Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Diet of Japan

National Diet Building

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Aug 2010 at 04:22:11 (UTC)

Reason: Very good picture of the Diet of Japan building picture. I think it meets criterea.
Articles in which this image appears: Diet of Japan , National Diet Building
FP category for this image: Places/Architecture
Creator: Wiiii

Support as nominator --Spongie555 (talk) 04:22, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Composition flaw: Sky, asphalt, trees, (and building). Greg L (talk) 16:58, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm a bit tempted to ask where exactly the composition flaw is (I assume you mean there is too little building?), but I'm a bit afraid that you'll just get mad at me and storm off with another I've had it with you for today... --Dschwen 20:10, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sorry, I was being overly cute with truncated lingo. Note the colon after the word “flaw”. The words following that (along with the afterthought-like parenthetical of “building”) were intended to enumerate those elements of the composition that (IMO) overly dominate the picture and diminish the subject matter. Greg L (talk) 22:24, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks for clarifying. --Dschwen 14:43, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose I haven't got any issues with the composition, however the resolution and detail at 100% seems a lot lower than what I would expect from a FP. JFitch (talk) 20:49, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support I actually find the composition quite appealing - I like framed shots like this... However weak support due to the unfortunate buildings in the background - at first glance they look part of the building and seem odd as different style... Also echo Jfitch's concerns re resolution, but not enough to oppose... Gazhiley (talk) 12:14, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The composition could better if the trees (especially on the left) were not just dark blobs and if the image had a bit less foreground (and thus more building). Overall detail is poor, especially as the building gets such a small fraction of the pixels. Take our FPs of the capitol as the bar I'd expect such an image to reach. --Dschwen 14:46, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It's worth noting that the Diet is on a surprisingly small and crowded site and is surrounded by a large fence, so it's not easy to take photos of it which actually include much of the building. I'm sympathetic to the above comments about the composition, but this is probably the best feasible view of the building. The best alternative would be something like File:Japanese diet outside.jpg which is also an unclear view of the building given the sharp angle. Nick-D (talk) 23:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:48, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]