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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Ivar (talk) 08:26, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Pouting (Trisopterus luscus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family : Gadidae (Cods, Codfishes and True Cods)
  •  Info Pouting (Trisopterus luscus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. Poutings belong to the cod family (Gadidae) and are found predominantly in European waters, especially around the south and west of the British Isles and in Scandinavian waters, although they can also be found in the Mediterranean and along the north African coast. It's generally a small fish, seldom exceeding 30 centimetres (12 in) in length. They forage for any food source they can find with marine worms, shellfish and dead fish all making up their diet. It was previously ignored as a commercial fish. However, the decline in the stocks of whitefish species such as cod and haddock has seen pouting acquire a growing value as a commercial fish, and they are now available both as whole fish from fishmongers and supermarkets and are also used in fish products such as fish fingers and ready meals. Note: we have no FPs of the whole order Gadiformes. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 16:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 16:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Could maybe do with being a tiny bit brighter? but excellent composition and image quality Cmao20 (talk) 18:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Ivar (talk) 08:27, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Southeastern Florence from the Duomo terrace (panorama)
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Ivar (talk) 08:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Oops, strike per Rhododendrites' discovery below. I mostly check the borders of a photo since that is usually where the trouble is, so I missed this middle thing. Looks like some unlucky moaré from the upload. Matthias Süßen, any chance you can fix this? --Cart (talk) 20:13, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Cart, please have a look at my comment below (and the version I have just uploaded). --Aristeas (talk) 20:29, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the edit Aristeas. I have un-striked the vote above. Good that you know Matthias well enough to help him, I didn't dare to touch it myself. --Cart (talk) 20:34, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment This is moiré from the demosaicing of the sensor’s Bayer pattern. It can be spotted also in several other places. Photos with many venetian blinds are very prone to this kind of error, it’s almost unavoidable and must be mitigated in post-processing. – Because I know that Matthias is busy in real live, I have uploaded an edited version in which the moirés (and some occasional CAs) are reduced, just as a little help. @Matthias Süßen: I hope you are OK with this, I just want to help to make a good photo even better. @Rhododendrites: Please check the result (after clearing your cache); I hope it’s better. If you find some remaining moirés, please annotate them, then I can fix them. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 20:28, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Ivar (talk) 08:26, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hell Gate Bridge panorama
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Ivar (talk) 08:26, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:UBTZ 2TE116UM Tynh - Narst.jpg, featured

