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Barn Owl flying
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Result: 3 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 09:33, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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SBorgund Stave Church in Lærdalen in Lærdal municipality, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway in 2013 June.
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Congress and theater building at Bad Ischl, Upper Austria
  • ✓ Done thanks for voting (also to all other voters) und for the hint. I've tried to slightly brighten the shadows. For sharpening I don't dare; I'm afraid it could ruin more than help ... --P e z i (talk) 19:35, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 09:34, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reeth Swing Bridge in late evening light
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Nature reserve "Am Enteborn" in Dülmen, Germany
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Vector illustration of a Raspberry Pi B+, a portable Linux computer used in education and private electronics projects.
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Vector illustration of a Raspberry Pi B+, a portable Linux computer used in education and private electronics projects.
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Vector illustration of a Raspberry Pi B+, a portable Linux computer used in education and private electronics projects.
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File:Allium rothii 1.jpg
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Christian Ferrer Talk 14:05, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Vector illustration of a Raspberry Pi B+, a portable Linux computer used in education and private electronics projects.
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Result: 7 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Christian Ferrer Talk 14:07, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Slovak singer Zuzana Smatanová
  •  Info created by Bojars - uploaded by Bojars - nominated by Bojars -- Bojars (talk) 19:21, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Bojars (talk) 19:21, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I think it is pretty decent concert photo, but the artist appears for me lack the kind of concentration/charisma/expression, which I expect for it to reach FP level, like these two recent concert FPs, for example. --Slaunger (talk) 20:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Dman41689 (talk) 06:55, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Slaunger -- Christian Ferrer Talk 11:03, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    For me: too many people are opose. Many of them are categorical oppose: "without the words..." if I can compare other pictures submissions for music perfomance, I thought that from the last time this is best one... I have done many written Slovak articles about music for Wikipedia, but here are no many amateurish pictures about them with better qouality: "better" in general no better that this one... thank you for new experience: voting here is not about voting for articles submissions' quality, this is almost for artistic photographers' support only... vaste time for me... candidate of amateur reporting photo here is mistake. Bye. --Bojars (talk) 06:00, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Bojars I am sorry if nominating a photo here has been a bad experience for you. It is less than 0.1 % of all photos on Commons, which end up being featured. So getting the opposes is not a shame. It has happened to most frequent nominators here. There is another image recognition project on Commons, Commons:Valued images, which recognise getting that good illustration for a specific topic or article (which this photo is, it is clearly better than average photos on Commons). You may want to have a look at that - and hopefully come back, when you get that fantastic concert shot with a great wow and expression. -- Slaunger (talk) 21:55, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I absolutly agree with you, Slaunger. You are one of those, who gave answer/ comment for "oppose". This is clear and uderstable... (and for my poor English knowledge too). For my acceptation of working/ uploadind to Wikimedia Commons is: "how many from my uploads are used in Wiki projects?". And there are over 90% of them... and that is another motivation. --Bojars (talk) 07:44, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 22:42, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Drnholec (Dürnholz), Moravia - old wayside cross
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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 22:41, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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@Lauro Sirgado: It's fixable? User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 21:50, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment@ArionEstar: I like that. I respect the Kreuzschnabel opinion (Hi Kreuzschnabel), but I have my own. The choice of point of view was just to give the impression that the spider touched the riparian forest to an observer far from the picture in the original format. This species is well distributed (even in cities) and the photo was taken to show it in its wild habitat, remove the motif of picture and replace the background ruin the motivation of the photographer to choose the composition. Anyway add a background leave the unnatural picture, due to details of the spider would be an insane work, to stay so I took it as a good job. -- Lauro Sirgadocontribs 22:59, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 CommentTo achieve that effect, the spider and forest should be nearly equally sharp. The unsharpness of the forest gives too much depth into the image to generate the intended deception. That idea just didn’t come to my mind. --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 06:02, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment@Kreuzschnabel: Please take this (and the previous) for information only, I do not want to defend a position, just explained, the image would be in a frame a few steps away from the observer, the lure disappear on approach, revealing the motif. The background should be blurred in this case. Each composition(and person) requires a different way of looking, and yes(so even), I understand and respect your point of view. Ty -- Lauro Sirgadocontribs 19:40, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Panorama of Kieselstein Castle in Kranj, Slovenia
  •  Info created by Mihael Grmek - uploaded by Mihael Grmek - nominated by Meho29 -- Mihael Grmek (talk) 14:30, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Nice composition! However, central building looks tilted CCW, entire image looks oversharpened to me (bright fringe along edges), bright areas slightly overexposed. --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 19:34, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Too harsh light and too high contrast to shadows on right hand side. Propose trying earlier in the morning or an hour or two before sunset (depending on how the shadows fall) to get more soft light. --Slaunger (talk) 20:32, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Nice detail in the shadows at the cost of washed-out highlights. Not sure about the composition, either. All sorts of things are chopped off at the edges, and that boring grass takes up too much of the frame. Shadows of unseen features detract. Definitely should try at other times of the day. Maybe get tighter in on the center building. How would it look if taken while standing even with the first lamp post, or even the second? Kbh3rd (talk) 06:04, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment For me your sharpening is overdone. Take a careful look on the sky and on the leafs of the tree at the left. --Tuxyso (talk) 09:17, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 0 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 22:41, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Vector illustration of a Raspberry Pi B+, a portable Linux computer used in education and private electronics projects.
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Two bananaquits on a branch

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Wiki Puzzle

Gustavo Girardelli (talk) 20:01, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Violates requirement that an FPC be freely licensed. King of 02:18, 3 August 2014 (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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Pottery in Spain

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Vranov nad Dyjí (Frain), Moravia

