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Kew Gardens Temperate House[edit]

Original - Built in 1859 and at 4,880 square metres (53,000 sq ft) in area, the Temperate House in Kew Gardens is the largest surviving Victorian glass structure in the world, and houses an extensive collection of temperate plants, including the world's largest indoor plant, the Chilean wine-palm (Jubaea chilensis).
Edit 1 - Perspective corrected
Reason
It is a high resolution panoramic image of an important and largest structure in Kew Gardens, a world renown botanical garden/research facility.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 19:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment the bowing outwards of the walls of the nearer building - a side effect of the projection method or are they actually like that? Mfield (talk) 19:36, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thats the cylindrical projection, the building is pretty symmetrical. I tried rectilinear but it distorted the far right side too much. I know there is panoramic distortion in the image but it isn't too distracting IMO. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 19:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I made an edit which I think is better. In case you want to edit the original TIFF file in this manner to prevent compression, I rotated the picture by 0,80 degrees and changed the horizontal perspective by -10 points. There are also four dust spots (2 large ones, 2 small ones) in the upper left corner, which should be removed. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 21:19, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well, the difference is subtle, but you've upset the vertical lines now, and the buildings are leaning to the left. :-) Other than that, I'm not fussy about which is better, so I'll leave it to the voters. I'll upload over the top of the original one without dust spots (when I find them, I didn't see them when editing originally). Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:36, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ok, I've uploaded a new version minus the spots. For the record though, the two smaller spots were not dust, they were birds I think. Even in my original RAW files, I can't see exactly what they were, but they were far too small to be dust, and they moved between frames anyway. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:42, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original minus birds. I haven't forgiven them since the seagull FPC. ;) DurovaCharge! 22:20, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support any. Good job with the highlights, considering the bright sun and white building.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 23:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original despite a minute CW tilt (1 px on window frames). --Janke | Talk 07:03, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original as above. Good picture. Muhammad(talk) 09:41, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose it is a panorama but the composition is stuffy.--Caspian blue (talk) 12:19, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support both The composition is not “stuffy”, but nothing than great. Overall a very good panorama. Well done. —αἰτίας •discussion• 17:02, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support both Forgot to support. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 19:42, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The picture looks fine-on the caption, can we have the size given in square feet as well? It would be helpful to have the imperial measurements given, especially as Kew Gardens is a British building Lemon martini (talk) 14:36, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you can remember that a square meter is roughly 11 sq.ft, you don't need double measurements... ;-) --Janke | Talk 16:29, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Original Great detail and informative. Noodle snacks (talk) 05:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support Original I notice, however, a fair amount of noise in the sky. SpencerT♦C 20:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Original forgot to do that with my original comment. Mfield (talk) 00:15, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support both but prefer the original. Don't mind the noise in the sky at all. Amphy (talk) 03:42, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Promoted Image:Kew Gardens Temperate House - Sept 2008.jpg MER-C 10:10, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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