Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Recology Lodal Garbage Truck 14425 in San Francisco.jpg

File:Recology Lodal Garbage Truck 14425 in San Francisco.jpg, featured edit

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Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Vehicles/Land vehicles#Trucks and buses
Info created by dllu - uploaded by dllu - nominated by Dllu -- dllu (t,c) 02:27, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Info original background looks like File:Recology Lodal Garbage Truck 14425 in San Francisco (unprocessed).jpg. dllu (t,c) 02:27, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- dllu (t,c) 02:27, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- PumpkinSky talk 02:50, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:37, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:50, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I like the picture much better with the original background. Would you consider offering that (if there's one that's not small) as an alternate? This version seems antiseptic to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:16, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I've uploaded it. Feel free to add it as an alternate to this nomination. Personally, I think there's nothing wrong with "antiseptic" images for a project that's about encyclopedic images. dllu (t,c) 06:50, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I don't think FPC is about encyclopedic images; that's more VIC's brief. But how do I add an alt? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:54, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I wish the FP project was about encyclopaedic images, but it isn't. I'm not in favour of artifical backgrounds for this sort of image. Charles (talk) 09:15, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment FP is not only about "high artistic merit", but also about "high illustrative merit". What this image may lack in artistic merit, I hope it makes up for it in illustrative merit. Besides, COM:SCOPE says that Wikimedia Commons is about educational images, "providing knowledge; instructional or informative". To me, it is much more clear and informative to see the garbage truck that has been separated from its cluttered background. I can see this type of image being useful in educational media such as children's books and textbooks. dllu (t,c) 22:19, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'd put it like this: FP is (supposed to be) about images that make you go "wow!" in some kind of way. Where that "wow" comes from doesn't really matter, and there are many different ways of evoking it. It can come from the subject (like something very old or rare), technical execution (like an incredibly well done macro shot of a boring object), artistic merit or a combination of these factors. --El Grafo (talk) 09:48, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Info I'm not sure about the background yet in terms of FPC. But in any case I think it would make an excellent VIC, so I've gone ahead and nominated it there (→ nomination subpage). --El Grafo (talk) 11:13, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 11:44, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Ryan Hodnett (talk) 12:46, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm normally not a huge fan of background replacements at FPC, but I think in this case it not only works but also raises the bar for similar works to come. The masking is very well done even when pixel-peeping, and so is the artificial shadow beneath the truck. The flat lighting that makes the original photograph a bit boring-looking is perfect for this almost drawing-like illustrative image. And finally, yes, I am actually "wow"-ed by this transformation of a meh photograph into a very educative illustration. --El Grafo (talk) 13:31, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I spent 2 hours removing the background, paying particular attention to the glass windows and the numerous "holes" in the middle of the truck. dllu (t,c) 22:19, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support More or less per El Grafo. I also like that looking at it at thumb, I get the toy truck feeling. --cart-Talk 16:47, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral For some reason, I prefer the composition on the original, where the truck lies along the abscissa and the verticals are slanted. Not a huge fan of the background replacement either. - Benh (talk) 17:27, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose in favor of alt, per my comments above. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:50, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative edit

Support - I prefer this because it gives the photo a sense of place, as this looks like Downtown San Francisco to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:48, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
PumpkinSky, Johann Jaritz, Daniel Case, Charles, El Grafo, Yann, Ryan Hodnett, cart, Benh: At dllu's suggestion, I have put up an alt. I know some of you prefer the version on a white background, but it's only fair to ping everyone who voted. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:00, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
weak Support a common shot, byt I find it disorienting and interesting that this is levelled after the truck itself and not the context - Benh (talk) 06:06, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Thanks for the ping. As pointed out above, I find this a bit meh over all and I don't like the tilt. --El Grafo (talk) 08:45, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nope, this has no wow at all for me, sorry. --cart-Talk 10:14, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Exactlly per the other opposers aabove. --Cayambe (talk) 11:47, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Tilted. Yann (talk) 07:45, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--cart-Talk 09:43, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects/Vehicles/Land vehicles#Trucks and buses

The chosen alternative is: File:Recology Lodal Garbage Truck 14425 in San Francisco.jpg