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Bicyclist crossing Hogesluis in Amsterdam
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Result: 1 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /lNeverCry 01:29, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The sky near the end of the day
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Panoramic view of the village of Puzderci, Macedonia in autumn
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Epaulettes of the Russian Empire
Thank you! We have plan to translate. @HHubi: you can help to translate? —Niklitov (talk) 08:38, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done. Translated to English. Upload new versions file. —Niklitov (talk) 22:43, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, image created by PhotoShop. Only png/jpg format.( —Niklitov (talk) 15:37, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You could Import this artwork from Photoshop to illustrator and export like SVG --The Photographer 10:42, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Interestingly, thank you! —Niklitov (talk) 22:43, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your qestion! 1) Russian Empire. 2) Classification not later than 1855. Examples after 1904 (for the Cavalry after 1908). A full set should contain 13 samples (Subaltern-officers, staff-officers and generals' + the lower ranks of cavalry). Metal skirt? (bezel?, neck?) only for military medical officials, and from 1894 to 1906 for the Navy engineer-mechanics. Doctors, consisting the civil service, for example, the police had no epaulets. —Niklitov (talk) 09:35, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Спасибо за вопросы. 2) Классификация не позднее 1855 года. Примеры после 1904 года (по кавалерии после 1908 года). Полный набор должен содержать 13 образцов (обер офицерский, штаб-офицерский и генеральский + нижние чины в кавалерии). Металлический ободок (шейка) только для военно-медицинских чинов и с 1894 по 1906 год для инженер-механиков флота. Врачи, состоящие на государственной гражданской службе, например, в полиции, эполет не имели. —Niklitov (talk) 09:35, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Júlio Prestes Station in São Paulo, Brazil
Excellent review. This picture was taken using tripod, I can't underestand why the focus is soft (maybe the pollution problem). I will fix each of your nice recomendations, thanks ! --The Photographer 16:56, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The light is good, it is framed well. I trust the dust spots will be fixed, so I will disregard this for a moment. I think it is sufficiently sharp. Exposure control is good. However, it does not wow me at all, I am afraid. To be frank I find the composition boring. The cropped statue on the LHS does not help.Sorry. -- Slaunger (talk) 17:05, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comments, I uploaded another version trying fix the problems commented by you. Slaunger and Ikan Kekek. Please, let me know what do you think and Slaunger, I underestand, you don't need change your vote --The Photographer 21:00, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It is better with the dust spots fixed, but I does not change the overall impression; and thanks for accepting that ;-) -- Slaunger (talk) 20:38, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I was looking with Beria the best point of view to show the complete structure as possible, however, there is a tree that has grown disproportionately and I preferred cut. Perhaps in the future go back and look elsewhere, this time without a tripod. --The Photographer 10:12, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose This is a QI for sure but it holds no wow or me at all. It is also a bit "heavy" on the left side so it seems to be leaning/tilted to that side much more than it actually does (some of the vertical lines are leaning that way) and this is unfortunately underlined by the parked taxi car (with the almost rude licence plate...^^), plus there are traces of CA in several places on the building. Sorry. cart-Talk 09:17, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting your remark about the licence plate, lol --The Photographer 12:15, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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30th Street Station, Philadelphia, illuminated at night

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Cropped version

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Fort Pierce Inlet Fort Pierce Florida
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North Laguna Beach California
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Original FP Replacement

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Roman busts in the collection of antiquities of Kunstistorisches Museum Vienna
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 Comment @ArildV: the purple areas are a kind of purple fringe. With lighroom (in the french version), just below the CA box you should have something like "delete the fringe" (french: supprimer la frange) with an eyedropper tool, with this tool you click on one purple area, and all other areas in the same fringe/color in all the image are replaced with only one click. I tried with your image, and this work well, if you don't manage to do it, I can upload a corrected version. Christian Ferrer (talk) 07:04, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Please do so. I don't think I have that option in LR 4.--ArildV (talk) 07:49, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done @ArildV: Hope it is ok Christian Ferrer (talk) 08:33, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Winged altar in late gothic style at the filial church St. Michael ob Rauchenödt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master, around 1517.
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Cityscape of Saarburg with Leukbach
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Brockhampton Estate homestead

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Brockhampton Estate homestead

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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 07:36, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Roof trusses of the Library Hall, Monastery Eberbach
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Code (talk) 06:32, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Poster for Arthur Pinero's The Magistrate
  • The flecks are also visible under the text "My wife" and none of it spills over into adjacent areas. With three such deliberate placings I think it's safe to assume they are part of the artwork. cart-Talk 10:08, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Vineyard snail aestivating

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Vineyard snail aestivating

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Mosaic of the Arctic
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Spiral stairs seen from bottom (Nebotičnik building), Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Waterfall Shypit
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Boston at sunset
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Buddha Statue as seen from Tank Bund in Hyderabad, India
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monastery in Hnizdychiv (Ukraine)
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CD racks of Rádio Senado
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Cave

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Night view of the World Clock (Urania-Weltzeituhr), Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany.
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Fishing huts at Holländaröd
  • I was anticipating that question. :) The sort of "main objects" in the picture are the two very wonky and tilted huts next to the cropped one, but in order to see how askew they are you need some kind of reference, cropping the pic immediately after them only made it look like the pic needed some perspective adjustment. The cropped hut/shed is about 3-4 times larger than the rest of the huts so having all of it in the photo would have resulted in that dominating the pic. You can see a larger part of that hut (or rather small house) in this photo. The old shed you see on Google Street View has been replaced with this new larger one. So I opted for having a portion of it, about the size of the other huts, in the photo as reference and "anchor" on the right side. cart-Talk 12:56, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just to make it clear, other than stitching five photos together to get maximum sharpness on all the huts (focus stacking), denoising the sky and toning down the white parts a bit, there has been no post-processing at all done to the photo. If it appears "sharpened" that came straight out of the camera and there is unfortunately nothing I can do about it. If there are other folks who would like a bit more gravel road and less sky, that can be arranged though since this is cropped from a wider panorama. cart-Talk 18:47, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Fishing huts at Holländaröd

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Great Prespa Lake (right) and Small Prespa Lake (left) seen from Baba Mountain above the village Brajčino, Macedonia.
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This male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) failed to catch a bearded seal and is on his way to find another prey.
  • User:AWeith, I realize you weren't expecting this nomination, but if you have a chance, please address the points these gentlemen have made. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:03, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan Kekek, Martin Falbisoner, Colin: ✓ Done. Dangerous work, though. You will have noticed that the guy stood to the south of me at midday. I had to brighten his flanks already quite a bit beforehand since they were in the shade. Brightening even more is now at the border of overprocessing. Normally I love contre-jour due to its magic effects (with a good lens), here it was unintended though. Thanks for your comments anyway; and thanks, Ikan, for nominating it: I really am pleased that you enjoy my photos! --AWeith (talk) 20:04, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're welcome, and I still like the photo. I just noticed a dust spot, though. You'll find it if you look in the furthest area of water toward the top of the picture frame, somewhat behind the bear's behind. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:29, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Slaunger: I know and I am really annoyed about it. I thought the corrections I made were optimal; however, according to your critics I changed the settings again to still annoyingly low detail (its the shade in a contre-jour!) but less chroma noise. Hope you prefer that. --AWeith (talk) 17:40, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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@Ikan Kekek: Thanks for the welcome. I wish I could be here more often. I confirm seeing it in the sky midway up the picture from that location. It is a black spot. Blue Rasberry (talk) 02:39, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Don't you think the black spot should be removed? It looked stray to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:48, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan Kekek The spot was a flaw in the image. However, the image as I presented it was the one used to establish the theme park. I am not sure if that makes this image "historically significant" or if it is better to correct obvious mistakes in official media. If I had the editing skills I would have removed the spot, just because I think that makes for a better archived image. Thanks PetarM for making the call to correct the flaws. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:59, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Well this is something new. :) Just a question, since this is just a mockup and not a photo of an actual place, should this not be listed as a candidate for 'Non-photographic media' perhaps sub-section '/Computer-generated' instead of '/Places/Architecture'? cart-Talk 20:09, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@W.carter: Yes! I am not here routinely and I am not aware of category conventions. Thanks. I changed it. If both apply then someone can remove the : from the former category. Blue Rasberry (talk) 02:34, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It might not be state of the art in technology but I think by virtue of this being used by a major construction company for an extravagant luxury resort, it apparently is the sort of image which top contemporary professionals in Dubai will accept. I am not sure how expectations in computer graphics vary by year and origin of production. Can you make a guess about the year in which pool reflections and shadows been a thing? I have never seen anything like this and cannot comment on its quality or the extent to which it is representative of an art field. Was art like this produced 10 years ago? Will art 10 years from now look like this? Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:59, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 01:22, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Monument to Nicholas I of Russia
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Result: 11 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /lNeverCry 06:13, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Svirzh Castle, Ukraine
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 17:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Metro de São Paulo, Luz Station, Brazil
Thanks @Colin: , please could you try give me a configuration recomendation for this shoot, without tripod in a absolutly darked area and the main subject in movement. --The Photographer 20:48, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Not as dangerous as you think, but you must be aware that the other train is not coming, if the other train coming you should walk quickly to a hole in the wall. --The Photographer 12:08, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It was a selective noise reduction. --The Photographer 11:12, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps, but the walls, the ceiling and the floors look way too "mushy" for me. Storkk (talk) 13:56, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Interior of Jvari, a UNESCO World Heritage Site monastery from the 6th century located near Mtskheta, Georgia.
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This is a Punic tomb in Sedouikch in Djerba, this is the inside of a tomb and IMHO this is featurable because this show how a punic dead see the world
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Lancashire in 1610
(the artifacts are in the original, so I'm not suggesting your processing caused them, but they detract enough from the end result that it's not an FP for me) Storkk (talk) 15:19, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Sète cityscape
I had not noticed, now yes, well seen! Christian Ferrer (talk) 19:44, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Fresco of the Coronation of Mary by Leonhard von Brixen AD 1474 on the South facade of the St. Georg church in Vahrn, in South Tyrol.
 Comment See, even a seasoned Wikipedian can always learn something new from the projects. Daniel Case (talk) 23:51, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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English: The union of three elements as the international bridge, the castle of Valença, and the seaport of Tuy, a border connected by the river Minho.
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Roman Catholic parish church. Lawrence in Zliechov, district Ilava.
 Comment Maybe. But the fog is not everywhere in the same intensity as far I can see. But the noise is evenly distributed. How ever, I'm sure it's better developable. --Hockei (talk) 14:34, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Example: [[1]], [[2]], [[3]]; [[4]], [[5]] and so on. --Hockei (talk) 14:50, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • From what I can see, not all of it is fog, some of it seems to be smoke comming from the chimmenies and that's why it is uneven. Smoke doesn't behave the same way fog does in regards to letting in light and other things vital for a photo. cart-Talk 15:40, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 33 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 13:48, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Bee in Loto in Botanical Garden of São Paulo
✓ Done @Zcebeci: and @Iifa: Let ne know what do you think --The Photographer 15:51, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Bee in Loto in Botanical Garden of São Paulo

Thanks for your feedback --The Photographer 02:30, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Fortress of Bam, Iran
You're welcome! -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:39, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Venetian Fair
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President Ronald Reagan chats with NASA astronauts Henry Hartsfield and Thomas Mattingly on the runway as first lady Nancy Reagan scans the nose of space shuttle Columbia following its Independence Day landing at Edwards Air Force Base on July 4, 1982.

