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File:Match Cup Norway 2018 88.jpg, featured[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 2 Sep 2018 at 07:16:05 (UTC)
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M32 turning
I don't nominate my own images for FP very often; this is simply because I haven't considered them to have enough of a "wow factor" and I really think FP should be about the very best images we have. This, I firmly believe, is one of those. We don't have many images of sailing sports in the FP sections, so I think it's time to add one. I also considered nominating a different image, but preferred this one since you can see the crew better.
If you're wondering if the crew did manage to avoid capsizing, here's the whole series: 1, 2, 3, 4. :)
Created, uploaded and nominated by yours truly. -- Peulle (talk) 07:16, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • ✓ Done I tried to convert to sRGB per request of Martin Falbisoner and Colin; I've never really done that before, I just used the standard settings in PhotoShop on my Mac. Hopefully, I got it right. As for the rocks in the background, they cannot be helped; the whole point of this racing tour is to have the boats race in extremely close proximity to towns and land. You can find more information about the location here if you're interested.--Peulle (talk) 16:18, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The cliffs are noted, but knowing how hard it is to anticipate an event such as this, capture it sharp in good light from the right angle, for me this falls under the photos described in the FPC rules as "A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph." And yes, in sailboat photos people are tiny if visible at all, there is no way around that. Compared to other FPs of sailboats, the folks in this photo are actually quite big. --Cart (talk) 16:07, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I looked at this like a picture editor on a web news site wanting a picture captioned "Norsteam's crew scrambling to change sides and avoid capsizing as they execute a quick turn in Match Cup Norway 2018." The actual action occurs in a tiny portion of the frame and isn't really visible in the thumb (which I get as a very detailed 600x874px on my high DPI monitor). I guess if printed as a large poster it might still work. I still think the best sports action shots are close-up crops. Btw, the image still appears to be Adobe RGB and please don't "convert" the JPG. The point is that when you process the raw file, you export the JPG (or TIFF, PNG, etc) as sRGB. So there will be an option in your Photoshop settings/preferences. Perhaps also the default is taken from your camera setting for JPGs, which doesn't directly affect the raw file but might be noted as a tag somewhere. AdobeRGB is fine if you are a pro working for a printed magazine, but on the internet it means an awful lot of viewers will see the wrong colours. -- Colin (talk) 20:44, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sure, I see your point about where to focus our attention - on the crew or the whole scene. It's a matter of taste, I guess, and I could have zoomed in, but I prefer it this way since we can now see the whole boat almost capsizing, whereas a closer zoom (while getting a better view of the crew's activity) would not show what's happening to the boat. And thanks for the format info; I'm still a complete n00b when it comes to such things. I will see what I can do about it when I have more time.--Peulle (talk) 07:53, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 17 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 13:34, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Sports#Team_sports
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