Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A Busy Ha Long Bay

Original - Vietnam's Ha Long Bay busy with boats passing through.

Reason: This photo is beautifully dynamic with the bay water as a stage, the rocks as a far wall, the foliage as a close frame, the sky and passage as "the beyond", and the boats are the life of the photo.
Articles this image appears in: Southeast Asia,

Support as nominator Rj1020 (talk) 05:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Oppose, looks like a photo that could be taken by every tourist. The location is notable but the photograph is not unique or special. Witty Lama 14:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Oppose. The shot or caption doesn't really give information as to why the boats are there; is there a landing or dock there? Sky nearly totally overexposed. -- atropos235 ✄ (blah blah, my past) 14:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Oppose per above -Wutschwlllm (talk) 21:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Comment. I've struck the userpages as 'articles' - they don't count. The two above them are also dubious. --jjron (talk) 16:12, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Oppose Funny, I just saw a similar photo in Yesterday's paper. I've seen other pictures of the bay, and this doesn't rank too highly among them. Spencer^T♦^C 00:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Oppose Snapshot Mfield (talk) 12:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Oppose However, it's not just a tourist snapshop - it is an excellent composition and well framed. It has depth and activity and is an image that hold the attention - but - I agree totally with atropos235 It looks washed out in the distance - it must be possible to catch the scene with much more colour, and the activity needs explanation.

Motmit (talk) 08:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Oppose I think that it is a good photo, but not an excellent one. Two reasons: overexposed sky and level (clockwise rotation needed) -- Dmottl (talk) 22:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted . --John254 01:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)