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File:Polaroid Lightmixer 630 SL BW 2017-07-01 18-44-42.jpg, not featured[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2017 at 13:13:48 (UTC)
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects#Optical_devices
Info created - uploaded - nominated by Berthold Werner -- Berthold Werner (talk) 13:13, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Support an obsolete technology -- Berthold Werner (talk) 13:13, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
Very weak oppose I would like to like it but that crop of the strap in the background gets in the way. Daniel Case (talk) 19:17, 17 July 2017 (UTC)- Oppose I think the choice of base/background grey is a poor one. Generally pure white is most useful for a wide variety of purposes, though many photo images also enjoy a pure black background for such items too. The result is an image that just looks under exposed. It isn't very clean either -- if you examine our best photo/game FPs then you'll see they are meticulously clean. -- Colin (talk) 07:07, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
- weak oppose I actually like the grey background, as it interplays nicely with the several different types of grey of the camera. It's good enough on a technical level – including lighting, which turns out to be a problem in similar nominations quite often. The problem is: I am not Wow-ed. To my mind, there is a certain level of perfection required to bring a very good product photograph like this to "wow, this is awesome" level. For example, cleaning your subject thoroughly can be quite tedious, but it's definitely worth the effort (compare e.g. the works by User:Evan-Amos). The strap should be either made a feature of the image or hidden behind the camera. The crop is too tight for me, especially at the top and bottom. There are some blown highlights on the top. These are of course details that could be unavoidable in most other kinds of photographs. But in a controlled studio environment the photographer has the chance to spend some extra-time on perfection, and that's what I personally expect from a Commons FP (but not necessarily Wikipedia FP) in this category. --El Grafo (talk) 08:34, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Daphne Lantier 01:36, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