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Train in Mongolia
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Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:28, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Basilica of San Francesco (Assisi), view of side/rear from NW
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:27, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Just like Cmao20 correctly said below. I thought it was obvious that I meant that the subject in the photo is horrifying and creepy. The photo itself is good except for the small things I mentioned. --Cart (talk) 22:33, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Can you indicate where exactly you saw the stacking errors? Because I can't see anything. Looks like everything has been removed. Shapomacro (talk) 06:18, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Most of them are right in the middle of the photo, on the back of the beetle. Water drops and ridges on the back shield are double, and there is an unsharp murky area just below the beetle. --Cart (talk) 11:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, but these are not staking problems. This is how it was in nature. It's about the drops. In fact, you are probably 1 in 1000 who would be able to notice something like this. I've seen photos of worse quality than this. Shapomacro (talk) 19:11, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:08, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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there is nothing artificial in this photo. You will find the natural vignetting of this lens here--Wilfredor (talk) 03:20, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Lens vignetting, then? COM:I mentions "Inappropriate vignetting" in the list of common problems (section "Lighting"). Certainly fixable -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:18, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I applied Lightroom's automatic lens correction, in addition to this, I have no idea how that vignething can be corrected without generating a bleached edge or an effect where details are lost. I accept suggestions on how to correct this. Wilfredor (talk) 04:22, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, Lightroom has automatic lens correction, but sometimes that correction need a bit of an additional push from the manual vignetting correction. You just have to be careful not to overdo it. You can also use the gradient filter/tool to fine-tune the exposure/shadows/blacks along the borders. --Cart (talk) 11:26, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Thanks Wilfredor (talk) 12:12, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, better now. The 2 sides are still a bit dark, but very acceptable in my view -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:05, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:06, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Yes, artifacts and weird colors. Faces and arms. @Yann the reason is certainly because the color space is ProPhoto RGB, not sRGB. See this nomination with similar problems -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:39, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Agreed with Basile Morin. Also agreed with Yann about the category. Human behaviour seems to be more the subject here than the whale. --Jay.Jarosz (talk) 06:20, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support The gallery link is indeed misleading. IMHO this is a really funny and revealing picture (almost like a caricature) of human behaviour. The whale behaves with dignity, just as most animals do most of the time; we, the human beings, are behaving ridiculously. – But of course the tilt (see horizon) would need correction, {{Personality rights}} should be added, the gallery link should be changed to something like Commons:Featured pictures/People#Others. I see no problems with the colours, but agree that ProPhoto RGB, which is an excellent colour space for advanced editing with 16 or more bits per channel, is not advisable for simple JPEG output files with just 8 bits per channel. So it would be better to convert the photo to a RGB colour space which is suited better for 8 bits per channel. --Aristeas (talk) 10:36, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I changed the gallery from the purely animal to this. Of course the focus is on the human behavior, but they wouldn't behave this way if there wasn't something to react to, and here the reason for it is an animal. The 'habitat' gallery is wide enough to include inter-species (human/animal) photos like this.
But the compo and quality of the photo is another matter. --Cart (talk) 11:22, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I added Personality rights template, also I fixed the tilt, I added retouched template cited by Basile, I changed the colors space, however, The other mistakes I think could happen since this is not a static image of a landscape or a stationary object like an architectural construction where you have the time to adjust the camera and do many things. This is not Seaworld, this photo was taken in a remote area hours from the coast and a unique sighting after a whole day waiting, additionally this is not just a sighting of the humpback whale but also the reaction of the people. I honestly think the combination is unique. Wilfredor (talk) 12:24, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The artifacts are still here, and the stitching errors too. Actually the artifacts seem to come from the post-processing, because the original image reveals an insufficient level of detail. The problem with the current plastic-like effect is that many local parts seem deformed. Look at the tattooed arm of the guy laughing in the center for example, it is completely gray in the current version. Weird. The man with a cap and a red cellphone looks like a monster when zooming, sorry, same as his neighbors, and he's got like three hands. Unfortunately these people are also half recognizable, so maybe it's detrimental -- Basile Morin (talk) 13:08, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    ✓ Done I just did a remake of both the edge you mentioned, I also corrected the tilt but the sky left it as it was naturally and I also did apply selective noise reduction techniques. The plastic faces should be corrected now Wilfredor (talk) 13:14, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's a big dust spot at the upper right corner. But the faces look more natural now, and the legitimate templates are also an improvement. The stitching errors are still here, however, and I don't think this part is fixable, mainly because the space will be too limited in any case, as part of the composition. The picture had several problems at the beginning, in my view: low level of detail, bland light /washed out colors, and above all no space at all around the ship. Even with the best will of the world, it's hard to produce a FP from a technically mediocre shot -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:55, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I think there could be a balance between focusing on pixel errors and composition. I agree that it is a mediocre photo but having a humpback whale in the middle plus the expression of the people gives it significant weight. Of course the technical is objective and the weight is subjective. Wilfredor (talk) 03:15, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • On the other way, it is just a fin of the whale, and a boat full of tourists brandishing their cell phones in packs. With the advertising designs painted on the hull, this tour feels a bit of mass attraction -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:02, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    It is a live moment where several animals are interacting, in my photos I try to ensure that social interaction exists on many occasions. Other photographers prefer inert landscapes, others architecture and that's fine. Wilfredor (talk) 06:03, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Unilateral observation more than "interaction" in this picture -- Basile Morin (talk) 06:15, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I appreciate your technical feedback and agree that there are aspects that can be improved. However, I also believe that the essence of this photograph lies in its ability to capture a living moment. Although it may not be technically perfect, its artistic/encyclopedic value resides in the story it tells and the emotions it evokes. I will continue working on balancing technique and artistic expression in my future photos Wilfredor (talk) 06:28, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose This is a good useful capture and I understand why it is presented here but I fear that for me Basile’s ‘dull light’ is the killer. The composition is also not quite satisfying to me. I find it hard to say exactly why but I think my problem is the boat is too close to the top left of the frame with insufficient room to breathe. Cmao20 (talk) 02:15, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Comment Agree that a description explaining the colours would be very welcome. --Aristeas (talk) 10:18, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since this is taken in autumn, the yellow-brownish stuff is probably just dead plant material. A mix of leaves and algae on the white sand of the bay, brown when wet and getting yellow as it dries. My fjords look about the same that time of the year. The Google maps photo is taken in winter and it shows no color, which would not be the case if the color was mineral-related. Also, this photo was taken when the tide was out or the water level was low, so probably most algae. --Cart (talk) 12:04, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have no expertise in marine life, but it's quite highly likely Fucus vesiculosus known as rock weed, which is very common and widely found. I didn't have a close look at it in this place, but have seen such yellow weed elsewhere. The way they are lined up suggests, the yellow materia has accumulated by the tides instead of having come down from the river. I don't believe it has anything to do with iron deposits or such. The white is just sand. I will write this on description, but it means that I cannot also be 100% sure of what everything is. Thank you! --Ximonic (talk) 11:27, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Sergius Stepniak
  • Ah, thank you and sorry for the confusion, Cart. I linked the official portrait because I was really fascinated that Trump used this expression even for the pretentious official portrait – but else the mug shot is indeed much better ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 14:47, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 16:46, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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British singer and songwriter Dua Lipa at the SWR3 New Pop Festival 2016
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Result: 11 support, 2 oppose, 2 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 15:34, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) Daintree River, Queensland, Australia
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 00:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:John Everett Millais - The Blind Girl, 1854-56.jpg, featured

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The Blind Girl by John Everett Millais.
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Computer-generated image of a Sierpiński pyramid with a gold like shader
Good point! I didn't think of it when I nominated this picture :D --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 22:17, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 01:05, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Cynorrhodons sous la neige.jpg

