Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/December 2009

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Confirmed results:
Result: 5 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /99of9 (talk) 05:45, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Photo of unidentified leaf

 Comment That looks like blackberry to me. Also, this picture was only just nominated for FP, doesn't it kind of render the voting process pointless if people spend time voting to feature a picture only to have it instantly delisted? --Silversmith Hewwo 21:53, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Also, if this is a Rubus leaf, then apparently it is very educational since it seems the current images we have don't give a good enough idea of what the leaves actually look like. --Silversmith Hewwo 07:37, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]


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Result: 3 delist, 2 keep, 0 neutral => not delisted. /George Chernilevsky talk 10:18, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed results:
Result: 0 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 10:12, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed results:
Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 10:16, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 19:01, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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President Ahmed of Somalia
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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt - uploaded by Martin H., edited by Grondin - nominated by 67.220.5.154 05:52, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 11:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Two Phalacrocorax auritus and one fish
Well, it is an action shot, that shows motion. Could you please point me out to CA (I do not see it) and be more specific about fraiming (I could fix it). Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 12:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You call this right wing of the left bird a "slight quality" problem!? --AngMoKio (talk) 10:44, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It is not "bad photomanipulation", it is good photomanipulation, and retouched template|manual cloning was added to the image, as soon as it was uploaded. I wanted to see, if people, who have not seen the original image will notice that "bad photomanipulation" , but I guess you had to spoil all the fun. Oh well... 
Yeah, cutting off real part of a wing is a very good photomanipulation. If not for this, it could have been quite good, but as I've seen the previous nomination, it wasn't any 'fun' for me. --Leafnode 09:08, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry but this is for sure not a good photomanipulation. It is just another photo where you try to pimp up your photos with obvious post-processing - it really gets annoying. And to tell now that it was just a fun-project to see if people recognize it makes it even worse. FPC is not the place to do such things...you can do that at "Photography Critiques". Sometimes i wonder if people actually look at the photos they vote for. --AngMoKio (talk) 10:15, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
really? The only difference that I added retouched template, the other person did not. And how about that sea otter File:Sea otter nursing02.jpg that actually was that sea otter File:Sea otter nursing.jpg once again with no retouched template added to the image. These are only two examples of who knows how many. And how about this nomination of yours,AngMoKio? The image was taken in ZOO, but presented as it was taken in a wild, while my question about ZOO info was ignored. What have I done? Did I add an extra ring to Saturn? Did I add a new crater to the Moon? Did I changed a historic image? No, no, no. I added the wing that was cut off in the original. What has changed? Still one bird is running after another, that has the fish. It was not obvious post-processing. Even Leafnode said, if he/she did not see the original, he/she would not have never guessed. The nominaton was withdrawn. If you want to comment you could continue to do it at my talk page please.--Mbz1 (talk) 11:02, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Kremnica (Kremnitz, Körmöcbánya) - part of Plague Column
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 16:21, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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A squirrel posing in Glacier National Park.
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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 16:22, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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SS-20 Saber
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Result: 3 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikiwaner (talk) 18:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hockey match between Paulínia and Amparo
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: size and water mark--Mbz1 (talk) 17:41, 2 December 2009 (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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Bird in Paulínia
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: The subject is way too small to show enough detail, and at full resolution there is a great deal of noise on both the subject and the sky. I suggest you look through the already-featured images of birds before future nominations. --99of9 (talk) 11:12, 3 December 2009 (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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Theater of Paulínia
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Resolution too low, underexposed, bad composition and tilt. No chance of promotion. 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.

-- JovanCormac 11:30, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Gas mask exercise
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Result: 13 support, 8 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikiwaner (talk) 17:10, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Interni della Biblioteca Malatestiana. L'Unesco ha riconosciuto l'importanza culturale della Malatestiana inserendola, prima in Italia, nel Registro della Memoria del Mondo.
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: low resolutin--Mbz1 (talk) 21:22, 3 December 2009 (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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Dunes around Dead Vlei, Namibia
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mbz1 (talk) 04:03, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Two of the Congos during concert
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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Mbz1 (talk) 04:05, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The Australian flag flying in a strong wind.
  •  Comment I chose the format in preference to video because I believe it will be more widely used than a video equivalent. IMO usefullness is easily as important as frames per second. Not all movies can be squashed into 256 colours, but flags are great candidates. 99of9 (talk) 02:46, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I know it's going to fail anyway, but I don't think this is a fair oppose reason. I made the image 2000x2000 to give users as much flexibility as possible, they are always welcome to downscale as much as they want. The rules say not to downsample. --99of9 (talk) 11:10, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 3 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Daniel78 (talk) 19:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Dilma Rousseff, minister chief of staff of the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 11:43, 6 December 2009 (UTC))[reply]

