Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Tinghøjen

Preserved tumulus in Denmark

Original - Tinghøjen, one of about 26,000 conserved tumuli in Denmark, located between Randers and Viborg. Such tumuli are a characteristic of the Danish landscape, where they pop up as protected islands in agricultural fields. A Danish law of nature conservation from 1937 (Naturfredningsloven), preserved 16,000 historic sites of which most were tumuli, Tinghøjen being one of those. Photo from January, 2010.

I think it is a beautiful and EV representation of a typical Danish tumulus. The tumulus in itself is not special. I pass it often and normally it looks quite boring, but at this specific day, where it was quite cold and the sun was setting it was quite eyecatching. I would like some native speaking help for the caption, and I request a review of its suitability for FPC. I have another version File:Tinghøj Hammershøj Kvorning 2010-01-08 2.jpg with a more centered composition. Personally I find the composition in that one more boring, but perhaps from an EV POV it is preferable as less of the space is used to illustrate the smoth hilltop. I have (reluctantly) added the photo myself to Tumulus, because another editor recently added a Danish section as it seemed relevant for me there. I am wondering if it could have its place in other articles as well? --Slaunger (talk) 10:29, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

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Tumulus

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Slaunger

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Slaunger (talk) 10:29, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

• My first impressions are that it isn't immediately obvious that this is a Tumulus and that the image is underexposed. I wonder if the article might be ultimately served better with an image in summer without the snow (though it wouldn't look as pretty). Noodle snacks (talk) 07:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Thank you for taking your time to assess my photo, Noodle snacks! Well, it may be difficult to see, if you do not know anything about the background. A tumulus as this, with vegetation and small trees on it would not have existed in the middle of a field, if it had not been protected. They are somewhat a nuisance for agricultural operations as quite some resources is used to drive around them with tractors and their big tools such as plows. Moreover, crop yields from fields are lowered due to the area occupied by them. There are more than 80,000 registered tumuli in Denmark, among those one right next to this one. However, that one has been plowed over and part of the field, and it would be impossible to see that there had been a tumulus there if it had been registered late in the 19th century. So I would say it can be seen that it is tumulus becasue there is clearly a sharp interface between the smooth agricultured field and the tumulus itself with its untamed vegetation. With respect to the snow, I somewhat see your point, it is mainly an aesthetic element in this case to make it look more interesting. I see it as a plus though that there is not vegetation as grass and grown crops and so on as that would have obscured the shape of the tumulus relative to the field. Concerning exposure: Yes, it is somewhat dark, but I do not perceive it as underexposed myself as it is taken in the last few minutes before the sun set. A spring time photo would perhaps be better - before the crops have grown. there the interface between tumulus and crop is seen more clearly perhaps. --Slaunger (talk) 12:18, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

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