Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/December 2011

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Shell of a Wheel-like Star Shell, Astralium calcar
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 06:38, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Vale in the Dolomites
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Elvis Presley meeting Richard Nixon. On December 21, 1970, at his own request, Presley met then-President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office of The White House. Elvis is on the right. Waggishly, this picture is said to be 'of the two greatest recording artists of the 20th century'. The Nixon Library & Birthplace sells a number of souvenir items with this photo and the caption, "The President & the King."
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Français : La Fosse n° 1 - 1 bis - 1 ter de la Compagnie des mines de Liévin était un charbonnage constitué de trois puits situé à Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

 Comment In fact, this image comes from a big serie which has been taken in black or white because the sky was grey, the rest of the time, I only take photos when the sky is blue. -- JÄNNICK Jérémy (talk) 13:34, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Lacerta agilis
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Poé lagoon
I could be wrong but I've always believed the DPI figure inside a JPG is merely a hint to a publishing application about what default size to display / arrange on the page. It has nothing to do with image resolution or printing. This 10MP image will print 12 inches wide by 9 inches tall at 300dpi. One could argue that with the heavy noise-reduction in compact cameras that the official 10MP no longer contains that much resolution detail but that is a different issue from DPI. Colin (talk) 21:56, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The Sydney Ferries 'Collaroy' servicing the Circular Quay-Manly route in Sydney, Australia.

 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 14:20, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Conolophus subcristatus
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Chimborazo Volcano view from the city of Guayaquil
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 Comment The image description needs to be expanded: Schönau in the Black Forest; who is represented here?, etc. --Cayambe (talk) 10:40, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Interesting subject, but not enough to give full reading on my wow-o-meter. Distracting loudspeaker in the background. Moreover, I think the image could benefit from a perspective correction. --Slaunger (talk) 14:34, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose There's clearly a story here, but what is it? Some context is needed in the image description, or at least some links. The background is unfortunately very distracting. Gamaliel (talk) 23:18, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 delist, 0 keep, 0 neutral => delisted. cart-Talk 08:31, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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St.Felio de Goixols Beach.
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  •  Support as this image is the most distant image of the Earth ever recorded, making it a "historical or otherwise unique image". It shows just how small our planet is in space - as it is taken from just outside the Solar System. The low resolution is a inherent in its creation, because of the device (Voyager 1) and the distance - from 6 billion kilometres away the Earth appears as a tiny speck, visible only at low resolution. Also, this picture is actually a blown up version of a much smaller image in which the Earth is essentially invisible, and the graininess results from that increase in size. It appears as NASA created and distributed it - no larger versions are available. It has very high encyclopedic value in illustrating Pale Blue Dot, and significant encyclopedic value as iconic image of the Voyager Program.
    From the 'pedia nom. - Benzband (talk) 17:41, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose We had a nom of this a few months ago. I haven't changed my mind since. I'm not the "modern abstract art" kind of guy. There's a huge technical challenge behind this, but you really have to have the explanation beside to get the whole meaning of it. But otherwise, I only see noise (something I could pretty much mimick by taking a picture in the dark with ISO pushed as far as 12800) - Benh (talk) 18:20, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Agree with Benh. Colin (talk) 19:18, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose "one" excellent blue pixel, but not that noisy image. It can be perhaps a very VI image. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 02:19, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Rules can be broken and all, but I really see this 100% more a valuable image than a featured picture. No composition, colouring, sharpness, quality, there's noise and chromatic mess. I'm sorry but despite its value, I really don't see it as a FP. --Paolo Costa (talk) 03:55, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info nearly identical version already declined. --ELEKHHT 03:57, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Strong support I can't believe that this image is opposed purely on technical merit. Of course is noisy and withoud details. The earth is a tiny pixel - that's the point, d'oh. Please read Reflections by Sagan, maybe you'll change your mind. --Lošmi (talk) 07:25, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think is "purely on technical merit". The image does not work as photography, all the encyclopaedic value (well recognised on Wikipedia) is in the caption, as already explained by Benh. --ELEKHHT 07:56, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe it was not your intention, but "that's the point, d'oh" doesn't sound too polite, does it? I know that's the point, but I still don't see it as a FP sorry. --Paolo Costa (talk) 14:52, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I guess not, but it's not polite to oppose this image based on sharpness and noise as well :D This image is about feeling you get by how and why it was made, and what it represents. Simple "No wow", would be much more sencere reason for opposing, IMO. I don't think that every image should be judged solely on visuals. What's wrong if you must read a description sometimes? For example, lots of images in this category requires reading the description to get what they represent, this one is featured because of it's historical significance, etc. --Lošmi (talk) 19:28, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I can understand how you feel about that, but the feelings you talk about, they come only after reading the explanations, and the picture don't add much (if at all) to them. If I show anyone the picture and give no caption on it, I bet no one will feel as you expect. Photo can convey feelings close to or stronger than reality. IMO, this one doesn't compare to how small I feel when I look up and see a clear starry sky. - Benh (talk) 21:39, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
When I think about featuring or not I think: if I was a random visitor of Commons and wanted to see the best pictures, would I expect this one to be there? Or would it be better placed in a section called "valued images"? That's the reason why I give a lot of weight to the technical part. This picture has its own amazing story, but I just see a lot of disturbing random dots. I remember taking a picture of an incredible starry sky far away from the city, in amazonia some two years ago... that night I stayed up for hours just looking at the sky in meditation. Then I came home, watched and edited the ISO1600 pictures and in the end I remember thinking those pics were just an awful mess. I did not place them among my best pictures despite the value of the moment. The text is awesome, but I don't picture the image in the FP gallery. So that's how I see it. --Paolo Costa (talk) 22:48, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 07:27, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Not totally sure I follow your text but suspect you are thinking that given our prior disagreement that my review might be biased. I can assure you I bear no grudges and very much believe that a FP review should judge the photograph, not the photographer. But, of course, we shall see what other people think of the pic. Colin (talk) 21:17, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Alkazar. Toledo
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Borgeby castle in winter. Scone.Sweden.
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Country church in Sogn, Norway.
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Golden Retriever Junghund
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U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter
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The raspberry or hindberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves. Raspberries are perennial, with woody stems.
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Thomas Edison
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River Arnoia ending at the Miño river, Galicia (Spain)
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The Great Sphinx of Giza in the evening light
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Egelsbergmühle in Krefeld
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Drahtsteg Hängebrücke am Berliner Höhenweg Nr.526 in den Zillertaler Alpen auf einer Höhe von 2413 Metern. Ihn erreicht man zu Fuß in 5 Minuten von der Olpererhütte. Im Tal liegt der Schlegeisspeicher.
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 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 21:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Young Pholiota squarrosa, Family: Strophariaceae, Location: Germany, Biberach

- Oppose A third of the pic (top left) is just dark bokeh. Also the sharpest objects seem to be some leaves on the right, not the mushrooms. -- Avda (talk) 19:59, 1 December 2011 (UTC)  I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 21:44, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Aix galericulata
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Vocabulaire de l'académie, 1832
  •  Info created, uploaded & nominated by Coyau -- Coyau (talk) 13:37, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Coyau (talk) 13:37, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Interesting to look at and eye-catching with a great mood. I appreciate the worn look of the dictionary and the table on which it is placed. Good topic too. But I find there is not a proper balance in the photo; the crop is too tight at top and left edges, and the shadow on the lower side of the dictionary is too dark, I think a small secondary light source from another direction would be helpful. Then one could alse see the worn pages, which are only vaguely hinted at now. --Slaunger (talk) 20:38, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment To me (and my Imac screen), the worn page are very visible and nice... But I agree with framing/crop, which is not perfect. It is enough for a very nice QI, nevertheless.--Jebulon (talk) 17:38, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Fragment of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Niš, Serbia.

 Abstain as creator.--MrPanyGoff 08:29, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Woodcarved animal
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Liga BBVA's 2010-2011 season, 6th round match between Barcelona FC and Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, disputed in Barcelona's Camp Nou, Spain.