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Procyon lotor
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Result: 4 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /99of9 (talk) 08:03, 6 December 2009 (UTC)) 00:02, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Martian Dust Devil Trails
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Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 19:43, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Looming castle
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Mbz1 (talk) 22:59, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Neochmia temporalis at Cleland, South Australia.jpg
roughly geolocated now - Peripitus (talk) 20:12, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 17:41, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 18 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 19:41, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Christmas is Resilient
  •  Info created by Barry Markowitz, FEMA - uploaded by Multichill - nominated by Sarcastic ShockwaveLover -- Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 12:03, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Now, I know not everyone is going to agree with me (hey, what else is new? :P) but I think that this image has the potential, not only to be featured, but to be Picture of the Day, December 25th 2009. Why? Well, in the past, we've only ever had one christmas themed image for POTD, and that was more of celebrations during Christmas than the event itself. So I decided that I'd try and get a festive FP for Commons. For 2 weeks I went looking through the various yuletide categories, examining hundreds of images of lights, decorations, presents, food, people and trees, seeking out the biggest and best for Christmas day. I found many grand and expansive images, but it seemed as if each of them had been specially crafted to look great in thumbnail, but horrible at full size. Onward and upward I pressed, discarding 12Mpx images left and right, determined to bring home the perfect picture. I had tried every search term I could think of, and had almost given up, when at the bottom of the screen, I spotted a tree. Not a large tree, not a tree draped with lights and streamers, in a city square or surrounded by rosy faced children; but a small tree, decked with simple red bows, perched atop an errant boulder, with a somewhat elderly gentleman holding it steady. Having already convinced myself that my search had been fruitless, I nonetheless clicked on the link, idle curiosity and utter exhaustion piling atop one another to see just why this man looked so proud of what was a very small and obviously weathered and threadbare plastic Christmas tree. "What possible reason" thought I, "could someone have for being happy with that scrawny thing?" It was then that I happened to glance at the caption. That tree, that small, weathered tree had been sucked out with the storm surge of en:Cyclone Olaf, a Category 5 cyclone that struck American Samoa in February 2005. Reading the article, I realised that the gentleman in the picture, Ioasa To'o, was from Tau Island, the hardest hit area by the storm. This is a man who quite possibly lost most of his worldly possessions, had certainly seen friends have all they owned ruined, and had his home island devastated. It was then that I realised I had found what I had been searching for. This was what the spirit of Christmas is about. Not gifts, or carols or lights, not even about trees. What this photo says to me is 'hope'. Even amongst disaster, the true spirit of Christmas, embodied in this tiny, unassuming tree, shines through. Just this once, I'm ignoring quality all together. For a picture like this, I wouldn't care if it was 100 pixels by 400 pixels. Wherever you may be, a Merry Christmas to you all. May it be as insightful as mine has been.
  •  Support -- Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 12:03, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Ok, ok you've persuaded me :) Personally, I don't care much about the "spirit of Christmas", but this picture has a story, so I don't mind not so good quality. I'm not sure about the tilt, though. The tree maybe looks better fully vertical, but still... --Lošmi (talk) 02:52, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Yea, it could be POTD, but not featured. Too much compressed and too much contrast. kallerna 14:02, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Agree with kallerna. /Daniel78 (talk) 16:04, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per kallerna, too dark foreground --Leafnode 18:58, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Per Kallerna --Cesco77 (talk) 09:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Well, I love themed POTD, and I love this pic, because of the composition and because of the history of the subject, also sometimes I can support a low quality image because of its history, but I will not in this case. The quality is too low, and every day in the year is an "holy-day" in some cultures or religions, western christmas IMHO is not better than the National Women's Day or the Tu Bishvat. And I oppose to not featured POTD, if we have a featured picture for christmas I will support for 25 of December, but if we have not, let's try to found one for the next year... --Phyrexian (talk) 17:11, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Let's try to use this year's Christmas to make a few FPs for 2010, -11, -12, etc. :) Wolf (talk) 12:59, 3 December 2009 (UTC) PS The article on Tu Bishvat says it's a minor holiday, so yes, Christmas is "better" in the sense that it's a major holiday, like the Yom Kippur rather.[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 16:14, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Pillar Point Harbor
and not post processe at all, just as you like :)--Mbz1 (talk) 19:43, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
keep doing that way :) --AngMoKio (talk) 07:59, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]


--Mbz1 (talk) 20:06, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 16:28, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Basilica of the Holy Blood, Brugge - Ceiling of the main nave
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 09:27, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Homeless woman.jpg

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Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 09:23, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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  • I'm not saying the entire text was cropped, but there is definitely a crop. Regarding the windows, there is a dark pillar just below and to the left of the windows on the original, which has been cropped out. I can post comparison crops if you really want, but I think it will be clear to you if you bring them up side by side and zoom to 100%. --99of9 (talk) 05:18, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Might have taken out a couple of extra pixels just in order to get the crop vertical. The difference is barely visible to me, but if that's what you mean rather than the text then no objection; you're entitled to your opinon. :) Often the camera orientation and original printing is off by a fraction of a degree. So it's rotation that tends to cause that. Durova (talk) 20:30, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 6 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /99of9 (talk) 01:16, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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apophyllite-(KF) with stilbite - Nasik quarry,India - (10.3x7.2cm)
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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /99of9 (talk) 01:13, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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purple crocuses with closed bloom
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Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /99of9 (talk) 01:17, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 4 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /99of9 (talk) 01:06, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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San Francisco Bay
It is not cut shore. It is what is seen from that place.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:58, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You mean there's nothing more to the right, at the small bay? --Leafnode 09:09, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, it was not what I said. I said I took an image as what is seen from that place. I should have said I took the image of what my camera placed at tripod was able to see from that place. There is a cliff, and a high security fence all over the perimeter of the cliff. My tripod could not go any higher, security fence was on the way.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:08, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I agree about the rock below. As I explained above it was not possible to capture the rock because the secirity fence was on the way. About the sky, the original image had more sky, but for some unknown reason :) I decided to crop it out. Oh, well.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:34, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /99of9 (talk) 01:14, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Castle in Chenonceau, France
I tried to retouch it. --AM (talk) 12:48, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the main subject is cut off. Sometimes it is all, but impossible not to cut off the main subject, but from the other image we know that in this particular situation it was possible to have the whole picture.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:03, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 12:39, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Old farmer in the Venezuela

