Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Stenhamra September 2014 01.jpg

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File:Stenhamra September 2014 01.jpg, not featured[edit]

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  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
  •  Info Typical prefabricated homes from the 1970s in Stenhamra, Stockholm county. Created, uploaded and nominated by -- Arild Vågen (talk) 11:48, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- ArildV (talk) 11:48, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Hubertl 22:43, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I can see what you were trying to get, but it didn't quite come through. The pattern of the neighborhood lots and houses doesn't come across as striking enough at this angle, and with the other places at the side. Plus the bottom is a little noisy. Daniel Case (talk) 03:23, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support --Medium69 You wanted talk to me? 11:29, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Please pardon me for being blunt, but this seems more a useful encyclopedic picture (ergo, Valued) than a truly artistic picture to me. I see the relative sameness of the houses, but I'm having trouble with the composition (for example, it is not rewarding for me to move my eye around the picture frame, nor is there a perfect rectangular shape for the picture frame, streets and houses, if you were going for that). Is there a particular compositional idea you had in mind? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:08, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment Thank you for your comment Ikan Kekek. Sorry for late replay, I have been very busy offline. I think the photo is interesting, but I understand Daniel's opinion above. The photo is about this residential area from 1970 composed of two types of houses. It's also telling the story about how every house (once identical) has changed during 40 years. The photo is taken from a helicopter, with limited opportunity to compose the image or change lens (dangerous when flying with doors removed). Also for aerial photography you always have to crop some building and you very rarely get the perfect frame. But I don't think the composition is to bad, it is a straight street at the bottom, right angles to the houses. Artistic? I don't know. But most FP, unfortunately IMO, are just QI of nice places and locations Imo FP is and should be about featured pictures, not featured buildings or locations. I think this photo is a interesting images telling a interesting story in a unusual but effective way. But I understand if you disagree. Regards--ArildV (talk) 14:48, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      •  Comment Thanks a lot for your reply, and I totally get all your points and respect them. They definitely explain why the photo is interesting, but not necessarily, to my mind, why it should be featured. I guess the question in my mind amounts to documentation vs. artistry. I certainly won't be upset if it's featured, but I'm kind of agnostic, and I'll be  Neutral on this nomination. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:05, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral per others. --Tremonist (talk) 13:07, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 3 support, 1 oppose, 2 neutral → not featured. /Yann (talk) 21:10, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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