Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bride and groom on the ruins of sutro bath.jpg

File:Bride and groom on the ruins of sutro bath.jpg, featured

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•  Info created by mbz1 - uploaded by mbz1 - nominated by mbz1 -- Mbz1 (talk) 14:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- Mbz1 (talk) 14:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
•  STRONG support. Amazing picture. This is the first candidate I've seen this year that I think has what it takes to become Picture of the Year (well, this and File:Operation Crossroads Baker Edit.jpg). Unless something even more amazing comes along, this will likely get my vote. -- JovanCormac 17:18, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Had you told me yesterday that today, I would be retracting my vote of support for this picture, I would have called you insane. But amazingly enough, Mila has submitted a version that's even better. -- JovanCormac 05:54, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Neutral The one below is slightly better. Yann (talk) 17:48, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Comment What is that line along the outline of the rock on the left side? --NEUROtiker ^⇌ 19:40, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Fixed.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:30, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

•  Support -- Babyaministraor (talk) 20:23, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose, nondescript ruins, centered composition, bride and groom too small in the picture. --Aqwis (talk) 22:15, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Come on, Aqwis, you cannot oppose my picture of the year , but seriously IMO the size of the bride and groom is about right. You cannot see their faces anyway, so IMO the size is good enough to see what there is to see, and there is something really interesting to see - the wind!--Mbz1 (talk) 22:29, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

The fact that you cannot see either of their faces is one of the things that makes the picture so very amazing IMO. -- JovanCormac 05:57, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

•  Oppose Sorry to oppose your "picture of the century" but I feel much the same as Aqwis. -- Petritap (talk) 10:27, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

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•  Support--Mbz1 (talk) 23:11, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Even better than above. Yann (talk) 00:02, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Support but I don't know about POTY. We'll have to wait and see. --Relic38 (talk) 01:56, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Unreal! How are you doing that, Mila? This version is indeed even more incredible then the one above. -- JovanCormac 05:52, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

There's no magic here. After Agwis complained about centered composition, I made a different crop from the original image.--Mbz1 (talk) 11:36, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

•  Support Touching, poignant and emotional. A real winner. Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 07:30, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Support --George Chernilevsky (talk) 14:10, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose, the composition of this version is a lot better than that of the original, but I still can't really see "what the fuzz is all about". However, I'm sure this will pass, so congratulations in advance. ;) --Aqwis (talk) 14:37, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to tell you a story about taking of this image (not all the images have a story to tell, but this one does), which might soften your heart :) or might not :(. I was taking images of w:Sutro Baths (a rather big place), when I've noticed the bride and groom File:Bride and groom on the ruins of sutro bath 0.jpg. As you could see from the image the bride was desperately behind the rock :(. I waited for few more minutes for her to come out, but instead the groom also got behind the rock :( :(. So, I picked up my tripod and run to a different place. It is not a good place to run. I'm lucky I did not breake anything :). Then I took the nominated image, and just two minutes later they have left the scene File:Bride and groom on the ruins of sutro bath 2.jpg. So I hope now you see how special that image is --Mbz1 (talk) 17:34, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

So it's a true chance shot... that makes me respect it even more. I'd have thought it was planned to at least some degree, like you being a photographer at that specific wedding or so. No surprise those two chose to kiss at that spot though - it looks like one of the most romantic places in the state! -- JovanCormac 19:55, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it was a pure chance. I was there the day before too, and took this panorama File:Sutro bath11.jpg. Then I decided to try to do a better job from a slightly different spot and try it for FP, but when bride-groom opportunity came about, I've changed my plans. After all I always could take panorama, but I could not have missed that kiss --Mbz1 (talk) 21:10, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

•  Support a lovely image & well captured --Herby ^{talk thyme} 07:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose Composition just doesn't do it for me. Sorry. Flying Freddy (talk) 02:54, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
•  STRONG support. Amazing picture. This is the first candidate I've seen this year that I think has what it takes to become Picture of the Year. And it has great Composition Mr. Dantes 21:03, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose Looks artifficial. Composition just for effect. And result - so, so. --Karel (talk) 21:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Have you read prior comments? There's nothing artifficial in this image?--Mbz1 (talk)

•  Support But how do you contact them to give them a copy :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 01:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

I hope somebody from their friends will see it on Commons, and let them know. :)--Mbz1 (talk) 02:38, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

•  Oppose Nothing very special in this picture IMO. But the lighting is good though. :) -- Petritap (talk) 10:27, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Great photo. How many couples have a wedding shot this good? Pity they don't have it - perhaps one day they'll see it featured! --99of9 (talk) 06:36, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Note: this candidate has several alternatives, thus the alternative parameter needs to be specified. /FPCBot (talk) 14:32, 17 October 2009 (UTC))

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The chosen alternative is: File:Bride_and_groom_at_the_ruins_of_Sutro_Bath_1.jpg