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President Ronald Reagan chats with NASA astronauts Henry Hartsfield and Thomas Mattingly on the runway as first lady Nancy Reagan scans the nose of space shuttle Columbia following its Independence Day landing at Edwards Air Force Base on July 4, 1982.

  • Slaunger Naw, I didn't think as far as voting. ;) I've restored so many of my own photos of the same format from this era, so I just did this one to see what it would look like. This is not my nom, but if someone finds it useful, be my guest. :) --cart-Talk 19:22, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Question What tool are you using for NR?, I can see severals problems with this tecnique. You should apply differents methods for noise reduction in hight ISO, negative film "noise" and jpg artifacts --The Photographer 19:19, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I used different methods for different areas since I wanted to disrupt the original as little as possible. First a couple of thousand dabs with the clone brush at 400% to fill in the white cracks and spots, color and contrast correction, then a very mild normal Elements noise reduction and some individual small blur touches with the brush at 200% and finally isolated the sky and made an additional Elements NR. I'm sure you have some fantastic program and gadgets to do this job better, I'm just an amateur restorer having fun. :) --cart-Talk 19:33, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose An improvement technically but the composition still doesn't work for me. Sorry. Daniel Case (talk) 22:25, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support - This is marginally better, especially in the sky. Both versions are problematic in a number of ways. I support this photo for historical reasons, but everyone's criticisms of the technical and some compositional problems in the photo are accurate and also largely apply to this restoration. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:48, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • cart you saved one more, 8×8 cm photo. Theese old shots are pleasure to see. But i still cant support as FP, since composition, light arent well here. So its more valuable - Reagan adoring Space Shuttle or something similar. You also put some work for this, well done in any case. --Mile (talk) 06:19, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Into the waterfall
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

Hi The Photographer, Yann, Alchemist-hp, i have uploaded crop as an alt. Nikhil (talk) 16:15, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Support --Nikhil (talk) 16:15, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination I withdraw my nomination. Nikhil (talk) 11:58, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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US V-22, of the on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Florida
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: composition: the propellers cut off. - Alchemist-hp (talk) 20:12, 7 November 2016 (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.
  •  Oppose the cut me don't disturbe but i see too little of the helicopter, the most is black. General the Crop of airplanes or helicopters is a problem, i think, its no important to see all parts, to me its more important to see the "body". sorry for my bad english, ih hope, it's understandable.--Ralf Roleček 20:15, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Mother of God Church in Zhovkva (1705)
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Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. View from the Kanavinsky Bridge to the spit at the Oka/Volga confluence. At the left: Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral; to the right: old port; at the very right: Volga.
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Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran.
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Red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee
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Pachliopta pandiyana
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Vocalist Andreas Dörner of Caliban
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El.Venizelos, 1917.
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Kittywakes in the ice
  • Dear King of, I tried my best, went back and increased the brightness. However, cranking it up, the background loses drama substantially. As a consequence I had to increase contrast, too, which led to an impression of overprocessing and too much chromatic noise on the grey feathers. Speaking of histograms, I see the values just in the right range here. Plus it was an overcast day. My apologies, but in this case I would like not to follow your valued criticism. --AWeith (talk) 09:30, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dear Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton, with all due respect, I disagree in a number of points: i) The scene is certainly not white as ice is almost never white on a misty day. It assumes all shades of bluish and greenish up to a number of greys; and this is the beauty of misty days in the arctic. ii)According to the histogram there is neither black nor white, agreed. However, the RAW histogram shows that all curves are plus minus bell-shaped with a rather narrow base, telling us that contrast had been low in the original scenery. Different exposures or camera settings did not change anything by the way. The scene is as it is, misty and low contrast but that’s its beauty. If you crank up the blacks and whites (I am using LR for ages and are very familiar with it) you'll get a totally artificial image with loads of posterization and loss of information, let alone increase in noise etc. Well, I think this is not the featured histogram but rather the featured pictures section, so I’ll refrain from exaggerating. iii) Tough scenarios don’t make pictures good but they are challenging to present them in the photo as they are. This is why my nomination here is meant to lack pitch blacks and glistening whites; it was a very quiet , misty day (with kittywakes as quiet as I never heard them before). It would be sad if you couldn’t follow my arguments but the advisor in the movie also said: There may be exceptions. Everybody here knows by now that I love exceptions if they lead to attractive results. Thank you again for your considerations, anyway. --AWeith (talk) 16:47, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • You really trying to convince me that the left one:[6] is what you saw at 12:00 on summer, and it's better?
"white", not white, two different things.
"loads of posterization and loss of information" I used the jpeg, and even with that, not happen any of those cases, you just need to control the tool.
It's dark, and you could raise by one stop the exposure, and mood do not change. One more thing, magenta, now look the picture...
-- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 19:51, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1) Have you ever been to the fjords of Svalbard and experienced the light there? Guess you didn't.
2) Are you really trying to convince us the right image that you worked out is improving the situation? Well, I am not as it is not what I saw.
3) Yes, its dark, if you wish, and I am not willing to raise the brightness, as it does not reflect the situation. I have many more photos of such scenery and I will keep presenting them in the light that I remember having seen.
4) Your argument to raise brightness by one step does not lead to the "blacks" and "whites" that you claimed initially. Your arguments are inconsistent here. So please let the other evaluators judge the image as it stands and put our discussion to rest. Thank you for this lively discussion. --AWeith (talk) 22:38, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"So please let the other evaluators judge the image as it stands and put our discussion to rest." = "Shut up, I F don't care!"
And: "Your argument to raise brightness by one step does not lead to the "blacks" and "whites" that you claimed initially."
As you are being rude, I will be nice as you: You know punctuation? Are two main arguments separated by one "." The first one is that you are not able to understand the histogram in the scene, and the second one is that it lacks b&w points; two different things related, but different.
I gave a alternative to keep the mood as you wish, low contrast, but brighter. Attack the problem of being dark, but not the white and blacks, as this change the contrast, the mood, as you wish.
And relax, this image will pass by politics and by "it's tough", "not a every day picture", your ego will be intact. However, we can see down below that you made the same mistake before, having two too dark images as FPC, and do not admit your fault... -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 07:06, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Question Mile, I thought, EV stands for educative value. This is obviously not meant here. What does it rather mean in your context? --AWeith (talk) 17:11, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • And in fact there are two (related) meanings in photography: I can shoot a scene which is 15 EV at +1 EV, at f/8, 1/250s, ISO 100 (which is the correct settings to expose a grey card at 14 EV). --King of 01:08, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Info Brigthened version. Give shot a try.
  •  Support --Mile (talk) 11:12, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question @AWeith what do you think about this "alt" version? --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Alchemist-hp: I did the brightening after King of's request. It represents a very slight increase in brightness and contrast, and concomittant drastic reductions of noise - both luminance and chroma. I am not convinced by it and am positively surprised that Mile prefers it. Anyway, as there were already quite a few positive votes, I did not want to change anything. However, if you advise me to switch to the brightened version we could do that. Do I have to "ping" everybody now?--AWeith (talk) 13:44, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose, because AWeith wrote above that the scene didn't look this bright, and also because I just don't think it looks as good. Brightening calls excessive attention to the degree of unsharpness in the focus of the birds, whereas the lower light makes that gentler and easier for me to accept. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:00, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Airport of Barajas, Terminal 4, Madrid
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Ceiling of the Sioni Cathedral, a Georgian Orthodox cathedral in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.
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Marumba sp.
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A A320neo parked in Viracopos International Airport
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Newark seen from Harrison
I was caught in it around Newburgh on the Thruway as I was taking my son back to school for the week. A very intense shower, more like a summer storm than an autumn one. But we needed that rain! Daniel Case (talk) 05:59, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don´t like so much waste in the foreground. It's not very photogenic, but obviously authentic. --Milseburg (talk) 13:37, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Bucket-wheel excavators at "Tagebau Inden", an open brown coal pit in North Rhine-Westphalia
All by -- CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 21:53, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - It's expected for people making opposing votes to give a reason for it. It's fine for you to give the reason in Vietnamese, as people who don't read Vietnamese can get a rough idea of what you meant by using Google Translate. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:08, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rất khó để phân biệt các thành phần thuộc bức hình.
It is difficult to distinguish the components of the picture.Goodmorninghpvn (talk) 13:58, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Question Pardon me, do I get this right: You cannot distinguish the excavator from the soils? The black excavator is camouflaged in the background? It would be interesting to hear, what exactly is the problem in your opinion. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 16:30, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support - I really like this photo, with all the different-colored strata and interesting machines, but please consider making it less hazy, if that's not unrealistic in terms of what you saw. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:07, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I applied a little bit dehaze. However, when I was standing at the open cast mines crater rim, I alredy noticed that the different colours were more pastel-colours and looked quite soft. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 05:05, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Subtle but good improvement, though it's still pretty hazy. Better composition with the new crop, too. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:14, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral A bit hazy for me, and I think the colors are not contributing to the image in terms of hue but rather in their luminosity alone, so I think it would work very well if you converted to B&W and with some careful postprocessing to bring out the contrast. --King of 00:14, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I tried your proposal. However, it turned out, that B/W is not working at all with this motif as soon as the pastel-colours are gone. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 05:11, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I like the colors of the dirt and the horizontal layering, but I would've preferred a tighter crop at bottom and more room at top to prevent some trees and buildings from getting cut off as they are in the middle. INeverCry (talk) 00:29, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I applied a different bottom crop. For the top crop: No more space available and I wanted to focus the photo on the pastel-coloured earths. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 05:05, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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German Lerche 4007 office scissors
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Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
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Reflections of Newport Beach by D Ramey Logan

