Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Aral ship

Captures the desolation and waste of the area. Adds a human dimension to the environmental disaster of the Aral Sea. Notice the old beach on the top of the hill in the distance, and scrub trying to live in the salt-saturated soil. Taken by me.

• Nominate and support. - Staecker 20:25, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
• Support Comment. It's a stunning image, reminds me of Half-Life 2, probably this Aral Sea disaster has inspired the developers to put a deserted sea level in the game. The photo may need some more contrast, a bit of sharpening and a few other corrections, but I find it very powerful and certainly deserving a featured picture status. → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov _{→ Talk} 09:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Now that voting has opened, I officially state my support. → Тодор Божинов / Todor Bozhinov _{→ Talk} 22:09, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
• Support Comment. Good stuff, again reminds me of HL2. I might try to touch it up a bit if you want. It's a shame that the end is cut off, and the person in the middle is a bit inconvenient. Vanderdecken ^℘ζξ 12:26, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: I always kind of liked the end being cut off, but I see what you mean. You are very welcome to try to touch it up- I'm not expert about that. I'm not sure if it's appropriate for the FPC procedure, but I'll upload another of my Aral pictures- similar feel, but striking in a different way. Also with a person, but I think he adds something. Do you like that one better? Staecker 13:41, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Removed the second one, so people aren't confused on what's being voted. Staecker 22:24, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

• Comment - I've added a slightly fixed version, let's see if anyone likes it.PiccoloNamek 21:08, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

• Support --Rogerd 03:57, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
• Oppose. The composition doesn't quite do it for me. The ship is cut not only on the right edge of the image, but also the mast is cut off. Again the subject is stunning, but the picture is not. --Dschwen 09:14, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
• ( − ) Oppose As above --Fir0002 10:02, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
• Oppose as above. Enochlau 07:52, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Not promoted Raven4x4x 03:00, 21 November 2005 (UTC)