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Inzlingen: moated castle
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Result: 4 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:06, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 (front) and 911 (rear)
  •  Info created by NASA/Carla Thomas - uploaded and nominated by Ras67 (talk) 16:23, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support An irretrievable image, both airplanes are retired due to the end of the Shuttle program. -- Ras67 (talk) 16:23, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 21:39, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Peter23 (talk) 06:21, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment There is some mist in the air, which makes the picture appear a bit dull. While this is perfectly normal for aerial photographs, it is not too hard to remove that. --El Grafo (talk) 13:12, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose -- Interesting but not exceptional. The colours are washed out and the backgroung is a bit distracting. Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:26, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment There is a higher resolution file in the Dryden Image Gallery that has very low contrast, I used that to create a WB/contrast-corrected version:
  • Higher resolution, less haze
    Higher resolution, less haze
  • Less busy background
    Less busy background
    • The original from there would also be an alternative. --Julian H. (talk/files) 14:38, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      •  Comment Imo, your version is much better mist-wise, but the blue stripes on the fuselages seem to be a bit dark now. Also, it seems to be a bit too brown/yellow-ish (have a look at the lower side of the fuselages: I guess they should be in a neutral grey? They have a slight color cast in the original too, but it has become stronger through the modifications). But maybe that's just my eyes/monitor tricking me. In terms of the background, I think I prefer the first option. I can't decide which one is the best one overall, so I'll simply  Abstain . --El Grafo (talk) 09:26, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        I tried to correct the issues you mentioned, to some extend. --Julian H. (talk/files) 09:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 3 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:02, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Pidhirtsi Castle
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    Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:05, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Pitar dione
    ✓ Done Thank Biopics --The Photographer (talk) 18:38, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    You're welcome but it is still not correct. The subgenus from Pitar (Hysteroconcha) has been raised to full genus status so it has to be Hysteroconcha dione. (ref. Prof. Dr. P. Bouchet).  B.p. 18:47, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 06:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Rakvere castle ruins
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    Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:09, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Detail panorama of Monument "Tiegelgussdenkmal" showing steps of crucible steel production
    •  Info Detail panorama of Monument "Tiegelgussdenkmal" showing steps of crucible steel production. The five steps of production are marked with the note tool and linked to single shots. The panorama is stitched from 7 single images.

    created by Tuxyso - uploaded by Tuxyso - nominated by Tuxyso -- Tuxyso (talk) 13:18, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:28, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Xylocopa_pubescens_female
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    Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 20:12, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    SHORT DESCRIPTION
    Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: the image is too small (please check the FPC guidelines) -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 16:57, 27 February 2013 (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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    Ivorian president at UNESCO.
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    Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 08:51, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Well-known Russian writer Edvard Radzinsky
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    Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 08:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Blonde girl.
    • Alvesgaspar, I've looked at this image closely several times after reading your comment and I don't think I understand about the image quality. How is it on the poor side? If I may make a comparison between a girl and a tiger, File:Tiger-2.jpg was in this year's POTY and it's extremely over-sharpened. Looking at the image at full size, there are literal blocks of pixelized color that represent, I suppose, hair, water droplets, and reflections. That to me is poor image quality. (I'm only asking out of curiosity.) – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 06:29, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment No problem, thought I'd throw it out here. Is there a way to quickly delist so not to waste people's time? Also, I listed it because I couldn't find a blonde girl FP; I thought there would be an easy means to do so, like through categories, but apparently not. So I wasn't sure if I was competing against a similar or better FP image of a blonde girl. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 11:18, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Actually, nevermind, I don't know why I'm so scared to see an image be opposed for FP. So I won't withdraw my nomination. That's the whole point of this process. Gotta learn to take the nos with the yeses! And thanks for the link, that's a fantastic picture. I'm still wondering if there's an organized way to find FP pictures sorted by categories or something, aside from sifting through 4,000+ pics. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 23:08, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Oh, it's right there! I feel stupid. I was looking at the categories in specific images and not finding anything. I was actually thinking more specific categories, to be honest, but that works perfectly. I can sift through those in the future to make sure I'm not nominating something that might already be there. Thank you. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 07:16, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • OK; but it need to be specified in the "info" above and in file description or category. Otherwise she is just a beautiful girl. It is a pity that the short description on nomination page is not displayed unless we put our mouse over the picture. JKadavoor Jee 05:35, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • JKadavoor, can you clarify for me? You want me to add to the description page to explain that she's a caucasian girl? As for the short description you have to mouse over for, the instructions say to limit this to three words, so I don't really consider it very important. But for the image description, I can update that if you think it needs to be more specific. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 06:25, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hmm, that would be really weird: "Lucy Merriam, a White American child model and actress, known for her role as Emma Lavery on All My Children." – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 07:51, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 3 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 08:58, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
    • From 16 Mpx to 2 Mpx is 12.5%. That's called a teaser, not an FP candidate. It is a good image to illustrate web pages and will be a fine VI candidate, but calling this the best commons has to offer?  B.p. 20:21, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose -- Agree with Biopics. Not a requirement but a legitimate reason to oppose considering the goal of FP. Part of the body is blown white and seems pixelated. Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:34, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose Better "wow" factor than the average FP, but for images at minimum resolution I only prefer to support with super "wow," which this image has not reached IMO. --King of 01:01, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose per my above argument. If arguments like it's a relatively high-ISO-shot and this resolution allows for effective sharpening, while higher resolutions might not is valid, we've provisions like uploading the original file over and then reverting back to the current version so that anyone can use the original if preferred. JKadavoor Jee 05:40, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      Admittedly, that's true. --Julian H. (talk/files) 08:15, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support While I don't dispute the image may be somewhat downsampled and a bit oversharpened (there are jaggies all round the bird) the comments here on size aren't fair IMO and folk may want to reconsider their protests. The image is not downsampled 12.5%. The vertical resolution is a conseqence of the wide aspect ratio and quite effective IMO. The horizontal resolution is 41% of the original output from the camera. The bird takes up 75% of the width at about 1550 px. Now look at Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds for other bird-in-flight photographs. Generally, for birds that aren't close up, the pixel size of the other FP flying birds are no higher. This photo was taken with a 500mm lens on a boat on high waves. Could it just be that the bird didn't exactly fill the viewfinder? Can JJ 75% fill the viewfinder with bird-in-flight while arranging the appropriate negative-space on the right-hand-side holding a 500mm lens on a rocking boat? If he can, I expect shortly after he walked on water as his second miracle. So perhaps this image is 50% cropped horizontally and 80%-size downsampled (which is not at all an unreasonable downsample given the ISO and conditions). I think it is a good photograph but I am concerned that we already have two featured pictures of this bird in flight over the sea, also taken by JJ. Since FP is meant to be our "finest", then perhaps three is pushing things. It is a better composition than this and stronger colours than this. Also, this photo, which not featured and possibly oversaturated, has lots of sharp detail the others lack. So there are plently great pictures to compare with. It would be nice if the sharpening was turned down a wee bit too. -- Colin (talk) 13:26, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I sill believe my argument is valid (Why not upload the original file below the current version?). I don't want to fooled by supporting a near thumbnail size contribution; thus unconsciously boosting the commercial value of the original file for sale (See Please send me an email if you wish to negotiate for higher resolution copies, prints or less restrictive licensing.). Sorry if I'm rowing against the wind, making new friends. (Yes; now we're friends at Facebook. I appreciate JJ's spirit to accept criticism which is not very COMMON here.) JKadavoor Jee 06:09, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Jee, I can't think of any image purchaser that would be enticed into a higher valuation because it is featured on Commons. In fact the contrary is true for Getty Images, where CC licensing removes any possibility of even the higher resolution image from being represented as Rights Managed. Saffron Blaze (talk) 18:53, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 8 support, 4 oppose, 2 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 08:56, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Antonov An-2 of the Heritage of Flying Legends ("Oldtimer Fliegertreffen" Hahnweide 2011)
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    Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /The High Fin Sperm Whale 16:56, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects/Vehicles

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    An Afghan National Army soldier provides security at a checkpoint

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    Result: 4 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /The High Fin Sperm Whale 16:57, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    The Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini
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    Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /The High Fin Sperm Whale 00:02, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    death valley moon cloud
    Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Low image quality. 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.