 Comment Contrast Balance or balance of composition? --Wilfredo Rodríguez (talk) 16:14, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I just mean it would focus the mind on the man without removing so much of the background. Balance of the mind! At the moment his figure appears from one half of the picture. This would mean that you imagine each side of the picture is as interesting as the other but when you look at the other side all you see is this bike with half a board or something its way. The fruit and even the bike are interesting but the board looks unnatural so it takes your attention to figure out what it is and when it is still just some weird old board you don't know what it is... if you moved him further toward the center he would take the full frame and the board thing wouldn't even be in the shot. The legs of the board are fine but the board thing itself wrecks it. I thought about this for a while! GLuck ~ R.T.
 CommentI've been thinking about what you said. I made a version by removing details that distract a little central focus of the image. I would like to hear your opinion, thank you very much. --Wilfredo Rodríguez (talk) 13:06, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative

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Croped version

 Comment I agree. So here earn the best cameras and not the best photographers. You can not work miracles with inexpensive cameras. Unfortunately money makes a difference. --Wilfredo Rodríguez (talk) 18:45, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment This is about the best pictures, not cameras or photographers, some combination of both. There are occasional miracles, here's a recent one: File:Young_muslim_woman_in_the_Thar_desert_near_Jaisalmer,_India.jpg so I'd encourage you to continue trying! --99of9 (talk) 01:21, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Thank you --Wilfredo Rodríguez (talk) 14:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 09:31, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 8 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 09:34, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Desiccation cracks in dried sludge, the hard remains finally coming out of a sewage plant.
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Daniel78 (talk) 18:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Calopteryx splendens
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Result: 6 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Mbz1 (talk) 02:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Canon EOS 400D body

* Oppose EOS 50D gives you 15MP to play around with in a studio shot. Why leave us here with just over 2?--Korall (talk) 20:44, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 3 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Mbz1 (talk) 02:30, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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* Oppose Bad crop at the bottom. Please reshoot. Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 00:44, 6 December 2009 (UTC) Just kidding[reply]

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I am not sure I understand why because in APOD image "the swirl does not cover the entire picture" it is better for educational purpose. the star trails that the image is used to illustrate do cover the entire picture. IMO my images looks more as the real one than APOD does.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:29, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Let me parahrase: I believe the movement should be shown in relation to something, the foreground or the background. Wolf (talk) 13:38, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it would have been nice, if it were possible in such a particular situation, but it is not, unless I am not to do "a bad photo manipulation" :) IMO the only difference between APOD image and mine that APOD image has some blown-out highlights and mine does not.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:24, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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*Support Very interesting way to visually analogize the circumpolar motion of the stars (caused by the rotation of the Earth relative to the effectively-static background) to the sort of rotation naturally seen when sitting in a rotating device like a chair or merry-go-round against the effectively-static background of the Earth. I dig it. —Notyourbroom (talk) 18:44, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Struck because I meant to type that under the main nomination, not the alt. :) —Notyourbroom (talk) 18:46, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Lentos Art Museum
To me the structures that are seen in the natural frame of the main subject make the composition interesting.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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M3 on the move
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Mandarin orange


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An African Elephant in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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Botanica 2009 in Bad Schallerbach
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A close-up shot of a cat.
Oh, that poor kitten :( Just look into his eyes. Don't you see how much poor thing wants to be featured :)--Mbz1 (talk) 00:10, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hahaha, sure she loves :) Umm, to be honest, though, I nominated her cause I thought this pic was that little better than the current cat (or should I say kitty) FP
Current FP
--Laveol (talk) 11:25, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So it is not he, but she after all :)--Mbz1 (talk) 16:05, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The aizkolari (axe-man) nicknamed Luxia ("long one") on a trunk-cutting bet. Year 1949, Deba, Gipuzkoa (Basque Country). The tree on the image was cut by a group in Nabarniz, Biscay, Basque Country and it's 2,1 meters tall. Joan Joxe Luxia Narbaiz ("Long Joan Joxe Narbaiz") accepted a bet of 50.000 pesetas if he was able to cut it. Finally, due to the extreme hotness he couldn't do it. Luxia was from Azkoitia. Luxia aizkolaria Airoko-Pagoaren ebaketa erronkan zehar. 1949. urtea, Deba, Gipuzkoa. Irudiko zuhaitza Bizkaiko Nabarniz udalerriko koadrila batek bota berria zuen. Pagoak 2 metro eta 10 zentimetroko diametroa zuen. Ebakitzeko erronka Debako Joan Joxe Luxia Narbaizek onartu zuen, alde banatatik garaiko 50.000 pezeta gurutzatu zirelarik. Azkenik bero jasanezina zela eta, Luxiak amore eman eta lehia bertan behera utzi zuen. Luxia Azkoitiakoa zen.
 Info It's a quite old image and maybe unique. Restoration can be easily done and what you call JPG artifact it's original image grain. -Theklan (talk) 11:51, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Those are JPG-artifacts for sure. kallerna 11:53, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done--Unai Fdz. de Betoño (talk) 10:21, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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An apertural view of the shell of Murex pecten.
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Wesley College, at the University of Sydney
  •  Comment I'm sure you've noted that the left and right wings of the building are different which explains any asymmetry you see. I tried a few projections and I believe this is best: all verticals are vertical, and the building base is at eye height and hence is horizontal, the higher horizontals do become curved - but that is necessary to bring the height of the chapel into the frame. I find fish-eye almost unrecognizeable. --99of9 (talk) 20:22, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you're talking about the chapel vs. the other wing on the right hand side : I completely agree that the chapel is both higher and longer than the other wing. If you're talking about the central wing itself : I'd think that it is pretty symetrical, with all due respect to the age of the building. Thus, the roofline sloping more on the left than on the right is surprising. --MAURILBERT (discuter) 23:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC).[reply]
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Qabalistic Tree of Life
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Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens). Male.
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Verrière d'une des chapelles du choeur, cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Détail: la fuite en Egypte.
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A Eurasian Eagle-owl at a falconry exhibition at Dunrobin Castle, Scotland
Ernie, IMO it is better to discuss the image only. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 22:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

