Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/South Beach, Miami, Florida

South Beach, Miami, Florida

 * Reason:High quality panorama of South Beach in Miami. Went through peer review first, where it went through some edits to bring the quality up. This image shows the length of South Beach taken from the jetty at the very southern tip. The beach is sparsely populated for a warm winter day (compare to this), which shows the bare beach (apparently uncommon).
 * Articles this image appears in:Miami-Dade County, Florida, South Beach, Miami Beach, Beach, List of beaches (just added to latter three articles)
 * Creator: ωαdεstεr 16 «talkstalk»


 * Support as nominator -- ωαdεstεr 16 «talkstalk» 18:37, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Cropped kind of close to the top of the tall building.  Also, half of the beach is in shadow-- would photographing at a different time of day enable the entire beach to be lit?  Spikebrennan (talk) 19:53, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That must have been a cloud. There is nothing south of this point to cause a shadow. Though I think it kind of adds a cool effect. ~  ωαdεstεr 16 «talkstalk» 21:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Beautiful resolution and colors. Is this the best location and angle? At far left is a distracting dark patch, then an unsightly fence.  Makes me want to carry that camera northward and get the art deco hotels instead.  Agreeing with Spikebrennan about the shadow and the skyscraper. There's a featured picture to be had at South Beach, maybe several featured pictures.  This one comes so close I tried cropping.  Please keep shooting.  Durova Charge! 21:32, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * What can I say? Construction happens. The location was chosen because it's the southern-most point of South Beach. I walked out about 100 ft on the jetty. See the coordinates listed on the file page to see what I mean. I have another Miami Beach image, but I still need to do some work on it. ~  ωαdεstεr 16 «talkstalk» 21:51, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support alternate 1 Durova Charge! 20:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support crop The rocks bottom left don't bother me, nor does the fence. Looking more closely there is a stitching error in the water near the right hand side that needs to be either be fixed by a cloning jedi or chopped off entirely. Noodle snacks (talk) 00:19, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Very good catch. I uploaded a cropped version. Also, now less of the jetty is visible. ~  ωαdεstεr 16 «talkstalk» 05:53, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose Nice scene but I can see a lot of stitching errors in the ocean (I can upload an edit with highlights if you want). Perhaps this could have been taken with a single shot rather than a pano? Also I don't like the overcast section of the beach --Fir0002 00:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support both --Avala (talk) 11:15, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support E1 Fletcher (talk) 01:42, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 *  Support crop illustrates the beach and the presence of the buildings probably give an idea of where the beach is --Muhammad (talk) 09:24, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment All of the stitching errors that fir has pointed out could be removed by another crop, but it'd be hard to call it miami beach if one did so. Personally I am not too fussed about stitching errors in surf. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:43, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak support I would like it if the whole beach was in uniform sunlight or cloudiness, it's a bit of a jarring transition. Otherwise, great picture.- Running On  Brains  20:34, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 04:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)