Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/December2006

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Short description

 4 support, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 00:35, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dielectric example

 13 support, 6 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 02:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply] 

Dielectric shader

 4 support, 5 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 01:37, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Plane wing; control surfaces

I noticed this as the picture of the day on the Polish Wikipedia today and was suprised it was not a featured image here. --03:56, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

SVG version with a more harmonic colour composition. Not a FP candidate.
another vector version. Not a FP candidate.
 2 support, 7 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 02:04, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 6 support, 2 neutral, 6 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 16:01, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 4 support, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 17:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

French Chateu Culan

 1 support, 2 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 13:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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M.V. Queenscliff Ferry

 1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 12:58, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

San Diego Long Exposure

 12 support, 2 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 13:33, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Lynx kitten.jpg - not delisted

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Lynx kitten.

Two big baby eyes and reason is shut down :-( If this is Lynx lynx which is not unlikely the animal and the plant around don't fit together. --Ikiwaner 23:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There is no way you can prove this is Lynx lynx 84.197.150.84 01:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 13 keep, 3 delist >> not delisted Alvesgaspar 13:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Full Moon view from earth Full Moon view from earth

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is ok but which the problem? --Luc Viatour 15:12, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Black dots: probably noise of the sensor (the full moon is very contrasted and very luminous, difficult for the sensor). Resolution: 1400x1400 it is the maximum with my Nikon D50 for this focal optical. the remainder of the surface of the sensor it is only black exemple full frame --Luc Viatour 16:05, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Support I had a quick glance at NASA and couldn't find a better moon image. That's why this is really excellent --Ikiwaner 10:03, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 9 support, 3 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 12:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tinabella469

colorenhanced rainbow

 4 support, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 13:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 17 support, 0 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 13:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Octopus marginatus

 1 support, 5 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 09:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

  •  Support --MarcosLeal 00:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment --MarcosLeal - After browsing through some of the other candidates, I realize my composition is really poor. I'll leave it here for a couple of days and if nobody likes it (or have a cropping suggestion), I will withdraw my nomination.
  •  Comment There is nothing wrong with your picture, whose technical quality is quite good (I think it is inevitable to have some blown highlights when photographing snow). As for the composition, let's wait for some more opinions before using my vote. Alvesgaspar 21:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The subject matter is striking but the photograph itself is not. This is just a straight record-shot with little photographic skill demonstrated (I'm not criticising the level of skill involved, simply saying it doesn't come across in the image). For a FP I'd expect a more interesting viewpoint and/or better lighting. A nice picture, yes, but not I think of FP quality. --MichaelMaggs 12:34, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose good theme, great quality and resolution, but boring composition ( in this case: something in the foreground is mising to add a sense of depth and scale to the picture) -- Simonizer 15:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Ansett 12:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 12:59, 5 December 2006(UTC)

Global view of the central "Parque das Nações" in Lisbon.

 1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 12:57, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Geese on migration

 4 support, 5 oppose >> not featured Thermos --Thermos 16:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 1 support, 5 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 15:26, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Giraffe08 - melbourne zoo.jpg
But only sarcastic smiles, I'm afraid. Alvesgaspar 18:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I love this picture of a giraffe Yes it is in a zoo, so what? That doesn't make the slightest bit of difference to the quality of the picture (which is another good one from Fir0002) In fact I wouldn't know this picture was taken in a zoo if we weren't told--Nilfanion21:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Being on a zoo doesn't preclude it being a very good picture, FP quality. MOreover, if it weren't for the filename, htere would be no way to know it was taken on a zoo, that's how good it is -- Drini 19:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose obvious zoo shot Lycaon 20:27, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
So what? What does being taken in a zoo have to do with anything?--Nilfanion 20:31, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
not zoo but obvious is the key word. Lycaon 21:08, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
First question why is it obviously a zoo pic? Second does it make a blind bit of difference, its not like the giraffe is obscured by bars or something...--Nilfanion 21:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 12 support, 1 neutral, 5 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 08:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Close up shot of rosetta nebula. NASA image.

