Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Snowboarder snowboarding

Snowboarder snowboarding in Austria

 * Reason:An attempt to boost our sports FPs. Seems to be one of the best snowboarding shots we have and gives some snow, scenery, and motion for context.  Decent size, too.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Snowboarding
 * Creator:Søren Hoven


 * Support as nominator — Mae din \talk 20:44, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. Good panning is rare at FPC.  A fine action shot.  Durova  408 21:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak support. Great shot. Looks oversharpened and oversaturated though. Kaldari (talk) 21:54, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support per Durova. (I also added to the caption.)  upstate NYer  00:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. The tuft of snow on the left shows us where he has come from, and contextualises the shot. Mostlyharmless (talk)
 * Weak Support Nice action image, but I think the shutter speed wasn't fast enough. The background is a little bit more blurry than expected. Kangxi Emperor 康熙帝  ( talk ) 08:17, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The background blur is achieved by a photographic technique called panning --Muhammad (talk) 14:35, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreeing with Muhammad: panning is done for deliberate artistic effect in sports photography because it conveys a sense of motion. Durova  408 17:46, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support Good frozen motion is so hard to find these days. :) Staxringold talkcontribs 18:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. Decent illustration. I've never been snowboarding, but that image captures what I imagine it feels like :) J Milburn (talk) 18:58, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support per a number of the above -- Herby talk thyme 13:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support per above. Noodle snacks (talk) 06:47, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Diliff's "lack-lustre background" rule. Wii   Willie   Wiki  21:01, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

-- Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:31, 12 February 2010 (UTC)