Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Old and new Parliament Houses; Canberra Australia.jpg

File:Old and new Parliament Houses; Canberra Australia.jpg, featured edit

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Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Info The view of Australia's houses of parliament from Lake Burley Griffin, in Canberra Australia. The wide white building is old Parliament House; the building behind with people walking on its grass roof is the new one. The curved area in the foreground is just a landscaping element.
Info created, uploaded, nominated by Thennicke -- Thennicke (talk) 10:43, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Thennicke (talk) 10:43, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Mild Support - A bit hazy (is there room for a tad more sharpening?), but what a great composition, with the kayakers in different colored kayaks on each side, in addition to the buildings, etc. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:56, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support The kayakers are what makes this photo. Not sure sharpening is the fix we need to go for, a bit if more contrast or upping the dark tones might be enough--cart-Talk 11:33, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @Ikan Kekek: @W.carter: Thanks re. the kayakers. In terms of image quality, the main issue here is heat haze (sharpening won't fix it) - this isn't summer but it's a long focal length and a distant subject. I'll experiment a bit more with curves and the black point and see what I can do to make this really "pop". -- Thennicke (talk) 12:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Thennicke (talk) 13:03, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support the small boats make the wow.--Jebulon (talk) 14:47, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Jebulon --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 15:18, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support I love the symmetry here. The curved steps up also, for me, sort of evoke the U.S.S. Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor ... I wonder what the architect's intent was, if he had something similar in mind.
I suppose the grayish tint of the background vegetation is that same rare eucalypt you mentioned in your responses to my !votes on your other nominations? Daniel Case (talk) 20:11, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Daniel Case: That hill in the background is Red Hill, and the dominant flora is Yellow Box-Red Gum woodland, so unfortunately no, it's a different tree. I'd guess it's gone a bit grey because of the volatile organic compounds the trees produce, almost like smog. Eucalypts can be very dull and boring in photographs, sadly. I don't know who designed the curved area -- Thennicke (talk) 00:57, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support lNeverCry 20:21, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support The boats are neat. Charles (talk) 23:14, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 08:49, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Reguyla (talk) 20:48, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 04:16, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Poc o² 11:33, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 23:45, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 13:47, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture#Australia