Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/November 2018

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Rhamphomyia on a blossom
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Result: 14 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--MZaplotnik(talk) 21:26, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Światowid radio reciver from 1964
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Result: 15 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:29, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Church Maria Heimsuchung in Drosendorf near Buttenheim. The morning mist mixes here with the smoke of the house fireplaces.
  • Thanks, Basotxerri, I hadn't noticed. Ermell, if you'd see the tilt, by all means counteract it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk

) 08:50, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:28, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Meteora rock formations
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Almost tempted to nominate for deletion. Not really sure what they were trying to do but as El Grafo says, some sloppy painting with desaturation/saturation. Little realistic chance of educational use. -- Colin (talk) 16:36, 29 October 2018 (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.
Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /MZaplotnik(talk) 14:09, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Sunrays in the Bruderwald
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--MZaplotnik(talk) 14:03, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Game reserve in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--MZaplotnik(talk) 14:07, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Morning mist lifting from plowed field
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Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--MZaplotnik(talk) 14:06, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Gloucester cathedral cloisters

This image has just been awarded first prize in the Wiki Loves Monuments contest in the UK. The photographer has detailed his workflow in this blog post.

  • @Colin: I think the lack of sharpness of this one is mainly caused by diffraction (f/22 on an APS-C sensor compared to Diliff's f/11 on full-frame with the excellent Sigma 50mm Art lens). Additionally the postprocessing maybe could have been done somewhat better here. However, as I already said, the picture definitely deserves the FP star. --Code (talk) 19:19, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Colin: And Diliff picture was taken 4 years ago with a very inferior camera, I cant understand why the people NOT USE pano pictures in cases like this where a nodal ninja is the right way --Photographer 19:53, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not everyone has Nodal Ninja equipment. ;) In this case a Koolehaoda Panoramic Head was used. --Cart (talk) 20:07, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You are right, it was just a downsized picture Cart --Photographer 20:43, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Many of the photos uploaded via WLM come from photographers who make their first upload on Commons for the contest, and they have no idea about how we see photos here at FPC. --Cart (talk) 20:47, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 24 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--MZaplotnik(talk) 14:04, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Glass buildings seen from Emerald Hill Road, Singapore

 I withdraw my nomination Thanks for the reviews -- Basile Morin (talk) 06:40, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 06:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Wild life (horses)
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Result: 0 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 06:42, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Aix-en-Provence south of France.
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Result: 1 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 06:46, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The Cësa dl Enrich house in Urtijëi, South Tyrol.
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 06:45, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 06:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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A fishing boat entering the port of the Heraklion, with the 16th century Venetian fortress Koules
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Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 06:44, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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House in Aix-en-Provence, France.
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 13:15, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The island of Golem Grad in Lake Prespa, Macedonia
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: it is under the 2-megapixel minimum size for featured pictures. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:31, 2 November 2018 (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.
Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 02:05, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 06:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Dancing Faunus in Garden
  •  Info Striked since the FPX was contested and turned this into a double vote. This comment should have been made inside the FPX template and not as a separate vote to avoid technical double voting if the template is contested. --Cart (talk) 07:46, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose (formerly FPX) Image does not fall within the guidelines, the image is of too low quality to feature.--Peulle (talk) 19:45, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I think this deserves a second look. This picture has bee taken with a Soft focus lens – a type of lens that in analog times was once used for creating "dreamy" effects in portrait photography. With the Tamron lens in question, you can even adjust the amount of softness. The glowing softness is thus intentional and not a defect but done on purpose. I think this image shows the use of such a lens exceptionally well with an interesting subject, utilizing the background to create a weird and busy bokeh effect. I like it. --El Grafo (talk) 09:00, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think that this is noise from digital signal processing. Imho it's more likely to be of optical origin – small scale chromatic aberrations on the surface of the statue. I'm not sure how well that could be corrected in post processing, and I would argue that attempting to do so would obfuscate a characteristic of the lens used. In any case, please keep in mind that this lens was constructed for 135 film that was typically printed at 10×15 cm (4×6 in). I think you could easily print this at A4 size without noticing the color issues. There also seems to be quite a bit of vignetting going on, but I'd consider that a feature in this case. --El Grafo (talk) 12:08, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Info - Hi all. I'm the Author of the picture. First I wish to thank you for discussing and sharing your opinions. As mentioned above, in this picture I'm using an old manual lens, the Tamron SP 70-150mm f/2.8 SOFT with Adaptall-2 mount, this is a soft focus lens from the early '80. Normally when I use such manual lenses I do not remove digitally their "character" or "uniqueness" letting show, in an honest way, how it performs and more important, how it plays with the light. This lens cannot compete with current lenses in any aspect, it only can capture nice "soft" pictures, it cannot resolve fine details on my 21mpx camera body and shows up chromatic aberrations. So why? I can only say that I like how it behaves in this case. - Nerve net