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Vineyard snail aestivating

  •  Comment With three up and three down, I am going to pull this and reshoot it. Its only around the corner and easy to redo. His Royal Highness had a great suggestion that gives me a reason to use my Cine filters on the DSLR :) Thanks for the comments. --WPPilot (talk) 00:06, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Landscape of vineyards

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Endangered arctic, starving polar bear
  •  Comment - You have strong opinions about things, which is good as long as they're not ad hominem, but how do you explain this guideline above:
Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is a better picture than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
And how do you explain this, at Commons:Image guidelines? Given sufficient "wow factor" and mitigating circumstances, a featured picture is permitted to fall short on technical quality.
My feeling is that you are completely free to say that educational value is not a sufficient reason to feature photo x, y or z, but saying that educational value is irrelevant is a bridge too far. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:35, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan Kekek you need to ping me to I know that you talked to me... I'm not entering over and over again to check my comments...
Well, "A bad picture of a very difficult subject is a better picture than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph."
I already made this statement "A difficult picture don't make it a FP". And... difficult? Difficult image of a polar bear [7] [8]...
another thing see the difference ? [9] away more impactful, just being a better processed picture.
And I'm not saying that is bad, I just saying that he is neglecting knowledge about post production needed in this case. It's a dull and dark picture, that could be corrected, do not try to convince me that is a "style" a "mood".
"to fall short on technical quality" it do not fall short, it falls on purpose, it almost did not passed in QI, and you advocate to pass, and are doing the same here.
He made a drama, a soup opera maneuver to get more attention "oh!! They are so mean to me. I do not deserve this nomination!! Even when a magazine wants my art", and you (plural) catalyse the speech, come on, this about the picture, and after all this talk it's stills bad, and he didn't fix it using this pity speech.
With the same raw file, I would bring a FP, this one, not a QI. VI for the illustration, horrible technically.
Obs:I did not asked for it, was you all vote in a political matter, not see the picture. Would be more waste of time...
Great photographers makes great photos in any condition... Peace. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 20:57, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton, would you mind explaining what you mean by "you all vote in a political matter, not see the picture"? Why do you think it's OK to make these kinds of ad hominem remarks? I think that's in bad faith. I don't deny that the examples you give are good, but really, "it falls on purpose"? And really, now, this? "With the same raw file, I would bring a FP, this one, not a QI." User:AWeith is a pretty new user here, as you can see from his contributions. I greatly appreciate his work because it's great and because he takes photos of amazing scenes. I don't know him personally and have no "political" axe to grind either for or against him, but just judge each picture individually. What are you suggesting is taking place? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:35, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan why do you care about me?
This not ad hominem as I'm not using this as a argument to support my statement, this just justifying why I'll not make another version of it.
And what's the relation of being new, to the quality of the pictures, or he provides the raw file, or listening other volunteer? I didn't get.
About political votes, just scroll down the FPC page.
x0x0. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 23:15, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No, actually, you would have to spell out who you think is voting which way for what political reasons, and what led you to that conclusion. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:28, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral This is one of the rare times a neutral !vote of mine is not of the "oppose as is, but could work if fixed" variety. Here I just can't decide. I think the image would be stronger if cropped in much closer to the bear, since you can't fully appreciate its condition without leaning into it a bit and blowing it up (whereupon it becomes truly horrifying and would be a slam-dunk "strong support" from me).

    But ... at the same time I can see that this is a pretty small image as is, and cropping like that would probably put it well below the minimum for FP (although it would make a great VI). I just ... don't ... know. Daniel Case (talk) 17:11, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • It has been nominated for VI. When I see a small, not too technically perfect pic, I ask myself: Does the pic have the "Buzz Aldrin's bootprint factor?" Meaning, does it symbolize something more than what is just in the picture, is the pic relevant to some significant historical event or change, is this the first look of what is to come, can it be relevant as an eye-opener, etc. I think this has that "factor". cart-Talk 17:34, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
p.s. I was so moved by this image, I created the article Starvation in Persian language and I used this image there. --Gnosis (talk) 00:36, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination. I concede this photo is of mediocre technical quality and I admit I was concerned from the beginning whether this would be a valid FP nomination. However, as I have apparently advanced to a kind of arctic expert here, I could not withhold it, because it most clearly reveals the major threat that this beloved planet is exposed to. I just wanted to make this clear to you in the frame of FP and I am grateful to cart who has nominated it for VI (where it may be more than appropriate). --- As a final comment: In the recent issue of „Science“ researchers Notz and Stroeve report that the „Observed Arctic sea-ice loss directly follows anthropogenic CO2 emission“. They discovered that one single flight from Frankfurt, Germany to San Francisco causes the melting of 5 square meters of arctic ice. Per passenger. This frightens me. – In this context: I would be glad to keep presenting you photos of a dying region of this earth. I’m not pathetic, I am concerned. --AWeith (talk) 10:26, 6 November 2016 (UTC) "withdraw" is stiked, and I renominate it for FP. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 19:41, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
AWeith, as photographer, has to consent to this nomination being active. He has the right to withdraw, regardless of who nominated his photo. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:19, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but he wrote also: "so if you feel to nominate it for FP yourself, please feel free to do so." and I dit it :-) --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:26, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Question Ikan Kekek: Is there a difference between Alchemist-hp using the current procedure to proceed in the nomination process and renewing it by himself after this has passed the deadline? I myself will not support the nomination but as I said - and I think it is correct - anyone can re-nominate the image as it is public domain. The only difference I can see is that reviving this process now benefits from the positive votes made so far. But I guess these judgements will be reiterated in an entirely new process. Logically it makes no difference to me. Are there any rules I don't know of? Please advise as I haven't been into this situation yet. --AWeith (talk) 22:47, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - See above, under "Featured picture candidate policy/General rules": Rule No. 6 is "Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time." That literally would mean that you could withdraw again ad infinitum, so in practice, anyone has to have your consent, or at least lack of insistence on withdrawing, in order to take over this nomination or renominate this photo in the future. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:55, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Side note: please let me make clear that the link above to the extremely interesting Science Magazine article is still working; however, most of you may not have a VPN to get access to the full article. I think I do not infringe any rights if I offered access to a PDF copy for anyone here who is interested. Please advise if I am doing something stupid here.--AWeith (talk) 21:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • AWeith i passed this yesterday, what you said, same context at end. --Mile (talk) 17:41, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question - AWeith, why did you withdraw, when your photo was on track to be approved for a feature? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:45, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Dear Ikan Kekek, dear Alchemist-hp, dear all, I am very grateful that you lend your support to this image and I am glad to notice that there are people out here that recognize the deeper message of the starving bear. My decision was a two-edged sword. Leaving it in would have meant to betray myself as I am not fully convinced by the technical quality. Taking it out meant that the message – which I deem of utmost importance – might get lost. Now that cart has nominated it for VI and it has good chances to become a VI, the message will last. The image has obviously been used to illustrate several articles already. So my goal is reached; the award as an FP would have been extremely nice, but I would like to contribute keeping the standards of FP at the highest possible level. My apologies to all of you who are disappointed; I hope I made my point clear to you. It was not meant to offend anybody. The image is public domain, so if you feel to nominate it for FP yourself, please feel free to do so. Cheers, --AWeith (talk) 09:16, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - No, actually it is the right of the photographer to withdraw anyone's nomination of his/her photo. In any case, I fully understand and respect your reasoning on this and don't feel the least bit offended at all. Thank you. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:25, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I've heard far more ridiculous reviews. Many users here are not experts in some areas so they just get carried away by the "wow" of the photos. The most important part of this section is the criticism valid or not, please do not feel you offended, just ignore and move on. --The Photographer 12:25, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • plain  Support, in memoriam Lonesome George, Toughie and countless other species and individuals killed by Mankind. Gentle bear, please feed yourself on those assholes named "neokons" or other "economic supremacists" negating a sad truth of anthropogenic climate changes. // NPOV vote reasoning: uttermost highness of educational value, no obvious technical flaws. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 20:47, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • My vote stays for the re-nom. --cart-Talk 00:06, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I'm watching this nomination for a long while. Great EV; but quality is below considering other FPs of this animal. I think we can feature this now and consider a "delist and replace" when we get a better quality photo. I wish to give value for the author's word "I have stayed away from the intimidated animal at a respectful distance; this is why the crop is not particularly big." In wildlife photography more important is to keep us alive than to get a shot. (I hope this nomination is still active. If AWeith decides to "withdraw" it again, we have to respect it as author's wish over our interests.) Jee 07:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it was the bear's safety that was considered here. If AWeith had gone any closer he might have stressed and frightened it. Since it obviously didn't have much strength left, using it's resources to flee and run or swim away might have been too much for it. cart-Talk 09:14, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • My only experience is with the fauna of the north and even the big ones prefer to run if they see a human, they are only dangerous if you surprise them or corner them. That's why there is a tradition of singing or whistling when you are out picking berries or mushrooms in the forests here. If the bears/wolves/moose/lynx/whatever hear you coming from far away, they will leave you alone. Only the wild boars are a bit unpredictable. The spriders and bugs on the other hand will never leave you alone... ;) cart-Talk 12:00, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oh hell, yeah, that's a great example of human ignorance. Of course, both species were acting according to their own instincts, the silverback investigating a trouble and being curious, the humans screaming in fear. But had the onlookers only had some more knowledge about the behaviour of our primate cousins, then this outcome wouldn't surely have occurred. Silverbacks of Gorilla gorilla are really sociable and responsible towards their family clan (as long as they do not have any kind of psychologic defect, but such a sick animal wouldn't be held together with females), and furthermore, human toddlers still have enough animalistic instinctive traits as for making themselves understood by any great ape (every adult of those four species should understand distress and curiosity of a child). I guess that in such a situation, the best any passerby could do is pleading for getting the child or object back: opening the hands, looking towards the ape, but not directly in the eyes, and not screaming, as human screams are of the same kind of sounds as used by chimpanzees, gorillas or orangutans to communicate the proximity of a predator. The aituation seemed to be really similar to any shooting of unarmed suspects by police officers... Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 17:03, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 02:23, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Winged altar in late gothic style at the parish- and pilgrimage church Kefermarkt, Upper Austria
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 00:23, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Click on the "More" tab at the top of the file's page, then on "Move", fill in the form with an appropriate name and someone will move it for you. It's your nomination so you should have the honor of naming it properly. :) The description still needs some work too. cart-Talk 13:36, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Sunset at Goðafoss, Iceland


