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[edit] Scenic Railway at Luna Park, Melbourne.

The Scenic Railway at Luna Park, Melbourne is the world's oldest continually operating roller coaster.

Edit 1, by Fir0002

Reason

It's a good action photo of the scenic railway. You can see the wooden structure that holds it up, the brakeman between the two carriages, and the usual variety of reactions from terror to joy.

Articles this image appears in

Side friction roller coaster, Luna Park, Melbourne, Roller coaster.

Creator

User:Stevage

Nominator

Stevage

• Support — Stevage 14:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Support Not very big on wow factor or size but really a very nice shot. Beautiful clerity for a picture needing short exposure.-Fcb981 15:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. Great composition but all of the lighting is blown --froth^T 17:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  • This is absolutely not true! A knee-jerk oppose, just because some areas appear white. Take a closer look. There are about 128 totally white pixel, the rest are shades of light gray. --Dschwen(A) 20:36, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Wow, it's been nine days now. Whats going on here? Voters should check back regularly on voting pages to see if their concerns have been adressed. And they shouldn't be afraid to correct mistakes they have made. The above vote is just unfair and unsubstantiated. --Dschwen(A) 13:42, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. Not everyone is smiling. ;-D...just kidding. I actually like this picture, but I agree with Fcb981 in that the wow factor is pretty...meh. I wish the whole framework of the coaster was in the shot. JHMM13  18:15, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  • He doesn't look sick as much as he looks like he has some kind of retardation.. his wrists are crossed, his back is arched, and he has a lazy look on his face --froth^T 23:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
    • What are you talking about? "A lazy look" on his face?? Can we please try to minimize nonsense like this? Debivort 03:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
      • Come on, you know what I mean. Just commenting; it doesn't make the image worse or anything --froth^T 07:39, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak support. Anyway , the composition is pretty great, and it nicely captures rollercoaster-riding. --Dschwen(A) 20:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak support fantastic composition, the tech faults are not much of a factor in this situation. ~ Arjun 20:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Biased support. Composition is excellent and while others are right that the scenic railway is missing that wow factor, it is a notable subject and a good depiction of it. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 01:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
• support per nom. Debivort 03:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
• Support. Excellent composition and a great capture overall. Also, it's something completely different than our existing FPs. howcheng {chat} 07:48, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Support It illustrates the subject fairly well and has good composition - although like Diliff, I have a Melbourne bias... Leon 05:17, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
• Support- I'm biased too. I live in Adelaide but I wish I lived in Sydney or Melbourne... Anyway, it's a good picture, and it illustrates the topic well, but I wish you could see why it's called th Scenic Railway. Jorcoga ^(Hi!/Review)06:29, Sunday, 11 February '07

Probably when it was built it was quite scenic. But now it's surrounded by houses, shops etc. There is a bit of a view over the beach, I guess. Stevage 07:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Oppose - the photo should not have to be viewed at full size to see the details. And the kids in the front just look bored. But I do like the term "scenic railway" over roller coaster.--Indolences 21:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Wrong. Images need to be judged based on their full size --Fir0002 05:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Support Original is a little dark, but I support either with preference to edit. Quite different to what we usually see here content wise --Fir0002 05:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

• Support, although the faces of the passengers could be displaying more pain :P I have edited the orginal images summary page, but there needs to be more emphasis on the ride operater standing in the middle of the carriage! --Ali K 07:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it's unfortunate he wasn't standing more prominently. He must be a newbie, frequently they stand right on the edge - and no safety belt or even a barrier to keep them in. And agree with your comments about wanting to see more pain. Stevage 11:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Luna Park Melbourne scenic railway.jpg Raven4x4x 07:51, 21 February 2007 (UTC)