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•  Info Christopher Street at Ursula Street in Valletta, Malta. I spent some time in Valletta recently and took a lot of pictures trying to capture the unique experience of walking around the capital -- the stone architecture, straight and narrow streets, hilly terrain, and ubiquitous religious iconography (that's St. Roch there on the left, a saint associated with the plague and accompanied by the dog that supposedly healed him). I noticed we have very few photos of Malta, and this one is among the more successful to me personally, so giving it a try here. Will it resonate with anyone else? I'm not sure. all by — Rhododendrites ^talk |  16:22, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  16:22, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose if the intent was to emphasize the people coming at the viewer, then I think the framing is too wide. If the intent was to show a panoramic view of the street, then the framing is too tight at the bottom (like you scroll down and it ends to early). It could be interesting to crop much of the sides and get a portrait alternative but then the quality might fall a bit short (it is already quite noisy). I also think it would have been better with the people going away instead. - Benh (talk) 19:50, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
  • I very much liked the experience of walking around Valletta, so to clarify my intent, it's very much an attempt to capture my experience of walking around there, highlighting the things I liked in particular (the distinct 4/5-story stone buildings with their varied balconies and architectural details, the religious imagery on every block, the long and narrow steets, always looking slightly upward at the buildings. So I'm less interested in the subjectivity of the people in the frame since all they're really doing is illustrating that this is the sort of place where people exist and often walk down the middle of the street, and I wouldn't want to crop it because the balconies and statues are the point. I feel like it was successful at capturing my experience, but how well that's communicated to another viewer I don't know. There were a couple others that I think were successful, too, but both have quality reasons why I wouldn't nominate them here (some technical shortcomings here and here, as well as an unbalanced comp that probably wouldn't work for most). I don't expect to change your vote but figured I'd response on the subject of intent. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:45, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Weak support The bottom crop is too tight, but otherwise a beautiful image. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:17, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Nice narrow street with special architecture and various featured elements to contemplate, like the green window, the statue in the foreground, the wooden facades, and the walker taken at the right moment -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:06, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support The composition is ok in my view --imehling (talk) 07:01, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Works for me as a compressed view of that picturesque street. The statue of Jesus Christ at the top left which seems to point to the street, the green balcony at the top right and the single person at the bottom centre form a triangle of attention which consolidates the composition. --Aristeas (talk) 09:43, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Many thanks for Basile's and Aristeas' accurate analysis, which convinces me. -- Radomianin (talk) 09:58, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Not perfect for sure but very appealing. Sometimes, picture's flaws are part of its charm. --Selbymay (talk) 12:35, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support ★ 23:17, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Neutral I agree with Benh that a vertical orientation would be better. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:08, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 20:18, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:37, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose Mostly in shadows. —kallerna (talk) 07:27, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Benh. -- Karelj (talk) 12:27, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:11, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Malta