Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Swine Flu Masked Train Passengers in Mexico City

Swine Flu Masked Train Passengers in Mexico City

 * Reason:High resolution and detailed, it is a good example of the current measures which have taken place to prevent the spread of the swine flu, people in Mexico City wear the masks on a train due to swine flu outbreak throughout the surrounding region.
 * Articles this image appears in:2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak
 * Creator:Eneas De Troya


 * Support as nominator --Staticbullet (talk) 16:32, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - would probably work in epidemic, too. Xavexgoem (talk) 16:38, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - timely and well composed. Could benefit with some NR, I'd bet. de Bivort 18:44, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Not being a difficult subject I see no mitigating reason for the poor image quality. Maybe a VP. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 18:48, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Not really special, quality is also poor. Is this picture just nominated because of the masks being worn? Applytheneed1 (talk) 19:24, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Lighting and resolution is good. I haven't viewed full size but the image passes when viewed at 1000px. The mood is very much similar to one in 24. --Muhammad (talk) 19:31, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Besides poor quality, the picture itself explains nothing to me without a context - but that's not the way a good press picture works. It could be a very good picture when one of the persons would hold a newspaper with a huge headline about swine flu in his hands. Think about a march - a crowd without signs has absolutely no context --Richard Bartz (talk) 22:46, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Noise and chromatic abberation issues.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 23:55, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose I thought about nominating this when I saw it on the Main Page. But it's just not high enough quality. It's definitely got a chance at Valued Pictures, though. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:05, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose They're wearing masks on a train...so what exactly is the EV of this picture? I just don't see any. Not to mention, quality-wise, it looks as if it was taken with a cell phone camera.--  matt3591  T C  20:33, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose there are thousands wearing this right now. Why this person at this place in particular? I'd like to see a better photo in a Mexican-style setting (or atleast showing Mexico City's skyscrapers) for people to better recognize the situation. More importantly, I prefer an image showing more people than this. It is a huge issue right now, so maybe a picture that shows a whole street with people wearing the masks will make people think "Oh my god, what is happening here!". This image misses all that. Also, you mentioned only the mask, but what is that around her neck, a headphone set?  Zoo Fari  02:33, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I believe that what motivated me to nominate the picture is it's composition. The image definitely does not show an "Oh my god, what is happening here!" feeling, instead it only portrays how swine flu or other viruses can interfere with our every day activities. During the first days of its "discovery" people, specially in Mexico, continued to live their lives with masks as the government had adviced it's citizens to do. The woman in front seems to be wearing headphones, which at the moment she is not listening; this also shows that even though there are problems in life which sometimes makes us feel like giving up or locking ourselves in a room we can still deal with them through adaptation. I also want to make sure that there are no more comments on pictures with "crowds", it is easy to understand that people should stay inside their homes in Mexico and therefore there will not be many people together making it hard for someone to capture an image of a "crowd" avoiding being sick with masks. Please, "value this picture for what it shows, not for what you want to see". Staticbullet (talk) 10:12, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * If you encourage me to "value this picture for what it shows, not for what you want to see", then nominate at Valued pictures. They focus more on EV and how the image is illustrated than quality, unlike here where quality is important.  Zoo Fari  04:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

No consensus; consider WP:VPC when it meets the time requirement. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 18:09, 3 May 2009 (UTC)