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Result: 5 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:48, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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God Shiva and Goddess Uma Seated with Their Son, Skanda (Somaskanda)
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:50, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Prangli Church
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:51, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Goddess Durga and a pantheon of other gods and goddesses being worshipped during Durga Puja [[1]] Festival in Kolkata. This image was taken in Block - G.D, Saltlake Durga Puja 2018 in North Kolkata.
  •  Comment - I tried to redo the image from scratch and added a selective denoising(darker areas) and sharpening (highlights). Hope these changes addresses the issue. - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 02:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment My vote is not decided yet, but I think the sheet of newspaper at the bottom could be cloned out -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:35, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Specified portion Cloned out - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 02:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mild  Support per Cart. I'm unsure whether the sides of the photo are technically FP per FPC consensus, but it's a pretty compelling image, I think you did the best you could in low light, and I think the combination of a compelling image that's difficult to get a good photo of and sufficient quality, particularly in the center of the photo, is enough of a justification for FP. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:56, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Glossy surfaces are difficult to render, but well done here. --Yann (talk) 04:21, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support I might have opposed, but then I read all the other observations about the unsharp areas. Daniel Case (talk) 16:29, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per others -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:19, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 14:23, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regretful oppose I like the composition and color, but unfortunately the sides of this image are not in focus, and in this case that prevents me from supporting the image for FP. I encourage you to photograph this subject again and try to get the sides of the subject into focus. Best wishes, --Pine 20:46, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Durgapuja is an annual Hindu festival where these elaborate decorations and sculptures are made and displayed for 10 days of celebration and post that they are dismantled and destroyed. So in a way this is a disposable art which is created and destroyed each year and simply do not exist anymore. More so Mandaps (temporary structures with elaborate decorations which houses the Gods and Godesseses' Sculptures) are dimly lit for which shooting at the widest aperture was non optional. Also there is a huge flow of tourists and devotees due to which carrying a tripod or monopod is also impractical. I am afraid retaking this picture is simply not possible. - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 02:06, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Subhrajyoti07 I'm not advanced enough as a photographer to be certain, but I would think that if someone took a photo of this in RAW format with a full frame camera and a good lens, they should be able to get the entire subject of the photo in focus. I have read reviews of modern full frame cameras such as the Nikon D750 and Sony A7 series which suggest to me that they should not have too much difficulty in this lighting situation. I could be wrong though, and if other more advanced photographers who are knowledgeable about modern FF cameras tell me so then I will reverse my vote. --Pine 06:59, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pine while a modern full-frame camera can allow higher ISO photos to be taken with minimal noise, there was actually scope in this image to use a smaller aperture without increasing noise significantly even on this camera. The shutter speed 1/160s could be lengthened perhaps even to 1/30s (if a few shots were taken for luck). The ISO could be doubled to 200 without much trouble. This would all allow the aperture to be closed from the "wide open" f/2.8 to f/4 or f/5.6. On most lenses, shooting wide open is less sharp (particularly at the edges) than closing down a stop. Additionally, many lenses fail to achieve a totally flat focal plane (assuming this subject is actually in a plane, rather than the middle figure being a bit forward of the others). The EXIF suggests the lens used was an expensive one, though rather old and perhaps no longer the best optics. DXOMARK suggest that the combination of 17mm and f/2.8 is particularly soft, so perhaps stepping back a bit (if possible) and changing focal length to 24mm would have been sharper. But all these possibilities of lens, camera position, settings, won't help because the moment has gone and can't be taken again. Often at events we find ourselves using less-than-optimal settings, and don't have the time to check if a better combination of settings could be used. I think the main subjects are very sharp and the issues with the sides only really visible when pixel peeping. -- Colin (talk) 10:08, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan, is "my laptop screen's size" an SI measurement of pixel peeping? :-) I have no idea if you have an HiDPI 4K 17" display or 1024x768 10" display or anything else. And if you are on Windows, and have the display settings text size > 100%, your browser might be magnifying the image already. Seriously, though, it is hard to come up with a standard or yard stick for this. -- Colin (talk) 17:25, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have a 13" laptop (7"x12" if you prefer to measure height x width). 300% of my screen is still not pixel-peeping, which I interpret as looking at full size. Normally, I think things should be sharp up to 300% of my laptop screen. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:40, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Changed to  Weak support. Even if this particular photo couldn't be reshot, it sounds like one like it can be taken again in the future. However, there's something to be said for photos that are difficult to take well because crowds make it difficult to get set up well for a shot. I like the subject and colors a lot. My only problem is with the OOF sides, which I continue to find difficult to support at FP when a similar photo could be taken, but I won't oppose. I'm familiar with urban photography where getting shots set up as I would like is challenging because of people, vehicles, and other obstructions. --Pine 06:15, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:53, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Castle of Aynac, Lot, France
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Result: 0 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:04, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hedemora church, Sweden
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Result: 3 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:05, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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View from window of aircraft taking off from the Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, Albania.
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Result: 1 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:13, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hoary Marmot in Glacier National Park
Seems to me that it's on a slope. Daniel Case (talk)
There is indeed a slope, this is what the marmot was looking at: File:View from the Logan Pass hike in Glacier National Park (DSC 0525).jpg --Trougnouf (talk) 20:13, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:15, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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The Franken hiking trail leads directly through the Oswald Cave. Hikers should take care of their head.
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:14, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus) female
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:38, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Smitswinkel Bay, South Africa
Doesn't annoy me, for whatever that's worth. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:44, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 3 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /MZaplotnik(talk) 14:03, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Shell of a Varicose Wentletrap, Cirsotrema
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:53, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Shoemakers' Window in Freiburg Minster
✓ Done XRay, you are very true, thank you! It is fixed now. --Uoaei1 (talk) 17:42, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:55, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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John Herschel, by Julia Margaret Cameron
  • In year 1867 they had full possibility to have a nose tip perfectly in focus as an optical bank was used here. If the photographer decided to have a non-in-focus tip of nose must have been his personal creative choice which i dont support. I respect your point of view about modern noses needing to be in focus while old noses can also not be, but you should respect my opinion too. Or am I wrong? "Nonsense" is a personal attack, by the wayPaolobon140 (talk) 14:38, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • So you are meaning that a user may have a point of view which is "wrong" when he is commenting on a photograph and that his opinion is not respectable? And are you sure that a nose cannot be out of focus "for a recent picture", but it can be if the picture was taken in 1867? If, so, is it written somewhere? May i have a link to commons rules about that, as you stated that i am wrong?Paolobon140 (talk) 16:40, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sharp (but not necessarily), with good light and composition is a basic characteristic for any photograph taken by a professional photographer. At those times photographers were more skilled than today ones and were equipped with extremely precise cameras. That professional photographer, though, made a mistake in calculating DOF here and he didn't shoot a second photograph to correct the mistake. That is the reason why I strongly oppose. From a professionale i expect a flawless picture.Paolobon140 (talk) 10:28, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • We are lucky having you here as a professor of photography. I am sure you can teach us something about portrait photography then. I will not consider your 3rd personal attack to me, but I am counting them.Paolobon140 (talk) 13:36, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:54, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Dodo detail from Atlas de Zoologie created in 1844
Oh, somehow I misread "can" for "can't"... Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:35, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - It probably doesn't have to be, but there are only a few little imperfections to deal with, so anyone who's adept at photo editing would probably find it an easy restoration. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:57, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 23:08, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Portrait of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson by Lemuel Francis Abbott, circa 1799
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 23:09, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Anemone nemorosa
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 15:47, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Result: 5 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 15:47, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Jupiter's moon Europa
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Result: 11 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 15:47, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Arcades – Place Nationale in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
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Result: 2 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 01:28, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Uniform of Mining Institute, late 18th - mid 19th century
Unfortunately, there is no SVG version. — Niklitov (talk) 16:48, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. New copyright - Creative Commons (CC). — Niklitov (talk) 17:46, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't matter what license the photo is under, author's signatures are a no-no on FPCs. Please read the guidelines: "3. No advertisements, signatures, or other watermarks in image. Copyright/authorship information of all images should be located on the image's description page and should not interfere with content of the image." --Cart (talk) 18:28, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I try CropTool, but: "the overwrite option is disabled because the image has passed an assessment process". — Niklitov (talk) 18:40, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The rules are the same for QI as for FP, so this is yet another example of when the QI assessment doesn't work and there should be some sort of mechanism for re-evaluating a QI. I'll give the cropping a try. --Cart (talk) 19:48, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed Signature removed. --Cart (talk) 19:55, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There really should be a way to nominate QIs for removal of QI status, but when I suggested it, I don't think a single other user agreed. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:44, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Ikan Kekek: It's interesting you should say that, because I think there is a bit of an opening in certain cases. Firstly, the guidelines are all about quality and time of creation: "...at the moment of creation, a Commons user skillfully achieved a desirable level of quality, a recognition that is not erased by later advances. [...] there is no formal mechanism for delisting quality images." The point is that once the quality of the image has been judged good enough for its moment of creation, it cannot be revoked. I think this is a good thing; discussion should happen around the nomination, not long after. It would cause too many practical problems. However, we are talking about judging the quality here. When it comes to obvious disqualifiers, the guideline is different: "If an image is promoted despite not being the creation of a Wikimedian, the QI status should be removed as soon as the mistake is detected." In other words, the quality is judged once and only once. If an image should never have been promoted for other reasons than quality, however, such as not being eligible, it can be delisted. I see the signature issue as connected - it is not related to the judgment of quality but to the eligibility of the image in the first place.--Peulle (talk) 09:32, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's a good point. However, I do think that if a file has been erroneously given a QI designation, that should be revokable for reasons of quality. But there's overwhelming disagreement with that idea, and we certainly aren't going to change that here. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:46, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - I like this, but it isn't very user-friendly, because in order to see the larger sizes of uniforms, I have to scroll down to see the bottom. Is there a way this PNGs could be designed so that the blowups you can see when you mouse over each one appear within the boundaries of the screen and are automatically limited to the size of your screen? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:51, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
✓ DoneNiklitov (talk) 22:22, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No. Now, the uniforms when I mouse over are much smaller than they otherwise appear on the page. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:01, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed 130px. Ok? — Niklitov (talk) 09:24, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No. It's still smaller when I mouse over it than when I look at the image on the page. Do you understand what I'm asking for? I want the blowup when I mouse over each image to extend from the bottom of my screen to the top, the entire way, but only that far. Am I asking for something impossible? If it's not possible, please revert to the previous version, when I had to scroll down to see the whole of the blowup but at least it was actually bigger than the file appears on the page. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:43, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Returned. I do not know how to do better... — Niklitov (talk) 09:51, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment These are issues for the Wikimedia Commons interface. Have specific image questions? – Niklitov (talk) 08:11, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Bird-cherry ermine moth (Yponomeuta evonymella) caterpillars
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Young cygnus olor.
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Dülmen ponies in the Merfelder Bruch bei Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
I don't think so. --XRay talk 06:49, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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  • ✓ Done. I have slightly sharpened the upper part of the photo. Note: that part of mural is pretty damaged. There are even parts where there is no paint left. Yet I still find it a beautiful old mural. And I'm glad that I made the photo. Thank you for your reviews.--Famberhorst (talk) 16:36, 28 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
*Answer: I collect as much information on the internet as possible. It is a protected monument and there are also dates mentioned. See: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapelle_St._Eusebius
 Comment I've seen the link but there is no mention of a representation of Christ on the Mount of Olives. But my question is: since you took the picture I guess you could see the nature of the artwork. Thanks --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 07:41, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment I'm not grown up with biblical scenes. But I believe that these historical objects must be protected. Too bad, that this painting is already damaged. Probably the chapel is therefore closed with bars.--Famberhorst (talk) 17:54, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose No subject, no composition, no colours. Oh yes, it is sharp. One direct question to the photographer: can you please suggest any reason why one should vote this image as an outstanding WOW photograph? it is a simple question they used to put in photographic clubs many years ago before the digital era. No offense intended of course, just a simple question.Paolobon140 (talk) 22:58, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Kievskaya (FL) metro station in Moscow
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Photography of a Henri Rouart's painting
  • Category: [[Commons:Featured pictures/<add the category here>]]
  •  Info created by Bzh-99 - uploaded by Bzh-99 - nominated by Bzh-99 -- Bzh-99 (talk) 09:11, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Bzh-99 (talk) 09:11, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - I'm either unimpressed with the painting and/or unimpressed with the reproduction. It looks like the painting may be in poor condition with paint loss, and maybe that's why the colors are washed out and the form isn't working well. I'm certainly a fan of good Impressionism, so that's not it. Do you think this is how he wanted the painting to look? I just may not like this artist. I looked at pictures of other work by him, and nothing really impressed me. Maybe a valued image, but not, IMO, an FP. I noted, by the way, that he has the merest of a stub on en.wikipedia.org, though he does have a short non-stub article on fr.wikipedia.org. Important collector, but important artist? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:39, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Please to evaluate the picture, not the painter. - Bzh-99 (talk) 10:27, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think so. A picture of an insipid piece of art would have to be amazingly spectacular to wow the viewer. So if you prefer "no wow" to be my explanation, you can take that. Also, please add a category to your nomination. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:07, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I'm not seeing it. It looks unsharp, although I don't know if that's the way it's supposed to look or not. Anyway, I'm not really blown away by this one. Oh and btw. Ikan is right about the creator's being able to cause a certain "wow factor" even if a painting is not in itself excellent. A bad painting by Picasso still carries more "wow" than a pretty one made by my grandmother.--Peulle (talk) 11:46, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Võru Gymnasium
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General type of civil (official) braided shoulder boards of the Russian Empire in 1894-1910
 Comment Please offer your version? If you looking for order, it is here. Also please find note (add with Gadget-ImageAnnotator). — Niklitov (talk) 08:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment More than a year of painstaking sciense research. The work of a scientist "not impressed"? Published in the international journal of uniformology. — Niklitov (talk) 08:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! — Niklitov (talk) 08:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Yes, Wikipedia is not paper :) . Compact is also good for infographics. You can view each big image (with ImageAnnotator). No problem. — Niklitov (talk) 09:44, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It's fair to point out that Commons is not Wikipedia. Visual presentation counts for a great deal at FPC. You could always nominate this work for FP on a Wikipedia. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:44, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment This is not a random order. This is a system of examples of typical of civil (official) braided shoulder boards of the Russian Empire. This is a scientific classification for 1894-1910 years. Thank you for your advices about FP candidates by themselves. — Niklitov (talk) 17:59, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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A green house sits behind a golden grainfield in Henna, Orimattila.
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Ramparts of the historic fortified city of Carcassone, Aude, France

