Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Westminster Cathedral at Dusk, London, UK - Diliff.jpg

File:Westminster Cathedral at Dusk, London, UK - Diliff.jpg[edit]

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Reason: It's a detailed, perspective corrected stitched photo of the northern frontage of Westminster Cathedral, the preeminant Catholic Cathedral of England and Wales. This nomination may be greeted with opposition due to the perspective distortion of the tower on the left of the frame, but I believe it is unavoidable. Physical constraints make it impossible take the photo from further back (a building just out of the frame on the right side starts to obscure the building)
Articles in which this image appears: Westminster Cathedral
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: User:Diliff

Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 23:38, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Are the ghostly figures an intentional feature of the composition? 86.161.61.128 (talk) 03:32, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- No, they are an unavoidable feature of the composition. Each segment of the panoramic stitch was about 5 seconds exposure time, so anyone who was moving at the time became blurred. This is fairly typical of long exposures in crowded areas. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 16:16, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support - not because it's perfect, but because it's about as good as we're going to get if the nominator is to be believed (and I have every reason to believe him). Distortion is indeed noticeable throughout but everything about the image is quality. In any event, it's very encyclopedic, and this isn't a photo contest. The ghosting/pedestrians could have probably been removed with some crazy-long exposures, but like I said... this is sufficient. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:58, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I actually don't mind the ghosting when it gives the impression of groups milling around. In this case, though, there is a completely detached group of apparitions to the left of the lamppost which I think looks a bit weird. I wondered if it could be airbrushed out, but I don't know how hard that would be. 86.179.114.69 (talk) 01:14, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:39, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]