Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Snow scene at Shipka Pass

Snow scene at Shipka Pass


A magnificent snow scene deep in the mountains of Bulgaria. Photo is by Psy guy and was taken this winter during his trip to the Balkans. Used in the Shipka Pass article, but might deserve a place in the Winter article as well, since it presents the season the clearest way possible. It's even better than the featured picture we have of winter in my opinion. Take a look at the full image, as the thumbnail seems to hide some of its beauty.


 * Nominate and support. - [[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|20px]] → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov → 13:06, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Beautiful picture. &rArr;    SWAT Jester   [[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|18px|]]  Ready    Aim    Fire!  02:42, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Samsara contrib talk 13:11, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support I agree with you on it being better than the current winter picture - [[Image:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|20px]] • | ĐÜ§§§Ť | •  T 14:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Calderwood 14:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Meets all criteria, only I suggest the time of year the picture was taken be added to the caption. Zaui 17:16, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support; an excellent capture of the way snow makes things seem completely ethereal and peaceful. - Pureblade  | Θ 17:43, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. It appears to be blurry in high res. Is it just me? It's good, but not sharp. -- LV (Dark Mark)  18:21, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong support. I like it enough to have it on my userpage on all projects, as well as using it for the desktop on my computer. It doesn't seem blurry to me at all (either onsite or the copy on my hard drive). I think it is an amazing depiction of winter beauty, and even more impressive that Psy guy is an amateur photographer, and doesn't use professional equiptment. (A very nice digital camera, yes, but not professional.) It's exactly what featured pictures should be: Breathtaking photos by ordinary Wikipedians. Essjay  Talk •  Contact 18:40, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Utterly gorgeous pic - Adrian Pingstone 20:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Really nice photo, definitely deserves to be featured | Spaully 20:56, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I do detect a bit of blurriness at 100% zoom, but that can be resolved by reducing the resolution just a tad. It is not noticeable at fit-to-fullscreen magnification, therefore, Support. Tito xd (?!? - help us) 23:36, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I'm obviously a minority, but I don't think this is better than the current featured picture at all. The framing/composition is very bland and I don't find this picture striking enough to be featured. Nice scenery, yes. Extraordinary photography: no. Mstroeck 01:04, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Agree with Mstroeck, further I think there could be a little more contrast. I checked in photoshop and the highlights aren't (badly) clipped, but it still seems to lack any tone in the white areas.–Joke 03:53, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose Agree with Mstroek & Joke - too high-key, blown-out highlights. Sure, this is a nice, "artsy" picture, but is it encyclopedic? These trees could be anywhere, not only in Shipka Pass... --Janke | Talk 09:30, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Just a comment: I've never really understood the "it could be anywhere" criticism that is fairly common on FPC pictures. Lots of landscapes, buildings, plants, animals, etc. could be anywhere or any (or, really, many) type of plant/animal, and so on - but the point is that the picture illustrates that particular region or species in question. Not to be argumentative, but could you (or anyone) explain what is wrong with the fact that these trees could be any trees, in the Shipka Pass or not? Are we doubting the photographer's truthfulness? Zafiroblue05 06:40, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I've supported this one on Commons - there is a difference! Here on WP we need images that illustrate articles, and have encyclopedic value. "Pretty" isn't enough. I'd like to see some of the Shipka Pass in a FP from that location. On Commons, a pretty, but unencyclopedic picture is quite OK. As I've said before, WP FPC is not a photo contest - but, you could consider Commons FPC as one... --Janke | Talk 09:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose agree with above comments. Very pretty but somewhat arbitrary. --Dschwen 21:58, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support very nice picture. Seems to be an ice storm. --Lewk_of_Serthic 00:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak support It's a reasonable photo but over exposed. chowells 12:46, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Hein 22:27, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support TomStar81 06:03, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Nice photo! Lejean2000 07:37, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak support. It's a nice photo, and as mentioned, by an ordinary Wikipedian. Just slight quibbles about it being just a tad over exposed; also, it doesn't have the nice shadows of the current FP but that's ok. enochlau (talk) 15:27, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support with no hesitation. - Darwinek 23:41, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. Flcelloguy (A note? ) 15:58, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Beautiful subtle detail --Fir0002 00:51, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Gorgeous photo! --Eraticus 08:55, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Breath taking-- ZeWrestler  Talk 04:28, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Beautiful! Briseis 13:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Really spectacular photo. Olaboy- 16:21, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Kessa Ligerro 07:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Borisblue 04:11, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support rydia 02:37, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Mayamaxima 08:01, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Raven4x4x 08:48, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