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Rose hips under the snow

 I withdraw my nomination Yann (talk) 11:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:17, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hydrangea macrophylla in Cooch Behar, West Bengal
  •  Comment @Leoneix: To explain this in more detail: This nomination was added only recently to the list of nominations, but already created on 12 December. Because of that our FPCBot handles this as an old nomination and closes it immediately. To fix this, please create a new nomination for this image (just as you did before) and add it immediately to the list of nominations. Then everything will work as expected. Thank you! (And if it does not work, don’t hesitate to write it here, then we can help you.) Best, --Aristeas (talk) 09:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just to add to the advice above, you must use "/2" after the file name or the creation of the new nom will not work. There is a small note about this just above the box you fill in, but it is often overlooked. It says: "For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2". --Cart (talk) 09:51, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Aristeas@Tomer T@W.carter thanks for your suggestions Leoneix (talk) 12:44, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:15, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Serra do Papagaio - Acauã Cabral (01).jpg, featured

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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:16, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Comment ArionStar, when you add a nom to this list you have a bad habit of spelling "Commons:" with a lower case "c" (commons). I suspect that is why the FPCBot can find and move this nom further. I have fixed that now, and hopefully the FPCBot will find this and process it. Can you please remember to spell the page name right in the future. --Cart (talk) 22:13, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hermann Schwarz
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 20:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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A heap of shrimp shells on a plate
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Food and drink#Food
  •  Info For those who are not so familiar with cooking, shrimp shells are used for making prawn stock the same way you use bones to make beef or chicken stock. To a cook, a pile like this is gold; there is so much taste concentrated in what is left once you've eaten the shrimps.
The white linen tablecloth with its fold creases, is a nod to the old painters who often used creased tablecloths like this to show off their painting skills. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 12:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, sorry. My stacking didn't start any closer than that, so I don't have any more frames for it. Did some light sharpening of the shells down there, but the cloth is what it is. --Cart (talk) 17:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, this from last winter. I just have a huge backlog of photos to edit now. ;-) My little town is one of the main shrimping towns in Sweden, so we buy the shrimps directly from the boats down at the quay whenever we like. --Cart (talk) 10:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, that's nice. If we had these towns where I live, everyone would be rushing to get these prawns in December ;-). --SHB2000 (talk) 07:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but not the heads!!![3] --Wilfredor (talk) 02:17, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I will remenber that :) --Laitche (talk) 03:24, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Palauenc05 (talk) 13:18, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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New snow on birch crowns in Tuntorp
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File:Monumento a Silvia Marini Rogati, 1948, Firenze, cimitero delle Porte Sante - Opera di Mario Moschi.jpg, not featured

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Monument to Silvia Marini Rogati, 1948, Florence, Cemetery of the Holy Doors - Artwork by Mario Moschi
  • ArionStar I did not vote for that picture either, but the one you link is a very abstract photo, and pixel-level detail is less important than the overall composition. In this photograph, the detail on the statue absolutely does matter. The correct comparison in terms of image quality would be something like this which is clearly far superior. Cmao20 (talk) 17:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 CommentI would like to point out that it is a statue in the cemetery which is located under the church of San Miniato a Monte, a position from where the city of Florence is dominated. It is the same cemetery where Franco Zeffirelli rests. As far as the photo is concerned, it is the best possible shot, even at the expense of the panorama of the city of Florence. It is a monument created in the post-fascist era, in which artists had great difficulty finding work, and therefore only the richest families of the time commissioned works. It is not known whether the lady to whom the monument is dedicated was considered a great mother or a teacher. This is just to explain the work.(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 09:35, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Anna.Massini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 09:35, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 01:37, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • There is an annotation on the photo saying that the main flower bud is 11 mm in diameter. (Now added to the description.) Perhaps you don't have the annotations enabled on your device. --Cart (talk) 19:23, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 09:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Dead Sea salt crystals.jpg

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Yes, some phones can make good photos of certain objects, but I don't think this one is good enough. It has a lot of those weird big artifacts you so often get with phones. Sometimes the phones have huge resolution that makes up for the lack of quality, but this file is not one of them. Wet salt crystals are hard to capture, so they need a better camera. Sorry. --Cart (talk) 21:08, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Great cormorant at Tennōji Park in Osaka, December 2023 - 5515.jpg, featured

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Great cormorant at Tennōji Park in Osaka.
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File:Boy taking a corner kick during a little league soccer game in Brastad arena.jpg

