Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Television cameraman

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 May 2011 at 07:14:56 (UTC)

Reason: While some may delight in pointing out some minor technical issues here - blown highlights on the chair legs in the background, slight loss of sharpness due to the rain and mist - I believe the EV more than compensates.
A rare opportunity where a TV cameraman for a national broadcaster is shown concisely, without the identity of the individual distracting from the shot. I also like some other details which add to the EV, such as recording in the rain rather than from under shelter and the treatment of the equipment in those circumstances, and positioning himself alongside a tree to help stop people potentially bumping into him in one of Sydney's busiest locations.
Articles in which this image appears: Camera operator
Network Ten
Ten News
Sachtler
FP category for this image: Not sure; Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment?
Creator: jjron

Support as nominator --jjron (talk) 07:14, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I added it to Sachtler as well (which points it towards the FP category you suggested). I guess I'm not completely convinced that a faceless portrait has more EV, but I do find it an interesting occupational shot. Support. Chick Bowen 14:53, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry, but I find the background messy and distracting. Reducing DOF might have helped. --Dschwen 16:09, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- It's already F/5; there's not much further to go while still trying to keep enough of him and the equipment in some sort of focus. --jjron (talk) 15:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, the image quality is not stunning. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 09:07, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support I actually thought this was pretty good EV and compositionally wise. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:53, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Dschwen. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 21:42, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:41, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]