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[edit]Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 2 Sep 2018 at 07:16:05 (UTC)
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Team_sports
- Info Norsteam's crew scrambling to change sides and avoid capsizing as they execute a quick turn in Match Cup Norway 2018.
- I don't nominate my own images for FP very often; this is simply because I haven't considered them to have enough of a "wow factor" and I really think FP should be about the very best images we have. This, I firmly believe, is one of those. We don't have many images of sailing sports in the FP sections, so I think it's time to add one. I also considered nominating a different image, but preferred this one since you can see the crew better.
- If you're wondering if the crew did manage to avoid capsizing, here's the whole series: 1, 2, 3, 4. :)
- Created, uploaded and nominated by yours truly. -- Peulle (talk) 07:16, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support -- Peulle (talk) 07:16, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support The sails are better here than in the other one you considered. --Cart (talk) 09:02, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support Though Colin would say something about color space, maybe... --Laitche (talk) 10:27, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:54, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support Right moment to take the photo --Michielverbeek (talk) 12:25, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 13:51, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 13:52, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:32, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 17:48, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support ...and 10... --Basotxerri (talk) 21:09, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support - Very good composition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:42, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:06, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- But please switch to sRGB --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:08, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support One would like to see the expressions on the crew's faces, but then you wouldn't be able to see why they have those expressions. Daniel Case (talk) 21:05, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support -- P999 (talk) 22:50, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support --The NMI User (talk) 07:54, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
OpposeNeutral I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that the rocks in the background make it hard to see what is going on unless one magnifies that part of the image. I know you wanted the whole of the sail in the picture, but the result is the people are tiny. If the background was simpler and the crop focussed on the action.... The moment is good. Please export your JPGs as sRGB for internet use. -- Colin (talk) 13:46, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- Done I tried to convert to sRGB per request of Martin Falbisoner and Colin; I've never really done that before, I just used the standard settings in PhotoShop on my Mac. Hopefully, I got it right. As for the rocks in the background, they cannot be helped; the whole point of this racing tour is to have the boats race in extremely close proximity to towns and land. You can find more information about the location here if you're interested.--Peulle (talk) 16:18, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- Comment The cliffs are noted, but knowing how hard it is to anticipate an event such as this, capture it sharp in good light from the right angle, for me this falls under the photos described in the FPC rules as "A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph." And yes, in sailboat photos people are tiny if visible at all, there is no way around that. Compared to other FPs of sailboats, the folks in this photo are actually quite big. --Cart (talk) 16:07, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- I looked at this like a picture editor on a web news site wanting a picture captioned "Norsteam's crew scrambling to change sides and avoid capsizing as they execute a quick turn in Match Cup Norway 2018." The actual action occurs in a tiny portion of the frame and isn't really visible in the thumb (which I get as a very detailed 600x874px on my high DPI monitor). I guess if printed as a large poster it might still work. I still think the best sports action shots are close-up crops. Btw, the image still appears to be Adobe RGB and please don't "convert" the JPG. The point is that when you process the raw file, you export the JPG (or TIFF, PNG, etc) as sRGB. So there will be an option in your Photoshop settings/preferences. Perhaps also the default is taken from your camera setting for JPGs, which doesn't directly affect the raw file but might be noted as a tag somewhere. AdobeRGB is fine if you are a pro working for a printed magazine, but on the internet it means an awful lot of viewers will see the wrong colours. -- Colin (talk) 20:44, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- Sure, I see your point about where to focus our attention - on the crew or the whole scene. It's a matter of taste, I guess, and I could have zoomed in, but I prefer it this way since we can now see the whole boat almost capsizing, whereas a closer zoom (while getting a better view of the crew's activity) would not show what's happening to the boat. And thanks for the format info; I'm still a complete n00b when it comes to such things. I will see what I can do about it when I have more time.--Peulle (talk) 07:53, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 17:25, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
- Oppose Per Colin. The contour of the boat is lost against the rocks. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 00:15, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 10:33, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 17 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 13:34, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Sports#Team_sports