Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rialto Gondola

Venetian Gondola on the Grand Canal
Voting period ends on 19 Jul 2011 at 20:53:53 (UTC)
 * Reason:High resolution, high quality image of an iconic aspect of Venitian life and culture.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Venice Gondola
 * FP category for this image: Featured_pictures/Vehicles/Water
 * Creator:Saffron Blaze


 * Support as nominator --Saffron Blaze (talk) 20:53, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose, composition. Appreciate the submission, but I think the boat is too small.  Hard to see the details of the boat's construction or height above water or such.  Kind of prefer an image of the boat in a narrower canal and just show the Grand Canal without the boat like that.  Not crazy about seeing the back of the gondolier as well.  (I am not an expert though.)TCO (reviews needed)  21:01, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment It seems you want two separate pictures... one of the canal and one of a gondola. That is fine for cataloguing, but it is the two combined that creates the drama that makes this picture eye catching and the way it contributes to the two articles in which it has been featured. Saffron Blaze (talk) 02:26, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Maybe it is too small for Gondola, but its pretty good for Venice in my view. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:51, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Context is important to Encyclopedic Value. Here we can see all the essential parts of the Gondola (especially at full resolution), but we also see how it is used and in what context; to me, that is more important than seeing the grain in the wood in the oar rèmo. As far as seeing the back of the Gondolier, it certainly avoids any possible privacy issues for random strangers who don't like having their picture on random websites. Great technically and, IMHO, encyclopedic value is great.- Running On Brains (talk) 04:32, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support and agree with other supporters' comments.  Pine (GreenPine)  t 05:03, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose just not that impressive an image. Venice is one of the most photographed places in the world and this image simply doesn't do much for me.  It is reasonably descriptive, but I would echo TCO's concerns about composition.  Currently about 40-50% of the image is dull water.  I'm positive a more descriptive and attractive image can (and has been made), it isn't as if this is an image of a rare occurrence. -- Daniel  17:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * comment If there is a more evocative picture it isn't on Wikipedia and quite frankly I'd put this up against anything that shows up in Google. Saffron Blaze (talk) 20:11, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 22:39, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Only 4 of a required 5 support votes. Makeemlighter (talk) 22:39, 19 July 2011 (UTC)