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Result: 12 delist, 6 keep, 0 neutral => delisted. /--Mile (talk) 08:39, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Cockpit of Ford Tri-motor NC-8407
Yes, that's true. I will give this some thought. Perhaps you could consider adding a note about them to the file description? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:11, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Will do. They're easily taken care of if needed. I looked at them when I was editing the image and decided to leave them in, but I gave it a little thought myself. Acroterion (talk) 02:16, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 08:58, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Types of epaulette of the Russian Empire
Sorry, the author (Kirill S. Vasilyev) can only work in the PhotoShop program (there is a restriction on the equipment). —Niklitov (talk) 13:44, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Daniel Case! But we have a png format of each epaulet (wait 4 more epaulet). Please find ImageNote (We add a note with the Gadget-ImageAnnotator). —Niklitov (talk) 02:52, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Daniel Case! ✓ Done: we uploaded all epaulets with the Gadget-ImageAnnotator in png format. Good? —Niklitov (talk) 01:50, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Saint George Cathedral, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
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Saint Michael church in Kuty, Ukraine
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Devils Slide military bunker

Shot full frame, adjusted for CA on the lens profile using the raw file. This place is spooky, it is a old sub hunter gunnery tower just south of San Francisco on the coast that protected the bay from the Japanese in WW II

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Hamburg, Sprinkenhof
Hamburg, Sprinkenhof
Hamburg, Sprinkenhof
Thanks for your comment. I invite you yo create a proposal to add that like a rule. --The Photographer 01:14, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You present an alt and then proceed to say it's not an alt, it just looks like one. I'm just concerned it could confuse voting. People may think they can vote for your version. I've voiced my concern though, and that's enough for me. I'm not gonna dial 911 on you as you suggest. We've got more than enough rules. lNeverCry 06:03, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
English is not my mother language and if it's the case, explain photographic tecnique, in this case barrel distortion, with images is easier. --The Photographer 17:19, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@The Photographer: The way your example image is displayed to the right now is perfect and looks much neater. Muito obrigado! lNeverCry 08:33, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
De rien, de nada --The Photographer 10:06, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Byzantine fortress Younga, is a Roman and Byzantine city located south of the city of Mahrès near Sfax. I am nominating it as FP because the tea above make it look like à tea-pot
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The capitol of Dougga in Beja is a Roman temple from the 2nd century CE, principally dedicated to Rome’s protective triad: Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Juno Regina and Minerva Augusta. the capitol must have been completed in 166-167 CE and we have to say that this is the most preserved Capitol in Tunisia. I am nominating it to FP because it looks like a spacecraft in a green galaxy here
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Wooden spiral stairs leading to VIP saloon

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croped

  •  Info When i am not sure. This one is more to "thirds rule", but is missing railing. I am not sure which is good... will wait for some opinions. Ikan Kekek if i put more denoise i might loose details. I did already put some. However its fisheye lens, they are less tolarable to such stuff than good zooms. I am more on problem with cut - as Wladyslaw mentiones... Beware its handheld, ISO 1250, tripod couldnt go here. I even step up for some stairs not to be on shot. --Mile (talk) 08:56, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Will plus it. Denoise also possible✓ Done, and on which one. Will wait. --Mile (talk) 09:10, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I like the tighter crop, it adds dynamic to the pic. Could do with a denoising though. --cart-Talk 10:26, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I prefer the original crop. This crop is too tight for my liking. INeverCry (talk) 10:35, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The cut out of the black is very crudely done. Green tint and now it's blurred. -- Colin (talk) 12:14, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Colin I did it on 400%, with soft round...and you dont like it. Looking is good and dont think its perfect rounded in real (i might upload original if..). You dont like Heaviside function, not my cutting. I will figure out something. --Mile (talk) 13:53, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • The cut out is less obvious now. But you've changed the colour balance towards green, which isn't nice, and I didn't see any problems with noise before but now it is quite blurred. I suggest people compare the two to see the loss of detail. -- Colin (talk) 17:56, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Colin Sorry what ? It same denoising, i just started from original and put back same denoise for 0.5 px. What are you seeing is maybe your imagination. You might hurt your eyes with 200-300 % pixel-peeping. Sure, show people where is that problem, and to me too. --Mile (talk) 06:42, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • Also info from EXIF for both Tint:8, and you probably didnt interpret File history well: gently designed edges of "Heaviside step" staircase-black background + denoise ... +denoise was compared to original shot, people wanted a bit of denoising. So i did. I forgive you Colin. --Mile (talk) 07:02, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 04:20, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Haut-Languedoc natural Park
@XRay: Thanks you. No sooner said than done! Christian Ferrer (talk) 09:04, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Echinops ritro
  • Christian Ferrer, could you explain why you withdraw this nom as it has not much oppose so far. One who opposed already blocked and another is "per that user" though both votes are valid. Anything more that disturbed you? I think the supporters deserve a better explanation. (Now I saw you withdraw another nom too. It looks like an overreaction to me.) Jee 03:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Jkadavoor: 1/ I don't see why the opinion of a blocked user should be wrong on that precise question. And I don't see why "per that user" should be accepted only when the comment is positive. 2/ I always wanted (and asked) a hardening of the promotion rules, this never happened, but I apply regarding my nomination a kind of rules "too much of oppose and I withdraw...and that despite the number of supports". If you look in the archives you will see, since one or even since two year I withdrawed almost all my nomination that had several oppose votes, I already sometimes withdraw with a ration of 8support 1oppose, because I was thinking the oppose was justified. Sorry for the persons who have give a support, my will is not about to frustrate them, but to have a high standard of FPs. If I count all the nominations in the way to be promoted that I have withdraw, I could have more than 120 FPs, but I don't see any interest to that, if the FPs are "easy" to have. The very good photos have never "3 oppose votes" 3/ regarding the other nomination, two oppose votes made the first day by 2 very experimented users is a far two much big opposition for my "standard". If it is an overreaction, then I overreact since now more than 2 years. I give more power to the "oppose vote", this is my choice. Christian Ferrer (talk) 05:45, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Jkadavoor: Since this 2014 nomination, I think I have withdraw almost my nominations with serious oppose votes, and that despite the number of support. And it will be hard to make me change my mind now. Christian Ferrer (talk) 05:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the explanation. I respect your intention to maintain a higher standard at least for your nominations. But remember that most reviewers in COM:FPC are not subject experts. So, many times their reviews (including me when I review a different subject where I've little experience) had serious flaws and there is not much meaning in too much arguments with them. At the end, our attempt is to provide a good supply of best images in various subjects for re-use; in and out of Wikimedia projects. Just my opinion. Jee 07:41, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Christian Ferrer: I think this shows a lack of respect for voters. I've supported several of your nominations, only to have you withdraw them suddenly even though they were passing and had plenty of support. I'll skip your nominations from now on. I don't have the time to waste supporting images that may be withdrawn on a whim. lNeverCry 10:07, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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"Ghialar" collection exposed at the Istitut Ladin Micura de Rü in San Martin de Tor.
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Result: 10 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 06:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Schrenck’s bumblebee

* Oppose I think you've cropped too close on the right and the aspect ratio of the uncropped previous version is more pleasing. Support I would support the previous version. -- Colin (talk) 18:41, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 15:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Gallinula galeata in Botanical Garden of São Paulo
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Gateway to the Springs of Jardim Botânico de São Paulo
Looks like I misplaced my interest. Not all that great anyways the more I look at it. lNeverCry 10:00, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Entrance hall of the regional court of Berlin located in Littenstrasse 12-17 in Berlin-Mitte.
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Result: 17 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 15:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Rifling of a cannon (M75; 90mm; y.1891; Austro-Hungarian; exposed in Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • Ah! The description of how the photo was taken usually goes under "Description", "Source" is just about who made it. That's why I didn't find it. I've fixed that. Also added a note for the slight purple noise for you. You can probably just remove the color there to get rid of it. cart-Talk 14:19, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 18 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 22:44, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Aerial photograph of Belmond Hotel das Cataratas, Paraná, Brazil.
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Hazelnut (male flower), overlay of 7 channel autofluorescence microscopy
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Indian Muntjac fibroblast cells
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Zedelnig mountain (2330m) und alpine pasture Jamnigalm in the Tauern Valley near Mallnitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 07:37, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Mouse kidney, seen under a microscope
Nomination denied. Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines because only two active nominations per user are allowed. --cart-Talk 18:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies. I'll renominate once my first two are done. Andy Mabbett (talk) 18:30, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Mile (talk) 08:42, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Peter Tatchell
— Preceding unsigned comment added by The Photographer (talk • contribs) 18:48, 5 November 2016‎ (UTC)[reply]
It wasn't easy for me to decide which of the three photos I uploaded was best. I think there are good qualities in each, in their own ways. In terms of "closeup", there is no room in the original framing to expand the crop to the left. It was a narrow balcony and a thin strip of wall to use as background. -- Colin (talk) 20:54, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I preffer the bottom cut suggestion of Slaunger --The Photographer 22:54, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
+1. Like that suggestion of Slaunger. Jee 03:08, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I tried out Slaunger's crop, and Cart's and Mile's. I think Slaunger's pushes the balance too far to the left, doesn't leave enough space on the left (which his body faces) and a little too much room above. But I couldn't decide last night. I'm becoming less sure that adding more space round him is buying much -- it isn't like we see more of a pretty dress or fancy costume, just a black shirt and red wall. Perhaps there are simply many possible crops (tighter still, or wider) and no clear winner. Keep posting your suggestions if you like, and I'll think again tonight. -- Colin (talk) 08:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I saw the alternative crops, in a dropbox link send in a mail by Colin, where Colin also proposes a square crop. Well, none are IMO clearly better than the nomination (very much a matter of taste), and actually I do not particularly fancy my own proposed crop when I see the result (the nomination is fine as is), as is a square crop. I would propose not to nominate an alternative at this time, but stick with the original crop. -- Slaunger (talk) 19:41, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment The Photographer, Diliff, you are both welcome to create a separate nomination for the other portrait, which I would support. I shall update this nomination with a suitable crop tonight, taking into account suggestions + my own preferences. -- Colin 13:43, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Rat's primary cortical neuron culture, under a microscope
Nomination denied. Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines because only two active nominations per user are allowed. --cart-Talk 18:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies; I wasn't aware of that. I'll renominate when the others are done. Andy Mabbett (talk) 18:23, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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The Mission District of San Francisco viewed from Bernal Heights.
  •  Question - I'm not really inclined to compare right now (though I may do so tomorrow). But noise can be one element in whether I find a photo sufficiently wowing or not. So instead, I'm interested to know: what would happen if you tried to de-noise the photo a little? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:27, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Because, to elaborate a bit further, I don't think FP is really about what's normal, but about what's the best it can be. Is this the best it can be, or could it be improved? If it can be improved, it should be improved, right? I think so. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:29, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak  Support - My feeling is that your edits definitely improved the picture, but whereas there was a lot of noise before, now I see banding in the sky. However, I just can't ignore how beautiful the picture is at full-page size, and so even for that alone it probably merits a feature. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The banding is just because, with standard 8 bit per channel colour, there are only 255 shades of blue. Of course, noise gets rid of this effect but I've removed all the noise. You can either have slight noise, or subtle banding. With my recently calibrated sRGB monitors, the banding is almost imperceptible anyway. dllu (t,c) 21:58, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Perspective from the viewpoint Maria Ruh near Urbar over the Rhine to the Lorelei
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Ancient ruins of guard rooms at Mahasthangarh
"Busses"? I don't see anyone kissing ... . Daniel Case (talk) 21:52, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Argh! Swenglish... --cart-Talk 09:49, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Historic fish market.
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The Back Bay in Newport Beach CA

