California,
USA is famous for its abundance of sunlight. This photograph, which shows a
laundromat in California, illustrates how
solar power makes use of this advantage. The laundromat is powered by
solar power, as we can see from the
solar collectors on the rooftop. At the right-hand upper corner of the photograph is a close-up view of the solar collectors.
Sorry, I don't think it is a good idea to remove the close-up. Without the close-up, the area that is originally for the close-up would be just the plain, blue sky and nothing else. It is not a good idea to have half the area in a photograph just for a plain, blue sky. Also, without the close-up, the solar collectors are not very clearly shown. That is what the close-up is here for. -
Alanmak07:45, 11 September 2005 (UTC)reply
Neutral Comment : Although this picture is very nice, I don't think it shows clearly what type of installation is on the roof (and therefore it does not add significantly to the articles) : the photographer/nominator himself thought those were
phtovoltaic cells before I pointed to him that they rather were thermal pannels. Besides, in the nomination introduction, the sentence the laundromat is powered by solar power... is misleading. It would be better to say : the laundromat's hot water is produced by solar power. I would vote oppose for a modified version without the close up, because without it, it would become even less representative of solar power/panels...
Glaurung06:15, 12 September 2005 (UTC)reply
Oppose. Nice idea, but the interesting portion of the picture (the panel-clad roof) is thin and crammed because of the tight angle of the shot. Simply not striking enough to qualify as FP, even with the explanatory inset (which should be unnecessary--the photo itself should be good enough to illustrate the topic)
CapeCodEph01:57, 14 September 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. I think the photographer has already tried to show the solar collectors on the rooftop as well as possible. It seems to be a place makes it very difficult to take the photograph directly showing the rooftop. Anyway, the zoom-up works out perfectly though. -
68.227.83.4407:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)reply
It is clear that it was impossible for the photographer to take a better picture of the pannels without a ladder or without climbing on a tree, and that what makes this picture not so representative of solar collectors...(on a side note : do anonymous votes count?)
Glaurung09:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)reply
California,
USA is famous for its abundance of sunlight. This photograph, which shows a
laundromat in California, illustrates how
solar power makes use of this advantage. The laundromat is powered by
solar power, as we can see from the
solar collectors on the rooftop. At the right-hand upper corner of the photograph is a close-up view of the solar collectors.
Sorry, I don't think it is a good idea to remove the close-up. Without the close-up, the area that is originally for the close-up would be just the plain, blue sky and nothing else. It is not a good idea to have half the area in a photograph just for a plain, blue sky. Also, without the close-up, the solar collectors are not very clearly shown. That is what the close-up is here for. -
Alanmak07:45, 11 September 2005 (UTC)reply
Neutral Comment : Although this picture is very nice, I don't think it shows clearly what type of installation is on the roof (and therefore it does not add significantly to the articles) : the photographer/nominator himself thought those were
phtovoltaic cells before I pointed to him that they rather were thermal pannels. Besides, in the nomination introduction, the sentence the laundromat is powered by solar power... is misleading. It would be better to say : the laundromat's hot water is produced by solar power. I would vote oppose for a modified version without the close up, because without it, it would become even less representative of solar power/panels...
Glaurung06:15, 12 September 2005 (UTC)reply
Oppose. Nice idea, but the interesting portion of the picture (the panel-clad roof) is thin and crammed because of the tight angle of the shot. Simply not striking enough to qualify as FP, even with the explanatory inset (which should be unnecessary--the photo itself should be good enough to illustrate the topic)
CapeCodEph01:57, 14 September 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. I think the photographer has already tried to show the solar collectors on the rooftop as well as possible. It seems to be a place makes it very difficult to take the photograph directly showing the rooftop. Anyway, the zoom-up works out perfectly though. -
68.227.83.4407:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)reply
It is clear that it was impossible for the photographer to take a better picture of the pannels without a ladder or without climbing on a tree, and that what makes this picture not so representative of solar collectors...(on a side note : do anonymous votes count?)
Glaurung09:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)reply