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360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky
Added geotag Originalwana (talk) 15:15, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Belgian F-16
  •  Info created by Łukasz Golowanow (User:Airwolf) and Maciek Hypś - uploaded and nominated by Wolf (talk) 13:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info If you have the impression that this picture has already been nominated, you're right. That nomination, however, was stopped on the 5th day as the corresponding rule imposes, however, this was due to the fact that comments were made about how the image should be improved. Obviously, in such a situation no civil user would cast a vote, since the image thay were currently seeing was just temporary and awaiting improvement. Thus, I am renominating the image, and so as to make up for any formal reservations that could be made, I am nominating two alternatives of the same picture. Which is better, I don't know. You tell me.
  •  Info Previous nomination
  •  Comment What I like about it most is the diagonal composition (a rarity in aircraft photography) and the shadows which prevent a feeling of flatness.
  •  Support -- Wolf (talk) 13:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral A good and illustrative picture and no doubt better than the very first nomination. However the shadows are harsh and the image looks like the jet had already left the image (nose closer to the picture border than the tail). There are plenty of holes underneath the wings where naturally weapons and tanks would be. Sadly we can't see them. --Ikiwaner (talk) 20:25, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Belgian F-16

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evergreen near Dobbiaco-Toblach, South Tyrol
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Grand Canyon
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Tidepools
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A Nishi tribesman wearing the traditional head-dress having a hornbill beak.
Done. --Silversmith Hewwo 14:18, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks . kallerna 18:28, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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von Kármán vortex street
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Done, Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:22, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Except you would not have known, if I did not say :)  --Mbz1 (talk) 10:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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In vivo portrait of a male Sympetrum vulgatum.
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Tide pools at Pillar Point
You are right. That image was taken in an absolutely different place. Would you like me to take it off all together or to re-nominate it on its own?--Mbz1 (talk) 14:17, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Would make more sense to me :) /Daniel78 (talk) 19:11, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No more alternative, but a nomination on its own.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:36, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The water makes colors brighter. Above the water there was only fog.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:42, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Rays and trees
Cannot do it. The original image got lost, when I crashed my hard drive, and to correct this one means to loose quality. So I guess your oppose to stay--Mbz1 (talk) 01:25, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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  • I agree, the original is better than the reduced versions. --Relic38 (

talk) 04:32, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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A dusky moorhen glides through some water lilies.

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A dusky moorhen glides through some water lilies, close portrait.
  •  Info Per the suggestions above that there is too much going on, I'm providing a cropped alternative with a closer portrait of the main subject and less background. See what you think.
  •  Support as nom. --99of9 (talk) 00:58, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton AKA Hilldawg.

Warning: May remind you of Palpatine.

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Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Coat of arms of Nova Scotia.svg

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An rotation about a 3D-Figure showing the difference between motion blur (left) and direct rendering. Modelled and rendered in Blender 2.49. Animated with 25 fps an a stopping sequence to make the difference more visible.
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Luca Toni of Bayern Muenchen in action during the 1.Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Muenchen at the Signal-Iduna Park on Augsut 23, 2008 in Dortmund, Germany.
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Cartoon about the en:Israeli West Bank barrier
I agree it should have never been nominated here, but I do not agree that conflict is "religious". It is not about religion for Jews, it is about surviving. And besides look at the other parts of the world. Don't you see what's going on around? If we do not stop terrorism now, in few years, we well end up building security fences around our own countries to prevent terrorists from killing our own kids.--Mbz1 (talk) 10:50, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And you are really sure that you are not a socket puppet? --AngMoKio (talk) 10:32, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And what about you? Kooritza (talk) 10:38, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You are funny. I have more than just 2 edits on this nomination. Furthermore i was not talking about you. --AngMoKio (talk) 10:42, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
גוונא is not a sock, but has many contributions on hewp; probably there was some canvassing. /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 10:43, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Issue solved then. --AngMoKio (talk) 10:48, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe this should be announced on arwp and fawp for balance? /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 10:53, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Result: 5 support, 14 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. SNOW closure, no realistic chance of being featured. Nomination very questionable in the context of Pieter Kuiper's other recent edits. Adambro (talk) 10:58, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Trees and crucifix in Dobbiaco-Toblach, South Tyrol
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Devil's Golf Course in Death Valley NP
Oh sure, nothing extra just some salt crystals surrounded by multicolored volcanic hills in natural environment :) --Mbz1 (talk) 21:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Devil's Golf Course in Death Valley NP