    King of 09:49, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    A sperm whale skeleton on display in the Whaling Museum in Nantucket, MA.
    Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: too small, only 685 x 1024 px. --Llez (talk) 16:29, 1 March 2013 (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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    Rõngu church

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    Pitar dione
    ✓ Done Thank Biopics --The Photographer (talk) 18:38, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    You're welcome but it is still not correct. The subgenus from Pitar (Hysteroconcha) has been raised to full genus status so it has to be Hysteroconcha dione. (ref. Prof. Dr. P. Bouchet).  B.p. 18:47, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Confirmed results:
    Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 06:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Bee (Bombus terrestris) on a French marigold (Tagetes patula), Tallinn Botanic Garden, Estonia
    • Not really; and this not the first time I oppose Poco's a fly on a flower shot. For me, the subject should be in focus. So the flower and bee, if the subject is the flower AND the insect. Here the flower is fully OOF. But yes; people have other opinions. JKadavoor Jee 07:27, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you Muhammad for the lecture. Your assumption is right. My intention with this FPC was to propose a bee AND a flower as FPC. I wouldn't have propose this picture with the intention that only the bee is the subject. I thought that the title and the description would serve as hint about what is the subject of this shot.The case that Jkadavoor mentions was not similar. In that QIC the flower was clearly not in focus (and not eben complete) and therefore I accepted his argument , but this is not the case here, because the flower is in focus. Poco a poco (talk) 12:19, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Confirmed results:
    Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 16:49, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    SHORT DESCRIPTION
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    Result: 5 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 21:26, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Listening ...
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    Result: 6 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 21:27, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Carl English (left) tries to dribble Zoran Dragić. Game Estudiantes vs Unicaja Málaga (82-68).
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    Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 21:28, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    curvature of the earth / Erdkrüummung
    •  Info created/uploaded/nominated by Michael Kramer (talk) 09:27, 25 February 2013 (UTC) by photografic by plane course, highlightig the curvature of the earth by using a fisheye, focused on the plane in the middle from another plane on 15 meters distance[reply]
    •  Support -- Michael Kramer (talk) 09:27, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose Fisheyes can be used for very interesting effects, but unfortunately I think here it has just made for a cluttered composition. Sorry. --King of 09:42, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose Per KOH, and overblown sky. --A.Savin 12:27, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose While I am generally a big fan of air-to-air photographs of aircraft and highly appreciate the efforts at de.wp to create aerial photographs in a more or less systematic manner, I don't think this very one is exceptional enough to be "featured": blown sky, horizon disappearing in the haze/mist/fog, dull colors due to all the water in the air (partly retouchable), Nothern Germany looks not very appealing at this time of the year – so all in all it's mostly the weather's fault :-) Also: Is this really the curvature of the earth we are seeing there? Isnt't it merely the usual way straight lines look like when they are at the edge of a photograph taken with a fisheye? --El Grafo (talk) 12:31, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose Fisheye curvature is ok imo, but the other problems are too many. --Julian H. (talk/files) 19:04, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 16:56, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Panorama of Friedrichshafen, taken from the Moleturm.
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    Result: 3 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 16:49, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Lichtbringer ("Bringer of Light") by Bernhard Hoetger (1936)
    •  Comment I guess it is a well enough taken picture but not enough wow or faults to make anyone vote. It happens. Especially for photographs of art/sculpture. For the image there's a tiny bit of red CA on the left border that might be removable by a click by your raw importer. Otherwise it is fine apart from ... the white border. Absolute no no. Some guideline somewhere. Folk can put whatever border they like when they use it so leave the pic alone. If you can find a use for it on Wikipedia then you might have more luck on a Wikipedia FP. -- Colin (talk) 15:21, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 16:55, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    A mother sperm whale and her calf, photographed of the coast of Mauritius.
    • I'm glad you liked that one, but that one is an image I myself retouched, using this base image, which was rejected in a previous vote for being "oversharpened". The image above, on the other hand, is supposed to be a natural, unaltered photograph. Given how big these animals are, they must be photographed at a distance to capture them in full profile, and thus the image will be inevitably blurred by the water.Kurzon (talk) 07:54, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • If you were to look at sperm whale photographs on Google Images (here's a link for you), you would see that this is actually a pretty good photo as far as underwater shots of whales go. Some photos are crisper, but they are often shots of small juveniles, or close-ups of the head. I'd say this is the best photo on the Web that captures the whale is full profile, and we should all be thankful that Mr Barathieu agreed to release it under CCA.Kurzon (talk) 13:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Indeed, Kurzon. You are right and that's what I'm talking about. I also did try to search for such pictures of whole whales under water from Google. Although many pictures can be found, it is difficult to find a large and sharp one showing the entire adult. Yours is very good in comparison. And Jkadavoor, awesome pictures yet quite small! ;) I wonder what would they look in a featurable resolution. --Ximonic (talk) 19:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes; not many people are generous enough to give away their rights, posts only down-scaled versions. Thanks, Barathieu Gabriel Barathieu (I don't know his nationality; calling surname may be considered as rude ) for this. JKadavoor Jee 05:36, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 16:53, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    The Great Organ of Saint-Sulpice church by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll and Jean Chalgrin - Paris, France.
     Info Thanks for your comments, I upload a square crop with the upper part less dark. Please tell me what you think. --Selbymay (talk) 18:18, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Concern: Good for FP; but is it advised to crop an existing VI? The preferences for VI and FP are much different; and the new crop reduced the EV (The entire arches and the middle pillars on sides are visible in old crop); I afraid. JKadavoor Jee 05:53, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, you're right. I revert this version and I've uploaded the cropped picture under a new name. --Selbymay (talk) 13:03, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
     Support Thanks. JKadavoor Jee 15:22, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 4 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 16:50, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    English: Graeme Allwright at the Festival de Cornouaille of 2012.
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    Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 16:51, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Rankweil
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    Result: 4 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 21:29, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Valve train of an old stationary Werkspoor diesel engine. This engine is on display in an old decommissioned water rumping station in the Netherlands.
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    Result: 3 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 16:52, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Retablo de La Chinita
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    Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 13:38, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    SHORT DESCRIPTION

    •  Info I am nominating this picture for delisting and replacement (current replacement options nominated above) because an image that is 2.89 times larger and much sharper is available. Origin of the image is still the same as the replacement: the US Air Force. The sources are slightly different, as the current FP is from dfrc.nasa.gov and the replacement source is from the nasa.gov Dryden Image Gallery. The uploader at the time the image was nominated for Commons FP was User:Aka. (Larger images were later uploaded over.) (Original nomination)
    •  Delist -- – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 08:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Keep The original is higher quality (less compression and indicated colour space). The source of the newer images is highly compressed so low quality, is missing the colour space tag and has been simply enlarged 1.7x (not 2.89 times) without any extra detail. The new images should be deleted as inferior copies. Colin (talk) 19:10, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  I withdraw my nomination – Got excited for nuthin'. Thanks Colin for digging into this. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 20:09, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Withdraw my withdrawal. I have a bad habit of taking one opinion and going with it. I'd like to still consider the alternate image above for possible replacement. I should give hear/read several opinions before making quick decisions. I look at my uploaded image and I just don't see how it's an enlargement. Noisy, yes, but still a viable option. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 00:08, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I stand by my assessment that the "larger" picture is actually the smaller picture blown up and saved with a very high degree of compression. The "noise" is JPG artefacts, not noise from the original photograph. I'll discuss more on the FP for the new image. Colin (talk) 11:45, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Withdraw my withdrawal of my withdrawal. Colin makes a good case and besides, again like he says, the original uncompressed scan of the original negative or print would be the best and sure source. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 22:19, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    A brazilian fireman fighting a fire on a garbage dump
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    Lake Prespa, Macedonia
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    Byodo-In temple, Kāneʻohe, Oahu (Hawaii)


    Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Poor light, no chance to be promoted, sorry --A.Savin 16:47, 2 March 2013 (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.
    • I am unsure with A. Savin's (hope the name is spelled correctly) decision. The sky is burnt out thus it cannot be QI, but probably some reviewer think the colors or the golden light are interesting. I opt for undo FPX but would like to hear another opinion on it because I am too new on FPC. --Tuxyso (talk) 23:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Unfortunately I think there are at least three problems here: First, the clouds are blown out (too bright to show anything other than white, no "texture"). Second, the building front is too dark, caused by the backlit situation (sun is in front of photographer instead of behind). Third, it the light really was yellowish, then a yellowish foreground is ok; but since this looks like the sun was quite high up in the sky, the light probably wasn't actually yellowish; instead, this looks like it was caused by white balance issues of the camera (due to the difficult light situation). --Kabelleger (talk) 09:25, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Layers of Titan

    Technical issues

    1. It is a compressed JPEG
    2. Aliased text
    3. Pixelated texture on the Decoupled outer shell and the Ice IV shell
    4. Horrible compression on Titan's southern hemisphere
    5. Blurry probe image

