Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Willamette River in Portland

Willamette River in Portland

The Willamette River as it passes through Portland, Oregon.

Reason: This image does a great job of illustrating the Willamette River as it goes through Portland. It took months of planning and a lot of luck to get this pic.
Articles this image appears in: Willamette River
Creator: User:Cacophony

Support as nominator — Cacophony 00:39, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Most impressive. I can find no stitching errors, though they still might be in there, given the size of the pic.--Here T oHelp 02:41, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support High res, no visible stitching errors, high enc, overall an excellent picture. --Uberlemur 02:54, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
weak ~~oppose~~ support has tilt/curvature to the right. Would support otherwise. Debivort 03:28, 28 June 2007 (UTC) -- tilt fixed, but curvature is still there. Debivort 17:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I was staring at the details for so long that I forgot to take a step back and look at the whole thing. I straightened it and cropped a bit more of the sky off. Now some of the buildings on the far left are slightly tilted to the left, but overall it is much improved now. Cacophony 04:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

weak support It looks great. A bit soft in the focus at right, and there's still some tilt. Did you take this yesterday? Because I shot the picture two below yesterday afternoon. (Broke my tripod too) : (. That would be coincidental if you did. -Fcb981 04:57, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, twas a great day with not very much smog/haze out. As for the poor focus at the right, I took literally 400 photos from this location and unfortunately every single one looking south was focused on the trees in the foreground. I thought about chopping it off at the south end of Ross Island, but I figured I'd give this a go and crop it is too bothersome for others. Cacophony 05:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Enc, and I like the blue haze, since I've just been learning about Rayleigh scattering. :) --TotoBaggins 13:42, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral In the sky there are noticeable stitching errors, but the city itself looks free from those errors. The stitches go sharply from one shade of blue to another, but they line up very well. Also, the haze -- however naturally it occurs -- is dense enough that it takes away from the color detail.--Puddyglum 18:57, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Illustrates the subject satisfactorily, and in any case it is a generally good photograph. I have tried to look for some stitching errors but personally I haven't seen any; I am assuming they must be quite subtle. The photograph is best appreciated at full-scale. Chris Buttigieg ^talk 19:54, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support This certainly represents the river very well, as well as the city, and it's a high-quality image — solid sharpness (except for the slight loss of focus on the right), contrast, and color overall. Great work. —BrOnXbOmBr21 • talk • contribs • 13:22, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support, I can definitely appreciate the effort that went into this image, but there are a few technical issues present. There are some minor stitching errors, particularly near St. Helens; on either side of the mountain there are very slight but nevertheless noticeable differences in the sky that appear as grayish vertical bars where the photos were stitched. There is also a noticeable one about midway between Hood and St. Helens. Also, the softness and curvature others have mentioned. Other than that the image is well executed, with nice colors and contrast. --Mad Max 23:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - as per Mad Max above. Supaluminal 03:54, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nicely done. Preference for edit 1 --Fir0002 02:27, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support edit 1 with a slightly improved caption pointing out some of the landmarks. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 13:39, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow wow wow. This photo is a significant contribution to the commons. For those not living in Portland, understand that sunny, cloudless days like this don't come around that often. I've lived here over 15 years and never knew Mt. Adams was visible from Portland. (Is this from Council Crest?) I'd say more, but I want to go back and look at it some more. -Pete 00:40, 5 July 2007 (UTC) p.s. No strong preference between edits.[reply]
Support - a few minor photographic/stitching issues but as previously pointed out it would be extremely difficult to do any better. In any case, it's high res and very encylopedic given the number of bridges visible and the perspective of the mountains/river vis-a-vis downtown Portland so it should be an FP in my book. -Big Smooth 21:48, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:WillametteRvrPano edit.jpg MER-C 03:48, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]