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Boy taking a corner kick during a little league soccer game in Brastad arena
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Association football (soccer)
  •  Info During a friendly game in the Little League at Brastad arena, this little guy had more energy than most of his team mates, even though he was the smallest. He got to take the corner kicks, I guess that's his specialty. I love how his whole, slightly awkward, body language is just like Calvin's in Calvin and Hobbes. :-) I do hope he will make something of his talent. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 19:49, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Cart (talk) 19:49, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I love to see his dedication in every fiber of his body. This is also an excellent example of how to take picutres of kids without hurting their personality rights and possibly embarassing them for ever after. --Kritzolina (talk) 08:52, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Ordinary picture, in my view. A human's back is like an animal's back or a flower seen from behind, rarely attractive, most often. Here the gesture is not exceptional, compared to this or that for example. Although shooting people from behind may solve all COM:PEOPLE issues of course, it would also make the project perfectly boring, to be honest. Arm and foot suffer from motion blur. The upper right corner is distracting. Perhaps a quality image but not one of the best of the website, sorry -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:09, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • For me, a person's body language (as noticed by Kritzolina) is just as interesting as their face. I don't think you can compare this little guy with photos of elite soccer player. And finally, I chose to include part of the goal post to the right, since it gives you a clue of what he is aiming at. --Cart (talk) 10:19, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Perhaps the composition was wanted, but it looks random, because this goal is just a tiny part.
I'm comparing the gestures. This movement is not incredible, frankly almost all children playing football shoot like that. Moreover, as part of the body language, his facial expression is missing.
Children in motion like in this picture or that one are more appealing in my opinion, because we see the faces.
Also the boy is a bit small in the frame. There's a lot of empty space between him and the red flag, and in proportion too little on the right. But the action is located there. Thus in the balance, the space is not well distributed -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:32, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that is your opinion, and you are entitled to it. I guess we just see people and the world in different ways. You don't like this and that's fine. I like it and I hope that's ok. --Cart (talk) 11:54, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, there is no question of metaphysics here, for me it is an innocuous little photo and my subjective opinion, whatever its relationship to the consensus, is certainly not going to revolutionize the planet -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:06, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Official crew portrait for Artemis II, from left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Btw, I can't help feeling we've got Ripley, Rhodes, McKay and Sheridan all in one photo! :-D --Cart (talk) 13:15, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • It's this. A critically endangered bird, fewer than 250 individuals in the world maybe as few as 50. Additionally it's a ground forager so v difficult to get a picture. Even seeing this bird is extremely difficult let alone getting a sharp 21 megapixel photo of it. The only photo of this species on Commons and one of only five or six (and by far the best) on the internet. It's third in my queue of pictures to nominate atm so you will see it here in the next couple of weeks. Cmao20 (talk) 16:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It doesn't look overexposed on my monitor. The background is certainly light, but I am not seeing any highlight clipping/loss of detail anywhere so I think it's a deliberate choice not to pull the highlights back any further. But I could be wrong. Maybe elaborate on why you think it is overexposed/add notes to show highlight clipping and I can drop JJH a note and ask him to fix? Cmao20 (talk) 16:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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    Female
  • (Territorial) male
    (Territorial) male
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A male Eurasian wren singing.
Great! :-) --Cart (talk) 12:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Rare view of Trier (northeast), wood engraving by Hubert Clerget: "Trèves - Vue générale", in: Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, L` Allemagne illustrée. Géographie, Histoire, Administration, Statistique (Paris: Rouff 1885-1888).
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Boyd's forest dragon (Lophosaurus boydii) Daintree, QLD
I thought that this shows so much more detail that people would prefer it. 20:32, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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* Comment A bit of minor confusion, leading to an accidentally early closing of this. This resulted in Charles making his new nom in good faith, so he now has three active noms. Not his fault, so I think it's best to just let this slide. Correcting things would only result in more mess and confusion. --Cart (talk) 16:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Galtaji Mandir reflected in the so called Ladies Pool (Zanana Kund)
  •  Comment This is indeed a beautiful scene, but since it is an awarded photo, we can't touch it. However it would be a shame to lose it due to such a simple thing as perspective, so now there is a version with perspective correction. Dialing down the contrast was done in a separate step so you can reverse it. You could add this as an 'Alt' if you like. It's not the first time we have different versions of a photo, going with different criteria in different competitions/assessments. --Cart (talk) 12:57, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank you very much, Cart – in my eyes your version looks much better, I would vote for it. I wanted to try to correct the photo, too – now I’m happy to see that you have already done that ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 14:15, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Galtaji Mandir reflected in the so called Ladies Pool (Zanana Kund)

  •  Oppose per XRay. I did not notice at first sight there are still perspective issues. The top of the building is not horizontal. An inclination of about 2 degrees cannot be explained by the depth of field in this case, and I don't think this old architecture is naturally leaning that much. I can fix it if necessary -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you all for the care you took with this nomination! --Kritzolina (talk) 08:21, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Rogier van der Weyden: The Descent from the Cross
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  •  Info Rogier van der Weyden: The Descent from the Cross. High resolution file. Uploaded by Dcoetzee - nominated by -- Thi (talk) 10:17, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Thi (talk) 10:17, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Really giant resolution – so giant that even on machines with much RAM browsers often display just a low-resolution preview. The same applies to each of the single tiles. Use the zoom viewer (if it works) or download the file in order to appreciate the details. However there is a little problem: The file does not contain a colour profile (not even a colour space hint). I wanted to add it, but before doing so one would need to know the correct colour space – and in this case it is hard to guess it; with sRGB the colours look very faded and greenish, with AdobeRGB they look better, but still too dark, etc. The same problem applies also to the single tiles. This version is scaled down, but still big, and offers a defined colour space and better colours, but I wonder whether they are accurate. Could anybody who knows this paining himself (or owns a good reliable reproduction) comment on the colours and brightness of the original painting? Thanks. --Aristeas (talk) 15:09, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The bright version shows the details well, but the red and blue clothes are too pale. [4] --Thi (talk) 15:41, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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✓ Done Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 12:44, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Shell of an Olive snail, Olivancillaria vesica
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2023 Shaw Prize winner Eva Nogales
In favor of the alternative version. ★ 17:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC) [reply]
Hi Cmichel67, thank you very much for the other version! To avoid confusion, I have taken the liberty to change your link to a simple text link and to add the other version as an “alternative version” below. This helps voters (and our FPCBot) to distinguish between both versions and to make clear which vote and comment belongs to which version. Hope it helps, best, --Aristeas (talk) 15:15, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
thank you. i'm not really an expert at wikipedia so grateful for all your help. Cmichel67 (talk) 15:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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2023 Shaw Prize winner Eva Nogales

