Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:March for Our Lives NYC (40812).jpg

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/People
•  Info A young protester holds a "mid-terms matter" sign during the March for Our Lives in New York City, a demonstration against gun violence in response to school shootings in the United States and related inaction by lawmakers. For those unfamiliar with the phrase, "mid-terms" are elections in the middle of a president's 4-year term. They are important in the election of legislators -- a third of the US Senate and all of the US House of Representatives are up for reelection, and thus it is often a focus for activists seeking to change the law (regarding guns, for example). I like this image because when she turned and faced me, the light really made her stand out from everyone else, and it's uncommon to see young people in the US who are passionate about voting. :) own work — Rhododendrites ^talk |  21:21, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  21:21, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 22:40, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Oppose People really should check their images for something as simple as chromatic aberrations before nominating them for FP ... Anyway, the composition seems a bit haphazard. This can be a good thing if it's a spur of the moment snapshot that still captures an intense or interesting moment, but I don't think this one reaches quite that standard. --Peulle (talk) 22:45, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

• @Peulle: Could you point out the CA? I removed quite a bit of it, but certainly could've missed some. I remain unclear as to the sort of composition people expect of subjects amid a moving demonstration like this. To me, seeing a single person in the middle of the crowd, wearing lighter clothing than her surroundings, catching the light while turning to face the camera with a big sign is pretty good -- even better when it captures what's significant about the event (young people getting involved in gun politics). — Rhododendrites ^talk |  23:07, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

• Nevermind re: CA. It looks like I accidentally undid some of my CA removal in Photoshop. Redoing now. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  23:12, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Done — Rhododendrites ^talk |  01:06, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Oppose It just doesn't jump out at me as being exceptional. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:41, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
• I agree with the opposers, in that this is great documentation and excellent photo journalism, but not a great composition per se. However, I don't know if we should support a feature because it's great documentation and photo journalism, so I guess I will be  Neutral. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:09, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Comment For a mysterious reason, when I copy / paste this image on Photoshop, it becomes blueish. I was wondering if a crop could arrange the composition. I like this girl holding her board, but not the other person on the left in the foreground. My feeling is also close to King of Hearts's. Interesting action, but not an awesome enough picture IMO -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:21, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Oppose A good picture of a demonstration, and I'm glad that you go out and take these. However, it's really hard to shoot a demonstration in a way that makes it different from every other picture of a demonstration (your efforts are probably better than mine, though) and thus something we could feature (A problem I think no one wants to talk about is that the FP potential of demonstrations goes up when they become confrontations, and these days most don't (Most)). And I don't think most photographers want to get into that situation.

  Nevertheless, keep at this. There's always potential for something unexpected and featurable that doesn't involve nightsticks and pepper spray. Daniel Case (talk) 21:31, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

• that's that  I withdraw my nomination — Rhododendrites ^talk |  02:11, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 2 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 09:56, 29 July 2018 (UTC)