Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:King's College London Chapel 2, London - Diliff.jpg

King's College London Chapel[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2015 at 17:24:15 (UTC)

King's College London Chapel Interior
The interior facing the altar
The interior facing the organ

Reason: The two images of this interesting Grade 1 listed building (the highest level of heritage listing in England) show the interior from opposite ends and are very high resolution, aesthetic and architecturally corrected. It is the work of George Gilbert Scott, one of Britain's most renown Gothic Revival architects and extremely prolific. His article is worth a read if nothing else.
Articles in which this image appears: Both images: King's College London Chapel.
First image only: George Gilbert Scott, King's College London, Victor Negus, Listed building and List of Chaplains of King's College London.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: User:Diliff

Support as nominator – Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:24, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Personally, I'd prefer one shot or the other. My choice would be the altar-facing one, due in part to the windows. (I wonder what made the short-lived original chapel, mentioned in the article, so unpopular.) Sca (talk) 18:21, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm okay with the idea of one and not the other being featured if one is not up to scratch, but they are clearly useful together as a set because they illustrate opposing views of the interior. The two of them together shows what one cannot. As for the reason for the original chapel, I have no idea, but it didn't last long. Just 25 years. That's not even long in today's disposable world! Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:27, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support as pair. I see the EV diminished if only one is promoted. Another excellent photograph. Mattximus (talk) 22:22, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Set - Both are of high quality and show different aspects of the church. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:57, 12 June 2015 (UTC
Support HQ __ Thanks. Qian Nivan Talking 09:27, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – On EV. Sca (talk) 12:44, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – DreamSparrow ^talk 18:03, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Quality set, and I agree that we should show both - the view is different enough that they are both valuable pictures... gazhiley 11:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Can you do anything about the strange skewing of the chandeliers in the foreground? I can't abide a wonky light fitting. Belle (talk) 00:33, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Unfortunately not. This is just the effect of perspective in a wide angle photo. Some objects look more strange than others but they are all affected by it. A photographer only has two choices, a less wide view showing less of the interior and less distortions, or a wider view that has more distortions. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 07:45, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Support - though I think you could have have commissioned identical light fittings that were skewed the opposite way to the perspective, installed them, taken the picture in which the effect of perspective would have been to render them looking normal, then uninstalled your specially commissioned ones and and reinstalled the old ones; it shows a lack of commitment or imagination that you didn't think of this without prompting, but I'm prepared to overlook it this once just because I don't want to stand out from the herd by opposing. Belle (talk) 13:05, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - I agree Belle - sloppy effort there Ðiliff «»...... gazhiley 10:17, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:King's College London Chapel 2, London - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:03, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:King's College London Chapel 3, London - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:03, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]