 5 support, 0 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 10:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

View from south east of Eremitage castle

 2 support, 7 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 13:30, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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White's Tree Frog White's Tree Frog

 5 support, 3 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 14:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 0 support, 2 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 15:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Panthera tigris sumatran subspecies

"Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly 'good enough', this is no longer the case." The Technical quality of this picture is really bad. Besides, featured pictures is not about picking one picture that is better than some others, but it's about what we believe to be the best pictures on commons. -- Gorgo 20:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 4 keep, 9 delist >> delisted Alvesgaspar 16:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bryce Canyon Hoodoos from below Edited version, removed metal cage / fence

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What do you mean by low res? It is 1420x1893. --Digon3 20:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, i meant if it would be 2000px × 3000px and sharp, i would have voted for it, not against. --SvonHalenbach 11:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, this is a crop, and my camera has a max resolution of 1704x2272. The original picture is here. --Digon3 17:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 2 support, 2 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 19:45, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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 Info The second version does not have the metal cage or fence and is slightly sharpened--Digon3 17:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


 1 support, 0 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 08:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

Did a little bit of effort myself (5 minutes on Google). The species is Melangyna viridiceps (Macquart, 1847). It is often referred to in Australia as the Common Hoverfly and belongs to the subfamily Syrphinae of the family Syrphidae. -- Lycaon 08:45, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
About 3 days of shooting and a lot of persistence. Taken at 150mm, ISO 400, f/13, 1/320 sec with flash --Fir0002 www 22:10, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
   21 support, 0 oppose (WoW) >> featured Alvesgaspar 23:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply] 
Image:Ostrich - melbourne zoo.jpg
 4 support, 1 neutral, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 23:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Meerkat - melbourne zoo.jpg
 4 support, 3 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 23:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Peacock front02 - melbourne zoo.jpg
 2 support, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 23:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Sturts desert pea.jpg
 2 support, 2 neutral, 1 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 23:40, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Tiger - melbourne zoo.jpg
They should be allowed, just not excessively --Digon3 03:47, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Digon3, the F in FP stands for Featured, not for Fir0002. ;-) -- Lycaon 07:08, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
lol That was good. --66.36.143.72 13:58, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you liked it Arad --Fir0002 www 22:08, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well in the composition of this image I tried to incorporate the surroundings as much as possible to make it look natural --Fir0002 www 10:19, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
5 support, 1 neutral, 9 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 23:39, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description Short description

Original version (left)

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 5 support, 2 neutral, 3 oppose >>  not featured Alvesgaspar 23:38, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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 1 support, 2 oppose >>  not featured Alvesgaspar 23:38, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply] 
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 2 support, 4 oppose >>  not featured Alvesgaspar 23:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply] 

Sozopol, Bulgaria

It looks like an HDR. The lightened sky above the water is consistant with Photomatrix (a HDR rendering software) --Digon3
 3 support, 9 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 23:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mika Häkkinen 2006 Mika Häkkinen 2006

could you elaborate what you dont like?--AngMoKio 20:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
could you elaborate what you dont like?--AngMoKio 15:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 Neutral Technique is good, good panning action with appropiate shutter speed, however, the care is "leaving" the scene, just an instant too late. Timing is of essence in this type of pix. Car should have been perpendicular to camera or perhaps a bit to the right. --Tomascastelazo 02:42, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it looks better when it's not perpendicular as you get more depth feeling. /Daniel78 17:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 3 support, 1 neutral, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 23:35, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 7 support, 6 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 23:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Breaking Glacier

 0 support, 6 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 23:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pope Pius VII (sitting) and Cardinal Caprara

  •  Info Painting of Pius VII by Jacques-Louis David.
 1 support, 5 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 23:32, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Massif of Elferkogel (Cima Undici) in the Sexten Dolomites. Massif of Elferkogel (Cima Undici) in the Sexten Dolomites.

  •  Info created by Günter Seggebäing - uploaded by Watzmann - nominated by Skies

--Skies 17:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Comment Someone want to have a go at cropping off the right quarter and post it here as [Image:Elferkogel Panora.jpg] ? That might be voted more favourably - MPF 18:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
2 support, 1 neutral, 3 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 19:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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 0 support, 3 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 15:06, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A small Temple in the city Kyoto

 4 support, 3 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 19:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fog in Lower Austrian Eisenwurzen Fog in Lower Austrian Eisenwurzen

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 1 support, 1 neutral >> not featured Alvesgaspar 09:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edited version (right)

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Ötscher and Naturpark Ötscher-Tormäuer in Lower Austria