  •  Info Ok guys, thanks for the feedback: I uploaded a new version, takin' into account your comments. In answer to Benh: I left some space on the right side because referee (quite prominent in yellow) is in there, balancing the composition to that side. Plus, the referee fell perfectly in the intersection between two lines of thirds, which is usually good (e.g.: placing an eye of a subject in that intersection). But now I centered it anyways. The difference in sharpening is considerable: a bit grainier now, but you were right about NR, looks better imo. If you have some time, feel free to re-check it out.
  •  Support Latest edit. --Slaunger (talk) 06:59, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Per Alvesgaspar. Compo is good, quality is substandard. พ.s. 12:51, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Overprocessed Cathy Richards (talk) 16:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination --Paolo Costa (talk) 18:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Panorama of Upernavik cemetery, North-West Greenland, August 2007
  •  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Slaunger -- Slaunger (talk) 23:46, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info This nomination is a tribute to Böhringers panoramas. When I saw his latest nomination I was reminded of some old photos from Greenland taken with a compact camera. I recalled one of the photos were out-of-focus, and I had given up stitching it. However, Böhringers photo inspired me to revisit the old photos and try again, this time also with better stitching software than back in 2007, and it turned out better than I had anticipated. The pano is not flawless, it has still a soft area in the foreground to the left of the large cross (see annotation on file page), and the overall image quality is a bit 2007ish. But maybe wow mitigates? --Slaunger (talk) 23:46, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Abstain As creator. -- Slaunger (talk) 23:46, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral I remember a pano of yours which I voted for despite some flaws because Greenland is not one of these mainstream places. I still face the same dilemma here. It's a tad soft, and one shot was missed on the left (blurry band). The lighting is also very flat and doesn't help guess the shape (volume) of the landscape. But it's a beautiful place with an interesting composition, so I can't oppose. - Benh (talk) 12:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose -- Such an interesting place to shoot! And still I have the annoying feeling that something is missing at the bottom. Crop too tigh, sorry. Alvesgaspar (talk) 13:58, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • I understand. I think I could give it some room below, but at the expense of the sides. I'll look into that tomorrow. I wish I had had better equipment then, and the knowledge I have today. There were so many awesome sights there. --Slaunger (talk) 22:03, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I'd really love to have this on our gallery! It really is a unique location. This has better lighting than your FP. But I fully agree with Gaspar. Once you upload the new version I might help you with the blurred band: since it is relatively little, I can improve it with some patient cloning, sharpening/blurrying job (in case you are interested). But first fix the crop: this one has a great light and not such a bad resolution for 2007, I think it could be featurable, plus; I love the icebergs: they are so illustrative about how cold the place must be, even in sunny days! --Paolo Costa (talk) 03:03, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Paolo, thank you for your kind offer. I am very much interested in getting help with the editing, as it is not an area in which my competences peak the most. This evening, I will upload the full resolution stitch with black areas and all. It gives a better impression of give-and-take possibilities concerning the crop, and what you can clone from. I will also have a look in my file repository for more wide angle single shot photos of the cross the same day. As I recall, I have some on my NAS. Cheers from Denmark. Concerning the whether: At summer time it was my experience that the wheather could be in three states: Dense fog 45%, storm 10%, blue sky with no wind 45%. When in the latter state, the climate felt very mild. When in the latter state you could actually often just wear a T-Shirt, an open wind breaker and jeans. Average high temperature of 8 deg C in July and August, but when sunny and in calm wind it feels warmer. There were days, where the temperature was higher than in Northern Italy in the summer of 2007. The sea temperature is always around 3 deg Celsius independent of the season.--Slaunger (talk) 11:19, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • It really is a shame about that empty space in the lower part... that would have definitively improved the already attractive composition. That really is the reason why I tend to take some huge margins now when I take panoramic picture :) - Benh (talk) 20:45, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • I just found another set of photos from the same location taken 1-2 weeks after! I had totally forgotten that back then I also found out I did not cover a field of view, which was large enough. Unfortunately, that set appear to better cover the lower part, but also seems to have huge parallax issues at the big white cross. I will try to work with that, but it will require quite some hours of fiddling and masking work. I'll be back! --Slaunger (talk) 20:55, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • If it's from similar point of view, and similar lighting, then it should be possible to properly add it into the other set of pictures in the stitching. The missing part shouldn't bring up parallax issue as far as I can see. If parts are still missing, I think you can get a good result by filling with careful cloning. You seem skilled, so let's wait and see the result. - Benh (talk) 22:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination--Slaunger (talk) 20:30, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Arrested refugees immigrants in Fylakio detention center Thrace Evros Greece October 9, 2010
Well it looks like one when i just saw it. So guess not. But i can see a potential of historical picture in the near future.Trongphu (talk) 23:47, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 8 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:01, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Socialist realist painting of Lenin
I know this is not an argument for featuring, but many featured pictures don't meet the size criteria, such as File:Edmund blair leighton accolade.jpg. InverseHypercube 05:34, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
For the particular example a user has uploaded a lower resolution version of the file a few months after its promotion in 2007 (should be fixed I guess). The version, which was originally promoted was +3Mpixels.--Slaunger (talk) 21:55, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I just restored the originally promoted version. --Slaunger (talk) 22:07, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 3 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 19:59, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Panorama of Leeds Castle in September, 2011
✓ Done--Morning Sunshine (talk) 08:12, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:03, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Lotus flower from the Mekong
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A water monitor in the Frankfurt Zoo
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Dodecahedron twin pyrite crystal

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USA embassy graffiti Tehran Iran
  •  Info created by ggia - uploaded by ggia - nominated by ggia -- Ggia (talk) 22:12, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- A similar image from the former-USA embassy in Tehran was nominated here [2]. Looking to the comments in the previous nomination.. I don't think nominating this image means that we (or me as a nominator) support any kind of anti-american propaganda. BTW I love also the other image with the antisemitic/anti-american message.. both have very high EV for an article like Iran hostage crisis. Recently (a few days ago) some protests.. that remind me the iran hostage crisis.. took place in front of the British embassy in Tehran [3]. [4] Ggia (talk) 22:12, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose Highly valuable, and very good image quality. The lady in chador sets the scene nicely concerning the location. But the light is dull, and the composition as such is not that attractive in my opinion (I think the previous nom had more wow, although it does not set the scene as nicely as this nomination). I think the photo could be a good candidate as a valued image within a scope such as Grafitti at USA embassy in Tehran (in competition with previous nom and other candidates) as the grafitti at this particular location seems to be notable. I agree with you that nominating (or perhaps promoting) such an image is not equivalent with supporting anti-american propaganda. It is merely an educational and informative photo of a particular place where a particular POV is expressed. --Slaunger (talk) 20:34, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support As a photograph I think this is very good. I agree the light is dull and I'd be tempted to clone out the distracting bottom left corner of the pavement. But the diagonal lines are effective in leading the eye towards the woman, as does the image of the gun. As an image it is very powerful: an American gun pointing towards an Arab civilian. I can see it would be a useful image that illustrates some peoples' feelings towards the US. However that image is an artefact of the composition and not contained within the graffiti itself. It illustrates an emotion rather than captures a physical object. I was concerned this could be considered political art (rather than a photograph of notable political art, which would be ok) but think it has useful educational illustrative value. Colin (talk) 09:45, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Colin, you are right about the composition. I do not know if it was a deliberate effect from Ggias side, but it is quite "smart" element in the composition. Modified my vote above. --Slaunger (talk) 10:02, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose dull light, to grey. VI yes, FP: no for me. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 11:16, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment @Colin: please notice that Iranians are not "Arabs" at all...--Jebulon (talk) 13:56, 3 December 2011 (UTC) @Slaunger: maybe the persian word chador could be more appropriated than the pachto one burqa, for the description of the cloth of the lady. I know I'm maybe nitpicking, but I think it is important to be precise in this (sensitive) matter. As we say in french: "Le Diable réside dans les détails"...--Jebulon (talk) 14:12, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info in Iran the women usually (I am not sure to tell never) don't wear burqa. Look to my blog these 3 images to understand how the dressing look like [5]. Traveling to Iran for 20 days I didn't see a woman with covered face. A lot of young iranian women have half of the head uncovered. May-be this stereotype is from your experience with Turkey or Syria or arab countries, where you can find women with burga.. it is not the same in Iran. The problem is that in this image you get a stereotype that women in Iran are like Afganistan or like Arab countries (where burga exists and lot of women wear it). Ggia (talk) 14:18, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment @Jebulon and @Ggia: Thank you for educating me. I must admit, that I am not very knowledgeable about the different clothings worn in these countries. I have corrected my decription. As a pedantic I appreciate to be corrected when I state something, which is factually not correct. I am familiar with "The Devil is in the Detail". We have that saying as well, and I agree. --Slaunger (talk) 14:31, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies if my ignorance caused any offence. You learn something every day. Colin (talk) 09:16, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yes you are right, and thanks to "Commons" for that ! Sorry if you feel me a bit pedant.--Jebulon (talk) 17:03, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Aguilas del Zulia vs Leones del Caracas, Maracaibo, Venezuela 21-12-2011
  •  Info created by The Photographer - uploaded by The Photographer - nominated by The Photographer -- The Photographer (talk) 13:18, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- The Photographer (talk) 13:18, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Good action shot with good timing. I think the intensity and concentration in the scene is expressed quite well. The mulitcolored background is quite ugly, unfortunately, and the colors appear oversaturated. The attempted noise reduction does not appear very succesfull, probably because some color "knobs" have been turned too much in the digital darkroom. --Slaunger (talk) 20:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Epale pana!! En primer lugar un cordial saludo de mi parte y mi agradecimiento por ser uno de los usuarios que màs fotos de Venezuela ha subido, como voluntariado, cosa que no es fácil de encontrar. En cuanto a la foto, recuerda que por aquí son sumamente rígidos, tecnicamente hablando. Si quieres saber mi humilde opinión, la reducción de ruido de la imagen está demasiado forzada, bastante pues. No se que software usas porque no aparece en la metadata, sin embargo te recomiendo fuertemente el Lightroom, además te servirá para remover fácilmente esas molestas aberraciones cromáticas que puedes notar donde por ejemplo dice "camisas ROW". Aquí se requieren trabajos casi perfectos: tampoco te votarán positivo si la luz es escasa o si hay desenfoques mínimos o si por ejemplo la composición es mala o el fondo distrae, como ocurre en este caso. Sin embargo no dejes de subir candidatos de Venezuela, mientras más tengamos en la galería mejor, ya que no hay material actualmente. Saludos y un abrazo desde Caracas. --Paolo Costa (talk) 13:09, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Dromedaris in the city of Enkuizen with houses near the water
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Lörrach: Villa Aichele and surrounding park
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Mycena inclinata, Clustered Bonnet
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St Spyridon's Church, Kingsford, Sydney format = landscape
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The pope palace, main facade, city of Avignon, France.
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Great Sphinx of Giza
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Galery in Flower Garden (Květná zahrada). Kroměříž (Kremsier), Moravia, Czech Republic
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Large octagonal basin in the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
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Malta, Mdina, St. Paul's cathedral
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Albi: Palais de la Berbie
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12th century depiction of Henry V, Holy Roman Empire

