Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Xiangqi in Sara D. Roosevelt Park (00185).jpg

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File:Xiangqi in Sara D. Roosevelt Park (00185).jpg, not featured[edit]

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Xiangqi in Sara D. Roosevelt Park
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/People
  •  Info created and uploaded by Rhododendrites - nominated by W.carter -- cart-Talk 15:22, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support This one has been one of my favorites for a long time and it's time to give it a shot. This little group so intent on the game, all with relaxed poses, all taking a break from the world outside the park, the only reminder of a turbulent world is the newspaper that acts like a time marker. Here the newspaper is quite accidental but it is the sort of composition that many painters, illustrators and cartoonists use as markers for time and mood contrast. --cart-Talk 15:22, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose No. Sorry ... no. You can't see the game, can't see the players, can hardly see any faces at all, the crops are all over the place and you don't get any sense of excitement going on when they play. It just looks like somebody walked along the street with a camera and clicked the button in the general direction of the table without thinking too much about the result. The two men blocking your view are particularly disturbing. --Peulle (talk) 15:43, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Per Peulle. Compare this image. It might not be feature-quality, but you can see everything that you can't see in this one. Daniel Case (talk) 03:25, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Boring people seen from behind, unfortunate crop on the left, unsharp game, insignificant blue bag and newspaper -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:45, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Body language is often more expressive than facial expressions and that is the main element in this photo. To me it speaks volumes and makes for a very interesting image, more than just an instructive photo of what the game looks like. --cart-Talk 08:05, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • I like these "capturing normal people in normal activities without their guard on" photos where you can explore their bodies and faces. The game isn't the focus of the pic, it's just a MacGuffin. The expression of Hillary on the newspaper gives it a bit of interesting nuance. I only wish that the guy in the background, with the boyo-type hand-on-hip pose, would be sharper. Pondering. Manelolo (talk) 11:50, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak  Support I really like it - just a shame the guy in the back is a bit out of focus. But guess that goes with the game of taking real life pics. (PS. just noticed how the chap on the left is looking at the game like it's a matter of life and death.) Manelolo (talk) 18:29, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose. No good composition -- Lothar Spurzem (talk) 15:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Not one I would've considered nominating myself. I mean, I rather like the composition, with the whole frame crammed with different sorts of people, all intently focused on the game with not one of them looking away/distracted (it's why I uploaded this one rather than a few others), but it indeed has some technical shortcomings pointed out above that I cannot disagree with. Part of what makes this scene interesting to me is the knowledge that this is in just by the entrance to a popular playground, and somehow this bubble of concentration is surrounded by the loud chaos of screaming children, a crowd of people with strollers, and generally busy crowd milling about. :) I will say that while it may not be everyone's cup of tea, I do think it's much more appropriate for FP than the image Daniel linked (granted, he qualified it along those lines). That one he linked shows the game quite well, and has people watching, but the colors are flatter, people are looking away, stuff is happening in the background. I.e. it's about the game, rather than the, err, "bubble of concentration". :) This nominated image would clearly be terrible if it were actually about the game itself. Anyway, I can understand why it doesn't seem like the technical issues will be something others can look past, but I will say that cart's reasoning resonates (not the first time she has given me some added appreciation for one of my own images). :) — Rhododendrites talk |  15:08, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination I guess it's about time now. Thanks for your interest. --cart-Talk 19:48, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 3 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--cart-Talk 19:55, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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