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A rural dirt road the day after the first snowfall of the season in Dutchess County, New York, USA.
  • I'm not sure what more one would want. This is probably the best shot I could have gotten of this scene in its natural state, without trying to achieve some all-too-common artificial composition that reduces the image's educational value. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:56, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree that I would have been very hard to come up with a better composition for that place. But I´m not shure whether every scene existing, though perhaps atmospheric in real life and of educational value, can be captured in a photo worth beeing elected FP. IMO this is a well-made photo of "a rural dirt road after a bout of snowfall", but lacking a bit on the “wow factor” a FP should have. Nikopol (talk) 17:06, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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A rural dirt road the day after the first snowfall of the season in Dutchess County, New York, USA

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"El Golfo", at Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
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Johannes Honterus - statue in Braşov
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Lama in Mongolia
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Seal Rock from Cliff House
The one you mentioned is not only from the same place, but it shows absolutely different rocks.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:26, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Seal Rock from Cliff House

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 Info Please note: This is a very large dome. I had to dicide on what spot to focus. If you look at the tilework a bit above the center of the image, you will see it´s perfectly sharp. Given the circumstances, I was very pleased with the level of detail my Pentax k10d produced on the overall image. -- Nikopol (talk) 10:50, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Sossusvlei in Namibia
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Suvanto village, Finland
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At the Lachaux fortifications.
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At the Lachaux fortifications
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Old and modern Shanghai
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Little Red Lighthouse
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 far below the 2Mpx requirements. 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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Nanjing Road at night

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Lizard in Ibiza
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President Lula with refinery's workers in Paulínia.

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President Lula with refinery's workers in Paulínia.
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Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) in Namibia
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15th-century carving of a mermaid at the chancel arch of Clonfert Cathedral.
The image is of a very rare carving with an amazing story behind it. The image is of a great quality and a great EV. That's why may I please ask you to clarify your oppose reason? Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:49, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Firing of an arquebus during the Geneva Escalade of 2009. The lock has just ignited the power in the touch hole and the shot is about to go off, amidst the smoke caused by neighbouring arquebusers.
I am not agreed about the smoke: it covers less than half of the photograph, and it is a part of the point.
I would be interested to hear more about the composition. If I had to formulate criticism myself, I would have said that the background is messy and distracting, but I might not use the term "composition" for this. Rama (talk) 12:41, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
By 'composition' I meant mostly background. About smoke - it would be fine if it didn't cover the shooter, as he is the main object of this photograph. --Leafnode 12:55, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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German Light Show
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Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest - external mosaics
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Eilean Donan castle.
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Ceiling of the Lotfollah mosque in Isfahan

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  • I just uploaded a slightly rotated and cropped version that is more symmetric.

