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[edit] Diesel rainbow

Spilled diesel on Easter Road, Edinburgh, 2006. The thin layer of hydrocarbon results in iridescence, the appearance of fringes of colour.
Spilled diesel on Easter Road, Edinburgh, 2006. The thin layer of hydrocarbon results in iridescence, the appearance of fringes of colour.
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I was very pleased with how this worked out. The diesel was fresh and smelly. I took it on my Fuji Finepix and cropped and rotated it to this composition, which turns it into a rainbow. What do you think?
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User:Guinnog
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Guinnog
  • SupportGuinnog 20:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Oppose The sidewalk in the bottom third is distracting. I would support this if it were cropped to just include the rainbow, and if the resulting image was still large enough (at least 1 MP, and 2 MP is better). It also needs a more detailed caption. --Asiir 20:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I tried a couple of tighter crops. As to the size, that is all the size I have, regrettably. --Guinnog 21:12, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Changed to oppose -- it just needs to be bigger for an FP. Still, overall I really like it as a picture. --Asiir 12:13, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Huh, what?!? Needs a caption. This looks like one of those tie-dyes on Telegraph. ~ trialsanderrors 23:21, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Too small, the FPC rules say 1000 pixels minimum in one dimension (unless the pic is historical) - Adrian Pingstone 23:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
The original is 976, which is not far off 1000. --Guinnog 01:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Apologies, I was looking at a variant. However, with digital cameras easily producing pictures 2000 or more pixels wide there's no reason (apart from heavy cropping) for a small pic. But I do think it's a fascinating picture - Adrian Pingstone 08:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Great idea, poor execution. Try again with a higher quality picture and I'll upvote for sure :) Jellocube27 07:04, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment for a more enc. caption, you could mention that this is an example of Iridescence. --Bridgecross 16:41, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 05:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)