Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Old Fortress and the Old Town of Corfu - September 2017.jpg

File:The Old Fortress and the Old Town of Corfu - September 2017.jpg, featured edit

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Category: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Greece
Info The Old Fortress and the Old Town of Corfu, Greece. All by me, --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:48, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:48, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Thennicke (talk) 23:15, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support HalfGig talk 01:23, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I would like to see more at the bottom and less empty sky at the top. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:24, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thanks for reducing the sky. Actually, now I don't mind the bottom crop anymore. It seems that the previous composition lacked a central focus so it had an overall disorganized feel to it, but now it's much better. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:08, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Sky could be a bit better, but overall, this is beautiful. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:04, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
True, more bottom is a whish. --Mile (talk) 08:05, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Well, for compositional reasons I decided to take a close-up of the hill and the belltower of Saint Spyridon Church. And since both town and especially hill need some space to breathe, ~~I didn't want to crop the sky any further...~~ --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:47, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- ok, ok, I've cropped the image a bit. You're right, less empty sky's better. I hope you all agree, pinging Thennicke, HalfGig talk, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠, Ikan Kekek, Mile --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:54, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's fine, although if it were a more interesting sky it would've been better to keep it of course -- Thennicke (talk) 11:01, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fine with me, too. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:45, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good positioning. -- Pofka (talk) 12:16, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good now. --Mile (talk) 13:32, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Milseburg (talk) 14:09, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Although the foreground comes off as almost oversharpened (perhaps different levels of sharpening could have been applied to it and the background? Something to keep in mind for future such images), the image as a whole works. I particularly like the way the steeples and the cross reinforce each other, and the subtle lines leading to the high ground at the center from the sides. Daniel Case (talk) 19:07, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support but dust spot at the left --A.Savin 21:58, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Fixed --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:44, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --M★Zaplotnik ^(edits) 05:19, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative edit

Info OK, another shot taken from almost the same spot a few moments later - so this should qualify as an alternative. More of the city, less (but a bit more interesting) sky. Pinging again Thennicke, HalfGig talk, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠, Ikan Kekek, Mile --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 11:52, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 11:52, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose First version looks better for me. That cross is like a cherry on the cake in it. And here it is just too small and the composition is too busy with all those buildings. -- Pofka (talk) 12:16, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support--fedaro (talk) 21:22, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Mild Oppose, only by comparison with the first version. This is also a very good photo, but I prefer the rhythm of the other photo, the closer view of the fortress, and the ship being visible in the harbor. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:54, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, this is not an « alternative » but a different picture.--Jebulon (talk) 21:49, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment This took you longer than usual, Jebulon! ;-)) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:36, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Martin Falbisoner: , as I'm more and more disappointed by what happens here in FPC, I tend to be less present... Loss of motivation I think.--Jebulon (talk) 14:40, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Jebulon: , well, maybe the upcoming Commons Photographers' Conference in 2018 will give us all the urgently needed boost... :-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 15:32, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Laitche (talk) 23:11, 7 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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

The chosen alternative is: File:The Old Fortress and the Old Town of Corfu - September 2017.jpg