cars are seen every day, where as many landscapes, wildlife etc shots are not, but ultimately many featured pictures are "just a bird on a stick" or similar. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:05, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I was under the impression that you could add any pic to Wiki, and these "featured pictures" were pictures of such outstanding quality or importance that they were good enough to be featured on the main page... Or have I missunderstood the point of this section...  I read through the last 5 years of noms before starting to comment and that's the impression I got...gazhiley Talk 11:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Inevitably images with so called "wow" are more likely to get featured. But the only thing Featured_picture_criteria says on the subject is "It illustrates the subject in a compelling way". In my mind illustrating the subject well through clear composition and good technicals are more important factors, since ultimately that is what is most useful to an encyclopaedia. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:19, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * fair enough... Well It's still a support from me, even if slightly weak...  gazhiley Talk 11:27, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Good quality and wow. Definite EV. The logo is not a violation of copyrights, is it? Muhammad (talk) 16:08, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope. See De minimis and Commons:De minimis.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 00:25, 14 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Support Per all above.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 00:25, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Support good image, although it does appear to have non standard wheels which should perhaps be noted (as they are blured I don't see it is a big problem). --Leivick (talk) 00:35, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 23:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)