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  •  Info Cropped version from User:Kikos --Pudelek (talk) 12:54, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I prefer this crop to the first. The subject is a castle on a hill overlooking a town. The large foreground houses of the town at the bottom of the first crop distract from and compete with the castle. I might crop a bit off of the left side so that the castle and the buildings on the right are more in balance, but don't lose the bridge over the river. I don't like how the house on the far right is chopped off by the edge of the frame. Kbh3rd (talk) 05:34, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 22:40, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Toronto: Humber Bay Arch Bridge
maybe you're right, i'll proof it soon. --Wladyslaw (talk) 05:44, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but this image IS centered, adjusted on the arch bridge and not on the non symmetric road surface. Very creative argumentation but sadly not truth. --Wladyslaw (talk) 20:39, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry you do not like my annotations. But I have added another to illustrate the symmetry is not quite there. --Slaunger (talk) 20:47, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Death of Socrates
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Result: 8 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Christian Ferrer Talk 04:37, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Yaksha (mysthical demon) "lifting" the southern of the Two Golden Phra Chedis (or pagodas) located on the Phaithee terrace in the Wat Phra Kaew (or Temple of the Emerald Buddha) in Bangkok, Thailand. The chedis were constructed by order of King Rama I in honor of his father (southern pagoda) and mother (northern pagoda) at the end of the 18th century. The structures are entirely covered with copper sheets, painted with lacquer and covered with gold leaf. The 20 demons and monkeys around the base were added later, at the end of the 19th century, by order of King Rama V.
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Presqu'île du Rouens, Lac du Salagou, Clermont-l'Hérault, France.
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Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Christian Ferrer Talk 04:31, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Mount Shaan-Kaya in Clouds
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Result: 13 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 15:00, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Palma de Mallorca: Castell de Bellver
  •  Info all by Wladyslaw -- Wladyslaw (talk) 20:52, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Wladyslaw (talk) 20:52, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I would suggest you to review your nominations more carefully. The image here has several even QI issues (a lot of dust spots, I've marked only a few and a strange dark area at the top center). The sharpness varries remarkably from the image center to the image border - quite unusual for a stitching - what's happened there? The people at the edges are strongly compressed due to wide angle usage or due to projection type? Last issue: The noise level on the sky especially at the upper parts is imho to high and the composition is for my personal taste relatively boring. --Tuxyso (talk) 21:53, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Is it just me or does it look this is flipping the photographer off? Daniel Case (talk) 23:42, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The minor impuritys of the sky are fixed now. Some are hardly to see and not every is a dustspot but simply the inhomogeneous sky. The nature isn't that pure that some whish to have. Tuxyso: if you don't like the picture vote with contra but please spare me with those ridiculous suggestions. --Wladyslaw (talk) 08:58, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • My suggestion was not "ridiculous" (please no personal attack). As I've seen later there was already a comment on QIC adressing the same issues I've mentioned here. To avoid misunderstandings (in former times you've critized by bad English) also in German: Ich finde meinen Kommentar gar nicht so blöd wie von dir behauptet. Erst später habe ich gesehen, dass du das Foto auf QIC auch nominierst hast und dort wurden genau die gleichen Dinge kritisiert, die ich hier genannt habe. Bleibe bitte auf der Sachebene und vermeide beleidigende Kommentare wie "blödinnige Vorschläge". Auf die anderen offensichtlichen Mängel, die ich aufgezählt habe, gehst du ja gar nicht erst ein (Schärfe z.B.). Ob und wie ich abstimme überlasse bitte mir. --Tuxyso (talk) 09:12, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Scheinbar sollte man tatsächlich nur auf Deutsch mit dir schreiben, um Missverständnisse zu vermeiden. Ich sprach nicht von blödsinnigen Vorschlägen von dir sondern von lächerlichen. Und dazu stehe ich auch nach wie vor. Kleine Unreinheiten am Himmel, die ich nicht gesehen hatte, als KO-Kriteriem für eine Nominierung heranzuziehen ist nämlich nichts anderes. Und in der von dir zitierten QI-Nominierung wurde das Bild im Übrigen gelobt und nicht nur die marginalen Unreinheiten thematisiert. Soviel dazu. Außerdem: wenn ich einen Satz von dir kritisiere dann ist das keine persönliche Attake. Mir ist bewusst, dass das bei WP/COM nur allzu gerne als ultra-totschlag-Argument herangezogen wird, aber es trifft weder der Sache noch ist es in einer anderen Art dienlich.
Dass ich bei diesem "Tonfall", den du anschlägst nicht sonderlich motiviert bin, dir auf deine weiteren "Fragen zu antworten mag verständlich sein. Dennoch: ich vermag keine gravierenden Schärfeverluste im Bild zu erkennen. Dass sich am Rand unschäre ergibt liegt in der Natur der Optik (schon mal von Randunschärfe gehört?). Daran ändert auch nichts, dass man ein Bild stitched. Gerade weil man eben die Bildmitte (das Hauptobjekt im Allgemeinen) durchgängig scharf haben will, stitched man ja. Dass eine kleine Mauer am Rand nicht 100% die selbe Schärfe hat ist nach meinem Verständnis kein gravierender Qualitätsmangel. Natürlich kann man aber über jedes Pixel diskutieren. Dass die Passanten am Bildrand durch den Weitwinkelblick gestaucht wurden liegt ebenfalls in der Natur der Sache. Mich stört es nicht, sollte es die Massen hier stören, bin ich auch leidenschaftslos, diese komplett heraus zu retouchieren. Würde vielleicht in diesem Fall sogar noch atmosphärisch dem Bild zum Positiven gereichen. Dass du das Bild oder seine Komposition langweilig findest ist dir unbenommen. Will man eine Nahansicht des Bauwerks haben so bleiben aufgrund der örtlichen Gegebenheiten nicht so viele Alternativen. Aber gegen langweiligen Bildeindruck gibt es ja auch kein Argument, das ist gusto. Entweder es gefällt oder missfällt. Dann hoffe ich mal, dass du missverständnisfrei alle Infos erhalten hast, die du dir gewünscht hast. Gut Licht! --Wladyslaw (talk) 10:07, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ja vielen Dank für die Erläuterung. Dass bei Stitchings per se am Rand Unschärfe sein muss sehe ich übrigens nicht so, vgl. dieses Foto - da ist kein bisschen Unschärfe. Es kommt auf die Aufnahmetechnik an - wenn nur nur 2,3 Fotos mit einer WW-Optik aufnimmst kann das in der Tat passieren. Du hast doch auch einen NP-Adapter, da ist qualitativ definitiv deutlich mehr drin. Nimmst du im Hochformat oder im Querformat auf? Bei Stitchings mit 28-35mm Brennweite, ggf. mehrzeilig habe ich derartige Probleme bisher nie gehabt. Außerdem kannst du ja auch etwas weiter nach links und rechts aufnehmen und dann croppen. --Tuxyso (talk) 10:26, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Einen NP-Adapter habe ich nicht und ist dementsprechend nicht zum Einsatz gekommen. Es handelt sich um drei Hochkant-Freihand-Aufnahmen, deren Stitching-Ergebnis nachträglich noch perspektivisch korrigiert wurde. Diesen Schritt hat man auch mit NP-Ausgleich. Vermeidbar wäre das m.E. nur dann gewesen, wenn ich noch deutlich weiter über die Ränder hinaus fotografiert hätte, um anschließend den nicht überlappenden Rand wegzuschneiden. Aber wie ich schon sagte: ich halte den Schärfteverlust (a) absolut für vertretbar und (b) da es sich nicht um einen Bereich handelt, der zum Gebäude selbst gehört und nicht das Hauptobjekt betrifft schon zwei mal. --Wladyslaw (talk) 11:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  CommentFor me there’s distractiong amounts of space left and right of the subject. I’d crop off the left until the wall has gone, and a bit off the right too, to emphasize the subject. --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 10:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Strong vertical perspective "correction" applied making the building distorted and proportions wrong. A Google Image search for "Castell de Bellver" shows that this is the dullest viewpoint possible for this castle, which could be a "wow" subject. -- Colin (talk) 12:03, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Each (!) perspective "correction" ist making the building distorted and proportions wrong. This is inevitable. The correction was definetly not strong, this is a wrong statement. And I don't see what should be distracting at this view. --Wladyslaw (talk) 13:01, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No, a mild degree of perspective correction is acceptable. You simply can't make a rectilinear image of a tall building from this close a viewpoint without serious distortions. This has been known since renaisance painting. But in addition to this "correction", your proportions are just far out. This image has the building looking only about 20% wider than the tower is tall, yet other distant views show the ratio should be more than 2:1. That's due to the exaggerated wide-angle perspective, which here is very misleading. And your people look about 1m high. There's just too much wrong here. And I didn't say the view was distracting, I said it was dull. This castle has some amazing features that are visible from other viewpoints, but this seems almost chosen to exclude anything interesting. -- Colin (talk) 13:44, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 03:31, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Neottia nidus-avis
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Sunrise over the Salar de Uyuni
Uoaei1, could you be specific about the technical flaws, bearing in mind this is a 16MP image from a 16MP camera. -- Colin (talk) 11:49, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't know much about composition rules (and don't really care about them to be honest as I prefer spontaneity). Before I bought this camera for my current travels, I used to shoot only with films, which means that I would take only one shot of each scene/portrait. To maximize the chances to get a nicer result, and because of my lack of knowledge about composition, I would simply move around the subjet, move around the camera, and shoot the one variation that visually seemed the more right to me. That's what I did here as well. Also I won't crop it to a square format because I like the idea of seeing more of the horizon line in the background. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 13:19, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Changing to Support. Though curious about other composition possibilities, this is a striking image, and there's really nothing wrong with the framing. Kbh3rd (talk) 03:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 19 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 03:20, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Taiwanese Monk at the Salar of Uyuni
Onging, but long parallel discussion about the monk and the issue of consent
  • It indeed is peculiar! When I realized that it's not given to everyone to meet with a monk in the middle of the Salar, I thought that this coincidence was worth a photo and a good chat—he's a great guy! At the end, there isn't much to explain though—he was simply travelling like everyone else for a few weeks in order to see some nice places and to meet some of his fellows scattered in Latin America. Funningly he was given a tablet to document his travels and did that pretty well to the point of taking a snap every 5 minutes while being driven around the Salar. I hope this is not going against some special requirements for the featured category that I might have missed—since I saw other very similar photos being promoted as featured, I thought that I was good to go. Let me know if not and I'll remove it. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 20:46, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • You are certainly not breaking any FP rules subject-wise. Interesting story, and I like it because it challenges my prejudice views that a Taiwanese monk would probably stay in Taiwan, and if traveling, wear a more 'normal' outfit:) I think it would be worthwhile to add a shortened version of this story to the file page, such that other users who initially go WTF? (like me) can get some further insight. Did you ask for his consent to publish this work for commercial re-use? Concerning a vote, I need to think about it. My biggest concern is that I think an FP should tell its story by itself. On the other hand I like the 'surprise' aspect of this photo, which poke at my simple-minded 'view of the world'. And it makes me curious to learn more, which is good. --Slaunger (talk)
  • Fair enough! I'm glad that it triggers this kind of reaction. I've updated the description as requested but as for his consent, I don't have it. I'm unfortunately not very good with the legislation part of photography, but I thought having read somewhere on Wikimedia that release rights were not required as soon as a person was shot in a public place? Now, I can't recall where exactly I've read that for reference, nor if the Salar is a public place at all? If I'm wrong in thinking that, and in the case where I can't manage to contact him, what should I do? -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 21:46, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • See Commons:Photographs of identifiable people - there are country-specific issues. The term "commercial use" is ambiguous. Nearly all images of identifiable people on Commons lack a "model release" that would permit using this image for "commercial" purposes i.e. advertising, but the image may still be used in a "commercial" publication, such as education or news. Ultimately, it is up the the re-user to determine their legal situation and the free licence needed for Commons is a separate issue from personality rights. The thing you need to worry about as a photographer/uploader is the the country-specific laws about taking/publishing photos of people with/without consent. -- Colin (talk) 22:04, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for those explanations—as expected, it doesn't sound simple :) In this case, I should look at Bolivia since the photo was taken there rather than Taiwan which is his nationality, right? In any case, none of those two countries are listed on your link so it's hard for me to tell without some investigations. That said, if I take the shortcut of checking Peru instead, it doesn't seem to be a good sign? Now, I'm quite "speechless" at this page... looking at the rules applied to France for example, I've got difficulties to imagine that more than 0.0001% of the photos on Facebook, Instagram, and most of the internet (Wikimedia too from what you said?), are being published with an explicit consent of the subject. Sounds like a complex case here? Anyways, if you think that it's easier to remove that photo, it's totally fine with me. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 22:26, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Unfortunately those pages aren't very helpful and tend to be compiled by folk playing amateur lawyer rather than looking at reality. And doesn't list Bolivia. You are right that the laws in some countries are technically so strict that very few images would be legal. Can you imagine a football or tennis match on TV where the crowd was all blurred out? And laws regarding "publication" seem to exist from a pre-internet age when your holiday snaps were in an album on a bookshelf. You might want to ask User:Poco a poco, who seems well travelled. Commons is unlikely to delete the image and any legal risk you face here is no different to your Flickr page. Your friendly monk clearly consented to having his photo taken by you and if he is using a tablet for photos, then he's probably got one of you on his Flickr page so you could safely assume he's aware the image might end up on the internet. I find it hard to imagine this Taiwanese monk using Bolivian law to sue you for taking a holiday photo and posting it on the internet. -- Colin (talk) 08:19, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, I like travelling (and actually are planning also to go to Uyuni soon), but cannot provide much clarification to this discussion. I don't know the Bolivian law and couldn't find much on the Internet. If the picture would have been taken e.g. in Spain, then it would probably have to be deleted, because apart from public people or public event where people are secondary (e.g. football match), everything else requires explicit authorization. I have asked a Bolivian user for help, maybe he can contribute more than me. Poco2 19:21, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • For sure, I can't imagine him suing me neither, it would be so far away from his philosophy. But after this conversation, I somehow felt like that I'm in this grey area where I assume that it's all good without officially knowing his point of view. In which case, my entire Flickr is indeed in the same position, as well as most of Flickr accounts and the whole internet... which makes me think that those laws are a bit absurd—it's not as if I was being a paparazzi and breaking the privacy of those persons (I hope). Ok, that's clearing my mind, thanks :) -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 13:10, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would like the photo to stay as well, but I think there is a difference between the (formally illegal, but casual) use on social media, where the typical (tacit) assumption for the depicted person is that it is shared among friends of the photographer, and being more highly profiled by becoming a featured picture. Say, it becomes FP. It will then end up on the main page of commons as POTD one day. Often more than a year after the event happened. And that day alone it will receive some 40,000 page views (a POTD on EN.FP receives some 15,000,000(!) page views) of people spread all over. I know that if it was me who was depicted, that would make quite a difference for me, and I would really like to know and give my consent. It is not a question of a law suit or not. It is a question about showing courtesy to the depicted and maintain good ethics. (I am thereby not saying the creator here has bad ethics, just that it is difficult and worthwhile giving some thought) Maybe it would be embarassing for him to be depicted with white rubber boots (which I love) for a wider public? I don't know, and I think it is hard to say without knowing the depicted person better and his cultural values. It is a for me a difficult balance between protecting the privacy of an identifiable person (even if posing in public) and getting these outstanding people shots on Commons (which we have way to few of, because it is so difficult to do it right). --Slaunger (talk) 16:37, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's a very fair point, thanks for bringing it in. I didn't know that FP pictures could have such an exposure (I'm actually quite impressed with those numbers!). That said, I believe that Flickr photos can have similar exposures since they're not restricted to circles of friends—but this it out of topic and doesn't change anything about the issue here. Having talked with him, he's very chilled and didn't have a problem with the boots at all or whatsoever. He actually was quite amused and thanked me for the 2 pictures I took of him while being very happy of the resulting previews. But still, I will try one more time to get in touch with him to be 100% sure that he's fine with this photo being published. