Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/EMPAC

Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center

 * Reason:Newest addition to the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. This is a performance hall that opened in October 2008. It was a controversial move on the part of the administration (cost $220M) but has some of the best acoustics in any performance hall in the world. Has been nicknamed "The Ark" due to the look of the wood paneling on the exterior of the main concert hall (wood paneling seen in the photo behind glass wall). The building is now one of the most notable edifices on the top of the hill in Troy, New York.
 * Articles this image appears in:Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Capital District
 * Creator:yours truly ( ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk»)


 * Support as nominator -- ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 20:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - great job with the EMPAC pictures! Danski14(talk) 21:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey thanks! ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 05:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose: I can not comprehend the EV of a corner of the building. Isn't an entrance a more recognizable representation of a building. Also, I see a car parked at the bottom of the photo, which is an eyesore. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I'll just point out that this is the iconic view of the building. Have a look at the gallery. The entrance isn't much to really note and other angles don't show much. It's a weird architectural design in that way. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 03:26, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Iconic, it is. But I still see the car as an eyesore. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 14:50, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

No consensus= -- Ceran →// forge 12:40, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. I like the shot and I'm not too worried about the vehicle, but isn't building cutoff at the right? Obviously I don't know the place, and can't see anything in the gallery to clarify, but isn't it possible to actually get the whole building? --jjron (talk) 15:48, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I guess that's a fair point and hadn't thought of that. File:EMPAC SW Face.JPG shows the building from the other end. I cut it off essentially because that's not the iconic part of the building. The "Ark" as it's known is the main performance hall and that's what I was trying to capture. !vote as you will with this new info. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 16:49, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, there's not that much of interest there where it's cutoff - I wouldn't particularly expect a shot from this angle to capture the whole stone wall along the bottom say. But it does concern me that we can't see the edge of the building. Hmmm - I'm probably tending towards a weak oppose for that reason. Is this a place that's easy for you to get back to and rephotograph? --jjron (talk) 13:05, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, in fact I intend to replace this image by summer with one I take with my new camera. But getting that stone wall in the photo is near impossible (even if it makes it, it will be barely identifiable; I was about 100m from where the other photo was taken.). ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 05:43, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Good image and good caption--Mbz1 (talk) 03:46, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note - Needs more !votes before archive or promotion... thanks. Ceran  →// forge 22:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose per my comments and discussion above. Would support the proposed new version that doesn't cut off the building. And FWIW if an image doesn't get enough 'votes' it ultimately means it's not promoted, it doesn't wait indefinitely for them to come. --jjron (talk) 12:05, 13 February 2009 (UTC)