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Fountain in the Old City of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.
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Night long exposure of the western span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge
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Juvenile Nubian ibex in Mitzpe Ramon
  • Now nobody will believe this captured the moment just before that spaceship abducted the ibex... thanks a lot. Yeah, I have to presume it was a bird/bug/critter. There are a few images taken with the same lens moments apart from each other, and I don't see the speck in those. Ah well. Seems to be resolved. :) Thanks. — Rhododendrites talk |  00:12, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Paulinzella abbey, Thuringia, Germany
  • @King of Hearts: Neither do I see any overexposure (except of course the two little windows in the wall on the right - the sun is directly behind them and what do you expect to see when you shoot straigt in the sun), nor can I find a "stitch line". The light conditions did not change between the frames. Please give me a hint. --Code (talk) 05:21, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've marked the overexposure as an image note; large parts of it are at 255 in one or more channels, and significant detail has been lost. The line is visible only in the 360 viewer, where the left edge connects to the right edge (of the flat image). -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:55, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @King of Hearts: Well then, I've spent the last four hours working on a new version without any over- or underexposure. You can find the result here but I don't think it's very convincing. The new file has a perfect histogram but it looks grey, flat and not very appealing. So I'm not going to replace this "overexposed" version with the new version. I think in this case it's better to accept some brighter parts. A perfect histogram doesn't always make a perfect picture. Regarding the stitching line you saw it's obviously a problem with the panellum viewer. As you can see here the sky is created from a single frame so there definitely can't be any problem with differently exposed frames or changing light situations. Sorry, but all in all I don't see anything I should or even could improve here. --Code (talk) 10:50, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I, in fact, do think that the new version is superior. Yes, there is a little bit of HDR-ness to it, but it looks as natural as could possibly fit on my computer monitor. Not only is the overexposure fixed, but even the line in the sky is less visible. By the way, I think the line is real: I downloaded the original version, did a basic B&W conversion (to make luminosity values easier to compare), and opened it up in Photoshop. If you compare the two sides about 300-600 pixels from the top, the left edge has values 174-176, while the right edge has values 177-179. The 360 viewer is an accurate rendition of this difference, as you can see that it is darker on the right than on the left (left edge is on the right of the right edge when you join them together). -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:59, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • So how do you explain the line if it goes straight through a single frame? The question is serious, I really would like to know it. I'd be happy to repair it if only I could but I simply don't know how. --Code (talk) 22:25, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Panorama software do all kinds of weird things when stitching/blending, so it's perfectly conceivable it lightened one side (after cutting it) to blend better. I also think the new version is an insult to reality, completely flat. Having said that why not just mask the problematic parts with a version where green/red are not clipped? Would also like to ask why are there white outlines everywhere around the bricks? Sharpening? -- KennyOMG (talk) 15:37, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @KennyOMG: Thanks for your feedback. It's kind of weird indeed. I already thought about masking the brighter parts but my photoshop skills are really bad and the equirectangular projection makes it somewhat difficult to properly retouch the details in the upper part of the picture. I don't have much time today, maybe I can give it another try tomorrow evening. --Code (talk) 05:58, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Dome Cappella Chigi, Santa Maria del Popolo (Rome) Wide view
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Oasis in Morocco
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This vote was done by Charlesjsharp who forgot to sign --The Photographer 18:11, 24 March 2017 (UTC).[reply]
True. Charles (talk) 18:14, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Female red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus) eating fruit
  • Delighted to Ivan, but I haven't a clue what it is! Anyone? Betel/Arica? Charles (talk)
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Second marriage of S.M.I. D. Pedro I
Yes, it form part of the painting. There are anothers versions without this shadown, however, not the same original painting . Thanks for your question --The Photographer 09:29, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Doha Bay, Qatar.
@Dllu: Perhaps if it were less hazy, if the skyscrapers weren't so pale, the contrast would work better. As it is, the colors overall are very weak, and not in a way that works. Daniel Case (talk) 16:28, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Sanahin Monastery, Armenia.
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Reichstag building and Paul-Löbe-Haus, Berlin
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German Army Sikorsky CH-53G Super Stallion (reg. 84+35, sn V65-33) at ILA Berlin Air Show 2016.
  • (it is an adjective now. ) ...and you are right. I'd recognize a Coppolan work anywhere, but that music is the only Wagner I know thanks to said film maker. ;) --cart-Talk 09:22, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  digression - Cart, you've never heard any of the overtures (preludes), the Liebestod, any of the other music from the Ring? I have to be in the right mood for Wagner, as his music can be very intense and emotionally draining, but in my opinion, he's one of the all-time great composers, up there in inspiration and structural mastery with people like Monteverdi, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven - the lot of them. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:59, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan, for personal reasons, my choice, I've steared clear of Wagner. The reasons for that is not something I wan't to air here in public (and I'm dead serious here). There is so much more classic music to listen to. --cart-Talk 13:14, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is. And you wouldn't be the only one to have personal, ethical or philosophical reasons not to want to listen to (or in some cases, play) Wagner. I won't pursue the tangent. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:24, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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A Barbary ground squirrel at Morro Jable, Fuerteventura
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Seasonal erosion in the Kaiser crater sand dunes.
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Female Ugandan kob (Kobus kob thomasi) with her calf
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View to Iron Gate, Danube
Since that haze is often seen in the Hudson Highlands, it doesn't really bother me here. Daniel Case (talk) 02:28, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Navio negreiro - Rugendas 1830.jpg (delist), not featured

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Mud flow out of the Berca Mud Volcanoes, a geological and botanical reservation located close to Berca, Buzău County, Romania.
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural
  •  Info Mud flow out of a Berca Mud volcano, a geological and botanical reservation located close to Berca, Buzău County, Romania. The phenomenon is caused due to gases that erupt from 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles. All by me, Poco2 07:16, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco2 07:16, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question - Is the blur in the mud stream motion blur because it's moving a lot in 1/60 of a second? If so, perhaps that info should be appended to the file description, and I would support the photo. If not, what's causing the blur and might you be able to fix it? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:57, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Ikan, yes, the blur in the middle of the channel is due to the moving flow and that is the spark of this picture. The flow occured in waves, it was quite for approx 20 seconds and it moved for about 1 second. If I had used a higher shutter speed or taken pictures during the quiet phases, it would look everywhere sharp, but that wasn't my purpose. Poco2 09:35, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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File:BustoManuelBelgrano-TandilArg-mar2017.jpg

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Bust to Manuel Belgrano, Tandil, Argentina

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Bow of a wrecked fishing boat on Grötö
  •  I withdraw my nomination I was going for how big and looming, albiet with nice lines, the hull of a boat can feel when you see it on land. Obvoiusly I managed to do just that a bit too much for some users. :) Oh well, boats always have a hard time here, I'll be back with something that may be closer to what most of the FPC gang likes soon. Stay tuned... --cart-Talk 11:06, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

File:A swan in Lake Ohrid.jpg

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A swan in Lake Ohrid, near the village of Kališta, Macedonia

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Narcissus in the park (at the Weseler Straße) in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Old rusty padlock on house in Luquin, Navarre, Spain

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Landscape of the mountain Korab, Macedonia
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Mountain cabin is an outstanding piece of modern architecture in Laterns, Austria
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
  •  Info created by Böhringer - uploaded by Böhringer - nominated by Plani -- Plani (talk) 16:41, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Plani (talk) 16:41, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose At first sight I thought it was a great photo but after having a closer look I have to say that it isn't: There are several dust spots in the sky. Then there are lots of lens flares of different colours and the whole picture suffers from diffraction softness caused by f/22. I don't really understand the camera settings. If the photographer wanted a longer exposure (maybe to keep people out of the picture) he should have reduced ISO (why ISO 400?) instead of choosing a smaller aperture. Also, there's lot of CA on the ridge of the mountain on the left and at the branches of the trees on the right. It's really a pity as I'm normally the biggest fan of modern architecture, mountains and blue hour shots and this picture is compound of all these elements. --Code (talk) 17:01, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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The main office complex of the ADAC in Munich was designed by Sauerbruch Hutton and opened in 2012
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Though this might be subtle to some people, of particular interest in this image is that you can see shock diamonds, but that they are disrupted due to what appears to be a fairly hard bank and pull up. - Reventtalk 04:13, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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W.carter thanks for the review, and... I can't, I really tried, however my computer couldn't handle the file, in PhotoShop is quite simple, although a bit laborious (60fps*7s 420 images), take the frames and put a black mask. In Primeire I'm not that familiar, what I tried, my pc also couldn't handle. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 11:54, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Nice box but as a video it has two significant flaws and two lesser flaws. First the operator's hands are visible and really distracting. Second the ceiling lamp is visible as the box is rotated, which is also distracting. Surely it is possible to rotate this box from horizontal to vertical without these distractions. As a minor point, while 16:9 is useful to have, most of the fame is black and so for many web purposes (including Wikipedia) a square crop would be much more useful and without waste. Also the lighting is uneven, with the bottom of the box rather dark. -- Colin (talk)
Thanks Colin for the review, I don't see the lamp as a significant flaw, as this occurs before the action starts. The hands are distractions, not that much as they are away darker than the object... but I couldn't handle, as said to Carter. About 16:9, well it's a free media, you can create your version, I'm busy as hell and upload video here is a parturition... I'll take a while to upload a squared version. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 12:17, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
long discussion
I think both significant flaws should have been avoided at filming stage, rather than trying to mask out something in post. Consider if a still photo had a picture of hands floating above the box, and a reflection of the lamp in the glass. It wouldn't be FP so don't see why a video should be either. FP is about getting those sort of things right. -- Colin (talk) 13:03, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Colin. you are assuming that I did this as a snapshot, that is not even close to the truth, this was a afternoon of filming, no, is not easy to remove the hands, and lamp, especially the hands, you can list ways to do, I'll tell why it can't be done, because I really try to handle in the action, and really tried to handle in post.
This is not a still photo, and should not be evaluated as a still. In the important frames the lamp is not in the frame.
As here: not flaws here, but I don't see this as a FP.
This is not half impressive as in movement, and you are not take into account the EV of it. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 13:17, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not "assuming it is a snapshot", but nor frankly do I think that 10s of footage is an "afternoon of filming", even if you include time taken to darken the room and arrange the subject. A very significant portion of the short video has these defects. Like a studio still, this is a short video with arranged lighting and position, so I don't think it unreasonable to expect all those 10s to be visually good. I don't really want to get into a discussion over what you feel was hard. The end result is a short studio video with significant flaws. -- Colin (talk) 13:38, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Colin did you ever made a video from scratch?
Take a while to make 10s video...
And not a studio, this are the conditions:
And again not significant, as this do not affect the understanding of the main message, actually the flaws that you are pointing as majors, vanishes before the middle of the video... -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 13:50, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
File:Plasma globe 23s.webm. No hands. No reflections in the glass globe. The conditions of the shoot are your problem, not something for FP to worry about. The beginning rotation sequence is not relevant to the mathematical model the device simulates, but a consequence of it not having a trap door mechanism for releasing the grains. -- Colin (talk) 14:59, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not saying that the candidature should take into account the conditions, I'm just showing that you are wrong
This was not a studio, and this took a while to be set-upped, the whole afternoon , things that you are saying without knowing...
No hands, no reflection, also: File:Clumsy wagon (IME-USP).webm, but a whole different situation, as your example, nothing related. I don't know what you wanted to show... Prove that you could remove the hands, give a way to do. the reflection I could remove, with a studio light, that I don't have. But again, do not interfere in the history, in your case, yes, the reflection and hands would be a huge interference, here.. not the case. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 15:59, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A "studio" is the room, table, the lighting, the black background, where you set up an object to photograph. I didn't claim it was a professional photographic studio. None of us have one of them. I'm not trying to show/prove anything. You asked "did you ever make a video from scratch". I have. I'm unwatching this page now. -- Colin (talk) 17:23, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support One would wish for a smoother rotation at the beginning, but it makes its point. One day videos will be common enough that we will be able to promote a better one. Daniel Case (talk) 18:27, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I like this video, however, need edition to remove re-flexion, human iteration. Also the video cuts abruptly when the process has not yet finished, it seems to me something abrupt. Also, We need more information about this object like the Author (not the photographer) --The Photographer 19:56, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment One possibility for an edit that wouldn't be so difficult, would be to cut the first couple seconds off and start fading in at about the time the reflection of the light passes the light part of the box (the top), just before the rotation is complete. The hands are minimally visible after that point. It would probably be best for the audio to be on a longer fade to avoid starting on a loud *knock*. From an overall video quality point of view, yes, ideally the rotation action would be there, too, and I think the filmmaker had the right idea starting with a view of the back, but encyclopedic value would still be there with the beginning cut. I would take a stab at it myself, but I only have Lightworks at the moment, and it doesn't seem to want to work with a webm. Just a thought. — Rhododendrites talk |  22:27, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Joalpe (talk) 02:38, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - At first, I was going to support this nomination, but I think the opposers have meritorious arguments. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:13, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 4 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Yann (talk) 21:44, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Office building of the LVM, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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File:Orazio Gentileschi - Danaë and the Shower of Gold - 2016.6 - J. Paul Getty Museum.jpg, featured

