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File:Miaoli-County Taiwan Quanhua-Temple-02.jpg, featured edit

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Info The famous roofs of Quanhua Temple, located in the Lion's Head Mountain Scenic Area, Taiwan. It was a foggy afternoon, shortly before dusk, not quite the conditions you hope to find at such a place. However, it turned out, that the greyish background acted as a surprisingly suitable, undistracting contrast to the colours and filigrane details of the roof decorations.

All by -- CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 07:37, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 07:37, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - High-quality photograph. I won't be surprised if someone says there's "too much going on" in it or something similar, and I'll be pleasantly surprised if everyone appreciates the complex form and doesn't think it's the least bit chaotic, overwhelming in some way that bugs them or whatever. In any case, I certainly appreciate it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:34, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 10:05, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:16, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) 10:36, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Pofka (talk) 11:35, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Totally Uwe Aranas style. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 12:53, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 19:24, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support@Ikan Kekek: Perhaps I was the one you were thinking of? Actually, in this case, "a lot going on" is exactly the point, and shooting it on a cloudy day actually helps because the light treats the colors equally instead of creating posterization issues or clipping problems. Daniel Case (talk) 22:40, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I'm glad this photo works for you, and you give a clear explanation of why. However, I wasn't just thinking of you. I've seen a number of people complain either that there "is too much going on" in a photo, that a photo with a complex form is "chaotic", or that it was a problem that they couldn't tell what the subject of the photo was. Of course, a lot of this is purely a matter of opinion (a complex form can indeed be chaotic, I think we would all agree), but there is a difference in terms to a degree, inasmuch as I don't think I would ever give mere complexity or multiplicity of forms or lack of a singular subject as a reason to oppose a photo (though I reserve the right to do that at some point in a specific context). To me, a complex form isn't a problem unless there's something that makes it not work, and the same is true of a simple form. As someone who grew up looking at a lot of paintings, I find that the landscape or cityscape itself is quite often the subject, and it can be quite complex and rich, requiring the viewer to stand in front of the picture for several minutes looking around the composition in order to understand the work well. Some photos are like that, too. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:01, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support and ten. --Hubertl 23:31, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 06:33, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - By the way and in general: I share both Daniel's and Ikan's views here above.--Cayambe (talk) 16:10, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 12:11, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 17:42, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Religious buildings