A chief police officer (Polizeihauptmeister mit Amtszulage) on assignment at Hamburg city hall. The officer is wearing the new blue police uniform which was first issued in the city of Hamburg and is currently replacing the old green uniforms all over Germany.
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A portrait for a change. The pic adds to the article which previously only showed police cars. Permission was granted by the Hamburg police department public relations office, and by the officer depicted. On the technical side it is well exposed sharp and has lots of pixels.
Weak support for me too. Great shot technically. Exposure is spot on and all the pixels are there.. BUT it does bug me that his arms and radio are slightly cropped out of the frame. My preference would either have been a tighter crop eliminating the forearms/hands completely or (obviously not possible now) for a slightly wider frame. Just a minor compositional issue though - still a good portrait in a pretty sparse field. Diliff | (Talk)(Contribs)15:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On second thoughts, I don't think it would be better cropped tighter unless it was just a headshot, as that would eliminate a lot of the context of the shot. Diliff | (Talk)(Contribs)15:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, great shot... but didn't you foresee the cries of OMG subject cut off? ;-) Personally I don't think that's important here. Dig the comp w/ the sign oof in the bg. decipher that if you will --YFB¿20:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its more fashionable (seriously!) and supposted to boost confidence. The old green uniform was dubbed forrest ranger uniform. Most police uniforms in Europe are blueish anyways. --Dschwen08:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would say most police uniforms around the world are blue actually - I only recall seeing black/grey-brown in the US and Thailand. I do remember in 2004 dealing with the police in Munich who wore that green-brown uniform though. I just had my wallet go missing and a little old lady had apparently handed it in to police with 300 euro intact. Phew. Anyway, when did they change that uniform? And was this portrait comissioned by them or did you specifically ask permission and tell them it was for use on Wikipedia? Diliff | (Talk)(Contribs)09:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In Hamburg they started in 2002 already. Here in Goettingen the new uniforms appeared just recently (this year). And you can still see many policewomen and -men in green uniforms. Work in progress. --Dschwen10:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the lack of US-Brit stereotype reinforcement. I've been looking for an officer in a nazi uniform all over Hamburg. I guess I was just 70 years late... --Dschwen09:34, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But seriously, he's way too friendly to be a cop, cops are supposed to be tough, not kindly old men who look like my grandpa. It's really weird to see. I'm just too used to the American style. what a cop's supposed to look likeNight Gyr (talk/Oy) 20:45, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support it is very well done and none of the cropping bothers me... it's just that... it's just a guy which I have a hard time associating being Wikipedia's best work... even though it does a great job on the article. grenグレン13:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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