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* Oppose The center of the composition, wherer eyes are focusing, should contain a subject. Here the center is a big emtpy hole. too bad the 2 lateral buildings dont look enough interesting (nbad lighting) to be enough to substain the whole composition which looks untidiy and not enough balanced. That bunch of people walking are distracting ad they add nothing to the story the image should tell: they have unpleasant poses and are poorly dressed. The photographer might go back to the scene in a different hour of the day (all the left part of the image is in a shade), wait for people to disappear and try another angle. All IMO.Paolobon140 (talk) 13:55, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Royal Guard reenactor at Gwanghwamun Gate (광화문), Gyeongbokgung (경복궁), Seoul
I hope that type of beard won‘t be widely in fashion anytime soon :-) —Frank Schulenburg (talk) 00:29, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Chair-O-Plane at the Send, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Foliage (Quercus rubra) at Silbersee III near Sythen, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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North-west façade of the Castle of Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France

 I withdraw my nomination. Thanks for having a look. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:16, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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election poster from 1957
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Fort Monostor, Komárom, Hungary - interiors
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Paxton's Tower is a Neo-Gothic folly erected in honour of Lord Nelson. It is situated on the top of a hill near Llanarthney in the River Tywi valley in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a visitor attraction that can be combined with a visit to the nearby National Botanic Garden of Wales. Its high location provides views over the Botanic Gardens and the Tywi valley. The tower, a grade II* listed building, is under the care of the National Trust.
By the way, I think the category should be /Places/Architecture#Wales. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:09, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Dull and flat. Dull in colours (light blue and green and some little grey) Flat in what the image depicts. No interesting sky, one single disturbing and ugly in shape cloud, no interesting foreground (that green area is containing nothing interesting to focus attention on. The fench is covering the cows and probably the tower is too big in the composition, killing everything else. The photographer should go back to that same scene in a more interesting day: some dramatic sky would help, with grey clouds to match the architecture of the tower which looks gothic. Gothic tower, gothic atmosphere. A good documentaristic image for that old tower, but not an outstaning nor WOW photo, all IMO.Paolobon140 (talk) 13:45, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Fish hanging in the sun with black background
  • The difference is so slight with the original, of course I could adjust the darkness locally to keep it 100% natural, but honestly the difference would be symbolic only, not perceptible to the eye IMO. Same (and even less artificial) than this -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:06, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Saturn can get away with it ;) I'd have voted to promote it as well. The original image here had some vague shapes and colors suggesting a scene, imo pretty fish + some provoked imagination is much better than pretty fish + unnaturally uniform black which whispers "there is nothing else to see here" --Trougnouf (talk) 12:19, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Support I love the fish, love the beam, love the lighting. I neither love nor hate any of the background options. --El Grafo (talk) 08:17, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Castle of Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France
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Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) on male capybara (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris), the Pantanal, Brazil
From the lost memoir The Commander Had a Yellow Belly. Daniel Case (talk) 04:22, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Choice of crop is always tricky. I think if there are two good options (and there is merit in Basile's suggestion), then better to leave it as the larger crop as that gives those who use the image in publications etc. to choose their own crop. I have recently, for instance, provided wider crops to a couple of publishers. Here I have chosen rule of thirds, centred the capybara eye and given good space on the right. Of course will crop if majority prefer! Charles (talk) 10:40, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • FWIW, I do not think the suggested crop is much of an improvement, as it kills all the en:Lead room. On the contrary, I would crop on the left (and top, keeping the aspect ratio) to place either the bird's eye or the capybara's ear on the left vertical rule-of-thirds grid line – to increase the lead room and support the percieved forward movement. --El Grafo (talk) 08:04, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Immature and mature aethalia of Lycogala epidendrum
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Järvenpää CHP-plant as seen from the regional road 140 in August 2018.
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View of old (top left) and new (bottom right) lighthouses, Cape Point, South Africa.
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Towers
  •  Info View of old (top left) and new (bottom right) lighthouses, Cape Point, South Africa. All by me, Poco2 20:06, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco2 20:06, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - It's beautiful but the lighthouses - particularly the closer one at the top - could be sharper (I wouldn't suggest sharpening the further one). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:16, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't mind sharpness at all: photographs are intended to be printed and watched hainging on a wall in an enough large format. If you print this phot you will never notice shar/non sharp details. Sharpness is one of the many possible creative tools, non-sharpness is one more creative tool. And i am surprised tha matter of sharpness is daily used as a benchmark for jusging a picture. I find the picture wrong in its overall composition: in this kind of photography painting composition should always lead: rule of thirds first of all. In a kinf of panorama photo pour human eye is used to see horizontally and a square composition doesnt fit. The rocky part is too evident and in shade: being the rocks the main subject of this compsition, rocks should be in full light. Too much uninteresting sky, which occupies hald of the photo; the beach on the low corner had been abruptely cut, killing the natural movement od eyes on the photo: a watcher might veel frustrated becasue the shore is cut like that interrupting the natural curve of the beach, which should lead the observer's eyes out from the picture. horizon is curved or tilted; you might use a rule and demosntrate its not tilted, but what counts is what eye perceives, not what a rule measures. The lighthouse up there is too small and gets lost in the composition; lets say the lighthouse was your subject for which you have cut the shore and the result is quite wrong. ALl ths IMO.Paolobon140 (talk) 11:58, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't have as much of an issue with the composition as I do with the light; the shade deprives the bluff of drama and gives it a bluish cast. I know it's difficult to get down there from Cape Town in the morning but it seems that getting here while the sun is on it could have made a huge difference.

    Also the color of the sky looks a little adjusted compared to the blues I got in my images shot in and around Cape Town on the same day. I know there was a bit more cloud further south, but I don't think it should have had that much of an effect. Daniel Case (talk) 17:43, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Oppose Composition is just great almost like a wallpaper, but the left half of the picture is not sharp.--Nikhil B (talk) 05:55, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination --Poco2 20:58, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Ramparts of the historic fortified city of Carcassone, Aude, France
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Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican); Zoologischer Stadtgarten Karlsruhe
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Royal Banquet Hall Gyeonghoeru (경회루) at Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁), Seoul
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Traditional sulfur mining at Ijen Volcano, East Java, Indonesia. This image shows the dangerous and rugged conditions the miners face, including toxic smoke and high drops, as well as their lack of protective equipment. The pipes over which they are standing serve to guide sulfur vapors and condense them, thereby easing (well, relatively at least) production.
  • You have an overly romantic view of sulphur mining. If you follow the links and read the article you will end up here (or look at the category). That is no "roof covered of moss" but pipes caked with condensed sulphur. Nothing grows in this 'one of the most toxic places on the planet'. --Cart (talk) 09:39, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Interior of the Leong San See temple, Singapore
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Umberto Eco in 1984
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Banana slug at Stawamus Chief
Do you notice me insisting that zoo shots are never FPs? I don't think the criteria of what makes a photograph great get suspended when a slug is in the wild. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:36, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for my English! I didn't mean specially YOU, I used the "you" in the sense of "one" (in German "man"), it was a general comment. --Llez (talk) 20:30, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In this situation, you could use "we", but I still would have demurred. And note that your zoo shot of a pelican currently has 10 supporting votes and no opposing votes. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:23, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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State Opera in Berlin
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Portrait of a Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), Punta Pitt, San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tetons from Togwotee Pass
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Caterpillar of a web moth seen from below.
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Women are looking for praying place at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque
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House in Aix-en-Provence
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Uoaei1, thank you for your opinion. The image has already passed both "valued image" and "quality image" nominations and no objections were raised in either one. However, I respect every opinion and if you still believe that it looks warped I have added a full lenses correction to amend the horizontals. What do you think about it now? Oleg (talk) 17:08, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This is ok now. I will re-consider my vote and cancel the oppose vote for now. --Uoaei1 (talk) 19:47, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support There is a minimal tilt to the right, but easy correctable --Llez (talk) 17:45, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Just feels too static to me. It might be the best picture of this statue by itself that we have, but it doesn't stand out from other pictures of statuary. Actually I think this image has the right idea—it may have that cylindrical projection problem, but we get a sense of this statue in context as while as the idea that it is part of the daily public life of Stockholm since people are hanging out on the steps around the pedestal. Daniel Case (talk) 17:50, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I agree with Daniel it's too static. QI for sure, but not particularly striking. Perhaps another angle would have worked better. Technically there's vignetting -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:00, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose After much thinking, I'm landing on the side of 'oppose' for this. This straight forward photo is neither here nor there. This is the Stockholm mini-version of Trafalgar Square, and if you are photographing the monument it's better to include the base/steps and the the whole thing. For a photo of the statue, most photographers go for a slight side view since this will get some air in between the legs of the guy as if he was on the move. The dead on angle makes it a compact lump of bronze. The statue's gesture also invites photos of him feeding the birds, a more lighthearted version of this. --Cart (talk) 10:31, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 14:16, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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In the so-called Quackenschloß Grotte near Engelhardsberg in Franconian Switzerland, icicles form in a few days of winter.

