Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Georgia Aquarium Tropical Tank

Georgia Aquarium Tropical Tank

Just a good overall picture in my opinion (hence the nomination); it has good colors, and displays the concept of an aquarium well, with the fish, visitors, and brick housing; appears in Aquarium, and Diliff created the image.

• Nominate and support. - Tewy 03:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Good job! Beautiful shot with good colors, nice framing and good use of silhouettes. Well illustrates article and worthy of FP status. SteveHopson 04:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I'm not sure this can be licensed for commercial use... There are people in the image, who may be identifiable, and have probably not signed a release. -- Moondigger 04:14, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If TV shows can get away with a black bar over people's eyes than this is fine. Did you get a release from the people in your Havasu falls image? You'd have just a good a chance of identifying them. -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 04:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think there's a far better chance that somebody could be identified in this particular image than in my Havasu Falls image, but that's basically irrelevant. I'm not opposing on that concern. -- Moondigger 14:06, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

These people cannot be identified. HighInBC 14:19, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak oppose That said, whether the people are identifiable or not I think their presence in front of the tank detracts from the image. The tank itself is beautifully photographed, but the people block large sections of it. I think I would prefer a version without the people, showing off the tank itself. Maybe one silhouetted person off to one side to provide a sense of scale would work. -- Moondigger 04:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I prefer the people in this shot because it shows off the purpose of an aquarium -- to display the fish to people. SteveHopson 04:35, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, also when people are in an image for "sense of scale" it usually ruins the image. -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 04:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just imagining a version with a person (perhaps a child) silhouetted on the left or right, looking into the tank, but with most of the tank visible. -- Moondigger 14:06, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I'm suggesting this image should be nominated either, but I think that the people (particularly the little kid) in the photo do contribute and aren't really getting in the way of the image. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 15:01, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Vibrant colors, and it does show what an aquarium is for. -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 04:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Rather a tourist snapshot. Mikeo 06:06, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Agree with Moondigger. One silhouetted person would accomplish the same effect of communicating the purpose of an aquarium without also blocking out most of the tank itself. Also, it appears to need a bit of perspective correction.
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• Oppose Impressive quality (particularly for ISO 1600) but agree with above. Would have perferred a photo taken infront of the people with just the aquarium scene. --Fir0002 10:59, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose, looks like
  MST3K. —freak(talk
  ) 12:53, Sep. 12, 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. I don't completely agree with all criticisms but I don't really think its one of my best images either. I can do better. :) Maybe next time. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Oppose. Per Moondigger. Nauticashades 17:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I like it, a flash would be nice to light up the crowd. Model release issues, though I think is valid, it's not the norm for Wikipedia. PPGMD 22:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. The silhouetted figures are too great in number and definitely distracting. Fantastic colors, though, and I like the way the brick walls frame the shot evenly. --S0uj1r0 04:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. The people just block too much of the tank. say1988 15:58, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose People blocking subject, either the tank is curved or there is lens distortion. I took one like this at the Toronto Zoo and I would not vote for that one either. HighInBC 14:21, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support hypnotic photo. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:22, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]