Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wawona Tree

Wawona Tree

Reason: Stereograph of the Wawona Tree of Yosemite National Park, taken in 1918. A tunnel was cut through it as a tourist attraction in 1881; the tree collapsed in 1969. Its estimated age was 2300 years. Restored version of Image:Wawona.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: History_of_the_Yosemite_area#Human_impact, Wawona Tree
Creator: Keystone View Co.

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 17:33, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I don't really like the framing of this picture-- I think it's insufficient to just show the base as opposed to the tree in its entirety. This leaves the viewer wondering of its true size relative to those people. I wish something could be done about those curved edges. In any case, I wonder whose fantastically brilliant idea it was to blow a giant hole through the middle of such an obviously rare and intriguing specimen. Unbelievable. -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 21:15, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Photographs of this tree tend to be framed similarly, probably because it wasn't possible to capture the whole thing without losing the human scale and/or getting one's view obstructed by other sequoias in the grove. Durova^Charge! 21:35, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Definite "wow factor". Technicals are decent for WWI-era photography.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 21:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support per HereToHelp. Dhatfield (talk) 03:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I've seen better photos of this tree. FWIW, the round corners suggest this is one of a pair of stereoscope images. --Janke | Talk 13:16, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, the nomination calls this a stereograph (half of one actually). It was the best I could locate within the pre-1923 PD window. If you know where to find better I'll be right on it. Durova^Charge! 16:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - very good.--Avala (talk) 19:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Definitely interesting subject but image quality is pretty poor and I'd prefer if the black arches were cropped out. --Abdominator (talk) 03:49, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral For a tree which lived well into the 20th century, I would think there has got to be a better one out there. Alas, I can't find one... --65.127.188.10 (talk) 00:21, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Wadester16 (talk) 02:32, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Wawona tree1.jpg --jjron (talk) 08:22, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]