Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/ToB 2014 stage 8a - Scott Thwaites 03.jpg

Scott Thwaites
Voting period ends on 1 Mar 2015  at 16:08:37 (UTC)
 * Reason:Good quality photo of the cyclist in action.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Scott Thwaites
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Sport
 * Creator:KTC


 * Support as nominator – KTC (talk) 16:08, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. I find the backgound quite distracting. 109.147.191.118 (talk) 22:05, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - A busy background is par for the course for urban cycling. I'd have upped the ISO to 200 (or even 400; the noise is still manageable with a 60D) and frozen the action a bit more, but I can see why you chose not to. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:48, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I think there are "good" busy backgrounds and bad ones, and that this one is particularly bad because of the guy in the bright orange vest who is so very unfortunately positioned right behind the cyclist's head, as well as the tube that seems to be coming out of his helmet. Personally I think the composition is awful (no offence to anyone) but I see that others do not agree. 86.136.150.74 (talk) 21:20, 22 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Support - Hafspajen (talk) 06:46, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - The background is a bit busy, but the facial expression makes up for it. A good action shot.--Godot13 (talk) 09:34, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. Thryduulf (talk) 17:29, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - Nice capture. APK  whisper in my ear  09:08, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - Jobas (talk) 16:40, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. Agree with Crisco that a busy background is unavoidable in these situations. You're never going to avoid it in a city race. I took some similar images during the cycling at the 2012 Olympics and I know how difficult it is to get an image that is sharp, capturing the action well, and with perfect composition. These guys fly past at 40+ km/h and you are lucky if you can keep them in the frame consistently. I do agree with Crisco also that it might have been preferable to bump up the ISO to get a slightly sharper image instead of going for the panning motion blur, as that usually only works well when there's more blur than this. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  09:01, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 16:12, 1 March 2015 (UTC)