all by me -- Ermell (talk) 13:36, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Baywing (Agelaioides badius)
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Castle Seltenheim in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
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A couple of blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) in the middle of a mating ritual, Lobos Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
  • Yes I would I think. Because it's the Galapagos (or a zoo for that matter), one has easier access to wildlife and much more time for set up. If this was a rare and difficult-to-capture behaviour, the I would be more understanding. I may be in the minority, but for me trickier the shot, the more foregiving one should be: your leopard up a tree, for instance, had composition problems (too many branches) and technical quality issues, but was a great shot nevertheless. Charles (talk) 14:05, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Brown rock candy
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The day's battle ended
From what I've heard from people who've seen the elephant, and read from people who've written about it, they probably regret both. They of course feel the former, but don't want to admit to the latter. But both regrets are very real. Daniel Case (talk) 06:47, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Info The description is written by the NARA [3], I don't understand, why they should tell wrong things. Habitator terrae 🌍 09:26, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not wrong nor true, just the question "why ?" is ambiguous in my view. Perhaps a grenade exploded too early -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:00, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Info There is an excellent TV-series about that war you can get hold of. It tell a lot about how complicated it was with many mistakes, regrets and misconceptions. --Cart (talk) 10:35, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support. Basile, have you talked to or read accounts from conscripts? And even if they enlisted, it doesn't mean they knew what they were getting into. The grenades are part of their professional equipment and don't preclude any feelings. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:58, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • My friend, my parents were strong and early opponents of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. I remember as a toddler being carried piggyback on my mother's shoulders down 5th Avenue, Manhattan in candlelight vigils against the war. I'm well aware of the nature of that war. That doesn't mean I condemn all individuals who served in the U.S. Military for the policies set by the country's leadership, nor that I'm unable to try to see things from the point of view of an American soldier, but I can understand how you might be unable to put yourself in his shoes. I guess some people might have the same reaction to a picture of a Japanese or German soldier during World War II, and yet would that make it not an FP? For what it's worth, I had a friend who was a big supporter of Barry Goldwater in 1964 and volunteered for the Marines. Once he had served a tour of duty in Vietnam, he realized how terrible the war was. He fled to Canada instead of serving a second tour of duty and became a pacifist, as did quite a few former soldiers, and a socialist. He doubtless carried his firearms and whatever else was standard issue for the Marines during his tour of duty. Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:37, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Castle of Selles-sur-Cher, Loir-et-Cher, France
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The ruins of Saint Titus basilica at Gortyna, Crete
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Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) juvenile eating a beetle, Jordan
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Fantastic (ship, 1996)
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Museum of Independence situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh depicts the struggle for independence of Bangladesh.
  •  Comment This is a funny reaon to oppose: "vignetting is not corrected"; do you mean that vignetting is a "mistake" that must be corrected? If yes, in which manual of photography did you find such a weird weird argumentation? Vignetting is one of the creative tools that advanced and professional photographers can use to give a special and particular atmosphere to a photograph, especially a kind of photograph ike the one we see here: it is used to focus the viewer's eye into the center of the composition, where something important is seen by the photographer. It is a creative choice, not a mistake. Or you mean the photographer was so careless not to notice the heay vignetting and he forgot to correct it? Please correct and review your comment into something like "I dont like vignetting". At least will be seen as your personal Point of View and not an non-obeyed imaginative rule which is not existing. Paolobon140 (talk) 17:00, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you take a look at the Guidelines for QI, VI or FP photos here on commons, you will find that vignetting is generally discouraged here per consensus. Commons has a style of it's own where artistic renditions of photos are mostly not accepted, believe me: been there, done that, got the T-shirt. For fanciful, artistic photos with added image enhancements, you should seek out another forum. --Cart (talk) 18:00, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am not that good in English, but in those guidelines i cannot find what you say; its wiritten about "inappropriate vignetting" (with some examples); and about stiching different photos (with some examples); its also written about old photos with some defects. But i cannot find anythng which says that "vignetting is generally discouraged here per consensus". Maybe i cannot see it?Paolobon140 (talk) 18:18, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The rules in the guidelines are the result of consensus and "inappropriate vignetting" can be interpreted to mean that it is discouraged. This means that a user can vote 'oppose' on an image based on vignetting being present in it. It is within the rules to do so if anyone whish. --Cart (talk) 18:47, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agree. I don't like vignetting in general, as I don't like chromatic aberrations or underexposed photographs. I have no doubt some photographers will consider all these problems as "creative" features, but that's not my opinion. Chromatic aberrations come from technical defects, and modern equipment like basic softwares are very helpful to correct those instantly. Same for the vignetting, on Lightroom for example you just have to click on one button and your image will look immediately much better (in my opinion). I don't know what was the purpose here, intentional or non-intentional. I mentioned this problem first in a comment 3 days ago, and since no reaction came, I opposed yesterday for this reason. Not sure I would have opposed otherwise, sometimes removing the vignetting change radically the appearance of a picture. So I'd have liked to consider the new version before judging. But now it seems to be more a negligence (to my eyes) and I don't like the aspect on an aesthetic level. I rarely appreciate pictures with vignetting, probably our tastes differ (I'm 40 years old and have been educated with this possibility of improvement thanks to numeric photography). The dark corners are like a visual pollution, unfortunately produced by the limitation of all cameras unable to adapt to wide angle lenses. That's like a play of theater centered on the middle, while I prefer a vision of free space, not limited at the sides. In the case the effect was intentional, I regret for me this looks too much like a "dark box", closed and unappealing -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:37, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • For me, the vignetting is not a problem in this particular photo since it is the natural consequence of having one single main light source in the room, my oppose is based on other factors. Natural vignetting has it's place in FPs too (Ex 1, Ex 2, Ex 3, Ex 4. I was only commenting that there are those who don't see it this way (like Basile) and they are entitled to oppose on those grounds. --Cart (talk) 10:56, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Only this one (Ex 4) is ok for me (but not sure there's vignetting). I dislike the 3 others, and the so-called "creative" examples on Wikipedia too. "Vignetting is often an unintended and undesired effect caused by camera settings or lens limitations". That's why I find clever to fix it. Graphic designer is a different job. Here the effect doesn't seem natural, and I believe this is rather caused by the lens (optical vignetting). But certainly both (also single central source of light) -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:36, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Most of Salgado's photgraph are vignetted and wouldnt be consdered as featured pictures then?. Most of photographers choose vignetting as a creative choice. I agree it may happen an amatorial photographer cannot control vignetting but usually those kind of photographers are not able to set a camera in a manual mode, they usually shoot full automtic. This picture up here is evidently taked by a very skilled photographer and telling him that his vignetting "was not fixed" sounds more like an insult to a clearly skilled photographer. I myself usualy choose to vignette in certain cases by choosing a very open aperture (around f/2 with short lenses on a full frame sensor to give a natural vignetting and add a kind of gloomy atmosphere. I even had posted one of those photos here time ago, and vignetting was a very intentional part of the creative path- That is why i strongly disagree when i read that vignetting might be considered as a mistake. Photogaphy is a kind of art, and printers have been working decades to fnd the right way to vignette when needed. Even Caravaggio was vignetting his paintings to give depth tho his works and focus on parts of the painting. Paolobon140 (talk) 15:07, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Photo of the ship Lifeline in 2018
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Fisheye view of en:Pashupatinath Temple UNESCO World Heritage Sites's list Since 1979.
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Fresco of putti in the Teatro Massimo by Gioacchino Martorana in the Palazzo Butera in Palermo.
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Dülmen ponies in the Merfelder Bruch bei Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
For me it is too much and not natural. The horse is a wild horse without any care by humans. So it would be wrong to manipulate the image in the way you proposed. Sorry. --XRay talk 10:45, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Anemone (Ceriantharia‎) under purple lighting, Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Mosaics in the Martorana church in Palermo.
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Man in paddy fields plowing with a water buffalo
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The galaxy Messier 101 (M101, also known as NGC 5457 and also nicknamed the Pinwheel Galaxy) lies in the northern circumpolar constellation, Ursa Major (The Great Bear), at a distance of about 21 million light-years from Earth.
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Black darter - Sympetrum danae, female.
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Field with mixed intercropping of oat and rye