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 16:59, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think it is a good idea to deny FP status because of worries about exposure. We have to consider any image file on Commons (or public folder on Flickr -- freely licensed or not) to have the potential for massive exposure beyond our control. Should I lose sleep over the hundreds of identifiable people in this or this? Perhaps someone in my railway station crowd made a non-optimal clothing choice that day? Everyone may have their own ethical position on taking/publishing photos of people, but this isn't a "privacy" issue at all -- that's the wrong concern. We have far, far more concerning photos on Commons than this. And there are plenty professionals taking photos of people with little more "consent" than pointing at the camera and making a thumbs-up question, only going to the trouble of written consent when they want to sell images for stock or advertising. -- Colin (talk) 19:24, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Colin, I think the crowd shots you are mentioning, with identifiable persons if you look at it in full resolution are an entirely different matter. Say if one man is "identified" there walking with his mistress by pure coincidence, because someone who knows him, scrutinizes the photo at 100%, he knew it was a chance he took. Here the monk is the main subject (and him and the photographer actually appear to be quite alone, although in a public setting) and the tacit contract between main subject and photographer is completely different. I agree that we have far worse examples on Commons on violating consent than this (if this is violating it at all), and there are pro photographers, who does not follow the book, but that is not an excuse for not doing things right. Especially for our collection of FPs they should provide a good example in every aspect, the wow, the quality, the file page, the categorization, the consent. They should be a show-case of professionalism in every aspect. and show that Commons can actually behave responsibly and not be "broken" as some regularly claim. --Slaunger (talk) 20:24, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Small heads up: A few days ago, I tried for the second time to contact him through the Facebook email that he gave me, but still no luck. I can't even add him as a friend since his account doesn't allow such invitations. As such, he must receive my messages in the "others" section of Facebook's messages and probably haven't seen them. I've searched for another way to contact him but he's not subscribed anywhere else—apparently he doesn't even have a "proper" (non-Facebook) email. I'm out of ideas. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 17:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wilfredo, Christopher's blog is a little confusing but I think he is saying the gradient in the sky and the perfect reflections in his photographs look like a faked Photoshop image. But they aren't (I trust). -- Colin (talk) 07:49, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I am sorry, a hoax. I was hoping to see enough votes in favor to little influence over the ratings. If ever you are coming to take photos in Brazil, please do not hesitate to contact me. --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 15:33, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • You don't have to... it's counted anyways. But it's more of a courtesy, and "technically wrong" could mean anything (and so means nothing). When I'm yelled at, I like to know why. And I'm just surprised a 16mpix picture which isn't that soft (IMO, and nothing sharpening can't fix) isn't as good as a 3mpix. - Benh (talk) 07:00, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fuji's X-trans sensors are pretty good at handling noise, even though there are some drawback like lost of details during demosaicing (which can be considered noise somehow...). ISO 800 is not a problem in my experience, but this was processed with Lightroom and author used default values, which are known to render soft. - Benh (talk) 07:00, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't have a tripod and therefore I have my camera hand-handled. When I used to shot with my Hasselblad 500 C/M, I didn't mind going as low a 1/30s since the body is quite heavy and hence more stable. But with this small and light Fuji X100S, I avoid as much as possible going slower than 1/125s or there would be too many chances for me to slightly move and get a blurry picture. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 13:26, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Yes. It has been created using this 3 images only. They are mixed using cross dissolve transition in adobe-premiere.--Monfie (talk) 06:29, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
✓ DoneYou can check "other versions". Now you can also see how much "color correction" has done, to equalize them.Monfie (talk) 13:12, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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High dynamic range night shot of Benidorm, turistic capital of the Costa Blanca (literally White Coast) in Land of Valencia, Spain. The shot was taken from the Cross of Benidorm, located on the summit of the Sierra Helada. Benidorm, is a town with 73,000 inhabitants throughout the year but with a peak of over half a million in the summer season. It's the third town with the most concentration of tall buildings in Europe, after London and Milan, whereas in Spain, Benidorm is positioned third, behind Barcelona and Madrid in the total number of skyscrapers. Nevertheless, Benidorm has the most high-rise buildings per capita in the world.
  •  Info High dynamic range night shot of Benidorm, turistic capital of the Costa Blanca (literally White Coast) in Land of Valencia, Spain. The shot was taken from the Cross of Benidorm, located on the summit of the Sierra Helada. Benidorm, is a town with 73,000 inhabitants throughout the year but with a peak of over half a million in the summer season. It's the third town with the most concentration of tall buildings in Europe, after London and Milan, whereas in Spain, Benidorm is positioned third, behind Barcelona and Madrid in the total number of skyscrapers. Nevertheless, Benidorm has the most high-rise buildings per capita in the world. All by me, Poco2 20:41, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco2 20:41, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose too many parts of the image are absoutley dark (for me it's the wrong time to make such pictures, better is the blue hour), over all not so sharp and good like similar cityscape panoramas we already have as FP. it's good, but not a FP--Wladyslaw (talk) 07:19, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't believe that this kind of shots can only be taken in the blue hour (actually, I have some for this cityscape, but prefer this version). Poco2 08:20, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Caecilius Mauß (talk) 19:09, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Night is dark. The dark foliage on the lower left is balanced by the darker, shaper building on the lower right. This captures the ambience of the evening and makes me feel like I'm there. Kbh3rd (talk) 03:59, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  weak oppose Mmmh, I cannot really get enthusiastic about this photo. Level of details is quite good for a night shot. In direct comparison to the photo at blue hour one clearly gets the advantage of your careful HDR usages with this photo. From the technically side there are perspective issues at the very right (take a look in the verticals). But my main problem is the upper right part of the photo. There is a lot of fog and important details disappear in fog and darkness. The sharpening you've applied is also not beneficial there - sharpening areas with less details often result in sharpening artefacts. Probably an HDR at blue hour (a bit earlier as your nom beneath) with clearer air had been better. --Tuxyso (talk) 09:14, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment at least 4 dustspots (see notes) -- Christian Ferrer Talk 05:02, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    ✓ Done, Poco2 07:56, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Neutral nice image. -- Christian Ferrer Talk 11:11, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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High dynamic range night shot of Benidorm, turistic capital of the Costa Blanca (literally White Coast) in Land of Valencia, Spain. The shot was taken from the Cross of Benidorm, located on the summit of the Sierra Helada. Benidorm, is a town with 73,000 inhabitants throughout the year but with a peak of over half a million in the summer season. It's the third town with the most concentration of tall buildings in Europe, after London and Milan, whereas in Spain, Benidorm is positioned third, behind Barcelona and Madrid in the total number of skyscrapers. Nevertheless, Benidorm has the most high-rise buildings per capita in the world.
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Waterfall under footbridge
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Aalto Theatre in evening light
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Apocynum venetum
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Goðafoss is a northern Icelandic waterfall with a height of 12m and a width of 30m. I took this exposure of 1s using a 64x ND filter. The two persons on the right side serve as scale.
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File:St Paul's Cathedral High Altar, London, UK - Diliff.jpg
Discussion about how well the image generation process shall be documented
    • I could, but it's frustrating and quite time consuming to explain how I created every single panorama. There's a lot of details to explain and I create a lot of images. ;-) Also, I don't think the template has the necessary fields... The number of frames doesn't explain how many rows and columns, or how many exposures per frame. Maybe it should be more about the beauty of the finished product that is created rather than how it was created. Diliff (talk) 21:42, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I understand if you think that particular template is not well suited, it was just a proposal. But, please document your method somehow. When people in 100 years wonder how such fantastic shots could be made with the mediocre technology of 2014, it is nice that it is documented how you managed to do it anyway . Maybe you can even make a user template for your interior panos, such that you only have to specify a few values, such as the number of exposures and their spread, number of rows and columns of images, aperture, ISO, projection. Surely, this information must be available in your panorama "Projects" (depending on what software you use). At least it is for me when I use PTgui. I mean your high productivity of these extremely  Awesome! shots is highly appreciated, but I think it is a little bit laid back not wanting to use the after all limited time it takes to document the process used when nominating for FPC. --Slaunger (talk) 22:03, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • I guess you're right, since we can only nominate two images per week, we can spare the time to document them! I use PTGui also, and yes all the information is in the project files. I just have to go back and dig it up. There is of course a lot of detailed work involved that isn't so easily explained with camera values and "x rows * y columns * z exposures" though. Diliff (talk) 22:24, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • Not sure this helps to convince you, but I second Slaunger here. After all, I joined the project after seeing one of your "awesome" photos, and I bet I'm not the only one. Even the free Hugin, which I use, automatically adds relevant details (FOV, projection) into the EXIF upon completion of the panorama. Maybe yours can be setup to do the same? - Benh (talk) 22:32, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • (EC) Thanks for being open to the idea. If only you get the most essential information there it will be a big improvement. Of course you do not have to flesh out all the details such that any other person could exactly reproduce the end result based on the source images. The objective is to get an idea about how it was done. --Slaunger (talk) 22:36, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
            • Benh, PTGui automatically adds details to the EXIF too (although I don't think it includes projection), but it often gets stripped in post production (I usually export an HDR 32 bit TIF from PTGui and then process it further in Lightroom). Most of my images do have complete EXIF data. But really only the ISO and aperture are reliable. The shutter speed in these HDR images is not one value (since there are usually 3 or 5 exposures), and the equivalent focal length of the panorama is usually wrong too because it applies to the field of view when processing the panorama in PTGui and isn't the true field of view after cropping. So I wouldn't trust much of the EXIF data that is produced anyway. Diliff (talk) 14:16, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:St Paul's Cathedral Nave, London, UK - Diliff.jpg
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Rock band Kansas in 2008
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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A scrum during a regional rugby union match.
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 unsharp, tilted, crop is not convincing --DXR (talk) 07:28, 6 August 2014 (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 main banding types of the Viennese Banded Snail
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Clevedon Pier at low tide.
@Dman41689: It's courtesy to leave a reason when making an oppose vote. Lewis Hulbert (talk) 01:26, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Lörrach, Germany: aerial view of Rötteln Castle
This image shows the upper part of the Castle so this is factual a reasonable crop and I don't see a serious photographic reason against this art work. --Wladyslaw (talk) 19:41, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The way the image is cropped between upper and lower is IMO unfortunate with half cut through roofs (see annotations). Regarding my previous appraisal of File:Aerial View - Burg Rötteln1.jpg, that one looks really great in preview size, but not good enough in full resolution. --Slaunger (talk) 20:03, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but that few cut off roofs are not really significant for the image impression. Let's hear some other opinions. --Wladyslaw (talk) 20:25, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see that there is s.th. significant out of focus, especially for a aerial view image. If this should be a problem I wonder how this could File:Blasieholmen February 2013.jpg become a FP. --Wladyslaw (talk) 08:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
But that looks sharp. What I meant to say is that this looks soft and fuzzy, like a plushy version of the image. Daniel Case (talk) 00:31, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Look at the upper part of Blasieholmen_February_2013.jpg. There is NOTHING sharp. If you find Blasieholmen_February_2013.jpg sharp than my image is twise as sharp. --Wladyslaw (talk) 19:20, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Arcs of the roof. Ruins of the church of Santa Mariña de Dozo, Cambados, Galicia (Spain).
  • And so hard to avoid: I do not cut trees. Remove trees with photoshop is too distort reality IMO: Behind there is a forest! The church is on the outskirts of Cambados and heavily wooded area--Miguel Bugallo (Lmbuga) 22:07, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • And I certainly do not want you to try and remove them artificially:) I was more thinking if it was possible to find another vantage point where the background is less busy. Either almost entirely trees, or with less trees. I admit that may be easier said than done, but then again, this is FPC after all. --Slaunger (talk) 16:14, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, we'll have to wait to cutting trees to take a picture like this, from outside. Here you can see images of the church of the years 2007, 2011 and 2013 and there are trees (less in 2007). It is quite possible to avoid the trees from the inside, but it is a different photo.--Miguel Bugallo (Lmbuga) 08:22, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The Pine and the Sandsplit, Sète, France.
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  • Well, I guess I will not even have a chance to do it (although I started with a general approach), since an impatient estonian IP (who seems to be obsessed with my FPCs) has already started a deletion request. So, apart from the fact that I am actually an amateur photographer and not a lawyer specialized in copyright, now I even feel to be put on pressure to clarify this. There are actually 3 FPs at stake, not only this one. Poco2 13:56, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), found near Mariazell, Styria (Austria)
✓ Done Thanks for the hint! --Uoaei1 (talk) 14:53, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per above --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:06, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment There are color fringes on a large fraction of the edges visible at full resolution. That may not be objectionable in itself, but also in modest review resolution of 2 Mpixels, the fringes are immediately visible in certain areas. I have pinpointed two of them with annotations. It appears to be at least partially due to CA, which should be correctable if you have the raw file.. --Slaunger (talk) 16:30, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done CA correction done in new version 3 --Uoaei1 (talk) 17:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Better now, thanks. --Slaunger (talk) 21:37, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done I am not sure that it was a dust spot; anyway it is removed in new version 3 --Uoaei1 (talk) 17:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Hong Kong Harbour
Rebuild from RAW with White balance

