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Info Sandviken player Niklas Gälman defense against Hammarby players in the Swedish bandy championship final game of 2015. I like this image since it shows the beauty of Bandy. Bandy is all about speed and movement. Unlike (ice) hockey bandy is non-contact sport and played on a rectangle of ice at the same size as a football field (allowing the players to build up very high speed before receiving a pass, making it difficult to defenders). Created, uploaded and nominated by -- Arild Vågen (talk) 10:49, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
Support -- ArildV (talk) 10:49, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
Oppose The focus is on the guy with his back to us, rather than on the ball or on the player facing us who is about to hit the ball. So my eye keeps getting drawn to someone's back. Other than that, it's not a bad scene. -- Colin (talk) 12:10, 19 January 2017 (UTC)- Oppose Per Colin. lNeverCry 01:17, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- Support Perhaps being from North America, I am more used to hockey photography in the sports section, and thus I'm not taken aback (ahem) by seeing the backside of a single goalie in the foreground in a picture of men in uniforms playing a puck on ice with sticks. And this group has a nice symmetry to it.
I would, however, consider the picture improved if some of the crowd at the top were cropped out to better emphasize that symmetry. Daniel Case (talk) 17:14, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
- Oppose I see nothing featurable in this photograph, sorry. Going through the relevant FP category, this image does not look like it belongs there. If this photo depicts a unique playing situation or something like that, then it would be a bit different. For example, you describe that Bandy is a fast sport, but the image doesn't show that very well. The dull lighting, the composition that includes too much background for my taste and IMO bad choice for focus on his back is working against it as well. – Lucas 21:42, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Comment Ikan Kekek, Lucas, Colin, Daniel Case and NeverCry. New crop uploaded. I think it is a typical bandy scene (with some of the best players in the world), and yes it is also speed. The left white player (number 9) is already building up high speed before he receive a pass and some players are already starting to starting to chase him. Ikan Kekek describes my view of composition and focus very well. Thank you all for comments and votes.--ArildV (talk) 17:52, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
- I certainly still have no problem with it; thank you for taking the suggestion. I stand corrected, however, as to my original assessment of the man with his back to us as the goalie—per Ikan I can see he is indeed carrying a stick. Daniel Case (talk) 01:24, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
- Support - All things being equal, I would prefer a slightly longer depth of field, but I think this is an excellent action shot. I think it helps that I'm familiar with hockey. I'm not sure if everyone who's commented in this thread has watched hockey games on TV and understands the nature of the game. Bandy seems like more or less a non-contact version of hockey that's played with a round ball instead of a puck. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:54, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
- Oppose Great game situation, if only the focus had been on the player with the ball it would also have been a great photo, sorry. --cart-Talk 18:25, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
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