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Castle of the Teutonic Order in Kirchhausen, Heilbronn, Germany
  •  Comment You have a sharp eye ;–). I have dealt a long time with the perspective correction of this photo because (as usual) not all walls etc. are vertical in reality and it is impossible to get all verticals exactly vertical. In the end I found a careful compromise with gave me the best (i.e. most realistic) overall impression. If I would change it, to get the right walls completely vertical, other vertical lines would start to lean out, even in the right part (e.g. at some windows). Therefore I would prefer to keep the perspective as it is. Asking for your understanding, --Aristeas (talk) 17:23, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thought that might be the case! These old buildings are often not quite as vertical as we'd like. More than happy to support anyway. BigDom (talk) 08:02, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Alternative

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A Saddhu in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tufted duck
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Male banded demoiselle
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Sunset at Café del Mar
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Landscape in Schellenberg, Unterland, Liechtenstein
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Saint Lawrence church in Schaan, Oberland, Liechtenstein
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Balinese Religious Offering during the Galungan Celebration
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  • Hi SDudley, no there is nothing you should do with the nomination, I will take care of the rest for you. The nom and the code needs to be updated, and it is better if one of us regulars do that. Just sit back and enjoy the ride while I fix this. :-) Best, --Cart (talk) 23:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, all fixed. Good luck with your nom! --Cart (talk) 23:22, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! SDudley (talk) 03:51, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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White-lipped tree frog (Nyctimystes infrafrenatus) Daintree rainforest, Queensland
  • And here I wrote on the dragon nom that I thought we could just let this slide this time since this wasn't Charles' fault, to avoid further confusion. Oh well, you do as you like. Or, perhaps someone can take over this nom? My quota is unfortunately full. --Cart (talk) 16:34, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination as requested. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:24, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Charlesjsharp Do you want me to take this nomination myself? I have one spare nomination as of typing this. --SHB2000 (talk) 02:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done; not a problem! --SHB2000 (talk) 12:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) fawn morph in the Esk Valley, Tasmania
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Photographer's comment: "The boy and the beast. Abseiling down the Aiguillette d'Argentière after climbing Rébuffat-Terray. No performance, just the atmosphere... The memory of the legendary rope team of Gaston Rébuffat and Lionel Terray to which this route pays homage, the Chamonix setting with the Aiguille du Chardonnet in the background, and this magical summer evening where everything seems both grandiose and extremely simple."

 I withdraw my nomination Yann (talk) 19:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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At dawn on the Cresta Signal, Signalkuppe
  • @Laitche: Please be aware that sky colors are often very different in high altitude, as mentioned by Aristeas below. I don't see hint that the image was manipulated. I sent a message to the photographer. Yann (talk) 10:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is no problem for the license (otherwise I wouldn't even have uploaded it), but I hope to get the metadata. No answer so far. I am not sure people get a ping when they have a message there. BTW could someone review the free license available at the source please? Yann (talk) 16:10, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It’s a pity that the metadata are missing completely, there is not even a hint to the colour space. This is problematic as the file may display differently on different devices. By viewing the file in several common colour spaces I conclude that it uses the usual default colour space, sRGB. (In theory it also could be AdobeRGB, but then the colours would be very oversaturated, or good old AppleRGB, but that colour space is really archaic and the photo was published in 2019, so that seems absolutely unlikely.) Therefore I have added a sRGB colour profile to the file, to ensure uniform display. Hope it helps, --Aristeas (talk) 10:19, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Azumaya and Abeno Harukas in the water reflection at keitakuen, Osaka, Japan.
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Hestskjær lighthouse in a northwestern storm
  • Fixed, coordinates given by the author converted to 'object location'. Camera location is estimated by the angle and this photo taken a few minutes later, where you have a skerry in the foreground. Re the quality, I can only refer to the time I took this photo, and you can see how blurry it is from all the noise reduction, even though the object was right in front of me, not 1 km away. Taking photos like this, is like being inside a saltwater fog and they get noisy because of that. --Cart (talk) 15:01, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Detail view of a violet sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
At full size, the contours are not well defined. --Cart (talk) 12:44, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Oppose Bokeh effects are another thing, this is simply not sharp. Also, sand dunes (or more correctly sand waves) are so easy to find and photograph, it would be nicer to see a cleaner photo of them without what almost looks like cigarette butts. --Cart (talk) 17:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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View from the Grand Ballon to the Alps. In the forground the Memorial Diables Bleus
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Helene Schjerfbeck: The Convalescent (1888)
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Rough diamonds - necklace in UV and normal light
The image is made from two photos edited and merged in Photoshop. (No ICM involved.) The two original photos were put into layers. Selected parts of the necklace in UV photo were then copied into new layers and treated with the motion blur option: Filter>Blur>Motion Blur. The layers were then edited, mainly using the eraser tool at different settings, before being merged into a single layer. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 20:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, yeah that one may be more arty, but I selected this one since I think it has more "impact" and works better in articles, because you can see the individual stones better. --Cart (talk) 22:47, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the case here with diamonds, yes. Material that have strong fluorescence, like the stones here, do not just reflect light, they also emit light back. In simple words, they glow under UV light. So all contours get softened, and you need to set the focus manually under normal light and then switch to UV. Autofocus doesn't work most of the time when you do photos in UV; it can't get a lock on softly glowing things. --Cart (talk) 08:57, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Abstain per below discussion with Basile Morin. I'll let the FPC community decide which version of this picture to promote, seeing that it seems clear that some version will pass. Cmao20 (talk) 14:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • J.-H. Janßen I see that you have specified that you would prefer to make fixes to your images because you would prefer to work from the original RAW data. If you are currently around on Commons, please could you perhaps find the time to have a look at the tilt issue Basile Morin mentions as an obstacle to this photo gaining 'Featured Picture' status? I think a tiny perspective correction may be the solution. All best wishes, Cmao20 (talk) 16:59, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, but I'm not entirely convinced it's an improvement. It has made the lamppost on the left lean a lot more and I think it's now leaning out slightly on the right. However, since this nomination has four days still to go, I will save you the bother of creating a delist and replace by adding an alternative and pinging all voters. And I'll stay neutral on both images so that the community can judge which one they prefer. Cmao20 (talk) 14:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Lutheran Village Church (Dorfkirche) in Groß Leuthen

