Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tauride Palace, Saint Petersburg

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Reason: High quality, high EV
Original: Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia was designed by Ivan Starov for Prince Grigory Potemkin and constructed from 1783 to 1789. It later housed the first Imperial State Duma (1906–1917) and the post-revolution provisional government. Two views offered: aerial of the entire palace and grounds, and street level of the main entrance.
Articles in which these images appear: Tauride Palace, Ivan Starov
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Godot13

Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 19:57, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 23:31, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:14, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:13, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support lNeverCry 05:07, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Jobas (talk) 12:07, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support, well-composed although I wish they could have been sharper near the edges. Daniel Case (talk) 20:43, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very nice. Just wondering how you got the aerial shot? Helicopter tour or something along those lines? It might explain the sharpness issues in the corners if shot through a window. Nicely composed though. The two images complement each other nicely. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:03, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Diliff- I’ve done a few helicopter shoots and this one was fairly challenging as regulations did not allow for flying over land (only over the rivers and canals) within SPB central district, no hovering was permitted and a fairly fast rate of forward motion was required. I was able to shoot through a sliding window, though it was a tight fit at times due to the angle of the lens. It felt very rushed so I am very lucky (IMO) to have gotten some of the images I did.--Godot13 (talk) 01:16, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-Tauride Palace (crop).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:17, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:RUS-2016-SPB-Tauride Palace.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:17, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]