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•  Info Panorama of Puerto de Mogán, Gran Canaria, or "A lesson in absurdity: Why man and landscape cannot coexist peacefully." . To quote en:wp: "Puerto de Mogán is a picturesque resort and fishing village in the municipality of Mogán (...). It attracts many tourists either to stay or on day-visits. Canals linking the marina to the fishing harbour have led to it being nicknamed "Little Venice" or the "Venice of the Canaries". Its beach (Mogan beach or playa de Mogan) has a good reputation." What en:wp doesn't elaborate on, unlike de:wp: the former fishing village was radically turned into a truly postmodern project about 30 years ago. The beach: artificial. The marina: artificial. "Venice": newly built and for tourists only. The brutalist hotels in the background, brutally hewn into the rock, give "brutalism" an obvious connotation. Don't get me wrong, Puerto de Mogán presented itself very friendly, pleasantly, and peacefully to me. It's just that you shouldn't reflect too much on your own role as a tourist in a place like that... All by me, --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:06, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:06, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Oppose You were, unfortunately, more successful in capturing the contradictions of this place in this image than you realized, to the point that it is hard to decide what the subject is. The rock cliffs? Maybe, but they're competing with the "fishing village", which is itself cropped awkwardly. Daniel Case (talk) 03:33, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
•  I withdraw my nomination Daniel has a point. Besides, I guess FPC doesn't really serve as a forum for discussions of pictures and approaches like this one --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:19, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Comment Shame you withdrew. I enjoyed reading your comments and thoughts. Perhaps it could have done with a little wider framing to get in more of the town. I don't see that "capturing the contradictions" is a flaw at all. -- Colin (talk) 07:23, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

• I agree on all counts. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:49, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

• Ok, Colin, Ikan Kekek, I've unwithdrawn the nom... Yep, a wider framing would have been beneficial - but technically not really advisable without stitching and I didn't have my tripod available that day. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:21, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Comment I think that if you crop out the "red things" at the bottom, it will look more coherent and harmonious. That area is also overly bright. I'll add a note. Perhaps as an Alt since the original is already a QI and VI. --Cart (talk) 09:41, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Done this cleary improves the image - an alt isn't necessary imo. Thanks Cart. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 12:05, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 12:29, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Abstain Got lost with the introduction, sorry, too complicated -- Basile Morin (talk) 13:03, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

• If you don't like intros, don't read them. Nobody is forcing you to do that. Look at the picture instead and let it speak for itself. --Cart (talk) 14:01, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

• No, thank you -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:11, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Support I don't care that much about the old vs new in the photo, I look at the lines and they became more pronounced after the crop. Particularly the shoreline. The negative angle of the cliff side matches the positive angle of the fishing village. Like someone took a giant cut in the land and tore it apart to make room for the circular beach in between. :) --Cart (talk) 14:00, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Crop improved. I went to Gran Canaria a long time ago. Not my kind of holiday destination but we wanted some sun in November. Got the sun but the hotel was ****. -- Colin (talk) 15:46, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

• Not my usual kind of holiday destination either, Colin... but with my wife being pregnant, another trip to Japan or the US wasn't a real option this summer. That being said, Gran Canaria offered us two really pleasant weeks that we enjoyed a lot. Luckily our hotel was more than ok --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 13:57, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

• Well, well, that is good news! Congratulations to the parents-to-be! Hope you will still have a couple of minutes over for this forum after the new family member has arrived. Though I wouldn't count on it. ;) --Cart (talk) 14:18, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks Cart! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:18, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Support --XRay ^talk 06:14, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - Interesting enough for me, and certainly high quality. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:03, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support I was on the other side some time ago --Llez (talk) 07:15, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 15:56, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Jee 09:33, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 05:33, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 21:16, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

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