 Support Nikopol (talk) 01:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Support -- Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (talk) 11:01, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Pellerhaus (Peller House) in Nuremberg, 1891, the most famous Renaissance building of Germany until its destruction in WWII
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A view from The Valley of The Winds in Kata Tjuta, central Australia.
  •  Oppose As above - composition. Karelj
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Panorama of the lake Machliny Małe
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Rayonnant north rose window of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
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Cedar Breaks National Monument
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Amulet of Osiris, Louvre museum
like this ? Rama (talk) 14:22, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Support Yes, like that! Having DOF reaching only the eyes just rocks in this case IMO. --MattiPaavola (talk) 19:36, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry, a filename was wrong. Corrected, thank you. Rama (talk) 23:46, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your comment. I did not notice such a trend, but I am not a familiar of FPs, you might be right. Nevertheless, I do not feel comfortable to vote for an image that I have produced myself. Rama (talk) 15:38, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Peine del viento (Wind Comb) sculptures de Eduardo Chillida at San Sebastian
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Petrified wood
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Fireplace in Bois d'Oye fortifications
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Lotus in Suzhou, China
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Dew droplets on a died insect.
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Vector image
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  • I definitly could if everyone here insists, but i´d prefer not to since a) It could be the signature of the artist. Tagging this wall would be insane b) I want to keep it as authentic as possible. Retouching propaganda feels a little awkward... Nikopol (talk) 12:31, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • In my opinion taggers are insane. If I'm right that this is just a tagger, then to be true to the original work it would be better to restore it (documented of course), but I understand your hesitation (hence my support either way). --99of9 (talk) 22:49, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • That discussion should be undertaken in a deletion request IMO. Otherwise people's votes will be a mixture of two different issues. I think we should stick to a FP vote here. --99of9 (talk) 12:20, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Before uploading my images, I asked at the help desk whether I could, and noone could really tell me how the legal situation is, since there is little factual information available. However, despite my research, I found no evidence that there is no freeedom of panorama in Iran (there is rather a lack of entries regarding Iran). If you are looking for a practical indicator: take a look at the category Iran: If there actually was no freedom of panorama, one third of the photots of Iran we have at commons would be illegal. But regarning these files, noone suggested deletion. I don´t see why my picture should be treated differently. It certainly would be important to find answers considering the legal questions, but I think this is not the right forum to do so. Nikopol (talk) 12:36, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • If Iranian copyright law does not say anything about FOP exemptions, there is no freedom of panorama in Iran. /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 12:57, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since not only my picture, but a huge part of our stock of pictures from Iran would be concerned in this case, I advocate discussing the legal status of pictures from Iran in an appropriate forum. As we have such a huge amount of images which have not been marked for deletion, perhaps the legal situation is not that clear. I know close to nothing about iranian copyright law, but I oppose to my picture beeing treated differently for whatever reason. Nikopol (talk) 15:53, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, there was already a response Nikopol (talk) 12:37, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Perhaps I should also have made clear in the beginning that this image does in no way reflect my opinion" Thank you for that. It was important for me to know!--Mbz1 (talk) 15:21, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
People always seem to think that you support/approve of what ever is in the pictures you nominate. I'm no fan of the military, but everyone seems to think that I am. Interest in a subject is not the same as approving of it. I just think they take interesting pictures. Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 06:15, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose pure hate propaganda. Ranbar (talk) 18:09, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Commons should not promote propaganda GilCahana (talk) 18:10, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Didn't we had enough with this garbage? Is this the "I want to upset Jews and promote propaganda of hatred"? Where does the world going? Kooritza (talk) 18:22, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Approve As an Israeli user, I can see the historical value of the picture. Such hateful propaganda can only show the hateful nature of its creators. With proper text and put in a proper historical context it will serve Wikicommon's purpose as a picture of unique historic value. Almog (talk) 18:49, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I thought about that image for a long time, and decided to oppose it. It is a great quality and very interesting image, and it is inside the project scope, yet I am not sure about featuring such image. IMO many people are not educated enough to recognize it as a propaganda even, if it is put in the right category. I would also add that I am against politicizing FP. --Mbz1 (talk) 19:35, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose 89.138.141.27 20:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: It is absolutely true that this is an example of aggressive propaganda and I also see that it could offend a lot of people. But I still think that it is important to cover such topics in wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia, and as such it should inform people even about terrible things. Kooritza, I don´t know anything about past discussions. I can imagine that articles related to Israel, the holocaust, etc... are often vandalized and victim of antisemitic edits, but this was absolutely not my intent here. In my opinion, it is impossible to get rid of antisemitic media (we all know the internet), so we should rather try to put it in a context and explan uninformed people why it is wrong. That does not mean we should put on wikipedia all of the stuff we find, but some important examples should be discussed in an appropriate way. If you look at articles of quality newspapers covering the hostage crisis, you will find they often use images of these murals. I think it should be possible in wikipedia to somehow cover propaganda, but on the other hand make shure the intent of doing so (p.ex. by appropriate categorization, extensive descriptions, etc.). Not featuring this image on the front page could be a way of achiving this goal, and perhaps some users with greater knowledge about the topic could write a more extensive description text for the image. Nikopol (talk) 20:46, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I didn't mean that you have malicious intentions, and I agree that wikipedia must demonstrate this horrible and disgusting things. However, such sensitive issues must be dealt in the context of an article in order to prevent damage to readers that aren't experts, and I don't believe that it is possible to do that in the few lines permitted in FP. Kooritza (talk) 21:12, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose antisemi and anti america, doesn't deserve the honor. Yiftach T (talk) 21:41, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is not anti-semitic image,it is anti-Israel, which is a very big difference. If it were anti-semitic, I would have opposed it right away--Mbz1 (talk) 21:51, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well I actually opposed the image because no matter what it represents a propaganda of hate, and IMO Commons FP is a wrong platform for such images. Besides as I was explained few minutes ago the mural is antisemitic as well. Even I had not enough knowledge to recognize it as such that only proves one more time my point - the image cannot be featured. --Mbz1 (talk) 02:32, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, I meant as per Almog. Your name was just below it and I confused the two. If you'd like me to explain my reasons further, I'm more than happy to. Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 06:11, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The Annunciation, detail of a stained glass window in Chartres Cathedral.
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Last petal
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Fumarole with sulphur crystals on Solfatara
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The Alhambra in Granada at night
  •  Info created by Schnobby - uploaded by Schnobby - nominated by Schnobby -- Schnobby (talk) 16:26, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Schnobby (talk) 16:26, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Request Could you add more info about this picture? Granada is a big city - was this nice shot maybe taken in some part of Alhambra? Also, info about the camera used would be nice - I guess you didn't have a D90 those days? :-) I think that the original photographer should also be mentioned in the Author field. --MattiPaavola (talk) 17:59, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info This picture was taken in the Alhambra at night in 1970. The camera was a Linhof Technica 4x5 inch, lens f=90 mm, operating at F 11, converted with NIKON D90 in JPEG, it is a detail from sheet film. I already mentioned the original author Hans Bernhard in the Author field, who is my husband. --Schnobby (talk) 14:31, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for adding the details in the description. I got confused concerning the author since the Permission field says "Reproductions of works by Ingeborg Bernhard".
  •  Neutral This is obviously a very good shot. I'm assuming that the moon was used for backlight and the front is covered with tungsten filament. Taken that into account, the white balance is controlled nicely. The combination of yellow and blue light just add to the image. On the minus side, the crop and the perspective aren't perfect at top right and there is the film grain which, however, is alone in tolerable limits IMO. Therefore, neutral from me. --MattiPaavola (talk) 11:06, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hoodoos
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Image of Sergei Rachmaninoff in the later years of his life.

Cropped version of File:Sergei Rachmaninoff LOC 33968.jpg, digitaly restored to remove scratches and dust by Etincelles.

