Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Trajan's market

Trajan' Market

 * Reason:high resolution, unedited pictures street lights give it a nice warm taint
 * Articles this image appears in:Ancient Rome
 * Creator: Eli +  15:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Support as nominator -- Eli +  15:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose I'm sorry, but the big column on the right is completely distracting...is there another possible viewing angle?  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 19:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Composition needs work (we can't see much). Take it earlier in the day if you want to take it at night (in the hour after the sun goes down). Large areas that have gone to black don't look good and reduce encyclopaedic value (can't see in the shadows). Noodle snacks (talk) 23:04, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above- the composition just isn't there. J Milburn (talk) 18:08, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Support on the grounds my initial impression was that I liked it. I take the point made above about composition, but my initial reaction was that the photographer had cleverly composed the picture to give an impression of what was originally built while keeping out modern buildings as much as possible. Maybe this is not true, but I assumed the narrow scope and shady lighting was deliberate to hide modern intrusions and wear and tear. The big column similarly gives an impression of what presumably was once a complete collonade. Sandpiper (talk) 07:35, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose Yes, it's a nice picture, but the angle isnt fantastic, although as Sandpiper states, it's possibly to hide more modern architecture on the site. The lighting isnt fantastic either, being too dark in some places and too bright in others. Silvestra (talk) 23:46, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * comment the pic was taken around 21:00, there was absolutely no light source except the faint street lights, as a hasty tourist i had no tripod and i had to place my cam onto a nearby rock and shoot with wide aperture and very slow shutter speed, ( wish the metadata show) as for the composition, i deliberatly cutt of the medieval towers and modern buildings in the backdrop. As for the column, i thought it was not obtrusive, i meant for the semicirclular market building in the background to look as if it was radiating from that coulumn. The pic may not much encyclopedic value but it depicts the market from a new perspective. Thx for your comments  Eli  +  06:36, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

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