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Arena of Nîmes

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Mar 2022 at 15:37:25 (UTC)

Reason: Quality image of the subject. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Arena of Nîmes
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator: Krzysztof Golik

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:37, 19 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support alt1 TheFreeWorld (talk) 08:53, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Comment Strange perspective (overcorrected?) - the walls appear to be tilting outwards (actually so at the left side). --Janke | Talk 11:44, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes slightly on the far left. Although the vertical lines on the background buildings are fine. Bammesk (talk) 13:00, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oppose – As Janke notes, vertical perspective much distorted. – Sca (talk) 12:40, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
- However, that is fixable... at least to some degree. I could do it, if there's support for the idea. --Janke | Talk 12:48, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  - Janke, Sca is opposing the overall wide-angle perspective, not the vertical lines. I think he is conflating the two in writing his rationale. Bammesk (talk) 13:39, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The image is what it is – a distorted representation of reality. Whether it's due to the lens is irrelevant to the viewer. – Sca (talk) 13:10, 21 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Support either, prefer Alt 1. How about this little perspective change - a little magic done with Darktable? Note that I did not tilt the edges, since as Bammesk notes, the background buildings are straight - so maybe the arena walls really tilt a little outward? --Janke | Talk 13:27, 21 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Janke, I cropped the sides. If you or anyone disagree, just revert. Bammesk (talk) 16:48, 26 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, I actually considered doing that myself. --Janke | Talk 08:36, 27 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I prefer Alt 1, much better. [1] This is a big arena 133x100m in a congested area. [2] Bammesk (talk) 02:56, 22 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Support Alt 1.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 13:22, 22 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support either Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 23:38, 26 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
FWIW, the arena is elliptical and the camera is not on a line of symmetry, that's why the left side appears a bit larger than the right side. Bammesk (talk) 01:35, 5 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Promoted File:Arenes de Nimes Alt 1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:36, 29 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]