  •  Abstain This is an edited version by Basile Morin as an attempt to correct the perspective. I am honestly uncertain which one is better, I think it may show how difficult it is to get all the verticals perfectly straight in an image like this. I will abstain from voting on either version and allow the community to work out which one it thinks is superior. Cmao20 (talk) 14:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The Massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs
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Forsahavet, Narvik, Nordland, Norway
  • ✓ Done Thanks for nomination! :) I stepped magenta a little bit up and temperature a little down. However, I want to keep it a little on the warm side because the blue mountains would over saturate for my liking. May it be a vintage postcard then heh. I don't want to crop the composition - I have a different motif here, and this would get very similar to it. Now going for holiday, so i'm unable to edit for awhile. --Ximonic (talk) 11:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • To be clear, my crop suggestion was not to crop out all the dark areas, just about half of it (see image note). But fair play if you prefer it like it is. FP anyway to me Cmao20 (talk) 16:56, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, I saw the note. However, Stortinden (the mountain on the left) is rather well known for it's multiple peak that looks like a double peak with a saddle between them from this angle, and it would really be a shame to cut it in half. Besides I like the big looming dark to counter the brightness on the right side. --Cart (talk) 19:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Famberhorst, did you accidentally vote twice? (don't worry, I've done this unintentionally umptillion times before) --SHB2000 (talk) 01:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the mistake and thanks for the correction. Yours sincerely,--Famberhorst (talk) 16:44, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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A Leach's Storm-petrel in France.
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a dike at blue hour
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Contemporary specification of stops, keyboard and pedals of the console of the St Sulpice's pipe organ in Paris. Animated SVG.
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Contre-jour photograph of a standing piglet at sunset with colorful sky in Don Det Laos
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Volcano eruption next to Litli-Hrútur in Iceland in 2023
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Human–canine friendship - girl hugging her dog tightly at golden hour in Laos
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  • You lifted the shadows and modified the brightness, but at the beginning it was early afternoon (3 pm) when the light is harsh. It's not a question of post-processing, in my opinion. The original colors and light were every average. Perhaps a neutral-density filter would have helped in these conditions. Unfortunately the nature and sky don't pop up. Also the foreground is out of focus (slightly blurry) and there are cars in the background. For me it's a quality image of an ordinary park. You see the orientation of the shadows, the direction of the sun was not the most cooperative -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cmao20 and Basile Morin, thank you very much for your useful comments, I'll treasure them.
     I withdraw my nomination Terragio67 (talk) 14:09, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma), Red Sea, Egypt
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Portrait of the lion king Tryggve in the Serengeti National Park
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Euphorbia caput-medusae at Jardin de Cactus, Tenerife, in 2022
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Newly harvested beetroots (Beta vulgaris) in a basket.
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Genevieve Clark Thomson
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25 Pfennig Notgeld (emergency money) banknote, City of Mainz, Germany, 1921, RV: Roman legionary helmet found in the Rhine near Mainz
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Capture of the intricate architectural details, showcasing the balconies and windows of Taj Tower Hotel, set against the vibrant backdrop of Mumbai's iconic Gateway of India
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The first and second floors of the Toronto Reference Library, viewed from above
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1714 illustration of De rerum natura
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Side view of a calf with neck bent at golden hour in Don Det Laos
Here they manage remarkably well to feed themselves to satiation. As for the idea of sucking yourself, that's just rubbish. It might make people laugh, no doubt, I suppose? In reality it is a natural gesture similar to that of this FP -- Basile Morin (talk) 13:38, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is not nonsense, it is an incorrect gesture due to moral canons among humans for some cultures. But among animals it is totally normal to suck themselves Wilfredor (talk) 16:20, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please cut it out here? This discussion is offensive to some people, due to what you call moral canons and the language you use. It is also totally unneccessary. The calf is doing something typical for calves, that is all we need to judge the image. Kritzolina (talk) 16:27, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, like dogs, cats, and so many animals, cattle lick and scratch themselves. It's a natural behavior. Showing this is educational in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:51, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) in Nusa Dua, Bali
  • The one you link to from JJ Harrison is good but IMO not one of his best, I don't think the head is that sharp and is it just my monitor or is there a little bit of colour noise on the body? Yours is really superb though Charles. You should nominate it here or I will. Cmao20 (talk) 14:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yours and this one have very different angle, composition and colours, and I still like the composition of this photo and the choice of crop to place the bird in one corner and have some lead room. Well, not quite lead room as it's not a moving subject, but negative space ahead of where the subject is looking. Main flaw in this one is as you say that the focus has been missed slightly on the feathers. But I think I'll keep my vote. Yours is better but plenty of birds have 3 or 4 FP Cmao20 (talk) 14:26, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Charles, thanks for the replay. I just read your book the other day. Really enjoyed reading it, i learn a lot from it and i also quite likes your humors. I Didn't expect to see you commented in my photo :D. Sorry if this picture is not quite your standard. I just beginning learning photography, tbh this photo is my 3rd times using my first camera. I'm also not familiar about this featured picture, quality picture stuff. The rule is quite hard to understand for me a beginner here and also not a native speaker. Hopefully in the future i can improve my skill to be quite your standard. tbh I didn't really like the pose of the bird and the angel I take the photo. I just nominated it because i like the light and the mood. Eka343 (talk) 14:33, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry if I was too harsh. I hadn't noted you were new here. But as you can see, my view is a minority (of) one. Everyone has different ways of looking at a photo and most don't pixel-peep like I do... Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:51, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Heilbronn - Kirchhausen - St.-Anna-Linde - Ansicht von NNW im Juni.jpg, featured