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Orazio Gentileschi - Danaë and the Shower of Gold
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File:PIA21111 - Wind Carved Rock.jpg, featured

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Powerful wind erosion in Medusae Fossae, Mars.
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Petrol station in Bénin
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Quarry in Makhtesh Ramon

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Summit of the Rockenstein (776 m) in the Rhön Mountains near Oberweißenbrunn, seen from east.
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Photo of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church main altar in Vilnius. It is already a featured picture in English Wikipedia and is identical in terms of quality to other three pictures of the St. Peter and St. Paul's Church interior by Diliff, which already are Featured Pictures in Commons.
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Aerial photo of World Trade Center ground zero, New York City, September 23th, 2001.
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Fonvizinskaya metro station in Moscow, Russia
The pictures are somewhat Diliff-like and make me envious, although I don't know if they have as high resolution (it's not a big deal to create sth. like that using Photomatix, but then of course you have lots of noise, color fringes and other problems in full size). --A.Savin 11:41, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Palácio de Cristal (Petrópolis)
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Reichstagsgebäude und Paul-Löbe-Haus, Berlin-Mitte
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
  •  Info The east side of the Paul Löbe building in Berlin-Mitte, facing the river Spree, during the blue hour. On the left the Reichstag building can be seen. Both buildings belong to the German parliament ("Bundestag"). If you look carefully through the Paul Löbe building (direction west) you can see both the Federal Chancellery and the sunset. Taking this photograph was quite challenging. I've planned to take this photo since a while. Finally I had a free evening with suitable light and weather conditions. When I arrived at the place a really hughe amount of photographers (let's say around 20-30 persons) were already lined up at both sides of the river (behind me there was the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders building which is also a well known photo subject). The light conditions changed very quickly so it wasn't easy to find the right settings to have a short exposure on the one hand (to avoid that the first frames of the stitched mosaic are differently exposed compared with the last frames) and to get the water of the river Spree smooth on the other hand (for this purpose I'd prefered a longer exposure even more but then the light situation would have change inbetween the single exposures too much). For the same reason I used my 35mm lens in this case instead of the 50mm: I wanted to have less frames to take. The dynamic range of the scene was very high so I had to do it using HDR technique. To have a short exposure I decided not to take five exposures as usual but only three exposures (-2 EV, 0 EV, +2 EV) for each frame. For the stitching itself I had to play around a little bit with different kinds of projections. In the end I've chosen a "Vedutismo"-projection because the rectilinear projection caused extreme stretching for such a wide field of view. Regarding the crop I decided to use a 16:9 ratio because 2:3 would have ended in too much empty space at the top and the bottom. Placing the buildings right in the middle of the picture follows the rule of thirds. Finally, after some hours of work, I'm personally quite convinced by the result. I hope you agree. I'll be thankful for any comment. All by me. -- Code (talk) 05:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Code (talk) 05:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:53, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 05:58, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Outstanding image! Thanks for the explanation, much appreciated! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 07:38, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I also appreciate the explanation. --cart-Talk 08:29, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Thanks for both your pic and the explanation! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:38, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Great pic, reminds me a bit of one of my all-time favourites --A.Savin 12:42, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Cayambe (talk) 13:13, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support ~ Moheen (keep talking) 15:02, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 19:18, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment very impressive - is there anything you can do about artefacts in the sky? Charles (talk) 22:11, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support, the explanation is nice but the finished image still speaks for itself. Daniel Case (talk) 06:10, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Colin (talk) 11:40, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 18:08, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support It is a very impressive picture, and I appreciate the thought and planning that went into it but I am just curious: What is the point of stitching a panorama from a whopping 54 frames instead of using a single wide angle lens (or maybe using just two or three frames) if the final version is going to be downsampled to only 20 megapixels anyway? Why not upload the full 50+ megapixels? Also, I slightly prefer the rectilinear projection for architecture (as it does not play tricks on the eyes regarding which lines are straight and which are curved), but I see that the rectilinear image doesn't include the interesting church Reichstag building on the left, and I would support either version. dllu (t,c) 18:53, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
On Megapixels
  • @Dllu: The stitched image has a field of view equivalent to a 3mm lens. Obviously, such a lens doesn't exist so it simply wouldn't be possible at all to take such a photo as a single frame. It would look rather ugly, too. You can have a look at the PTGui preview for a rectilinear version of the same view and I don't believe you'd find it better than this "Vedutismo"-version. I usually don't use stitching to increase the megapixel count but for other reasons: First I'm using the panorama head to simulate a tilt-shift-lens. When taking a multirow panorama and stitching it with PTGui I can easily get the verticals rectilinear without any loss of quality. Then I'm using the panorama head to get a field of view that I wouldn't get using a single picture. You can see here an example of more or less the same view taken with a 24mm lens. Third, I can easily improve the image quality by downsampling the stitched image to more or less the same size a single picture would have if it came directly out of my camera (~20MPix). Everything is sharp then and you don't get any complaints about noise and so on. All in all I prefer image quality over image size. I could of course upload a version with some more megapixels but I honestly don't see the use of it. You can print this version in any size you want and even on the screen you won't see anything in the 50MPix version that you can't see in the 20MPix version. By the way the buliding on the left isn't a church. --Code (talk) 04:32, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thanks for your explanation. I see the motivation for the Vedutismo projection now. Regarding downsampling, Commons:Image guidelines explicitly states "do not downsample", with the reason being that future devices may support more pixels. Indeed, there is already a 33 megapixel monitor. Regardless of whether the human eye can see so much detail, I still think that for a project like Wikimedia Commons, which seeks to document human knowledge, one should store as much information as possible. dllu (t,c) 04:47, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think it should be called "downsampling" when the result of my work has exactly the megapixel count a single picture out of my camera would have. As stated above I don't use stitching to increase the megapixel count but to get a wider field of view and straight verticals without losing quality or image size compared to a single exposure out of the camera. And as I already said I don't care much about Megapixels but I do care about visual quality. And we all know very well that many of our fellow Commoners would complain about noise and sharpness regardless of whether they look at a 50 or 100MPix picture. --Code (talk) 05:12, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dllu, I don't think the "do not downsample" guideline is always appropriate for stitched photos. With a rectilinear projection especially, the stretching that occurs is effectively upsampling, and so that's why I think some downsampling can be justified to get back to reasonable pixel sizes in the corners. I don't see the point in uploading >100MP images if they are soft at 100%, demonstrate lots of noise or have their pixels hugely stretched in the corners. All of Diliff's stitched photos are downsized significantly, though not nearly as much as this one here. I think, Code, you could have uploaded a significantly larger version than 20MP without any issues. Some of my stitched images are not downsized at all, and I was happy with the sharpness. Others are downsized, from memory, to 75%. Possibly if my image was handheld (and thus not fully sharp) or contained extreme stretching then a 66% downsize might sharpen things up sufficiently, but I can't recall whether I've gone that low. My guess here is that you generated an image well over 100MP and downsized to only 20MP. Your sharp lens, HDR technique and tripod will reduce noise and ensure a sharp image. So if we consider stretching... A cylindrical projection does not stretch the horizontal, only the vertical. So how do the pixels at the top of this image compare with the source pixels in each of your photos? IMO you should aim to be about the same, then you can claim the downsizing is appropriate, and the centre will be extra sharp. Another test I've used is to compare a full size JPG with a downsized JPG that is then upsized and sharpened -- is there any loss of fine detail? If there isn't then the level of downsizing is not too bad. It seems here your significant downsizing is only to avoid pixel peeping comments, and that makes me sad, because it is completely avoidable in other ways, and I think to be honest you are a respected enough photographer that you might be surprised to not get them. -- Colin (talk) 07:54, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Colin: I'm a little bit busy these days so I probably won't be able to do it before the weekend but I'll upload a larger version soon (maybe via OneDrive first so that you can compare both versions). --Code (talk) 08:26, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • The bigger one is definitely better. I'm surprised "full size" is only 66MP. I guess you must have a lot of overlap in your frames. When I upsize the smaller one and compare the two, there's a lot of extra detail in the larger one. Possibly a little over-sharpened. The extra size will also be useful if people want to crop it differently. I don't think, if you overwrote it, that anyone would complain about sharpness at all. -- Colin (talk) 19:02, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Sansone and Dalila by Matthias Stom
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Scenas da escravidão patrocinadas pelo partido da Ordem, sob o glorioso e sábio reinado do Senhor D. Pedro 11 o Grande... Revista Ilustrada, Rio de Janei- ro, n. 427, 18 fev. 1886
Dear Dani, I'm not expert in image format and colors palette, maybe and only maybe this image is not absolutely a plane 2D image with text and simple graphics, however, I agree with you and take a look to this article. Colin maybe has a vision more complete of what format use. Unfortunately this image does not come from a raw file, so a png will only be lighter but it will have the same quality at best. Thanks Dani --The Photographer 19:44, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
That cartoon nicely illustrates the problem with JPG, with all those little gnats flying about the black text on white, though the problem is reduced if the quality settings are high. The Photographer how did you create this? Is it a stitched photo? If so, were your intermediate images exported as PNG or TIFF or JPG? If you'd used TIFF (or PNG) for intermediate files, then the output could have been a TIFF or PNG as well as uploading JPG. But if you've used JPG as an intermediate, then there's not much advantage to now saving as PNG as you say, since it is already in a lossy format. I suspect that for this image, the benefit of a lossless format will be lower than for a modern computer-generated illustration on pure white, and the shading of the crumpled paper will compress well in JPG. On the other hand, the black stippled texture in the illustration is quite hard for JPG to compress well, as it is more appropriate for gradual changes in tone like one gets in a photograph of a natural scene. I appreciate that using TIFF for intermediate files and output file, for stitched photos, can consume a lot of disc space and require a lot of processing. This image is very high resolution, so any drawbacks to JPG will be relatively minor. In terms of colour, both formats allow embedded colour profiles. -- Colin (talk) 07:44, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Good resolution. Perhaps I am seeing a tiny amount of colour noise and CA. Did you apply a lens profile and tick the "remove CA" box? But that's just a pixel-peeping issue, not relevant to the vote. -- Colin (talk) 07:44, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your explain. It was a stitched photo from 18 images (6 images x (3 on more to apply the ISO reduction noise)). At the beginning, I thought that I was taking these pictures in raw, however, when I got home I found with the "nice" surprise that this had been taken in jpg. This is the first time that happens to me is probably part of the learning process of this new camera, I'm sorry. BTW, I added a "panorama" template to explain that it was done using 6 images how result of join 3 differents images (to remove iso noise) for each image. I applied a Noise reduction LR filter, however, I think that it work better with the RAW image. Let me know if it's ok for you. The result is a image not downsabled or downsized. Thanks --The Photographer 11:35, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Scenas da escravidão patrocinadas pelo partido da Ordem, sob o glorioso e sábio reinado do Senhor D. Pedro 11 o Grande... Revista Ilustrada, Rio de Janei- ro, n. 427, 18 fev. 1886

