Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hollister

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Apr 2015 at 18:56:13 (UTC)

Reason: Perfect photo of this former military base located in Hollister California. This is one of the airports that I flew out of as a student pilot, 25 years ago.
Articles in which this image appears: Hollister Municipal Airport - Hollister, California - San Benito County, California
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: --talk→ WPPilot 18:56, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator – talk→ WPPilot 18:56, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:52, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Do you know what the blue is? Some kind of crop with blue flowers? It would be interesting to add that information to the caption if it is available. 109.153.245.106 (talk) 20:57, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - I lived here a long long time ago and remember the flowers as being one of the crops that fed the cattle in the area, but I really have no idea. I will reach out to a friend. talk→ WPPilot 04:00, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support -Jobas (talk) 01:11, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ Comment – Subject of little EV. Composition unexceptional. Sca (talk) 15:31, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How does an image of an airport have little EV in that airport's article? WP:FP? requires the image have EV in the article, and not that the article meet some random extra notability guideline. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:39, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(Delayed) – It's a general aviation field, not a scheduled airline stop; thus the subject would seem to me to have have little importance transportation-wise. OK, pic has EV for the article, which however won't be read by many. But whatever. Sca (talk) 13:09, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sca: It has been added to the main page on the city of Hollister as well as the county page. I hope that overcomes your concerns. Thanks. talk→ WPPilot 06:46, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that I withdrew my oppose vote ystdy. Sca (talk) 14:00, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Support I dissagree Sca - not sure what definition of EV you have, but to me this shows perfectly the layout, number of runways, proximity to other urban areas (in this case mostly agricultural), even (just about given the lack of focus) the types of planes that use it, based on the planes on the apron in front of the main hangars... There's even a single prop plane taking off towards the end of the runway... What else could you want from EV?! EV and importance are not the same... As for my weak support, I love it, but the clarity just isn't there sorry - whether this be due to motion blur, engine resonance of the mode of transport being used, or just not quite good enough camera/settings... Shame, but I find the EV high enough to just about support... gazhiley 13:05, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I must be visually impaired – I don't see the plane, even at full res.
Oh! There it is, heading leftward – but even at full res it's just tiny. Sca (talk) 13:20, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

yeah it's very tiny! I love plane spotting in these sorts of pictures (No I don't hang around at airports it's just in these sort of pictures!) so always look closely... Google Earth is fun for that sort of activity too... gazhiley 10:44, 13 April 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Thank you all for the comments. I have been working in a different plane then I normally fly, it is a pressurized Pilatus PC-12 that, due to the pressurization requirements has super thick windows in the cockpit. Often these windshields turn into yet another lens, and have a light amount of tinting built in, arrgggg. I am trying to deal with it but using my Nikon looks to be mandatory and the little Leica I have done this last set with is struggling. I have a flight tomorrow and plan to use my Nikon and some big glass but this is a ever evolving process, and I do thank all of you for your comments as it does serve to improve my work. @Gazhiley:, thank you for the support.. talk→ WPPilot 06:25, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, as you can see here, the windshield is tinted (green) in the cockpit to protect the pilots from UV light on high altitude operations. It has become tough to overcome this and I am open to any suggestions, I am considering a new plane in the near future [1], that would address any quality concerns. The current nomination photo was taken from around 12,000 feet of altitude inbound to San Jose. talk→ WPPilot 06:37, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support as the image has a good EV and plus a good depiction. -The Herald ^{the joy of the LORD}_{my strength} 05:15, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Camera is a bit less than ideal at the necessary shutter speed, but I think the rarity overcomes this. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 12:24, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hollister Municipal Airport photo D Ramey Logan.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:57, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]