Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sunrise at Stonehenge
It has been a while since I've felt like trying a self-nom. Hot of the presses, this is what the sunrise looked like at Stonehenge this morning, as some 19,000 people gathered to help a handful of druids welcome the sun on the morning of the summer solstice. The section could use a bit more improvement, but I'm happy with the way this photo turned out. - Solipsist 19:28, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Self-nominate and support. -- Solipsist 19:28, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Neutral That parachuter in the middle really bugs me for some reason. --CVaneg 20:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Comment. I can remove the parachuter without trace if it would be worth it. Or Solipsist can if he/she has the know-how. --Silversmith Hewwo 21:39, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, airbrushing out the paramotor would be a 'breeze', c.f. FPC/Fire breathing ;-). However I quite like him (I'm a sucker for aviation), although I would agree that he is a problem with the composition in that he distracts the eye from the real focus of the picture. However, this picture is illustrating a particular moment, rather than a concept, so I would be more concerned about editing history - the guy was there at the time. I've plenty of alternative images, but many have other minor problems or less defined colours etc. -- Solipsist 21:57, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I would rather him gone, as good as your point is. I just keep looking at him and not at what should be the focus. --Silversmith Hewwo 22:44, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I'm not totally opposed to airbrushing, but here is alternative (#2) which is taken a little earlier, in the first minute after sunrise. This pic might also be worth considering, although its actually about fifteen minutes after sunrise. By the way, here's my take on the picture that made the front page of the The Gruaniad this morning - shame I didn't get the jump... -- Solipsist 08:36, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Heh, I hadn't even realised in the first image that there were people there (parachuter aside)! I like first pic the best, but I'm still not sure. Knowing that there are people there gives weight to the parachuter. I do like the way in the second pic that you can see the people better and the mist. --Silversmith Hewwo 11:42, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I'm not totally opposed to airbrushing, but here is alternative (#2) which is taken a little earlier, in the first minute after sunrise. This pic might also be worth considering, although its actually about fifteen minutes after sunrise. By the way, here's my take on the picture that made the front page of the The Gruaniad this morning - shame I didn't get the jump... -- Solipsist 08:36, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Comment. I can remove the parachuter without trace if it would be worth it. Or Solipsist can if he/she has the know-how. --Silversmith Hewwo 21:39, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Support - I liked this. A curate's egg 06:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Template:Support I like the parachuter. --Fir0002 08:25, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
- Support though I'd rather the chap in the paraglider got a taste of the clone tool myself. adamsan 19:27, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Support the top one, with or without glider. Joe D (t) 22:16, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Neutral. I like the colours, but what's the pointy thing on the top of the stone in the middle? Mark1 04:00, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I think it's part of one of the mortise and tenon joints that held the lintel onto the stone, the lintel is now fallen. adamsan 07:46, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)