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File:Tower Bridge view at dawn.jpg, featured

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I prefer this version -- User:The Photographer
I agree. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 23:15, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

•  Info created by Colin - uploaded by Colin - nominated by Colin -- Colin (talk) 21:50, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support High resolution (205MP) panorama of the view at dawn from the road over Tower Bridge. -- Colin (talk) 21:50, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support "No wow effect", "a normal picture", "bad quality, bad composition and suject", "simply ugly"! (it's lie, ok? ) 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 22:32, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Regards, Christoph Braun (talk) 22:41, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment A lot of "wow" but still missing something. I feel that but I don't known what that is.--Claus (talk) 23:09, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
  • It needs another huge skyscraper. They're probably building something monstrous where all those cranes are in the middle of the picture. :-) -- Colin (talk) 20:02, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Yann (talk) 23:21, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support OK, Colin, now I understand why you were oppposing Diego's picture of the Shard from the bridge. If that was the standard tourist view, then this deserves featuring as the creative local photographer view. Good stuff! Daniel Case (talk) 03:50, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Precisely! ;-) Diliff (talk) 09:35, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Wladyslaw (talk) 05:27, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support wow! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:14, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Very good. I somewhat prefer to wait a few minutes after "peak golden hour" but this image is great as it is. The Shard doesn't make the composition easier with its height, but overall a difficult scene well managed, --DXR (talk) 08:24, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Prefer crop --DXR (talk) 12:40, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

•  Support Impressive. -- -donald- (talk) 09:19, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support. Very nice indeed. I don't think I've ever seen such a pleasant view from Tower Bridge (it's very different at sunset/dusk). Diliff (talk) 09:35, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
  • And nice to see you using the Nodal Ninja pano head! (although it may not have even been needed for this scene, as parallax would have been negligible at such distances) Diliff (talk) 09:40, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
    • Thanks for the support Diliff, and the Nodal Ninja of course. I haven't always had success with it -- need more practice but you make it look easy. I agree parallax isn't an issue here but a tripod does make a difference. Pretty much all my shots turn our sharp when I've used the tripod rather than handheld where I usually have to take several spare shots just in case some are blurry. Standing on the pavement alongside the road across Tower Bridge is not as stable a surface as I would like. In the middle, you are on the end of the drawbridge so it vibrates like mad when a vehicle passes -- some shots I took at slower speed were not sharp. (I thought you might mention the tide being out) -- Colin (talk) 11:18, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 09:54, 11 February 2015 (UTC)--Cayambe (talk) 09:54, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Nice size --The_Photographer (talk) 11:55, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support impressive. --Pugilist (talk) 18:11, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support I feel cold just looking at it. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 03:04, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- ChristianFerrer 12:40, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Pofka (talk) 16:09, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Eye catching. Surprised it came from you (expected a Diliff tag to be honest) - Benh (talk) 22:46, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Benh, Diliff's a steady churchgoer these days. He only allows works dedicated to the glory of God to render themselves on his camera sensor. :-) -- Colin (talk) 12:02, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
    • One only goes after his/her siblings ;-) - Benh (talk) 12:28, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
    • Colin, everyone needs a hobby. ;-) There is a chronic lack of quality interior images on Commons, and churches are simply the most accessible (and among the most beautiful), given you tend to need permission to photograph anything else with a tripod. Any fool with a camera can photograph the Thames from Tower Bridge! (Kidding, obviously. This is an excellent image both in terms of detail and aesthetics). Diliff (talk) 13:37, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 12:47, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Karelj (talk) 17:39, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Maire (talk) 15:31, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Trace (talk) 21:17, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Alternative crop

•  Support This crop was proposed by The Photographer and I agree it is stronger, with the buildings filling the frame more. -- Colin (talk) 12:01, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 12:09, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support A bit better. Yann (talk) 12:10, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Much better composition, difficult to open in my browser yet, however, thats good because it is big --The_Photographer (talk) 12:27, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
  • The_Photographer, have you tried the no-flash zoom browser. I don't recommend the Flash one because it trashes the quality of the image. -- Colin (talk) 12:46, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support this crop is better. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:32, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Per above and even better. --DXR (talk) 12:40, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Neutral - both are very good indeed. The tighter crop makes the buildings stand out better, but I like the "tall sky" of the first picture. The tall blue sky emphasises the vastness of city below. So not indifferent, but pros and cons for both crops. --Pugilist (talk) 14:12, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Neutral as Pugilist -- ChristianFerrer 14:33, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment I guess both compositions are valid—I see the first one as giving a nice and calm feeling, with an extra breathability factor (which I like), while I see the second one as being slightly more aggressive and dynamic. It's up to you to decide what you want to express! -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 16:06, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Aggresive like a lion or like a Trex? or like or as a worker of public social security? --The_Photographer (talk) 18:45, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps "aggressive" is the wrong choice of adjective (bold, strong, powerful, perhaps?) Still I think the comments are interesting. -- Colin (talk) 19:20, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

• Ok, poor choice of wording! :) Let's say that in extreme cases, when there's no breathability in a picture, I feel a bit oppressed somehow, which is what I meant by “aggressive”. This is not the case here but definitely more than in the first version for me. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 01:07, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

•  Support, with a slight preference for this version. I'd be happy with either though. Diliff (talk) 20:19, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 23:06, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Lothar Spurzem (talk) 23:11, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Paris 16 (talk) 01:47, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Was thinking the same and even of getting rid of the rightmost building to balance it even more. But it's fine like that already. - Benh (talk) 08:48, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support per Diliff --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:59, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Baresi F (talk) 20:19, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Claus (talk) 00:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --///EuroCarGT 04:44, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

•  Comment Although numerically the original crop has more support, the alternative was added quite late in the nomination. The consensus, of those who expressed an opinion, seems to be it is a bit better, with nobody thinking it is a lot worse. So I suggest the alternative be promoted. -- Colin (talk) 22:11, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment Per Colin.--Claus (talk) 05:41, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment Per Colin. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 09:08, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 14:50, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Panoramas

The chosen alternative is: File:Tower Bridge view at dawn crop.jpg

•  Comment. Umm, I thought it seemed clear as per Colin's comments, that the cropped version had slightly more support. The original had more support votes, but many people voted on both images and expressed a preference for the crop. Diliff (talk) 15:31, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Technically it could work because Colin "withdrew" his first nomination. --The_Photographer (talk) 15:58, 26 February 2015 (UTC)