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A flag-map of the world.
Although I agree that the Greenlandic flag shouln't replace the Danish, Alaska's relation to the United States is to my knowledge no different from that of any of the other 50 states - Greenland, however, is far more autonomous than any other area (possibly except for the Faeroes) under the Danish crown. --Aqwis (talk) 10:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have only shown the national flags here, regardless of how autonomous any of their subdivisions are. --Transparent 6lue (talk) 23:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Although this would certainly make it look a lot better, keep in mind that it could be confused with the red of Denmark/Greenland/Faroe Islands. --Transparent 6lue (talk) 23:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The status of Svalbard is special - not really Norway. /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 09:36, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Still, Norway's surely the most accurate national flag that you could apply to it. Transparent 6lue (talk) 23:37, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Svalbard is a part of the Kingdom of Norway, see en:Politics_of_Svalbard#Spitsbergen_Treaty. --Kjetil_r 20:15, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The black outlines should not make the ocean a problem. However, if anyone wants to change the ocean to very pale blue (or perhaps very pale grey), someone else will have to do it because the finished file makes my computer lag too much. --Transparent 6lue (talk) 23:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The black outlines aren't enough for my eyes. But I'm an idiot... the sea is transparent in the svg, so I can have whatever background I like - no need for a change.  Support --99of9 (talk) 00:18, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The Finnish flag is bigger than the Swedish one because if you look up the proportions, the Finnish cross is much more thicker. The shapes of the countries are also a factor in how they turned out. --Transparent 6lue (talk) 23:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, my mistake. After checking the sources, I have to shamely admit that I didn't know my and my neighbor's flags. :-) Thanks for the explanation. --MattiPaavola (talk) 23:46, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what you mean by Alaska and Greenland being "the same way", but I'll answer the other points. I have updated the map to reflect a new criteria, which is the UN member countries plus the Republic of China. As for the proportions, I decided that the designs where the field was distinctly divided into several areas should be kept as close to the original as possible. On the other hand, I decided that the symbol-on-a-background designs could be resized if it would help recognisability. I have added all islands now. Transparent 6lue (talk) 23:37, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The UN member countries plus the Republic of China. Transparent 6lue (talk) 02:01, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is Western Sahara the UN member state? Why would you add the Republic of China which has less recognitions than Western Sahara and also why not add Palestine which has more reconigtions than any other state? It's obvious there is no criteria for this map.--Avala (talk) 13:18, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for informing me of the situation, I wasn't sure about how recognised certain places are. In any case, I have taken Takabeg's advice and now the map shows only the UN member states. Also, I'm still confused about your statement that "It shows Alaska and Greenland the same way", could you please clarify what this means and what you would recommend instead? Transparent 6lue (talk) 00:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I mean that the status of Alaska and Greenland is not the same. Though this is the matter not so important and can be viewed differently so I will change my vote to  Support now that the criteria is set.--Avala (talk) 16:59, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment - I recommend you change as the map of Member States of the United Nations. Takabeg (talk) 15:32, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The UN's official position (to the best of my knowledge) is that Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China, and that Western Sahara is part of Morocco. Also, if I changed those two to white, it'd start up arguments and debates about which places should be white and which ones shouldn't (for example Palestine, Kosovo etc.). So, although there is no perfect solution to the problem of "which countries should be shown on this map, and how?", the current version seems to provoke the least arguing so it's probably the closest to "perfect" that it can get. Feel free to suggest any more improvements, though. Transparent 6lue (talk) 00:38, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Please look at the map of UN. Takabeg (talk) 05:07, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pointing that out. I've changed Western Sahara to light grey now, especially as it is a Non-Self-Governing Territory with no administration (source). As for Taiwan, I'm sure that it's correct the way it is, but don't hesitate to correct me if necessary. Transparent 6lue (talk) 06:04, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Maro aground
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Afaik this was Al Khazneh  ;-) --Berthold Werner (talk) 16:27, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You're right. Though the "inner" part with the two lions doesn't appear to exist at all in reality... -- JovanCormac 20:52, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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False tinder fungus (Phellinus igniarius) on a dead Oak.
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Low pressure system
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360°Panorama of the desert around Spitzkoppe, Namibia
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  • Better formulation? I think Alvesgaspar was right, you are somehow disappointed when you discover it´s not a panorama. Any chance of taking one? And as I stated, I´m not decided yet. In general, for me technical issues are all in all less important than the overall feeling of a picture and I might well approve in the end Nikopol (talk) 12:05, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hey - one of the reasons for doing this is to get feedback and I appreciate it. I will definitely go for a panorama next time I am that way but it won't be for a while yet. As I said I had no intentions of misleading with this but I had to crop the foreground or I would not have supported it :) --Herby talk thyme 12:08, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral Composition & resolution. Because you have such great elevation, I think even the front houses would be better cut out. But of course then you would need a high-res panorama to get details on the College. Definitely potential at this location. --99of9 (talk) 13:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC) Actually, looking at it longer, I think the resolution is sufficient, so maybe a crop will be enough? --99of9 (talk) 13:48, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  OpposeAn impresive building, but the houses in front distract too much. They are also partially cropped which doesn't help either. It might well be that it is not possible to take a FP which shows this building entirely without using a helicopter since I'm afraid that the composition will collapse if the bottom part is just cropped away from this image. A very valuable image with nice colors anyway. --MattiPaavola (talk) 18:52, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Available if this is of interest to people :) Thanks.