Hong Kong Harbour

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a plastic cloth spin in a rope
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French mobilization poster, 1914,aug.1st
  •  Info created by french government - uploaded, stitched, restored and by nominated by me -- Jebulon (talk) 11:57, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Another centenial document. Exactly 100 years ago, August 1st, 1914, this poster was put everywhere on the walls in France, in order to call all the male citizens to the armies. This is a strange flyier for a terrible flashmob... This picture is visually very well known in France, and one can find many "fac simile" here or there on the web. This one is an original, from the collections of the French National Library (BnF). I don't think it needs translation, but it could be provided if necessary. High size, and high EV IMO. Restored by me.-- Jebulon (talk) 11:57, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support by all means! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 13:40, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Good timing! Good quality, high resolution of a historic document. Yann (talk) 15:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose please tell me: what will be here featured??? A simply (restored) scan. This can be as a VI, but I can't see here featured parts. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 07:14, 2 August 2014 (UTC) I strike my oppose. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:10, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • You are welcome, I tell you:
      • -This is not a scan, but a photograph (see original file, one can find the link on the file page)
      • -Anyway, scans are eligible for FP candidacies, even "simple". (See the POTD of today 08/02, which is indeed a "simple (restored) scan" of a photograph.)
      • -This document has obvious lot of values, which is one of the criteria for FP (but you know this very well).
      • -The upload and restoration took me ages, and the human work on this kind of pictures is far much more difficult than any photography processing. IMO, the result is not so bad.
      • -Following your opinion, no historical documents can be featured here? Of course I can not agree.
      • -In France yesterday, at 4pm, all the tocsin bells were ringing in all cities and villages, and even all the bells of Notre-Dame de Paris (this is very rare), not because of the centenary of the beginning of WWI (08/03 for France), but because of the centenary of the put of this poster on the walls, which immediately changed the life of 4 millions of men. IMO, this is why this image is a FP, and not only a VI (VIC is for comparisons with other similar images in some scopes, not for valuable images by themselves, as frequently, but wrongly, thought).--Jebulon (talk) 09:55, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • Hi Jebulon, thanks for your clarification. I strike my oppose, but I still thinking such works are not featured for me. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:10, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • Hi Alchemist-hp, thanks for striking your opposition, but it was not necessary ! Im not sure I understand your opinion, but disagreements are normal here. You asked me about explanations, I was happy to provide you some arguments. I accept oppositions (yes, I do !) One more argument : we already had versions of this picture here, but the (original) quality and size of this one makes it maybe useful for many projects during the four 14-18 next years (students, historians etc...). This is featurable IMO, like banknote collections, or other 'only written' documents, when they have an historical or educational sense, and if technical quality is good enough for FP, of course. It was not the case of the original (CA along letters, tears, spots, pixellated bg etc...), but that's why restoration work is interesting to me. Thanks for your feedback anyway.--Jebulon (talk) 14:04, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Well done and great encyclopedic value. --Cayambe (talk) 05:45, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Per Cayambe. --JLPC (talk) 16:34, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per above -- Jiel (talk) 00:17, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support More like a WP FP. Jee 03:37, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Halavar (talk) 21:56, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Big but pretty blurry. As it is, it's as good to downsample to something like 2-5mpix. It will save bandwidth with zero downside. Do I miss something? - Benh (talk) 18:19, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Vøringsfossen in Eidfjord, Hordaland, Norwa
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Urban stream recovered

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Candle Chapel in Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Yellow plastic insulator of an electric fence

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Tõlinõmme bog, Vääna Landscape reserve.

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The ceiling fresco in the Marble Hall of the Premonstratensian Chorherrenstift Geras in Lower Austria
This file shows that in the middle of the room a rope with a chandelier hangs. For this photo I have chosen the single location for the camera, in which the cable is not attached to a person. And I had to make the compromise that the rope does not depend entirely vertical. If you rotate the image, then the rope does not hang down. If one chooses a location for the camera, in which the central figure is down, then the rope runs through the center of the face of Jesus.--Michael Gäbler (talk) 14:19, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean with "heavily distorted"?
Some persons appear extremely stretched (e.g. the one with the red cape), while others are squeezed together. --Uoaei1 (talk) 14:47, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. My stitching program Kolor Autopano Giga gave the image the wrong proportions. I built the image again. The image now has the correct proportions. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 20:33, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I removed the category WLM2014. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 13:36, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We say in German: "Grau ist alle Theorie." Please have a look to this file. The only location for the recording of a symmetrical image is located in the middle of the floor under the flying angel. But at this point depends on the chandelier. The chandelier obscured the ceiling painting.--Michael Gäbler (talk) 13:36, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment No, you could stand so that the rope the chandelier hangs in, is in the midle of the picture and becomes the axis of symmetry to the picture. Villy Fink Isaksen (talk) 13:59, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The rope then hangs in front of the face of the woman. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 20:53, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There are four sides and four corners to use. Villy Fink Isaksen (talk) 10:52, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Amanita citrina - Gelber Knollenblätterpilz - false death cap - Citron Amanita
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Amanita citrina - Gelber Knollenblätterpilz - false death cap - Citron Amanita
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glassy carbon
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Great White Pelican in Walvis Bay, Namibia
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Iolaus glaucus
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Castle Lednice
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RWE Tower
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Romain Rolland on the balcony of his home
  •  Info unknown photographer from the Meurisse Agency, restored, uploaded, and nominated by Yann (talk) 14:20, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info High resolution of a famous French writer, precisely described and geocoded, exactly 100 years old now. Romain Rolland was one of the few personalities to vocally oppose the First World War, for which he received death threats, and had to leave Paris to settle in Switzerland. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915, after the publication of his pacifist manifesto Above the Battle. This year is also the 70th anniversary of his death.
  •  Support -- Yann (talk) 14:20, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Dawn view of the temple of Angkor Wat, with 2 Nāgas in the foreground, a gallery in the middle and the temple mountain in the back. The Angkor Wat was first a Hindu and later a Buddhist temple complex built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century, and capital of the Khmer Empire, today Cambodia. This temple complex is the best preserved temple in the site and a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag.

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Marasmius alliaceus

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Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yulong Xueshan) in Yunnan, China.

 I withdraw my nomination CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 18:58, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Silam Crab (Geosesarma aurantium) on Mount Silam. Size ca. 15 mm
 Comment I understand, that there are different opinions about the square crop and of course it would be possible to alter it. However, this photo got QI and VI on that shape and it would affect this, when applying that kind of changes. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 04:19, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 18:58, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Cassis madagascariensis from Margarita Island
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Food market in Cajamarca, Peru.
  • Fair enough—in my point of view, I kinda like the relation between that woman and the family about to be served. The pole could be seen as a separating line between both?—well, I'm saying that but I've got to admin that I don't know anything about composition, hehe. I gave a go anyways at cropping it as you say, with a square ratio, but even though it indeed looks interesting, I feel like it's losing some of its soul... the relation with the family is lost. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 20:41, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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An adorable firefox eating with his hands.
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A red fox
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Melk Altar by Jörg Breu the Elder: Crowning of Christ with thorns
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Sunset over Pimentel, Peru.
  • I've been wondering the same with many of the featured pictures, so you know, I thought why not this one? I guess landscapes and portraits always had a higher impact on me than buildings, flowers, photos of painting, and other photos of food. -- Christopher Crouzet (talk) 20:27, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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St John's College Chapel, Cambridge
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The Skaftafellsheiði plateau provides a picturesque view on Skaftafellsjökull, a glacier terminus of the Vatnajökull, the adjacent glacier lake below, and River Skeiðará originating from it.
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Worcester Cathedral cloisters
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Yes, I took the image with the macro AF-S Micro Nikkor 60 mm 1:2,8 G ED by Nikon. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 17:48, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The Temple of Dalai Lama in the Erdene Zuu Monastery. Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia.
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Construction site of the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Senden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • It was a gentle mist everywhere. Nearly no NR in the image. In a little distance you see the mist very clearly. It seems like a blur filter, but it isn't.--XRay talk 14:44, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Hverfjall, located in northern Iceland's Mývatn region, is a rare example of a tuff ring volcano. Its diameter spans approx. 1 km. A glimps of Lake Mývatn can be spotted in the background.
Hmm, I can't see anything. My current screen's not the best though. Anyone else? --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:44, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info new version! Thanks Yann, you're right. First I was afraid that cropping too much of the sky could weaken the stark contrast of black and blue that was imo important for the general balance of the image. But the new compo works just fine. I hope the others agree. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:06, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Spitzmaulnashorn
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Basel, Switzerland: Gate of Saint Alban
  •  Info all by Wladyslaw. The image shows the Gate of Saint Alban, one of three obtained historic gates of the city wall in Basel, Switzerland. The image shows the building in high resolution and established sharpness. The rising sun shows the gate in a profitable manner. I don't wanted to retouche the nice woof-woof ;-) -- Wladyslaw (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Wladyslaw (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support It's good (and a nice dog). IMO the shadow parts are not disturbing.--XRay talk 12:32, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment For me it appears the vertical field of view is so large that making a 'perfect' perspective correction is perhaps not so sensible?? Verticals are vertical, but by eye it appears to me that the tower gets wider and wider the further we go up (at one stage it actually does go out, but that is not what I mean). That makes the tower look disproportionate. Anyone else getting the same perception? --Slaunger (talk) 19:42, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • The effect you mention is barely noticeable IMO. This candidate suffers much more of this "sickness". - Benh (talk) 21:32, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think it is a little noticeable. Probably it is because the top of the tower is actually wider than the bottom because of the lip. I think our eyes look at the bottom and then the top first, notice the difference in width, and just assume that it has progressively become larger when actually it was the same width until the very top. It was perhaps designed that way to counter the effects of perspective but then when the image is vertically corrected, the effect becomes enhanced. Diliff (talk) 07:19, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just for your information: view through this gate a few minutes before I made the candidate image
you're right, but it´s not my dog :-) --Wladyslaw (talk) 21:09, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Griffon Vulture and Sun
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RhB ABe 8/12 EMU with a plow
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A Common ivy clinging on a London plane tree

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Alte Feuerwache, Bernburger Strasse 35, Berlin
  •  Info created, uploaded, and nominated by Slaunger -- Slaunger (talk) 19:56, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Building found on a morning walk through empty streets near Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Photographically a simple shot, but I like the framing, colors and light a lot in this facade, where the sun came in an angle which allowed the facade to be nicely illuminated from the side, highlighting the porous texture of the facade, which is very typical for buildings in Berlin. The building is used as a meeting room for 10-14 year old boys boys and girls by an organization called Alte Feuerwache (Old Fire Station), who (as far as I understand) does social work for children and young people. (German editors please correct me, if I am wrong). Although I do not (yet) know Berlin terribly well, this facade is for me very good at illustrating the atmosphere in this area of Berlin-Kreuzberg. --Slaunger (talk) 20:01, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Slaunger (talk) 19:56, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 07:13, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination --Slaunger (talk) 20:20, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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 I withdraw my nomination Villy Fink Isaksen (talk) 13:27, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station, in operation since 1924, is located in Kochel, Bavaria (Germany) and was designed and developed by Oskar von Miller (1855-1934). The power station uses the height difference of about 200 m between the higher lake (Walchensee) and the lower lake (Kochelsee) to operate. The water flows with a maximum throughput of 84m3/s through 6 pipes down to the Kochelsee, where the power station is located. The 4 turbines in the foreground are of type Francis with three-phase generators (biggest in the world by that time) and 4 of type Pelton with single-phase generators located in the background. The water flow goes from left (water inlet) through the turbines to the right where the generators are also located.