{comment}} That's no lake, that's fog. Sorry about the stupid name Calauer 09:42, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 09:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A milkmaid with her favorite moose cow at the Kostroma Moose Farm

 1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 09:18, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 14:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 19:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Pico Paraná

 1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 19:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

Reframed
Reframed
  • It's not very easy to provide a larger framing. The picture was taken with a prime lens, with my back on the wall. If I choose to correct perspective, I cannot keep the whole black circle. This is the best I can do (see on the right). Jastrow (Λέγετε) 09:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure how I should understand this. Do you suggest I should overwrite the older picture with this new one? (btw, this was a quick-and-dirty re-crop to show a slightly larger framing, the perspective transformation is not very good). Jastrow (Λέγετε) 17:26, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Nomination withdrawn. Please considerer new version nominated in 11 December Alvesgaspar 09:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scheme of trombone

Try reading the numbers on this! (default 190px thumbnail)
 14 support, 3 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 13:10, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Macropodus operculari

 14 support, 6 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 23:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Pizza

  •  Oppose Sorry, but the style for this food photography is in my opinion not contemporary. The arragement of the tomatoes, mushrooms and olive oil are too obvious, too much -arranged-. What comes good in food photographs is to have the background a bit blurred. The Pizza looks fantastic though. Would love to have it in front of me :-) Amada44 10:3, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Nice picture, and thanks for making me hungry ;), but DoF is dubious on the upper crust. Sorry! Stephen.job 09:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Jeses 18:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC) Im getting hungry. Tomatoes and stuff in the background is nice...[reply]
 5 support, 9 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 00:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply] 

Footprints in sand

 4 support, 5 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 00:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tschierva glacier

 1 support, 1 neutral, 5 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 00:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fog in Getxo

 1 support, 5 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 08:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply] 

Short description

afflicted I do not know the species --Luc Viatour 12:32, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty sure it is a carp, typical pond fish (see: Image:Carp.jpg and Cyprinus carpio but the context? were you feeding them? are they agonizing in a drought? Diligent
They eat; -) I changed description, if you can check my bad English? --Luc Viatour 08:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Done.Diligent
 7 support, 8 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 08:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ribnica lake in Slovenia

Now I've added the original picture. --Lacen 17:01, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 7 support, 1 neutral, 3 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 20:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Red Fox Sparrow

 7 support, 1 neutral, 7 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 09:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Door of the Bahia palace in Marrakech, Morroco. File:Maroc Marrakech Bahia tilt.jpg

corrected --Luc Viatour 14:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Not enough. I really like the composition and the delicacy of the colouring. But the camera was not horizontal and the shot was not perfectly centered with the doors. The resulting tilt is disturbing (our sight is very sensitive to small tilts). I believe a small correction is still possible. Alvesgaspar 15:20, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I still improved, I aligned on a grid, thank --Luc Viatour 06:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment To me this is giving the impression felt so many times of being "blinded" by the extreem whiteness of outer walls in the sun in arab countries, Greece and south of Spain. I wouldn't talk of photographic overexposition but of natural light effect. --Diligent 11:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment I agree. How can pure white (RGB 255,255,255) be overexposed when it is lit by bright sunlight ??? Lycaon 11:22, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment cause there is no pure white in nature or outside enviroment -- Simonizer 11:30, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Representing white in photography is where technical mastery of the medium is shown. The texture of the white could have been shown by making an exposure reading on the white and then adjust exposure to place it in Zone VIII or Zone IX. The shadow areas then would have fallen below the current luminosity range but could have been dodged in order to reduce the range within the image. This is easily resolved when done from the moment the picture is taken. As it stands, the white falls outside the gray scale range. Now, as far as thinking that the wall in reality is represented by RGB 255, 255, 255 is a wrong assumption, if texture can be seen, then it is not pure white. One thing is for our brain to represent something as white, and another thing is for it to be white. Photographically speaking, the wall should be represented as a shade of gray. The wall will never be as white as the sun. Now, that is white!--Tomascastelazo 18:49, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 CommentTomás, this time I must admit you are correct, and I made a silly mistake. I remeasured the colour values of the wall: they are RGB 251, 251, 251 ... a shade of... gray!! Isn't that masterful? ;-) -- Lycaon 20:55, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Lycaon, there is no trick in measuring image values after-the-fact. The real trick is to measure them in situ, adjust exposure and place them in a luminosity value (zone) one wants, that is to say that if converted to a gray scale, the area would show in a particular shade of gray by choice, not where the camera wants. But of course, it is a futile discussion now that technology has replaced old knowledge. Who needs drivers? ;o) --Tomascastelazo 02:35, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 5 support, 1 neutral, 6 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 13:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

re-uploaded full size B.navez 19:39, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 14 support, 2 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 21:59, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Napoleon I on his Imperial throne

