Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Serena Williams

Serena Williams

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Original – Serena Williams prepares to serve during a doubles match at the 2013 US Open; that year, Williams won 11 tennis titles and finished the season as the top-ranked women's tennis player for the third time in her career.

Reason

Balanced composition. Image illustrates the subject's power and strength.

Articles in which this image appears

2013 WTA Tour, Serena Williams

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport

Creator

Edwin Martinez

• Support as nominator – MurielMary (talk) 13:08, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose on portratis, if leg is cut, that should be above the knees. Similar to hand cuts - above the ankles. Also dont like center position, she should face to right side with more space, so she need to be on left side. --PetarM (talk) 16:44, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose Per PetarM. lNeverCry 20:33, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
• Support – A leg is a leg, you don't need to see a predetermined portion of one to know what it is. Good expression, nice capture. Sca (talk) 23:20, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
• Support Per Sca – Jobas (talk) 23:49, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
• Support - I'm fine with that composition. -- Acefitt 05:47, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose - Composition not FP: the framing puts her shoulder in the centre rather than her face and racquet. Background (especially the Mercedes sign, and the people in white) distracting. Cropping from the left side would improve it. --ELEKHH^T 00:06, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Yes, the framing putting her arm in the centre acts to centre the viewer's focus on her strength and athletic physique, which she is known for as a top-seeding athlete. IMO. MurielMary (talk) 08:30, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

• Comment. The composition is OK to my eye, but the background is slightly more distracting than would be ideal. 109.146.248.113 (talk) 04:03, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Blurred spectators are common in sports pix. Sca (talk) 16:49, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose per ELEKHH. -- Acefitt 00:28, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose Not a full frontal pic. The face is not fully exposed. Marvellous Spider-Man 17:56, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Since when must all pix be "full frontal" – ?? FP isn't a high school yearbook. Sca (talk) 14:56, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

• Comment I would support with a crop at left. Yann (talk) 01:06, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:09, 21 December 2016 (UTC)