Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Spirit of Ecstasy

Spirit of Ecstasy
Self-nom. Sharp, eye-catching, and informative. &mdash; Dan | Talk 00:36, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC) +3 / -4 / 1 neutral -- Solipsist 7 July 2005 19:12 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Informative did you say? Enochlau 04:25, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't understand your objection. It's just as informative as any other pretty picture listed on this page, isn't it? &mdash; Dan | Talk 13:39, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry taking so long to reply, i'm on a wikibreak for exam study... anyway, my main concern is that the composition is perhaps not as good as it could be. It's very hard to make heads or tails of the image, and as noted by Ericd, the face isn't shown. I don't think it captures the 3d-ness or the splendour of the subject that well. Enochlau 05:54, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.png|15px]] Oppose Agree with Enochlau. Also cannot say that the full res image is sharp. It's also quite noisy. --Fir0002 08:48, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, not featured material. Phoenix2 16:59, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * As an amateur photographer, I rather wish someone would tell me what is lacking in my photos, rather than giving vague assessments. I'd be glad to hear that it's poorly lit or too fuzzy or not well composed, but "featured picture material" is not an option on my camera. &mdash; Dan | Talk 03:20, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well. First your choice of composition is not obvious, we don't see the face, the RR logo isn't vertical and I don't see an element that is centered or match a third of the image. There are some focus issues that are difficult to avoid on a close-up photography. I think the focus in on the RR logo logically this should be most interresting part of the picture but the composition "say" someting else. I also think that's a bit "middle of the road" reguading focus some parts of the pic are out of focus but not so much. That looks unsharp instead of looking like Bokeh. One last point, color is uninterresting the pic would be better in B & W IMO. Ericd 11:04, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral, but I have a roll of exposed B & W film in the fridge with photos of the Spirit of Ectasy and I hope to get something better. Ericd 17:02, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, unless Ericd can produce something better before the voting time is up. -- Silversmith Hewwo 18:22, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose quality concerns This link is Broken 02:13, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC) (also see Template:Featured pictures candidates/Image:Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy.jpg)
 * Support, agree with silversmith. -Lommer | talk 28 June 2005 04:15 (UTC)
 * Support. The trouble with car photographs is that we are all too familiar with the near perfect marketing images put out by the manufacturers. We are not likely to see GFDL images produced under studio conditions. This picture isn't perfect, but its a good illustration. The car is well polished, the reflections aren't too ugly/distracting. A lower angle to bring in the statuette's face, might have introduced a more complex background. My biggest concern is the level of noise in the dark areas. -- Solipsist 1 July 2005 07:31 (UTC)

