Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bob

Hurricane Bob

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Jul 2011 at 18:40:22 (UTC)

Reason: High EV, interesting color and composition, and the fact that despite there being plenty of Hurricane FPs, there's nothing like this featured, have led me to nominate this. In all honesty though, it is the colors that really sold me.
Articles in which this image appears: Hurricane Bob (lead image), Book:1991 Atlantic hurricane season (cover image), 1991 Atlantic hurricane season (GA heading for FA), List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: NOAA

Support as nominator --Sven Manguard Wha? 18:40, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Think that even if one buys the "an FP per species" argument, that would not apply for storms as the storms are not really something you can look at and distinguish (one needs the file history to know which storm, not like an animal where picture is actually identifying detail). I actually dislike the colors Sven likes (I guess that is shadow of the sun) as a distraction. The one thing I DO like about the photo is the readily identifiable coastline and how one can see how big the storm is compared to it and it is menacing the country. (Sort of like how shots of the Gulf with a storm filling the whole thing.) Would like it even more with the land even more differentiated from the ocean (dark to north and then sun reflections to upper right probably distract from that comparison.) Ps. I know I always clash with Sven, so please don't take this as personal...take it as TCO being his usual idiot. :-) And it's a weak oppose instead of an oppose oppose since I feel bad for having non common law opinons. ;-) TCO (reviews needed) 19:34, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I find TCO's arguments unconvincing. This storm is notable and significant, and it cannot be meaningfully illustrated with a picture of a different storm. The argument that he is unable to differentiate storms visually doesn't mean that pictures are any less worthy of promotion to FP status (equally, all molecules look the same to me, all mushrooms look the same to a lot of people who aren't me, and so on). This particular picture has clear EV, is of high quality, and is clearly freely licensed. As such, I am going to support it. J Milburn (talk) 21:45, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice photo, appropriate for the article, and I like the natural artistry of the colors and textures. Pine _{(was GreenPine)} ^talk 19:44, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 15:45, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good encyclopedic value and aesthetically stunning. Jujutacular ^talk 01:04, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bob 1991-08-19 1226Z (alternate).jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 16:29, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]