    Artistic problems

    1. Cheap lens flares
    2. Sun position makes no sense, in addition shading is inconsistent between Saturn, the probe, and Titan. (light is coming from in front, but Titan is shaded from the left, the probe from the right, and Saturn from the front-left)
    3. Unrealistic stars
    4. Poor render quality of the layers
    5. 3D positions are inaccurate—Saturn and Titan do not appear to be on the same plane.
    6. Cropped pole sticking out of the probe is disturbing
    • The problem is that (in this case) we have not enough reviewers for graphical works. So many of the votes are (including me) just "filler votes" to make the quorum based on the arguments of a few real reviewers. I think the current nominator is a good graphic designer to whom we can depend. Do you disagree with any argument he raised? The position of the delist part in this page is not good; hardly any visibility. JKadavoor Jee 11:32, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I must confess (same as you) that I cannot make qualified assesments for graphical work (the reason why I normally do not vote pro or contra for them). My keep-vote was merely against the process initiated here. The given arguments against the illustration seem plausbile (but too late). IMHO it is not really fair towards the creator or former nominator. Another reason for keeping might be that here on Commons is currently no alternative to this illustration thus it has a high EV and has generated a high "Wow" for former reviewers. Delisting an FP candidate with 7 Pro (on 0 contra) votes after less than one year devaluates the assesments of the former reviewers. From my perspective of a layman the bad quality of the text with its hard edges and the unsharpness of the satellite is disturbing. Assumed the reviewer on FPC are not competent enough it might be better to have a separate excellent illustration or excellent graphical work and to restrict FPC to photographs. --Tuxyso (talk) 11:54, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • I agree with you on the point it is not really fair towards the creator or former nominator. But in this case (only in this case) the creator is just (?) an organisation who has no (?) feelings. The nominator is not responded so far. I can't fully agree with the point on keep since no alternative to this illustration is available because sometimes we have to delist one inferior one to maintain the reputation (?) of COM:FP. JKadavoor Jee 17:27, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment About 3D positions. Titan is up to .3 deg of from Saturns equator which in turn is up to 26.7 deg of from its ecliptic. Since the camera position is so close to Titan relative to Saturn it doesn't have to become a perfect plane. Averater (talk) 08:23, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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    SHORT DESCRIPTION
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    Echium rauwolfii
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    Cluster of Freesia alba flowers in Porto Covo, Portugal.
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    Grant Park with the city center skyline in the background, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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    White-tailed eagle in Svolvaer, Norway
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    SHORT DESCRIPTION
    Seriously ?--Citron (talk) 09:51, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support Very interesting and unusual. Would be good to have brief decription of Jenny Haniver with the photo. --Stu Phillips (talk) 18:13, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support Thank you to Citron for this appointment. You actually see a stingray. 18-th century sailors, especially Dutch, were masters to transform this stuffed fishes, they sold as evidence of the existence of sea monsters.

    This specimen dates from this period. It owes its preservation to the multiple layers of varnish. This fraud continues even today, with android forms (see article quoted above). The "Little Dragon" form is extremely clever and very difficult to do. Human imagination has no limit. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:46, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Kleinkems: Protestant Church
    I don't feel enough about this photo to vote one way or another. But I would definitely oppose erasure of the wires as representing a gross departure from encyclopedic reality. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 02:20, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Point Cabrillo Light, Mendocino County, California
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    Roque Cinchado (volcanic plug on the left) with the Teide (highest summit in Spain) in the background, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Spain
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    Windmill at the outdoor museum of Pyrohiv
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    •  Info The initial version was voted a featured picture, but in the meantime a newer version with a much higher pixel count was uploaded which shows a significant blur and is very unsharp due to its pixel blur. The newest file version is not a featured one. (Original nomination)
    • as an Ip I am not allowed to vote --188.104.120.220 12:25, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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    Common walnuts (Juglans regia) in winter, near Blanzac-Porcheresse, Charente, France.

     Abstain as author. Thanks to Tomer T for having nominated the picture : frankly, I wouldn't have nominated it myself in FP and I'm still not convinced, even though some of my Commons friends, known or unknown, like it. Anyway, thanks to all reviewers. --JLPC (talk) 15:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Bombyliidae
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    The Asolo's fortress over Mount Ricco.
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    Maracaibo city center
    It's reality, people modify their cars, especially the young. Here there is a kind of craft with cars, import problems and the high cost of new cars, people manage to invent new things based on old things. The price of a new car "economic" costs about 8 years of minimum wage, something impossible to buy for most people. I've seen really interesting cars transformations--The Photographer (talk) 13:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think so; it is due to the perspective. See the building behind; is the height of the wall on right is taller than on left? I didn't see a problem for it though. JKadavoor Jee 16:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Both constructions are obviously different and far objects look smaller. The house is on the right has very large windows. This unique style of colonialism is also high doors for people entering with mounted their horses. --The Photographer (talk) 17:35, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    "far objects look smaller". That's all. Rear wheel is farther than front wheel; so looks smaller. (I'm an automobile engineer by education. We can't use different dia. wheels an a vehicle; the balancing, weight distribution, stability, etc. will be affected. Most fatal is the effect in balancing; due to the shift of the "center of gravity" to back. Vehicle seems weightless in front; chances that the front wheels don't touch the ground when speed increases. We can use fancy, thick wheels and tyres; but the diameter (wheel+tyre) should be uniform in all wheels if the wheel axles are in the same level.) JKadavoor Jee 05:25, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    "Rear wheel is farther than front wheel; so looks smaller." I took that into account when I wrote that the front wheel looks "too big". In other words: "Given the perspective and assuming the wheels are equal in diameter, the front wheel looks too big". There are three possible solutions for that: 1) some kind of distortion (due to projection during stitching or lens distortion), 2) the assumption of equal diameter is wrong, 3) my sense for proportions needs calibration. Fortunately, The Photographer himself revealed that option 2 is correct, so there's nothing wrong with neither the image nor my brain ;-) --El Grafo (talk) 13:13, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Maybe in your country these things are really strange, but here is the daily bread :) --The Photographer (talk) 11:33, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Good reasons to love your country, Venezuela! (eventhough you missed all the point I talked about.) Hope (and wish) your president will recover soon. JKadavoor Jee 15:07, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for your good feelings. If you ever decide to visit Venezuela, please let me know --The Photographer (talk) 17:02, 4 March 2013 (UTC).  Info At the time of this writing the receipt of information that Hugo Chavez is dead. --The Photographer (talk) 22:09, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure; thanks. JKadavoor Jee 08:29, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. For me it is a great honor to receive your comments --The Photographer (talk) 17:02, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Result: 10 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /The High Fin Sperm Whale 06:08, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    • Which rule you are talking about? Is there such a rule: "An FP can't never be replaced by a version even if it is better in aspects." See, our intention is to showcase our best examples to public at Commons:Featured pictures, updating the list frequently. The traffic to Commons:Featured pictures is much higher compared to any other galleries or categories so less chance that people find a better file for their use if it is in a generic gallery (a pity). I'm concerned if other intentions override our primary intention (as I stated above) which is more prominent nowadays. JKadavoor Jee 06:11, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • The problem is that this is not a nomination for replacement; such nominations should be started in the delisting section. Otherwise, we would have two versions of the same image side by side, both FPs, which is not allowed. --King of 10:32, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • We don't have a D&R format as in EN:FP (They are also preferring a normal nomination nowadays). So the procedure here is to make feature and delist request simultaneously or to make a delist request after the completion of the new FP request. See the vote of Carschten below. I know this type of nominations are difficult to close by the boat; but we've a lot of experienced "closers" here. Correct me if I'm wrong. JKadavoor Jee 12:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I stand corrected; I did not notice that a simultaneous delisting nomination was going on. Of course, based on the merits of the image I  Support, if and only if the delisting nomination succeeds. --King of 00:35, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • However, I think a D&R is still preferable at EN:FP; perhaps it should be listed in the main section, but should still proceed as a D&R. They make sense on EN:FP because of the EV requirement, and in most cases there can only be one FP in a particular scope. However at Commons, unless the original no longer satisfies the criteria, we typically accept two FPs of the same subject as long as they were not made at the same time by the same person. But for re-edits like this D&R still makes sense on Commons. --King of 00:40, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • "However, I think a D&R is still preferable at EN:FP". Yes; but EN:FP is manually processed (closed), so lot of room for any type of complicated processing. We can vote in any way like Delist only if any other alternative is Featured, etc. Here the bot only understand standard parameters; and chances that some make any arguments if the closer take a selective decision on his knowledge and experience. I too think only the delist request below is enough if we have parameters like delist and replace. Hope people will agree with the closer in this case. JKadavoor Jee 04:44, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Ahura Mazda (right, with high crown) presents Ardashir I (left) with the ring of kingship. (Naqsh-e Rustam, 3rd c. CE) [2.40 . 6.45] m
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    Orchis punctulata
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    Fend in rugby union
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    Night view of Novospassky Monastery in Moscow, Russia.
    I'm not Savin, but I've done it for him. --A.Savin 09:46, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I din't get (I'm not Savin)? I think I requested to the nominator; not to the contributor. Thanks, anyway. JKadavoor Jee 10:21, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, the nominator's username is A.Savin. The nominator doesn't like to be adressed just by his surname (in Europe it appears impolite). He may be adressed by his first name either. --A.Savin 10:39, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmmm; I hope people will select better admins next time. :( JKadavoor Jee 13:08, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support like it --Michael Kramer (talk) 09:40, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Neutral I like the composition but I am not convinced about the result. There are too many flares, the light sources are too intense, the crop inthe bottom is improvable and IMHO the exposure time was a tick too long. Poco a poco (talk) 16:13, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose Sorry! Composition and quality are sufficient in my opinion. First of all, by looking at the picture I think the main subjects are the tower buildings. That's because how they are composed, and it's good that way! However, the bright light bulbs cause too much distraction for my taste. Of course the prominent light sources can't be removed from their places but they are quite much competing for attention which I think is unoptimal for the subject. --Ximonic (talk) 12:15, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Lake Kakerdi