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WinAir De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter at St. Barthelemy Airport
 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: it is under the 2 megapixel minimum for Featured Picture or Quality Image. However, it's a very good picture. Please nominate it at COM:VIC for Valued Image. Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

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Sunset in the Himalayas
Following the negatives, I've had another look. I still love it, but the technical quality is poor so I go neutral. Charles (talk) 20:05, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Lighthouse of Cap Spartel, near Tangier, northern Morocco.
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Euploea klugii, the brown king crow
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Female northern masked weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus)
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Four Harbour Air de Havilland Canada DHC-3-T Turbo Otter passenger aircraft at Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre
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Prague, Czech Republic. Art Nouveau detail of Grand Hotel Evropa at Wenceslas Square
What would you prefer? A vertical panorama completely from the second to the fifth floor? --A.Savin 23:17, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Here is my edit: [3]. In my opinion, it is better to avoid having the slightly curved part at the bottom right at the edge of the image, so I cropped it out. I also applied a slight shear transformation so that the right side is not higher than the left side. A full panorama from the third to the fourth floor would have been good if there were no trees blocking the second floor. It is a tricky building to photograph indeed. dllu (t,c) 08:27, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I like the version too, feel free to overwrite mine. --A.Savin 11:26, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Fountain in Wojanów
  • I get the idea, but the size can also be deduced by looking at the grass, flowers, water jets and general garden settings. This is not an abstract rock or snowy landscape where you lose all sense of proportions. Again sorry. --cart-Talk 10:45, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per cart. Daniel Case (talk) 14:54, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I have an ambivalent feeling about persons in a nice picture. But, looking at pictures 30, 50, 150 years old, they are more valuable with persons or even cars because they give the picture a historical dimension. Persons with their pose, clothing, accessories give the otherwise timeless picture a tool for timing which is pretty precise. --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 08:44, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Palace in Wojanów
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Reebok Royal Glide Ripple Clip men's shoe
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Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino (Rome) - Ceiling

* Support yes, sharpness could be improved but I really like composition and colors --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:08, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Comment I think it could be valuable for the creator/anyone to put a little bit more detail into the information page, such as the description, what is depicted in the fresco, is it the central focal point of the ceiling or a side part? Does it have a name? Other historical/descriptive details if possible to find. I also found it missing from the subject's key category Category:Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino (Rome), I will fix that, but more attention here I think is necessary if this is to reach FP. Seb26 (talk) Seb26 (talk) 02:26, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Shah Abbas the Great receiving the Mughal ambassador Khan’Alam in 1618.jpg
Yann It's more because the photography and not the painting itself. The painting is in public domain and that's correct, however, the photography....? --The Photographer 13:32, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
We don't recognize a copyright to the photographer in this case. Of course, if we have the name, better to credit her/him, but if we don't... Yann (talk) 18:01, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Visual Effects Interference in the Tunis Medina, Tunisia
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Shah mosque, Isfahan, Iran
  •  Comment - Come to think of it, I believe I looked for FPs only in Category:Masjed-e Shah, Isfahan (interior). Two of those shots are not really interior, and the other is categorized under "dome interior". I'm not sure why there's been no interest in this photo so far. If anyone thinks there's a problem with having this many FPs of one mosque, ask yourself if you'd feel that way if we were considering St. Peter's. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:44, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan I'm not sure your suggestion that religion (or attitudes towards) is a factor here. The photo that Poco suggests is most similar is I think more geometrically and compositionally interesting than this. It has a star shape to the geometry, which also provides leading lines. This photo is cropped much closer and in fact is slightly too cropped at the top, which is a shame. As a thumb, on the FPC page, perhaps it is just not catching the eye. Sometimes, also, we get used to seeing similar nominations, and could do with a break from them, to see with fresh eyes. -- Colin (talk) 11:50, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, all logical. I'm not sure my point came across the way I intended, though. If it seems like I was suggesting prejudice on anyone's part, that wasn't my intention at all; I just picked St. Peter's as a religious building that would be familiar to everyone and unlikely to provoke any feelings that we would have too many FPs of it, providing they were of different parts of the basilica. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:37, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Colin and Ikan Kekek: I promise to improve the crop and will also balance the exposure overall a bit, please, give me 2 more days to do so. Poco2 22:27, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Colin and Ikan Kekek: ✓ Done, please, let me know what you think. Poco2 19:23, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  •  Comment I can display it in Chrome just fine. Something's wrong with your computer. Anyhow, this is why the LargeImage template exists, right? dllu 

