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File:Kloster St. Pauli (Brandenburg an der Havel) (MK).jpg, not featured[edit]

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Monastery St. Pauli seen from south-east
  •  Info The Monastery St. Pauli with St. Katharinenchurch in the background, seen from south-east in Brandenburg an der Havel (Germany). c/u/n by me, mathias K 13:36, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- mathias K 13:36, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Mathias, Is this the best sun position possible or is there another strong reason for that time of the day? The image is a HDR according to your nom on de.wiki (I feel it would be nice if you might mention such PP in the description) and I find it slightly unnatural in appearance. It appears that this image was shot in your hometown and, according to sun position calculators, the large shadow could be avoided by shooting in the morning. I don't want to be annoying, but I'm struggling with the shadow given that we are talking about a FP nomination. --DXR (talk) 18:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • You´re right, this isn`t the best sun position. I didn`t tried it jet, but yes there is a "better" posible time to take this picture for the lighting/shadow problem. But then, it must be a summer morning, the trees in the foreground would be green and full of leaves what makes them way more dominant in the foreground. Thats what I try to prohibit here. When I developed the picture I gave my best to get the most realistic appearance cause I personally don`t like the obvious HDR look. I could gave it a try and take the summer pic to, to have something to compare. But for now I let this nomination run. ;-) --mathias K 18:41, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the explanation! What was your shooting postion, a private building? Hard to guess that on Google Maps ;-) Anyways, if I'm not completely wrong, it should be well-lit at ca. 9:30 CEST at the very end of March, you might want to try that. --DXR (talk) 18:50, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose per DXR; the shadows should be thrown away from the camera position, IMHO. Also, I might've moved a couple of feet to my right so that the trees frame the windows and the banner foreground left is off the building. :) —ATinySliver/ATalkPage 20:14, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Got your point and your right, I also liked to move a little more right when I was taking it, but sadly this is the "rightest" position to take the picture in public area. --mathias K 20:26, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose As written on German FP page: The usage of HDR technique for compensation of bad lighting conditions (which could be much better in the morning) does seldom lead to convincing results. Combination of light and shadow is not a general problem with architecture shots, can also create depth, but the shadow part here is at the right front and imho to prominent.
  • @Tuxyso: No problem with your oppose, but your "much better" example for better lighting has an even more ugly shadow in the foreground comming out of nowhere. This is defenitly no serious alternative in my eyes. --mathias K 13:26, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@mathias K: Cross the "much", photography is ofter about trade-offs. I prefer the trade-off with a well lid building with some strong shadows around the building as shown on the other image. Just my personal opinion - nothing more.

 Support on my opinion this image is great and may be selected as Featured --An678ko (talk) 15:33, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Neutral I really like the composition and perspective but the timing is not the best, that big area in shadow should be avoided. Btw, both sides are leaning in, Poco2 22:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Michael Barera (talk) 01:27, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Sanyambahga (talk) 06:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Something in this image is causing heavy confusion in my brain, but I can't really nail it down. I guess it has to do with the colors: It's obviously a bright sunny day, but the colors look kind of dull, missing vibrance (is that the right term?) or warmth. For example, I would expect the roof of the main building to look similar to the roof of the other church in the background. I very much appreciate you trying to avoid the "obvious HDR look", but it seems to me that you've overcompensated a bit here. --El Grafo (talk) 15:48, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait, I think I've got it now: Most parts of the image (apart from the church in the (right) back and the two smaller buildings in front of it) look very much like it might have looked to a person wearing sunglasses. If I were you, I'd try fiddling around a bit more in post-production – I've got a feeling that you're not far away from a really awesome picture! Cheers, --El Grafo (talk) 15:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 4 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /Jee 02:51, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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