     I withdraw my nomination Kruusamägi (talk) 21:17, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    1. The current FP is of a smaller size. My current nomination is 2.89 1.7 times larger (thanks to Colin for the correction).
    2. The current FP image's source (dfrc.nasa.gov) has the sRGB color profile. My larger file source's (nasa.gov Dryden Image Gallery) image did not have a color profile assigned at all, giving it a brighter and slightly whiter hue. Irrelevant, striked through.
    3. The current nominee is sharper. When I scaled the larger image down to match the FP image, the FP image was still softer. I can provide screenshots of pixels to show this. Not only this, but half of the FP image is stretched by one or two pixels.
    4. I also enlarged the FP image to 5100 x 3996 and found similar results: this larger image is not an enlargement, it's not blurred or soft.
    I assigned the image above the Color LCD color profile, a Photoshop option that matched the colors and brightness of the original file. As Colin points out below, this may not be a standard profile. This was then converted again to sRGB. I did this to keep the image consistent. The alternative image below was immediately assigned the sRGB color profile, and its color and brightness matches the current FP image.– Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 08:25, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm no expert but I don't think the colour profile stuff you are doing is right. Both images here are set to "AdobeRGB". This profile should not be used for web images. 99% of Wikipedia users will be using a browser, OS and monitor combination that are only capable of handling sRGB, and many will display the wrong colour if AdobeRGB is used. I will have a look at the source JPGs later if I get a chance. Converting a JPG from one profile to another risks colour artefacts like banding as it is not a lossless operation -- setting the profile should be done when first saving a JPG based on a raw or TIFF file. I don't believe there is such a thing as "Color LCD" profile -- this sounds like a name of the profile your PC has defined for your monitor, and is not standard. Colin (talk) 15:38, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    As I explained in the image descriptions, in the RetouchedPicture templates, after changing the images to either Color LCD or sRGB, the image was then up-converted to Adobe RGB (1998), which was just an automatic thing I have Photoshop set up to do (my working space). What I did was download two copies of the full image, opened one and assigned it Color LCD (I had no choice, if i didn't assign a color profile, the colors went berserk—this is the only option that retained the original look); the second image I opened and assigned sRGB, which darkened the image. Both images were then automatically "upconverted" to Adobe RGB (my working space). I can change this to be sRGB and re-do this process.
    I've never noticed any problems viewing Adobe RGB images in my browser, and I didn't know browsers were limited to sRGB; all my other uploads look exactly the same when viewed in my browser as they are when viewed in two different applications I have. But if this is a concern, I have absolutely no qualm re-doing the above steps (the only reason it takes me a while is because i have to re-type up some of the metadata, which was not included in the original file).
    As for Color LCD, I'm not claiming that's a real profile or not, but it's what Photoshop recommended because there is no color profile on the JPG. (I had the option of not assigning a color profile, and you should have seen the colors then!) Assigning Color LCD, whether it's a real profile or not, made the image look exactly as it does on the NASA site—on my computer, as I stated above—, so that's why I used it. If you think I should upload the original downloaded file without changing anything, then again, I'm willing to try that. I figured my assigning a profile would simply keep the image appearing consistent since it would finally be Adobe RGB.
    Finally, you're absolutely right (about everything, I'm not arguing with you on any point, just clarifying), but if the larger image has no color profile, that's not my fault. Shouldn't one be assigned to it? I found that by assigning sRGB to the larger image (the alternative below), suddenly the colors and brightness matched nearly precisely (color sampler-checked) with the smaller image that is currently FP. In short, I had no choice but to assign a color profile to at least one image, however ultimately destructive it may've been. This larger image is still sharper, even after assigning a color profile, and I just wanted to update the FP. Already, someone on the SR-71 article confirmed the RGB image looks the same (color-wise, at least). – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 16:51, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    That's a lot of talk. In short, here's what I'm willing to do (with your/anyone's approval before I go through all the work):
    1. Replace the above image (currently titled "LCD") with the original file from NASA.gov. No color profile changes (no changes at all).
    2. Replace the alternative image (currently titled "sRGB") with the color profile assigned as sRGB, and left as-is (no upconversion to AdobeRGB). – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 16:56, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Both images are now in sRGB. The image above matches the color and brightness of the original file photo; the image below matches the color and brightness of the FP image. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 18:28, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've now done some investigations. The original FP appears to be based on the image labelled "3000x2668 JPEG Image (4,406 KBytes)" on this dfrc.nasa.gov webpage and (according to the history log) is a lossless crop of that file to remove the footer banner. The above/below nominations are based on the image labelled "Download Full Size" on this nasa.gov webpage but have had some colour space fiddling done to them. I have come to the conclusion that the original FP is fine, the "larger" Nasa image is crap and there is something wrong with Keraunoscopia's colour setup on his PC. Firstly the original source image is 4,949KB and after cropping is 4,174 KB on Commons. This is 3,000px wide. The source of the new images is only 2,557KB yet is 5,100px wide. As Keraunoscopia notes, the former has an sRGB colour profile whereas the latter has no profile (which isn't uncommon on the web). Examining both closely with Photoshop shows no difference in colour to me but clearly shows the latter to have horrible JPG artefacts due to the high compression. A good example of this is the cockpit or pilot's helmet where the bright white is surrounded by loads of JPG gnats. There is no extra detail on the "larger" image at all. Someone has blown it up and saved it with high compression without indicating the colour space (which is almost certainly sRGB anyway). So I propose that actually the new images should simply be deleted from Commons as inferior versions of the FP.
    As for why Keraunoscopia is seeing colour problems, see this (slightly out-of-date) article. I wonder if you are using a Mac or a PC, if you have a standard or wide gamut monitor, if you have installed the correct profile for your monitor, what browser & version you are using and what version of Photoshop you are using. In your Photoshop File Handling Preferences, have you got "Ignore EXIF Profile Tag" checked (it should be unchecked). -- Colin (talk) 19:08, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
     I withdraw my nomination above image only then (not the alternative). I'm on a Mac, Firefox 16 (and I see an school bus yellow car). Do you really not see any color difference between this and File:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.jpg? My "Ignore EXIF Profile Tag" is (and was) unchecked. This is both embarrassing and really depressing. I'm so sorry for having wasted your time (and wasting my own, I had another thing I could've been working on). – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 20:01, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    No difference, in Firefox or Chrome or in Photoshop. I have Window7. However, I think the difference for you might be how the Mac interprets JPGs with no colour space. If you have the mixed joy of having a wide colour gamut display then this is closer to AdobeRGB than sRGB (often there are presets to switch between these on the monitor setup). According to that article I linked the Mac is perverse when it comes to JPGs with no profile -- it doesn't assume they are sRGB (which they almost certainly are) but assumes they are the colour profile of your monitor. If your monitor is set to AdobeRGB then it will display the wrong colours for such images.
    But even with JPGs that are set to sRGB there can be problems with wide colour gamut monitors. The problem with some of the "better" browsers that are colour managed is that they appear (to me) to do the transform in a naive "nearest colour" mapping, whereas Photoshop/Lightroom will dither the colours when transforming and displaying the file. Although AdobeRGB has a wider colour palette than sRGB it still has the same 8-bits of limited range in the JPG, so those colours are further apart. A particular shade of red in sRGB may well have no counterpart in AdobeRGB -- Firefox will simply pick the closest and Photoshop will dither. This leads to banding in the sky with the browser for example but not in Photoshop. So if I use a colour managed browser on my display set to AdobeRGB, I can see posterisation in some images on the web. I don't get that problem if I view the same image in Photoshop which nicely dithers the sRGB JPG for my AdobeRGB display. So for web browsing and FP reviewing, I switch my monitor to sRGB emulation and use Firefox which I've set to be not colour managed -- no banding and the correct colours provided the image is sRGB. It is a bit of a pain. Colin (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    You know what, though, I think I went about this the wrong way. I should have never uploaded the above image or even brought up the color profile issue, because I think I created an unintentional distraction. So assume for now I was only nominating the alternate version below.
    (When I compare the two images I linked to just above your last reply, I don't see any difference either. I only ever had a problem when I opened the no-assigned-color-profile image in Photoshop and had to assign one—my mistake in assigning the Color LCD profile. If I assign it sRGB, then it still looks exactly like the current FP, so I don't think I have a problem—and I'm certainly not seeing any banding in the browser.)
    Ok next, you mentioned file size. (Sorry for getting my math wrong, you're right, it's 1.7 times larger.) I took the lossless crop from the FP image, and enlarged it to 5100 x 3996, and flipped back and forth between the large Dryden Gallery image and the enlarged FP image, and the large Dryden image was still sharper. I don't think the large Dryden image was enlarged, like you suggested above. If it had been, the noise in the desert background (at the very top, it's extremely easy to see) wouldn't be crisp, it would be blurred. Are you absolutely positive this 5100 x 3996 image is an inferior product? The pilots heads look like regular noise that I've seen on many other images on Commons; artifacts, sure, but crisp and clear, not what an enlarged artifact would look like, right? – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 22:38, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Well there's the size in pixels and the size in terms of bytes. The "larger" image is only 0.6x of the filesize of the smaller one. Yet is has 2.9x more pixels. How can that work? It is fairly obvious that it has been compressed to death. (BTW I'm talking about the source pictures -- the ones you have saved and uploaded were saved with a low compression setting -- and you get a large filesize as the new JPG faithfully records all the artefacts in the old one). Now open up both source pictures. Enlarge the smaller to 5100 wide using a good quality resampling algorithm. The look at the front cockpit. The triangular window has a nice white edge. The nearby edge of the aircraft that goes from grey to black is also nicely smooth. Compare with the new picture and you see loads of JPG gnats round those edges because JPG can't handle contrasting edges when highly compressed. Now look slightly up at the blue-tinged area and compare the two. The newer picture clearly shows the 8x8 structure of a JPG (it is composed of 8x8 tiles) with very sharp edges on the tile borders. The older picture shows none of the 8x8 tile artefacting because it has been saved with a low level of compression. I'm afraid any extra "detail" in the newer picture is just JPG artefacting and an illusion. Colin (talk) 11:59, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thinking a little more, it would be odd (but not totally surprising) for someone to enlarge the smaller picture. What is certain is that the smaller picture is not derived from the larger one, because it is so damaged by the high compression that it wouldn't generate the clean artefact-free smaller image. Therefore both images may have a common large ancestor. This is an old photo, pre-dating digital cameras. So the ultimate source is a negative or a print. There is a regular pattern noise on the images that suggests it might be a scan from a print. So there may be a TIFF on someone's hard drive that is large and uncompressed. I'm absolutely certain, that the large image we have here is so damaged by the compression that it contains no extra detail. Even if it wasn't badly compressed, it still might not contain more detail as the original might be somewhat soft or have artefacts from the printing process or film noise -- we won't know. Colin (talk) 12:55, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I definitely see what you're talking about—I did as you write, which is what I did yesterday also. That extra sharpness was what I thought was simply noise, but maybe it's a bit too crystal sharp (there's no distinguishing mid-tones between certain pixels). Since the source is from actual film (which I was aware of), I was expecting to see film grain too, but I suppose I don't know what I'm looking for. So the sharp JPG pixels are artifacts and not a clearer image then. Well, I think I'm convinced. Definitely, both images must be derived from some master file somewhere, and I suppose that would be the only file to actually be worth locating. Ok, sold! I'm withdrawing everything. Once again, thanks so much for your help ;) – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 22:17, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Clock Tower - Palace of Westminster, London


