Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:LOC Main Reading Room Highsmith.jpg

Library of Congress Main Reading Room

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Aug 2011 at 19:00:36 (UTC)

Reason: This is a beautiful, high-rez photo of the interior of the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress, taken off hours, under what is almost perfect lighting. Not only a great photo, but a photo of a location where no photos are allowed (this is the best we had until I upload the nominated image). Frankly, I think this image speaks for itself.
Articles in which this image appears: Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: Carol M. Highsmith (from the Carol M. Highsmith Collection at the Library of Congress)

Support as nominator --upstate NYer 19:00, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I've been there.TCO (reviews needed) 19:12, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that's a valid argument ;) --Elekhh (talk) 22:12, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice. ■ MMXX ^talk 21:48, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support quality not perfect, but overall a nice wide-angle photo --ka ʁs tn 22:04, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~Neutral~~ I think libraries are best represented by their reading rooms, and this image gives a nice overview. So I moved it to the infobox where I think it does a better job than at the bottom of the page. It would be much better if there were at least few people in the image as well. I am a bit put off by the so-so quality at full size: lack of sharpness and chromatic aberrations all over the image. Also the full perspective correction did result in strong distortions at the edges. For comparison this I find better. --Elekhh (talk) 22:12, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Noted. I will point out, though, that the field of view of your example is markedly less than the image given, but still shows notable distortion due to correction. I think holding against the photo the lack of people is not fair because getting this room empty, as it appears sans humans, is a notable occurrence; appreciate the pure beauty of the bare architecture. Lack of sharpness and chromatic aberrations would be fixed if I reduced image size to have a 1000 px side size. You'd see no evidence of it. However, the image is 6,100 x 4,100 px; appreciate this because you'll most likely never see a similar quality image free to use for all for the rest of eternity. Your standards seem a tad high. :) upstate NYer 04:29, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Please don't say I will never see a better image :) but you persuaded me with your last sentence. Change to weak support. --Elekhh (talk) 08:30, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support this is beautiful (definitely has wow! factor), makes the reader want to know more, and has enc. value. It does get a little fuzzy when you zoom in a lot, but it's not noticeable at any reasonable size. Puchiko (Talk-email) 18:17, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support agree with Puchiko and Carschten. Pine _{(was GreenPine)} ^talk 02:53, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support, time we got a cross-pond counterpart to this (Although I would like it even more if they had somehow gotten the same angle used in All the President's Men). Daniel Case (talk) 15:49, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Big wow for me. Too bad the right arcades aren't lit like the left ones, and author could have fixed the CA as well. - Blieusong (talk) 19:55, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good. Meets the 8 requirements. It’s excellent to see the statues of Beethoven and Herodotus next to each other! TehGrauniad (talk) 23:44, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Awe-inspiring and beautifully taken. That Ole Cheesy Dude ^{(Talk to the hand!)} 00:47, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Absolutely fantastic. But is it just me or are the horizontals tilted a little to the right? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 09:58, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:LOC Main Reading Room Highsmith.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:15, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]