Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gordon Dam.jpg

Gordon Dam

Reason: Good quality, rain clouds above, shows the surrounding rocks (important for an arch dam). 140m worth of ladder!
Articles this image appears in: Lake Gordon, Arch dam, Gordon Dam
Creator: Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 11:14, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Spectacular composition/mood! Very enc as well. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 11:37, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support It could always be bigger, but I think it's good enough. Dynamic composition still maintains inclusive framing.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 11:42, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Impressive composition and mood, a pity that the picture is so small -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 13:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Bellisimo (IT), heel erg mooi (NL), ganz schon (DE), tres beaux (FR), very beautiful (EN), etc. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 14:54, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's definitely got both the enc and the "wow" I'm looking for in a FP photo. --Janke | Talk 15:04, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stunningly beautiful and technically perfect, while maintaining enc. TheOtherSiguy (talk) 18:16, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Interesting viewpoint, high quality. Spencer^T♦^C 18:58, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support joining the praise. Durova^Charge! 19:12, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'd say that this has the much sought-after 'wow' factor so often talked about but so rarely found. Coupled with definite EV, this image has my full support. Jor dan ^Contribs 19:20, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support as above, wow. Guest9999 (talk) 21:26, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose I have to say it does have all the wow, is high in EV and the composition is very strong, but it is soft in the corners and the background is out of DOF and this is all due to the choice of f4 as an aperture, at 10mm f8 would probably have sharpened those corners right up and put the background within DOF. Mfield (talk) 22:22, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- True, unfortunately I only had seconds to take the shot and the camera was really set for the inside of the nearby Gordon Power Station (very dark). I did change the ISO from 1600 to 100 fortunately. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:20, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - You could have set it on auto for both inside and out rather than aperture priority/manual ;-) I know how it is though, time is always a factor in getting the 'perfect' shot. Appropriate weather/lighting is the other one, and you were lucky to get moody clouds. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:24, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - I had left the camera was on A-DEP (which sets the aperture to match as many focus points as possible). None of the focus points really laid on the deep foreground or background (so the camera picked F4) and I didn't notice and switch to aperture priority to compensate. A few minutes later those clouds started raining all over us so the camera was back in the bag. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:11, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - I have to admit I don't ever use A-DEP as I find it a bit useless for the reason you just described. I guess I just know, intuitively, based on the focal length I'm using whether DOF is going to be an issue, and I try to stop down at least to f/5.6-f/8 for any daylight shot for reasons of sharpness as much as DOF. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:07, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        Yeah, I try to as well. A-DEP was actually pretty decent for the inside of the power plant though (bias towards F4 occasionally opening up if there was a big difference between foreground and background, obviously doesn't make the right decisions for landscapes though, which is ironic as its what its intended for. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:34, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - ADEP mode works completely the wrong way from the way it should IMHO really anyway. I would love a mode that let you focus once on the closet thing you wanted in focus and then on the furthest and the camera would then set the correct aperture to include both. I believe some other manufacturers have implemented this style of auto DEP on their bodies at some point. Alternately, a mode that would automatically focus the lens to the hyperfocal distance for a given aperture as the computer inside would be infinitely better at remembering such trivia for each lens and aperture combination I own than I am. It's sad that the manufacturers are so slow to implement trivial new helpful features that would be so easy with the processing power and firmware memory available. The virtual horizon on the latest Nikons is a welcome step in the right direction from that standpoint. Mfield (talk) 20:01, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very well done. —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:13, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Great photo. X clamation point 00:37, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - very minor technical faults are negated by huge enc and the fact that it looks absolutely stunning. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 09:11, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Eh, it's a little soft around the edges, but that is GREATLY outweighed by the EV & excellent overall quality of the image. Amphy (talk) 03:48, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per all above. Nicely donde, great picture. We have a FP in front of us. Cheers ;) --201.212.140.93 (talk) 06:07, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

the preceeding comment was mine, I'm sorry, I forgot to log in. --MakE ^shout! 06:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Excellent use of HDR - a dramatic and enc image --Fir0002 23:06, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support per all above. I get mild vertigo just looking down! Mostlyharmless (talk) 05:34, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I came across a very similar scenery this summer, but gave up the idea to take the picture because of the weather (which was the same as well). Now I know I should have used 3 exposures blending. This, plus excellent use of wide angle lens for composition, give stunning results. - Blieusong (talk) 12:15, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Pile-on support Stunning. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:12, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great image Diego_pmc ^Talk 18:23, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:03, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support have to admit image attracts your sight. Nice job. M.K. (talk) 21:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support hell yeah. Matt Deres (talk) 15:52, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is AWESOME! Purple Is Pretty (talk) 23:27, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support because I didn't want to be left off of the highest supported FPC in wikihistory! Intothewoods29 (talk) 19:26, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - good angle --T-rex 22:01, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stunning!-- Ευπάτωρ ^Talk!! 02:45, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Gordon Dam.jpg MER-C 10:11, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]