Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Long Island Rail Road

Long Island Rail Road


I first saw this image when I was looking for a picture of a Long Island Rail Road train to replace the one that had been at the top of the Long Island Rail Road article (Image:LIRRtrain.JPG). It immediately struck me as the perfect picture for the article. It provides an excellent visual, since it's a clear, direct shot of an LIRR train. But it also struck me as a great piece of photography. The scene is very serene and quiet, a quality I like in a picture. The color balance is exceptional; the yellow strip on the platform compliments the shade on the side of the train perfectly, and combined with the dark blue sky and the red light on the back of the train, it makes the image stunning.

It's also used on the page describing the type of train it is, an M3 (M1/M3 (railcar)) made by the Budd Company. Photos are especially important in articles like ones about train cars because description often isn't enough, and this picture is a perfect illustration of an M3 car. It's also used in the Budd Company article as an example of a car made by them.

When I found the image, it was licensed as "Non-Commercial," so I glumly began to look for another, but there was absolutely no image anywhere of anything approacthing this quality. So, I emailed the person who took the picture, Eugene Wei, and he happily cooperated and changed the license to what it is now.


 * Nominate and Support per above. Robert 05:21, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Even though I'm a train buff myself, I find nothing in this image making it special. You need a "wow factor" for a FP, and this shot, even thoug nice, hasn't got it. --Janke | Talk 07:10, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Janke. -- Moondigger 12:46, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Janke, and quality, size issues. --Bridgecross 14:24, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment The image meets the Wikipedia criterion for resolution for a featured picture - it is exactly 1,000 pixels wide. Robert 01:09, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment This isn't just a matter of numbers. The size requirement is in place to ensure that images capture sufficient detail to portray their subject well in a reproduction.  This image doesn't show a lot of details, and that isn't helped by the low resolution. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 02:23, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Janke. Nautica Shades (talk) 17:42, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose, grainy and not showing much detail, which isn't helped by the low resolution. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 18:22, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Janke SOADLuver 01:19, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose Unacceptably grainy, for an example have a look at the front window with the wiper on it (on the largest pic) - Adrian Pingstone 14:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

--KFP (talk | contribs) 06:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)