  • On the right side is the mixed oat and rye field. There was very little wind that evening but we sometimes get hazy evenings anyway due to the proximity to the sea. That evening, the hazy light was almost magical as you might see in this photo, not sure the ambience I felt then comes across in these photos taken from the same spot. (The photo with the golden dry grass is fonder for me, but I don't see it as having a chance here since I put the focus on the grass instead of the rest of the scene since the landscape was hazy anyway. Such artistic choices are usually not well received. ;) ) --Cart (talk) 00:34, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment First of all it is a matter of personal taste. I love photos with distinct presentation of foreground-middleground-background and the road just leads the eye from near to far. The bended road devides the image into two halves and gives the picture certain dynamics. The low standing sun models the objects by the shadows and gives nice contrasts. The decent colors of green on the left side and the yellow-green on the right half give joy to my eye. As I mentioned above, it gives me good vibes; but that is a my personal point of view. DE GUSTIBUS NON DISPUTANDUM. -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:44, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Btw, Cart is a an artist with her camera, just to repeat her own words: "Such artistic choices are usually not well received." I do receive them very well. Cart, you visualize the spirit (peaceful Scandinavia) of the landscape. Thanks for contributing delicate photos to QIC like this. -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:54, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Thank you. My feeling is that this is indeed a good picture, for the reasons you state. It really doesn't feel like an FP to me, but I also feel a bit reluctant to oppose, because I, too, respect the artistry that went into it and like the long sight lines. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:40, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • But rule of thirds is automatically recognised by a human eye like "pleasant". It is a matter of how our brains is used to look at reality. Yes, you can avoid using the rule of thirds but must find something extremely interesting to brek the rules. Actually rule of thirds is one of the few and basic rules which is tought in any photographic lessons, even the basic ones. Try to imagine your picture with more sky and less crops; try to imagine moving yourself a bit on the left and shoot from a different angle and you might see a much better result, Cyan dull skies are never photogenic (usually a wrong set camera, with too much cyan); trees on the horizon always make the horizon look tilted; a road making a curve always needs a subject in it, even someone walking, an animal, a bicycle, whatever. This picture is an empty frame; some ignetting would have added some little more interest.Paolobon140 (talk) 20:09, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I love it: it is a very balanced composition, with brillant tones and the curve of the road ends in the bottom right corner of the photograph, escaping from the composition. Pity for those white buildings in the background. Vignetting adds much giving depth to the view, rule of thirds adds dynamicity to a very static composition. I wonder if you could wait for sometone to pass on the road and shoor when he was in some interesting position on the right bottom part of the photograph. It would add more dynamicity. Those clouds on the top left part are perfectly placed (who knows if the were on the right part to balance the trees?) I would suggest to burn parts of the clouds to make them a bit whiter. Thank you for the interesting conevrstaion.Paolobon140 (talk) 08:24, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is always amusing reading certain writers. I have even read an american historician who wrote a book where he swears that the ancient egiptian pyramids were built by extraterrestrials, but it remains his own point ov view. Caravaggio used the rules of thirds constantly, for example here. No, I will not consider that writer. The rules has been used for centuries by painters and has been adopted by photographers. You can give a look at the figures here: you will find nice ways to use the rule of thirds also in portraits.Paolobon140 (talk) 11:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • My father, who was a well-known painter in his day, taught me a lot about how to read space, perceive a linear arabesque and lots of other aspects of visual arts. He never once mentioned a "rule of thirds" to me. And in the 21st century, after we've gone through over a century of avant-garde art and come out the other side, to insist robotically on a "rule" is IMO inane and contemptible. Just look at the photo and judge it by how it strikes you! -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:30, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Considering that the "Rule of Thirds" was invented by an Englishman several centuries after Caravaggio, the Italian painter was not even aware of this "rule" and certainly couldn't have consciously applied it. Not one notable painter or photographer has ever claimed to have composed their work according to this so-called "rule". Paolobon140, the image you linked is notable for having no key features on any of the "rule of thirds" lines or intersections, nor on the Golden Ratio either. It does have the face on a "rule of fourths" intersection, but that's a "rule" I just made up. -- Colin (talk) 21:47, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The only significant composition element in old-school painting that has the number "3" in it is the triangular composition. Well, after that, the next number up was "4" for cubism. --Cart (talk) 22:20, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's a telecom mast, probably the one at (58.410864|11.518983). I honestly hadn't noticed it and I have no idea why it seems a bit crooked. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll fix it later tonight at home. --Cart (talk) 14:55, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fixed Mast is now ok plus a small perspective correction. I must have accidentally nudged the mast when I was de-bugging the photo. There were a lot of creatures of all sizes out flying that warm evening. --Cart (talk) 18:50, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Panoramic view from Heligoland´s highest point.
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Burg Lauenstein in Oberfranken
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World map in Esperanto from around 1930
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  • C’est l’une des photos de la série que Gustave Le Gray a fait dans le cadre de la visite de Napoléon III à Brest lors d’une tournée des ports français. Cette tournée a été marquante et a fait l’objet de nombreuse peintures et gravures [[4]]. À cette époque Le gray est photographe officiel du Second Empire (cf biographie). Il a du coup accès a ce site militaire, cette batterie Royale dont c’est la seule représentation (vue sous cet angle) que je connaisse. On y retrouve son style très descriptif, hérité de la mission héliographique et on peut donc observer un état des lieux de "l'art militaire" (architecture et artillerie). Le gray n’est pas seulement un pionnier de la photographie (pensée comme un art à part-entière) il est aussi un des premiers à mettre son travail au service du recensement des monuments historiques … un encyclopédiste à sa manière.
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 Comment Still shaky. Second reason for refusal remains. Not excellent. --Smial (talk) 14:19, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin). Kruusamägi (talk) 15:24, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, but is it free ? -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:26, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose as long as proper credit is not given for the music, keeping in mind that there may be separate copyrights for composition, performance, recording etc.. Also, the music is cut off abruptly at the end. Personally, I would just get rid of the audio track completely. --El Grafo (talk) 08:44, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I added the information about music to the file description. Kruusamägi (talk) 16:21, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that is good, it says which piece it is, but not who is playing or from what recording it is. How do we know the recording is free or is it the author of the video who is playing too? --Cart (talk) 19:35, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Maxim didn't remember who's piece it was, but he had checked that it was definitely in PD. I told him to upload a new version without music. Kruusamägi (talk) 16:46, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done No more music. Kruusamägi (talk) 17:57, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Macro portrait of a housefly Musca domestica
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Macro photography of natural snowflake
  • Snowflakes don't have any color, so the color comes from the light source which is rather pleasant here. The enthusiastic processing is from noise reduction and amplified contrast and such things. Compare with this. Although I suspect that some of the very smooth edges comes from it starting to melt a bit. There are also a lot of small bubbles on it, suggesting that some liquid is present. --Cart (talk) 07:49, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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White noise - Horn loudspeakers at Brastad soccer arena
  • Any non-uniform sky would just make the whole thing messy. Of course the subject is the horns. As usual I make compos of everyday objects, for me their forms and colors are just as photographically interesting as art objects. I like all the shades of white in the image. --Cart (talk) 14:29, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand your point ov view, but im sure you have much more WOW pics in your archive. Why choose such a difficult subject? A question might be: would you ever print this pic and hang it on your living-room wall?:-)Paolobon140 (talk) 14:36, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it would make a rather cool canvas in a hallway or an office. I don't confine art to a living room and neither should Commons. Imagine this in the reception of a sound studio. :) It's true that I could do just easy pretty subject, but where is the fun and challange in that? The Wikimedia project needs good photos of all kinds of things not just pretty flowers, churches and birds on twigs. I chose dificult subjects because almost no-one else does. --Cart (talk) 15:00, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Panoramic view of the watering hole in the vicinity of Pretoriuskop in the southwestern Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Cumbre Dorsal with Mount Teide, Tenerife
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Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris), Kruger National Park, South Africa.
+1 Daniel Case (talk)  Support now. 23:29, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
+1 --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:31, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Charles, Daniel, Martin: ✓ Done --Poco2 18:50, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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M81 also known as Bode's Galaxy is around 12 million light years away. It has an irregular satellite galaxy known as Holmberg IX.
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The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8,000 light-years away. This stunning new image was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to celebrate its 26th year in space.
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Young girl smiling with teeth in sunshine
Sorry, i dont know what Orientalism is and actually im not much interested in knowing what it means as I have spent years all over in Asia. We are commenting on a picture that you have selected to be a Featured picture. Im an italian, and when i see a close portrait of some person who seems to live on the other side of the world, id like to see what is around that person, how she is dressed, what makes her look different from the people i see around in my country, how is the world around that person. I want to see something "special", "particular", "different", i want to see a small piece of Asia in a picture. If not we are obliged to judge your pic for what it is, a very close portrait of a smiling little kid. Your choise to shoot a close portait, cutting everything which is not the face of the model (you even cut her 2 arms), and then let's judge the portrait without talking about Orientalism. Close portraits have rules, and i think you didnt follow any of those rules for a good close portait. She might be african, esquimese, american, albanese, chinese, but it remains a dull close portrait. We can then comment on the techinque of your portrait and I find it quite a dull normal portrait with no depth that anybody with a mobile phone can take. What did your photographic art or skill add? For me you didnt add anything. Should i comment on the beauty of the subject? She is not a particulr beauty in my eyes, she has an average childish siling expression which is cute but can be seen on the face of any child around the world. Should i comment on the lighting you chose? There is no lighting, there is a frontal single light (the sun) that makes a heavy shadow under her chin. Should i comment on how good this close portrait is composed? I see one tree above her hair which shouldnt be there and a large spot on the right side of the photo, just near her hear. What elese should I say? When i see a close portrait [http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/arte/2016/01/15/foto/ragazza_afgana_steve_mccurry_foto_all_asta-131322463/1/#1 i would like to see a picture like this becasue the photographer chose the model and found the way to make thta model look extraordinry. Ew are selecting Featured pictures for Commons, why should i be contented with a simple portrait? Lets try to make something better, this is what i expect personally.Paolobon140 (talk) 17:22, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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L-type steam locomotive in Bologoye
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Haukilahti marina in Espoo, Finland.