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A starry night above Death Valley NP
I guess, you've never taken a picture of a meteor.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:22, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, I didn´t realise the meteor is the important thing, must have somehow skipped this part of the explanation. But IMO the capture of the meteor does not quite make up for that amount of noise. Nikopol (talk) 23:46, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Nikopol, just check the date when this photograph was taken: 22 October 2007. As you can check out from this table, Mbz1 apparently planned this photograph carefully by journeying to the Death valley exactly when an Orionid shower was to be expected and where, given the extremely dry air and the absence of artificial light, you get fine conditions for photographing the night sky. Given the speed of the meteors, the selection of ISO 1600 (at an exposure time of 8s) sounds quite sensible to me. --AFBorchert (talk) 00:12, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
When I was taking the images I was mostly thinking about capturing as many meteors as possible even very faint ones because the images are used for recerch. I used fisheye in order to capture as much sky as possible. The lens aperture is 3.5. To capture faint meteors with such a lens and such an aperture I should have used ISO 1600. I did not care about noise. My bad, how I forgot about FPC That's OK I should have learned a long time ago never to nominate for FPC something that is special to me :)--Mbz1 (talk) 00:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That's right, what could be featurable in the only image of a meteor to be present in FP images :) If it is feutered, it will be so lonely :) --Mbz1 (talk) 00:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 should have kept it to myself :)

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A starry night above Death Valley NP

 should have kept it to myself :)

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Grand Prismatic Spring
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Melk Abbey - Fountain
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Chameleon in Madagascar
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 Comment It's Ad-Deyr (The Monastery), as seen in Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. Daniel Case (talk) 06:50, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Dunes around Sossusvlei, Namibia
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ORF interview in Wien.
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Lemur catta in Berenty, Madagascar
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Diagrama del estómago y sus partes.
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Mandelbrot set
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Droplet on a Rose
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A photo of the four stones on the top of the Clent Hills in Worcestershire, UK
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Ambewela Farms, Sri Lanka.

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Model of the basement from the Stuttgarter Fernsehturm

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A numbered version is also available. --Niabot (talk) 20:03, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Power lines
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Skyline of Toronto
Hätte man sich das Bild genau angeschaut wüsste man, dass es kein Schiff ist, was da am rechten Rand zu sehen ist. Wladyslaw (talk) 16:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The part you see at the right corner is not a ship but a part of the wharf. Wladyslaw (talk) 10:03, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification. I anyway think that the mast and the related equipment should be either fully shown or cut away completely to meet the very high criteria of an FP. --MattiPaavola (talk) 11:21, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
When I look at this picture with my TFT-Monitor under good conditions this picture glow positivly. You may adjust your monitor if you think it is underexposed. I have also made a brighter version: [1], but this candidate is closer to reality. Wladyslaw (talk) 09:06, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Ancient electricity-pole in Tel-Aviv, Israel. This picture was taken during the city's 100th anniversary. This pole is probably around 100 years old.
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Lake Pedder
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Artcarfest in San Francisco
Well, maybe. I discovered the thing after sunset, so I had no choice as to use time exposure. The colors are original. I did not ajust them in PS, but here's a new version:
  •  Question What about the artist? I think the least you could do is credit the artist who decorated the car; featuring a work of art without crediting its author would really be unfair. –Tryphon 16:16, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I absolutely agree with you, but I do not know the name of the artist. I even went to their website and emailed them, but they never responded. If I knew the name, I would have removed my name from the desription at all. Could you please give me an advise what should I do in such situation? Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:22, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you have friends in the police department, you could ask them to run the license plate number :) –Tryphon 16:33, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I do not have friends there, but it is a good idea. Maybe, if I explain to police what I need it for they will help me:) In a meantime I believe I deserve to be awarded with "unfair FPC contributor" barnstar  :) BTW here's a side story about police. Once my car was broken into, and my camera was stolen. Few weeks later on the same parking lot I saw two men standing next to the broken window of another car. Except the two men parking lot was deserted, no people only few empty cars here and there, yet the men parked their van right next to the car with a broken window. The glass from the window was on the ground. The break was fresh. When the men saw me they got back to their car, and left. I was able to take few images of them, and their car with my new camera. I went to police, but they explained to me that as long as I did not actually see how they broken that window, nothing could be done about the men. They refused to run any check on them at all. I called my insurance company, the one, who paid for my stolen camera, but they were not interested either--Mbz1 (talk) 16:50, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Artcarfest in San Francisco

You are welcome to support original :) --Mbz1 (talk) 14:07, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Plaza del Coso in Peñafiel, Valladolid, Spain, a town square used as well as bullring. At the top, the castle.
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Bluff erosion


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You are so right! What could be special in an image of the building that is about to fall into ocean? My bad, next time I will try to come up with something more special--Mbz1 (talk) 21:38, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I believe Llorenzi meant that picture is nothing special, not the object. --Leafnode 13:36, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You forgot to oppose original --Mbz1 (talk) 14:34, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Brown pelican
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Model of a Confederation Bridge segment
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Church over Kos international airport
  •  Comment From my point of view - subject of photo is just contrast of combination - modern planes x old clasic chappel. But the truth is, that the post-processing here very high. --Karel (talk) 17:27, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Former Swedish railcar, now used in Serbia, on the line from Zaječar to Niš
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cornice below the dome on the Dresden Frauenkirche
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Gas discharge matrix display.
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buddhabrot fractal
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A Laughing Kookaburra perched atop a gravestone.
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Malnurished child

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Malnurished child (cropped)

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Kos island, Greece, two priest talking in front of church.
  •  Comment You know, I was thinking about cuting image, but from my point of view this blue shutter and other things are typical for the atmosphere of Greece. But of course, this is just the matter your feeling... --Karel (talk) 21:22, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Oxbow Bend outlook in the Grand Teton National Park Edit
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Woman holds a .50 caliber machine gun
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Oxbow Bend outlook in the Grand Teton National Park
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