Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Joss Bay Beach

Joss Bay Beach in Kent, England

Reason: While compositionally, this isn't a perfect image due to the grass partially obscuring the scene, it was the best view I could get. Despite this, it is quite high res and detailed and I think it does still do an excellent job of showing a very wide variety of recreational activities at a 'typical' English beach on one of the few pleasantly warm and sunny weekend days we manage to receive each summer. I was quite surprised to find that the beach article did not contain a single similar image of a beach with real people visible (only empty beaches). As such I think it adds significantly to the article, as well as the local article.

PS: Where's Wally/Waldo? ;-) PPS: There is no Wally, no need to search!

Articles this image appears in: Beach and Broadstairs
Creator: User:Diliff

Support as nominator --Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:08, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I see Waldo! Durova^Charge! 02:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support The grass doesn't bother me a bit. I didn't notice it, and I don't think anyone looking at this for its real content will notice it either. Only picky people will. -- RM 03:25, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, but FPC is full of picky people by definition. :-) Usually composition needs to be pretty perfect when the subject matter leans towards the mundane. That said, I do think this beach scene is full of life and action. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 07:51, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Technically sound, very high EV and as for the composition, I love it. The hole between the grass gives you an opportunity to focus on one part of the picture, before you begin exploring the rest of it, if you catch my drift. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 11:00, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah I do know what you mean, and when I look at the image as a first-time viewer, I also feel like a bit of a voyeur, like I'm parting the grass to reveal a private scene. For the record this is a very public beach and I was in no way spying! ;-) That said, I was a bit wary that the image contains children in various degrees of revealing attire... Nothing shocking I would hope, but others are more sensitive than I am. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 12:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I agree - the composition is in several ways enhanced by the "parting of the grass". Technically excellent as per usual. The scene is great - full of character and interest. England pretending it has beaches... lol! :P --Fir0002 13:04, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Lol, I know. Its amazing what you can do with smoke and mirrors these days... No seriously, English beaches are usually pretty poor (think mud flats for about a mile when the tide is out), but this one wasn't too bad. It is funny though how they typically turn the seaside into a carnival (there's an amusement parlour at the end of just about every major pier in England!) :-) A bit tacky, but a necessary part of the 'British Experience'. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:53, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support WOW, what detail! Excellent feeling of depth. Makes me think of those Giles cartoons from the English seaside... --Janke | Talk 16:56, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great stuff as usual. I hope you were enjoying the weather yourself and not just taking a picture of other people enjoying it... ;-) -Fcb981(talk:contribs) 18:17, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Same as Janke, for the level of depth and detail. I don't see Americans putting up so many tents and privacy barriers -- is that a British thing? (Although honestly I hardly ever go to the beach). Fletcher (talk) 22:19, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- They're not so much privacy barriers as wind barriers. It's usually windy at the beach and when it blows hard, the sand is kicked up and is generally not that pleasant to sit in as it stings and/or gets in your eyes. You can see from the flag blowing that most of the barriers are facing roughly the same direction as the wind. I think it probably is a British thing though. I'm Australian and you generally don't see as many of them in Australia either. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 23:09, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent picture. The resolution is very high and you can clearly see what the people are doing from the right to the far left. Has good EV as well I would say.(Giligone (talk) 23:37, 2 September 2008 (UTC))[reply]
Support. A great image. I think the wind barriers should be mentioned in the caption, however. NauticaShad es 14:40, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don't think the grass really detracts from the image. Spencer^T♦^C 19:45, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support well done. —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:01, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Joss Bay, Broadstairs, England - Aug 2008.jpg MER-C 06:13, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]