Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Evacuated Pichilemu fishing boats after Japanese earthquake

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 May 2011 at 20:25:24 (UTC)

Reason: I think it meets all of the FPC criteria, it has good composition, is of great quality, is free, and has not been manipulated digitally (except to fix the contrast, otherwise I would've uploaded the original).
Articles in which this image appears: 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
FP category for this image: History
Creator: Diego Grez

Support as nominator --Diego Grez (talk) 20:25, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, sorry Diego. The article says, "The surge in Chile was large enough to damage more than 200 houses, with waves of up to 3 m (9.8 ft)." A more encyclopedic image would show that, rather than what looks to be five little boats dragged up the road just off the beach on a quiet Sunday afternoon in Anytown. There's nothing to tell us it's Pichilemu (the signpost is chopped off), it doesn't really look like the boats were left there due to the earthquake. One might wonder why the boats aren't moored in a dock somewhere, but I've seen boats left on the street in little fishing seaside towns before and that's what this looks like. While it may be a nice local history photograph, I don't see anything that makes it outstanding. I think it's a bit dull and underwhelming actually. So yeah, really sorry but this just doesn't do anything for me. :( Matthewedwards : Chat 03:58, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, I think this fails WP:FP? #5 (adds value) and #3b (compelling). PS, my wife thinks my above comment was mean, but I'm just trying to be as clear and explanatory as possible. Matthewedwards : Chat 04:05, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The caption of the image in the article explicitly says what is it about, however, the article does not contain much information on what happened in Chile. "Boats dragged up the road 'just off the beach' [they weren't that near to the beach anyways]" aren't common to see, and as it is described on the image caption, they were "evacuated" because of the quake and tsunami. Pichilemu isn't a "little fishing seaside town" so I don't get the comparation (if you read the city's article, you'll notice it is not even important in the area). Maybe 'local', but I did not really come here because of the "historicallyness" of the image, but its quality, composition, and quality (did I say quality already? :P). That's it. Diego Grez (talk) 22:15, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Diego, I know what the caption says, I just don't think the picture adds sufficient EV to the article because it doesn't show much. I can't look at it and say "Yes! This photo clearly shows that those boats were evacuated because of the earthquake". It just does look like some of the little fishing seaside communities I've been to where I've seen boats kept or left (I'm not sure which) on the oceanway roads. That's not me saying Pichilemu is a "little fishing seaside town", it just reminds me of experiences in those kinds of places; however, "dragged up the road just off the beach" does seem like an appropriate statement because if I'm not mistaken, there is sand in the background and those look like beach houses on a road leading down to the beach. Matthewedwards : Chat 05:28, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Composition and quality are a bit lacking in my opinion. Quality: quite noisy, with bits of chromatic abberation throughout. Composition: if the light poles and and signpost were not there, it would have nice composition. As it is, the power lines lead the eyes up to nothing. The cutoff signpost distracts. Overall decent work, but some limiting factors make me oppose. A favorite book of mine regarding composition that you may enjoy is The Photographer's Eye. Jujutacular ^talk 03:52, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, as above. A little lacking for FPC, I feel. J Milburn (talk) 09:08, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I've uploaded a different photo I took the same day to the same boats, it shows the signpost completely, and also the light poles. Diego Grez (talk) 15:51, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 05:38, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]