Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ice Block

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[edit] Ice Block

Ice block at beach near Jökulsárlón, Iceland.
Ice block at beach near Jökulsárlón, Iceland.
Reason
Very special and beautiful picture. Featured on Commons.
Articles this image appears in
Ice, Thermodynamic temperature, Jökulsárlón, Disgregation
Creator
Tillea
Nominator
Tomer T
  • Support — Tomer T 00:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong support a breathtakingly beautiful image --User:Ahadland1234 00:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I don't want to be a caption-nazi, but umm.. "What's that block of ice doing there?" comes to mind. —Pengo 00:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
    • It is in Iceland, a country that I guess is full of ice, according to its name Tomer T 11:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
      • I thought it was Greenland that had ice and Iceland had green.--HereToHelp 13:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
      • Um. Like. How was it formed? Where did it come from? How big is it? Do you seem them all the time, rarely, or seasonally? Does it come in any other flavours? —Pengo 04:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • weak oppose - a nice shot for sure, with the crashing wave especially, but the highlights have a very unnatural looking orange glow. Debivort 09:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak oppose Blown highlights on left side of subject, blurry background, no sense of proportion (how big is this thing?)--HereToHelp 13:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Good expsure under the circumstances (not a brilliant scan, but Velvia is very contrasty); nice depth (scale isn't a real issue and OOF b/g is almost essential); almost surreal, haunting feel to it and - last but not least - great enc material. Love it. mikaul 18:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Support 8thstar 18:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Even ignoring the tec problems, I get no sense of scale from this picture. High art, mid tec and no enc: FP for Commons. ~ trialsanderrors 22:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose No scale, I have no idea how big this object is - Adrian Pingstone 18:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Strongest Support Possible Breathtaking image, definitely deserves to be on the main page. BlackBear 19:55, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose because I can't tell how large the object is. It could be the size of a soft drink ice cube, or an automobile, or a mountain. Who knows? Spikebrennan
    • Why do you need to know the size of this thing? Tomer T 22:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
      • because in order to be a FP, the photograph is supposed to _illustrate_ the subject matter (that is to say, inform the viewer as to the attributes of the subject matter). This photo, while unquestionably pretty, raises more questions than it answers about the attributes of the subject matter. Spikebrennan 22:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose, nice pic, but it is not encyclopaedic as it doesn't explain its subject. Try getting featured photo at Commons? Witty lama 23:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment, It says in its article that it weighs 4 tonnes. I'm guessing it should be around the size of a car. 18:07, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 10:31, 2 April 2007 (UTC)