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    • Unfortunately I see it as an advertisement and not a message. There's one line about their plight in the end and a link to commercial websites/organizations! Do we need the vulgar show of power over captive animals to put across the message when there's tons of films shot in the wild (which are better by being natural IMO)? I guess we do for more audience, but abusing (or exhibiting) captive animals is something I deeply detest. :( -- ~y (talk) 08:13, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes, I knew that would come up in this discussion eventually. Thanks for going through my contributions to pick up the one captive non-domesticated animal! I've hated myself for going to that orca show because I didn't know better in 2009 (and it is only on commons as encyclopedic content for a wikipedia article). In fact, I hate myself each time I look at it and feel sad for the plight of the beautiful orcas (which I've seen in the wild). So, your point of bringing that up was because I have posted ONE picture of a captive animal means I have no right to air my views on showcasing captive animals? Also, I do have many photographs of captive animals from a long time ago (at a time when I thought it was OK because big names did it) and that in no way means I like doing it now or in the future, or encourage photography of captive animals or support it. I believe that's a change for the good and I think it is up to the big organizations to encourage that change. The least we (or at least I) can do is to oppose featuring captive animals and encourage wild content. Sorry for the long comment. -- ~y (talk) 08:48, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment No personal attacks please -- Nossob (talk) 08:42, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • No sarcasm here, please. Your negative vote was accompanied by the statement that the picture should have been submitted to "Featured Video Candidates", because "here at FPC we have no established rules to assess moving images." It that was intended to be your reason for opposing the picture, then it seemed possible that your negative vote was in error, since "Featured Video Candidates" does not exist. It appears, however, that you had merely made a comment in addition to your negative vote. I just needed to know which was which. Peace? Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 08:20, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I wish I was solar-powered, but what's your point? My eating habits should decide what I like or don't like? So, you're telling me all meat eaters should support animal cruelty and ill treatment? I've worked in wildlife reserves and I've seen the kind of silly things people do to get photographs and videos that were inspirational. Chasing animals with cars, shouting at them to get an expression, driving off-road and capturing them for the sake of a video or a photograph is more common than you think. Remember, there are inexperienced amateurs trying to copy photographs and videos using far more cruder and dangerous methods. And that's just a small part of the larger issue I have with captivity and treatment of wild animals for the purposes of entertainment, which by the way is very different from sustenance and conservation. I'm not debating the quality of the video, just the larger implications it has. It's fine to think this video awesome (I know it is awesome), but I have personally seen a lot of negative consequences resulting from videos and photographs made in "controlled environments" and it is worrying. -- ~y (talk) 13:57, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Yathin and his opposers: The ethics in nature photography is beyond the scope of this page, I afraid. We've similar discussion earlier; where Richard Bartz says "DONT KILL ANIMALS!". But we all know killing, dissection, and study are part of education. But the limit how much we can go is always a question though. I think the best compromise is to vote on individual ethical stand and respect others on their stands. I've not a firm stand in this case, honestly. JKadavoor Jee 16:37, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree. I'm generally opposed to anything captive and it will always get an oppose from me. I was just mentioning my reasons for the oppose in my vote (instead of a simple "captive" or anything else equally useless). I know I'm going to be a minority, but at least it serves as food for thought. Also, the behind-and-scenes, credits and branding at the end is perhaps like putting up pictures with watermarks which is why I thought this was like an advertisement as well! There is no harm in having healthy discussions as long as there are no personal attacks -- which are unfortunate. In the end, everyone who works with animals thinks about their welfare, which is good. -- ~y (talk) 17:05, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Sorry for derailing the conversation, I souldn't have done it. Just for the clarity of what I said : I'm French, and in French, we have two different words for "plant-based diet" (végétalien) and "life without exploitation of animals, in food, clothes, entertainement..." (végane). Both can be translated by "vegan" in English but I was talking about the latter. I'm always bothered by people claming one kind of animal exploitation is bad while doing other kinds when they could easily avoid them (and for the record, I know that for a lot of people, plant-based diet is not easy). Concerning your point about "setting a bad example", I understand it (I know a flickr group about birds that doesn't allow pictures of nests because of unfortunate consequences for the youngs in the said nest) but feels like it is something we can't endorse in Commons. I will not talk about veganism / animal advocacy until I'm in front of a nice beer and actually talking and not writting, I promise :) Léna (talk) 12:24, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • No worries! Written discussions can obviously sound heated when they are not, especially in matters like this which tend to have people (like me) who strongly believe in an ideology. I have previously opposed nest/captive photographs on FPC for similar reasons. As per JKadavoor and others, this is definitely not in the scope of commons, but it is always good to put forward a thought and a reason for the oppose, hoping that it may change in the future. Every small change helps in making it a better place for the animals (like the popular nest photography bans). You're welcome to drop by to Oslo for a discussion because I could go on for hours about this! ;) -- ~y (talk) 13:02, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    •  Info Courtyard of "Schloss Broich" (Broich Castle) with entrance

    created by Tuxyso - uploaded by Tuxyso - nominated by Tuxyso -- Tuxyso (talk) 11:32, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

     Comment I don't like the stronger HDR effect, but that would be ok if not for the clipped whites in the clouds that you created now. The old sky was very nice imho. --Julian H. (talk/files) 11:51, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    There are not clipped whites, sorry. Please look at the histogram. Another indicator that highlights are better managed in this new version: Please compare the top of the roof (at the very right side, at the "Blitzableiter"): In the old version some details were slightly burnt out, it is not the case in the new version. Additionaly the sky in the new version shows much more details than grey of the old version (which comes ofter from highlight correction). More clipped whites in the new version would be strange because I've added an underexposed (-4EV) for the new processing to bring out more details of the sky. --Tuxyso (talk) 12:08, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    You're right, they are not white but grey, but they still look like clipped whites. And whether or not they are white doesn't really matter, they are bright and almost featureless areas with sharp edges, and that doesn't look good to me. Clouds don't have sharp edges. And the sky doesn't have this dark-blue-grey colour it has now, in this editing. --Julian H. (talk/files) 12:19, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    File:Schloss-Broich-2013-01-temp.jpg
    -4 EV with original non-pimped blue sky. Out of the cam.
    I've used a polarizing filter. I have NOT pimped the sky. Look at the orignal (underexposed 4 EV) file. It's not my fault that the sky looks that way. I prefer a more blue sky. --Tuxyso (talk) 12:59, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not saying anything's your fault. HDR editing software always manipulates every part of the image heavily and with no respect to reality. That's just what it does, locally selective tone-mapping. I'm just saying the result of what this software does is, in my eyes, very far away from reality in a non-pleasing way. Just like the editing done by the software, this isn't absolute or provable, it's just subjective perception. It all comes down to: I like the old version better. Ymmv. --Julian H. (talk/files) 13:23, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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    Thanks for your comment. After your (and other comments) it is clear that the alternative version is better. What's the best way now? Should I withdraw the original nomination? --Tuxyso (talk) 16:38, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Need not. JKadavoor Jee 04:55, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Fragment of the west facade of the medieval Christ Pantocrator church in Nesebar, Bulgaria. Built in the first half of 14th century.
    • Usage: here in section decoration. It can also be used in articles about the Byzantine architecture and the Medieval architecture as well as the architecture of the Second Bulgarian Empire.--MrPanyGoff 07:03, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Mount Kosciuszko Panorama
    So is this taken from the mountain, or of it? The filename would suggest the former. Please clarify (Never mind, I figured it out).