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 Support now that I put the Large Image viewer link on the page; it took a while but I was able to see it. However, I do agree with your support vote ... in fact I thought this was all CGI at first. Daniel Case (talk) 06:07, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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The main office complex of the ADAC in Munich
  • Thanks Colin, ;-). Yes, admittedly the dynamic range of the scene was quite huge. I don't know whether using HDR techniques might have been a better approach. I’d argue that lighting does work well at least for the central elements of the composition. I also like the chiaroscuro already mentioned by Ikan. The black segments were in fact almost black (or at least very dark) in situ. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 14:15, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Caltha palustris
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View of the Ósvör maritime museum, located in the village of Bolungarvík, Vestfirðir, Iceland.
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View of the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge at dusk.
  •  Comment - When I saw this at QIC, I thought it was superb, but I'm now noticing horizontal and vertical lines that would seem to be visible stitching marks. In one case, the sky is clearly darker to the right of a line. Please fix the problems, and then I'll be happy to support. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:39, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info This is a single shot without any stitching. In any case, I see the vertical line too and I've uploaded a new version that doesn't have it. As for the horizontal lines, they were in the original image and are probably caused by aircraft contrails. dllu (t,c) 18:59, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 06:00, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't like the composition. The bridge is caught just off of centre -- so neither symmetrical nor angled to get a better view. And the bottom half of the picture contains too much dark wood or water that isn't serving any useful purpose. The lighting of the buildings is a bit murky - again neither dark enough to be black nor light/crisp enough to be clear. -- Colin (talk) 11:57, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Ruins of Bjurfors brass foundry, Sweden
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Air-to-air capture of Hawker Hurricane and T-6 Texans in Finland
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Western crowned pigeon (Goura cristata). Jurong Bird Park in Singapore.
I applied a noise reduction, however, I rollbacked myself, if it's ok for you you could take this version and set on top. We need another opinion too if you accept this version --The Photographer 17:39, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
 Info Thanks for the new fixed version. It's better:) --Halavar (talk) 22:03, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Apollo 11 crew
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Formation flight of Patrulla Águila and Flying Bulls
It was a bad joke, I'm sorry --The Photographer 17:39, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Submerged church of St. Nicholas, Mavrovo Lake, Macedonia
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Hesitation of Light - small partof an light installation
  •  Comment I also really like the image, but where is the purple light coming from? WClarke 03:59, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment Read this signeklejss.wordpress.com, it tells about it. "Hundreds of lamps will compete with the sunset, and by twilight the bridge will be lit up in its full form. Each unique night sky will define the bridge’s color. Two cameras positioned on the tower of Godsbanen will point to every corner of the sky and record the colors in a given period of time while the sun goes down. The information about the sky’s colors is then converted into the bridge’s new palette. Clothed in nature’s colors – large and lit – the bridge will enter a new visual dialogue with the landscape and the surrounding city architecture." --Villy Fink Isaksen (talk) 05:46, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question Which camera and lens did you use? The focal length given in the EXIF data is impressive. --Code (talk) 06:52, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Red Arrows roll upside down in tight formation during display training
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Breaking waves
@W.carter: thanks you, I tried to be as fast as possible, paying attention to the waves coming in my direction, a timing concern :) Christian Ferrer (talk) 14:56, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Ceiling of Grand cabinet de le reine - Louvre.jpg
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 Oppose - Framing, per King. --Karelj (talk) 21:38, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Willow catkins in Lysekil
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Railway switch lever on Grötö
  • Basotxerri: If following the rule of thirds with this subject with the lever turning the direction it is, of course the head of the lever is going to being extending out some, but it doesn't extend far. If the field of view remained the same, if the lever were turned the other way it would be on the far left, or partially cropped out, so the entire composition would have to be rethought out anyway; just my opinion. Thanks. WClarke 04:26, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Shell of a Ringed African Triton, Cabestana cutacea dolaria
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Main nave of the Church of the Society of Jesus (La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús), a Jesuit church in Quito, Ecuador.
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Sunset over Irrawaddy River in Bagan, Myanmar
  •  Support - The sky is extraordinary and the foreground is very routine, which makes this a difficult call. As with Cart, the image did a mediocre job of holding my interest after the striking first impression. There's nothing tangibly wrong with the image, it's just a little boring for my taste. I'm not a huge fan of minimalistic landscape photography, but again... I can see how this might still excel within that scope. All that said, I can only speak for myself, and given Ikan's glowing praise for the image, it's obvious that it does resonate with certain people more than others. Who am I to say that my "wow" is the correct "wow"? I'll toss in a support to keep the nomination alive and see what others have to say. Certainly, we have plenty of FPs that don't excite me as much as this photo. –Juliancolton | Talk 01:10, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per cart, who as she so often does says exactly what I was thinking. Daniel Case (talk) 14:49, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination - I'm very surprised by the (non-)reaction to this photo, but I see no reason to draw it out. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:29, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support − Meiræ 16:17, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858) . Litografia aquarelada 1835
I'm sorry Dani, I could try send you it by e-mail if you want. --The Photographer 02:58, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Sculpture “Body and Soul” (Duk-Kyu Ryang, 2015) in front of the office building of the LVM, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Basilica of San Gregorio Ostiense. Sorlada, Navarre, Spain
 Comment I understand what you mean but I'll leave this one as only B&W. Better for Wikipedia articles are the two near views (see Other versions on the image page). Thank you for your comment! --Basotxerri (talk) 16:24, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Syrians and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias, Lesvos, Greece
@WClarke: I am not a photojournalist by the way. If you like the photo I can again open the raw file to extract a better version. But I can do it after 24 April because now I am traveling and I don't have access to my files! Ggia (talk) 06:49, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Ggia: You don't have to formally be a journalist to participate in photojournalism- any committed photographer when confronted with injustice has the responsibility, within reason, to document horrible situations like these and share them with the world; in this case you did that, and to me this photograph is on par with those published in major newspapers. Though in terms of editing the photograph, I would leave it almost unchanged from the original version, as close as possible to what you witnessed that day. For years, primarily since the advent of digital photography, there has been debate over what is and what isn't acceptable to edit in a photograph intended for journalistic purposes. The Associated Press has a "Code of Ethics for Photojournalists", and this is a rare case on FPC where I would recommend following them when editing. While I obviously don't think any edits you made were meant to "mislead" viewers by any means, the AP does warn that "changes in density, contrast, color and saturation levels that substantially alter the original scene are not acceptable", so if you reprocess the raw files, just keep that in mind. IMO, in this case I really don't think altering color is necessary anyway, as the colors from your first version (assuming you didn't make any large changes before) still look very nice. Thanks. WClarke 20:32, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@WClarke: I follow Mangum photographers that also manipulate (make) their pictures black and white. Ie [6] James nachtwey, or [7] Alex Majoli. Different rules for AP or Reuters different rules for Magnum. I don't sell photos here and I don't have any benefit to make the photo more dramatic. The reason that this "no manipulation" rule apply in AP or Reuters is because in the past photographers edited their photos in order to be more dramatic and sell them and earn money or win a photojournalist price. Dramatic images are sold easier. A good essay about those dramatic images and the photo market is the book of Susan Sontag "regarding the pain of others". Ggia (talk) 20:57, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination A pity... Yann (talk) 13:43, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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A large outcrop of hydrated mineral layers in Noctis Labyrinthus, Mars
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Republic Square, Yerevan, Armenia
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Berlin cathedral is reflecting in the river Spree. View from west towards east.
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
  •  Info If you look at my Berlin pictures you will see that most of them were taken when the weather was sunny. Blue sky, no or few clouds, sunshine. Well, honestly that's not what Berlin really looks like. Most time of the year Berlin is muddy, grey, cloudy and wet. I thought it was time to try to give you an impression of how living in Berlin really feels and so I recently took a walk on a wet and cloudy morning to capture a quite well known Berlin scenery differently. I've chosen a 121 seconds exposure to get both water and sky smooth, to improve the reflection in the water and to give the picture a somewhat timeless, dreamy touch. The ND 3.0 filter caused a slight vignette. I didn't remove it because I think it emphasizes the oppressive mood of the picture. I know that's not the usual FP candidate and I know that this nomination might be controversial but I'm curious about your opinion. I made a portrait version as well but I think this one is better. The picture works quite well in b/w, too, but I know that nominating a b/w version would be even more controversial. All by me. --Code (talk) 05:00, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Code (talk) 05:00, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Perhaps I'd like the black & white version better. Could I please see it? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:44, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Per your nomination. Last time I was in Berlin, at roughly this time of year, we actually had good weather except for some overcast skies the last day, so I know where you're coming from. I think I remember seeing the cathedral dome the first time I was there, in 1988, when you had to go over to the East to see it (am I right?) Daniel Case (talk) 18:17, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Bieszczady mountains, Poland
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Brill windmill
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Sultry marine sunrise in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA
  • Just speaking for myself, what drew me to this scene (and prompted me to unpack my camera gear again after calling it quits for the morning) was the vague "X" shape created by the sailboat masts and their reflections... as well as the atmospherics, obviously. I thought it was a nice juxtaposition of the serene fog and slight visual tension of the intersecting diagonals. I did consider a more high-contrast version, which may have made the image pop a little more, but decided on what looked most faithful to reality. I do sometimes have trouble curating my own work so who knows... –Juliancolton | Talk 20:00, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Wow! And Ikan, explaining the "wow" of a photo is just a hard as describing why you are moved by certain pieces of music but I will give this a try from my point of view. Any maritime fog photo has the allure of 'The Flying Dutchman' fantasy/imagination. In this photo it is enhanced by the fact that things are not as we normally expect them to be. Here, the reflection of the sun is brighter than the actual sun, the horizion is obliterated and we are in a sort of primordeal void and on top of that the masts of the boats are not aligned vertically and horizontally as we are used to. Instead they are sticking out at odd angles from a central point where they are reflected and the whole thing looks like something out of this world. The mast-thing is also placed in a hamonious way in the composition and the color is timeless. Seeing this photo gives me the feeling of peering into something mysterious, sort of like the first time I heard "Riders on the Storm" (even if there is no storm present here). There. That is as much of picking my brain as you will get. --cart-Talk 20:12, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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17th-century Drawing Lesson
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Sant'Agnese in Agone (Rome) - Dome interior (Wide view)
 Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:50, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Looking west along the roof of the Duomo, Milan
This is the closest similar image I can find. It isn't from the same angle, but you can see that a lot of the figurines atop the spires are different, which may account for the slight apparent variation in height. Daniel Case (talk) 19:25, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
OK. Upon further review, I decided to see if I could correct this without ruining things, and indeed a slight horizontal perspective adjustment seems to have done the trick. Daniel Case (talk) 19:34, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Daniel Case: That does look better. The only question I still have is why the left crop is so much tighter than the right crop? Daphne Lantier 20:24, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Daphne Lantier: Fixing the perspective left me with more room on the right than the left. I could try to square it up if you want me to try. Daniel Case (talk) 22:26, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Daniel Case: If you have time, but I've bugged you enough for a support already. Daphne Lantier 01:00, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Woman and window
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Shipwreck of HMS Aspö, Österåker, Sweden.
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Patrulla Águila in formation flight with the Flying Bulls over Austria
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Bas-reliefs of palace guards at the monumental stairs of the Apadana in Persepolis, today Iran.