  •  Info Napoleon on his Imperial throne by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), painted 1806
 2 support, 1 neutral, 3 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 16:52, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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A tree in Haifa, Israel

 1 support, 5 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 13:00, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

en:Chasmosaurus

  •  Info created by and self-nominated by Tbc.
This image depicts a en:Chasmosaurus. It is a grayscale sketch because colors are always fanciful with dinosaurs. It is anatomically correct and was reviewed here.
 2 oppose, 1 neutral >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 12:56, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Short description

 4 support, 5 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 20:59, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Lookout post

It is in the sky above the clouds at 4/5. It goes from light to dark very quickly --Digon3 16:59, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thats no sky on the top, thats a mountain uprising from the clouds which are actually fog on about 1000m sea level. Sorry about the file name, it's stupid I see Calauer 09:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 2 support, 2 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 17:33, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Siberian Tiger

 16 support, 2 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 19:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

megaliths, Sligo, Ireland

 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 17:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Amanita Muscaria

 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of th 7th day) Alvesgaspar 09:38, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Bridge, Prague

 1 support, 1 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 09:37, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply] 
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Ivy on a wall

 0 support, 1 neutral, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 09:36, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Glob map, Produced in Amsterdam 1689 by Van Schagen

Yes, I had the same idea, but then I thought it feels more authentic this way, after all it is almost 320 years old. --Tarawneh 15:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am afraid we hit wikilimits, remeber the 20GB, I have a few others, almost 35MB, but I am too lazy to email Erik Moeller, he can arrange for an FTP connection or something. --Tarawneh 15:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Easy fix: increase resolution and compression level. The pic is overcompressed anyways, and you would make better use of the 20mb with more pixels. --Dschwen 08:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 17 support, 0 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 09:43, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Munich's Public Transport Network