This photo was taken with a Inspire 1 Professional Drone using a MFT camera. I have done NO post processing on it whatsoever, so hit me up if you have any suggestions. Cheers, Don...

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Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) female
  •  Comment I took more images, but they don't show anything else interesting. I guess someone could combine them into a .gif, but I don't do that. I don't think you can nominate three separate images as a series for FP can you? That's why I did the composite. Charles (talk) 09:54, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OK. If that is the consensus, I can do that, but I'm not convinced the presentation would be as powerful as the composite. Charles (talk) 12:25, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment - I don't think it's essential that it be an either/or. Instead, you could point to the individual photos as "other versions". I also still think it's important to state in your file description what is happening in each frame, and whether to read it from left to right or right to left. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:28, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
+1 - The individual photos would complement the nominated pic perfectly. --cart-Talk 15:26, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Here you are everyone. @King of Hearts: @PetarM: I've added a 4th image that shows the blood dripping down the victim's body and the individual images are below... Charles (talk) 12:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Sandkrugbrücke, Berlin-Moabit
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Panoramic view of the Skaftafell glacier, end of summer
It's indeed better, thank you, I'm afraid the clouds are a bit too disturbing for me, and that's not fixable IMO, the camera did not registered any details for the burned areas. I, personaly, usualy try to expose well the sky, and then I fix the shadows in the landscape. Regards, Christian Ferrer (talk) 05:41, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the tip Triton (talk) 08:27, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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The Shell sculpture at Lilla Bommen in Gothenburg
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Agate
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Rocks and Minerals
  •  Info created and uploaded by SKas, nominated by Yann (talk) 09:45, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support A very nice picture of a beautiful stone. -- Yann (talk) 09:45, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - Sorry to start off with an oppose vote, but as an almost life-long lover of agates, I find this neither an extraordinary specimen nor very sharply photographed. A Google Image search for "agate" produces all kinds of amazing multicolored stones. We seem to have an oddly poor selection of photos of agates on Commons, at least in terms of the few QIs that came up, but I'm a bit surprised you think of this as an FP. We'll see what other people think. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:54, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • FPC is not about the best on the web. As you say, this is one of the best on Commons. Let's see what others think... Yann (talk) 10:00, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I didn't say it's one of the best on Commons. If you want to draw that conclusion from its being one of a few QIs of agates, you can do so, but I don't think that just because a photo is a QI in a category with poor coverage on Commons, that makes it a viable FP candidate. Moreover, there could easily be other sites with CC-licensed agate photos that are better than the QIs currently on Commons, and the existence of those is also relevant at FPC, isn't it? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:09, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It's a rather ordinary agate. The background has quite a lot of noise, possibly due to compression artefacts. Although the image is a decent size, it isn't that sharp, so less detailed than some of our smaller photos. There aren't many QI of agates but a browse through the category shows some much nicer specimens -- though the category is a PITA as someone has split it into lots of tiny sub categories with about three images each. I think the point about the Google image search is that it shows the potential images we should have for such a highly photogenic subject. Being "among the finest" is influenced by "other photos of agates", "other photos of minerals" and "other studio photos of objects" and "our general standard of photography at FP". While I think having similar/better photos in the category counts against a photo being FP, not having similar/better photos in that specific category is not a free ride to FP either. It if the specimen, the photography and the JPG aren't that great, then I still oppose. Perhaps someone will be encouraged to take a great photo. -- Colin (talk) 10:24, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Just a note to Ikan's comment on the fantastic colors found at a Google search, many of those agates have artificial coloring since agate is very easy to dye. This specimen at least shows the most common real color of the stone. --cart-Talk 10:29, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Yann (talk) 14:28, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Traditional house in Malo Ilino, Macedonia
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Nasir ol Molk Mosque
 Comment - Having said that, this picture offers a different view than either those or the one current FP of this mosque, so if a couple of small changes (perspective correction and sufficient sharpening) are done, I would be happy to reconsider my vote. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:23, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Can't support it as per flaws. --Gnosis (talk) 15:16, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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A U.S. Air Force AC-130U "Spooky" gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron jettisons flares over an area near Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 20, 2008. The flares are a countermeasure for heat-seeking missiles that may be launched at the aircraft during real world missions.
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Red clover
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Typical cottage ("house in a field") in Argentina

all by me --Ezarateesteban 11:46, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Paraglider coming down from Olarizu mountain. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain

 Question The main focus of the photo? Skydivers, or landscapes? --Morning (talk) 05:05, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination --Basotxerri (talk) 22:24, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Duck in Botanical Garden of São Paulo
Thanks for your feedback, let me see what i can see with this image I need fix CA too and it can't be done automatically --The Photographer 13:38, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Highway interchange between U.S. Route 101 and Interstate 280 in San Francisco at night.
  •  Comment Thanks for the feedback. I took another photo 7 minutes earlier but unfortunately strong winds caused the tripod to vibrate a bit. You are right that much better lighting is achieved 20 minutes earlier, but the lighting changes so quickly that I can only take one or two photos during that time. This particular lens is also prone to lens flares, so I might use a different lens next time. By the way, I disagree that airplane trails should be removed. It wouldn't be an honest depiction of the scene. dllu (t,c) 00:00, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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St. Nicholas Toplički Church near the village of Sloeštica, Železnik, Macedonia

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 I withdraw my nomination Nikhil (talk) 09:39, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Bell Tower of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
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  • Because FPC shouldn't be about the very best photos, right? As Kreutzschnabel so correctly stated (and I wish he were still here to be a counterpoint to people who perhaps don't think FPC is about the very best photos), not every good to very good photo is properly an FP. I haven't criticized you for voting for too many nominees, so lay off of me when I demur for a clearly stated reason, eh? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • We have these but I still think this could be in the collection with the number of turtles, the reflection and the moment captured when one of them emerges from the water, like a single-shot of one of those montages. cart-Talk 10:57, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Nikhil (talk) 09:39, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The Mid-Hudson Bridge at dusk, Poughkeepsie, New York

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Beach "Oststrand" of Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany
  •  Comment - I have to admit, I like this composition better. I'm not completely convinced originality should be a criterion here, as this is not a copy of that photo but to me, more in the nature of a variation on a theme. But you are right to point us to that article, and it's up to each person to decide for themselves on the question of originality. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:36, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I don't think originality is absolutely necessary for an FP, but an FP should at least be outstanding and be better than most other pictures with the same motif. Currently, this photo doesn't stand out from the crowd of hundreds of other similar photos. Many of XRay's other photos are way better than this one, too. dllu (t,c) 21:43, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - I've ultimately decided your argument is correct. That composition is better. I don't care so much about the aspect of originality. I've seen other variations on this theme by XRay and would consider each nomination according to the quality of its composition. If any are as good as or better than the "original", I would vote to feature them. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:09, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Colored image

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This shot from the Textile Center in Haslach an der Mühl shows different rolls of yarn.
@Ikan Kekek: On further viewing, it does seem a little too sharpened (see slight halos around the spools and every finely outlined object within the DoF). Daniel Case (talk) 20:02, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment - Yes, I am seeing some of that. User:Haeferl, would you like to edit the photo to address these observations? (Entschuldingung dass ich weiss nicht wie mann kann "halos" usw. auf Deutsch sagen.) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:43, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your vote and your review, Daniel, but "a little too sharpened" cannot be, because the picture is not at all sharpened. May be, some fibrous yarns in combination with the lights make this effect. I don't know, what to do, Ikan, I made only perspective correction. Nice greetings, --Häferl (talk) 22:44, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I like the photo, regardless. Perhaps someone has a suggestion; otherwise, if you do nothing, that's OK with me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There are some sharpening artifacts, yes, but not more than in many (or most) other FP and not really disturbing in 100% view. --smial 10:47, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Pyrite disc, also called "Miners Dollar"
All by -- CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 18:56, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that the name is choosen upon smuggling it out of the colliery in a lunch box. I rather presume that the name origines from the round form and the golden shine. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 22:47, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
With 32 single photos, the backdrop rendered after stacking to an awful background. I rather decided to get rid of it. I produced another version with artificial background, but for FP I didn't wanted to offer photoshoppped backgrounds. However, I respect your opinion. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 22:49, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas mal auf Deutsch: die Kanten, vor allem unten links sehen ziemlich unnatürlich aus. Es sieht mir nach "schlecht" freigestellt aus. Kannst Du das verifizieren bzw. bestätigen? --Alchemist-hp (talk) 23:28, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Yes, you are right. I reworked this part. Should be much better now. Thanks for hinting this. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 08:41, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Now  Support. Thnaks for your work. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 11:03, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Skyline of Chicago
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Kamyanets Podilsky Castle
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Quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany.
  • @Poc: I dont know how would i edit this, since i didnt have problem like this. So i think better to leave it as it is. I know stuff you mentioned, friend has it on Nikon DSLR, i was shocked i thought i would loose my lens...its simply all fell down when moved vertical. I was wondering, since dynamic range is probably big at your camera, was HDR necessary ? --Mile (talk) 07:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Skanska high-rise at Lilla Bommen.

