Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor

St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor
Voting period ends on 29 May 2014  at 13:39:45 (UTC)
 * Reason:Detail of ruined tower on Glastonbury Tor
 * Articles in which this image appears:Glastonbury Tor
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
 * Creator:Rodw


 * Support as nominator – &mdash; Rod talk 13:39, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - The patch of dirt around the tower would be best if it were all in the image; the tower appears to be leaning a little. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:42, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I did File:St Michael's Tower Glastonbury Tor 6.jpg as well which might be better, but I wasn't sure about the position of the couple in the archway - advice appreciated.&mdash; Rod talk 15:23, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't notice them. Hmmm... I rather prefer #6, except for the couple. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:07, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Should I put #6 up as an ALT (I'm not sure of normal practice here)? The Tor & tower are supposed to have "spiritual properties" (along with a load of other folklore (see Glastonbury Tor)) and often used by "courting couples".&mdash; Rod talk 16:11, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * You can give it a shot, sure. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:50, 19 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose -- Poor image quality (chromatic aberration, overall unsharpness) and strong geometric distortion due to small focal length. The presence of people doesn't add either. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 13:57, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Unless you are there very early in the morning there are almost always people there. It is not possible to get further away from the tower without falling down the hill.&mdash; Rod talk 14:50, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Have you looked into photo stitching with masking? That's how I was able to get no people in my Taman Sari images above. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:57, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * NO I haven't I will find out more, but also worry about whether we are then representing reality.&mdash; Rod talk 08:05, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The only difference between coming earlier and getting an image with no people and coming later and using photostitching to remove people is you might get better lighting with the latter. (Especially since this is an architectural photograph, and thus the "reality" we want is the reality of the building.) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:37, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 13:53, 29 May 2014 (UTC)