Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/View from Summit of Le Canigou

View from Summit of Le Canigou
Voting period ends on 30 Nov 2010 at 05:18:25 (UTC)
 * Reason:Good image quality and has encyclopedic value, showing a part of the world that few people would get to see. Stitching quality appears to be acceptable. Note: 360 degree panorama.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Canigou
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
 * Creator:Steve & Jem Copley from Kuwait, Kuwait


 * Support as nominator --Purpy Pupple (talk) 05:18, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 *  Oppose  the thumbed image looks like an obvious support, but when clocking on the zoom, I realized that there is absolutely no need to have this image at 20MB, as it is not that sharp. Unless I am mistaken, I think this image would have the same quality at 5MB. Also, the composition is not that great (the people are slightly distracting). Nergaal (talk) 16:30, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I always thought that downsampling was frowned-upon, but when I reread How_to_improve_image_quality, I realized that it is actually recommended. I have uploaded the new file (10000 px wide) on top of the original. Please reconsider your oppose. Purpy Pupple (talk) 22:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, it actually looks more decent. I am not 100% sold on the image though. Neutral for now. Nergaal (talk) 23:54, 21 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment There's some strange artefact on the ridge below the sun - the top half is really blurred, and there's a distinct line below which the rocks become sharp. Is it atmospheric or photographic??? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 23:34, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I never actually noticed that before you mentioned it. Might be a stitching error. Purpy Pupple (talk) 03:19, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose There's the same error on the far left (left of the cross), I wish it wasn't though, cos I like the picture apart from this. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 23:42, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's a pity :( ...I'm inclined to withdraw it, but I guess I'll wait a while to see if anyone supports it or can fix the error. Since it's a 360 degree panorama, it is understandable that an error near the right would extend all the way to the left. Purpy Pupple (talk) 02:30, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm dubious about the EV-- you can't really see much of Le Canigou in this picture, given that the photo is taken from on top of it. Wouldn't a photo that showed the mountain (taken, for example, from a nearby mountain) have more EV?  Does this photo have good EV for any other mountains in the area?  Spikebrennan (talk) 19:43, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment seeing as people frequently climb to the summit, I'm sure there is some EV in showing the summit. For instance, the article also mentions, "On its summit there is a cross that is often decorated with the Catalan flag." -- this is clearly visible in the image (left side) and thus helps clarify the article. Purpy Pupple (talk) 02:30, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Poor image quality in some of the panorama segments. Nothing that can be done about it other than going back up and re-shooting. Which, coincidentally, I might have the chance to do in about 6 months time. Will have to see. :-) &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  18:50, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

— Mae din\ talk 07:25, 30 November 2010 (UTC)