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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Industry
Info A railway switch lever in the industrial area of Grötö in Lysekil, Sweden. The whole area has a network of rail tracks, connecting the different docks and industries with Lysekilsbanan. Most of the tracks are integrated with asphalt roads servicing both trains, trucks and cars. The railway (Lysekilsbanan) has been inactive in 2016-2017, so while you are not in any danger of being hit by a train, you could be run over by a truck on most of the section of the rail tracks. However, this is one section where the tracks are on sleepers, so no interaction with other traffic. (Not totally sure if the category should be "Objects" or "Rail vehicles".) All done by -- cart-Talk 21:10, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
Support -- cart-Talk 21:10, 5 April 2017 (UTC)- Support I like so many things about this on a purely aesthetic level: the interplay of the lines of the tracks and the form of the switch lever and its shadow, the way the bright red and yellow stand out from the earth tones behind them, and the texture of the ballast. I also like that you called it a switch in your filename even though we had to categorize the image under "Points (railway)".
Daniel Case (talk) 03:09, 6 April 2017 (UTC) - Support works surprisingly well, per Daniel --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support--g. balaxaZe★ 14:17, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Good photograph, but only a small Wow. But a Wow. --XRay talk 05:12, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
Oppose I'm afraid this does nothing for me. Charles (talk) 18:43, 7 April 2017 (UTC)- Regretful oppose, sorry. The idea is nice but the result doesn't seem entirely convincing to me. It sounds foolish but the composition would have been better if the lever would have been toggled to the other side (less centered). --Basotxerri (talk) 19:20, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
- Basotxerri: If following the rule of thirds with this subject with the lever turning the direction it is, of course the head of the lever is going to being extending out some, but it doesn't extend far. If the field of view remained the same, if the lever were turned the other way it would be on the far left, or partially cropped out, so the entire composition would have to be rethought out anyway; just my opinion. Thanks. WClarke 04:26, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Weak oppose I think the photograph captures the subject well and the image is sharp, but I don't love the colors overall. The yellow/red lever does provide some contrast, but still doesn't standout enough IMO. The direct sunlight to me, at least in this case, almost "washes out" some of the color, and the orange/brown/tan rocks are too close in color to the rust. I think you had good vision in finding the subject, and recognizing it as something interesting, as opposed to ordinary, but the other reasons were more dominant in my decision. Sorry. WClarke 04:50, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Very well captured, maybe a smaller DoF would have been a bit better, I don't know. I like very much the composition and the texture. Christian Ferrer (talk) 07:59, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Oppose -- Technically well done but the motive and the light situation are not thrilling.--Ermell (talk) 10:02, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
- Oppose Per other opponents. --Karelj (talk) 21:35, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support –Juliancolton | Talk 15:55, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Special photo for me.--Famberhorst (talk) 17:49, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
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