Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cimiez Monastery

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Reason: I'm pretty happy with especially considering that it pretty difficult to find a point view.
Proposed caption: The Monastery of Cimiez in Nice,France.
Articles this image appears in: Cimiez
Creator: self-nom

Support as nominator Ericd 21:33, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the nomination: I'd be pleased with the photo too but I'm afraid it doesn't meet FP standards, which are extremely high for reproducible photographs. To have a chance of passing, it would need to feature the whole building—cropping of the main subject will fail an FP nomination every time. Also (sorry to pile up the criticisms), it's a bit unsharp at full resolution and the noise would make increasing the acutance problematic. ~ Veledan • T 22:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm a bit surprised that FP standards are asking for something impossible. See the alternate picture. Also please notice that it's not noise, it's grain. Yes film has grain however the picture is sharp enough for a full magazine page. Ericd 22:32, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Can you get a head on shot? The angle and the tree kind of kills it. Not a bad pic, but I sure a better one can be taken. Jumping cheese 22:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

- For sure someone can come with a better photo than mine, but obviously you never spent a full hour walking around a building and to find a good point of view. I suggest a Google test : http://images.google.fr/images?hl=fr&q=Monast%C3%A8re%20de%20cimiez&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wiEricd 22:50, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  - FP standards do frequently require the impossible—if it really is impossible to photograph the building without cropping it, then there is quite simply no possible FP of Cimiez monastery. But mine is just one opinion of course, others may feel differently. I didn't vote because I didn't think the issue was in doubt, but if it is I have to Oppose. But when you consider what competition you're up against for architectural pictures, you shouldn't take that too hard! Have a look at these at full size: ~ Veledan • T 22:53, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Oppose. Basically, need more building. Either get down the side, or get those cars out of the way to get the right shot, methinks. Unschool 01:02, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
- And come at nigth with a metal saw to get rid of that barrier. Wear your basket shoes to run fast when the cops will come ;-). Ericd 01:11, 26 August 2007 (UTC)