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@Wladyslaw: It's fixable? User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 16:24, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Probably not, at least not by us. As Wladyslaw has said, there is a lot of noise and we can only make it softer but not really better. Perhaps the author could try their luck with the original files. --DXR (talk) 18:32, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@DXR: A pity. :( User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 18:42, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
To me, it looks like the image has been upsampled (perhaps to give it the impression of being more detailed than it really is). I estimate that it only has about 3000x1000 pixels of real detail. But in theory, that's still enough to quality as a FP? :-) Diliff (talk) 20:01, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Ancient Appian Way

 Comment Thanks for your advice :) --LivioAndronico talk 13:23, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Balcón del Mediterráneo (or "Mediterranean Sea Balcony") is a popular place and platform located between the beaches of Levante and Poniente in the city of Benidorm, capital of the Costa Blanca ("White Coast") in the Valencian Community, Spain.
  • thanks but this won't do it for me. As I said it's the subject which isn't suitable for this kind of shot. And the stair alone is not symmetrical anyways (you were not in the middle). So cropping won't fix it. Also I wonder if just going there early in the morning is not enough to get rid of the people. Incidentally this shall get you a better light. - Benh (talk) 21:25, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see your point but to be honest I wasn't targeting here a perfectly symmetric shot, which wouldn't be anyhow possible due to some elements in the water or even on the platform. You are also right about getting up at 5 o'clock to get there at 6 and take a shot without people. But, in this trip there was just no way to do that. Poco2 06:31, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Vitra Slide Tower in Weil am Rhein, Germany
I'll try to correct this. But please be rational: this is a wideangle-view. You'll never receive total correct proportions. And 100% without tilted lines is not always best choise for the complete image. --Wladyslaw (talk) 18:57, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Christian Ferrer: ✓ Done --Wladyslaw (talk) 18:47, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Support thanks, better IMO -- Christian Ferrer Talk 20:44, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Photograph of Albert Einstein by F. Schmutzer



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Mõrdama Bog
  • Okay, I understand, thanks for the clarification. That said, I have never been too comfortable with the results of my Nikon's internal HDR mode and my concerns remain regardless. --DXR (talk) 21:47, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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St George's Hall Liveprool
  •  Info created by Mdbeckwith - uploaded by Mdbeckwith - nominated by Mdbeckwith -- Mdbeckwith (talk) 15:29, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Mdbeckwith (talk) 15:29, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Nobelpeopleuploader (talk) 21:12, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral -- seems blurred a litlle Jiel (talk) 22:18, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose. As with most of your other HDR photography (which I assume you process in the same way), the histogram looks normal, but there's something a bit unaesthetic about the tonality and it's hard to put my finger on exactly what it is. I can only assume it's the HDR software/settings. But yes, on top of that, it is quite unsharp... I've tried to discuss this with you in the past but you've never responded to me. Diliff (talk) 10:48, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment Sorry for not replying to a previous posts. I am using a cropped sensor camera shooting on an wide angle zoom EF-S 10mm to 22mm and this is the sharpest that I can get it. I don't know if it is a limitation with the actual lens, or if there is an error/damage with the lens or if it just me as a user end user. About the aesthetics one issue that is on my mind that might be a problem is that I have never calibrated my monitor, something that I mean to get around to doing as I could be getting the colours wrong. Postive criticism always welcome any suggestions to how I could improve my hdr processing are welcome. As for the sharpness issue, the Commons featured minimum requirement is 2megapixles and this image is 18megapixels, even if it is slightly blurry at 18megepixels viewed at 100%, do you think that if it were resized to 5megapixles that the image would still be classed as un-sharp if it were that size? For me at 5megapixels this image would be sharp and still be well over the 2megapixel requirements for featured photographs, thought that is my own personal opinon with regards to sharpness vs megapixel size with regards to this specific image Mdbeckwith
      • It does seem softer than I would expect from the 10-22mm lens. Some of your photos using the same lens look sharper than others, which is confusing to me. Sometimes one side of the frame is soft but the other side is sharp(er), sometimes it's just soft everywhere. As for sharpness if downsampled to 5 megapixels, I have to say, I just tried it and I still see the softness even at 5MP, although obviously it is lessened. The thing is, yes at 5mp, it would be well over the 2 megapixel requirement but it doesn't mean people would support it. Architectural images like this usually rely on good detail in order to wow. At 5MP or lower, it may not pass muster. I don't usually see any significant problem with the settings you use (as long as you don't get too much beyond f/11, you should be close to the maximum sharpness of the lens). I suspect the softness is either due to the way it is processed, or it is indeed a limitation of the lens. I'd be a bit disappointed with the lens if so. Most wide angle lenses are sharpish in the middle and soft at the edges but this seems to be soft everywhere. The strange thing is, detail is there, it's just that it seems to be shrouded in unsharpness. This isn't the least sharp image of yours though, I have seen worse. This one for example. Can you see the artifacts in this image, particularly in the stained glass, and in particular on the left side, how soft it is? The right side is not as bad as the left, and that tends to point to an issue with the lens. But then there's the HDR processing. I don't know if it's a monitor calibration image or just that you don't perceive the same image that I do. Some people actually like heavily processed HDR images, so it may just be subjective. But compare your Gloucester Cathedral image with mine, which is also HDR. I'm not saying mine is perfect by any means, but compare the sharpness and the tonality of the two images. In comparison, yours seems quite washed out and the stained glass doesn't look particularly vivid or realistic to me. Anyway, I'm sorry that this comparison is not about the image you've nominated, but I thought it would be better to compare an apple with an apple and I had an apple handy. Actually, it seems like our photography covers a lot of the same churches and cathedrals (here's a gallery of my recent images) so it is indeed interesting to me to see your photos, but almost universally I just find your HDR processing to be a bit unappealing and overdone. The only reason I'm being so honest about it is that I think your photography would benefit if you could had something to compare your images to. Diliff (talk) 17:29, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • I agree that the apples to apples comparison with Gloucester Cathedral that yours is much sharper and looking at my raw images I am not getting my images as sharp. I don't know if the EF-S 10mm to 22mm is performing as best it can or if there is a lens defect. What lens were you using for your Gloucester Cathedral shot? Mdbeckwith
          • Don't compare the sharpness of mine to yours though, because I'm stitching multiple images together to create these images. I'm using a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM lens, usually taken portrait format and 5 columns by 3 rows (and 5 bracketed exposures), so a total of 75 images on that one. Yes, the sharpness is better, but the main point I was trying to make is that the tonality is also better. It doesn't look so HDR processed, even though I have used HDR tone mapping. It's a deliberate attempt on my part to retain detail in the shadows and highlights while trying to avoid it screaming HDR (which is usually acknowledged as a bad thing, except on Flickr!). Diliff (talk) 18:42, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose too much HDR --Atamari (talk) 13:14, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment the only reason why I used HDR in this image was to get the stained glass windows exposed, if there were no stained glass windows I wouldn't have used hdr processing at all. As for the stained glass windows in this shot, I personally don't think they have been overly processed hdr wise.
      • I disagree. It's of course a subjective matter when it comes to what is 'too much', but as I said above, I think the tonality is compromised by the HDR processing. Diliff (talk) 17:34, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose for now. This image has potential, and I would support after perspective correction. --Uoaei1 (talk) 13:43, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I don't know nothing about HDR and about this place but it seems to much brightened IMO. I think the reality is more dark... -- Christian Ferrer Talk 18:30, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment With regards to lighting, there is quite a lot of natural light coming though large windows between the arches on the left of the photograph. Mdbeckwith
  •  Oppose like David, very nice image and atmosphere but sadly very poor technical accomplishment --Wladyslaw (talk) 18:51, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Drnholec (Dürnholz) and Pavlovské vrchy (Pollauer Berge) - Moravia

 Neutral. Composition isn't great, too much sky and not enough land, for me. Rule of thirds is useful here. Diliff (talk) 09:12, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Support Nice light, interesting landscape, good composition. Not a PoY candidate but imho a solid FP. --Tuxyso (talk) 08:11, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The subject is a bit boring in my opinion, and the "random" composition with the horizon in the middle doesn't help. My eyes are drawn to nowhere when I look at it. Not too keen on the lighting either, although it doesn't render too harsh here. - Benh (talk) 21:05, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Abdih - Hiddisch by Karl Bodmer 1839–1841

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Aularches miliaris at Mangunan Orchard, Dlingo, Bantul, Yogyakarta.

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Lake Tõlinõmme

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Operations room in an old RADAR station, Belfort, France.
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Landhaus Pflugensberg in Eisenach, Germany. The manor in the style of a castle was built 1889-1892 by Ludwig Neher and Aage von Kauffmann and Max Bertram (Park extension) for Friedrich Eduard von Eichel-Streiber. After refurbishment in 1921 headquarters of the Protestant-Lutheran National Church of Thuringia.
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Karlskirche in Vienna, Austria
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A panorama of Lower Manhattan as viewed from the Staten Island Ferry.
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@The Photographer: você pode olhar na Wikipédia e ver os pontos/locais que você pode ir, alguns locais abaixo:

Saudações e boas fotos. User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 19:56, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I am organizing photo walks. I would like to teach others, to take QI, VI and FP photos for commons --The Photographer (talk) 20:00, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@The Photographer: good work with the photos! :) User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 20:06, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Não seja preguiçoso, você pode aprender a tirar fotos. --The Photographer (talk) 20:11, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@The Photographer: quando eu digo que não sei tirar fotos, eu digo que não sei tirar fotos como um profissional, com qualidade comparável às fotos destacadas do Commons por exemplo, veja algumas das minhas fotos:

Pode parecer que não, mas eu aprendo aqui no Commons muitas técnicas gráficas como: foco, perspectiva, superexposição, etc. Aos poucos eu vou aprendendo. Saudações! ;) User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 20:28, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Linderhof Palace
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Panoramic view of Desenberg, western view. The hill Desenberg, a former vulcano, near the village Daseburg is located in the area of Höxter in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most remarkable landmark of Warburger Börde flatlands. The area around the top has a very special flora and fauna due to its island position.
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View of Ely Cathedral's lantern and nave from the octagon.
a single shot with this result would be a dream, wouldn't it? :) --Wladyslaw (talk) 06:12, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it's only sad that every digital camera doesn't have 100 megapixel resolution and 30 stops of dynamic range... :-) But since they don't, it's somewhat necessary to take this many photos. Diliff (talk) 10:10, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Juliette masturbating herself, with Justine averting her eyes.
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Silam Crab (Geosesarma aurantium) on Mount Silam. Size ca. 15 mm
 Comment I had a square crop version nominated earlier which raised some frowning. Here is another view of the same crab. Symmetrical view, as it was the desire. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 15:53, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment This is an example for Heisenberg uncertainty principle: You either kill the 15 mm crab (which can move incredibly fast) in their natural habitat to prevent her from leaving the DoF or you get her alive in a place where she cannot escape and shot 40 photos with the macro lense to get a reasonable sharp shot. No animal was harmed during the session. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 18:49, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment In my opinion all votes emitted until now are invalid, because you had 3 or even 4 nominations at the same time open, and therefore this nomination was not aligned with the policies. Therefore I suggest to relaunch it, but I am not sure how this was solved in the past. I see no issue with the FPC above because it was just open for a hour, not sure about this, though. Poco2 19:11, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment I thought the two previous were already dead after the overall judgement. Especially this second nomination of the crab was an alternative to the square version because of the crop objections. I did not knew how to place an alternative version. Apologies, it was not meant to flood the FPC. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 19:26, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If we understand it as an alternative placed in the wrong place, then it is ok, I guess. Still, you have a lot of examples of how to place alternatives, you can always look up what others do. It is usually enough to create a subsection in the nomination titled "Alternative" and place there the new version. Poco2 23:06, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Norwich Cathedral from the cloisters
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@The Photographer: Muito obrigado, Wilfredo, mas eu sou um mero editor, eu não sei tirar fotos como um profissional e não moro em São Paulo, mas você pode olhar na Wikipédia e ver os pontos/locais que você pode ir, alguns locais abaixo:

Boas fotos. User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 21:06, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Rueda Diverland
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Fjord panorama from a ridge in Senja
  •  Info Per a request, a nomination! :) After all, it's been quite a while from the time I participated here with some new stuff. Again, a panorama view from Norway - this time from a somewhat remote place in an island of Senja quite far north. Due to the difficult contrasty weather I decited to make the whole panorama from three exposures per direction. Instead of automatic HDR blending I tend to use just layers for the exposures for more natural (imo) looking tones and outcome. created, uploaded and nominated by Ximonic -- Ximonic (talk) 19:10, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Ximonic (talk) 19:10, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support. Excellent panorama. I'm not entirely convinced about the choice of using layers though, HDR tone mapping can look natural. Also, the sky seems slightly blown and quite colour posterized... I sometimes get that banding issue in the sky when I've been lazy and blended/stitched from JPGs rather than 16 bit TIF files. It may be worth trying to reprocess it? Diliff (talk) 19:22, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for review. I did a quick fix for now, maybe will see it again in the near future because now I have much more photos waiting for produce and publish. I guess they would be useful for Wikipedia from these 'rare' areas. --Ximonic (talk) 20:52, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Prato della Valle in Padua, Italy
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Cathedrale of St Viktor in Xanten, Germany

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The leaning house of Tartu

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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: the resolution is too low, only 0.74 megapixels --Ivar (talk) 05:47, 17 August 2014 (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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Schwerin Castle
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Clouded Magpie (Abraxas sylvata), Northwestern Estonia
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Side view of Furnace No 5 at Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord (Landscape Park Duisburg North) at night
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Basel: Roche Tower during construction on 6th August 2014
Whitch left is leaning? Can't see s.th. leaning. --Wladyslaw (talk) 18:49, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment I know only one left however I added a note -- Christian Ferrer Talk 11:06, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Ch. Ferrer: left can mean the left of the building oder left of the building, or, or, or ... The Buildings you have marked are leaning less than 1°, for me nothing to correct here. --Wladyslaw (talk) 19:33, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose No problem, it's my duty to tell you the defects (even the very minor defects) that I saw. Specially when it is easily rectifiable. You see it and you don't want to correct it, it's your choice indeed -- Christian Ferrer Talk 04:50, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, it doesn't effect the picture. And if such a bagatelle does dispose you to vote with contra I disclaim glady your pro. --Wladyslaw (talk) 05:48, 19 August 2014 (UTC) P.S. This guys must be crazy if I take you serious[reply]
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Wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus maximus) in Minneriya National Park, Sri Lanka. The elephant calf is suckling.
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World War I US propaganda poster by Harry R. Hopps
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Pisciadù und Pisciadùhütte
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Edward Mann Lewis
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CYCLING IN AMSTERDAM
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The German word "Heimat" ("Homeland") set in 6-feet-tall letters on a developing area
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Puerta de Alcalá at night in Christmas, Madrid, Spain.
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@Ivar: please, mark with notes the areas with CA. User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 19:45, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Diamond formation of nine General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon from Royal Danish Air Force on display at Danish Air Show 2014
It is sad. What percentage of photos taken would ever be offered for sale, yet they are all locked up with copyright for the rest of the century. -- Colin (talk) 18:00, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Brouckerque's town hall, France
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Panoramic view of Miranda Park, Caracas
 Comment I appreciate all your comments, I would have liked to do this shot again, however, I am no longer in Venezuela. --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 19:14, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) in the middle of a jump. Image taken in the fast ice, north of Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard archipelago.
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This is a picture I took earlier this year. The picture is of St Martin's Cross (dated to the 8th century). it is outside the Iona Abbey on the the Isle of Iona, Scotland. Just for your info tho file has been requested to be moved to
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I wouldn’t know... I am no Gimp wizzard :-) Ariadacapo (talk) 16:06, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Selfoss is a northeastern Icelandic waterfall in the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum
 Comment Well, I didn't apply any HDR technique here - the image is a regular single shot. I also didn't do anything "extreme" during the post process. Mood and lighting are pretty much as they actually were when I took the picture: very cloudy but not really overcast, misty, and diffuse. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:38, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I tust you and support  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 18:07, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Selfoss is a northeastern Icelandic waterfall in the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum
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The combine Claas Lexion 450 in the wheat harvest by sunset.

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Musuem of mining (Bergbaumuseum) in Bochum at blue hour
OK, a bit better. But relax ... it was never a dealbreaker. Daniel Case (talk) 17:20, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is a significant improvement of the LCD screen. Thanks for going the extra mile. --Slaunger (talk) 19:24, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Evening view of Toledo

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Benh, I disagree about the WB. IMO it is not colder than the original, which is oversaturated and thus shows stronger colours in both shadows and lights (at least, I'm not too keen to go +25 sat in Lightroom, which would give me the same colors as seen in the original nomination, because that rarely is faithful to reality) some might like that, though... I can of course upload a higher res version, but two of the frames at the left are blurred quite a bit, unfortunately. --DXR (talk) 11:29, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • You may be right. But it still has the cold mood and I don't connect sunsets with cold mood, so I don't agree with you regarding to faithfulness to reality (just because you go +25 on saturation doesn't really mean anything if we don't talk about where we start from). The original was pretty good, with only the banding issue and noise, why altering the author's artistic choices? - Benh (talk) 18:58, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Canterbury Cathedral cloisters
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Chelmsford Cathedral Nave
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File:Iris mariae 1.jpg
In the sands grow many beautiful flowers (for example, most kinds of tulips in wild), but not for long, at least 2 weeks to a month in the spring :) Ю. Данилевский (talk) 06:21, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Centered boring composition, distracting background (but I guess giving good clue on what kind of environment these flowers grow in), harsh light coming from behind, washed out colours. Maybe it has encyclopedic value, but not a Commons FP IMO. - Benh (talk) 10:33, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I have to agree with Benh. This isn't en-FP where a specimen photo might be appreciated. There's nothing extraordinary here. -- Colin (talk) 17:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Pilot schip in the harbor of the Dutch town of Vlissingen.
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Skógafoss is a southern Icelandic waterfall with a width of 25m and a drop of 60m.
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Bas-relief in the Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire, today Cambodia. The 350m-long terrace was used by Angkor's king Jayavarman VII (1125-1218) as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king's grand audience hall.
  •  Info Bas-relief in the Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire, today Cambodia. The 350m-long terrace was used by Angkor's king Jayavarman VII (1125-1218) as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king's grand audience hall. All by me, Poco2 10:10, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco2 10:10, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 20:03, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Arturo de Frias Marques (talk) 10:13, 16 August 2014
  •  Support --Rjcastillo (talk) 21:32, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 06:05, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I apologize in advance because I know this will sound rude, but FP has to be special in some way. Though of good quality and probably very useful in a wiki article, anyone can reach similar result with basically pressing the shutter in auto mode on a < $500 DSLR. - Benh (talk) 10:24, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, that sounds rude, does it have to? Poco2 23:28, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Not sure I get it right, but of course it needn't be rude if that's what you meant. I just go straight to the point, so it sounds harsh, but I didn't use any offensive word, and I have nothing against you. Put in another way, it doesn't require any special skill, equipement, or even luck to catch this candidate. When I look at a candidate, if I don't ask myself "How did she/he do that?", "when was this taken?", "How long must have she/he waited?", "what kind of pocessing?", "what kind of rare equipment", "How fortunate she/he could catch this!", "How did she/he have the idea to take it from that point of view", "wow this must have demanded a long preparation"... then it's not FP. Otherwise, we might as well give away high end DSLR to everyone, and promote every pictures taken with them to FP. Again, just my opinion, and again my apologizes if it reads as too harsh. - Benh (talk) 12:25, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Benh: I didn't accused you of anything towards my person, no feelings hurt, but just remind that behind each picture there is a photographer who gives his best to the project.
    Regarding this nomination, I can just just say that the picture does amaze me, that is the reason why I actually nominated it. The place all around, the khmer heritage and bas-relieves like this one are featurable to me.
    Yes, it wasn't a complicated execution to manage the picture, but I don't live in Siem Reap and just took a walk to Angkor Thom to take this shot. Rather, I needed 3 flights to get there. Please, don't underestimate that effort in terms of time and investment, at least as long as we don't have a bunch of Cambodian contributors here, what I unfortunately doubt in the near future. Poco2 20:24, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Case closed for the personal issues :) Just wanted to make it clear (and I as far as I can tell, you behave very elegantly on Commons, anyways ;) ). For the picture, and criterias to FP in general, it takes me a lot of time and ressources to travel to South East Asia as well, but that doesn't mean every picture I took there is FP worthy. But you're right that feelings can be hurt in such situation, and it's always a struggle to find a balance between telling all the facts, and not hurting people. It's much easier to support than oppose, and I feel I'm the bad guy when I do so (and not to mention I can "make enemies" for my self nominations in the future!). - Benh (talk) 08:15, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Ю. Данилевский (talk) 12:02, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I'd prefer a crop, where no bodies would be cut to half (as can be seen on the right side). Johanning (talk) 14:12, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Johanning: good point, I uploaded a new version cropping out the half bodies on the right Poco2 21:19, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 21:56, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Winter scene of the watching tower, dam and Mavrovo Lake, Mavrovo National Park, Republic of Macedonia. The park, founded in 1949, is the largest (of the three existing) in the country with 780 km2, while the lake has a length of 10 km and a width of 5 km.
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@Tuxyso: It's fixable? User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 13:11, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@ArionEstar it might be fixable, but I think only in RAW. If you can provide the single RAW shots I can try to stitch a better version. --Tuxyso (talk) 15:03, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Tuxyso: How so single RAW shots? User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 15:18, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@ArionEstar: If you take a look on the resolution (7,139 × 2,320 pixels) it can never be a single shot. According to the EXIF data the images come from a Nikon D90 with a 12 Mpx sensor. Thus you need multiple RAW files to stitch such a pano. The image editing (processing of RAW files, contract corrections etc.) is overdone here. So I think the best idea is to take the RAW files, develop them in a reasonable way and stitch a new panoramic photo. --Tuxyso (talk) 15:24, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Tuxyso: Then this will be spoken to the author of the photo, and he does not seem to be very active on Commons. User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 15:42, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Lighthouse at Cap Formentor, Majorca
dustspots removed, bit sharper, horizon is horizontal IMO (see note), I like the light --Wladyslaw (talk) 04:37, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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@Slaunger: ✓ Done. Approximate geocoordinates added. User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 22:45, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@ArionEstar: . Thanks. Regrettably, the GeoCommons database is currently unavailable, so clicking the links in the Location template does not work, so I have not yet had the possibility to 'enjoy' the geodata. I have notified Dschwen about that problem. Maybe he can help, or knows who can help fix that problem. --Slaunger (talk) 18:37, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Thunderstorms on the Brazilian Horizon
IMHO all issues from the previous nomination are fixed (the corresponding picture is in the file history).
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Space exploration or Satellite images? Jee 03:15, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks, very nice image and plant however the crop is a bit tight at right (cut leaf) and at bottom -- Christian Ferrer Talk 06:43, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Correction crop. If you find it more beautiful, I can plant any center.--Famberhorst (talk) 16:08, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A frontal closeup of a big Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing during the rutThe antlers have lots of character. The detail around the open mouth is quite interesting too.
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The view from the top of Col d'Izoard
@Slaunger: @Alchemist-hp: @Jiel: @Daniel Case: I completely understand all of you and I have uploaded the original photo which isn't over processed. NickGibson3900 (talk) 04:54, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The new version is much better and good for many uses. Unfortunately, it is still not at the quality level expected for a FP, but that is admittedly very hard to achieve with a mobile phone/ipod camera. --DXR (talk) 11:41, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I like it Lauro Sirgado, lets go with this one. NickGibson3900 (talk) 06:09, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Beach of Seaside in Walton County in Florida Panhandle.
 Support I like it now. The sky's still a little dark but ... you are playing it off the pink umbrella so that's forgivable. A nice inviting image otherwise. Daniel Case (talk) 04:35, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Much better now imho - there's nothing wrong with a bit of sea grass lying around on the beach etc. However, compared to the original version, the sand has lost a bit of detail now (kinda looks a bit overexposed?). --El Grafo (talk) 13:32, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism, Berlin, Germany
  • After giving it some thought: Your are right regarding the leaf. How about my comments regarding the orange flower? Also the reflections in the water look a bit strange - a little like paint brush strokes from an impressionist painter. Anything unusual regarding the postprocessing worth mentioning? I think sharpness is OK. --Slaunger (talk) 14:55, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
*  Support Nice composition, although I think the technical quality of the orange flower is not so convincing. --Slaunger (talk) 19:10, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Ferry MS Hilligenlei at dawn moored in the port of Langeness in the german wadden sea
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Leopard anole in cultivar bush
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Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria
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portrait of Anne Giardini
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Cormorant standing on a stake in Lake Prespa, Macedonia
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Pyrrhosoma nymphula
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Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa seen from Galičica
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ER1 "Elektrichka" at Inkerman, Crimea
  •  Info all by Kabelleger -- Kabelleger (talk) 19:51, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Visiting Crimea in May 2013 was a very lucky and very good choice, I guess now it's much less relaxing to run around with a camera and take pictures of trains and infrastructure... well if the bridge at Kerch gets built, I guess we can go there some day and take pictures of RZD trains...
  •  Comment An elektrichka (class ER1) is taking the tour around Sevastopol Bay and has just left Inkerman. In the background you can see some ships of the russian Black Sea fleet.
  •  Abstain as author -- Kabelleger (talk) 19:51, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question This may be a stupid question, as I do not know the topography in the area, but was your vantage point ground-based or airborne? --Slaunger (talk) 20:03, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment @Kabelleger: Sorry, I'm somewhat curious about your comment. What shall "now it's much less relaxing to run around with a camera and take pictures of trains and infrastructure" mean? OK, I don't know about the situation in Crimea *right now* (do you?), but I guess it is not much different from that in April'14 (after the crisis), as I was there and took several photos including such of trains and no one disturbed me. But well, if you prefer a development like in East Ukraine (by the occasion we may ask our still active Commons admin Butko who is afaik from Donetsk, how he is now...), it's of course your choice and there is nothing to discuss further. --A.Savin 20:55, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment I'm sorry about my stupid and obviously misleading comment. I don't know the current situation in Crimea, I was just *assuming* that the security forces are currently much more twitchy than a year ago, which may well be relevant, since e.g. some bridges were actively guarded. I'm not at all trying to say that a situation like in Luhansk or Donezk is in any way better (in fact I'm deeply disturbed by what happens there). --Kabelleger (talk) 05:02, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Completely all right with A.Savin on the political situation and on the inopportuneness of such comments because comments call other comments in reply. However fortunately Kabelleger seems to be a better photographer than a good diplomatic commentator of the political current events. I was thinking maybe too much sky, exactly 1/3 of sky would maybe be better but finally it is well (better) like that. -- Christian Ferrer Talk 22:58, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination I'm sorry, I should have kept my mouth (keyboard) shut. Kabelleger (talk) 05:41, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Three monkeys.JPG--Jebulon (talk) 16:00, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Seljalandsfoss is a southern Icelandic waterfall with a drop of 60m

