Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wat Arun at night

Wat Arun at night
Voting period ends on 24 Mar 2018  at 19:21:41 (UTC)
 * Reason:Good quality photo of one of Bangkok's most iconic buildings. I like how the lit prang contrast against the night sky. The near-perfect symmetry isn't easily obtained either. (I note that there's a ghost boat to the left, but I don't find it particularly distracting.)
 * Articles in which this image appears:Wat Arun
 * FP category for this image: Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
 * Creator:User:Preecha.MJ


 * Support as nominator – Paul_012 (talk) 19:21, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Support Looks great. DonFB (talk) 19:49, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose Nice photo, but a daytime image is better for an encyclopaedia. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:00, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. And I've looked, but it appears lighting conditions don't favour great daytime shots of the temple. The temple is on the west bank of the river, so afternoon shots are inevitably back-lit. Most early morning shots I've seen have the smaller northwest prang in the shadow of the central one, and by the time the sun rises high enough for the shadow to subside the light becomes pretty much too harsh. There are probably a few months where the sun rises at just the right azimuth to create the perfect lighting, but I wouldn't hold my breath. We already have quite a few night FPs of architecture, and Wat Arun is one of those structures that are most picturesque under night lighting. --Paul_012 (talk) 16:22, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. And I've looked, but it appears lighting conditions don't favour great daytime shots of the temple. The temple is on the west bank of the river, so afternoon shots are inevitably back-lit. Most early morning shots I've seen have the smaller northwest prang in the shadow of the central one, and by the time the sun rises high enough for the shadow to subside the light becomes pretty much too harsh. There are probably a few months where the sun rises at just the right azimuth to create the perfect lighting, but I wouldn't hold my breath. We already have quite a few night FPs of architecture, and Wat Arun is one of those structures that are most picturesque under night lighting. --Paul_012 (talk) 16:22, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 21:49, 25 March 2018 (UTC)