Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/2023 Canadian wildfires

2023 Canadian wildfires

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 22:50:15 (UTC)

Reason: Good example of the impact of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. This was a common scene in large parts of Canada and US. Good addition to the article. This is a drone shot and this was a one-time event, so I think the lens distortion and the noise is forgivable.
Articles in which this image appears: 2023 Canadian wildfires
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others, or Places/Other
Creator: Gabriel Picard

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 22:50, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Don't see any fires. – Sca (talk) 15:38, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think the point is the impact, the smoky fog. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 18:25, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak oppose, due to usage~~: I think there's merit to this image, but its usage isn't really enough in my view. First of all, there's no mention of Quebec City or Old Quebec outside of the caption. The article says "On the afternoon of June 25, Montreal had the worst air quality in the world due to wildfire smoke in the region; several cultural and sporting events were cancelled or postponed in response." - so, if this was Montreal, it'd be clearly valuable, but as it stands, it's just not really contextualised enough. There's probably ways to use it in the article that would justify support, but, as it is, it's a really good smoke pic without much context. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 23:34, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree if this was a local event, but this covered entire Canadian territories for a month (longer in some areas). That section is about Quebec, the territory, and Quebec City is its capital. That should be sufficient, I think. Also, the photo shows a sizable portion of the old port which at one time (early 19 century) was the economic heart of the country (its "sea gate" so to speak), so there is some value in that as well.

I looked into replacing one of the infobox images, but not a good idea IMO, because the 3 photos there represent a wide geographic triangle (east, west, north), and the themes are a metro area, a wilderness area, and a burnt down town. That's a proper set I think. Bammesk (talk) 04:26, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why this one, as opposed to all the other images in the article? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 10:05, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The short answer is: The orange pollution-fog, particularly the dense low visibility fog, with visibility of a mile or so, is characteristic of what people (who lived through this) experienced, and what they associate with the 2023 fires. The nom photo shows it well. . . . . . Longer answer: Photos like [1] and [2] are similar to typical fog and fire damage, therefore not good candidates. This was a Canadian fire, so a photo in Canada is due. We can do a second nom for U.S. impact too. A satellite photo can also be nominated, but currently none of the images are appealing or sharp. I didn't nominate this infobox photo because it looks underexposed (the sun is in the frame and it probably threw off the exposure) and the visibility is certainly more than a mile (pollution not so dense). Bammesk (talk) 00:58, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose I can see that. Weak support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 19:01, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]