Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Saltbox

New England Saltbox

Original - A house made in the Saltbox style, outside of Concord, MA.

Edit 1 Complete desaturation of the white snow (the shadows obviously are still blue as they should be).

Reason

I think the picture is not only technically good, but also encyclopedic and artistic to a high degree. The highlights are hovering on the edge of pure white but this in itself is a feat. The scene had just about 6 effective stops of dynamic range and I actually tried a tone mapping sequence but there was little gain. Sunlight reflected off snow is pure white. That is, our eyes see it as pure white. It is somewhere around LV 17 (very bright). Anyway, it is a perfect Saltbox so I think very encyclopedic. I also think it is a very pretty scene with the fresh snow and the picturesque setting. Decide for yourselves.

Articles this image appears in

Saltbox, American colonial architecture, Clapboard

Creator

User:Fcb981

• Support as nominator Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 03:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Support: It's a bit blurred at the left side, but overall it's a nice picture. —αἰτίας •discussion• 03:33, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment It looks too blue. You've said that sunlight reflected off snow is pure white, and that our eyes see it as pure white. Yet the snow is quite blue in the photo. It's normal for snow in shade to photograph blue when the photo also includes snow in full sun, but I'd find the photo more appealing if the snow were neutral. (I've tried it on this picture and it looks good to me.) Fg2 (talk) 04:19, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
  • OK, it looks like you're right, I'll upload an edit later today. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 17:14, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
• Neutral, get rid of the noise and I will support. --Aqwis (talk – contributions) 14:03, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Support edit 1, encyclopaedic and good composition. I can still see some noise but most of it is gone. --Aqwis (talk – contributions) 11:45, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

• I uploaded a noise reduced version over Edit 1 since really it should have been done in the beginning, tell me what you think. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 14:35, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

• Support edit 1 Looks good. Schcambo (talk) 14:07, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Weak Support edit 1 The colour on the edit is superior, so I am leaning toward that image, but there is way too much dead space in this shot to get my full support. A shot of the same image size that focused solely on the house itself would be a better shot IMO. Considering the lack of focus in the surrounding area (particularly the gate), I think you'd be as well off just cropping. I understand you were probably on the edge of private / restricted property and might not have been able to get closer. Matt Deres (talk) 04:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

• Reluctant oppose. It's a nice picture, it really is -- good composition and color, and it is a perfect saltbox. But this photo doesn't show the asymmetry very well because the side wall is so deep in shadow. --Dhartung | Talk 08:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I added it to clapboard, though. --Dhartung | Talk 09:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• Strongly Oppose. Shadows and the angle obscures the saltbox extension, reverting it back to Colonial style, therefore confusing the article. --delowing 16:30, 27 December 2007 (UTC) — delowing (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Promoted Image:Saltbox Concord 2.jpg MER-C 02:10, 30 December 2007 (UTC)