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The Second Severn Crossing carries the M4 motorway across the River Severn between Severn Beach near Avonmouth in south west England and Caldicot in south Wales
Alternative version 1 showing extreme left of bridge
Alternative version 2 showing extreme left of bridge, with slightly increased contrast and brightness
Reason
I took this on an atmospheric evening last summer, having used the bridge frequently to travel from my home in Cardiff to work in Bristol. Although the bridge is in silhouette, I think this shot does a good job of illustrating its structure and size, and is visually appealing and eyecatching. It's already featured on Commons but I hesitated to nominate it here because I thought it'd be shot down for unc1; I've reconsidered because (bias aside) I believe it's highly enc.

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Second Severn Crossing
Creator
Yummifruitbat (YFB)
Nominator
YFB ¿
  • Um, good point - I'm not sure what happened there. I've restitched the image with the rest of the frames and uploaded the result as an alternative version which shows the entire bridge. I'm not convinced that any particularly useful information is gained by this addition and I can't decide whether the first seems a more balanced composition. Thanks for pointing it out - any opinions either way? --YFB ¿ 07:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alternate. Per above.--HereToHelp 15:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Maye it's good for commons but I don't see the Enc value for Wikipedia. I like it in a way but the subject (i think it's the bridge) is too dark (no detail) --Arad 22:17, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Arad, thanks for commenting. If you're struggling to make out the subject, it may be that your monitor isn't properly calibrated. Many monitors are set too dark "out of the box" and need adjusting to get full shadow detail. Admittedly this image is dark (as Alvesgaspar puts it, "contre-jour") but it should be easy to see the bridge's structure in considerable detail on a properly calibrated display. --YFB ¿ 01:55, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for the reply but I can assure you my monitor is perfectly calibrated. It's just that I don't think the image is a perfect FP for Wikipedia. It's a very good photo indeed, --Arad 23:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative version Tomer T 20:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The detail is great when viewed at full resolution. In case it makes a difference, I created a version of this with slightly greater contrast and brightness.

Armed Blowfish (talk|mail) 12 March 2007


So... Which version? Moving to "additional input required" section. --KFP (talk | contribs) 11:31, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm for the unedited alternate. That's just me, though.--HereToHelp 22:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alternative, Oppose alternative version 2 I can't really decide what version is better (original or alternative), but I have a slight preference for the alternative (after all, there's more information in it). The sky of version seems almost too bright in my opinion. -Wutschwlllm 13:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Second Severn Crossing pano 2 s.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 13:56, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]