Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Burj Al-Arab

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[edit] Burj Al Arab

Original
Original
Reason
Beautiful PD shot of a famous landmark by a Wikipedian
Proposed caption
The Burj Al Arab, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, completed in 1999, is the world's tallest hotel. The hotel claims in its advertising to be the world's only 7-star hotel.
Articles this image appears in
Dubai, Burj Al Arab, Landmark
Creator
User:Aymx
  • Support as nominator Spikebrennan 19:14, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support: It's gorgeous! --Procrastinatrix 19:16, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak support It could be bigger, but there aren't any glaring errors.--HereToHelp 21:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose - Seems 'washed out' (low contrast), and the size is too small for my liking. Iorek85 00:10, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. I concur with both points raised by Iorek85. Indeed, I wondered if this had been taken under conditions of fog, though that would seem unlikely, given the venue. Unschool 05:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose agree with above, there is something not quite right about it, plus quality is pretty low --Childzy ยค Talk 10:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Agree with above. Picture really seems to be washed out. Maybe also not the ideal weather to take such a photo. Mikeo 22:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose The "washed out" look is due to clouds/mist. If you look at a google image search for this structure, you'll see that better weather conditions certainly exist, and this image, while nice, is far from the highest quality we could acquire for this structure. -Harmil 17:32, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Support The mist gives it a nice ethereal quality. Not every image has to be clinically crisp. DrVerlucci 14:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 08:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)