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File:Arctic pack ice at 81° north.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Arctic pack ice at 81° north
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Arctic
  •  Info created, uploaded and nominated by AWeith -- AWeith (talk) 17:16, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info This may indeed be the northernmost FP candidate; at least it is the northernmost of my collection; we couldn't go any further despite we've been on an icebreaker. The shot was taken close to this position , i.e. 481 nm from the north pole. The image has been taken at a focal length of 600mm; you may want to take that in mind judging the DoF. -- AWeith (talk) 17:16, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I like very much your arctic shots (although I have not reviewed that many of them) and it gives me an urge to get back to Greenland. This one I am more indeterminate about. It is interesting that this may be the northernmost FP candidate we have had, but it seems like there is an ambiguity in what is the subject? If it were the pack ice, the small centrally placed ice bear distracts from that. If it is the ice bear, which is the subject. it really fills too little in the frame, and the boring centered composition of it does not help. Still, I also know that getting to this place is rather hard with an ice bear in its natural habitat in sight and all, so I will not oppose either. -- Slaunger (talk) 19:32, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral Sorry to disappoint you on this one, but I've been thinking much along the lines of Slaunger. While it is a good shot, there are no elements in the picture that makes it an outstanding photo. And if being far north was the only factor for an FP, we have plenty of photos, albeit of poorer quality, of the North Pole itself, courtesy of other expeditions or the ever delivering US military. The only thing that might speak for an FP here is the fact that there are very few really good shots if pack ice. Not sure that rarity is enough though. Sorry. cart-Talk 19:52, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mild  Support - I like the composition, which reminds me of pictures of endless desert emptiness with a burro or some other animal somewhere in the picture. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:36, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Per Slaunger and Cart. lNeverCry 23:34, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Per Ikan, even considering the soft horizon line, which might have something to do with it being further away than most horizon lines. Daniel Case (talk) 06:03, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per above. A slight crop, moving the bear a bit more to the right, could convince me otherwise though --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:36, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Lošmi (talk) 19:54, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination Let's leave the happily snoozing guy on his own... --AWeith (talk) 16:44, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 3 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /lNeverCry 22:02, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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