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Evening mood on the docks by Göta Älv

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Charaxes psaphon
We do have to spend too much time lying on the ground, don't we. Do you think we can train these creatures to perch at our eye level!! Charles (talk) 11:37, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • We can wish contrast; but camouflage is they prefer as a lower member in food chain. They have striking colors on upper-side to keep the predators away while on flight and a tawny color on underside to merge with the place they perch. Jee 03:18, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Dance of Death replica of 15 century fresco
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Dawn on the harbour of Sète
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Dome of the Prophet
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Pelargonium grandiflorum (white)
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Honeybee on the curly plumeless thistle
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Damselfly emergence
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Eastern great egret, The background is water reflection of autumnal leaves.
Anyway, ✓ Removed, thanks. --Laitche (talk) 08:38, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Panoramic view of the Geghard Monastery and its surroundings Kotayk province, Armenia.
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Landscape in the Zletovo-Probištip Region of Macedonia
  •  Comment - I think that your picture, though not at an FP technical level, has a better composition, because of the alternating layers of trees, grass, the river and bridge, more trees, mountains and clouds. This is a good picture, but yours, if technically better, could be an FP, in my opinion. This one is heading that way, but I said my piece about it upthread. So if you don't mind my asking: Why, really, do you think this is an FP? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:25, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ikan Kekek: Thanks for the praise ... yes, while I'm proud of that picture I don't think it's FP-level either. But ... I like the texture created by the raking light here, something I wish I could have gotten in that image as well. Daniel Case (talk) 19:26, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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@Colin: Thanks, I rollbacked this "fake" area and "artificially-coloured" people , I added a retouch and panorama template. --The Photographer 12:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The sudden appearance of blurred frames around that door on the left wall cannot, to me, be explained as an inevitable compromise of the conditions under which the images were taken. Daniel Case (talk) 19:34, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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View over Soča River and over to Nova Gorica
Thanks --The Photographer 10:39, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Ignatz Bubis Brücke, Frankfurt
  •  Comment - I guess the short answer is "more sharpness than this", although I might judge things differently depending on the light, etc. The longer answer may be that since the standard for FPs is supposed to be that they are among the very best photos on the site, then since a bunch of fantastic panoramas stitched together from multiple individual pictures has raised the bar, that makes it very difficult - and in my opinion, properly should make it very difficult - for a single-shot panorama of this large a cityscape to measure up to the current standard. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:24, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - By the way, just a bit further on this meta-discussion: A somewhat comparable thing has happened with photos of paintings. Where a photographer's very good photo of a painting is in competition with a huge, extremely high-quality and detailed photo by a museum like the Getty in L.A. or Google Images, there usually isn't any comparison, meaning that possible FPs of paintings taken by Commons members are very limited in possible scope now. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:35, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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The cup at the MLG Columbus 2016 CSGO Major.
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Your dropbox version look very promising. I can't wait to see the result --The Photographer 21:07, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the positive feedback. Hopefully will be back in a few months with a Fountain of the seas take 2 (I will step back a little so it souldn't be as distorted). - Benh (talk) 21:11, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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  • This is not upscaled. The original images have heights of 5494 pixels (21MP camera) but due to overlapping on the stitch the output is very slightly larger.
  • As for sharpness, I was using one of the sharpest 24mm primes you can buy at F/8 on a FF camera, so this is as good as it gets. Considering that this is a 35MP image, I think it is well up to modern FP standards. This image was taken with a similarly-sharp lens and is smaller in dimension (26MP), yet no problems there (exact same processing too). Perhaps the smooth surfaces (cement, glass) of this building create the appearance of a lack of sharpness? (And yes, a lot of people downscale and apply lots of sharpening algorithms, which biases peoples' perceptions of "sharp". I prefer to avoid that type of information loss.)
  • As for wow, that's obviously subjective, but this composition is the most well-balanced one I could find at the location. Thanks again for the comments -- Thennicke (talk) 06:28, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - My main issue really isn't with sharpness. I would just say that the National Carillon is a more compelling subject. I'll think about changing my vote, but whatever it is that might make me feel wowed by a view of this building, I'm not feeling it. Sorry, I know that's a frustrating comment for a photographer to read. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:40, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Not a problem Ikan. My intention is to photograph the important government buildings while I'm living here, but some are admittedly ugly! Then again, this could be seen as a good example of brutalist architecture, where the ugliness/blandness is part of the aesthetic? [10] (It doesn't help that the native vegetation here is so bland) Whether that fits in with FPC's "wow" criteria is open for debate I suppose. Thanks for the comment -- Thennicke (talk) 07:51, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Thennicke: OK. Because I can't figure out what those lines are from the building to the edge of the image otherwise. Daniel Case (talk) 00:34, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Daniel Case: Oh, those are high-tension wires which hold up a display outside the National Gallery. I didn't see them at first -- Thennicke (talk) 07:24, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 22 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 08:36, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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October 1996! That's just after my 1st highschool reunion (I graduated in 1986)... lNeverCry 00:12, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Eastern great egret landing at Tennōji Park in Osaka.
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  • I understand that it's not possible to avoid the unsharpness caused by the wind and would tolerate it in limited amount (as in the images you're pointing out) but the trees cover more than a half of the total image (after making a vertical division). You may try to crop both sides but that will most likely move the building too close to the frame and the image will be left without sufficient detail (in fact, the problem is the lack of quality detail). I'd prefer it being shot in daylight.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 23:40, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That one seems better and more vivid to me compared to the nominated one. Some tree branches are unsharp, especially at the top left, but one can better focus on the main object without being distracted by the other details.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 07:47, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Kazan, Russia: View of the Kremlin at evening
Yes --A.Savin 13:29, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Passion of Jesus: Crucifixion of Jesus and Pieta.
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Palmse manor house at summer
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A United States Air Force F-16 pilot breaks right on approach to Las Vegas.
I'm sorry I don't know. I thought it might have just been a bit of a reflection from the Desert below but I admit it's just a guess. Reguyla (talk) 14:44, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Components and structure of epaulette
Dear The Photographer and Daniel Case! The author may work qualitatively in the PhotoShop program. SVG format is not very good, for example. I think, 3D and shadow is not possible to draw beautifully with a vector (SVG). We will try to accommodate your remark in the future work with the other authors. Best Regards, —Niklitov (talk) 11:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Niklitov: , yes it's posible, you can see a example here. You are welcome --The Photographer 14:54, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent work, useful information! What is needed for the nomination "Picture of the Year" for file? Thanks for the advice! —Niklitov (talk) 15:38, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Fog in the Park "A Canuda" at night, in Salvaterra de Miño.
Yes. There are more, especially on the branches. --Gnosis (talk) 22:27, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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View of Khor Virap, an Armenian monastery and one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Armenia located in the Ararat plain with the Mount Ararat in the background.
You can make huge postcard! --Laitche (talk) 12:33, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 23 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 14:06, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Cooling towers of Rhineland Refinery during the process of dismantling.
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Industry
  •  Info An instructive photo about old and new technology of natural draft cooling towers. The photo was taken during the demolition of the 55 y/o cooling towers of the Shell Refinery in Godorf, Köln, Germany. The skeleton of the dismantled left tower can be compared to the still cladded construction of the right tower. The new cooling towers - designed as four low-rise cooling devices - perform with the same cooling capacity the high-rise towers offered before.
All by -- CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 16:33, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I had to go there nine times until the wind was blowing away the mist from the cooling towers and the sun found some space between the clouds --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 19:32, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Chapel (1606) in Belz
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Fish farm in Greece
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Rubi Alianças. R. São Bento
Yes It was almost 2 hours to take this picture. This building is a important place in São Paulo downtown, this formerly was a house of a watchmaker and sale of esoteric books, later his sons sold this building in pieces to a corporation, today is a commerce center, and of course what makes this photo special, like all the others, is something merely subjective. Thanks for your question --The Photographer 02:00, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Thanks for your answer. The reason I asked, in part, was because a lot of this picture, especially in the upper parts of the building, is quite grainy. Is there anything you can do to substantially mitigate this? (The light is also hazy, but as you've explained repeatedly, there's not much you can do about that in São Paulo.) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:29, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The best practice should be take a hdr picture, however, 6 hours to take a picture in this place is crazy. Let me see what I can do with photoshop to reduce grainy (It's not a clarity effect or whatever) --The Photographer 02:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that would be insane! I'll have a look after you've edited. Thanks for doing it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:40, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Selective noise reduction applied --The Photographer 03:23, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I greatly appreciate the effort you put into this. Unfortunately, I still don't really think this is an FP, so I regret that I will vote to  Oppose, in the end. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:58, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No problem --The Photographer 13:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done --The Photographer 13:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Ikan. Still too many stitching errors, including a big one in the top right. The top of the building is clearly showing the stretch effects of vertical perspective correction, with all the pixel-level defects in the sensor noise and lens aberrations being magnified several times. I recommend you ensure such CA is fully fixed, and to reduce sharpening (either lower the sharpening level or apply a mask) before saving your frames that will end up being stitched. Then the defects will not be so magnified. Also, when you have an image like this where there is stretching then it is fair to downsize in order that the overall image is sharp -- Diliff downsizes most of his stitches and there isn't much point in someone downloading 96MP only to see a soft and noisy image. I think also per Ikan that this isn't the most "wow" of subjects nor lighting. I think you will continue to be frustrated until you get a proper pano head, and I'm sure FP would help crowdfund one! You'll then spend less time Photoshopping out the stitching errors. -- Colin (talk) 16:43, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Are you using the nodal ninja, or other panoramic head to do that?
PhotoShop is not great one doing this, even Hugin is better, other not paid software is microsoft ice, that works better than the PS CS6, and it's easier than Hugin.
And if you are using a tripod, why 1/125s and ISO 320? Did you underexposed and bring the highlights in post? Because ISO 320 is not that high, why so grainy?
-- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 04:44, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton I used a high ISO and a fast shutter speed to improve the camera vibration caused maybe by the Sao Paulo metro. The grains are due to the shadown compensation performed with Lightroom and I agree with you, Photoshop does not do a good job. BTW, I haven't a nodal ninja, however, using some Colin suggestions I started a crowdfund to get one. --The Photographer 16:14, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Table iceberg west of Sjuøyane, Arctic Ocean
  •  Comment - I think the fact that AWeith gives estimates of the size in the file description is really sufficient, though I can understand the desire for a visual basis for comparison. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:01, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Fossils, yes. Then they say please add Geolocation. You know, geolocation, what was Earth like in Creda, Jurasic era or Trias...etc. Ok, leave that out. I am wondering something different since the beggining. I saw they use a Stackshot Sled, i am not sure that is perfect idea, you move your camera, shouldnt be moved just lens ring to focus ?! Ikan, Cart,... ? --Mile (talk) 14:56, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Stacking methods is not my area of expertese, sorry, but there are several ways of moving the focus over an object. They may vary with the camera used. Btw, I wouldn't call this a fossil. --cart-Talk 15:56, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're right, too much talk. I'm sorry, but I  Oppose this. It's a good photo of a bad specimen, clearly taken with only the scientific properties of the photo in mind. There are much better ways to focus stack a dead fly, even the most basic sites of stacking macro have more interesting and artistic photos. This poor critter looks mangled, like it had an encounter with a windshield, from what I can see it has lost half a leg. It holds no wow for me. cart-Talk 19:17, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - It might be a rare fly. From the file description: "A beautiful pale white and green horse fly from North Carolina, Chlorotabanus crepuscular, a drinker of blood that comes out only at dawn and dusk, this is a southern species I had not seen before". I also find the eye pretty amazing. I take your points, except that I don't really know the intricacies of stacking. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:51, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Stairs and belltower of the Haghpat Monastery, a medieval monastery complex located in Haghpat, Armenia.
About votes in the middle of a conflict
  • I was wondering how long it would take to get a kiddish revenge vote. Poco2 06:08, 20 November 2016 (UTC) PD: FYI I have a second active nom.[reply]
    Revenge? Nope, this image is very average, a simple QI, and that's it... the other is a great photo. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 06:56, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    No, this vote is merely by chance. Another proof that you're biased: great photos of a user get no vote, average get an oppose. You can surely vote as you want but it is hard to believe that you are doing it fairly. I don't think that this is an "average" shot (it wouldn't be on FPC, otherwise). The quality is top, the lighting is good, the composition simple and very pleasant and the subject itself is IMHO amazing. Poco2 07:22, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    see this, something similar? When I see something that already owned, why should I need to support it?
I see as average, I have the right to see this as average. Not a spectacular sky, not interesting foreground, the main subject seems to be just a small tower, nothing in the architecture that wows me, the lines makes our eyes go to the roof of "modern" house in the background, we do not have layers, tridimensionality is barely not existent...
So I don't care who brings the photo, if it's good, it's good, period, if not, should not be FP, simply as that. Actually, should not be good, should me remarkable, this is FPC, when I see this: File:Seljalandsfoss, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-16, DD 201-203 HDR.JPG, I know who took, the first time that I opened, I remember details of it. It is remarkable, that should happen with all FP, don't have this punch, QI.
-- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 09:27, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Seljalandsfoss picture is a different league. I agree that that picture is far over the FP bar. For that we have the POTY contest and it ended pretty good there.
You have surely your good right to just the picture as you perceive it, but when the vote comes right away after a conflict surges, the motivation and perception is strongly biased. You rarely participate in FPC (I just checked, last time you voted (opposed) in a FPC of mine was back in January) and come here just after the POTD issue raised. It is hard for me extremely hard to assume good faith. Actually I think that it should be a policy that prevents a user from participating in votings affecting directly another user with an open conflict. That would be healthy, as we see this behaviour again and again. Poco2 10:24, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm not a {{O}} machine gun, but you can track as Cart did, and you will see a lot of recent oppositions, quite equal, you know why you receive attention? Just because it was the third picture. The Praposhchik deputy shoulder straps, I didn't get, the Cassius blue (Leptotes cassius theonus) underside, is neutral for me, and them came yours, them Agnolo Gadi Washington October 2016-1, I have to use software to evaluate this one, the Rubi Alianças. R. São Bento is a {{O}}, but I don't need to say that, so I comment to the volunteer bring better photos next time. See that yours are in the middle of my contributions? I normally evaluate the ones at the top, and that's it. And sometimes I avoid the fatigue, a lot of your pictures have votes independent of the quality, just by our name... we know that. So my interference will be just a waste of my time. And I linked here to you see that my vote was in the middle of the other contributions.