    In any event when dealing with a flat-topped mountain, even a high one, one should keep in mind that the summit of any mountain that is the highest in its range generally offers a weak view, since every other summit will usually be below the view plane.

    In those cases it generally works better, if one is looking for that "wow" an FP is supposed to have, to photograph the mountain from somewhere where it looks as imposing as you can make it, like this. Daniel Case (talk) 22:59, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Ok, accept that view. My intent was to show a panorama from the top of the mountain. There are plenty of photos of the actual mountain.--Reflexio (talk) 10:12, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
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    Hanover, Germany, Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall) at night
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    Oregon Junco Kelowna BC
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    Pinot noir
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    Roseate spoonbill in Florida
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    Schoolboy in a South African Township
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    Diagram of a syconoid sea sponge.
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    Fire breathing in Śmiałek podczas Castle Party 2012
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    Interior of the Sultan Ahmet Mosque
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    Torma church
    •  Info created and uploaded by Iifar - nominated by Kruusamägi (talk) 22:34, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support -- Kruusamägi (talk) 22:34, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support --Arcalino (talk) 10:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose The composition with a lot of unimportant space does not convince me, sorry. Even if you choose a tighter crop I am not sure if the motive, light and quality would justify FP. --Tuxyso (talk) 13:33, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose per above. JKadavoor Jee 16:37, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support For me, the composition is just right. It puts the church and its surroundings into a context. Any closer and people would have complained about the distracting trees and branches in the shot ;-) Also, the green, blue and red add to the somewhat clean mood of the scene. A smaller aperture would have added more depth of field; however, in this case it's ok, as the background (the smaller trees on the left hand) doesn't matter when it comes to the subject of the image. Great shot, Iifar! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 04:00, 28 February 2013 (UTC) [reply]
    •  Comment I have nominated some church photos but it seems that they are viewed as a bit too ordinary. So this image really standed out for me for the reason Frank very nicely embodied to words in last comment. This is not just an image of a church but with a church and its surroundings. Kruusamägi (talk) 21:30, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I see your's and Frank's argument. My comment with "unimportant space" was possibly a bit harsh. I as reviewer can not assess the importance of the church's surrordings. Is it somehow special or seldom? In the description one can only read "Torma church". My general problem with your church nominations is: Churches are too numerous (in Germany nearly every small village has one or two) and too similiar that every well composed photo with good quality can become FP. There must be some additional outstanding value like "light, composition, level of detail, color, sky formation, special very seldom architecture ..." In this photo I see none of these. Nonetheless a nice photo with interesting colors as Frank has pointed out. --Tuxyso (talk) 06:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • In Estonia each church is unique anyway (but at a same time we only have ca 300-400 of them built over 8 centuries). I have to agree with you on this that the number of churches is so big, that there needs to something special. Maybe even some current and bit similar FB-s about architecture should be compared and poorest of them delisted. For me, how this church fits to the surroundings is special enough and I haven't seen any current FB to be similar to this. But off-course this does not mean that others have to agree with me and it was just this "unimportant space" that disturbed me and why I wanted to make a comment on this. Kruusamägi (talk) 15:31, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Thanks for sharing your thought about Estonian churches - I had not known it before. Probably I am bit biased because small churches in villages are inflationary in Germany. I am unsure if it is a good idea to start a comprehensive delisting of architectural FPs. Probably you can start a discussion about it. --Tuxyso (talk) 16:14, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support Nice to see some surroundings and not just the church. - Averater (talk) 09:36, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose Per Tuxyso.--Jebulon (talk) 22:17, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:2012.07.04.-10-Eilenburg-Nashornkaefer-Larve.jpg

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    Male Apache Indian
    • Peter, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I apologize for the error. I've changed the restoration license to be precisely the same as the original's, and no disrespect was intended to the memory of Curtis by trying to claim his photograph as my own :) – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 20:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    A white background is less distracting, it's sure !--Citron (talk) 10:02, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    KoH, dou you mean the foreground grass? Or the stem just pass behind it's bill? Otherwise, I think it is OK because it is winter. JKadavoor Jee 16:19, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm referring to the tall grasses, which I feel are not sufficiently blurred. --King of 23:38, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I think they can be easily blurred by an expert. JKadavoor Jee 05:19, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Quality image of Lotus Flower in Tir Bijan Lagoon, Amol City, Iran.
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    Arkhangelskoe Palace near Moscow, Russia.
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    Hector BERLIOZ, 1863

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    The same image in grayscale.
    The same image in grayscale.


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    Cinnamomum verum
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    I tried to photograph the match with the shortest possible exposure time of 1/4000s. So you can see the sparkles and the match head through the fire.
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    Squirrel shares feeling with pup
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    The clock on the west (main) facade of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
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    Eisbach, Munich: Urban surfer in February 2013
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    Panorama of the Carina Nebula
    The new version of this file is not cropped, unlike the one you link to. Colin (talk) 22:58, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support I have now uploaded the full size version saved using Photoshop quality level 11 out of 12, which reduces the filesize from 107MB to 49MB and no perceptible loss of quality. The image is now 116 megapixels, which I think counts as a "wow". Colin (talk) 22:51, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      •  Question Thanks for your effort. Probably you make some explanations how this kind of images are generated because many people (like me) do not really know it. As far as I have understood it, they are generated from large (non-visual) data. The non-visual data are mapped to a visual representation. Who does it? The people on Commons or NASA / ESA? If this file here is somehow special it should be featured, and others delisted. For me it is "just" a visual representation of any object which noone can observe directly. Could also be a visualazation of traffic data obtained from an internet router. Thus I think max. one or two of this kind sholud get FP label - for the quality of the visualization. --Tuxyso (talk) 06:29, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • +1 Tuxyso; I too want to know such things. I'm a poor Astronomer, want to learn new things. I don't want to oppose things I've little knowledge about. Thanks Colin for your efforts. JKadavoor Jee 07:49, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Nice effort indeed, but it does not change my mind, sorry.--Jebulon (talk) 09:24, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've added a couple of annotations to the image and expanded the notes a bit. This may help add to the EV of the photo. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 10:46, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Nice effort, but after further consideration I will not change my vote: At the moment we have 30+ astro images of the same kind featured (look very similiar, IMHO far too many). I see that this one here is somehow special with regard to its size. But the size changes nothing with the fact that this images are generated from huge amount of data with huge telescope no one on Commons can ever effort. No one can reproduce this work or do it better. I miss a unique act of creation which can be done my a single person which is for me the core of and excellent contribution. Taken an illustration or a nice photo there is (at the beginning) a unique creator who has spent a lot of work with it. This act of human creation is unclear for me (despite the circumstantial information on the description page) with this kind of photos, it seems to me that they are somehow computer processed (in a, for us, non verifiable way). Probably we should nonetheless feature the very best of this computer generated (from data) astro images, but not 30+, sorry. --Tuxyso (talk) 19:17, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • I generally agree on this issue with Jebulon/Tuxyso. Nasa and Google Art images can fail to arouse any sense of rewarding someone for a great picture. In fact the 2nd place POTY greatly disappointed me: all the technical qualities of a small posterised GIF and taken by a robot. Perhaps my vote on this was an anomaly and am sure I originally thought I was voting on the larger version (which it now is) which I think is impressive. But different things appeal to different folk -- I guess some astronomers are bored with yet another bird or butterfly or stately home. Colin (talk) 20:18, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • I wasn't expecting anybody to change their votes. But I don't like seeing Featured Pictures turning into little more than an art gallery. To me, EV is paramount. I will vote positively on a high EV picture of less than optimal quality taken under difficult conditions, while bypassing many beautiful photos of low EV. Incidentally, I notice that quite a number of other people than myself are in the habit of annotating astronomical images in Commons. So I am merely following a fairly widespread tradition. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 02:50, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • People often forget the main purpose of Commons:Featured pictures; it is to showcase our best works to the potential end-users, not to appreciate or reward anybody. It is just like the way and target. Appreciating people will encourage them to make more quality contributions; but that it not the (main) purpose. I don't think these all pictures look alike for the proper end-users. Otherwise it is quite applicable to all (animals, landscapes, sculptures, paintings, etc.). JKadavoor Jee 07:02, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Thinking of FP having a "main purpose" isn't helpful IMO. It serves many purposes for the project. I agree that if one's sole purpose is rewarding folk then give them a barnstar. But we are all human. Well, except for Nasa. And Google Art. Colin (talk) 08:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support --Stas1995 (talk) 12:06, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose per Tuxyso .  B.p. 11:12, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Variable Oystercatcher
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    Vagrant darter

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    A Burrowing Owl near Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. It is standing on one leg.

