Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/France radar

France radar

From NASA. If only we had physical maps like this for all of the countries. Used on Geography of France. - grendel|khan 09:17, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)

Nominate and support. - grendel|khan 09:17, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
Comment. I have uploaded the full version to the commons.
Oppose. The drop shadow ruins it (it's uneven aswell). ed g2s • talk 22:13, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Shouldn't the drop shadow be uneven? If the Earth is round and the light is coming from a point source, you wouldn't necessarily have the exact same amount of shadow along edges with the same slopes. --brian0918 19:05, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  - Sure, if the shadow was supposed to be representing some sort of realistic effect. A nice even shadow around the edge to give slight emphasis to the borders would've been much neater. ed g2s • talk 01:24, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Support. Isn't France deliberately cut out from surrounding countries, and that is what is craeting the shadow?--ZayZayEM 00:56, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Support. Shadow isn't too obtrusive. --Elijah 05:53, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC)
Neutral. I think the detail in the data is excellent and I like the fact that it is France that is the subject. So this should have a place in featured pictures, but I am also uncomfortably with the floating territory/drop shadow treatment (for example its not clear that the Channel Islands aren't in France). Unfortunately I couldn't find an original source image which could be used for an alternative boundary highlight (such as desaturating and tinting the neighbouring countries). -- Solipsist 11:09, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Support. Neutrality^talk 00:15, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)
Oppose. Enochlau 03:33, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Oppose. Janderk 17:14, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Support. I actually like the drop shadow... ugen64 03:49, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Oppose; would be support if, indeed, like Solipsist suggested, we could use the original with the other countries faded. James F. (talk) 08:33, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Oppose. Rescue me! Boring image - where is the excitement? JediMaster16 03:56, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Support (JediMaster, how exciting do you expect a topographic map of France to be?) Shows the topography of France clearly, it's informative and pleasing to look at - Adrian Pingstone 11:11, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Oppose Have to say I agree with JediMaster16: it's clearly an illustrative image, but hardly gripping or exciting. Featured pictures should surely make you think 'wow' when you see them, and I can't see how anyone could find this a particularly thrilling image. Worldtraveller 19:11, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
NOT promoted, +6/-6 -- Bevo 16:16, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)