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 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 17:31, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Ganjnameh, is an ancient inscription, 5 km southwest of Hamedan, on the side of Alvand Mountain in Iran.
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Juvenile black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) at Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, California.
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Professor Amanda Fisher
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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A caterpillar in Étretat, France.
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Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wolany
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Le Mont Saint-Michel, Basse-Normandie, France
  •  Info created by BeBo86 - uploaded by BeBo86 - nominated by BeBo86 -- BeBo86 (talk) 15:41, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- BeBo86 (talk) 15:41, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The light is quite good, and I like the compositional aspect of the curved road leading to Mont Saint-Michel. However, I think the crop is a little too tight and the image appears a little soft in focus, especially on the buildings closer to the littoral water and at the edges of the photo. The FP bar for this type of photos is just a little larger in my opinion. I had a look at the file page, which was over-categorized. I believe I have fixed that, and also added a few categories of relevance. Still a good photo, but not quite FP for me, sorry. --Slaunger (talk) 18:15, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Dman41689 (talk) 06:08, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info @Slaunger: - yes you are right, the building close to the littoral tower is a pity. However, I did not want to use higher f-stop, because as a result exposure time would have been extended -> this was a no-go, because it was quite windy and my tripod was not as stable as it should have been ;-) But I think the details of the main subject - the abbey - are well focused. Thanks for helping with categories!!!
  •  Oppose. I don't think the white balance is set correctly, it seems too greeny yellow tinted to me. The middle is reasonably sharp but it becomes quite soft around the edges. There would be no benefit in using a smaller aperture (higher f-stop) as it would have just made the image less sharp. Most lenses are sharpest at around f/8 and start to become diffraction limited from f/11 onwards (with an APS-C sensor such as the NEX-5N's). I think the issue with the softness is primarily down to the lens and not the settings. Diliff (talk) 10:41, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment @Diliff: is downsampling an option? BeBo86 (talk) 11:06, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well it's an option but not a good one because it doesn't fix the problem, it just hides it. I know we can sometimes be critical of an image's sharpness at 100% and be less critical of a downsampled image that has the same real level of detail, but I don't think that downsampling is the right way to think about the problem. Diliff (talk) 11:58, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I agree. That's why I did no downsampling. I can not change the behavior of my lenses. If 1000€ equipment is not sufficient for FP (at least in this case) I have to live with that ;-) BeBo86 (talk) 12:14, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I agree with the comments of Diliff. Don't go down the downsampling path - it does not lead to real improvements, but often loss of information. --Slaunger (talk) 17:40, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • Downsampling does not necessarily yield loss of information, as most of the data in picture is made up from interpolation (which is why Slaunger said "often loss", but even this is exaggerated IMO). Moderate downsampling probably won't remove actual data in many many cases. Anyone familiar with image or signal processing to help sort this out? In any way, I don't think it solves the pb either. If someone judges an image by its sharpness when viewed at 100%, then she/he is the problem. - Benh (talk) 09:49, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • I'm not going to go off-topic (again) in detail on this but I disagree with Benh. The complex "interpolation" involved in Bayer-sensor demosaicing does not mean downsizing is a "no loss" image improvement technique. And photography isn't a data capture activity anyway (consider bokeh, or the pleasing grain in certain b&w films). -- Colin (talk) 09:54, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Slaunger, Diliff, Benh, Lauro Sirgado thank you all for your comments. I took everything into consideration and decided to upload another version with better sharpness✓ Done, improved white balance✓ Done, wider crop✓ Done and (slight) perspective correction. Hope you like it (even if there is a shade in the foreground) :-) BeBo86 (talk) 15:15, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment As I have also commented on your talk page, I do not think it is a good idea to introduce a completely new image in the same nomination. Dman41689 has voted support, but that is for an entirely different image, and that is very confusing. Therefore if you think your original version will not pass the review, you should rather upload your new candidate under a new file name, revert the replacement in this file, and then withdraw this nomination. Once you have withdrawn you are allowed to nominate the new picture and start out fresh. At the same time you will also comply with our policy Commons:Overwriting existing files. It is of course great if you have found the feedback contsructive and that this has given rise to the introduction of another candidate, which addresses the issues raised. --Slaunger (talk) 20:52, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I withdraw my nomination  BeBo86 (talk) 08:38, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Fresco "Kampf der Asen mit den Mächten der Finsternis" of Otto Gussmann in the cupola of Burschenschaftsdenkmal in Eisenach
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The Kolomna Speed skating arena in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia
The current one is precise 3:2 ratio, the crop I find good as it is and would not change (some space to breathe is always needed). --A.Savin 20:20, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Phoenicopterus ruber in São Paulo Zoo
@Slaunger: this can be a focus's effect or not. User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 20:22, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@ArionEstar: I doubt it. My guess is, it is the result of a selective background blur in postprocessing (which is sensible for getting good bokeh) gone haywire. I doubt it is present in the raw file. I think it can be salvaged by reprocessing the raw file. --Slaunger (talk) 20:26, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment On several occasions I have encountered the same problem. I will try to solve the problem this weekend, however, it would be interesting for someone to show the way of how to solve it. Thanks --The Photographer (talk) 14:02, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@The Photographer: My method is very simple-minded, I just mask the background and apply a selective Gaussian blur of modest radius. I usually do not get any posterization from that method. If your raw is posterized, I have no idea how to solve that. (Is it?) --Slaunger (talk) 19:20, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mixing in a little of the original noise should, in theory, fix all banding issues. I highly doubt that the RAW has banding, because banding doesn't exist if there is noise (which is why a little noise is a good thing and adds information), and a camera producing a RAW without any noise at all would be new to me. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files) 21:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Slaunger: Thanks for the comments, nice review Julian. I've been looking for different ways to solve the problem, however, add Gaussian blur is exactly what I did and what I think caused the posterization. I Rebuilded from RAW. I have added more information on this, please let me know if it is well --The Photographer (talk) 02:01, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You new edit is better, although it still has a little pixelation. I usually find for photos taken with my camera, that if I use a pixel radius of 5 in the selective Gaussian blur, I normally avoid the banding effect. I actually just tried that out on your unaltered version below, and I ended up with banding at approximately the same level as in your new edit. Then I tried again with a radius of 3, and now the banding has gone and the background remains slightly noisy as mentioned by Julian. I can upload it over any of the version, if you would like to see it? You can just revert if 'no me gusta' :-) It is not revolutionary at all but something a little in between your two versions now, and it is close to (if not) nitpicking. --Slaunger (talk) 21:51, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I just stroke my conditional oppose as the banding/pixelation has improved to a level, where I do not object to it. --Slaunger (talk) 21:55, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Simply do it, please!! --The Photographer (talk) 22:21, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done as requested. Note that I have taken the unaltered version below as a basis for just doing the selective Gaussian blur with a pixel radius of only 3. I have done nothing to increase sharpness or anything else in the edit I have uploaded as a new version of the original candidate. --Slaunger (talk) 11:19, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Pope Francis at the closing Mass for Asian Youth Day, Seoul, 17 August 2014
 Support now. Habemus Papam! ;-) User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 19:37, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Red brick building roof edge corner detail
  •  Info created by Lawrence Jesterton - uploaded by Tuválkin - nominated by Tuvalkin -- Red brick building roof edge corner detail shot showing tin rooftiles, fancy decorative brickwork, and four security cameras painted the same shade of red. blending in the building. Lotsa wow IMHO, but no idea about techical aspects, as I am a know-nothing about photography; lack of geolocation, or indeed of any useful description about the location, detracts a lot for its positive points, but maybe it will be identified. -- Tuválkin 11:51, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support As nom. -- Tuválkin 11:51, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Missing sharpness, and strange composition for me (I would maybe support a detail view of the Moscow State Historical Museum without rather boring elements like cameras and ladders). --A.Savin 13:28, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the identifying the place (I been a few times but back in 2000, was not sure…) — that matters for me more than this being a FP or not, frankly. Along with the intrincate brickwork, the “camo” cameras is for me the wow factor on this photo, although I can see that what’s my wow is next guy’s ew. -- Tuválkin 19:22, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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St. James's Church in Rothenburg ob der Tauber photographed from town hall tower
Parallel and long discussion about the optimal pixel size of panoramas
    •  Info It's a stitching of 3 vertical (hand-held) images (I've added background information and Pano template to the image description) to increase detail sharpness and to avoid border unsharpness. I've used Hugin for stitching and as far as I can remember Hugin moderately downscales the output image which is imho eligiable to create crisp images with good detail sharpness and no problem due to the high resolution. I made some final, very subtle local (on the church building) brightness adjustments with Viveza from NIK filters. --Tuxyso (talk) 21:33, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Tuxyso: Hugin does nothing you doesn`t tell it before. You can scale the output image just the same way like in PTGui for example. So if Hugin downscales your pictures then something's "wrong" with your prefs. My tip: try to stitch the pano with the highest possible settings (compression, resolution...) and if downsampling is necessary do it in the final past processing. regards mathias K 06:09, 21 August 2014 (UTC).[reply]
        • Sorry mathias but you are wrong. Hugin downscales the output image to 70% (per default!). You can surely change it, but if you take a look e.g. at this newsgroup post there seem to be good reasons for a slight downscaling regarding lens/sensor limitations. You never archive the full sensor resolution (despite you own a Zeiss Otus lens) - take a look on DxOMark and compare different lenses. Thus it is no bad idea to keep the default setting of Hugin as it is. IMHO photos have to look "crisp" / sharp at 100%. Nearly every pano here on Commons is slightly downscaled and exactly that is the reason why panos often have brilliant detail sharpness. 13,9 Mpx are definitely enough. Your suggestion to do slight downscaling in past-processing (and not by Hugin) is worth a try - thanks for the hint - I will make some comparisation in the future. --Tuxyso (talk) 06:25, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • I see that newsgroup posts the old myth about the Bayer filter justifying a 70% downsample. Well a 70% downsample of a 36MP image is 17.7MP. Yet somehow the Sony FE 55mm or the Zeiss Otus 55mm both achieve a 29MP rating on a 36MP camera according to DOXMark. And a Sigma Art 50mm achieves 17MP rating on a 21MP Canon (which is only 10MP after 70% reduction). Lens quality, diffraction, sensor noise, anti-aliasing filter, software lens-correction, perspective correction, rotation, and JPG compression all result in different forms of image degredation. None of these lose information in quite the same way as a downsample/upscale process would. Lens resolution varies across the image (centre sharper) whereas downsampling loses resolution equally. The desire for perfection at 100% is just an artefact of how we look at them (click on the image and bang! 100%) and the culture of pixel peeping. An ideal situtation would be for the uploader to be able to set an best-viewing-resolution for any given image and the software defaults to zooming at that level. This would allow Tuxyso to upload a 20MP image and have the Wiki software present it at 14MP (with a touch of output-sharpening). This downsample-and-sharpen-for-presentation is how most photo websites work, including MediaWiki. Having said that, the biggest degredation with a stitched image is usually the perspective correction and rotations that can occur, which can in some (but not all) images massively stretch parts. While there's no point uploading a very soft/noisy image, I don't think asking for all our featured photos to be this crisp at 100% is a desirable goal. Please nobody think that downsizing 70% is necessary for FP. It is a 50% reduction in MP. I'd have had to reduce my A33 images to 7MP if that was necessary and I've got plenty single-shot images that are sharp at 14MP without resorting to Zeiss glass. Tuxyso, for modest stiches like above, I suggest you try a much more conservative downsample at Lightroom-export stage. -- Colin (talk) 12:22, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
            • I often save panorama with no downsampling in Hugin and get good results. Here is a 81mp panorama created from 5 hand held vertical photos.--ArildV (talk) 15:10, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
              • I use PTGui for my panoramas, which is very similar to Hugin in its options for generating the final output. Here the default is "optimal", which effectively downsamples to the level of pixel crispness shown here. I always change it to "maximum", which I think correspond to not downsampling in any areas of the blended photograph and then in the final stages of the processing (GIMP in my case) after rotating, tweaking perspective I have a look at the pixel quality at full resolution, and then try-out different levels of downsampling, if any. If I have used my 18-55 mm kit lens, which is honestly speaking a pretty bad lens when it comes to CA and other lens distortions, I sometimes go down to half the original number of pixels in the worst cases (example), whereas if the images are based on my better 55-250 mm lens I downsample much less, typically down to 75% of the original pixel count depending on field-of-view and ISO (example). That does not give me the same per pixel crispness as in the candidate here, but at the same time I believe the information loss is marginal, meaning it will be optimal for large scale printing (in the unlikely event, anyone wants to do that, lol) avoiding visible pixelation. I agree with Colin that there should be better options for reviewing at a fixed resolution, to discourage the pixel peeping. I once had a 35Mpixel nomination, not downsampled, with rather bad per-pixel quality, which I 'refused' to downsample, because information is lost. There was a long-winded discussion with many examples given for what happens with down- and upsampling, which might have your interest. --Slaunger (talk) 15:33, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                • Ha ha! I argued the opposite way three years ago! I agree with my old self that there does come a point when the 100% image is mush and we're kidding ourselves that it is worth keeping/uploading at that level. But with a good camera and a good prime lens, many people get excellent results with no downsizing at all. Slaunger, when you say "half the original number of pixels" I take it you mean a 50% megapixel reduction (i.e. about 70% reduction in each linear dimension). I thought Tuxyso had reasonable kit and so was surprised he felt it necessary to half his megapixels before daring to show his work here ;-) -- Colin (talk) 18:49, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                  • Colin, actually I think you have been pretty consistent:) My nom was with a crap 2007 compact camera sensor. I did mean 50% reduction in the number of pixels, i.e. approxiately 71% the number of original pixels on each side. Yes, I do think that with Tuxyso's gear, there is no need to downsample so much. Information is lost irreversibly in the process in getting all the crispiness. --Slaunger (talk) 19:04, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Just for information purposes I've uploaded a full res version. It just confirmed my standard procedure :) I am not convinced with the detail sharpness there. If I click on photos on Commons they should look crisp even at 100% view (I know this point is controversal). Probably I will set Hugin to less downscaling when I take photos with the exceptional Sigma 18-35 f1.8 lens which I will receive today :))) I also compared downscaling in Hugin with Hugin fullres and output downscaling with Lightroom. I could not see any significant differences (despite the larger file size). --Tuxyso (talk) 08:16, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Have fun with the 18-35! I guess you're the first one here to use one, but what I've seen so far is pretty nice! Imho the full-res image is still good and downsampling doesn't add value. --DXR (talk) 18:08, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! The full res is very good. No need to downsample such a beauty:) --Slaunger (talk) 20:19, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]


