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[edit] Swifts Creek Township

Swifts Creek Township and surrounding scenery at it's best
Swifts Creek Township and surrounding scenery at it's best

Haven't been on for a while, but in the aftermath of exams being over thought I could spoil myself with a FPC nom :-) This time it's got a personal attachment since it shows my home area and probably it's best. For a brief time (and I'm talking literally days) in Spring the hills green up, and under the right light it can look quite spectacular.

Appears in Swifts Creek, Victoria

  • Support Self Nom. --Fir0002 04:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Looks good, a bit on the softer side in full size though. And isn't it the middle of the school year right now? --antilivedT | C | G 09:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Heh, you don't suppose the teachers can confine themselves to only end of year exams?!! I've had midyear exams in every subject, with external ones in Physics and the GAT (they'll count towards my overall score at the end) --Fir0002 22:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Neutral - I agree it looks good but it is too small for this type of photo, where the detail matters (yes, I'm aware of the guidelines) - Alvesgaspar 09:42, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Pretty place, lovely lighting, tight composition, just a bit soft and lacking an "edge" on the detail to make it really spectacular. Got to be fair to other landscape candidates; like macro shots, they're have to hit a really high level of detail to hold the eye, and this one falls a fair bit short due to some camera shake (at a guess). mikaultalk 12:29, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose per mikaul. Also, the enc of the photo (and in fact the whole article) seems a teensy weensy bit on the low side - it's a town with 200 people (or 450 counting "suburbs")... Obviously, a few wikipedians live there, otherwise there wouldn't even be an article! ;-) Lovely shot though. --Janke | Talk 17:10, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Well, towns and villages are considered notable regardless of size so I'd say the image is encyclopedic... --KFP (talk | contribs) 00:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree - Janke's comment was perhaps not expressed entirely as intended though.. I do think it is reasonable to take into consideration the significance of the subject when considering an FPC. An amazing/difficult to photograph subject would probably be judged more favourably than a good photo of a somewhat common scene/subject. This is a good photo of the town and surrounds, but it is generic enough that it could just about be any small town and that makes it more difficult to support IMHO. It isn't in the criteria, but of course it is a subconscious influence. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 18:45, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose I'd say those distant hills could do with a contrast boost. It looks a bit hazy. As well, I think a panoramic compositions would have served better. -Fcb981 15:53, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Support A bit noisy, but it is a good picture and depicts its subject well. Jellocube27 17:17, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose It might illustrate the article on the town, but it's not compelling, it's just a landscape without much of interest to make it stand out from any other small town.Waerloeg 09:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Exemplifies southern, mountain districts in Victoria very well. HelloMojo 12:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Except it doesn't appear in any article relating to southern mountain districts in Victoria.. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 19:06, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted --Raven4x4x 05:39, 26 June 2007 (UTC)