My opinion about FP is the same of the Kreuzschnabel here:Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Birch trunks in snow and sunshine - 2.jpg, POTY is just to select one this outstanding FPs. And I'm not that active here any more for the same reason... every time that someone do not like the {{O}} I have to wrote a bible as this one, because you all think that is personal, offensive... and it's just a cold, sincerely evaluation. I do that even with my photos: Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Maracujá em fundo preto (2).JPG...

You know why I'm responding to you? Because I really appreciate your work, see this [11] I made the post. I don't have anything against to you, but you are not perfect, and you have some attitudes that I entirely disagree. This one of accusing me of doing a bias evaluation is one of those, or worst, "revenge vote" . I'm very able to separate this things, and you are not trying to see it...

Yann closed the conversation there, as Yann really likes me, and he don't separate things, but the suggestion is there, next time, try to talk to me, and all this could be avoid. Okay? -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 11:49, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Pelican Hill and South CDM
  •  Info Uoaei1 I am traveling at 110 MPH, 1500 feet off the ground here, and flying the plane too, aerial photography is tough. Subject is the location, Pelican Hill is a famous golf course and CDM, is Corona Del Mar, Newport Beach California. This is the South tip of the area... The picture is taken with a full FX system and for a photo taken while traveling at 100 mph+ it is no more blurry (IMHO) then some of your pics with the DX 7100 that have made FP, in the past... (Note: the crisp shadows on the golfer's below me) just my 2 cents...--WPPilot (talk) 14:40, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sadly it is not lawful as this area is the Departure zone, for the local airport and Drones are not legal in this area as well due to airspace restrictions... --WPPilot (talk) 18:08, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It may be how it actually looked, but the colors just seem unnatural to me, like what you get when you overdo it with highlight suppression. Plus the unsharpness and composition issues noted in other !votes. Daniel Case (talk) 02:21, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I really like this picture and I think the colors are fine. Check out the aqua swimming pools and the drought painted grass in the foreground. "Painted grass?" you say... Yes all over California golf courses are treating their grass with a coloring agent to provide the "green look" during this multi-year drought. Being in southern California, as is obvious from the scrub vegetation (with parking lots) between the coast road and the ocean... you can see the fake green of the golf courses so obviously. And that fuzz at the top is more likely salt haze from the ocean spray channeled between the two headlands in a light onshore breeze than actual blur... because I don't see any blur on any of the other three sides and if it were going to blur from the lens, it would go all the way around, and if it were blur from the plane, more than just the top geographic feature would be impacted. So I also see that slight fuzziness at the top, and I see the unnatural green grass, but because it's obvious why it's unnatural that doesn't affect my perception of the image. I had a friend visit California one time who is from England and his comment was he now understands the odd colors in video games because that's just "California colours". BTW, I had the same reaction when I saw the Indian Ocean from western Australia the first time, the blue was just unnatural... but there it was obviously quite natural in the ocean right there. Every place has "its colors". Ellin Beltz (talk) 17:52, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I'm afraid the upper third of the picture is too blurred for FP. There's a double image effect. Not sure if that is caused by photographing through glass or vibration. Perhaps 1/250s is not fast enough or the VR did not do it's job. -- Colin (talk) 15:54, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Colin I did not shoot this through glass, btw. It is a shot right out my open window. The combination of aperture and shutter speed in aerial photography differs from that of stationary photography for a number of reasons. The camera is moving at 120 MPH, so the time the sensors read and the shutter drops can cause that effect up top, but I think its just remaining ground fog that is in that area every morning this time of year. I could have used a higher f-number to correspondingly darken the image that falls on the image sensor, you can still achieve optimal exposure if you slow shutter speed in proportion, and while traveling at 120 MPH one would think that the slower shutter speed would capture the movement of the airplane and thus create a blur on the entire photo. That area in the distance has closed once the sensor was triggered, the objects in the near field are crisp as the distance the plane has moved in the time it took the shutter to release is greater in terms of % then that of the area under the plane changed relative to the distance from that hill at the top. I did shoot these in a bracketed mode and have others but I felt that this one is the best due in part to the vibrance of the "painted lawn" that shows such contrast to the other natural colors in the area's around it.. --WPPilot (talk) 03:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Long-horned bee
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Jean Martin Charcot
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Stone house, Bolshoi Zayatsky Island, Russia.
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Bregalnica at Ravna Reka, Macedonia