* Oppose don't know... I find the composition difficult and would prefer other pics of your Persepolis series like -15 ... --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 04:01, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • Poco, I can't speak for the rest of the voters here, but that is exactly what I was looking for; a closure. The wall dissolving into a bright light in a clean way is much better than I could have hoped for. (It could just as easily have ended in a bunch of tourists or some garish souvenir stand.) In some strange way the light in that end also "brings out" the dark faces on the nearest reliefs, giving the whole scene better contrast. --cart-Talk 19:55, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Royal Air Force Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter in the Cairngorm
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Rochaverá Corporate Towers, São Paulo, Brazil

Lantier 19:24, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Johann Jaritz, you are wrong, a photo content is all in the cavas, we are responsible for everything in the frame, what we those to insert, and not insert. And this people occupy 1/6 of width of the photo, I should remind you that is a FP candidature, should be our best work, not a photo with faults... And people are symptomatic, the building is totally different, see my comment below. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 03:23, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Are we sure that aspect ratio is correct? It is a common mistake with vertical perspective correction to accidentally cause things to be stretched horizontally and compressed vertically (I had a similar issue myself with a slightly squished image [8]). This can happen when trying to do perspective correction manually without taking into account the focal length of the lens. That would also explain the odd proportions of the people. From Google maps it seems that in real life the buildings are taller than they are wide, but that fact is not obvious from this image. dllu (t,c) 19:10, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comment and Colin comment too. Before to build this image I applied a lens correction and the verticals correction not was absolutely manual (It was with the autopano vertical lines correction help, a semi-authomatic tool). I will upload the raw files additionally. I have tried different perspectives, however, this is the one that best fits what I could see in the place, btw, I have been thinking take this photo for a while because the shape of these buildings has been intriguing to me , This is one of the strangest buildings I have ever seen. --The Photographer 00:13, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
dllu it's taller than wider. I already saw with my own eyes... I didn't recognize by this photo... but as we have a lot of this mirror buildings I thought that was another one that I didn't know... see how different [9] [10] -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 03:23, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
If it looks that way, I have to  Oppose. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:50, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I'm with Werner, especially in the distortion, not even close to the real building (to a point that I didn't recognize at first, that's the level), and in a sunny day ISO 800 1/320s with a 18mm???? The result is kind of obvious... noisy picture. And this HDR look bothers me a lot, I don't know why that QI pass, and this is passing, lack of contrast is a photo killer, this bad processed image should not be FP... And I put a note about a bad artefact. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 03:02, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Must oppose because of the distortion. Charles (talk) 08:03, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Rochaverá Corporate Towers, São Paulo, Brazil

  •  Info Based on Colin, dllu and Berthold Werner, I was working in a alt version with a manual perspective fix, however without a noise reduction fix and nod hdr. Please, let me know what do you think. Thanks again --The Photographer 02:04, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose stills abnormal distorted, for educational purpose, this should not be approved. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 03:23, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I think the manual fix is too crude. It appears you have horizontally compressed the sides, resulting in a change in proportions that doesn't match typical perspectives. I think RTA has a point that perhaps this lowers the EV too much. Have you tried "Vedutismo" (aka "Panini general" in Hugin) for this? That won't stretch the horizontals, and will retain straight lines for vertical and for diagonals that come from the midpoint. So provided you centre your image appropriately, it should minimise the curving that a cylindrical projection can produce. Also I think this one has too much NR which has lot detail in the paving stones, and the colours are much less happy than the first one. -- Colin (talk) 08:01, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Must oppose because of the distortion. Charles (talk) 08:03, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per above. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:50, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Task Force Police officer in Sweden, day after the 2017 attack.
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Ceiling of the church of the Cocoș Monastery, Romania.
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  • Thanks for adding the category. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:55, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
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  •  Oppose - even if you argue that it's not about the bird but instead about the interaction between mother(?) and chick, I don't think it excels in that realm, either. The chick is diminutive and partially obscured, and, regardless of intent, the tight crop does emphasize the adult as the main subject, leaving only a small sliver of nest protruding into the frame. It's a fine picture, one that I'd be proud to have taken myself, but not up to FP standards IMO. Sorry, –Juliancolton | Talk 03:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Ggia (talk) 08:04, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination --Tomascastelazo (talk) 04:38, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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File:PIA21421 - Abstract Concept of TRAPPIST-1 System.jpg, not featured

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  • What are you going to do about it? You have your opinion, and I have mine. I've been a space enthusiast since 1969, when I witnessed the Apollo 11 moon launch and watched every day of that amazing first trip to the moon on a black & white TV when I was 4, and though I went into music instead of astronomy as a profession, I surely know what I'm talking about in this instance. Be temperate, please. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:51, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan You suggest people might wrongly think this "model" "represents" a solar system. But it is clearly titled "abstract concept", not a "scale model" or "artists impression of". I think if Nature are happy to have it on their cover, then clearly there are some who think this has value as a work of art on an educational project. Philip, your "not gonna let that happen" comment is out of order. Nominating at FP is a bit of a game of roulette. I have no problem with an oppose vote making people "think twice" about piling on support. It happens all the time. -- Colin (talk) 13:02, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with you. In this case, though, I happen not to find it useful as an image out of the context that being on the cover of "Nature" provides, for the reasons I state. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:37, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Philip four additional supports is hardly "snow support". Plenty "wow" PFs get 10 supports within a few hours. I don't think people are deliberately waiting for anything. The SSSSOOOO pattern can happen because someone finds a flaw that others hadn't considered or give weight to. Whether you agree with that flaw, is another matter, but it puts something out there for consideration. Lots of voters are shy to oppose and are not brave enough to be the first. It shows, of course, that other people's votes influence subsequent votes, which is something we tried to avoid at Photo Challenge. -- Colin (talk) 08:09, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It's also worth noting that the first oppose came just 16 hours after the image was nominated, so it's pretty nonsensical to suggest that anybody has deliberately delayed their comment so as to defy the previous supporters. You seem to be demanding that any opposition not recorded immediately upon the start of discussion should be discounted. –Juliancolton | Talk 18:41, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: it has no real chance of overcoming all these opposes Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

Daniel Case (talk) 14:19, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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View of the Rock-hewn Churches of Basarbovo, Ruse in north-eastern Bulgaria.
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Common railroad crossing.
  • Having all the rails in the photo would make this a totally different picture. Perhaps I will do one like that some day, but for now I wanted to focus on the strong X-shape of the crossing. --cart-Talk 21:03, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for trying to explain Ikan, I think that it is as simple as people are more likely to be attracted to pretty things. Myself, I like the warm, musty color and texture of rust and old wood, that's what spoke to me in this photo. But I also know I'm the odd one out most of the time. ;) --cart-Talk 07:50, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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The Madonna with the Christ Child, by Pieter de Grebber
Hi Colin, the size is the same. As for the EXIF, I add everything I can find about the painting, so it differs. The colour balance is mine. If you think there is a need for the unedited source, feel free to upload it. I nominated this image, not the other one, though. So please oppose if you think this is not enough quality. But opposing for other reasons is rather curious. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 14:35, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Jan, we don't generally move comments to the talk page unless really off topic, so I've moved this back. Ok, I  strong oppose. The file description is not an honest declaration -- the image we have uploaded on Commons is not the same as the source. Please upload professionally taken photos/scans of artworks unaltered. Then if you plan to do more than minor dust/scratch removal, you need to create your own separate upload filename and state what you have changed. File:The Madonna with the Christ Child, by Pieter de Grebber, edited by Jan Arkesteijn.jpg. You can't just muck about with colour balance and tone to suite your eye and you certainly can't do this without declaring it. Jan, you've been warned at AN/U about your cavalier attitude to other people's works and dishonesty with sourcing before. You claim, in the source field, that this image is from "Museum voor Religieuze Kunst Jacob van Horne, Weert". It is simply disrespectful of the photographers/scanners at that museum to have their work amateurishly altered and yet claimed to be unchanged. Since the file is PD, you are welcome to make whatever edits you like, but only to your own derivative work with a separate filename, and with honesty about what viewers are seeing. -- Colin (talk) 21:03, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Colin, I am sorry to see that your personal opinion stands in the way of judging an image on its merits. A strong oppose has nothing to do with the image in question. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 08:45, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Jan, I suggest you read the criteria for FP. For an artwork reproduction we expect that it is exactly that: a reproduction. Not "coloured and toned to Jan Arkesteijn personal taste". While museum photographers are not infallible, it is their job to reproduce the image professionally. Despite my comments, you have not edited the file to indicate the changes you have made. Therefore that page is still dishonest: the image we have is not the image from the source. Our criteria state: "An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file hosting page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced.". In fact our FPC criteria mention this twice. Our repository of artworks only has value if we are totally open about the source and any changes made to reproductions we hold. I have to say, that if it your practice to upload significantly altered images (as this one is), while claiming it is a file taken from a given source, then another visit to AN/U might be required. -- Colin (talk) 09:30, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral per resolution of issue identified by Colin. Daniel Case (talk) 04:39, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • I would be happy to upload the original into this filename, and copy Jan's version to a different name such as suggested above. But that would alter the image under nomination here, and it is Jan's nomination. So I won't make that change just now unless Jan agrees or withdraws. He's welcome to nominate his own colour-altered version of the photo, as long as its filename and file-description-page are honest. I'd still oppose that one, though. -- Colin (talk) 07:33, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Per Colin. --Code (talk) 08:55, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination I didn't realize this image was not eligible to run for featured picture. I felt the criticism was personal, but seeing what happens with this image makes me realize I was dealing with a wiseacre. The idea that a painting has an absolute colour is false. It starts changing the moment the varnish is applied. It changes under ambient light. It changes because of the photographic methods. It simply is never the same. If you don't agree, just look here. Or have a look a the so hailed Google Art. There is some pretty bad stuff there, as well. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 08:38, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • Jan any more personal attacks and I shall request you are blocked. I am fully aware that paintings vary according to age, ambient light, etc. There are, however, professional techniques for accurately recording the colours of artworks, which require the use of colour checker calibration charts, careful use of lighting, professional processing software and calibrated monitors, etc. Some museums have this capability and some do not. What is certain is that this image is your own personal interpretation of what colours/tone we should all see, and yet the file description page continues to dishonestly state that this JPG comes from the "Museum voor Religieuze Kunst Jacob van Horne, Weert". As for File:Meisje met de parel.jpg it is quite clear that the nominated photo is inferior in many ways, and since FP is about "finest" then that is what matters. We can have different versions of an artwork, and we can choose which version/processing we think is best, but what we mustn't do is lie to our viewers and reusers about where the image came from and what changes have been made to it. -- Colin (talk) 09:19, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment @Colin: I uploaded the original file without alterations, however, the user is reverting me --The Photographer 11:18, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
See Commons:Overwriting existing files. User:The Photographer, Don't edit war over a version. Jan's version is permitted on Commons and while I think the filename should ideally indicate it has been edited, there isn't any policy that requires that. Since the original upload is his, then he gets first-mover-advantage. I suggest you upload to a new filename. What you can do, is edit the page description of this nomination file to indicate that it has been significantly retouched by Jan. Should Jan edit war over that, then a trip to AN/U would likely result in a block. As for what file the Wikipedia's link to, that's up to them. -- Colin (talk) 12:11, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Landscape near the village of Lazaropole, Macedonia
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Salar de Pujsa, Chile