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The Saint Anna Lime, a 300-year-old small-leaved lime tree in Kirchhausen, Heilbronn, Germany
  • Frank, Laitche, the photo shows the tree like I remember it from that evening. I think the colours are just the result of the combination of the warm = yellowish light of the evening sun with the fresh green of the leaves. The photo was taken in June, before the green of the leaves gets darker and less vivid. The tree is also at the beginning of its blossom, therefore the yellowish buds and the greenish-yellow bracts increase the yellow-green colouring. The grass is just fresh and green, too. During raw image development I have already reduced the saturation of the green tones (-10) and made the white balance a bit colder (the camera estimated temp. 6400, tint 12, I have changed this to temp. 6000, tint 15). The saturation was not increased. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 09:53, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Alviergruppe (in Switzerland) seen from Schaan, Unterland, Liechtenstein
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Duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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A nomad woman in Egypt wearing traditional clothes.
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White-bibbed Babbler
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Beata Beatrix
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Treacleberry
Thank you for your fixes! --The Cosmonaut (talk) 23:02, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't think the DoF is that good. I agree focus stacking should not be the standard but I have seen a lot of non focus stacked pictures that were sharper than this. Overall I think it's a good QI, well composed and attractive but doesn't wow me either in subject or technical quality for FP. Sorry, I do like your work and think you are a v good photographer Cmao20 (talk) 13:51, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support MZaplotnik(talk) 17:45, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Misinchinka Ranges
Sorry, I don't see it, the trees look vertical to be. Can anyone else notice this? --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:41, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's how it looks in my eyes. However, with panaramades of this size, this happens and it is extremely difficult to fix. So I  Support. --Laitche (talk) 00:32, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I withdraw my vote. Ermell is right. --Laitche (talk) 13:15, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Bare bones description (again), please add sufficient info and fill in the box saying "Captions" too. These info fields are not there to annoy authors, they are there to help tools and search engines find the image. The more things you fill in, the better chance is that your picture will be found and used. Isn't that what its's all about here, we want our photos to be used and seen, not just gathering dust in some archive. --Cart (talk) 09:30, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done: there wasn't much to add, actually; this is a remote part of the province, the peaks are not even named. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:41, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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A restored image of Buster Keaton.
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Window of the Fishermen's Church in Born a. Darß, Germany
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Fishermen's Church in Born, Germany
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  •  Neutral I didn't know that the caterpillar had been moved into this position, I thought it was just a lucky capture. I defer to Charles's experience on this issue. Cmao20 (talk) 22:24, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Penetration of sunlight in the forest above the village of Malovište

