Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/MG PA

A MG PA
Voting period ends on 6 Feb 2012 at 15:54:29 (UTC)
 * Reason:Beautiful picture of a rare type of car, nice detail.
 * Articles in which this image appears:MG P-type, Düsseldorfer_Automobil-_und_Motorsport-Club_05
 * FP category for this image:Land Vehicles
 * Creator:Spurzem


 * Support as nominator --Pteronura brasiliensis 15:54, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support very sharp, no compression artifacts, and high EV --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  17:13, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak support -- There's something I can't put my finger on that's bothering me when I look at the image. Very nice indeed, but something's nagging me... could it be lighting on the door? Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:02, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The background? And FWIW the description on the image page needs to Englishfied for here. --jjron (talk) 14:43, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That is part of it, yes. I don't know if these models are taken to outdoor shows though, so I wasn't going to press on that. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:09, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * This car was a participant of the Oldtimer Festival 2008. Regards --Pitlane02 talk  09:51, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Translation is done. I've tried to translate the description and added the coordination. Regards --Pitlane02 talk  09:30, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment This is outside, just on a cloudy day. Pteronura brasiliensis (talk • contribs) 19:28, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, cloudy. That might be part of it (as I noted above, it is a little dark on the doors). Not sure whether to go full support or stay partial. I'll consider Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:24, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Cloudy? Those are pretty strong shadows for a cloudy day. (However, on that, perhaps it's the minor backlighting, with the sun being slightly to the rear of the car?) --jjron (talk) 12:30, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think so. However, I don't know how you could get that lighted edge like that unless the whole ceiling was all one big light. Which, you know, it technically couldn't be. Unless you tried very hard. Pteronura brasiliensis 15:09, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I think wires may have been crossed somewhere. As you said earlier this is outside, however it's clearly not cloudy (or not very cloudy) and is lit by the sun from behind; don't know what you're talking about re ceilings and lights. My parenthetical statement above was directed at Crisco and his uncertain problem with the image. --jjron (talk) 09:27, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. JJ Harrison (talk) 03:25, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support I like the silence of this moment in the historic paddock of the Nürburgring. --Pitlane02 talk  09:01, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Support --Byggxx (talk) 14:39, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose: Decent illustration of the car but not featurable. The very unappealing background is in focus, and if the crop were not so tight and it had better composition, its significance as part of the Nürburgring complex might make it acceptable, but as it is it's just ugly metal.  It's clearly possible to get images of these cars during races on the track (commons:Category:Oldtimer Festival Nürburgring).  Julia\talk  07:39, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support — M 93 (talk) 07:39, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Unattractive background is too much of a detraction; nothing places this at the Nürburgring. Not especially sharp or detailed for a car image. Backlighting creating frontal shadows is not ideal as per above discussion. The high number of new voters tipped me off that some somewhat suspicious interwiki canvassing appears to have taken place. --jjron (talk) 13:02, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Background are two historic roller blinds of garages in the old paddock at Nürburgring. -- Spurzem (talk) 14:46, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * If only people used File:Image.jpg ;) --Muhammad (talk) 14:50, 1 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Julia --Muhammad (talk) 14:50, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support -- 91.67.198.24 (talk) 14:58, 1 February 2012 (UTC) a not valid voting = anonymous. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:26, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support —I like the picture.--Genossegerd (talk) 15:06, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support -- Erika39 (talk) 17:06, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose Unappealing background. Such a small change and it could be so much better. Jujutacular (talk) 19:12, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose per jjron --Leviathan1983 (talk) 20:49, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose per jjron. Clegs (talk) 15:58, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Background is indeed distracting. —Eustress talk 18:05, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * support. It is a wonderful classic car in front of the historic paddock garages of Nürburgring. Therefore I took this photo. I wonder that the authentic background should be unappealing or distracting. -- Spurzem (talk) 21:49, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 01:15, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * support -- Well excuted with just enough pop. Saffron Blaze (talk) 22:22, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

--Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 19:00, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 7 O, 11.5 S -> no 2/3 majority. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 19:00, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Ich frage mich, wie sich die englischen Kritiker ein gutes Foto von einem MG vorstellen oder was ihnen an dem “abgeschmetterten” Bild nicht gefällt. Einer meinte “it could be much better”. But what should be much better? (Please excuse me that I can not say all this exactly in English.) -- Spurzem (talk) 21:46, 6 February 2012 (UTC)