Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Second Severn Crossing pano 1.jpg

Image:Second Severn Crossing pano 1.jpg - featured

•  Info created by Yummifruitbat — uploaded by Yummifruitbat — nominated by Yummifruitbat
•  Support self-nomination. This is a view of the Second Severn Crossing (a combination cable-stayed/viaduct bridge with a total length of more than 3 miles) which carries the M4 motorway across the River Severn. It is the main crossing point from Wales to England (and vice versa) for South Wales, and had to be designed for the second-highest tidal range in the world. --Yummifruitbat 01:35, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Neutral It was a little to early in the morning to take this picture (or late at night). It is a little too dark for me. --Digon3 12:56, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Erina 15:51, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support JohnKolter 18:52, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose - I like the sky in the middle of the image and the idea of it, but too dark. Arad 21:14, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose ack Arad Roger McLassus 07:33, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Yes it is a bit dark but I like it this way, gives the suggestion of thunder. -- Alvesgaspar 10:38, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Comment - Just to clarify, it was my intention that this photo was 'dark' - it was taken early on a late-summer evening as a thick bank of storm clouds rolled overhead. I used the bridge regularly during the summer to commute from work in Bristol to my home in Cardiff, and was often struck by the dramatic contrasts as the sun shone through clouds to cast the bridge in silhouette. I think this photo (at least when viewed on a properly-calibrated monitor) is an eyecatching depiction which might capture the interest of a casual viewer. I'm aware that it's not the most 'encyclopaedic' view of the bridge, which is why I nominated it here rather than at EN.FPC. --Yummifruitbat 12:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose It's a nice panoramic picture, if it was taken properly. The color is not rich and it looks like a duotone picture. It's better, IMO, to make it real silhouette, but with a support with a dramatic colorful sunlight. Indon 13:01, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

• I'm afraid I don't understand the latter part of your comment. Are you suggesting that I've changed the colours of the sunset? --Yummifruitbat 13:48, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Nope. When you make a silhouette of an object, it has to have a strong backlight. It would be a nice shilouette if the backlight has rich color, as in the sunset. In this picture, the backlight is not colorful, IMO. BTW, how about if you tweak the saturation and levels of this picture? Maybe the backlight color will appear. Indon 14:53, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, that's clearer. I disagree that the picture wasn't 'taken properly' - it portrays the scene near enough exactly as it appeared to the naked eye. Tweaking the saturation etc. would be falsifying the scene - it wasn't 'colourful' but I don't think that's a prerequisite for an effective photograph. I could have waited for the sun to set completely and got a rich orange glow but that would have been a totally different scene and wasn't what I wanted to capture in this panorama. --Yummifruitbat 20:02, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

•  Support i like the composition and also the atmosphere of the photo...imho the light fits very well --AngMoKio 19:03, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose Spectacular atmosphere, but unspectacular composition Simonizer 13:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Lighting is it's strong point - it would be utterly dull without it. Nice pano --Fir0002 www 12:11, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Perfect if you judge by the mood. Dori | Talk 21:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support --Lerdsuwa 10:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Neutral - colors are not attractive indeed. By the way, it looks much better in B&W (I tried). Dr Bug (Vladimir V. Medeyko) 18:04, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support I don't see anything wrong with the colours. pfctdayelise (说什么?) 09:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

9 support, 4 oppose, 2 neutral → featured Roger McLassus 08:27, 22 October 2006 (UTC)