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File:Boardmasters2023 (97 of 171) (53120163026).jpg, featured[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 27 Nov 2023 at 22:21:46 (UTC)
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  •  Oppose. I'm still new to this forum, but isn't the idea of a featured photo to be in some way special? I don't see anything exceptional in either how the subject was photographed or in the scene captured. In addition there are basic faults (awkward crop, tilt, string of saliva in the mouth).  podstawko  ●talk  06:59, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Of course it's tilted but it's not a building picture. About the string of saliva, I suppose it's a joke. The fact that you can see it is more an argument for the quality of detail of the photo... --Selbymay (talk) 09:11, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hey @Selbymay, thanks for responding. No, the comment about the string of saliva is not a joke, and the fact that we can see it is definitely not an argument for the quality of the photo, merely a testament to the sharpness :). Additionally, careful and aesthetic cropping and tilting does not apply to buildings only, I'm not not sure where you read that rule. Do you think that the photographer made a deliberate decision here to tilt the photo to the left, and to just show like 2 cm of her blue dress at the bottom? If yes, I'd love to understand their reasoning behind these decisions.  podstawko  ●talk  09:24, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry but I don't think we can give our opinion of a picture of a landscape, a church or a human being with the absolut sames criteria, here on FP. Furthermore, this image is a close up of a singer on stage so I don't understand why the tilt or the string of saliva could be considered as "faults". The photographer seems not to be a commonist as the picture was transferred from flickr so we don't know why he cropped that much (3 936 × 2 418 pixels only for a 24MP camera) but I guess he had his reasons. Not being an absolute fan of this image, I prefer not to vote but I must admit it's a pretty good one. Selbymay (talk) 22:08, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, de gustibus non est disputandum. To me there's not much to this picture other than sharpness, and sharpness alone is too little to qualify for featured. Even the "impressive facial expression" which someone mentioned is not really impressive. Would anyone even pay attention to a different person, not a celebrity, photographed in the exact same pose? And to your point: the same criteria are not applied to landscapes and humans, but the same scrutiny and high quality bar for FP qualification are. If there was no reason for the original photographer to tilt and awkwardly crop, then we're looking at an image where a lot has been left to chance. This is not to say that accidental photos can't be fabulous (vide Winogrand's photography for example...), but this one is not. Even within the genre of concert photography, this is not an outstanding example, which you should probably know better than I do.  podstawko  ●talk  07:49, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Would anyone even pay attention to a different person, not a celebrity, photographed in the exact same pose?" I would. I didn't know who she was, just a singer performing. However, her being famous adds to the encyclopedic value of the photo, which can be one relevant consideration for FPC, even for Commons as opposed to Wikipedia. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:53, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Didn't you know RAYE before this nomination? ★ 02:16, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, as I said. I suppose I've heard some of her songs, but it's probably not the type of music I usually seek out. I'm a classical and jazz musician with pretty broad taste, but it doesn't extend to most current-day top-40 hits, though there are some exceptions (for example, I'm a fan of Adele and Lizzo and also like Alicia Keys). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:08, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Just listen to this… I do love her Amy's vibes! ★ 10:32, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Super-overdone production, IMO (no need for the orchestra and chorus), but she's a skilled hip-hop artist. Not really my kind of stuff, sorry. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:52, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 16 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:11, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: People#Musicians and singers performing
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