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  • Thanks for the info. Of course I don't think that all the lampposts are vertical, but you can see here that the image is distorted, which is nothing unusual with the focal length used. But one could try to change that. Just because the building has no horizontals or verticals nobody is bothered by it.--Ermell (talk) 10:54, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Ermell: I have cropped the image at bottom and left to eliminate those two things. Daniel Case (talk) 06:05, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You know, I honestly didn't realize he was there until I started working on the image again, as I'd cropped him out of the first one. And I decided this time that, given that the first one had been criticized as a little tight (or at least I remember that it was), I would give it more space on the left since the heavy building was on the right. I agree it is a question of taste and might be the sort of thing I'd object to in other images (especially since he's shooting something outside the image). But judging by the !votes here, not many other people mind. Daniel Case (talk) 02:53, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Statue of the Buddha standing at the entrance of the Kuan Im Tng Temple, Singapore

 I withdraw my nomination Thanks for the varied comments -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:04, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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View of the Roman Forum from the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
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  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects
  •  Info created by Paolobon140 - uploaded by Paolobon140 - nominated by Paolobon140 -- One of the masteripeces of sculptor Adolfo Wildt; yellowish tone is typical of Wildt's way to treat marble, I chose to divide the pic in 2 area, keeping the lower one as negative space; vignetting is natural, and given by illumination on the scenePaolobon140 (talk) 19:25, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Paolobon140 (talk) 19:25, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question Do we really need all of the pedestal? It's dark and doesn't really add anything to the image. Daniel Case (talk) 05:17, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Yes, in my opinion: the picture is evidently formed by 2 distinct parts: a bright golden one with the main subject at the top (eyes start looking at one object from the top, usually) and a black one at the bottom which creates a large negative space which emphasizes the top part by giving more strenghth to the sculpure and visibility. Tha lower part might even be seen as a kind of "bust" of the head, with shoulders and body. The sculpture itself is quite complicated to be framed becasue of its shape and this picture doesnt want to be a simple description of the sculpture, but wants to create a kind of atmosphere around the sculputure. No square composition was allowed here, so choice was one only. Vignetting and bottom black part area intended to focus atention on the sculpture. Paolobon140 (talk) 07:54, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose A "heavy" compo, like something you'd see in a Batman or Marvel album, but such a compo needs to be flawless and the cut corner on the top is the pedestal really bugs me, even if you probably aren't responsible for how the sculpture was displayed. Also technical quality is not up to what might be expected from a static shot, lots of red CA, chromatic noise and a bit too short DoF. Camera settings might not have been optimal. --Cart (talk) 09:52, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for your comment. I will not discuss about composition, that is the composition i chose becasue it was the one i liked the most and your taste is most respectful. Only thing id say is that the heavy composition fits the heavy expression of the face...For the quality i often have the sensation, here, that commenters are putting an over attention on the pixels. Digital photography produces large files which, when printed, become much smaller than the file itself. Many of the small details you can see at full size disappear in a normal format print. Just for information: one picture of the same set (different sculpure with different marble tones, same sculptor, but same camera settings, same place, same day and same hand of the photographer), is the cover of one quite good book by a well known editor. The editor didn't find any flaw in the file and printed it with a perfect result. When we had to print from films it was the opposite way and small flaws on the negative would look more evident in prints. A kind of photograph like this gives its best if printed at some 20x30 cm. Paolobon140 (talk) 11:34, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, we are much more fastidious here than most publication editors. If the technical level can be improved in post-processing or by re-shooting the photo, we would like it too be. We can overlook such things if the "wow" is so great that the situation/composition overrules the technical issues. Regarding the "heavy" compo, I never said that it was a negative thing, just commented on what kind of compo it was and as such I'd like it to be flawless for an FP. --Cart (talk) 12:06, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Btw, googling "Carattere fiero-Anima gentile" I see that the marble is a bit yellowish, but not as much as in this photo. This saturation makes it look almost waxy and not like marble. --Cart (talk) 12:50, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yellow is much more stronger than you see in other pics; i think other pics are taken with those cameras that balance everything till it gets white. Wildt was famous for his yellow marbles, obtained by shining marble with urine and tobacco. This picture is very close to the original tone but the museum, in tht occasion, chose a yellowish illumination to enhance the golden tones of marble. I reproduced exactly what the human eye was seeing in that exposition. It was a choice by the light designer. In the book cover you will see a less yellow tone becasue that sculputure is less yellow itself and light was chosen whiter.Paolobon140 (talk) 13:50, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Baby Huwae, Indonesian film actress and singer
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@King of Hearts: - Any comment concerning merge? --Neptuul (talk) 20:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Mountain ranges east of Reutte/Tyrol in summer's early morning light.
  • Uoaei1, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there were reasons to cut the lower 600px of the original stitch. Below the frame you see, the shadows drop and the contrast vanishes. So instead of graded silhouettes like in the peaks you only see areas with few contours. As this happens especially on the left side and there the edge of the effect looks rather sharp, I'd call it unbalanced. So I decided to crop it like this. --PtrQs (talk) 22:25, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project."
FPs are not just for the encyclopedia, they are also for all the other WikiProjects (take a look at the list at the bottom of the main page) plus those we don't even know about yet, so ALL sorts of really good photos are welcome. --Cart (talk) 20:03, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
My rating is my personal opinion. So don't proselytize me. Pan Tau (talk) 21:09, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ok then. Thanks for teaching me a new English word: "proselytize". I didn't know that one. :) --Cart (talk) 21:32, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Support Beautiful landscape. --Msaynevirta (talk) 22:41, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Paolobon140, I've read that you are satisfied by 20x30 cm handouts. But in this format every picture of a full mountain range would present only some millimeters of rock and a real lot of sky above. So maybe you could spend some time and look up the definition of 'panorama'? --PtrQs (talk) 16:21, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, well, assuming that an Italian speaker like me must know what "panorama" means (and most probably a greek speaker even more) I perfectly understand that you might love this kind of format. Personally I do not appreciate this format unless is used as a web banner or printed and hanged on a wall. But still, even on a web banner or sticked on a wall i do not appreciate this photograph, I find it too panoramic, too large and not enough high. I gave my explanation which seems to be similar to others who wrote "Doesn't really work for me structurally" (i must imagine its more or less what i worte too). Techincally it is a well done work but still i dont feel to vote it as a Featured picture for the reasons i said above. I appreciate a lot the smothness of tones and the different tones. But i also find the mountain on the right too visible and dark, catching much of my attention, while in a panoramic picture i expect to let my eye go around without being captured by a single detail.Paolobon140 (talk) 16:51, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Vaajakoski old power plant
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Former waiting hall of the former Reichspostdirektion. Today used as a café.
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  •  Info Attention, ce n'est pas comparable : Les fichiers ont a peu près la même définition mais cette image est deux fois plus petite que l'autre (24 x 29 cm pour celle-ci et 65x50 pour l'autre). La gravure est beaucoup plus fine, c'est ça qui change. A force de zoomer sur un écran on oubli qu'au départ y a une feuille de papier d'une certaine dimension (et qu'elle a plus de deux cents ans). Les lignes sont distinctes, le dessin est claire et net, moins que l'autre mais c'est normal. La source est gallica, et c'est à peu près ce qu'on trouve de mieux en matière de reproduction. --S. DÉNIEL (talk) 16:36, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Saint Faith Abbey Church of Conques, Aveyron, France
