Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:MJK50197 Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Richmond, Virginia).jpg

File:MJK50197 Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Richmond, Virginia).jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#United_States
•  Info created by Martin Kraft - uploaded by Martin Kraft - nominated by Martin Kraft -- Martin K. (talk) 18:34, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Martin K. (talk) 18:34, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support just perfect.--Ermell (talk) 20:32, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Wonderful.--Peulle (talk) 21:43, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Nice --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 22:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Per Peulle. -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:27, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Thennicke (talk) 04:34, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:01, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry. I think it is great to shoot this from a high point of view, because then the vertical angle-of-view does not need to be as extreme as when shooting from ground level. But the vertical angle-of-view is my problem with the image, and one I have opposed a few of Diliff's images for. I think there is a real temptation to use the whole view and to not crop anything (Was this image taken from a single wide-angle shot, or stitched from a few? The relatively low resolution (for such images) suggests it is just a single shot). I can appreciate the desire to keep the window arches at the side and not crop the central arch. But the result is perspective distortion that causes the painting in the middle of the near-centre arch to appear to face the viewer. One then gets the impression that this arch is not facing the ground but in fact tilted 45°. It is also unfortunate that, for me anyway, it is this painting that first catches my attention, like a big Cyclops eye in the middle. If the picture is cropped vertically where the white-painted diagonal woodwork would meet the corner of the frame then I think the image is improved. The aspect ratio becomes a more normal one for human vision; we still keep all of the second side window; the cropping of the ceiling actually gives the effect of this pattern repeating onwards above one's head; and because each arch repeats the same pattern, we aren't losing anything vital by cropping it. -- Colin (talk) 08:47, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 16:52, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 21:59, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Laitche (talk) 00:45, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Now that WLM-US is done, I can add my support for this. This was one of the strongest images we had (I would be OK with Colin's suggested crops); I was a little surprised that it did not get enough support from other jurors to be a finalist. I am thus glad to see it here. Daniel Case (talk) 02:58, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

• I won't name names, but the judging of WLE and WLM is often disappointing, in my humble opinion. I wish that panels consisted of FPC reviewers, or at least had the sort of critical eyes that we cultivate here. I don't know about the circumstances of WLM-US when I say that, but the sentiment is general -- Thennicke (talk) 12:57, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

•  Support --Milseburg (talk) 11:13, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

* Support --Aczap (talk) 13:27, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

• Sorry, invalid vote. The rules are: "Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote." This vote was your 25th edit. Welcome back later when you have made more edits. :-) --cart-Talk 13:22, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

•  Support --kaʁstn Dis/Cat 22:16, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support - It's very hard to get light that is perfect for every part of a church interior - for example, I wish the paintings on and near the ceiling were clearer - but I feel like enough went right for this to merit a feature. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:29, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Wolf im Wald 12:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 07:20, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Poco² 18:31, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:00, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 18 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /PumpkinSky talk 02:06, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#United_States