Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Paris Night.jpg

Image:Paris Night.jpg, featured

•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Benh 20:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Info This is a view of Paris, from the Montparnasse Tower. Once the tallest in Europe, that tower is considered a failure in its integration in the parisian skyline. I think (to be verified) that it is why building skyscrapers are currently not permitted in Paris, and why the CBD is in La Défense. Benh 20:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support I chose to get that curved horizon to simulate Paris being on a smaller sphere than Earth, hence the leaning buildings on the sides. Despite this I like effect a lot and hope you do too. This version is an "enhanced" one of the QI candidate (which had the buildings leaning even more). -- Benh 20:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support I don't like night pictures! But dusk picture when they are this good at the other hand... Lycaon 20:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Richard Bartz 20:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support -- Alvesgaspar 21:29, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support -- Laitche 21:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support very nice -- Gorgo 22:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer 23:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Comment - are we sure that the Eiffel tower doesn't fall foul of copyright? --Fir0002 www 02:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
  • as long as the eiffel tower is not the main/only object in the picture it should be ok -- Gorgo 03:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
  • As I said on QIC page, it doesn't, even though taking night pictures of the Eiffel Tower is not permitted, because here the Eiffel Tower blends into a much larger place, which is Paris, and which has no copyright over it. See Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Louvre 2007 02 24 c.jpg for a similar topic. I'd add that setting copyrights over the night light scheme of the Eiffel Tower simply because it's been renewed (it doesn't strike me as being an artistic work, and is not different from the previous --free-- lighting) seems not right to me... I wonder how this case would be settled in court against a serious opponent. -- Benh 21:13, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support patrol110 22:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC) With pleasure :)
•  Support It appears to be a spectacular image, plain and simple, one of the better night panoramas that we have. -- Ram-Man 23:20, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Amazing. Calibas 06:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Noy 08:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support another wow picture from Benh! --Diligent 10:39, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Very good picture. Great dinamic range, excellent definition,and perfect exposure. Simone Zuffanelli 02:14, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support vraiment exceptionnelle! Il y a même une étoile filante visible dans le ciel!!! --Luc Viatour 15:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support An amazing picture! Do you see the shooting star in the sky? --Booksworm 17:25, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Est-ce une étoile filante... ou tout simplement un avion avec feux d'aterrissage allumés? C'est de toute façon possible avec une durée d'exposition de 25 secondes. -- MJJR 21:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

La forme et notament la queue me fait penser très fort à une grosse étoile filante plus qu'a un avion... --Luc Viatour 07:48, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

 Comment Ça ne peut pas être un avion car les avions sont interdits de voler dans le ciel de la ville de Paris - les avions peuvent (quand même) voler au-dessous des banlieues. En plus, on peut facilement voir qu'il n'y a qu'une seule lumière blanche, de forme ovale dans le ciel - les avions ont au moins des feux de trois couleurs différentes (rouge, vert et blanc) --Booksworm 09:21, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

•  Support --MichaelMaggs 18:16, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Ziga 10:26, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Simonizer 16:47, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Dusk panoramas, especially of cities, are hard to get right. This is wonderful. Arria Belli | parlami 10:40, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Exceptional night panorama shot. Freedom to share 17:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Mywood 12:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)