Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chichen Itza Observatory 2 1.jpg

El Caracol observatory temple

Reason: This picture if from spring break when my family and I went to Cancun. I would have liked to stick around and wait for some more interesting light but the area closed well before sun set. As is, the picture is well framed by the tree at right and the light, while simple, is pretty effective at illustrating the subject. Based on composition and sharpness/size, I believe this image is among wikipedia's best work. Hopefully I'll have a nice composite of the main monument at Chichen Itza on here by Sunday.
Articles this image appears in: Chichen Itza, Observatory
Creator: Fcb981(talk:contribs)

Support as nominator Fcb981(talk:contribs) 06:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. At this size I'm guessing it's a stitch? If so, you wouldn't be able to get it with just a little bit more at the sides would you - the steps are a bit cutoff at the left, and a corner at the back right appears to be just clipped. --jjron (talk) 10:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support One could certainly nit-pick at this, but I think this is a nice, attractive image which obviously illustrates the subject very well. The most obvious fault is, as Jjron mentioned, the corners are just a bit cut off. A forgivable flaw, in my opinion, though others may disagree. Could a better picture be taken? Perhaps - but even a perfect shot would only be marginally better than this. faithless (^speak) 10:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Great, high quality photo. But there's a slight tilt that should be fixed. crassic!^[talk] 11:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. I'm not convinced there's a tilt to the picture; there's an apparent CW tilt, but this building has been standing for a couple of years now and may simply have shifted slightly. I could be convinced otherwise. Matt Deres (talk) 18:04, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Bewareofdog 00:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support If someone can Photoshop it a little, it'd be better Σαι ( Talk) 10:36, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support —αἰτίας •discussion• 11:04, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - could be a little better but meets all the criteria.--Svetovid (talk) 12:15, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - well done. Did you happen to make it to Tulum? We need a FP from there. I love me some Yucatan. Cacophony (talk) 21:41, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Unfortunately I did not get there. For most of my week in mexico (in touristy Cancun) my family and I were taking a SCUBA course... I know what you are thinking, don't worry, a vacation like this for me is very rare... I only made it to Ek' Balam and Chichen Itza I still have to send all those pictures through my workflow but the volume of pictures I need to handle for my high school newspaper is enormous... I have a 3 month backlog on pictures all the way from a trip I took to New York City in late January, I hope I can get time to stitch some panoramas of Uptown (although I did get my tugboat and Grand central terminal FPs from that trip) I also have a panorama from Red rock canyon outside of Las vegas that needs stitching. Not that you needed to know all that =P - save that hopefully you will be seeing some more nominations soon. Do you have any photos in the works?? I myself was thinking about re-shooting the Oregon Convention Center from the fire escape of the Red Lion Inn, going to Portland International Raceway some late afternoon and maybe going to the Oregon state capitol for an exterior shot. You should nom some of those bridge panos you have, most I would definitely support. -Fcb981(talk:contribs) 05:22, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - encyclopedic, good quality image. Macy (Review me!) 22:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Image looks nice! Spencer^T♦^C 22:35, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looking at the fence posts i'd say that the apparent tilt is an illusion. Its a nice image. Mfield (talk) 03:16, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, I think the angle is a little weird, the tree is a little distracting (possibly impossible to avoid...), and it's a little too close so it cuts off the stairs on the left and some of the back on the right. gren グレン 15:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - perfect encyclopedia shot - clear, bright, good composition - ticks in all the boxes. It's probably a good thing you could not get at it when it was darker. Looks good in the articles and lifts them. Sets an example for all we point-and-clickers. Is that enough? I shall leave that for others to say. Motmit (talk) 23:17, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lighting is a little harsh but great detail. — BRIAN0918 • 2008-04-15 00:18Z
Support. Question: How did you get this without all the tourists? When I was at Chichen Itza, there were people all over everything. howcheng {chat} 23:28, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- well, this I just got lucky and had a friend of mine who I was traveling with look menacing around where I was taking the shot. With the later pictures of the main monument at Chichen itza I'll almost certainly need to clone some tourists out. -Fcb981(talk:contribs) 04:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Beautiful! Spinach Dip 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Chichen Itza Observatory 2 1.jpg MER-C 10:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]