  • This kind of processing is the signature of the photographer and you are admitting that its his signature: it is a big result for a photographer and a big compliment to Tournasol7. Among dozen of undistinguished pictures shown here where the only problem is wether they are enough sharp or not in the very top left pixel, this kind of images are a gift becasue they show a creative signature. Photography is also made of colour processing. I would suggest you to try to cross-process some of your pics and enjoy the result. Lookf of photographs have changed a lot in the last decades and heavy colour processing is very fashionable lately. By the way, why is black and white accepted here? Black and white is a very evident colour processing.Paolobon140 (talk) 07:56, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Paolobon140, actually fashion isn't a sign of individual creativity. Following the herd to get a tattoo or beard, say, is more a sign of conformance to the group than independent thinking. Fashions come and go, and an educational media repository like Commons tends to value images that stick close to reality. Anyone can take a photograph of an Italian church interior, push the Clarity/Highlights/Shadows/Sharpness sliders around with a heavy hand, and expect folk who've never seen the church to have their eyes pop. There's a place for photos that adopt a certain style, but I wouldn't want heavy colour processing to be fashionable at Commons FP. While it might be fun to look at a movie and recognise it was colour graded in a way popular for 2018, I would prefer if the photos on Commons were timeless. Back and white works for the very reason that it doesn't make any pretence to represent the scene's colour: the viewer is not tricked. The guidelines for Commons FP require that significant post-processing be documented. -- Colin (talk) 08:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Many photographers here have developed a distinct and recognizable style. I've even seen voters refer to photos as being in "Cart style". However, almost none of these photographers have relied on effects or over-processing to achieve that style. You don't need to pull out every toy in the tool box to get a signature, it has more to do about chasing a certain light, subject, angle and composition. Btw Paolobon140, since Basile is a recognized artist, I don't think he needs to be told that he can play with colors. :-) Since you don't know the people behind the signatures here, I suggest you treat users here more like your equals than someone with their first camera. When we post photos here, we sort of try to keep them in the style of the Commons project. That doesn't mean we don't know any other styles. --Cart (talk) 10:11, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose This post-process is not a personal touch in my view, but more like a heavy make-up. You can put 3 kilos foundation every morning on your face to try to be beautiful, this is just artificial and spoiling your natural appearance. My comment was not a compliment. Paolobon140 fails in the interpretation. Instagram is certainly a better place to play with trendy filters to transform everything normal into magically impossible -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:38, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Nadenberg Turm stairs
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Castle of Fougères-sur-Bièvre, Loir-et-Cher, France
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Aphonopelma seemanni
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Skyscraper Swissôtel The Stamford reflecting in the basin of the roof garden at level 6 of the National Gallery in Singapore
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Result: 13 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 09:55, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Interior of the parish church Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 13:32, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Fly agaric
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Church of the Descent from the Cross in Palekh
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 21:20, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Exemplar of African darter (Anhinga rufa) looking for fish in the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
No-one is saying it's bad. The fact is, the great wildlife photos nominated here by various people including Charles and Martin Falbisoner have brought with them a very high standard. I can well imagine Charles pointing out that the focus is not on the head but on the back. Also, I am judging the photo at 300% of my 13-inch laptop, not at full size, so while it would be unfair to penalize the image for being high-resolution, I am not doing that. I also haven't voted against a feature. I like the photo, but the rest of my remark stands, as I still think the head could be sharper - maybe not in this shot, but in another one which would be an obvious FP. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Focus and sharpness look good to me, though the colours have been enhanced too much I think from the Chobe I know. Oh, and Diego, it's not looking for fish (in the sky!) Charles (talk) 15:37, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 21:21, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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The Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument in Kiev
  • Thank you for your review. The sky here is displayed naturally, without any special effect of Photoshop. It is a thin layer of clouds at sunset with uncommon color at present time. The viewpoint is really low because the square with the monument is surrounded by high buildings. This photo was published several times in the news feeds of Kiev and Ukraine, because it really attracts attention and has a free license. --George Chernilevsky talk 08:54, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 15:54, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Rock dove on Place de la Bourse, BE
  •  Comment Those people are part of what lead me to nominate this picture. They are omnipresent in the pigeon's life and practically blind to the pigeon's existence, yet these people are small and insignificant blurs in the background like the birds we normally clone out of pictures. In my opinion they are an important part of the change of perspective. --Trougnouf (talk) 18:06, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - They're city birds. Just like homeless people, it's hard for them to keep clean. But it's not for lack of trying. I observe pigeons a lot because they roost across from my bathroom, and they spend a lot of time grooming themselves and their partners. On the other hand, they crap everywhere, including in their nests, so that's pretty dirty. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:15, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Life in the cities is hard for many species, rats and cockroaches included. But try to nominate a dirty flower here, even if there are excellent reasons for this flower to be ugly (pollution, car gaz, poor light, fuel oil, etc.), the emotion won't come. There's no poetry in this pigeon on asphalt, in my eyes. Taking pictures of people is difficult, since humans are conscious, while no personality right is needed with an animal. Nevertheless not any photograph of homeless people is good, just because "life is hard" for them, too. The picture has to show something, either an environment, a situation, a moving facial expression, a particular action, etc. If there's nothing else than a body, the subject is too ordinary -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:17, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Basile --Uoaei1 (talk) 10:23, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral I see this as an environmental portrait, and I think there are a lot of things that this picture does right. On the technical level, the subject is sharp and clearly identified, it stands out against the background, there's plenty of lead room in the direction it's walking, the lighting is appropriate with a niche little catchlight. The background is blurry enough for it not to be disturbing, but still identifiable as some kind of street scene.
On the story telling level, this is the attempt to take the viewer into the world of a street pigeon; and it mostly succeeds at that. The casual tourist might have shot this bird (if at all) from above, but Trougnouf did the right thing by going down to almost eye level. Great! Of course, in the world of city pigeons the environment mainly consists of human-made structures, cars and people, so it is very fitting that these make up the background here instead of the greenery we normally see in bird portraits. Love it!
So why am I not going for support then? Well, first I find the pose of the bird a bit awkward. It seems to be somewhere in-between sitting and walking, or maybe between two steps. Second, I think an even lower angle with the camera at or below the bird's eye level could have had a much more immersive effect. Right now, we're close to the bird's world, but we haven't really entered it yet, as we're still slightly looking down. We're still an observer, not part of its world. So close, but not quite there … --El Grafo (talk) 10:54, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Cart is right, forget the lower angle … --El Grafo (talk) 12:01, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You don't agree that the pigeon is clearly walking? It has picked its left foot up a bit as part of its step. I watch pigeons walking all the time. Many of them are not quite as close to the ground - this one is not only bedraggled, perhaps it is a bit cautious in this crowded place, I'm not sure. But it's definitely walking. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:07, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It's more about the position of the head, which looks a bit … neckless. I know they retract and extend their neck when they walk, so I guess it is indeed walking. But it still looks strange to me compared to this … --El Grafo (talk) 13:24, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm... No neck, hunched, heavy gait, scruffy-looking, big body... I'm gonna call that bird "Winston". ;) --Cart (talk) 20:50, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I agree with the first part of El Grafo's reasoning, but not the second part. Any lower angle would not have isolated the bird against the background. A low angle almost inevitable makes the background interfere with a small subject. Anyway, it's not a pretty picture, in fact it's downright ugly, but it is interesting, well composed and not the kind of bird pic we usually get here, that will make a photo go a long way. Such photos also have a place at FP IMO. --Cart (talk) 11:24, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Basile--Ermell (talk) 23:06, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Given the fairly low resolution and the fact that the scene is pretty ordinary, I'm not seeing the big wow factor here.--Peulle (talk) 07:48, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Hoping not to insult any owner or relatives of 'Winston' I'd call it a beautiful picture of an ugly bird. If he were standing on his left foot and shifting his impetus towards the center of the picture, it would b a harmonic move, but I think even this missing elegance perfectly fits the not-beeing-a-lovely-white-dove. --PtrQs (talk) 01:13, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 5 support, 5 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 01:51, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