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12th century depiction of Henry V, Holy Roman Empire

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Leaves in the forest after the rain
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Crepuscular rays at Sunset near Waterberg Plateau in Namibia

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Crepuscular rays at Sunset near Waterberg Plateau in Namibia

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View of Dal Lake and the city of Srinagar from Shankaracharya Hill.
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Torre de Sant Joan
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Odle, a mountain chain part of Dolomites, in South Tyrol
Michael, where is this 300 dpi requirement? My understanding is that the the DPI field in a JPG is irrelevant. Colin (talk) 19:11, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for this information. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 00:20, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I do not understand the 300 dpi thing either. The overall resolution is OK. --Slaunger (talk) 20:27, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Civilian bomb disposal team prepares for the disposal of a British WWII blockbuster bomb in Koblenz, 4 December 2011.
Where do you see “chromatic aberrations”? -- Spurzem (talk) 18:44, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Ship crossing the Beagle Channel.
  •  Info created by Banfield - uploaded by Banfield - nominated by Banfield -- Banfield - Amenazas aquí 05:03, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Banfield - Amenazas aquí 05:03, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I like the scene but not so much the central composition for the, probably, moving boat. I would have liked if there was more space on the right side than there was on the left. Maybe the use of thirds would be useful in this kind of picture when it comes to composition. Then maybe the horizon would be positioned at the lower third of picture and the ship at the 1/3 from the left. Another problem might be the gray light which is why I'm not sure if the picture can stand out among the other FPs. I think I'm also seeing some chromatic noise which is a kind of a quality issue. --Ximonic (talk) 19:51, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose (edit conflict) Beagle channel is as far as I know one of the few straits/passages around the southern tip of South America near the border to Chile from Argentina. Not so easy to navigate through and narrow in some places. I do not understand exactly what the idea is with this photo? If it is to illustrate the channel it would have been more interesting at a narrow stretch, if it was geocoded it would be easier to understand exactly where we are. If it is the boat, which is the subject, it is way to distant and fills a too small fraction of the image area. Moreover, the frontal sunlight and haze to the background mountains is rather unfortunate. The centered position of the boat in the photo also makes it uninteresting to look at from a compositional point of view. The place in itself is interesting though, and I think it would be nice to have some photos from this area in our FP gallery. Just not this one, sorry. --Slaunger (talk) 19:55, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Church of La Companía in Quito - Ecuador

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Bartolome island, Galapagos (Ecuador)
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Keri lighthouse
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Speicher Spullersee Panorama
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Shell of Reeve's Turban, Turbo reevei
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The crystallyne waters of the Caribbean Sea, on a sunny day. Photo taken in Morrocoy national park, Venezuela.
  •  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Paolo Costa - This is the closest I got to the actual colors. I think it's a pretty faithful reproduction of the Venezuelan seas. - Paolo Costa (talk) 23:05, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Paolo Costa (talk) 23:05, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It is pretty and the colours look great, and right now, being in a dark and cold country at this time of year, I would just love to dip in. However, isn't this how the sea looks many places in the Carribean? At least, it looks very much like the sea I saw, when I visited Guadeloupe in the Carribean last year. That is, I do not see anything particular informational or educational in the photo, which is characteristic of the location, except, "relatively close to the equator". That is, not very valuable, much like a pretty sunset. But it gave me a warm feeling, so thanks for sharing it.--Slaunger (talk) 23:15, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • You may be right but: a sunset can be shot from anywhere around the world. The same cannot be said for the crystalline, shallow-water beaches of the Morrocoy national park (notice the extension of shallow waters, check on the geotag). Besides that, when I looked up for "Caribbean sea" and "Caribbean beaches" on Commons I was so disappointed by the lack of pictures and quality images that I wanted to share this one. I noticed South american high-quality pictures are pretty rare (compared to N.A. and Europe for example), not to mention images from Venezuela. That's where I saw the value. --Paolo Costa (talk) 23:45, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      •  Neutral I agree with you concerning the low availability of such high quality photos of shallow-water Carribean beaches. You are good at arguing, and I have modified my vote to neutral, as I am still not entirely FP-convinced. --Slaunger (talk) 23:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Katarighe (talk) 23:37, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry but it's a bit too abstract for me (which would be fine as a desktop wallpaper), and I don't think it's as unique as implied by author. I've come across similar sceneries from other parts of the world. Also, the subject is said to be water, yet it accounts for only a third of the image. - Benh (talk) 12:26, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment -- I love minimalism and this picture is so much alike some others I have taken in Porto Covo! But, like Slaunger, I'm not fully convinced it is FP-worthy. If the community decides otherwise, maybe I will nominate this one of mine... Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:07, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support We see, there are different meanings. But I like this image. His minimalism shows only the Morrocoy National Park in the Caribbean sea, that is the subject and that is ok. I see this image as a German born in India. My grandfather and my father worked as German people over 20 years in India, and I traveled to several lands around the world. There is Fernweh in our family since 130 years. You don't find this word Fernweh in the Wikipedia, not even in the German Wikipedia. Fernweh: you need to go and see and live and work in other lands and you need to return later on to your own home, because you have (de:) Heimweh (en: homesickness in the en: Wikipedia) in other lands. In the Romantik had Fernweh the name (de) Wanderlust, (en) wanderlust, (pt) Wanderlust or (pt) desejo de viajar, you find this in the wikipedia. Fernweh is the modern word with global thinking. Paolo Costa, your image "Caribbean sea - Morrocoy National Park - Playa escondida" is a Fernweh-image for people in the cold Europe. But you feel even Fernweh in Venezuela, you traveled to Canada and Italy. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 01:09, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment That word will be imprinted in my mind for a long time. That's exactly how I feel about traveling. My parents were italian, I live in Venezuela, and when I travel I enjoy viewing other cultures and nature wonders. But eventually I get the need to return home and travel here as well! Nice info. --Paolo Costa (talk) 03:12, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Info "Fernweh" is the real, physical need to move. in french : "Avoir la bougeotte". Mes deux centimes. --Jebulon (talk) 16:32, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Empty image, just air and water.--Sasha Krotov (talk) 13:51, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Nice colors, would make good widescreen desktop as noted (I may even use it for that purpose), but at bottom it's just a picture of the sea, with nothing special. Daniel Case (talk) 21:43, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I realize it's been withdrawn already, but I would  Support such a lovely photo. Thank you for it. --Jonathunder (talk) 10:48, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • As Jonathunder I regret that this very nice image has been withdrawn. It deserves my  Support too. -- MJJR (talk) 21:27, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Saint John of Nepomuk chapel in Chvalkovice, Náchod district, Czech Republic
I believe the image is not tilted. Terain there is sloping to right in that place so that the image seems to be tilted. --Karelj (talk) 22:01, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I was wondering at first whether my eyes were deceiving me due to the slope of the landscape, until I checked with a vertical line on a wall of the church... Try for yourself, and you will realize it is tilted. --Slaunger (talk) 22:47, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Sint-Nicolaaskerk in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  •  Info created, edited, uploaded and nominated by PETER WEIS TALK 20:10, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support I am fascinated by the dark and dramatically clouded background combined with the light coming in from the side on the old buildings. It gives a lot of wow to the photo. The foreground elements are rather ugly and do not fit well with the main subject of the image. On the other hand, they are representative of the mixture between construction, infrastructure and architecture in any city, and thus adds a good portion of authenticity IMO. I appreciate the information rich file page. There is maybe a little motion blur (or f/10 DOF soft focus in foreground), and the overall image quality is not exquisite, but I think acceptable. --Slaunger (talk) 21:36, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment/ Neutral. Faszinierendes Abendlicht, na ja. Die Stimmung hat was, dennoch empfinde ich das Licht mit den vielen Schatten als eher unschön. An der Qualität habe ich rein gar nichts auszusetzen. Die Komposition spaltet mich etwas zwie. Mir gefällt der Bildaufbau an sich sehr gut, man merkt, dass du dir darüber Gedanken gemacht hast. Die Brücke und die Steine passen sehr gut ins Foto. Dennoch hätte ich oben vom Himmel und unten von der Straße ordentliche Stücke abgeschnitten. Auch links ragt die Werbetafel nicht wirklich exzellent ins Bild. Das wollte ich mal loswerden. Viele Grüße --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 11:42, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment vielen dank für die blumen. abendlicht um 11:08 uhr ist mir neu - aber warum nicht. das mit dem plakat stört mich selbst. bin mir noch nicht sicher ob ich das noch wegshoppe. leider war vor ort nicht die möglichkeit die komposition weiter nach rechts zu verschieben (da hatte es eine messstation). croppte man an der linken seite, wäre mir der beschnitt der hinteren häuserreihe zu knapp. so läuft es einigermaßen gut aus. per kameramessung ist der turm etwa 291m entfernt. daher vermutlich die vordergrundunschärfe, obgleich blende 10 genutzt wurde. die aufnahme entstand aus der hand. regards, PETER WEIS TALK 12:10, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I really love the 3 stones on the foreground (De barikaden op! gevoel) and the old city in the background, but the heavily overexposed bridge and the advertisement thing on the left which is cropped ruin that mood a bit. Mvg, Basvb (talk) 16:03, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment/ Neutral. Unten die Straße, sowie oben vom Himmel könnte wirklich etwas abgeschnitten werden. Es stört, weil es nichts wesentliches zeigt. Ich hätte da eher vom Stein rechts im Querformat, bei vielleicht 30-50mm das Bild geschossen. Ansonsten auf alle Fälle QI für mich. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:31, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Coucher de soleil sur le Bonhomme de Bourail
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Great Buddha Temple, Changhua, Taiwan
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  • Yes, there is a halo though very slight. I just measured the RGB components of a series of points along a line cutting horizontally the bird. The extremes are: [120 159 202] (near the bird) and [100 149 197] (away from the bird). As we know the feeling of tone change in enhanced by the presence of a darker area. Now for the explanation: either the photographer created it in the digital lab (unlikely, considering who he is); or the camera sensor was fooled by the situation (?); or the camera increased internally the contrast in the jpg output (likely) Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:20, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Interesting. Home at a better LED screen now, and I see it as well now (although not as a strong halo). Not something which bothers me though concerning supporting the nominaion. I have asked JJ Harrison to comment here. Maybe he has a good explanation. --Slaunger (talk) 21:47, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is there, but seeing a strong halo really just suggests only the thumbnails have been looked at - downsizing to thumbnails makes it much more obvious, or a badly adjusted display. It is very mild on my (calibrated) monitor. It the result of a small amount of highlight reduction, required to fit both the black and the white within the dynamic range available in the jpeg format and typical computer displays without blown highlights etc. One could shoot on a cloudy day, but then you'd have to use much higher isos to freeze the motion. JJ Harrison (talk) 23:15, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Sulphur Tuft
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Meerkat at rest
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Nymphs and Satyr
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Black Australorp rooster