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 Comment Thank you all for the votes on the original nomination but the quality of this one might be even higher.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:29, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, November 2016
  •  Comment - Before I judge this photo, please remove the dust spots. There's one above the right side of the dome, a couple above the middle square (?) above the columns, another two above the left-hand square. Maybe if you look hard, you'll find more. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:49, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, but I see several flaws: First, there are too many pure-black areas. The dynamic range isn't handled very well. Then there is too much space at the bottom and the top crop is too tight. Third, as noted above, the white balance seems too warm to me. You can still make this FP IMO but there's still some work to do. --Code (talk) 11:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Are you quite sure that your monitor is properly calibrated? I just (re)checked the histogram, as well as viewing the picture on my calibrated monitor. The shadow detail is perfectly preserved and there are extremely few places that are crushed to pure black. Moreover, on my calibrated monitors, the white balance looks fine to me and is consistent with other pictures of this subject. dllu (t,c) 18:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Well, maybe the shadows aren't pure black but they are still too dark for my taste. What me bothers most is the composition, there's just not enough space at the top. --Code (talk) 05:35, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, November 2016
To add to this, the only real answer to "did it really look like this" is to look at the raw file from the camera (assumed to be nearly linear). Anything else would be subjective, where there is no right or wrong. dllu (t,c) 10:06, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OK, if it's purely subjective on the part of the viewer, I'll  Oppose it for looking washed-out and overbrightened to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:20, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Paróquia São Luiz Gonzaga, Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.
✓ Done Geocode added, thanks --The Photographer 11:00, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Banding issues, even in yellow. --Mile (talk) 07:21, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - It's not really clear to me what's special about this particular crucifix, and I see the banding, too, so while awaiting the argument for this picture, I will vote to oppose a feature. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:48, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The world is full of such statues. This one isn't well lit -- I particularly don't like the shadow on the wall. I think statue photos need to be as carefully lit as portrait photos, though I appreciate one doesn't often have control. The edges of the wall on the left and right sides are distracting. -- Colin (talk) 09:50, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your review, I removed the border (I know that you not will change your vote and it's ok for me) --The Photographer 11:00, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Autumn forest at the Kreuzbergl in Klagenfurt, Carinthia
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Float balls at a beach
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St. John the Apostle Church in the village of Čiflik near Pehčevo, Macedonia
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 Comment Dear frends! Please find Commons talk Quality_images_candidates#2_MP_for_non-photographic_media. Your opinion? — Niklitov (talk) 08:52, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination. The set may not be a complete. Thank you for attention! — Niklitov (talk) 21:44, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Photography in a museum
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
  •  Info Photography in a museum. Placed in Photography and the law and Flash (photography). Nothing much to describe here, other up to your imagination. Interesting stuff, now we have museums which are: "no camera", "no selfie stick","selfie friendly" and majority "no flash". And the latest is here. National Gallery of Slovenia. My shot. --Mile (talk) 08:14, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Mile (talk) 08:14, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The pic does indeed illustrate (not tell) a story, especially with the info given above, but without that info it is hard to understand the context of the photo. A really good photo should tell more than a thousand words, this is sort of the other way around: you need a lot of words to describe what is going on in the photo. Sorry. --cart-Talk 15:04, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @cart: My wish for Wikimedia Commons; each person should put on page how old is he/she. Just to know, might be problem for 30-40 year old man trying to explain something to some teenager. Right side: statue → museum... left: woman → smartphone → shooting a pic. Next, allowed or not... so read again in the begining where is used and where this has some relevation. --Mile (talk) 17:06, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment "... but without that info it is hard to understand the context of the photo" young or not, why did you think you have to understand the photo. I hope FPC wont become shoting of building on high-noon with 40-50 MPx. Its much more. But i can now show you many FPC photos where you wont understand the context. So those should not be FPC in your case ? I even dont think my shot is so much "out of context". --Mile (talk) 17:18, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Short version: No, not an FP. The pic itself has no wow-factor for me and as an illustration it is unclear (I understand it very well but a good pic should be easy to understand by all), but hopefully other users (older than me ) may see things differently. Oh btw, I'd love to see what other photos I "wont understand the context" of, please post links of them on my talk page. cart-Talk 17:54, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Jebulon well, see, we learn from here also, so i dont expect same level of Art Literacy from Britons than French/Italian. Returning information to me, to understand people better. Cars, food and Fish&Chips. --Mile (talk) 07:56, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Lake Bled in autumn
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Old house in the village of Dvoriš‎te, Macedonia
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F-35A Lightning II aircraft receive fuel from a KC-10 Extender from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., July 13, 2015, during a flight from England to the U.S. The fighters were returning to Luke AFB, Ariz., after participating in the world's largest air show, the Royal International Air Tattoo.
 I withdraw my nomination - Since this is clearly not going to pass I withdraw the nomination. Reguyla (talk) 14:12, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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A United States F-22 Raptor conducting an aerial refueling mission above Alaska.
  • I certainly hope you are right. Any trick to get really good and exiting pics here is allowed. Besides we already have a cool gas station. Technically that is the same sort and brand as I get my gas from, but 'my' station never looked that good. ;) cart-Talk 21:01, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To be honest I hadn't really noticed that thing down in the bottom left until you mentioned it. I would guess that is the edge of the window the person was looking through when they took the picture. Reguyla (talk) 20:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, you are probably right that it is a window frame, but when fueling like this the planes have to fly really steady for a while so if you are not the pilot, you should have plenty of time to get a good angle for your shot and such a blooper could have been avoided. The other plane-pic was more challenging since that plane was banking hard and flying away, making that pic awesome. cart-Talk 21:07, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 I withdraw my nomination - With every nomination I learn a little more about the process. It's pretty unlikely this will pass though at this point so I withdraw this nomination. Reguyla (talk) 14:13, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Bombus norvegicus
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Cloudscape Over the Philippine Sea
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places
  •  Info created by NASA - uploaded & nominated by Originalwana (talk) 11:22, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Flying over the Philippine Sea, an astronaut looked toward the horizon from the International Space Station and shot this photograph of three-dimensional clouds, the thin blue envelope of the atmosphere, and the blackness of space. The late afternoon sunlight brightens a broad swath of the sea surface on the right side of the image. In the distance, a wide layer of clouds mostly obscures the northern Philippine islands (top right).

Looking toward the Sun to capture an image is a special technique used by astronauts to accentuate the three dimensions of landscapes and cloudscapes through the use of shadows. Two large thunderclouds rise next to one another (lower right).

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Meander of the Moselle, seen from the lookout-tower on Prinzenkopf
Never mind; looking closely I can see quite a few. Hope to drink some of it one day! Daniel Case (talk) 04:01, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Anemone coronaria
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: I'm afraid that at 1.7MP it is just too small for FP. Although it has been cropped, there is still a black border round the frame. The overall composition, with surrounding grass, isn't outstanding. -- Colin (talk) 16:56, 19 November 2016 (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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Aghori at Harishchandra Ghat in Varanasi city
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Supermoon over The Medina old town of Tunis with a view of Tunis' Skyline
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Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Lutsk
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The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in Beijing, China
All by -- CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 16:47, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I intentionally cut the stairs. If I added more bottom, you surely would admit that this version looks better. This image is focussing to the hall and avoids the crowds of people which you can see on all other versions of this building. Anyway, thanks for commenting. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 18:48, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
IMHO bottom is important and it's understandable and acceptable see peoples there. Next time you could have two version. Thanks for your feedback --The Photographer 13:49, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. He is holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.
  •  Comment - OK, now that I realize what I'm looking at, and sorry again for not paying enough attention before, I am still bothered by the color noise and would like to know whether that is a product of digitization and also whether it couldn't be fixed digitally. This is obviously an important picture, but I've seen better pictures than that from (and indeed in) the 1980s, including enlarged ones. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:21, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - I've stricken my oppose, as I hadn't paid attention to the year the photograph was taken and it escaped me that he was a World War I veteran. My bad on that. However, I would strongly request you to consider whether your conduct in supporting almost everything (I feel like you vote to support something like 80% of nominees) and then using inappropriate language like "more nitpicking" and ad hominem attacks when I make opposing arguments that end up carrying the day, such as in this case, is unbecoming of an admin. Or better yet, quit it. Thank you. And if you don't quit it, I will eventually start a case against you for holding a grudge and sniping, instead of simply arguing your case. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:13, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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The Holy Kinship (c. 1480/1490)
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Aerial view of Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg
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European herring gull - Larus argentatus, young bird
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Blue hour

Dawn

Sunrise

Morning

  • @SKas: These are not "Alternatives", the nom is for all the pics as a set. Even if you have said that you prefer one, your vote as it is written now, will be counted as a vote for the set of all four pictures. Do you want to change this? cart-Talk 11:40, 16 November 2016 (UTC).[reply]
  • The nomination is a set (when you open this to edit you can see that it's named "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Boston skyline from East Boston"). The Wiki-software stacked the photos in the nom so that they appeared as a single one. I've added extra lines between the pics so that it becomes less confusing. If King of Hearts don't agree with this way of displaying the set, please revert it. --cart-Talk 11:35, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your answer and in this case I can vote  Support --The Photographer 18:01, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Madonna Enthroned with Saints and Angels, by Agnolo Gaddi
  •  Support - Seems like a pretty good reproduction of a very good work by an important Florentine Gothic painter. The painting provides enough of the "wow", in my opinion (not a breathless wow for me, since I've seen lots of such paintings, but appreciation, at any rate), that simply providing a good reproduction of it is sufficient. If the light was a little dull in the museum and the walls were gray, that's a drawback, but it does nothing to my voting other than to make my support moderate, rather than strong. Unless there's a reasonable way to add wow to the photo; maybe someone has some ideas. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:12, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Madonna Enthroned with Saints and Angels, by Agnolo Gaddi

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Telecommunications mast at sunset
  • Really, I couldn't see it on my monitor? (there was almost no post-processing done) Did you look at the large version, I know that the wiki-software sometimes adds a bit of banding to pics in the smaller pre-vis. Anyway, I've made the usual 'debanding' fixes, hopefully this is better. cart-Talk 16:57, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think is OK now, banding probably wont come from FZ1000, so i though curve was redone. Fine now. And yes, i think there were some issues with calibrating monitor, i checked mine few days ago, many dont do that. Last one was on Pocos shot 1-2 ago. --Mile (talk) 17:57, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for pointing this out. I checked the unprocessed file on another monitor and there does indeed seem to be some banding directly from the camera. I've never seen that before. Will keep it in mind! cart-Talk 18:19, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Cassius blue butterfly (Leptotes cassius theonus)
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Grey wagtail at Tennōji Park in Osaka.
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South Laguna rock pools
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Les Baux-de-Provence, France
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Sunset at beach “Weststrand” of Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Turbo chinensis (Chinese turban) shell
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Kazan, Russia: Meteor-240 hydrofoil on a floating dockyard at the Volga riverside port
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Fisherman on Lake Woerth, Poertschach, Carinthia, Austria
 Comment Thanks for your subtle description of the image. Pretty empathic and sensitive. I am grateful for your support too. ;-) --Johann Jaritz (talk) 08:39, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You bet. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:46, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Thanks, Dietmar @XRay: , for your assessment and constructive proposal. I brightened up the image just a tad. --Johann Jaritz (talk) 10:53, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 14 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 15:41, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural#Austria