Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Monastery of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil

Monastery of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil
Voting period ends on 10 Jun 2014  at 15:46:56 (UTC)
 * Reason:This photo show the monastery against the backdrop of the River Sil gorge, at a time of day such that the gorge is fully sunlit.
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 * FP category for this image:Featured_pictures/Places/Landscapes
 * Creator:User:JanCeuleers


 * Support as nominator – JanCeuleers (talk) 15:46, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose - Composition is just a little off if we're focusing on the monastery; it is at the very bottom of the frame. The focus here seems to be the gorge itself. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:02, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose: Unfortunately agree with Crisco. The monastery feels cut-off.  I can understand the reason for this composition, wanting to keep the horizon in frame, but would have worked with less sky or, even better, as a vertical panorama, another frame or two to extend the view.  Julia\talk  16:49, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - I took a portrait shot as well; would that help? Currently not used anywhere but I could change that. JanCeuleers (talk) 17:27, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Or if you want an in-your-face version of the monastery I created a cropped version as well. JanCeuleers (talk) 17:41, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree with Julia. A stitch would have worked really nicely... a three-photograph stitch adding, say, 5 or 10 degrees to the bottom would have have been perfect. Have you ever used such software? The results can be pretty nice. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:00, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have used stitching software. I took these photos 4 years ago and can't easily go back to the site. But a lower view was not safely possible: the camera was resting on a boulder which obstructed the view downwards. I (or another photographer) would need to take the photos again from a raised platform. Anyway, thanks for your guidance. JanCeuleers (talk) 08:51, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 16:55, 10 June 2014 (UTC)