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MSS 122 in Boise State University Library Special Collections, a 15th century manuscript.
I would suggest that it is of exceptional beauty - "wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art" are allowed irrespective of their notability (and I freely admit that Boise State MSS 122 is not a notable manuscript). If you'd like an illuminated document of exceptional historical relevance, please see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Henry V.jpeg.
I can read Latin, and I will provide a full translation with textual context in a day or two. --Claritas (talk) 16:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Handshake
  •  Info created by COSV - uploaded by [[6]] - nominated by Slick -- Slick (talk) 12:45, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Slick (talk) 12:45, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - I really like it as a photograph, but I'm unwilling to support unless the file page provides more information concerning when and where it was taken etc. Without a full description there is very little potential for encyclopaedic or other educational use.--Claritas (talk) 16:35, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Nice, but not enough dof to me (the zones unsharp are too big)--Miguel Bugallo 20:36, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I think it is fine that the DOF is shallow. It is reasonably sharp in the handshake area and thereby naturally draws the eye to part part of the photo, which is well placed. That is actually a positive effect, to help isolate the essential part of the photo. The tiny hand in the knitted sweater shaking the large adult finger is very powerful compositional aspect of the photo in my opinion. But I too, would like a more thorough file page with more information about where and topic. The file name indicates that the child has aids, but is that true? Is it staged? --Slaunger (talk) 21:26, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Vasco da Gama tower, 145 meters high, with hotel under contruction, in Lisbon.
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Orbiter main propulsion system
  •  Info created by Malyszkz - uploaded by Malyszkz - nominated by Fred the Oyster -- Fred the Oyster (talk) 11:12, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Fred the Oyster (talk) 11:12, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose There are many minor "errors" in this diagram in my opinion. Many parts look not like possible in real life (see annotations). This is a diagram, if it has to be FP, has to be close to perfect I think, and, no offense intended, this is far from perfect. And last, words are not well spaced, but a little too tightly placed one against the other. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong with any of my notes please, and to remove them, but after a while so people can read them). --Paolo Costa (talk) 12:15, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • By the way, it should say tHrust, (The reactive force in the direction of the nozzle's exit) not trust... trust is another thing that has to do with faith :) --Paolo Costa (talk) 12:33, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • (Edit conflict) As far as I can see there are no errors, on the understanding of course that you are looking directly at the svg file rather than the rendered version. A couple of the points you raised are unfair really as if you look on the original 'official' png you will see that the illustration remains faithful to it. I can answer each point if you wish. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 12:37, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • Oh, no offense intended, and I never wanted to be unfair. But I have an advanced understanding of 3D graphics and can tell you for sure this file is not a good reproduction of reality in that sense (not the reproduction work, which is good, but the original work) (This was a mistake, I thought you had edited the first svg version, which I thought was the original file. Then I looked at NASA's file and it's ok. I still think the svg has many errors). I'm just saying, in my point of view, this shouldn't be a featured image because it has many logical errors - in the original file (I mean the original svg file in Commons with the typo, not the one from NASA which looks ok in 3D despite the lack of precision). No need to discuss any point. I look at the file and think: this is not among the best works in Wiki. --Paolo Costa (talk) 14:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • You may or may not have a good understanding of 3D graphics, what you don't appear to have is a good understanding of illustration. The original from which this illustration is based is by NASA and it is faithful to that. An illustration is not meant to be photoreal otherwise a photo would do the job better. An illustration is supposed to simplify so as to make it clearer. It doesn't have to be 100% accurate in fact most illustrations aren't. It is interpretation of the original artwork and attempts to make that clearer which it does incredibly well. As an illustrator I understand that, you obviously don't and as such I don't believe you are in a position to properly judge this illustration's merits. Especially as you seem to want to argue with NASA's viewpoint. Bear in mind this is not my artwork but as a professional illustrator I see it for what it is, not for what you think it should be. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 16:15, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
            • Having gone through your points the only conclusion I can come to is that no offence was intended, but you just don't seem to have a clue about illustrative work. When you can't even recognise that the line on the top you think is a problem but is actually the rear edge of the far ceiling then I start to believe that you really aren't qualified to make the judgements you are making. perhaps you should pass on by and we'll wait for someone who does know what they are talking about. I'm just surprised you haven't passed comment about QA somewhere in the artwork. If you do wish to pass comment then I suggest that you look at NASA's artwork, then back at this artwork then pass judgement. The nominated artwork is a realisation of the original NASA artwork, nothing else. Not reality, not the image that's in your head, not what you may have seen in text books. perhaps when you can do that I will take your comments seriously. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 16:31, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Dear user, I can see you must have worked really hard on this. Your work on Wikimedia as an illustrator is pretty awesome, no doubt. Despite my oppose, I sincerely hope you get your FP status. You look very confident about the original artwork (I meant the first svg file, not the NASA file which is ok) and the fact that I don't have a clue, that I am not qualified, that my comments are not serious, etc: if the file is so good, my oppose should do no harm, and you'll get plenty of supports, it'll all be fine. Regards --Paolo Costa (talk) 17:47, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Twice or three times I've mentioned it now yet you still don't take it in. This is not my artwork, I am merely nominating it. The only thing I have done to it is correct the typo and anyone with a text editor could do that. Looking through your contributions I see that there isn't a single vector illustration there, this just further solidifies my opinion. I am well aware that I cannot take photographs to your standard and as such wouldn't dream of critiquing them, I just wish the opposite were true. Unfortunately you are critiquing this artwork as if it was a photo, that's not how it works I'm afraid. I am nominating this artwork because as a professional illustrator I feel I am qualified and can see the level of expertise and artistry that went into this, hopefully someone else with similar abilities and experience will be along to give a more insightful critique. Thank you for your time. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 18:59, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I agree with Paolo that the illustrator didn't seem to get the correct 3D shape of the object he intent to represent (how could he have, starting with such a poor quality diagram?). Some parts also seem to be missing, but it's hard to tell what exactly. I can change my vote if I find a better version of the diagram before voting period ends. - Benh (talk) 22:38, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - per Paolo and the discussion above. --Claritas (talk) 19:32, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question What does the acronym "ET" in "ORBITER/ET" expand into? "External tank?". I don't like acronyms in text in figures unless they are very widely understood (IN. is OK as an abbreviation for instance). I think they shall be either expanded to full text or eliminated unless they are crucial for the understanding. Also, is LO2 standard notation for liquid oxygen in aeronautics? According to en:Liquid oxygen the most well known abbreviations are LOx, LOX, or Lox (although, personally, I prefer LO2 or ). --Slaunger (talk) 20:03, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The lower right subfigure confused me for a while. I think it could have been clearer if the LH2 and LO2 compartments had been enclosed by a cross-sectional view of the well known shape of the external fuel tank (I suppose the oxidizer is near the tip end?). I am also wondering if there is a special point in going from 3D in the main figure to 2D in the subfigure. The connection is not immediately clear as it is I think. --Slaunger (talk) 20:03, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 16:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • By the way, you could add some to the description (on the file page I mean) about the 5th guy. I had not noticed about the legs until I read some. But in the file page nothing is said. And I still am a little curious about the 5th friend! Is he dead? are they cannibals? Is she transporting a son in her mouth (some frogs do that, but it doesn't seem the case here!). Congrats for the awesome and intriguing shot!--Paolo Costa (talk) 02:55, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done--Citron (talk) 19:27, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done It's enough ? --Citron (talk) 19:27, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
in my opinion too much... --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 21:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 28 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 16:54, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Rostock}} shows the effect of moving lights on the spokes while the wheel itself is running. This nomination should fit in the present season... :-)
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Monument of Alexander von Humboldt in front of the Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
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The medieval Church of St. George in Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
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  •  Info The University of Coimbra (here), one of the oldest in the world, was founded during the 13th century, under the Portuguese king D. Dinis. Its tower, an iconic building of the city, was rebuilt in the 18th century and restored very recently. All by Alvesgaspar (talk)
  •  Abstain as author. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 21:11, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose why a panorama? Of course it's your decision to make one, but here it ruins the picture, because all below clock is out of focus. The crop is very bad (too much boring ground at bottom, tight at top). The composition is centered as well. Nevertheless, I have to mention the excellent light, very nice. --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 21:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  OpposeVery high historical and educational value indeed, but really the composition does not work to me, as mentioned by Carschten. --Jebulon (talk) 11:22, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 OK, I got it -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 16:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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A European Hamster, Cricetus cricetus

