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[edit] Singapore River

Along the Singapore River.

Edited by Alvinrune

Big pylon de-leaned in Photoshop by Adrian Pingstone. Not primarily intended for voting on, just a demo that the pylon lean can be corrected without affecting the buildings on the right.

This photo brings out the best colours and dynamics along the Singapore River. It shows Clarke Quay on the left, where the river taxis are parked. On the right shows part of Singapore' skyline (including Swissôtel The Stamford), reverse bungee (relaxed Laws of Singapore), and the colourful Old Hill Street Police Station. Photograph taken by Sengkang.

• Nominate and support. - Mailer Diablo 20:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Could maybe go in a few more articles as well. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 21:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support very colorful. --Lewk_of_Serthic _contrib ^talk 22:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support A surprising picture. –Joke 23:53, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Why (just out of curiosity)? - Adrian Pingstone 15:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
    • I don't know really. I'm normally not excited by city pictures, but this has so many elements that make me ask: what's that? what's that? and that? –Joke 21:43, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support, nice picture. --Terence Ong 01:45, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Bright clear colorful image complements article well and just became my wallpaper of the day.--Dakota ~ ° 03:07, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose That leaning pylon ruins it for me - Adrian Pingstone 15:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
  • You mean the two white plyons? That's the reverse bungee, see this and this for closer shots. - Mailer Diablo 16:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
    • No, I mean the large striped pylon on the left - Adrian Pingstone 18:13, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
      • Unless I'm mistaken, rectifying that would cause the buildings on the right to lean in turn. Circeus 01:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
        • Yes, you are mistaken. A clever command in Photoshop called Edit/Transform/Skew does the job - see pic attached - Adrian Pingstone 14:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
          • Ah, I see. ;) - Mailer Diablo 18:16, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support Very nice scene! I uploaded a slightly edited version. Alvinrune ^TALK 22:33, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support original. Edited version oversaturates the colours, looks more like Spain than SE Asia. Would support enhanced image with more subtle saturation. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Oppose My assumption is that this photo attempts to contrast older, traditional aspects of life in Singapore, with the modern city. It's an interesting notion, made very relevant by the fact that Singapore went so quickly from a poor backwater to a rich and modern metropolis. Aesthetically though, the photo fails to please. Too much of the image area is taken up by irrelevant elements (sky, water). The image has a very amateurish. There must be better subjects in Singapore to realise this concept; and there must be relevant images that are better executed. --Philopedia 22:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

• "Too much of the image area is taken up by irrelevant elements (sky, water)." ...the water is the subject of the photo, which is the Singapore River. "there must be relevant images that are better executed." ...I presume you have something better in mind to recommend then? :) - Mailer Diablo 10:24, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose The Light left side and the dark right side (because of the clouds) is distracting and brings down the quality. Wait for a sunnier day to take the next photo? -M^ask 22:44, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Not promoted 8/11=72.72% I don't feel that is a consensus. RfA voting gives the 75-80% range up to the closing bureaucrat and this falls short of even that. I left this up for a few hours extra hoping there'd be another vote to sway it one way or the other. If people object, feel free to discuss it at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 08:51, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Comment This may well never be read on a closed nom, but for what it's worth I concur with the decision, though not based on numbers alone (I've certainly promoted images with 8/3 before, and will again). In this case I'd give the opposes more weight because of their specific rationales: in borderline cases I think you have to start weighting comments according to the criteria ~ Veledan • Talk 19:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I concur. I'd definitely give less weight to people who just vote "oppose" without explaining why in borderline cases. The pointafterall is to develop a consensus. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 21:04, 29 March 2006 (UTC)