 I withdraw my nomination Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:26, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Matevž (Slovenian dish)
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Szydłów Castle in Poland
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File:Cognitive Bias Codex - 180+ biases, designed by John Manoogian III (jm3) based an an organizational model by Buster Benson.
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Badlands National Park, South Dakota, by Carol M. Highsmith
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St. George Church in Staro Nagoričane, Macedonia
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Stone Bridge, Skopje, Macedonia
  • Yeah, the foreground in the river is really blurry now. Poco_a_poco, please revert that area of the photo or do something else to make it less blurry, as it's now disconcerting, whereas I wasn't bothered by it before. Most of the rest of the photo is better in this edit, but it's not worth the tradeoff, if those are the only two alternatives. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:34, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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St. Michael & All Angels, Hughenden
  •  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 22:52, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose At first sight I wanted to support because it's a lovely church and the qualilty seemed very high. But then I noticed that there's no colourpsace information embedded in the picture (strictly speaking there's no EXIF data at all and I don't see a reason for that) and after having a second look I think that the cut stones in the foreground spoil the composition. After having a third look I ask myself if there wasn't a better possibility to take this picture than choosing a centered composition. --Code (talk) 04:25, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Main Hall of Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, during Koyo

* Comment Does this comply with the renomination procedure? I thought they have to have be submitted filename.jpg/2 Charles (talk) 20:25, 19 April 2017 (UTC) [reply]

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SH-60 Seahawk approaches the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
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A Typhoon F2 fighter aircraft (top) from 11 Squadron, RAF Coningsby in close formation with a Tornado F3 aircraft formerly from the same Squadron.
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Conjunto Nacional in São Paulo
User:WClarke, thanks for your comment. This photo is very good, however, I consider that this photograph is very inferior and not a different angle than this other FP with a distracting building element in the foreground and a vertical and cut composition. IMHO, a photo of a building is a type of static photograph easy to take and think and IMHO can be performed more easily than an image taken from the small window of a jet landing on an aircraft carrier. BTW, additionally there is the human factor, not all the same rules can be applied in the same way on a nomination. My judgments are usually made objectively, however, it is increasingly difficult when I receive such strong criticism of my comments when it is only a sincere judgment to improve the quality of other users -It's not your case, of course (see also)-. --The Photographer 01:29, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@The Photographer: Your opinions are justified, and I understand your reasoning. IMO, I like both photographs very much, and my comment wasn't meant to be disrespectful or cause tension, I just wanted to hear a further explanation. Before commenting and nominating I wasn't aware of any history between you and other users, and by no means was trying to impose or take sides in any disagreements, I too only was looking for constructive discussion on photography. Sorry for confusion. Thanks. WClarke 04:15, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Wooden sculpture from the series “Märchenpfad” of Peter Bolle (2011) in the hamlet Dernekamp near by the lady chapel Visbeck, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  •  Support Better now. I meant the red an green lines along the borders which look like CAs (I made an annotation of a the part of the picture, where you can (still) find them) --Llez (talk) 14:14, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose An interesting work, but the picture seems not to add anything to it that would make it wow me. Daniel Case (talk) 07:08, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - The carving itself is great, but the photo is nothing exceptional. I'd expect the "eyes" to have the sharpest focus, but they're quite soft... and the rest of the image isn't particularly sharp, either. There's still noticeable CA, especially near the corners. With a straightforward shot in a controlled environment like this, I'd want to see extraordinary technical quality and it just isn't there, unfortunately. –Juliancolton | Talk 17:30, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Saúde - Brazil (Our Lady of Health)
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Heliosperma alpestre
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"Two mares and a gelding, early March in Montana. The light palomino horse to the right is a Tennessee Walking horse, the chestnut mare is a purebred Arabian and the darker palomino is a half-Arabian. Mountain range in the background is the Big Belts."
  • That's perfectly OK, Ikan, I'm just learning the FP process here at Commons -- I figured out the Featured Article process at en.wiki, and any form of feedback is useful. Montanabw (talk) 01:09, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Montanabw, it feels the image is not horizontal. Closer inspection confirms the image is tilted to the right. Just a bit, but enough to notice it. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 10:13, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Jan Arkesteijn -- can you possibly add an annotation like W.carter did to show me where you were looking to see the tilt? Was it the fence in front of the two mares? (I see it is a wee bit off level when I use post-processing tools on the original) I'm trying to train my eye to catch this stuff -- I CAN straighten an image -- and thought I had! Anything else that the others haven't already mentioned? Montanabw (talk) 16:33, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The fence and the horse on the right suggest everything is tilted, but of course that is not decisive. So I had to zoom on the houses in the background to get the conformation. Anyway, this seems nitpicking. It is the overall impression of tilt that made me make my comment. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 17:23, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Edit conflict)Ok, will do. It looks like you have used autofocus and the sharpness has ended up on the fence instead of on the horses, had you used manual focus, perhaps with a 'following' function on one of the horses' heads it would have been better. You could have used f/11 and got the background a bit sharper, the light is not optimal for this shot since it is a bit flat and some shadows and bright sunlight would have added a "wow"-factor to the photo, the trees in the background have almost no detail in the foliage. You also have just a bit too much in the photo, the view gets divided in two section, it would have been better if you had made a pic of just the left side (see note) that would have given you two clear lines of fence with the horses in the rule-of-thirds section. Now the fence only leaves the viewer with a feeling of being fenced in. If you use raw format to photograph in, there are functions in some programs to reduce the haze in the distance. Since I also guess that you are used to handling horses, maybe you could have used some trick to get the horse(s) to have their head over the fence instead of behind it like it is with one of them here. Had these things gone right, this photo might have had the wow-factor we are always looking for here at FPC. --cart-Talk 10:07, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hmm... per your annotation -- simply cropping the image more, then...? Provided that doing so still has it at high enough resolution? Montanabw (talk) 10:03, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • A bit quick on the draw there. I made the annotation first and was writing the full answer. It is not as simple as just cropping, you asked what could have been better and the annotation was only part of the answer. --cart-Talk 10:09, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh! That is just awesome feedback! Precisely what I am trying to learn... one problem I am having is that my eyesight is ... aging ... and operator error occurs with manual focus, but I can usually set AF to pinpoint one spot and get what I want most of the time...and now I DO "see" what you mean about focus on the fences! You are right about the rest of the composition problems too...horses are like... 1000-pound cats when it comes to getting photos of them -- there's a reason there are not a lot of great horse photos on commons ...LOL! One dilemma is the decision to go shutter priority or aperture priority in my settings -- I absolutely see that f/11 would have been better, but with horses, one also needs to stop motion ... would 1/100 still have "frozen" them? (ears up is the biggest challenge with horses, you hold down the shutter on sports setting and do goofy things to try and get those dang ears...) I deliberately set ISO at 100 to try and get rid of artefacts, could a higher ISO still have given me adequate quality? Any advice on ISO?? Montanabw (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I used to get very good photos of my cat by placing small treats and goodies just where I wanted it to have its head. Ever stuck a piece of tuna on a door post? --cart-Talk 10:40, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Mavrovo Lake, Macedonia
 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: per Daniel Case. Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.
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 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Please read the rules on "Set nominations". Although this is ten photos of the same subject by the same photographer, some from above, some from below, there is no natural bound to this set. They are just a random selection of photos taken that day. For example, I uploaded seventeen photos of the spiral staircase in City Hall London, but only nominated one at FP. I suggest you choose one you consider to be the "finest" and make a single nomination, but first also check out our existing FPs of this topic to check if they meet the grade. -- Colin (talk) 12:02, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.
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This a picture of one of the survivors of Andersonville Prison. Union Army soldier on his release from Andersonville in May, 1865.
"Negative" is the right term :-) --The Photographer 14:42, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
possibly even "positive" in this case --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 16:19, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Finnair Airbus A319 approaching Helsinki in snowfall.
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Kyrenia (Northern Cyprus) - view of the Old Harbour from the Castle
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Classic panoramic view from the highest mountain of the Svabian Jura
As I know, a few years ago the 360°-Viewer was also working with panoramas like this. But nowadays it seems only working with 360°*180°-panoramas. I´m don´t really interested in zenit and nadir. So I haven´t made shots of the simple buttom or empty sky. --Milseburg (talk) 21:55, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Metallic chairs on the platform level of Munich subway station Georg-Brauchle-Ring: Dutch angle
  •  Comment That was impossible to avoid. Unfortunately there are trash cans attached on either side, so I couldn't choose my prefered angle freely. I don't think it's that big a problem anyway. The viewer has the impression of getting even closer to the chairs imo. But thanks for your vote and comment. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:49, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Połonina Caryńska, Poland - evening
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W.carter, Ikan Kekek: High res photo of the other is not going to be possible, because Fedor's HD has failed and he has lost all photos from that time. Luckily he kept a copy of this masterpiece in high resolution and has made it available. 106.68.193.202 09:25, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Silk velvet textile from Iran, 17th century
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ShinMaywa US-2
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View from the Pico de la Zarza to the Playa de Barlovento, El Islote, and the Playa de Cofete with the village Cofete and the Villa Winter; Fuerteventura
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Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)