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Valtu manor windmill

 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 22:45, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The Azure Window on Gozo, Malta
 Support Super. -- -donald- (talk) 13:40, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done sh... shame on me. --Berthold Werner (talk) 12:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Chiajna Monastery, București
  •  Info created by Mihai Petre - nominated by Strainu -- Strainu (talk) 21:27, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I'm aware this image is under 2MP, but it is the winner of the Wiki Loves Monuments contest, so I believe it should receive the chance to be reviewed.-- Strainu (talk) 21:27, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sure it deserves that chance - please consider providing a higher resolution version and we'll see about it. Regards, PETER WEIS TALK 21:51, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - far too low resolution. Also, the gradient of the sky in the upper left looks artificial. --Claritas (talk) 00:15, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose IMO, the WLM contest results are a real problem... A lot of awarded pictures in Europe are NOT following the FPC and QIC guidelines...--Jebulon (talk) 13:40, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    How do you think that could be achieved Jebulon? I think from watching the 170 nominees to the European jury there are quite some pictures (20 maybe?) that could be a FP, but these didn't make it that high to the international jury, I believe between the 12 winners there are 1 or 2 FP's, and maybe 3 or 4 could be one. So where does this difference come from? Between the 170.000 pictures there should be some pictures able to reach the FP status, but on the other hand myself I think anything out of the ordinary simple straight forward object on a picture gets it harder on an FP, in a contest you want pictures to win with something caracteristicly, a nice mood. If you've any ideas on this please inform me on them, next year there will be a WLM worldwide, probably that will mean even more pictures, if there are problems with the results (I believe those are mainly on the technical part and being to artistic?) how could we solve those? Also I'd like to know your opinions (to all), on which pictures (from the 170 nominees) you think should have won, and why? I guess doing that discussion here is no option so if you've any opinions you want to share on this which we, the organizers from WLM 2012 could use, please share them with me on my talkpage. Mvg, Basvb (talk) 18:43, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment As you know I raised this issue here. If only the organisers wouldn't be soo afraid of promoting quality, and soo insistent about quantitative targets, the results could be better. --ELEKHHT 22:19, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I raised exactly the same issue here, as well as in my own country's contest. I hope that next time the national and international organizers finally admit that quantity does not produce automatically quality and act accordingly, limiting the number of photos per user and imposing some minimal quality criteria. Alvesgaspar (talk) 01:11, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well the problem with your suggestion is that limiting the number of photo's simply means that less monuments get illustrated. Allowing somebody to upload a bit less perfect picture doesn't disallow him to upload a more perfect picture. In the Netherlands out of 12.000 images, 8.000 are used on articles on Wikipedia, Andorra got all monuments covered, in total tens of thousands of monuments got a picture, which they didn't have yet. If we would have limited users to only upload 100 pictures each that would've ment only half that much monuments would've got a picture. Another thing is that the high quantity of pictures mainly comes from the more experiences Wikipedians, new users were allready a bit more picky in what to upload, and wonderful pictures have come across, ok they are not 165.000 quality images, but that's simply impossible. I believe that forbidding to upload a certain picture wont make people upload more pictures of another kind. I think improvements can be made, but on the field of which pictures win the contest in the end, because indeed it seems logical that the 100 best pictures overall should be able to make it as a FP, or at least a big part of those. The pictures suitable for FP are between the uploaded pictures, but seeing the nominations they don't yet end up that much as winners. I think over there we can win something, but disallowing uploads seems ridicule to me, I'm sorry. But improvements on what gets picked in the end could be made, and exact plans for that would be welcome. You guys simply calling out that the contest is crap wont be of any use. Mvg, Basvb (talk) 22:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Jebulon.. looking to the results of thw WLM contest for Romania ro:Wikipedia:WLM.. I find that these images cannot have success to FPC and some of them neither to QIC.. the winner of this contest is too over-processed/kitsch.. and all these HDR / over saturation effects makes the images not useful for wikipedia.. I have the feeling that an image in order to be used in a wikipedia article has to be with neural colors, without heavily artistic effects that make distortions to the colors, high HDR etc. Ggia (talk) 14:23, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not linked to the proposal in any way, but please, keep in mind that WLM is mainly a free photo contest, not necessarely a "photos for Wikipedia" contest. Also see the last bullet of my message here--Strainu (talk) 21:30, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Vorbesc si limba romana ;-) dar o-sa scriu in limba engleza aici (=I speak also romanian lanuage ;-) but I will write in english here). Me as a photographer I like shooting b&w film since 1993 and I have a lot of images published in my blog [7]. The images that I publish in commons, I publish them because I think they can used somehow in wikipedia project (they are not the same with the images I publish in my blog). If a photographic contest is running.. I suppose that the goal of a contest should be the images to have some encyclopedic value and to be used in the wikipedia. These images should not be extreme processed or have distortions in the colors in order to illustrate a encyclopedic article. Ggia (talk) 15:00, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Nazca booby (Sula granti) on Española, Galapagos Islands.
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MS Add. 3958

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Why can't a scan from a manuscript be featured ? These are of significant historical and illustrative merit, showing the method of a seventeenth century scientist. --Claritas (talk) 18:47, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This is simple my opinion. The name of this side is: "Featured picture candidates" and not "Featured manuscript candidates". But we can wait for other votes and opinions. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 20:02, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You have every right to your opinion, but I feel that you're putting aesthetics before educational value. --Claritas (talk) 22:36, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Agree with alchemist. i thinlk it is not well fit for the scope of FP. Very high value though. Yesterday, I was just sitting and browsing these exact pages and found it rather interesting, although I also found much of it hard to read and understand. Feel free to start, FM, and discuss the scope and setup for such a project. At least that is how I initiated VI... --Slaunger (talk) 22:52, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination - thanks for the input. I think FM would be possible in the future, and I'll give some thought as to how it might be implemented. Claritas (talk) 10:38, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Sacred Heart Monastery, Sydney
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: of the poor lighting and composition and significant perspective distortion --Claritas (talk) 10:35, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

