Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:2018-06-07 Sycamore Gap Tree (Acer pseudoplatanus), next to Hadrian’s Wall UK.jpg

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•  Info The Sycamore Gap Tree or Robin Hood Tree is an Acer pseudoplatanus standing next to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England. The lake of Crag Lough and the village of Once Brewed are nearby, as is the Twice Brewed Pub - useful for trekkers at days end. - created - uploaded - nominated by GRDN711 -- GRDN711 (talk) 07:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- GRDN711 (talk) 07:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Now that's an impressive place. This photo gives me a clear wow feeling! -- Radomianin (talk) 08:55, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose Striking composition but bad artifacts. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:38, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Regretful oppose per Ikan – the quality is just not there. Magenta cast on clouds, overexposed spots, sharpening haloes around the edges, and the shadows a bit too dark. Another striking image that definitely deserved a better equipment and/or careful processing. --Kreuzschnabel 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment I disagree. This is not an image of a dead church interior taken on a tripod with no people nor heavenly presence. It is street photography taken in an instant when the elements are there connecting trekkers along Hadrian's Wall to this English sycamore and all of tis history. This is where the wow comes from. There are lots of other images that document this same tree but not like this one.

As far as quality goes, having already attained QI and VI ratings, I would propose that, while not perfect, it is good enough. The best camera is the one you have in your hands, not the one you wish for. As a basis for comparison, here is an [image of this tree] that is already an FP.

More reviews are welcome. --GRDN711 (talk) 23:24, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

 Comment You should know by now that "this was the best I could take under the circumstances" is hardly ever a valid argument here – we judge the result. Then, I think a good picture speaks for itself and would not need explanations about where the wow is supposed to come from. The other image you’re talking about (link is broken) is a completely different thing, an artful composition of light and shadow that has nothing to do with the tree itself or its importance for walkers, so it would work with many other trees as well, and passed very tightly at 11-5-3 votes. --Kreuzschnabel 06:51, 1 December 2021 (UTC) As for composition: The tree is a bit too far off-center, and I would prefer to have more of its shadow. Maybe a third frame added to the right, with the tree centered between the hillsides, would have generated lots more of wow. --Kreuzschnabel 07:02, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Alternative

•  Comment @Kreuzschnabel: I took a third frame but initially felt a panorama of 2 frames made the trekkers more visible. Here is an alternative panorama from three frames that shows the balance you mention. Your thoughts? --GRDN711 (talk) 13:17, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
  • Much finer composition at least. --Kreuzschnabel 14:41, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Oppose Agreed, but the image quality still isn't there. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:05, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Oppose While I like the idea of shooting this tree from a slightly less common angle, and including the hikers, this one just doesn't make it as FP. Even if the image quality didn't break down into Cézanne-esque abstractions on either side, the sky is still too pale and the light too harsh for me for this to work. Daniel Case (talk) 04:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

 I withdraw my nomination Thank you everyone for your comments. GRDN711 (talk) 05:45, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 16:50, 8 December 2021 (UTC)