Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Episkopi 01-2017 img12 Kourion.jpg
File:Episkopi 01-2017 img12 Kourion.jpg, withdrawn[edit]
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places
Info created & uploaded by User:A.Savin - nominated by User:Ikan Kekek -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:17, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
Support - Could one imagine God Himself coming down to bear witness to the ruins of this ancient basilica? The poetic possibilities of this photograph are inexhaustible. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:17, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
prosaic comment - If anyone knows what subcategory would be best for this photo, please edit the generic "Places" category. I thought of "architecture", but these are ruins, and I don't know what category those go into. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:20, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:27, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support Great clouds. @Ikan Kekek: Maybe religious buildings as a category since this is a basilica, or maybe there's a category for ruins? Interesting to note that the word basilica comes from Greek and basically means "the house of a king". lNeverCry 03:53, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support Per Ikan. -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 04:06, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support per Ikan; I can easily see the painterliness (God, I've been using that one here a lot lately) of the image and how it attracted you. The sunset and crepuscular rays put this one over the edge. Daniel Case (talk) 04:40, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support the sky! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:34, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 07:49, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support --cart-Talk 10:07, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:27, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support Thanks Ikan Kekek for the nomination, though I must admit I like number 11 more. --A.Savin 12:06, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Comment - They're both great photos. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:58, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry to spoil the party. I really like the top half of this photo. The rest, with the gravel and the hexagonal metal fence, meh. That's too little. I like number 11 more, as it has stronger leading lines to the sunset, though perhaps a crop with just the top 2000 pixels would eliminate much of the rubble in the bottom. -- Colin (talk) 15:17, 14 March 2017 (UTC)- Oppose I agree with Colin. Charles (talk) 15:20, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Comment I would support withdrawal of this nom and nomination of photo#11 instead, but it's up to Ikan I think. --A.Savin 19:48, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- As the photographer, you have the right to withdraw a nomination of one of your photos, if you so choose. I don't agree with the opposers, so I don't feel like withdrawing, especially with 10 supporting votes. But you can. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:30, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Ivar (talk) 19:52, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Oppose per others and I strongly favor number 11 over this one. – LucasT 20:41, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination
After some consideration, I have decided to withdraw this nomination as the photographer, and I am now going to nominate File:Episkopi 01-2017 img11 Kourion.jpg instead. On the one hand, both photos are similar so that only one of them should be promoted, but on the other hand, these are two different shots and I cannot suggest the other one as an alternative in the same nom; which means that a new nomination is the correct way. It may be a matter of taste, but I really prefer the other picture, mainly because of the composition, and perhaps the sunset mood is a little bit more intensive there (photo was taken three minutes earlier). Thanks Ikan and all others who commented here. --A.Savin 00:32, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
