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Water Skier on the Yarra River[edit]

Original - Water skier on the Yarra River. Note this skier is using jumping skis
Alt 1 - more waves
Reason
High quality image, not many sports related FPs
Articles this image appears in
Waterskiing
Creator
Fir0002
  • Support as nominator --Fir0002 04:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question Is it possible to have a wide image with the speedboat in as well? --Muhammad(talk) 11:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • It is obviously possible but that would lose detail and focus on the water skier himself (the subject which this shot is intended to illustrate) --Fir0002 08:34, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Strong support, prefer alt A stitched image is probably out of the question. Good quality, composition, and EV --Muhammad(talk) 13:00, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Who said skiing has to be done behind a boat anyway? Noodle snacks (talk) 08:47, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment For the purpose of EV I think it should be noted that those skis are specifically for ski jumping. Regular skis are much narrower, more pointed in the front and much shorter.Meniscus (talk) 14:11, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I expected "dynamic images" when it comes to water sports, but the angle and composition look a bit dull.--Caspian blue 19:37, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Perhaps you prefer the alt which has a bit more water spray. I do have some shots of him jumping (see my comment above) but unfortunately they're all backlit and so not ideal technically --Fir0002 10:11, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks, I certainly prefer the alt, the skier's pose, and the composition look much dynamic, so I'd say Support alt. And the File:Water skier jumping.jpg has a quite good EV, so I suggest you to touch it up a bit if you want the image to be shown on the article.--Caspian blue 19:14, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt - the original is a bit bland. I like the background, the waves, and the more interesting posture in the alt. Stevage 02:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt sweet splashing effects. ZooFari 07:04, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt. MER-C 13:26, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Water skiing on the yarra02.jpg Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 00:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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