== Hamza Issa Farid est un Djiboutiens,et il est un etudiant .Il a commence L'etude de 1 er année jusqu'a second;ecole Champion et Lycée Mandela.Et Mantenant,il passe L'anticipe blanc.Il à une belle Famille,les noms des freres: Mahomed,Ibrahim,Abdi,Idriss,Sadik,Hamza,Bilal,Youssouf;et les noms des soeurs:Moumina,Rahma,Zamzam;les noms des parents:Issa Farid Adaweh,Fardoussa Sayed Idriss.Et aussi son couleur préferée est: Rouge;son matieré est:Arabe.Il est Muslumans; il decteste les menteurs et les voleurs;il aime ses familles et ses amis; et il aime trop voyage comme Dubai;Turkey...


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 Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:21, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Shell of a Black-striped Triton, Septa hepatica
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 13:26, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Ballroom hotel Villa Igiea Palermo.
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Result: 8 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 13:24, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/People
  •  Info created by Alfred Weidinger - uploaded & nominated by Tomer T -- Tomer T (talk) 12:14, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Tomer T (talk) 12:14, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Certainly an interesting and good enough portrait to be featured, and the information about the Hamer people looks like good documentation (I wouldn't personally know if it is), but what do we know about what permissions the subject gave for the photograph? The discussion on Flickr is about this as a photo for National Geographic, which, given its history of racism toward Africans and Aboriginal peoples around the world, doesn't strike me as a compliment, or at least an unmixed one. So I'd like to be a bit careful on the question of a feature. I hope someone here knows the photographer and can find out from him what she said about how she's happy for the photograph to be used and disseminated. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:46, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Maybe I'm being oversensitive. It's totally fine to take and display a photo like this one, and it's a very good photo. I'd just like to know whether the subject was fine with the photo being disseminated widely and understood that was a possibility, but perhaps we'll never know for sure the answer to that question. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:29, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support The DoF could have been a bit deeper, but the focus is on the eyes and the image is evocative. As for the privacy issue, the person looks into the camera and as such an implicit consent appears to have been given. Since the image is not unflattering (which would put the person in a bad light), I am willing to accept that as tacit approval.--Peulle (talk) 15:12, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 13:27, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Headshot of a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at Jigokudani Yaen Kōen, Japan
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Result: 14 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 06:38, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Original photo of Che Guevara by Korda
  •  Support - The quality of this photo is much higher than that of the cropped version. I don't think it's very hard to travel to Cuba, though. So to whomever gets the chance to visit the Museo Che Guevara in Havana and permission to take a high-resolution photo of this photograph, there's your assignment. :-) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:54, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment let's not argue about resolution here, there are more important questions to be considered. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this one here seems to be digitized from a signed print made by Korda in 1998 (compare this version). There are multiple ways to print a negative in the darkroom, this is one of them but not the one that got famous. It is probably closer to the original negative, and you could argue that it is of better quality than, say, File:CheHigh.jpg, especially regarding the conservation of detail in the highlights. However, this is not really the iconic picture of world fame – that would be the other version that was not only cropped but also printed for high contrast with deep blacks and blown-out highlights on the face. AFAIR, it was done like that on purpose by the photographer in the darkroom to create a specific look, and that look is part of what made this image famous. Similarly, a perfect scan of the negative would be great for a variety of reasons, but it wouldn't be more than a RAW file without the photographer's signature processing. --El Grafo (talk) 16:08, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I mentioned the crop as a possible Alt in the opening comment. Like you say, it's that version that became famous. With historical photos, I just tend to like to see the original. But I have no problem with adding the crop as an Alt. --Cart (talk) 16:38, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • This nomination is similar to that one. On one hand, it's written on the file page "If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it" but on the other hand the guidelines say "a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant." The picture displayed on the page List of iconic photographs is File:GuerrilleroHeroico2.jpg (as in many other pages of Wikipedia). It's not big but the quality is close to the original. However, perhaps the difficulty here will be to select the right version to feature, among all those available. This one for example was strongly rejected in 2016. That one, dated and signed, is my favorite, although it failed also in 2013. I may support the File:GuerrilleroHeroico2.jpg or the File:Che_Guevara,_Guerrillero_Heroico.jpg as an "iconic photograph" (see the derivative works), but not the non-cropped version above which has less impact in the mind of everyone -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:20, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alt: Cropped version

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Result: 5 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 14:18, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Nature reserve "Heiligensee und Hütelmoor" in Rostock
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/Germany#Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  •  Info Scenery in nature reserve "Heiligensee und Hütelmoor" in Rostock/Germany ----- all by A.Savin --A.Savin 13:10, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --A.Savin 13:10, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose My very personal opinion: this picture was taken by the camera but not by the photographer. The file is very fine, camera did what it is supposed to do, but the eye of the photographer is absent: no subject, a disturbing cyan dominance everyhwre and not a single part where my eye can stop and observe something interesting. It is an empty frame in my opinion, but not a photography.Paolobon140 (talk) 14:25, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Normally I don't like to comment votes, but this is by no means a fair feedback. --A.Savin 14:33, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Dear Savin, if I am understanding well you are not satisfied with my review. First of all, please consider that while reviewing a picture I never look at the creator's name; I am not actually focused on whom took the picture, but on the picture itself only. I review the picture, not the photographer, whos photographic activity is unknown to me. On the other hand i consider and value "Featured pictures" a very serious matter: these pictures are supposed to represent the best efforts of the best photographers on Commons, and might be seen by thousands of viewers. This is the reason why i sometimes may sound stern in reviewing, but I was tought to judge my work and others' work strictly, I am the strictest judge to my own pictures and i expect the others to be as strict as I am when it comes to judge their own work. Consider, also, taht its not easy for me writing in a language which is not my language. You are saying my review is not fair. But i gave reasons and I explained my reasons: the picture is empty and without a subject, while photography should find a subject to photograph; colours are dominated by cyan; I dfind nothing in the pic to stop and watch; i concluded it looks to me like an empty frame where the content is missing. I might add that the composition looks to me unbalanced: the right part is busy with different kinds of vegetation, the left part is empty. And this is not a kind of "negative space" you chose to apply: it is an unbalanced composition. That vegetation in the foreground is not a subject, it is a disturb as it is not something pleasant to see becasue of shape and colour. That half tree on the right border is a half tree and it even doesnt have a pleasant shape and adds an even more unbalanced look to the whole composition. Those tussocks in the very foreground look untidy and not interesting in their pale green colour. There is no subject: a house, an animal, a special tree, whatever. This is what I see and that is the reason why i said that this is a picture taken by a camera and the photographer is absent. You might take it as a personal offense, but I am sure that you might even agree with what im noticing. Well, this is my very eprsonal opinion, of course, but I am now curious to know what you find so appealing in this picture to be considered as a Featured picture. You might review your own photo and show me things i didnt notice, if you agree.Paolobon140 (talk) 16:27, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    If it's "an empty frame [...] but not a photography", it falls outside COM:SCOPE and you should nominate it for deletion. --A.Savin 17:01, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, again i have explained while I find it an empty frame, Savin, do you find this photo a good photo? Ok, good for you, compliments for your good photo. I am here to review pictures, not to sophisticate.Paolobon140 (talk) 17:11, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    My compliments as well, probably you have managed to take a much better picture of the same spot. But really? Not even my username you are able to write correctly. Well, OK. EOD --A.Savin 17:30, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    A.Savin, I don't understand your anger: in that same session you took much better photos (IMO), like this one: File:Rostock asv2018-05 img76 Huetelmoor.jpg which, you must agree, is 10 times better than the one you presented here. It is a much better and balanced composition, even if, still, there is a kind of ugly bush on the very right side of the image which ruins the general look of the pic. I may suggest you to choose your FP with more attention; in my opinion the one you presented here is not the best among the ones you have shot in that place. Paolobon140 (talk) 08:35, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree that the picture you linked has a better composition than this one, and I would probably support an FPC nomination for that one, but I can clearly understand why some people get peeved at you: It's your tone and choice of words. The thing is, I'm glad you've come to FPC, because you have a different point of view, and that's positive, even if many of us find you abrasive and maybe a bit arrogant. So while perhaps you could try to temper the bluntness of your language a bit (realizing that English is not your first language, e s'io dovressi [? my guess at a congionctivo without Google Translate] scrivere sempre in italiano, bisogna molto tempo e dubbio che lo farei meglio che il tuo inglese), I'd rather have you continue to participate than leave. But I think it's harder to accept really negative criticisms like "there's no composition" ("I don't perceive a composition" would be a little softer) when it's your photo than when someone is nominating someone else's photo. Anyway, as we say here, just my 2 cents. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:06, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Part of the problem is that some of your arguments don't stack up. Wrt subject, the subject is the wetlands. True there is no single dominant object in the frame, but that in itself isn't a reason to dislike a photo as there are plenty excellent photos that have no dominant object. The frame is far from empty. As for the cyan, well that and the no-dominant-object criticism also apply to the alternative you suggested. There is a difference in composition and one can argue the merits for sure. I think you were a bit insulting to suggest that there was no human input into this photo at all, and that this was so bad as to not even qualify as "photography". Can ask that you not address Alexander by his surname alone, as he finds this rude. Perhaps there are cultural differences here. Could you fix your text to say "A.Savin" (which his image attribution suggest is how to refer to him here) or "Alexander" if you are feeling friendly (which is on his user page). -- Colin (talk) 13:07, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Thanks to all who commented constructively. --A.Savin 13:32, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 14:23, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Interior of Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte church of Canac, commune of Campagnac, Aveyron, France
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An artistic gymnast on vault

 I withdraw my nomination, thanks for reviews and comments --Isiwal (talk) 17:45, 10 December 2018 (UTC)}}[reply]

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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Isiwal (talk) 18:23, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]