Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Winnipeg Snow Storm
I photographed this freak May snow storm that occurred in Winnipeg. It appears it in the Winnipeg article. The picture is quite interesting as it shows an open outdoor swimming pool, with snow surrounding it.
- Nominate and support. - TDS (talk • contribs) 20:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Support I live in Ottawa, and freak snowstorms are really fun (no school!) but really freak lol. Its a nice pic! I like the trees in the background, and the tree that is really leaning in. It shows how bad these storms can be. My only suggestion would be that the picture is too low. Instead of having a large amount of just snow at the bottom of the picture, the picture should have been taken in a higher angle, so how abit more of the height of the trees. It just makes me feel confined. But i still like it paat 21:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Opposed - boring! A FP is not about how freaky storms can be but about the photo quality and composition. Adding it to the Winnipeg article is even a stretch. --P199 21:15, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Support. A swimming pool, brim full with water (and a floating air mattress to boot), all snowed in is not boring. This is much more eye-catching than the New York storm nominated a while ago, where nothing indicated it was "freak". The composition, with the angle formed by the flowerpots and stairsteps, focuses the viewpoint on the pool - a slight cropping of the bottom might improve it still. Quality is good enough, even if not tops. It does illustrate the climate in Winnipeg - much like here in Finland, where we also may get a freak snowfall in May or even early June... --Janke | Talk 21:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose. Half of the photo is snow-covered patio. An interesting addition to the Winnipeg article, but, in my opinion, not really FP stuff. bcasterline t 22:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- delete hardly note worthy Yes its a good picture but neither article or picture Not enclopedia material —This unsigned comment was added by Garrybowers (talk • contribs) 22:28, 27 March 2006.
- Weak Oppose It's illustrative, but a touch plain. Good, not striking per se. Procrastinator-General 22:53, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Weak oppose as well. The fact that this image depicts a snowstorm in May just isn't enough for it to be featured IMO. Phoenix2 23:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Weak oppose I miss the lack of detail in the trees... --Lewk_of_Serthic contrib talk 00:55, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- Weak oppose The color of the pool seriously hurts your eyes. Freedom to share 16:01, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose. Has great value as a news photo but what could it add to any article here? First of all, I want to know, whose bright idea was it to open their pool in early May? I live at a latitude decidedly south of Winnipeg, and even here few people open pools that early. Second, it really doesn't have that much "Huh?" value ... you could take pictures like that at almost any ski resort where there are warm outdoor pools even in the coldest winters. It's not that unique and not that striking. Daniel Case 21:40, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose. Bored. pschemp | talk 06:07, 2 April 2006 (UTC)