  •  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Chumwa 08:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Excellent. Alvesgaspar 11:33, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't see anything excellent in it. Thats a plain map and not even in SVG. --SvonHalenbach 13:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment It is excellent for the purpose it was designed for, to depict the transport system in Munich. It is clear, informative and nice to look at. As for the svg, I believe it has become almost a religion here. My opinion is that the format is not the best choice for cartography, since every map is designed with a specific scale and to alter that scale for producing a different map is not always a trivial task Alvesgaspar 13:58, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    •  CommentYes, sadly, SVG has become a matter of faith rather than reason. SVG is good, but it is not always better. In particular, SVG files cannot be read by most browsers (they crash mine, for example), the files tend to be very large, and the SVG converter here in Wikipedia is buggy. It's sad, really, that so many good diagrams are rejected not for content but for format. Madman2001 04:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Needs to be SVG. Also, there is something wrong with the font anti-aliasing, it looks awful at full resolution. --startaq 15:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Content and design: Just great, I was just in Munich two weeks ago as a tourist, and that's the kind of map I would have liked to have (I got only two separate maps for tram and subway system). Therefore, support... BUT: could you please additionally upload it in vector format (SVG)? There's not more work for you, but vector format is just much better for this kind of content (for example, also good for hi-res printer) Noebu 20:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support A lot better than many a commercially produced map. - Vmenkov 21:53, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Lerdsuwa 16:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral Change my vote to  Support when it is SVG --Digon3 17:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Tbc 17:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Great map, but should be svg (printing, easy editing, translating, ...) and svg-images do have a specific scale, the difference is the possibility to resize them without loss and the possibility to edit them easily. -- Gorgo 21:02, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support as to quality of picture, and particularly ditto to Alvesgaspar's comment against the ridiculous svg-worship at this place. But  Comment - what is the true copyright status of the pic? Surely those transport logos (DB, MVV, etc) will be copyrighted by the relevant transport companies? - MPF 22:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose -- Not SVG.  Pabix  10:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I really think svg is becoming a cult in Wikipedia. Because I love maps and have been dedicating a considerable time of my life studying, thinking and writing about them, please let me explain why I think the use of svg format in Cartography should be most careful:
  1. A map is conceived and designed with a specific scale, whose choice is determined by the purpose of the representation and conditioned by the availability of accurate data. Traditionally, the positional accuracy of a map is linked to visual resolution. If we take a typical value of 0,2 mm (which is the thickness of a thin line), the corresponding distance on the surface of the Earth depends obviously on the scale of the map: 2m for a scale of 1:10 000, 20m for a scale of 1:100 000, 200m for a scale of 1:1 000 000, etc. The general rule is that the maximum positional error of any object on a map should be, at most, equal to that reference value. This obviously means that for larger scale maps we need more accurate geographic positions. And when we enlarge a map which was designed for a certain scale, say to twice its normal size, we are transmitting a wrong idea about the accuracy of its information.
  2. Another problem is that when we alter the scale of a representation by a factor of “s” we are also altering the available area of that representation by a factor of “s x s”. If we enlarge it, we may end up with too much empty space and/or symbols too large; if we reduce it, the cartographic image may become too small to be readable or, alternatively, cluttered with too much information. The task of adapting the available geographical data to a certain scale (and to a certain purpose) is not a trivial task and it is known as cartographic generalization.
  3. To defend that all maps in Wikipedia should be scalable just because this kind of format is better for editing and printing is to condition a fundamental issue (the cartographic quality) to a secondary one. It is not enough that a svg image has some “nominal” scale, because nothing forces the user to print the map in that scale. In my opinion, scale bars are not enough: the principal scale of all maps designed to be printed should be part of the written cartographic information.
This is, of course, "preaching in the desert". If I'm lucky maybe the next reviewer will think better before just repeating "oppose, should be svg". Alvesgaspar 12:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
PS - In the presente case using a scalable repreentation wouldn't be a serious mistake, provided the lettering and symbols were readable. The reason is in this type of map (a cartogram) the property to be conserved is the topoloy of the objects, not their absolute (geographic) or relative positions. Alvesgaspar 14:36, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose should be SVG. And your last scentence comes across pretty arrogantly Alves. --Dschwen 14:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Although I'm very much an SVG supporter, I can see reason in Alvesgaspar's arguments: maps may prove an exception to the rule (there may be others with decent arguments). I also firmly believe that SVG is not a fad, worship or fashion but a real technical advance in representation and scalability. Lycaon 17:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 15 support, 3 neutral, 6 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 09:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

what is so unnatural and zoo-like about a rocky beach at a river or lake? I am also not the biggest fan of zoo pics but here i can't see the zoo--AngMoKio 08:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 3 support, 1 neutral, 6 oppose > not featured Alvesgaspar 18:13, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 2 support, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 16:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Baboons2.jpg

Oil painting of an old lumberjack. Painted by Eduard Ritter

 1 support, 2 oppose >> not featured (rule of th 7th day) Alvesgaspar 21:55, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Danish window

 1 support, 1 neutral, 1 oppose >> not featured (rule of th 7th day) Alvesgaspar 21:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Palacio de Gobierno (also called Palacio López) in Asunción, Paraguay. Built in 1857-66, it has been a seat of the President of Paraguay since 1894.

 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of th 7th day) Alvesgaspar 23:20, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

After a day of rain in Åhus, the sky was clearing up and the rainbow mixed with the blue sky

 1 support, 2 oppose >> not featured (rule of th 7th day) Alvesgaspar 21:57, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Air view of the Itaipú Binacional reserve

 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of th 7th day) Alvesgaspar 23:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scheme of oil well with nodding donkey pump

As I said, I'm talking about the gradients in the pump, not the well. – flamurai 02:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
sofixit I don't have enought imagination to do this correctly using gradients :(:(--WarX 08:53, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 17 support, 3 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 11:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

29 different birds of Finland, from a 1925-1928 encyclopedia, "Pieni Tietosanakirja", now in the public domain

 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 16:08, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Finlandia Hall

Will you please include information about the creator, uploader and nominator? Alvesgaspar 14:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC) [reply]