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Cockroach - P. americana
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Embrasure of bunker 57 of Bolzano barrage in the Alpine Wall
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On my window Glass
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  • Rationale: High resolution, attractive poster. Illustrative of topic. Irrefutably PD.
  •  Info created by employee(s) of w:Paramount Pictures. Restoration by Centpacrr. Nominated by Crisco 1492
  •  Support -- Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:01, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - 1,551 × 2,361 pixels is inadequate for a poster. The resolution is not high enough to read all the text easily - it's difficult to read the "country of origin: USA" at the bottom right . The scan could be a lot better: white patch on the left, chromatic aberration around the letters etc. I also don't see how this poster is of high historic, artistic or illustrative merit. Also, the description page does not cover the retouching done or the poster itself in adequate detail. Sorry, --Claritas (talk) 18:53, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding "high historic, artistic or illustrative merit", the only thing more illustrative of the film is the film itself... which is not PD and will not be PD for a good period of time, with the current copyright lobbyist atmosphere. Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:29, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think promotional photos for the film (which are generally PD), if they exist, would of much greater illustrative merit. In any case, the image would have to be of extraordinary encyclopaedic value for me to support it despite the technical flaws. --Claritas (talk) 15:10, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ones like this have copyright notices on them (sadly, I personally like the poster...). Others, like this, may or may not have been renewed (and I am halfway around the world from the US copyright office, so I would never be able to check). Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:09, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Very unlikely that the copyright on the second has been renewed - see the licensing of File:Hepburn-afternoon.jpg for a similar case. --Claritas (talk) 02:19, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Black genitalia.jpg
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: per the reasons stated above regarding formal and ethical issues. Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:16, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

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Red-footed Tortoise; Palmitos Park, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.

 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 13:13, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Flooded church in Mavrovo Lake, Republic of Macedonia.
  •  Comment my comment it just a comment (my opinion has no stronger value than others - even if I am the photographer of this image).. if you think that other people will like the image and support you don't have to withdraw it! Ggia (talk) 18:19, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Mount Korab, Republic of Macedonia

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Sonogram of fetal vertebral column
Thanks for the explanation. The point is, that ultrasound images have a low resolution due to the wavelenght of mechanical vibrations compared to electromagnetic vibrations (light). These physical facts should be considered by reviewers. Therefore, I stated and repeat it that this is NOT a photography but it is a picture and that should not preclude it to become FP--Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 22:54, 21 December 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Did I say it was a photo :-)? I have been working for years with Scanning tunneling microscopes which produces computer generated images like this in less than 2Mpixel resolution, so I know what you mean, which is also the reason I say the technique may be considered a reason for mitigating the minimum 2Mpixel resolution guideline. --Slaunger (talk) 23:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Lac du Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard