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  •  Comment Although encyclopedic value isn't necessary here, of course this one has it. Could you please think about an article about birches, birches in its habitat, multistemming and landscapes of Hulshorsterzand... You get the idea? --Basotxerri (talk) 08:12, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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 Info@Seb26: Carolhi is Carol Highsmith herself. Daniel Case (talk) 18:45, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Noted. I had figured as much but didn't see any confirmation anywhere. Seb26 (talk) 05:18, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - I agree with you. And her 2009 photo of the South Dakota Badlands was criticized and looks unlikely to even pass at QIC, so in fact her work hasn't been beyond criticism on this site. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:47, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with Martin. We have over 30,000 photographs by Highsmith, and surely they can't all be "beyond criticism" :-). It does look like Highsmith uploaded most/many of the photos taken on a shoot, rather than select just one winner. Btw, I uploaded a new version last night with dust spots removed. I tried to upload the original TIFF but it failed (it's pretty big) so I'll have to try another way. Oh, and while we're recommending books, many of Michael Freeman's books on photography show the process by which he thinks about, takes and selects his photos, with examples of the handful of shots that were taken. -- Colin (talk) 07:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yann, I see you uploaded 25612u.tif. That isn't the file I worked from, choosing the larger 25612a.tif instead. However, it isn't clear to me what the differences were between the files. I'll have another look, comparing using Photoshop. The EXIF information is quite different and the format of the TIFF is different, and perhaps the size difference is simply down to compression. Do you know why LoC have both TIFF files? -- Colin (talk) 07:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Haha Martin, after years and years of looking at contact sheets (film & digital) searching for "The One Photo", I know exactly how many rolls it takes to make an excellent photo; even for master photographers. I always look at any photo with an open mind and it looks like I'll be the one who will fail her Badlands photo at QIC. --cart-Talk 07:40, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Harbour of Sète at dawn
lol :) in the south of France, we like to sleep in, it's too early to be congested by cars... Christian Ferrer (talk) 15:36, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Decollazione del Battista (Matthias Stom)
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Old scratched glass inkwell
  • Since no-one else has voted yet, I will elaborate on what I like so much about this photo. The inkwell does wonderful things to light and image, producing a very complex series of forms that could easily have inspired Cubists and Abstract Expressionists, yet they are strictly photographed from life. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:32, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK, well, almost strictly from life, but certainly from life in the sense used in painting, where paintings from life don't have to literally copy every detail the artist sees to the minutest detail. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:19, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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latest mosaic of lights of settlements planetwide from space, 2016. Extremely high resolution.
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Mausoleum of Shah Cheragh, Shiraz, Iran
 Support I underestand your point that this shoot not was done exactly from the center of the building. Thanks for your explain. I like this shoot. --The Photographer 19:25, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - If you can, please explain why you don't think so. I'm pretty surprised by the light interest in this photo so far, so perhaps you might be able to shed some light on that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:20, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Ikan Kekek, you asked me to explain my comment. I said "Interesting object, but not really FP". I think it is interesting because of the design, it has been photographed amply before. But I also feel it is not FP-quality because of the distracting objects in the photograph, like the undone poster on the left, the corrugated roof-plate, camera and loudspeaker on top and the poster on the right. Besides, the perspective seems rather artificial. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 13:54, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your answer. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:20, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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View of Shāh Chérāgh (Persian for "King of the Light"), a funerary monument and mosque in Shiraz, Iran.
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Sunset in the Himalayas
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural
  •  Info Nepal, national park Langtang. Created, uploaded and nominated by Sergey Pesterev -- Sergey Pesterev (talk) 15:54, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Sergey Pesterev (talk) 15:54, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support A bit oversaturated methinks but ok. It also seems to be leaning but without reference it's impossible to say and I'll give the benefit of the doubt that it is actually level. -- KennyOMG (talk) 17:05, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral Yes, it's pretty and it's from the Himalayas, but there seems to be a lot of sunsets here lately despite what the guidelines suggest. Or maybe I should just go with the flow and nominate some myself since folks seems to enjoy them. --cart-Talk 17:13, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - A remarkable scene, but the size was dearly bought by too much noise. I you could fix that, I'd be glad to support this picture --PtrQs (talk) 17:30, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral Noisy, and without an exposure time in the metadata, I can't say whether this was avoidable or not. Daniel Case (talk) 22:01, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I suggested a crop, to remove a little more of the black silhouette bottom triangle, which I don't think adds much. I would have liked to see more layering of mountains on the left: it is not very prominent. The composition, balancing left and right, is very good. The noise is a result of processing I'm sure, but not an issue here -- there's no pixel level detail in the scene anyway and a little noise helps avoid posterisation banding. -- Colin (talk) 12:24, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support - I haven't really been able to make up my mind on this one. Technical quality is acceptable for me... the D800 is just naturally a noisier camera than some others due to the huge number of pixels. At any reasonable viewing size, the noise isn't detrimental. Ultimately, while it's not the most innovative or compelling image I've ever seen, its simple beauty and serenity sway me to support. –Juliancolton | Talk 22:33, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Water for use in aerial firefighting being carried in a bucket attached to a MChS Mil Mi-26 heavylift helicopter
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Tower Clock manufacturer 1890
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Pantokrator roof fresco, 19 cent.
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Female mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) with her 10-month old baby
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Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran
OK! Daniel Case (talk) 19:06, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan, please take into account that this is a photo with people in it. Having moving, living beings in an indoors-picture with poor light, will limit the options you have of long exposures as well as the number of shots you can take. All that will affect the overall quality of the pic. If you want a "Diliff-quality" shot of a place with people, you would probably have to equip them with neck supports first. --cart-Talk 14:43, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand that, but the static things in the place are shot at the same time as the people so the same settings are used on those too. And seeing now that Poco couldn't use a tripod, I'd say it's remarkable that the photo is as good as it is. --cart-Talk 18:30, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan: Sorry for not answering your first comment earlier. I didn't manage to upload a new version until now. I've applied some selective sharpening, maybe you find it acceptable. The quality of this shoot is surely not comparable to many others here mainly because tripods are strictly prohibited in the temple so I had to perform the three shots (it's a HDR) handheld, which was not easy. Poco2 17:56, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Moderate  Support - much better, and thanks for talking about the conditions you worked under. Gnosis, does that ban apply to tourists, too, and do they ban Jews from visiting churches and Christians from visiting synagogues? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:32, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think this ban applies to tourists, because the government wants to showcase religious tolerance to the western world. With regard to your question about Jews being able to visit churches and Christians being able to visit synagogues, I don't think there is any ban for that, because what the theocratical regime cares is that Iranian Shia muslims DO NOT convert. Also I don't know if you know this but Tehran is the only Islamic capital where there is no Sunni mosque there. Iran has 15 percent Sunnis and Sunnis consist of about 85 to 90 percent of total population of muslims. This is perfect example of their religious oppression towards even other muslims. --Gnosis (talk) 04:17, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No, I didn't know that. Unfortunately, I don't think that kind of intercommunal intolerance is uncommon. Most people wouldn't expect that a Muslim country that's as relatively mild as Malaysia would prohibit Shi'ahs from preaching or having any place of worship throughout the country, but that's exactly what they do, so it's presumably worse in that respect than Iran, where Sunnis presumably have mosques in Khuzestan and some other places. But intolerance in any guise is very bad. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:43, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. --Gnosis (talk) 21:05, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 12:46, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Parliament House, Canberra, Australia.
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"The Wings" by Studio Libeskind, a sculpture and light installation erected in 2016 for the newly built Siemens headquarters in Munich.
And that's not the only tesseract in fictional universes. Daniel Case (talk) 16:19, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Turquoise-spotted swallowtail (Graphium policenes) underside.jpg
  • In this case I would need the raw file. Please email me a link to some dropbox I'm sure you have and I'll see what I can do later tonight when I'm home. (I'm at work now) --cart-Talk 09:08, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • So, ✓ Done. The raw file straight from the can was actually very nice and it didn't need that much help, don't know why you tried to get it so very bright (or perhaps I got it all wrong..). I made two versions, the first is just normal fixing plus a few very bright, distracting glints on the sand cloned out, in the second I removed a distracting little dry grass as well. If you like any of them, please use them. The crop is a bit wider too. I also noticed that you snuck in another file, presumably for me to fix. Ok, I'll do that one too for you and e-mail you a link to the result. In the future though, please only send me files that I volunteer to help you with. Best, --cart-Talk 18:22, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Rabiul (11 years old)
  •  Support Any photograph that tells a story that is worth being heard deserves to be featured, and I highly suggest that everyone read the description. Also see my comment below. WClarke 21:07, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Yann, and anyone else: It is worth noting that there are two photographs (Rabiul.jpg & Robiul2.jpg) that, in addition to this photograph, appear to make up a set. They are all of the same subject in the same place, and they all have the same description, so should we nominate them as a set, as it seems the author (Razurahmanbd) intended? If the author is around, just to be completely clear, are they intended to be viewed together? Thanks. WClarke 21:07, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support  Oppose See below. A documentary photo that is almost hard to watch... Wrt WClarke's comment, I don't see what three photos can say better than this one photo can. Not sure they are intended as a set as many photographers simply number photos of similar scene/subjects as a way of distinguishing them from each other. --cart-Talk 21:43, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --The Photographer 23:26, 20 April 2017 (UTC) I can't support a dangeroux for a children. Thanks Colin for notifiquer it --The Photographer 21:13, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Regretful neutral A shattering image, but even that cannot make me !vote for an image of someone posed sitting on what appears to be an actively used rail track. Daniel Case (talk) 01:53, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support although Daniel has a point --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:28, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Daniel. I very much doubt such an image would be published in the UK by any responsible picture editor -- lest it encourage a child to play on the railway tracks. I appreciate he lives at the railway station, and this is a third-world railway track rather than a busy high-speed line, but there seems no good reason to photograph him sitting on the tracks. Further, the background story, though heartbreaking and one I do not doubt, is unsourced and supplied by an unknown and inactive user. It is hard to see how this image/story could be responsibly used for an educational purpose. -- Colin (talk) 07:35, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment Sure is it encouraging? are we going through something not so much about the image? --2001:B07:644F:23A4:28C4:10AC:2FE9:24D5 19:57, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • Colin: Please stick to review the quality and value of the picture. Making a wrong political statement about children living standards doesn't help. I worked for children living in Bombay Central railway station, helping them to find solutions to their problems, but it seems you really have no idea about the lives of such children. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:23, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yann, I have made no "political statement about children living standards". I'm talking about responsible photography, and responsible sourcing of a story. -- Colin (talk) 10:47, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
        • Among all probabilities, this track is probably just beside his home, as there are a lot of slums by railway tracks, just because there is unoccuppied land there. Not only it is dangerous, but it is also dirty and noisy. And yet it is his living habitat. It is the place where he spends most of his time, trying to make a living picking up whatever he could find there. So you doesn't know what you are talking about. Still your comment is a kind of political statement. It is arrogant and scornful. You want to decide for the child where he should stay and live. Regards, D (talk) 13:59, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
          • Yann, could you cool it a bit please. The comments you are making bear absolutely no resemblance to what I've written. I'm not making any political statement. I have not said anything about where he should stay and live. Have you read the links I posted below. It's about photographers and precisely where they choose to pose and compose their subjects, and the effect that has on other photographers posing subjects on railway lines and getting themselves killed. Those parallel lines trailing into the distance are a deadly magnet for photographers. This is nothing to do with the boy. -- Colin (talk) 14:43, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
            • You don't need to ping me. I always watch my nominations. Yes, your comment has everything to do with the boy. You assume that for him seating in the tracks is a game, or/and that this is a set up by the photographer to make the image more powerful. I think you are wrong on both points. Even if the boy's story is not the truth, he most probably just happens to be here when the photograph passed by. The tracks are his living environment. Why can't he be photographed where he lives? Regards, Yann (talk) 18:03, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
              • I have not given any indication, an indication in the slightest, that I think the boy thinks sitting on the tracks is a game. I cannot read the photographers's mind and have no interest in it. I haven't doubted the story, just question the ability for a responsible publisher to use it: it is just a random story on the internet. Real publishers would only accept such a story from a trusted source. I live next to a busy main road, but I don't photograph my children standing in the middle of it. It is perfectly possible to photograph this boy where he lives, without him sitting on the tracks. Yann, I don't think you've taken on board the links I posted below. This image/story cannot be responsibly published, and I'm far from the only person here that thinks so. I'm unwatching this page now. -- Colin (talk) 20:18, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sadly, I have to agree with Colin and Daniel. --Kabelleger (talk) 18:56, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per above, sorry --A.Savin 19:32, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support  Neutral. (13:06, 22 April 2017 (UTC)) the photograph is visually stunning and is accompanied by background info that really makes it speak volumes more. I don't see the above oppose reasons as strong enough frankly. For concerns about children playing on the tracks, the image is already accompanied by a red box warning, and if you ask me, a child's first thought really could well be: "Look what happened to the kid who ran on the tracks!". That being said, I wouldn't be able to forgive the feeling within me to deny coverage of other stories told worldwide that are heard far less on places like the internet. Although Humans of New York is helping the cause recently, at least this image is freely licensed! Seb26 (talk) 23:26, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • Seb26, photos on railway tracks can look "visually stunning". That's why they are popular and why every year people are killed taking photos on railway tracks, and kids are killed playing on them. See this PetaPixel search for multiple articles describing deaths, the backlash that irresponsible publishers face if they post such images, and a good video highlighting how easy it is to get killed. Despite my comment about about third-world tracks, in fact more people died taking selfies in India than anywhere in world, study says. Way more. and that includes selifies taken in front of an oncoming train. Any publisher using such an image would face considerable negative press calling for the head of the photo editor. That means, despite any photographic qualities, the educational value of this image is extremely low, and on a project dedicated to educational media, that means it is not among our finest, and not FP. I really wish the photographer had taken their photos in a safe location. Please reconsider supporting this; it isn't the sort of image we want to encouage. -- Colin (talk) 08:14, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • While Seb26 has a point about how a child might view this photo, I've changed my vote based on Daniel's comment. Since I live in an area with lots of inactive rails, I tend to forget the perils in other places. Colin, while the article you link to says that there were 11 train related selfie deaths world-wide that year (which is bad enough) it is about selfie deaths, not train-related, and it also says that "Most of the Indian deaths were water-related". I think this would be a more relevant source. --cart-Talk 11:31, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
[12] The backlash against a photo on National Geographic's Instagram profile as recently as in the last two weeks definitely concerned me. Thank you for the links. I still feel that this boy's story is related to his home at the station. I don't fault the photographer at all in this respect and do not think that he deliberately decided to have the boy sit on the tracks. But it is right what you say, being an FP means it'll reach the main page and potentially expose Commons to backlash or outrage. I am going to be  Neutral because I can still see that out of all possible photographs and all possible poses made on one, this photograph is going to be the least likely to encourage people or children to do it. Seb26 (talk) 13:06, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I'm doubtful about the story mentioned in the file page. The beggar mafia is very strong in Asia. They even amputate the children to attract the sympathy. The children will say the story what their mafia leader teach them. They are mostly associated with tracks; so I see anything wrong in this photography though. They will quickly adapted to that environment and quickly achieve the skills to board and alight from a moving train. Jee 16:16, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Even if his "natural habitat" is among the rails the picture is a very bad double take on it. It says something in the description and shows something that can easily be interpreted in a different way. It also lacks any sensitivity (or rather humility from the photographer's part) that great photographers show in their work, you need not to go any further than GMB Akash, the undisputed king of Bangladeshi street photography to see what I mean. Also as Jkadavoor said above me, it is a thing in South-Asia and everyone should approach any story about a child amputee with caution. Is the story about this picture plausible? Yes, sadly tying up children and/or putting them in sacks and dumping in water part is all too familiar. Is it likely, with the amputation and all? Probably not, but in any case impossible to verify. Finally I'd just like to point out this is about Bangladesh, not India, which is a completely different beast even if they look similar to the rest of the world. -- KennyOMG (talk) 22:59, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Ikan Kekek: what I meant is that the description and the photo itself are at odds with each other (not just content-wise). On one hand the photo itself is very distant, lacking any intimacy (especially the other 2 in the series), like the photographer was only interested in taking a good quality picture. On the other hand the story (true or not) is very intimate but this is not reflected in the visuals at all. I'd say a case of taking a picture for yourself for your own reasons, and you're only interested in the subject as a visual element. Thus my comment about the lack of humility. Again, I'd advise you to browse GMB Akash' pictures of Bangladeshi misery (no better way to put it), read the stories, and see how they connect in a very meaningful yet same time respectful manner, and how he finds the joy and humanity in even those unfortunate people/events. Or like him on Facebook he posts a picture with a story almost every day. -- KennyOMG (talk) 20:21, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: First, although my !vote above seems to have started this cavalcade of opposes, I myself did not !vote oppose. Second, if by not participating in featuring this image I am saving lives, I'll take any term of abuse you hurl at me (I have opposed, at least initially, plenty of other FP candidates where I thought the photographer was putting themselves at risk). "Politically correct"? Apart from the increasing use of a once-ironic term borrowed from Chinese Communism becoming battered into meaninglessness when we use it for every point of view we wish to delegitimize without attempting to seriously attack the underlying arguments (to the point that it's often a tacit admission the other side has a point you don't want it to have), I fail to see what is "political" about a very real danger. If National Geographic is not immune from this criticism, why should we be? Daniel Case (talk) 06:39, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I changed my comment above. Yann (talk) 06:58, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I even support the nomination...! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:21, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Not featuring a photograph is not censorship, and not encuraging photographers to get themself killed and traumatizing other people in doing so has hardly anything to do with political correctness. IMHO. --Kabelleger (talk) 07:07, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the censorship argument would make sense if we were voting to delete or keep this image. But this image and its story will stay available on this site long after this vote. The selection of featured pictures is clearly very strategic and is evidently about advertising the project just as much as identifying technical quality. There is evidence to suggest this could harm the project, so it is for that reason that I don't think this should be featured. Seb26 (talk) 12:59, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I did not oppose on grounds of "political correctness" but rather because it's 1) somewhat dishonest and 2) lacking in my opinion (see my reply to Ikan). Besides the concerns about the backstory are valid as well. -- KennyOMG (talk) 20:29, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 6 support, 5 oppose, 3 neutral → not featured. /Yann (talk) 23:57, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Capsicum baccatum in Saúde flea market, São Paulo, Brazil
Titoe + 1.90m (my height). I did about 20 photos until I could get the sharpness, due to the low luminosity and my position, it was difficult to keep the camera in the same position. The people in the market know me and they know I'm crazy, I've got people not watching me --The Photographer 13:08, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for explaining. I think all of us have some "reputation" where we live. It took me some time to convince the farmers here I wasn't poaching on their lands. Now their kids come up to me and ask me to photograph their cats/rabbits/hamsters/whatever. --cart-Talk 19:20, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your lovely comment and I think that apparently we have many things in common and I would like to know more about your history. In Venezuela I remember it was impossible to convince people because the situation there is like a country at war, but here in Brazil people believe that I am a "gringo" (I don't know how define it), the Brazilian is possibly the most welcoming culture that can exist. --The Photographer 19:48, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Agora in the Ancient town of Kourion near Limassol, Cyprus
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Umbrellas hanging over a street in Viborg, Denmark
  • Thanks, there are in fact two by Poco and they are great, but this one is shot in pouring rain which I think added a small twist to it. Thankfully, there was a shop with an awning where I could get some shelter for the camera. --cart-Talk 20:28, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665

