Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Senescence.JPG

Image:Senescence.JPG - featured

•  Info created by Michael Ströck (mstroeck) — uploaded by mstroeck — nominated by mstroeck
•  Support A portrait of a 93-years-old woman, showing the profound effects old age has on the human body. mstroeck 14:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose The technical quality of this portrait is really good, but I think it would be better to see her face, instead of this "scientificly cold" profile CyrilB 20:56, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the comment. I took pictures from several angles, I just think this one is by far the most striking. It's less of a personal portrait and more of a meditation on what kinds of transformation might await all of us if we make it that far into life. That's on purpose, so I'll not upload any of the other photographs I took. Mstroeck 13:11, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Roger McLassus 06:31, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
  • I wanted to say more but was interrupted. This picture is impressive by its subject, technically well done, and medically informative. Only the bright area in the upper left (probabely a window) is a bit disturbing. Roger McLassus 15:15, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Thank you for your comments! Yes, the bright area in the upper left is indeed a window. It's there because the image was originally just a snapshot, taken in a dim room with some daylight on her but without a flash or other artificial lighting. I took it during a conversation, without a tripod. Optical image stabilization sure helps, but I was very pleasantly surprised when I first saw it. Sometimes you just get lucky. Mstroeck 21:33, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
•  Support ♦ Pabix ^ℹ 12:21, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
•  Oppose ack CyrilB. Darkone 12:43, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
•  Support, yeah I remember this one from en:FPC quite a while ago. Very tasteful, and I agree that the full profile is better than a frontal angle. --Dschwen 13:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, I submitted it there too, almost a year ago I think. While it is arguably not encyclopedic enough for a Wikipedia FP, I thought people here might like it. Thanks for the support, Dschwen! Mstroeck 14:20, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Lycaon 15:40, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
•  Support would love to see the other photos though Pluke 19:00, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Sh@ry tales 22:25, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Dori | Talk 03:42, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
•  Support Cary "Bastiq▼e" Bass ^demandez 20:14, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

9 support, 2 oppose → featured Roger McLassus 12:20, 9 October 2006 (UTC)