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Hausen im Wiesental: catholic church
Picture is denoiseable and the trampoline I can retouch, but I don't think it's really distracting. --Wladyslaw (talk) 07:12, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Lets wait and hear the opinion of other reviewers... --Slaunger (talk) 07:13, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
very limited content in your argument, not liking church is usually no reason to oppose --Wladyslaw (talk) 14:23, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Dear Wladyslaw, this is a misinterpretation. I just pointed out, that the "wow factor" is limited IMO, because it is a relatively common motif and to me there is nothing special about this church. I didn't gave nor intended to give a statement of whether I like or dislike this church. --Norbert Nagel (talk) 19:07, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know how many churches you know that are looking like a little castle. This I find not very common. --Wladyslaw (talk) 19:19, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for your feedback. Do you have an example of an interview on Commons where you say it was better done? Finding a experienced interviewer is quite hard, and Axel is one of the best Wikimedians for communication i know about in Sweden. How can we find a better? The background setting is the same all media got with the laureates. How do you think one could get more out of the scene? What should be done better from preventing you zapping away? Who should these videos mainly target? Which questions are the most interesting having answered in a Wikipedia article? We decided to focus more on their biography and personal development instead of research. I'm a physicist, too, and could have talked to him (and Shechtman) about physics, but is this really what readers are interested in? I'm asking all these questions since we may do some more interviews in the future, and making them even better. This was so far the first attempt. --Prolineserver (talk) 08:41, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Prolineserver. Good and many questions. I do not have examples of interviews on Commons, which is better done. But I also do not think that videos is not the optimal media format on Commons the way Commons is set up now. The problem is that it is very hard to compete with the resources, gear and professionalism of journalists and interviewers on commercial TV stations. Given the boundary conditions for you folks, and gven it was the first attempt, I think the end result was very good. Yet, it just does not really stand out, as we are used to the standards in commercial broadcasts. I think the topic for the interview is good, and I agree with you that it is less alienating than speaking about the physics, as only very narrow group would follow that. Some ideas for future imprevements though. Bring a piece of uniformly colored cloth, e.g., black or grey, that can be suspended in the background to give it a studio-feel. There are too many distracting elements in the background as it is now. Consider to bring some lightning and set that up if possible. Consider standing up by a small cafe table instead. It usually gives more energetic interviews in my opinion than the laid-back sitting down interview. When standing up, there are also better possibilities to make gestures with hand and body I think. Consider blending in still photos from the laurates youth and childhood to set the words he use in context. Ideally, if a photo of him with his favotire high school teacher was available. Having one long clip with an interview can be a little boring to look at. The interviewer should omit the superfluous "Good" or "That's good" when the laurate hands over the word. The interviewer should not run out of questions. Some of the things I propose may actually worsen things. I dunno, live media and its toolbox is not something I am terribly knowledgable about, but try and see what works. I also think just getting some more experience doing these things will help, so keep working . --Slaunger (talk) 09:10, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
One last thing. The microphone. If possible use microphones clipsed to the clothes of the individuals participating in the interview. --Slaunger (talk) 09:12, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A videolight and better microphones are already on our shopping list, sound actually turned out to be the hardest part. I found another video of a Nobel laureate on Commons, but it is by no means better. I don't think that we cannot reach the quality of professionals due to lack of resources, Commons photos can compete. Though the chance of accidentally taking a great photo is higher than accidentally making a good video, most of the good-quality pictures on Commons are taken by experienced amateur photographers with gear much worse than that of professionals. The key is experience. And we have to find ways of minimizing the need/influence of an interviewer. My big question is still: What kind of videos are most useful?
Regarding the specific setting we will probably not be able to improve it much to next year. All media is using it, and all have a 5-min-slot: Moving/setting up the equipment, doing the interview, and removing everything while the next one is setting up. The maximum one can do is moving the Nobel laureate and his chair around. Do you really think a standing interview is better? Most of the interviews are done while sitting. Many people tend to move quite a lot which makes it harder to get a headshot. You are talking about gestures, but they are not visible at all in the crop I have chosen. What do you think is the best crop?
SVT and Nobelprize.org had much better interview possibilities. Do you think this is less boring? Would it be more interesting? What do you think about the cutting? It was probably done with one camera only, which is quite annoying since his right hand shifts around. The best setting got SVT between the award ceremony and the banquet (34:30). So final question: Which of these interviews are best fitting in a biography? --Prolineserver (talk) 22:37, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Great Sand Dunes NP 1.jpg
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1679 portrait of Jacobus Koelman by Jan Luyken.
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It's used as an example of a visual gag on en.Wikipedia. --Claritas (talk) 13:36, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The picture shows a valuable approach for children. The boy buried his teammates is delivered completely. He is dependent on the confidence of his friend. We also see that in addition to Game Boys and computers themselves can experience fun games and it creates memories for later. Sorry for my English. --Böhringer (talk) 22:21, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, That is a good explanation, and your English is fine (for a Dane at least). Really a nice photo, but cannot really support due to the crop. --Slaunger (talk) 22:30, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but only the one seen from behind. The other is from my friend of the boy.--Böhringer (talk) 22:46, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • The work needed on that article on the English Wikipedia should not have anything to do with Commons. Visual gag describe the type of information displayed in the photo. It's not a critique term. A visual gag is a common term meaning a trick on people's vision. The trick is that it looks like the boy bending over is holding his own head. Royalbroil 06:46, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Stone Urn, Trent Park, Enfield, UK
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Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) on Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Upernavik cemetery, North-West Greenland
  •  Info Created, stitched and uploaded by Slaunger - edited by Paolo Costa - nominated by Slaunger. This is a follow-up on a previous nomination I withdrew recently based on review comments suggesting some improvements. More foreground, and quality issues addressed. Please consider, that no downsampling has been used in this 35 Mpixel edit, and the stitch is based on single frames taken in 2007 with a compact camera. To see how it looks in, e.g., 10 Mpixel resolution see the discussion page of this nomination. Thanks to benh and Paolo for a fruitful dialog regarding the possibilities for image improvement. Independent of the outcome, it has been a fun process. -- Slaunger (talk) 08:21, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Slaunger (talk) 08:21, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support great group job.. I followed the discussion and progress here User_talk:Benh#A_preview_before_I_proceed Ggia (talk) 10:07, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Nice picture Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (talk) 11:25, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose wonderful view, nice colors but sadly nearly at all parts of the picture very noisy. --Wladyslaw (talk) 12:04, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose -- Sorry guys, but quality is just not there: the image is unsharp, noisy and lacks detail. I also find the composition unbalanced, due to the shape of the hill, and wonder whether a different shooting positiom wold have helped. Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:19, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak  Support. I know there's no weak support over here, but this is what I mean. Superb view of not mainstream place and nice composition à la Boringher ;) but lighting a bit flat on the right side and overall quite soft. But we have to take into account the size of the picture... It certainly would render better than many of our sharp FP (including some of mine...) on a given fixed size "canvas". And very nice fixes from Paolo !! - Benh (talk) 12:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment (ec) Regarding noise. Yes, if you open the file in full resolution and inspect a section of this 35 Mpixel image at a time, it is noisy, and also a little soft in focus. However, in my opinion, the pixel-by-pixel noise and softness is not noticable in any practical real-world application of the image. Be it as a full screen view on a monitor or as a large printout. Noise can be decreased a lot by downsampling, and I have done that previously here and here for instance. But I am done with this trick as the downsampling also results in a loss of information. The more I work with images, the more I feel that postprocessing like downsampling, sharpening and denoising ruins the photo - giving it either an artificial look or lower information value. There are exceptions though. like it can make sense to denoise a large homogenous area with basically no information. Like blue sky. That could be done here, but really, in the end, it would not matter in any real-world application. --Slaunger (talk) 12:51, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment regarding noise.. if the image will be downsample to 2megapixels, the noise will not be visible. If some of you have knowdelge of engineering.. you probably know the Signal to noise ratio. This ratio describes how strong is the signal concerning the noise. If the signal is very strong, the noise can be ignored. In electrical engineering (ie. telecommunications) you don't try to see who much actual noise you have but you are interested to have a strong signal. I believe that the community has to justify image in a similar way. When you have a 35mpixel image you have to see the ratio of image size (image information) / noise (lets call it INR: Image to Noise Ratio): Ggia (talk) 13:22, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment -- As any other regular, I'm perfectly aware that some allowance should be given when examining a digital photo in full size. "Full size" means here the size of the image as captured by the sensor and reproduced on a computer screen with the usual enlargement factor. Knowing that a panorama is just a mosaic of several individual pictures, I don't see why additional allowance for unsharpness & etc should be given in that case. The argument of Benh concerning the practical real-world application of the image is invalid in my opinion. Either the picture is supposed to be used in full size (on screen or as a printed copy) or it should be downsampled because the extra pixels are useless. I've always been against downsampling but, on the other hand, consider that big photos should be assessed exactly the same way as the small ones. A quick browsing through our FP panoramas (including Boringher's ones) shows that their sharpness, focus and detail are in general much better. Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:17, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • PS - I didn't nominate this recent pano of mine, whose size is similar to Slaunger's, because I consider that image quality is not good enough (the reason being poor lighting conditions). Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:24, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • By evaluating the per pixel sensor quality instead of the end result, which is the image in its entirety, you get some very odd drivers for promotion. For instance, this is a stitch of 9 photos. To get as much detail and information as possible I used zoom on the camera knowing well that the per pixel noise will increase, because I get less light on the sensor. I could as well have chosen to take just three photos at its widest angle, as the pixel noise will be at its minimum for the sensor. In that way I could have produced a 10 Mpixel stitch of the same scenary with a significantly lower pixel noise and better sharpness per pixel. But that image would not contain nearly as much information. You say, that you should see an image at full size. I do not think that makes sense. If on a screen, you simply do not have a screen 12000 pixels wide (at least I don't). If you click on an image to see it in its entirety on a monitor, the viewing software makes the downsampling for you to make it fit. and the the per pixel noise viewed decreases, and the per pixel shapness increases on screen. Likewise, if you use a printed media, I would claim that you do not chose a paper format based on the number of pixels, but rather scale the pixels to the format you want, tolerating a low or high dpi in the final result. I think it is an oddity to include the method used in the review. That just because it is a panorama, the detail level shall be much better than if you too the same scenary with a wide angle lens in a single shot. It is the end result, which matters. --Slaunger (talk) 21:16, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral - it's a nice panorama, but there is visible noise for me at fullscreen, especially around the cross. --Claritas (talk) 21:45, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Last remark about the noise. The discussion above is very theoretical perhaps. To make it easier to understand I have collected some examples of the image sampled at different resolutions starting from HD resolution, to minimum FP resolution all the way up to full resolution. And finally, the apparently crisp HD upsampled to full resolution, where the information loss is evident. --Slaunger (talk) 21:51, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment opposing votes will turn photographers in the future to upload a non-full resolution of images. One can say.. Why to upload an image @35megapixels and receive oppose votes? I will upload @12 megapixels and everybody will be happy.. (no oppose votes due to noise). It is clear in the examples in the discussion-page that this image in lower resolutions has no noise. This image has high information and very low noise (concerning the size-resolution). Ggia (talk) 22:21, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support As editor, and because, as I said from the beginning, I think it is important to have some panos from all around the world. The other files from Upernavik did not have as great light conditions as this file. Sky is nice, the sea is beautiful, houses are colorful, and those nice icebergs give an idea of how cold the place must be. This place even gives you an idea how a cemetary looks like. I always wonder what kind of cities and towns exist around the world, in such isolated places like Greenland, Tibet, Iceland, Far Oer islands, etc. This is a great way to help users like me get that picture. That's why I really do not care about quality in this case (besides, we are not even talkin about a disaster picture here, noise is not that bad imo). Finally, this was an example of a nice voluntary-group-job. Things like this should be supported on the Wiki projects. --Paolo Costa (talk) 04:42, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral very interesting composition, but too unsharp Cathy Richards (talk) 21:17, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I'm convinced by Paolo Costa's arguments. Very nice collaborative job. I think Ggia's last comment is right too.--Jebulon (talk) 21:41, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I've added another downsizing example to the talk page. I don't understand the comments about noise -- this image doesn't suffer from noise much (there's a little in the sky). What it suffers from is a lack of detail. Of the many reasons I listed on the talk page, the likely culprit is aggressive in-camera noise reduction. Like many pictures taken with a compact camera, the official resolution is an order of magnitude greater than that actually recorded onto JPG. Add to that the processing necessary to make a panorama, and we've got an image that can comfortably be reduced 50% with no loss of information. For panoramas especially, we should not be uploading huge images for no good reason. This image should, IMO, be downsized 50% from 35MP to 9MP. There are valid reasons to oppose downsizing but this watered-down image is not one of them. Colin (talk) 18:40, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support This kind of panoramas are important. See Paolo Costa's arguments. Achird (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Very nice! Something which also makes me happy is that it's not among the most common locations of the earth photographed for Commons. We definitely need good pictures from all over the world. Novadays, especially from the more unexpected sites of this globe. --Ximonic (talk) 03:28, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Trongphu (talk) 23:01, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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An African-American sergeant on a motorcycle in front of an entrance marked "Military Police - Colored"
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Beach of Costa da Caparica
  •  Info OK, here it is a challenge to the pano below! The issues mentioned at QIC, and many more related to the "stitched sea", were addressed carefully (it took a long time because my team has only one member :) ). Quality is on the fine side and the picture has, for me, a beautiful light and an inspiring minimalist composition. No downscaling whatsoever. All by Alvesgaspar (talk)
  •  Abstain as author -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 20:53, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I had to read "dull light" and "nothing extraordinary" very often at FPC (and in lots of cases I don't agree)... And/But so I'm really surprised about some candidates, e.g. this one, because both issues are fulfilled here. Hmm... --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 21:49, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Same here. And as per some previous pano nom of yours for the dull lighting (looks like taken the same day, I didn't go back and check the dates). I don't see the point with the composition. Beside, there are some stitching errors (but it's surprising there are such few ones actually). - Benh (talk) 22:38, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I think the main problem here is lighting. Composition is not optimal, WB looks blueish, some surfers are too black. But still, I would support a version with less sky, geotag, and with the major stitching error fixed (see annotations). --Paolo Costa (talk) 04:27, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Info -- Thank you for noticing the errors, they are fixed now. Lighting is as I remember when the shot was made, with a marvelous blueish tone covering eveything. I won't crop the sky as I like the centered horizon and the image would become too long and narrow. Geotag is included. Alvesgaspar (talk) 09:56, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support You're welcome. --Paolo Costa (talk) 16:19, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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DN European Championship 2011, Nasva, Estonia.
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Leaves in the forest after the rain
It hast noting to do with the object itself. Fortunately not every user looks at the object but for the achievement of the picture. --Wladyslaw (talk) 13:59, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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shipmills
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View of South Lake in Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela
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Flower refraction in rain droplets
This image has nothing to do with beautiful macros by Richard. This image is about the flower refraction in rain droplets, and the bee was just there by the way. It is not a macro of a bee, but it is one of the best images on Commons in this category, and it is something different. If promoted it probably would have got to finals of POTD. BTW commons have no "weak" or "strong" votes. They all count the same.
I know there's no weighted votes over here. I simply wanted to show that I was close to support. And if the image really was about droplets, maybe the focus would have been more on the droplets themselves rather than on the bee, which is the sharpest part. There's only one oppose anyways, so maybe the withdrawal is a bit too hastened. And although you're one of the finest contributors over here (as your records show), be careful not to being too self confident... - Benh (talk) 23:00, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Benh, you are so funny :-) Between "support" and "oppose" there is "abstain" or simply not voting :-) Besides, if you were "close to support" you could have voted "weak support" that of course is much better than "weak oppose" :-) There 7 or 8 droplets with the flower seen.
But to tell you the truth I took this image for myself. I uploaded it to English wiki, to use at my user page there, and at my personal web site. I was not going to transfer it to commons. Somebody else did, and, when I noticed it was transferred, I decided to nominate it only to check, if it really would get to the finals of POTY as I believed it would. Now with your "weak oppose" even, if it is promoted, it will be too late to get to this year POTY, and I do not care about the next year, because as I said I am not back. I was just passing by, and this has nothing to do with your "oppose".--Mbz1 (talk) 23:17, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Skeppsbron in Stockholm, december 2010.
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小樽运河在冬季的夜景
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: of excessive noise and oversharpness. --Claritas (talk) 06:25, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

