Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Large Hadron Collider

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 May 2022 at 22:02:58 (UTC)

Reason: Quality image of the Large Hadron Collider, actually a section of it, because it is 17 miles long and in an underground tunnel. "The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle collider. It lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres (17 mi) in circumference and as deep as 175 metres (574 ft) beneath the France–Switzerland border near Geneva." [1] The LHC was built approximately 20 years ago, it's currently operational and is used for making discoveries in particle or subatomic physics.
Articles in which this image appears: Large Hadron Collider
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator: Maximilien Brice, CERN

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 22:02, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 08:21, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak~~ support I certainly see the value, but I find the depth of field disappointing. Still, the limited access makes me lean support. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 09:11, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The only way to get more DOF is focus stack (this is already at f/16 and a very high quality lens). Not sure focus stack should be the norm at FPC. And not saying DOF isn't a criterion. Bammesk (talk) 12:51, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- True, but the focus is also quite close, roughly around the ring at the back of the nearest blue section, so most of the image is quite a bit out of focus. Nearer the middle would have let it fall off more elegantly. (and it puts the visual emphasis on the least interesting component). Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 07:14, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When the main subject doesn't fit in the DOF, the rule of thumb is to focus the lens for a sharp nearside, and let the far side drift out of focus (and into the bokeh). The opposite isn't the norm and the opposite generally looks terrible. Same with the mid-section being sharp and the nearside being out of focus. The camera used and the lens tells me the photographer is most likely a pro. IMO this is as good as it gets focus-wise, absent of focus stacking. Bammesk (talk) 02:56, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This doesn't add much to the article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:48, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support UnpetitproleX (talk) 17:01, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Better lighting than the other, similar (but flash) photo. --Janke | Talk 15:23, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Views of the LHC tunnel sector 3-4, tirage 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:27, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]