  • This image is better, for example, for the article about the church, because it shows only the church, as you say (and because we use small sizes at the articles). However, as a picture, the wider view is more impressive. I wouldn't nominate the other, it would be almost "delist and replace". --Kadellar (talk) 13:17, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Hawk aircraft
I see your point. To me however, it’s part of what makes this picture so great: the sense of space, dizzing trajectory, and incredible point of view... Ariadacapo (talk) 06:04, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Aircraft in flight
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Nymphaea (Nuphar pumila) in Červený Újezd Castle, Červený Újezd, Prague-West District, Czech Republic

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Vitra Slide Tower, observation deck and clock
(1) This is a detail shot and has also a different purpose! (2) There is no limitation about objects that have to be FP . --Wladyslaw (talk) 06:27, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Neither motive nor composition appeals to me. What is special here? What are your reasons for nomination? Probably I oversee something. Multiple FPs of one object are imho no problem in general. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:19, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We see the observation platform and the clock. A legitimately detail shot of this observation tower. ~The reson for nomination is because I think this is a very uncommon and interessting tower. --Wladyslaw (talk) 07:33, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This is FP, not FT, meaning we feature pictures for their excellence, not towers. While the tower may be very interesting, this picture isn’t. It shows high quality but nothing special to me – no wow.  Oppose --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 14:33, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Some like special objects in pictures, some not. So what, Kreuzschnabel? No need for snotty commentary. I just anwserd a question of a other user. So stay calm. --Wladyslaw (talk) 18:47, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I am perfectly calm, don’t worry (it takes much more to upset me). My "snotty commentary", as you called it (not entirely unsnottily, if I may say so), was a reaction on your statement "The reson for nomination is because I think this is a very uncommon and interessting tower". I agree – it certainly is. But that does not automatically make any picture of it as uncommon and interesting, too. We feature uncommon and interesting pictures here, and not necessarily pictures of uncommon and interesting things. --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 20:03, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
For sure an interessting object makes not always an interessting picture. It would be much more helpfull if you could argue why. --Wladyslaw (talk) 04:39, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It’s not always easy to say why a picture does not rise fascination. There’s nothing really wrong with this picture, it’s just not looking that special. Composition is one issue as already touched by others: too much sky, too little tower. Anyway, I am not obliged to justify my vote. I just answered to your reason for nominating being the uncommonness of the object, instead of the picture. --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 07:46, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose I don't find the composition particularly striking either, and that sky is just not right. Daniel Case (talk) 04:57, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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@Christian Ferrer: I respect your opinion, but I think if there wasn't a predominance of the museum, almost nobody would appreciate/understand the architecture of the museum. Greetings! ;) User:ArionEstarArionEstar (talk) 00:15, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Two Julia Butterflies drinking the tears from the turtles in Ecuador
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Sympetrum striolatum

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 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 16:21, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Externsteine am Wiembecke-Teich

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Sarcophagus door in Consolata Cemetery
 Comment Shadowns of trees could be interesting, I think so. --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 15:57, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Młynówka chanel and defensive walls in Kłodzko

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Blue-hour shot of the spectacular catholic Puebla Cathedral, build in 1649 and of Herrerian style, Puebla, Mexico.

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Pont de la Victoire, Sète

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The combine John Deere W540 in the barley harvest.
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Result: 5 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 23:04, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet taking off at Danish Air Show 2014
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Result: 12 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /TintoMeches, 13:52, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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