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File:View of Empire State Building from Rockefeller Center New York City dllu.jpg, featured[edit]
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Info created by dllu - uploaded by dllu - nominated by Dllu -- dllu (t,c) 06:51, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Support it is a common view, but at least my camera is better than average -- dllu (t,c) 06:51, 29 April 2022 (UTC)- Support Yes, that camera is excellent (congrats to the GFX 50R!), but the photographer is excellent, too ;–). I really like the fact that you have restricted yourself to a narrower angle of view – usually with photos like this people want to include as much as possible in the picture (example), but your composition is much more concentrated and expressive. --Aristeas (talk) 08:30, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
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Comment After browsing our FP gallery pages I have taken the liberty to propose another gallery link: IMHO this fits better into our “cityscapes” gallery. I hope this is OK, else just revert my edit. --Aristeas (talk) 08:39, 29 April 2022 (UTC)- Comment Thanks! I have another one that has an even narrower angle of view --- focusing on the One World Trade Center in the background! dllu (t,c) 20:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support Poco a poco (talk) 09:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support !! -- Radomianin (talk) 09:10, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Hulged (talk) 12:59, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support Lots of nice colours Cmao20 (talk) 13:06, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support Ermell (talk) 20:21, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Oppose Maybe being a New Yorker has something to do with my reaction, but while this is certainly a nice shot and one I'd be delighted to take (my iPhone 11 isn't capable of that good a shot), it does not overwhelm me in terms of composition or sharpness. You don't even have to compare this to the fantastic panoramas by King of Hearts; compare File:NYC Top of the Rock Pano.jpg. The technical quality of that shot is not as good as this one, because it's from 2005, but I would submit that the composition is more pleasing. Clearly, there is room for disagreement about that, but this is my take. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:58, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Comment Well, some people like wider shots and some people like narrower shots, and I totally understand and respect your opinion. I recall you had similar feedback for Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:San Francisco City Hall as seen from 100 Van Ness at dusk.jpg. Personally, I find that super wide panoramas are a little boring as they simply capture everything instead of allowing the photographer to think about what to focus on. The part of the observation deck in frame on the right in File:NYC Top of the Rock Pano.jpg is annoying. Regarding "it does not overwhelm me in terms of [...] sharpness", it is surprising to hear, but I suspect it is due to atmospheric reasons. At any rate, this photo is 50 megapixels so viewing it at a reasonable size (say, 1 meter across) is quite sharp to my eyes, and vastly more so than viewing most other FPs at that size. dllu (t,c) 21:53, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Comment I understand and respect your opinion, too. I do agree that the panorama I linked would be improved by not including part of the observation deck. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:43, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support A shot including just the Manhattan skyline, really, is fine. I wonder if there was any reason the Empire State was lit up in all green that day? It couldn't have been for the Jets
... Daniel Case (talk) 02:07, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Comment According to the Tower Light Calendar it was In Honor of Climate Week NYC. Tower Light Calendar 2021 09. dllu (t,c) 04:20, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support Christian Ferrer (talk) 09:16, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support --XRay 💬 11:37, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support--Famberhorst (talk) 16:43, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:29, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 12:49, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:59, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose I think it's a common view too, and as it is, it's lacking a bit of saturation and has a green colour cast. I would also add a slight perspective correction on the "horizontal" lines. As a side note, a bigger camera brings practically no benefit for such pictures - Benh (talk) 15:38, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
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