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•  Info created by Jay.Jarosz - uploaded by Jay.Jarosz - nominated by Jay.Jarosz -- Jay.Jarosz (talk) 07:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jay.Jarosz (talk) 07:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Strong support Wow! A beautiful POTY candidate! ★ 08:30, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
• I still see quality issues on the edges looking like JPEG or other compression artefacts after we discussed offline. However, I really like the juxtaposition of the spiritual vs the technological, so I'm giving it a lukewarm  Support.  Podstawko  ●talk  08:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 09:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Anna.Massini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 09:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose Great idea. Too bad it was poorly realized. Heavily reworked, artifacts, unnatural color. Compare the original image with the current version. The grid structure of the masts is barely recognizable. Sorry, but for "excellent" everything has to be right. Je-str (talk) 10:44, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

   Question Thank you for the feedback. Can you please clarify the unnatural color comment? This is the version where I retained the natural colors. I have another variation where I play with the temperature and tint and it's much prettier and more colorful but not accurate so I didn't use it. And yes there are technical challenges with shooting something many kilometers away in low light so it's not going to be perfect but I think solid enough under the circumstances? Even today's Photo of the Day, which was taken under more favourable daytime conditions, has very visible compression artefacts in the sky. Jay.Jarosz (talk) 13:35, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

• @Jay.Jarosz (talk) OK, I revise "unnatural color". The perception of color is indeed very subjective. About the artifacts: The masts look very processed (oversharpened), almost like a graphic. Likewise the mountain flanks. Please compare this Panoramic with a very good distant view. Look how sharp the wind turbines are: Dreisberg 15km away, Allberg 18km away, Großer Ahlertsberg 33km(!) away. And: "Picture of the day" is not to be confused with "excellent". --Sorry Je-str (talk) 19:59, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
• @Je-str Thank you, and yeah I also prefer the less sharpened masts but feedback I got from others, like during QI review, showed a preference for sharpened masts + noise reduction and this was the result. I'm happy to revert to less sharpened if that's the consensus here. The panorama example shared is a daytime shot so the quality is not comparable to nighttime photography. If you have good examples of nighttime distance shots I would be happy to learn from them. All POTD come from FP, so they are the most "excellent" of the "excellent" using your terminology ;) And even then, these most excellent of the excellent have artefacts sometimes so seems like it's not a deal breaker if we are to be consistent with judging criteria. Jay.Jarosz (talk) 07:10, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

•  Support Some things bother me a little, but it is been overiden with the wow factor. Kruusamägi (talk) 13:23, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:39, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --RodRabelo7 (talk) 01:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support I’d wish there was less sharpening on the masts, but else it looks like a classic silhouette photo to me, and the juxtaposition of the statue and the masts is too good. --Aristeas (talk) 08:55, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Very cool idea. Dan Leonard (talk) 03:29, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Info File update: reduced sharpening on the masts. Thanks everyone for the support! 🧡 --Jay.Jarosz (talk) 07:17, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

•  Comment Thank you, Jay.Jarosz! --Aristeas (talk) 18:42, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

•  Support This version works for me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:52, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 19:44, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Brazil