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    Frauenkirche Munich in March 2013
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    Steam turbine rotor produced by Siemens, Germany
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    SHORT DESCRIPTION
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    Inupiat family
    • Thanks for all the support. Just a note, I've made one visible change since nominating this image, which was to remove a single white spot (a couple pixels sized) in the man's fur hood. It's been driving me nuts for a few days and I decided to remove it. Hope that's ok! – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 22:04, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    SLS AMG Roadster, IAA 2011 in Frankfurt am Main,
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    100 Faces of the Tenerife Auditorium, Coast of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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    SHORT DESCRIPTION
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    A dog yawning
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    Sunrise on Vereda del Lago and freighter
    Absolutely every photo has a potential EV, order this requirement in the FP is killing creativity. However, I have added extra information in the detail of the image, I hope that this may be sufficient for future use. --The Photographer (talk) 02:06, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
     Oppose Yes; I can push this picture to Lake Maracaibo; but not enough quality, I afraid. JKadavoor Jee 06:31, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, please could you specify a little more. And that way know my mistakes. --The Photographer (talk) 11:29, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The Photographer, I've to disagree about "killing creativity" - FPC is not the whole Commons - each featured picture ideally should represent a good mixture of quality, wow and EV; if an image fails to become FP, it doesn't mean that the photographer should resign from contributing similar pictures. On the other hand, it's also quite easy to find a usage for a certain image somewhere on wiki - there are numerous pictures of poor or mediocre quality in articles - just be bold to replace them anywhere it makes sense & you can provide a better one... --A.Savin 12:14, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with you, however, the EV is so subjective that in fact is not taken into account in the current Guidelines for evaluating FPC --The Photographer (talk) 12:19, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Guidelines are just basics; you can go beyond. Answer to your question: I usually search for every possible "subjects" in a work. Here I can see "sunrise", "Eagle Austin" and "Maracaibo lake". "Sunrise" is just a generic topic; so I neglect it. I can't find a relevant article about "Eagle Austin" in projects I'm actively participating. The ship is very vague in this work too. I noticed Lake Maracaibo but not confident enough to add it there. May be you can go bold and check whether any other editors undo it. (If any undo with proper reason occurs; respect it. Don't go for an edit war.) JKadavoor Jee 16:40, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Google's your friend :p --The Photographer (talk) 11:34, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Õisu manor main building
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    Two zebras fighting in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
    • Whether they are visible or not doesn't really matter. If you think the grass away and the legs are still cut, then the frame is too tight. Simple photo-technics.  B.p. 13:14, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

     I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 19:36, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Italy, Sicily, Altavilla Milicia, Torre Normanna
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    Grand Central cavern
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    Hermitage of Our Lady of the Snows, National Park of Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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    Portrait of a lemur catta
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    Bell tower of Novodevichy Convent. Moscow, Russia.

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    Bell tower of Novodevichy Convent. Moscow, Russia.

    Different angle of view, panorama. --A.Savin 09:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Royal Bengal Tiger at Kanha National Park
    I do not understand what you mean by "balance". I think the tourist car is superfluous and distracting.Kurzon (talk) 16:16, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I think Kurzon mean to "clone" it out, if possible. JKadavoor Jee 05:17, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Background distraction removed
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    • I disagree with cropping also. I'm also not supporting the image because it's so noisy. I did this only to prove to myself that I could. The ethics of replacing such a large amount of frame is also probably questionable, even if it's only leaves. Still, here it is. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 10:14, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose I'm not opposed to it in principle if 1) it achieves a good effect; and 2) it represents something which is likely to have occurred naturally. However, in this case there are noticeable artefacts from the cloning (see notes). --King of 03:38, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose This edit, essentially destroys the image, a total misrepresentation of reality. I am not even going into the cloning artifacts and other technical things. I understand, if jeep is a major issue for some and hence the original gets oppose votes, but please do not destroy images just for the sake of reinforcing your confidence that you can do edits. --Dey.sandip (talk) 07:15, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Of course it's a misrepresentation, that was kind of the point. It wasn't even suggested, someone above mentioned a clone job in passing. I only meant this with the best of intentions, more of a simulacrum of a jeepless moment. I never expected it to be supported, and I did not put in any amount of effort into the work that would deserve actual defense on my part (I highlighted the Jeep, used content-aware fill, and cloned out a few of the more blatant areas). It also wasn't my intention to "better" your original photograph in any way. I have no problem deleting the image when this thing runs out. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 07:26, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Anybody has the right to edit as far as it is a separate file; that's why we will not accept a ND license. JKadavoor Jee 14:12, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    King Louis XII of France
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    Chestnut-headed Bee-eater is waiting for prey.
    • No problem for the composition; lead room, rule of third, etc. are OK. (In fact, (I think) it seems a well cropped frame from a large composition. It is good to appreciate new comers and people from underrepresented areas; but quality (details, focus, noise) is still refraining me to support. JKadavoor Jee 05:25, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Foil (fencing)
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    Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)
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    Skiing trails in the Dolomites
    Sorry I'm puzzled the two pictures have only the snow and the photographer in common, totally different view, purpose and location --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 08:00, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Just my taste; nothing against the snow or the photographer. :) JKadavoor Jee 08:33, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, so I have to understand that you don't like this picture (no wow or whatsoever. It's not FP, correct?). It should have nothing to do with the other one I hope --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 08:58, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Exactly. JKadavoor Jee 10:34, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Larus michahellis
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    Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:2012.09.29.-03-Kaefertaler Wald Mannheim-Gartenkreuzspinne-Weibchen-Schnitt.jpg

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    Casa tradicional barrio El Empedrao (Sector Santa Lucía)
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    Mangrove Apple
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    Monks in the queue for their meal at the monastery Kha Khat Wain Kyaung in Bago, Myanmar.
    Done. Haros (talk) 04:52, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Monopteros Neroberg Wiesbaden

     Arcalino (talk) 18:31, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: not an image.  B.p. 13:45, 17 March 2013 (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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    The Space Shuttle Atlantis at launch pad 39a at the NASA Kennedy Space Center.
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    Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England
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    Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
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    Kiviloo manor main building
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    SHORT DESCRIPTION
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    Organ and parts of the interior of church of abbey Saarn
    •  Info created by Tuxyso - uploaded by Tuxyso - nominated by Tuxyso -- Tuxyso (talk) 13:45, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 13:45, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Oppose I don't like the blown area at the very left, and the darkish lower part. Btw, an example of a really wow photo of a church organ: [1]... --A.Savin 14:06, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      •  Info Probably the filename is a bit confusing. The idea was not to show a general Wow piture of an organ (for sure there are organs which are much more interesting as the example given by you), but the motive is the interior of the church (Abbey of Saarn) plus the organ. I personally like the high level of details (look at the small pictures painted by children) and the high dynamic range showing even details of the church's pews. The pictures are IMHO not comparable because they show very different motives.
    BTW: The issue of overblown parts was discussed in detail on QIC and consensually corrected during the QI process. --Tuxyso (talk) 14:38, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    This particular FP was just an example of other existing FP of church interiors. In FPC, quality issues may be evaluated more critically than in QI. And there are some, so just accept my opinion like I'm going to accept anyone's support --A.Savin 15:08, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Two spacecraft engineers stand with a group of vehicles providing a comparison of three generations of Mars rovers developed at NASA.
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    Emil Jönsson (Sweden) and Alexey Petukhov (Russia) at the Quebec City Sprint Cross-country Skiing World Cup 2012. Finale Free Team Sprint.
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    Geirangerfjord
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    Chef cooking with fire
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    Eugene Cernan with the American flag and the earth in the moon's sky.
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    Harbour in Mariehamn, Åland
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    A colony of 200,000 King Penguins on the Salisbury Plain in South Georgia
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    Lasioglossum pseudosphecodimorphum female
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    A close-up shot of a Hawaiian spiny lobster
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    Penguins at Salisbury Plain


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    The otherworldly beauty of Chile’s Atacama Desert

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    The Washington Monument obelisk. The monument was built in honor of U.S. President George Washington. It is the world's tallest stone structure and tallest obelisk.
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    Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia.
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    Geroldsegg Schwarzenberg Panorama
    you're right. The days of the year in which it is absolutely clear, very little. The distance to the mountain range in the center 14km measures! Please take this into consideration. Nevertheless, thanks for voting. --Böhringer (talk) 10:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco
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    Chapel of John of Nepomuk
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    Typhoon Megi in 2010
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    Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
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    Anas platyrhynchos
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    David Collection - uploaded by Alborzagros - nominated by Alborzagros -- Alborzagros (talk) 14:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    A view of Mount Kosciuszko and the foot path from Thredbo

