Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Porto Covo pano April 2009-4.jpg

Coastal surf in the Atlantic Ocean

Reason

It is an unusual yet encyclopaedic depiction of a coastal surf area, as a high resolution panorama. There are no miracles and the problem posed by the moving subject had to be solved through a detailed and patient cloning job which took profit of the fractal nature of the ocean surface's geometry (as well as of my knowledge of the waves, as an oceanographer...).

Articles this image appears in

Atlantic Ocean, Wind wave, Coast

Creator

Alvesgaspar (talk)

• Support as nominator --Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:19, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support
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• Comment I have the feeling that the picture is quite underexposed. My thesis is based on the shadows angle which is rather steep. Even so a very nice picture. --Richard Bartz (talk) 16:43, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Maybe a question of taste. What about the edited version? -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 17:42, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Maybe. But tastes good. Support Alt1 --Richard Bartz (talk) 18:23, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Edit 1. A fine illustration of Portugal's Atlantic coast. Mostlyharmless (talk) 04:00, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Edit 1. I imagine it could also illustrate a local geography article for Porto or Portugal? Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:32, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps at

Nominate! 23:53, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply

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Thanks for the hint but there is really no article there. Maybe when I write one... Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's an idea.. Sometimes a good photo acts as a catalyst to improving the article that it lives in. :-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:38, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose Sky is blotchy (and indeed needs the black line at the top cropped off), there is a significant stitching error in a wave (~1/4 from the LHS), sharpness is mediocre and the EV in the articles is questionable at best. --Fir0002 05:33, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please chop off the black line. MER-C 11:23, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • Sorry, I thought it was already done. It is OK now. Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:05, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Edit1 per nom --Muhammad(talk) 15:16, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original and edit duplicates => Promoted File:Porto Covo pano April 2009-4.jpg MER-C 08:44, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]