Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Baños Romanos, Bath, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 39-41 HDR.JPG

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View of the Great Bath, part of the Roman Baths complex, a site of historical interest in the city of Bath, England. The baths, based on the local hot springs, were built during the Roman occupation of Britain and has become a major touristic site.
  •  Info View of the Great Bath, part of the Roman Baths complex, a site of historical interest in the city of Bath, England. The baths, based on the local hot springs, were built during the Roman occupation of Britain and has become a major touristic site. Note that this picture is a HDR needed to increase the range due to tricky lighting conditions. All by me, Poco2 21:56, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco2 21:56, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support. I'm not sure if I like this angle that much as the water loses its colour because of the reflections, but it's well captured. Especially as you managed to get a view of it without any tourists in the view! Amazing. I've been there 3 or 4 times now and it's always been extremely crowded. Is the timestamp correct or did you forget to change it when you were in the UK? :-) I didn't know it was open so late. Diliff (talk) 05:55, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    The time stamp is correct. There were a bunch of tourists, but probably very few in comparison to the normal visiting hours, since nobody expects that it's open then. We also got late to Bath and were surprised that you could get in until 9 pm and stay until 10 pm! as you can see here. The problem about going late is the lighting combined with the fact that they will not let you use a tripod, so you have to be imaginative about how to solve that :) Regarding the POV I have to say that before getting there the shot from this angle was my favourite and after taking photographs everywhere in the site I think that I was not mistaken. Poco2 08:26, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for letting me know. I prefer the view from the upper level because the Georgian side of the baths and of course the Abbey is visible (I think it adds to the atmosphere), but fair enough. :-) Your image shows a better perspective of the Roman side. I've seen some really lovely images of steam coming off the water (I guess taken in colder weather) which is also great for the atmosphere. Diliff (talk) 08:35, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, in this shot my intention was to show the Roman Baths as far as I can show them the way the used to be, without having any other architectural elements built 1000 years later (like the abbey). The combination of the abbey and the baths is also nice and for that I have different pictures, but here I wanted to keep it roman, show lots of water as symbol of the bath and play with the reflexion. I am convinced that the place has lots of potential for great shots like the one you mention with steam. I will probably have to come back for that and at the same time I encourage everybody to visit Bath, the city, not only the Baths, is amazing and full of interesting spots to capture. Poco2 10:26, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 14 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:22, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture
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