* Support Girl with a Pearl Earring has always been the painting by Vermeer I like the least. It should be featured anyway, of course. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:38, 21 April 2017 (UTC) per discussion below --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:21, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Support Daphne Lantier 06:50, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  oppose The image we have here is not the one in the source, and nowhere near as good. The source image much more closely matches File:1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring.jpg which claims the same source. That file is 178 megapixels, though I suspect it is actually upsampled (if downsampled 50% it looks much better and is still 45 megapixels). Major differences are that the background in the source is brown with clear cracking; the colour of her headscarf is different, and the dark patch in the scarf near her left eye is not crushed blacked but still shows colour and detail. Further the cracking on the picture shows signs that the image has been oversharpened. So I think this image has had significant colour adjustments, strong contrast enhancement that has crushed the darker areas to black, and strong sharpening. I think the larger image has merit for FP, but needs some analysis to confirm whether its very large size is justified, and if not, what degree of downsizing would restore it to correct sharp proportions.
I have discovered why the source does not match. An earlier version of the Commons page linked to the source JPG (in addition to surrounding information pages) but this was removed by Crisco for some reason. Looking at the link through the Internet Archive here gives a file that is visually similar to this one, though quite a bit smaller. So I wonder if the museum has improved the copy they display on the website since Crisco first uploaded it. I'll drop Crisco a note. -- Colin (talk) 07:21, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • To the best of my recollection, this was uploaded exactly as I found it on the website (as can be seen by the archive link). However, rather than use the automatic download resolution, which was downsampled, I had loaded the image at its full resolution in viewing mode, then downloaded from there using judicious screenshotting. It may have loaded at 125% or something similar as its "maximum resolution"; I suspect the MET's website does the same thing.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:41, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
As for why I removed the direct link to the JPG: to the best of my understanding, we are supposed to link to the host web-page rather than the image directly, to ensure any licensing information or similar is readily available. Hence the removal to the direct JPG link.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:43, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Chris. So I suspect the image on the web page has changed considerably since you screenshotted it. I think the current version on their website is better is better and the other high-res file (File:1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring.jpg) a better place from which to create an FP (if downsized). This file here is the one used by all the Wikipedias and has been featured, etc. The other file, although from the same museum source, is really quite different. It isn't an obvious case for simply overwriting this one per Commons:Overwriting existing files. -- Colin (talk) 09:08, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Photographed from the F-18 pathfinder aircraft, the Orbital ATK L-1011 Stargazer aircraft is seen flying over the Atlantic Ocean offshore from Daytona Beach, Florida. Attached beneath the aircraft is the Pegasus XL rocket with eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, spacecraft.
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View of the Maiden Tower during the blue hour Old City, Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.
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Eath and the Moon, image captured by NASA’s DSCOVR satellite
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Statue of Louis XIV in place d'armes of Versailles
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Close-up of minaret of Hajdar Kadi Mosque, Bitola
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