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  •  Comment Thanks. I've now re-cropped the image. I've taken a little off the left-hand side, and there's more sky at the top. (You may need to purge your cache to see the changes on this page.) --JN466 13:54, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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Result: 4 delist, 1 keep, 0 neutral => not delisted. /George Chernilevsky talk 19:15, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (it is recreated in 1997), view from the bridge of the Patriarch. Moscow, Russia
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Result: 0 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 19:12, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Mycena rosea, Rosy Bonnet mushroom
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 19:11, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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地球岬的风景
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 19:10, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Engraving by Albrecht Dürer, showing a young couple threatened by Death.
  •  Info created by Albrecht Dürer - uploaded by Claritas - nominated by Claritas -- Claritas (talk) 11:28, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Claritas (talk) 11:28, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Very nice Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (talk) 12:59, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 14:22, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Exquisite detail level. I am probably a cold-hearted art ignorant when saying this, but this engraving does not really get to me nearly as much as for instance Melancholia or many other of Dürers works, like the Apocalypse series. --Slaunger (talk) 20:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree with you that this is one of the less interesting Dürer engravings from an aesthetic point of view. Still, it's a work of art of undoubted historical importance.--Claritas (talk) 14:07, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes, but there are very many pieces of artwork, which has historical importance, and in that case we might as well feature almost all of Dürers works, provided they are available in adequate technical quality:-) For me, FP is the one in a thousand image, thus only for the best of or by the best, even when created by a very good and notable artist like Dürer. The objective for this standpoint is to maintain diversity in our FP gallery. --Slaunger (talk) 22:27, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • As my opinion, it doesn't fair if we would do the way you said. How would some pictures that deserve FP but because they are from the same artist, which make them not FP? If all Dürers works deserve FP then we should FP them all. Give them what they deserve. The objective to maintain diversity is a picky unfair way of picking FP. I also think the ratio is pretty much unfair too. 1:1000? Why does it has to be like that? FP should not following any kind of ratio or rule that limit the actual FP standard. Give the pictures what they deserve FP regardless of whatever. This is the same as trying to force people to take other "rare" pictures to apply for FP. This wouldn't affect the diversity at all because people will apply whatever pictures they got.
          • Concerning the ratio I think 1:1000 is actually a higher ratio than we currently have on Commons if you count the number of FPs vs the number of image files on Commons. So it is not a rule (or my personal rule), it reflects (ballpark) things as they are now. I am open to "several" of Dürers works being featured if they are of sufficient importance, and quality, but not all of them, even if they are all of historical value and has artistic merit. I am not sure how many "several" would be, but probably not more than five in my opinion. But that is just my opinion. I do not mind that other users have other opinions, and that I appear to be overruled by other opinions for this particular nomination. --Slaunger (talk) 23:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • I just checked the numbers. We have about 3800 FPs on Commons and 11.8 million files of which the vast majority are images. That gives an FP ratio of approximately 1:3000 (rounding down to closest thousand), so I was being overly inclusionist in my 1:1000 statement above :-). --Slaunger (talk) 23:10, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Schnobby (talk) 09:31, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Trongphu (talk) 22:48, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose No wow factor. --Norbert Nagel (talk) 22:19, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination -- Claritas (talk) 10:48, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:16, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Golden Eagle
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Result: 14 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:19, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Glossy Flower-piercer (Diglossa lafresnayii), Ecuador.
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:17, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Underground corridor in an old NATO base.

 I withdraw my nomination --ComputerHotline (talk) 12:19, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /kaʁstn Disk/Cat 12:31, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hurricane Isabel, the deadliest and costliest hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, as viewed from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 15, 2003.
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Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /kaʁstn Disk/Cat 12:38, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Refraction in rain droplets
Thank you,Michael.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:17, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Of course it is low, like it usually is in macro shots.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:57, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is also the setting you used. At f/4.5, it's no wonder DOF is shallow (I don't say it's not appropriate...). - Benh (talk)
Well, in the image I linked to F number was 2.8. That's why I linked to it - to demonstrate how such images are taken by a much better photographers than I am.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 8 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 21:31, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India
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Result: 3 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Claritas (talk) 20:07, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Shell of a Pontifical Mitre, Mitra stictca
  •  Info created by Llez - uploaded by Llez - nominated by Llez -- Llez (talk) 15:34, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Llez (talk) 15:34, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It for sure is beautiful object in itself, but I see nothing outstanding from photographic perspective. Maybe on FSC (Featured Shells Candidates)? I don't believe settings are optimal, and the results aren't very sharp. Nice masking job (or looks like so at least, since we don't know where edges truly are) - Benh (talk) 17:34, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support Just because a creator produces a steady flow of high quality photos of a subject related to its other should not be held against him/her. I think this nomination is also very good. Quality is surely adequate given the large resolution of the composition. Having said that it would be nice wih some diversity in the composition, which are almost mechanic now. This layout and composition is very encyclopedic and informational and perfect for VI, but maybe not the composition which best wets the appetite for shells among persons not normally interested in that subject. Something like this, for example is perhaps more eyecatching. I don't know, but it would nice to see some compositional diversity and boldness. Show us shells as we have never seen shells before. --Slaunger (talk) 20:10, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just because a creator produces a steady flow of high quality photos of a subject related to its other should not be held against him/her.. And then you oppose the train candidate below because the bar has increased ;). So does the shell bar stand still unlike the trains'? That's no my point anyways, just this picture is not to my tastes like many dislike the dusk panorama I like so much and can find them boring unlike me. But just, I feel like it's a tad harder to get the train picture below right. This one can be repeated a thousand times, yet the settings aren't optimal, and it shows. It's not bad (at all actually), but it could be better, and easy for the author who has his shells collection in sight. And again, what are we voting for? Shell itself (which is beautiful to me), or photographic skills?- Benh (talk) 20:51, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand your line of thought, and sorry for the comment, which, on rereading it, seems a little snide. Concerning my different votes, the difference is that unlike the trains I still have not seen better shell images on Commons than Llez's... I think the shell photos can be done more interestingly, which I am trying to point out, and this drives my symbolic weak. Concerning what we are evaluating, for me it is actually the end result we are voting for, not necessarily the photographers skills or his equipment.... although they are usually correlated. --Slaunger (talk) 21:01, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • You are too kind a person. Your comment isn't snide at all (contrary to what one can feel when reading mineS, but most of the time, I'm simply a bit too straight). I personally haven't seen better trains' pic than Kabelleger's ;) - Benh (talk) 21:20, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 12 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 21:29, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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✓ Done --Claritas (talk) 18:54, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank Claritas.--Paris 16 (talk) 12:10, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The voting period is over, but not the comment period maybe: I think that the file name is completely out of sense. This venerable picture does not show "Paris in 1910"...--Jebulon (talk) 15:00, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest finding out the model of the car, and using that plus Paris, 1910 as filename. --Claritas (talk) 16:46, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 22:19, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Inside the église Saint-Maimbœuf of Montbéliard, France.
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Result: 10 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 22:15, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Small castle in village Chvalkovice, east Bohemia, Czech Republic
Sorry, I do not understand your question. --Karelj (talk) 21:35, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Jebulon think the image is too greenish (but he wasn't completely sure), and I agree. So I corrected some issues and uploaded it as alternative, see here: File:Chvalkovice castle 2011 3-CN.jpg. --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 13:40, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 22:16, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Vitelline Masked Weaver
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Result: 4 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 22:17, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Atibaia River by Eiti Kimura
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: the main: too low resolution. - Alchemist-hp (talk) 14:09, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

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Merops nubicus Northern Carmine Bee-eater in Belgium pairi daiza zoo

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Result: 8 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:30, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]