 1 support, 1 neutral, 2 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 16:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lutheran Cathedral of Helsinki

Will you please include information about the creator and uploader Alvesgaspar 14:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC) [reply]

1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 16:11, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Salvia

 1 support, 6 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 16:12, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Short description

 0 support, 2 neutral, 2 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 16:52, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

San Francisco at Sunset

Alvesgaspar thought increased saturation was better. The original is --Digon3 19:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Amada44 what about some color correction? 50px
 3 support, 5 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 17:33, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 6 support, 2 neutral, 1 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 11:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:10 33PS 1958.jpg

Bizkaia Transporter Bridge

 4 support, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 22:35, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Venetian Lagoon, photo taken by ASTER

I added that information. -- AM 12:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 11 support, 1 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 17:15, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Ros Beyaert" - bronze statue for the 1913 World fair in Gent, Belgium

 1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 18:32, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Vulpes vulpes laying in snow.jpg

Red fox Vulpes vulpes in the snow by User:Conti. Nominated for delisting by Lycaon 21:05, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

0 keep, 6 delist >> delisted Alvesgaspar 10:30, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wild cow

Nominated for delisting by Lycaon 21:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 1 keep, 7 delist >> delisted Alvesgaspar 10:29, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Slovenian flag

 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 10:32, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mountain Shrine - Slovakia

--Borkowicz 17:02, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 2 support, 2 oppose > not featured Alvesgaspar 18:15, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 7 support, 0 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 10:49, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Newtons cradle

 15 support, 1 neutral, 5 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 15:48, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Rosa canina flower in Belgium (Hamois).

You are right, I close too much, I will pay attention --Luc Viatour 07:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 3 support, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 15:46, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description

 5 support, 2 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 14:44, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

   14 support, 1 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 14:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pi Slower version

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 Comment Just another thing I notice that is confusing: At the beginning of the animation, when the four circles appear from left to right, it is very quick and confusing. Stephen.job 14:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 7 support, 6 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 15:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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 Comment I can hardly see any difference, how much slower is it ? /Daniel78 14:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment the new one is actually very slightly (by about maybe a quarter of a second) faster than the old - just watched them together over several cycles and the right-hand one slowly overtook the left-hand one - MPF 22:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose - As I can't see that it's slower my oppose stands. /Daniel78 19:32, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 6 support, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 15:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Calliphora augur

 11 support, 1 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 14:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Porto Covo, west coast of Portugal during Winter

 2 support, 1 neutral, 4 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 15:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Historical picture of a working man.

 18 support, 0 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 14:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lauffen, germny

 1 support, 3 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 10:56, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of sunrise, as viewed from a flight over the North Pacific.

 2 oppose, 1 support >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 16:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Flower genus Osteospermum (possibly Osteospermum ecklonis) Flower genus Osteospermum (possibly Osteospermum ecklonis)

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 1 support, 0 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 15:35, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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 7 support, 1 neutral, 2 oppose >> featured Alvesgaspar 19:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Map from Saint Petersburg 1734

 2 support, 2 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 13:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 2 support, 3 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 01:54, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old church in Sipoo, Finland

Will you please include information about the creator and uploader? Alvesgaspar 14:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC) [reply]

 3 support, 5 oppose >> not featured Alvesgaspar 01:55, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scarpe bagnate

Sorry, no anonymous votes. Please log in before voting. Alvesgaspar 14:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It means "Shoes thrown over next to a sidewalk in Naples while it was raining" --Perbeppo 14:09, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

result: 1 support, 5 oppose => not featured. --Diligent 17:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short description Short description

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 1 support, 4 oppose >> not featured (rule of the 7th day) Alvesgaspar 22:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

right version

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result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral => not featured. Diligent 17:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An hawk eating it's prey

can you explain what you mean by "no id"? AzaToth 13:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think Lycaon wants a identification of the species we are looking at. -- Simonizer 15:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. sorry for the shortcut. The bird's species is not fully identified (though it's a good pic otherwise). Lycaon 16:25, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
According to the image's author here, it's "a juvenile red-tailed hawk dining on a California meadow vole (Microtis californicus)". I'll add this info to the image page. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 16:26, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

* Support- Arad 05:21, 30 December 2006 (UTC) after 14 days -- Colin (talk) 19:34, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

result: 16 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Diligent 13:32, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]