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    Original drawing that a Catalan politician, Antoni Gutiérrez Díaz
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    Ramses Railway Station, the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt
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    A tourist snapshot does 7Mo (4 824 × 3 138 pixels) ? Maybe reducing the size, the quality will be better !––Citron (talk) 10:50, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Megapixels don't correlate with camera quality, camera price, image quality or photographer abilities. The image is blurry even in the 1024 pixel wide preview. If this is a rare animal, it might still be a valuable photo, but not a featureable one imo. --Julian H. (talk/files) 13:43, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I find it a bit hard, it's an underwater picture. Look this one, isn't less blurry that our picture, just look at the file size.--Citron (talk) 16:28, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    That one was apparently not properly checked by enough reviewers. Time for a delist?  B.p. 16:50, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    This is an example among others, you can delist all ours underwater pictures, if you want.--Citron (talk) 18:22, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    As marine biologist, I certainly don't want to.  B.p. 18:49, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Quality is a bit low (even after downsizing) compared to another Nudibranch we have; but acceptable IMHO. JKadavoor Jee 03:12, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    White horse


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    European Hedgehog
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    Halberd-axe head with the head of a mouflon. Luristan bronze, late 2nd millennium–early 1st millennium BC. From Amlash, Iran.
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    Street in Mülheim an der Ruhr with village church and a historic building
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    Sierra nevada Wild
    •  Info I long ago proposed this same picture, however, I had a problem I've corrected perspective. This picture is perhaps the most important for me in all my photos. After eight days of walking and climbing trip, freezing temperatures, we went down and I capture this shot. I wish to say that this was a decision designed, however, this was a fluke. I was too tired to make a decision and a traveling companion told me - why not take pictures of that?. This is seen as capturing wild animals living in the Sierra Nevada, they have learned to live in peace. A bull patent leather, a mule and a horse in the same picture. This photo does not have maybe the quality I would like, therefore, was not done with a DSLR camera. -- The Photographer (talk) 02:32, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support If I rem correctly, there was one which showed half of what this one shows. I must say this one is much more eye catching --Muhammad (talk) 06:20, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment Feral animals and not wild animals perhaps? Nice photograph though. :-) -- ~y (talk) 07:34, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The term in English feral organism (from Latin fera, "a wild beast"), I did not know this, thank you very much. These animals escaped from farms over 100 years ago to settle at altitudes of 4600 meters, there is the only food fed there, called frailejon. They are not friendly animals and is not recommended approach them, not Beast Wars Transformers domestic, they are wild beasts. :) Thanks
    ✓ Done Thanks :p --The Photographer (talk) 22:23, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Zoropsis spinimana
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    Common Jezebel comes from pupa
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    The Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island, Northern England.
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    Soyuz TMA-16 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on its way to the International Space Station
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    Donaupark railway, Vienna
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    The Seiseral in the Dolomites under snow
    • Need a review at 36MP? People use images for different purposes. Anyone can down-sample according to their needs. But the reverse is difficult. Further, the perfect size for sharp-enough is difficult to decide. JKadavoor Jee 08:36, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • "Need" not, but I think the photo could be definitely sharper. One can photograph very sharp photos even in fullsize with a D800, see this FP or this QI. IMHO it is not a sharpness-FP but the composition is very nice. --Tuxyso (talk) 11:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
     Info I used the 24-70 f/2.8G Nikon lens. BTHW I don't understand why I loose so many EXIF data converting NEF files to JPG with ViewNX2.
    A good lens; but it is nowhere as good as the 24/1.4G or 35/1.4G prime. BTW, I don't know which 24mm Tuxyso used. JKadavoor Jee 08:31, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    In the case I've shown here I used the 24mm T&S lens from Nikon. I've heard that the 24-70 has some field curvature ("Bildfeldwölbung") and may not be as optimal for landscape shot as for portrayal shots (but it is just speculation). --Tuxyso (talk) 11:04, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess a fix lens must be better anyhow but a zoom can be a good compromise. I believe the images indicated by Tuxyso cannot be compared with mine, since they are of two buildings, different subjects, different patterns patterns, with much less depth of field --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 15:17, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran
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    The Small Gloriette in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, built around 1775.
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    Thanks for the reading but I don't find any relations to this peculiar nomination as Jebulon said. Maybe we'll have to wait for a new pope to close the discussion you mentioned (dead indeed), IMO not relevant here. :-) --Selbymay (talk) 07:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I talked about concerns; not about the outcome of a discussion. Please read the opinions of King of Hearts, Poco a poco, Alvesgaspar , Alchemist-hp and Ö there. I have nothing to say about people who often rollback their opinions according to their needs. JKadavoor Jee 10:31, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Support There is no special "concern on set nominations", only a discussion. No reason to "freeze" promotions, set nominations are still acceptable. This nomination is valuable, and the quality deserves the FP status IMO.--Jebulon (talk) 21:11, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • No big concerns. But according to current status, two successful FP sets (with six pictures in a set) lead the contributor to Commons:Meet our photographers (not a big issue). Further the value of each picture in a set compared to a single FP is questionable. There are more little concerns too. (I prefer a single FP nomination of the most preferred one in this set showing others under "other versions" till the "issues" are resolved (per Alchemist-hp.) JKadavoor Jee 03:49, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    A castle near Sancerre, France.
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    Panorama of Palm House and lake at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    •  Oppose Rather low resolution vertically, for a panorama. The cut-off tree and blown sky on the RHS is distracting. In fact the whole RHS doesn't help the composition whereas the LHS makes decent scene round the lake. Also the green bus on the right has some stitching problems. -- Colin (talk) 18:33, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Monumento Diablo danzante de Yare
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    Bödele Winterpanorama
    Scratch the lens from Sigma 17-80 with the Nikon D300S. A surprisingly good value for money. --Böhringer (talk) 21:48, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    when you pass you down, then get back to business --Böhringer (talk) 11:12, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry I don't understand your English. Vielleicht könntest du es mir auf Deutsch sagen. Ich sag dir, das Bild ist fotografisch excellent (Farbe, Schärfe auch, von mir aus die Komposition), aber die Perspektive ist absolut falsch und Perspektive ist nicht eine Meinung sondern eine Technik - In plain English: your image is from the point of view of the fotographic technique absolutely good and even the composition and subject are OK but from the point of view of the perspective, as a result of photomerging, it is absolutely wrong. Perspective is not an opinion, Sorry, I'm glad for you that you get so much support but I simply do not agree. --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 17:44, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Birds on stick, street food in Qibao Town, Shanghai
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    Kärsa church
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    Les nouvelles cloches de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris exposées au public dans la nef du 2 au 25 février 2013 avant leur installation dans les tours du monument.
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    Diagram of blood vessels—arteries, capillaries, and veins.
    •  Info Diagram of blood vessels—arteries, capillaries, and veins. Also shows cross sectional area differences (important in understanding why bloodflow velocity is different between different types of blood vessels). Editable text layer is invisible (opacity 0). It is aligned to 720 × 496 px grid.

    Based on [2], [3], a diagram in my Biology textbook, and some others. All by KelvinsongKelvinsong (talk) 22:47, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I made the translations (File:Vasos sanguíneos.svg, File:Arteria.svg, File:Diagrama de vena.svg, and File:Diagrama de capilar.svg.), though there are a lot of technical terms I might not have translated right, such as "Pericyte"«Pericito», "Thoroughfare channel"«Cauce carretero», and "Cross-sectional area"«Área transversal», etc.—Kelvinsong (talk) 23:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    We need a User doctor who can corroborate that --The Photographer (talk) 01:15, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Can you please explain what you mean by "transects which don't properly fit" and "perspective switches"?—Kelvinsong (talk) 00:32, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Ice forest
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    La procession des saints de Bretagne is a set of eight wax frescoes painted between 1871 and 1876 by Alphonse Le Hénaff in the ambulatory of the choir of the cathedral Saint-Pierre in Rennes. See this picture for a general view.

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    Sadly, this could not be any better : the frescos are in a place that receives no natural light, these harsh spotlights are the only lighting source. --EdouardHue (talk) 07:59, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    It is simple to do it better: a HDR/tonemapping process. Additionally: the white balance is wrong for me, to yellowish. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 20:53, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Junior - 2013-03-2 - stade des Argoulets - Match between: Ours de Toulouse - Kangourous de Pessac
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    Cape Espichel Lighthouse, Portugal
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    First of all, thank you very much for your prompt response. Gradually I've been learning with comments in this section. I really like this composition and the sense of depth created by these branches. I've tried to always get the most natural colors, whenever possible. I will take your comments into consideration. --The Photographer (talk) 23:31, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Sorraia in the Wisentgehege Springe

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    Bangkok at night
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    Architectural detail of the remains of the Byzantine Basilica B (6th c. AD) in the ancient town of Philippi, Greece.
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    Luxury Typical ports Altagracia
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    Oberfallenberg Rheintal
    •  Info View of the Chapel of St. Ottilie in Oberfallenberg Dornbirn, the Rhine Valley, the mountains of the Swiss Alviers, Alpstein over Appenzellerland down to Lake Constance.

    all by -- Böhringer (talk) 21:07, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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    Atrium of „Prussian Landtag“ (parliament of the Federal state of Berlin), Berlin-Mitte, Germany
    I added a new note, this is very easy to fix, if you need help, do not hesitate to ask me --The Photographer (talk) 18:02, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    ✓ Done, last try, no further CA improvements will follow. --A.Savin 20:13, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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    Victor Baltard - Church of Saint Augustin, Paris, elevation of the main facade - Google Art Project
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    Jägala waterfall

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     I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 13:47, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]