I know it’s a high bar to get a bench accepted, but I thought this one is interesting enough to put a tick the exploration box. In retrospect, I should have mentioned the ironwork GWR logo supports, which is what distinguishes the bench, in the description rather than the supporting information. Is there anything else I ought to add or change on resubmission?
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Based on the primary image, I am struggling to see how this is a suitable nomination. Any chance you can focus on the logo or any plaques on the bench?
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When I visited this, I was fixated on capturing the whole bench in the main image, but just before your response I was thinking that I could just take the main photo of a side view of the support so that the ironwork logo is more clear.
In some instances, taking a photo of the whole bench would be suitable. But it really needs to stand out.
The image below is from one of my photo nomination. The original nomination focused on the plaque, this was just updated to show the new plaque.
Sometimes, the focus of the submission needs to be just the subject plus a small area around it along with a supplimentary image of the whole bench may be enough.
However, there’s nothing stopping you from appealing the nomination and seeing if it can be overturned. I’m being a little picky.
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Thank you for your replies.
I am a rookie at this game and so I’d like to think I’d exhausted any potential improvements before resorting to an appeal.
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Here’s the thing… I may be over picky over why I would reject and this could be a perfectly acceptable nomination. If you appeal it via the appeal button and it gets rejected on review, you may want to resubmit it after that.
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Yes, if you have an appeal available, you can use its extra text to play up how historic it is. At first look it’s a common indistinct bench, but actually it has unique history. People can sit on it and imagine sitting on it 100 years ago waiting for a train to London. Seems like something one might explore.
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