Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Boy in Dar ul-Ihsan Mosque.jpg

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•  Info created by Salar.arkan - uploaded by Salar.arkan - nominated by Andrew J.Kurbiko -- Andrei 08:07, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Andrei 08:07, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Kreuzschnabel 11:33, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Nice colours, gloomy mood and light on the boy. --Domob (talk) 18:44, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support An excellent focus to the boy, beautiful dark colours and it looks like a photo with a story --Michielverbeek (talk) 21:29, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 22:41, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment From what I experienced, Muslim people are not willing to be photographed while praying. The boy is clearly identifiable, so the picture has a Personality rights problem. --A.Savin 00:52, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
  • It is not made during a religious service, also this statement appears to be an overgeneralization of more than 1bln people made from a cultural outsider's point of view. Anyways, theres a Personality rights warning in the file now. --Andrei 08:05, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
    • AFAIK, it doesn't matter if during a service or not. --A.Savin 12:36, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• According to WP, mosques are not only used for praying, but also for education and debates. This boy looks like he is studying, not praying. Also, the photographer is Iranian, so I think he has an inkling about what's ok and not. --Cart (talk) 15:47, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support.--Vulphere 04:13, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support excellent - both idea and execution! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:23, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Basotxerri (talk) 08:46, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 12:19, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Aristeas (talk) 13:05, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Until the personality rights' question is clarified. Sorry, but Commons has a restrictive policy on PR, especially that of minors. Pictures of European or North American minors had been deleted if it was not clear about parental permission; and I don't see why Iranian people were to be treated with any less respect, sorry. --A.Savin 13:23, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
  • Have a look at Commons:Country specific consent requirements. --Andrei (talk) 14:54, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• Normal Commons requirements aside, this photo was uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Iran. As such, it has been scrutinized by the WLM Iran organizers. If there was anything inappropriate about it, I think the Iranians would have acted in some way. --Cart (talk) 15:34, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support --Cart (talk) 15:47, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent composition and environment --Wilfredor (talk) 16:28, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Cmao20 (talk) 16:37, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 18:00, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Hanooz 18:02, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support per Michielverbeek -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:36, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose It has some nice qualities, but if one of us downsized an ISO 100 photo of a still scene by nearly 50%, from 24MP to 6MP, there's be complaints. If the photographer wants to upload the 24MP original, I'll reconsider. -- Colin (talk) 17:07, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment - I'd be inclined to support, but I'm interested in your point. How do you know the original was 24 MP? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:00, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 11:39, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Support, although I think some of the unused space could be cropped away, particularly that dark area on the right. See note. Daniel Case (talk) 01:16, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Dont you think that it gives some additional deapth and sense of isolation? --Andrei (talk) 09:09, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

More than it needs. Daniel Case (talk) 06:51, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

•  Support --Tomascastelazo (talk) 04:57, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:31, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Question - Ok, someone help me out. What's the light source? EXIF says there was no flash and I would think that a window directly above would be dispersed more? And the intensity of the reflected light off the book, illuminating the boy's face, is surprising (it's stronger then the light on the top of his head, for example). — Rhododendrites ^talk |  05:33, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

• Looking at other photos from this mosque, there seems to be a balcony or something like that inside the mosque, since some photos are taken from a higher level. This is taken when the mosque is empty and dark, so it's not out of the realm of possibilities that this photo is cleverly staged. You arrange to have access to the place "after hours"; you bring a boy (perhaps from your family) and a book. You seat the kid with the book, and position a friend with a photo spotlight up at the balcony to aim the light the right way at the book, and then you take the photo. Am I the only one here who is used to working on staged photo shoots with models? A rather normal photo crew consist of the photographer, a model, a technician, a handler for the model and props plus a gofer for miscellaneous. This is a semi-professional photographer, used to creating photos rather that just snap what he can find. --Cart (talk) 21:32, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 21 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 20:53, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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