Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Sun Voyager

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The Sun Voyager

Reason
Just look at the clarity and how the object pops out of the backround. You can clearly see what this picture is about.
Articles this image appears in
Reykjavik
Creator
David Blaikie from Hampshire, UK
  • Support as nominator Rj1020 (talk) 23:31, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Crop too tight, oversharpened (heavy fringing) and too small. Also, the caption should refer, at least, the meaning of the piece and its author! -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Is the work of sculpture that is depicted here subject to copyright? Also, doubtful encyclopedicity for
    Reykjavik. Spikebrennan (talk) 03:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Weak Support Nice. —αἰτίας discussion 04:51, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is a suspected copyright violation because freedom of panorama in Iceland is essentially for non-commercial uses only. Does anyone want to start a commons deletion request? MER-C 07:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But it is for non-commercial use, I don't see the problem. diego_pmc (talk) 09:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Licenses for FPs must allow commercial use... --Janke | Talk 09:56, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This isn't a two dimensional reproduction of a copyrighted two dimensional work... it's a sculpture and therefore originality... I'm not sure why that would be an issue in the first place. If it were a sign on the side of the building it would be... gren グレン 17:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This photo is a derivative work, see Commons:Derivative works. MER-C 06:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Looks over-saturated and over-sharpened. Also likely a copyright vio. Kaldari (talk) 17:00, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Per Kaldari. Also, the crop is fairly tight; I'd like some more empty border space.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 15:27, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 02:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]