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Clouds aligned to form a fourth bridge during sunset.
  •  Support -- Seven Pandas (talk) 11:34, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support A splendid view with great light and beautiful details. The buildings at the left are leaning in a tiny little bit and there are some very small stiching errors (have made image notes for two), the photo would be even better if you could improve that further. But I do not want to spoil your nomination, this is a wonderful photo and IMHO really deserves the star. --Aristeas (talk) 15:35, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is not a very nice way to voice your disagreement, insulting a fellow user/photographer, shouting with all caps and everything. How would you feel if someone posted that comment on your nomination? Where opposers have only been respectful and tactful with their opinions. --Cart (talk) 16:33, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have not insulted anyone Cart. And anyway, I think a photo should have the whole subject if it is put in the description. Plus you have to ping it if you want me to read it. I was speaking in a general way, if someone feels offended I'm sorry, it was just disappointment about this photo, not personal criticism or as a photographer. I humbly apologise. I did not mean to be offensive. Greetings.--Commonists 18:44, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok Commonists, apologies are a good thing. Next time you are disappointed, just take a few deep breaths before you write. Also, consider yourself one of the gang here; we don't always 'ping' those we know are going to be around the page anyway. :-) --Cart (talk) 18:59, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • This photo isn't a documentary photo of the entire span of one bridge; it's a photo showing a view of 3 bridges plus clouds. I don't understand the rigidity that we sometimes see here, that a photo that includes x must always include the a, b, and c parts of x, no matter what. Even ignoring the fact that conservatism is at odds with the previous century+ of avant-garde art, have cityscape painters, even academic ones, traditionally followed rigid rules of this type? We so often see crops cited as a dealbreaker here, whereas painters constantly crop anything and everything from their views. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:02, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment And here I was, thinking the panorama would look more harmonious if it was cropped even more on the left side. See note. So hard to make a photo to please everybody here. --Cart (talk) 16:33, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Seems the image is distorted (skewed), this is most visible on the left hand side where the rectangular buildings look more rhomboid. Another issue are the shadows; these just look weird. There must have been some shadow detail recovery black magic because the Manhattan Birdge, which is quite a bit darker, is lighter in shade than the shadows on the Brooklyn Bridge's light bricks. Another area to spot irregularities is on the right pillar of the BB where there are very deep shadows on the towers, not seen elsewhere, but also the shade below the deck gets progressively lighter going from right to left. -- KennyOMG (talk) 17:12, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • At least the differences in light and shadows is no mystery for anyone who has done a very large structure panorama on a partially cloudy day, like here. You start at one end with one sort of light and while you move the camera for photos, the clouds move as well. When you get to the other end, the light is completely different and the camera has changed the exposure with it. It's a nightmare. You can correct some of this by matching the exposures in most panorama programs, but that will not fix all of it since so much else change with the light too. Clouds are nice in the background, but for panos with more than three frames, be sure to check the sky behind you. I am not surprised that the clouds played around with you, illuminating this and that randomly from shot to shot when taking on such a big project. (My version, trying to fix some of that + the tilt, to give you an idea.) --Cart (talk) 17:52, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • ✓ Done Thanks for helping me out, here. I like your tilt correction & adjustments. Replicated that on the original. --Axel (talk) 02:24, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The change in light/shadow is due to Manhattan skyline: Each building's shadow is progressing from left to right. There are no sharp edges due to the distance. The rare thing here is the cloud formation. --Axel (talk) 01:21, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 23:52, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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