Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/NesjavellirPowerPlant.jpg

Geothermal power plant

 * Reason:Nominated by User:Palthrow on Picture peer review. It is a very beautiful image, fairly good technically (the pipes could be sharper, but a large area is in decent focous), and answers the burning question "What does a geothermal power plant actually LOOK LIKE, anyway?"
 * Proposed caption:The Nesjavellir power plant, located near Þingvellir, Iceland is the largest geothermal power plant in Iceland.
 * Articles this image appears in:Iceland, Geothermal power in Iceland, Geothermal power, Renewable energy in Iceland, Nesjavellir
 * Creator:Gretar Ivarsson


 * Support as nominator Enuja 21:06, 1 August 2007 (UTC) support either original or edit 2; oppose edit 1. Enuja 02:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way, picture peer review desperately needs more eyeballs and more opinions. Personally, I think it's a good thing to have, but it's just not fair to tell people to nominate there first when very few people will look at it, and it might not even get a single bit of feedback.  Help make WP:PPR stronger!  Enuja 21:06, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Fine point. I'm going to start checking it more regularly. --Peter 03:52, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * support--Mbz1 21:19, 1 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
 * Comment - I think I would prefer this image if it was cropped so that the flat bunkerish building is on the far left and a corresponding amount from the bottom to maintain aspect ratio. I may do this myself tonight as an alternate. Zakolantern 21:48, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - very good picture and encyclopedic. Chris H 01:39, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - What kind of processing was done on this? There's something about it I can't put my finger on--the first time I looked at it, I thought it was a painting--a sort of surreal quality, maybe some contrast tweaking? I'm leaning towards support but that aspect makes me a little uneasy. --Peter 03:52, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know about the processing, but Palthrow said, on the PPR nomination page, that they could acquire a higher resolution version. Enuja 04:20, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The pic does have a very artificial feel to it. The smokestacks (or steamstatck or whatever they are called) pipes almost look like CGI. I'm sure it's not a CGI pic, but I do suspect some contrast tweaking. It's nothing major, but it'll be nice to know. Otherwise, a very stunning and encyclopedic pic. Will support upon further clarification. =) Jumping   cheese  05:40, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It's something about the colour. Was the picture taken around the sunrise/sunset?--Svetovid 19:01, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * In answer to your questions, as far as I know, the photographer did not alter this photo at all with image processing tools. The strange illumination is due to Iceland's well-known midnight sun.  The illumination in the evening when the sun is just above the horizon is somewhat surreal ;).  In regard to obtaining a higher-resolution version, I can do it once I get back in touch with the photographer. -- Palthrow 17:44, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Support The lighting is probably it's strongest point (the composition is nice too though) - it transforms a pretty dull scene into a great shot. Original image however is a bit soft, especially at full res. Easily fixed however Preference for Edit 1 followed by Edit 2 followed by Original --Fir0002 07:54, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * support My eye saw nothing funky in it originally, and I still can't. Perhaps per Svetovid's suggestion, it is the low incidence arctic illumination which I've heard alters color balance in strange ways because it passes through a lot of atmosphere. Debivort 19:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Edit 2 - good work.--Svetovid 11:55, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support original, oppose edit 1 Nicely done - it does answer that burning question! Edit 1 is way oversaturated/overcontrasted, though. thegreen J      Are you green?  16:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Edit 2 - Cacophony 05:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 09:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)