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Alpsee with Pindarplatz, Hohenschwangau Castle, "Hotel Alpenrose", and Neuschwanstein Castle; Hohenschwangau, Ostallgäu, Bavaria, Germany.
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Gold-saddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus), Red Sea, Egypt
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  • Natsuikomin, With respect, I disagree. You are the only person on this page right now on any nomination who has provided an oppose vote without justification, so I disagree that many people ignore the etiquette that you should provide a reason. Unless you mean that you think there is something in violation of proper etiquette about this image itself, in which case I would very much like to know what it is. I don’t want to nominate something if it is considered offensive but I can’t judge on that unless I have a reason. Also, the vote certainly does affect the nomination because without your vote the nomination could be closed by the five-day rule and promoted immediately (if an image picks up at least 10 support votes and no opposition after five days, it is immediately promoted), whereas now I will have to wait the full nine-day period before I can nominate a new picture. Cmao20 (talk) 03:19, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Umm, your second sentence was simply a false claim, but thanks for commenting. Did you ever do this as well previously, making wrong allegation? See my below reply. Natsuikomin (talk) 09:12, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is not a false claim. You can easily search the FPC page to find that every single oppose vote on every nomination right now provides a reason for their vote, even if it is as simple as ‘per another user’, except yours. I am sad that you say I’m making false allegations. Cmao20 (talk) 12:42, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Natsuikomin: Welcome to FPC and thank you for your contributions. Regarding the opposing vote, there is a fixed instruction in the rules on how to give it. You can read it in detail here. In particular, the rule stated: Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). I kindly ask you to give a reason for your vote with respect to other active reviewers, nominators and photographers. Thanks in advance. -- Radomianin (talk) 08:25, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Just remember this, You all will be responsible for all your votes that support the nomination. After all, anyone that ignores the common etiquette I referred to can cross out my vote if he/she considers my vote invalid, Thank you. Natsuikomin (talk) 09:09, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am confused. I try to be kind and to follow ettiquette wherever I can. What am I missing here? What etiquette are we violating? Kritzolina (talk) 11:04, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am very confused too. I don’t think anything I said was impolite and I believe that I am fully within my rights to ask for someone to provide a reason for their oppose vote out of simple courtesy. Nobody wants to disregard Natsuikomin‘s opinion or consider it invalid, what I want is to know what the objection to the nomination is. Otherwise what is the point of the discussion? FPC is about building a consensus and if someone opposes without stating why, their oppose vote is useless in changing others’ opinions.Cmao20 (talk) 12:42, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Don't worry. You're polite. It was me who was too sentimental and sensitive. I'm truly sorry to all of you.
    I apologise. Natsuikomin (talk) 12:58, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Well, the rules explicitly state that one should explain one’s reasoning for an oppose vote, and since the only oppose voter continues not to explain their reasoning, I consider this nomination to be promoted by the five-day rule. I will not nominate another picture until someone else has reviewed this nomination and decided if my action in striking this vote is correct. Cmao20 (talk) 23:26, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Cmao20, I think you can regard Basile’s review of the bot promotion (thank you, Basile) as a confirmation that your action was correct, and I understand the rules in the same way, too. So IMHO you can continue with your good work. Thank you! --Aristeas (talk) 09:35, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:27, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Wreck of the George Roper
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High Fläming Nature Park, Germany
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Black 1937 Volvo PV 51 in Lysekil
  • Well, it's been a very, very, very, very, very long time since anyone called me a girl(flicka)! :-D I'll take this in the (hopefully) happy and kind meaning it is given :-) ; but let me just caution you that using the words "duktig flicka" to/about any female in Sweden, is about the worst demeaning insult you can ever say, and I take it you are not familiar with our culture. (It's the same way you can't use the "n"-word in English about a black person if you are white.) --Cart (talk) 15:33, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strike that. Terragio67, I first tried to laugh off your comment, because as a woman on a male forum you sometimes have to "go along to get along". But it didn't work. To refer to another user/editor/photographer as "our girl" is simply demeaning and misogynistic. It is comments like this that deters women from participating here. --Cart (talk) 05:38, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am deeply sorry that my words were misunderstood. However, you were right to ask for explanations about the "flicka" written in italics so as not to be linked to misunderstandings. The word flicka (actually) refers to your ten years of commitment to Wikimedia.
    For me Commons is the place where I grew a lot technically as a photographer: I hadn't learned so much in my life since I started collaborating on this platform. I don't want to name anyone in particular, the strength is precisely the diversity of all of us. Please don't see me as a misogynist, I love Agnes Monkelbaan's photos just like yours. Towards you, I feel admiration for the creativity in your works and this made me think of being in front of a open-minded photography artist. I am aware that creativity and technique are not always able to combine, but they can be improved in some way (I'm trying... |1, |2, |3, ...). This is why you are one of my points of reference here. I apologize if I have gone on too long, to avoid further misunderstandings I will conclude with two words towards you: Thank you. Terragio67 (talk) 08:49, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, yeah... It's always we women who "misunderstand" the situation when a man does a small "funny" thing to show how much they appreciate us for our work. :-( Thanks and goodbye all! --Cart (talk) 10:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This literally translated in English sounds super condescending. Nobody should ever have to face that and I'm sorry it happened to you, W.carter. --SHB2000 (talk) 10:44, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks SHB2000 Yes it is. It is the way you talk to a dog or a toddler who has just learned how to put on their socks. And the explanation for using those words sounds to me like a contrived constructed way of explaining a bad behavior and blaming it on me as "misunderstanding". This is what most women on the WikiProject have to endure. No matter how old, accomplished and skilled we are, a lot of men here will still think of us as "girls" - lesser users. With participants like this on FPC, it's not a forum I want to contribute to from now on. --Cart (talk) 10:57, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No user should ever have to feel inferior, but the fact that some people do is beyond appalling. Talent is something that comes irrespective of gender (and more broadly, race, nationality, sexual orientation or identity). It makes me want to quit this forum as well.
I guess it links to a more broader issue of male-defaultism on online projects and forums including this. Reflecting on this myself, I looked through every single one of my userpages and nowhere do I ever state that I'm a guy – but it's wild that many people assume I do (I don't get offended because I am), but when someone isn't, it ultimately leads to the perception of "Ooh woo, someone who isn't a guy here? Let's treat them 'special'" mentality, driving women away and repeating the cycle of a male-centric forum. It's a vicious never-ending cycle which is far too often overlooked – that needs to change. --SHB2000 (talk) 11:21, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think that discussions like this contribute to the lack of gender diversity in our space. The original message, although possibly intended as humorous, perpetuates a narrative of inferiority towards women. This not only reflects deep-rooted prejudices but also creates an unwelcoming and tiresome environment. I would like to ask that we avoid these types of comments in the future. I'm not speaking as a defender of anyone, as each person is perfectly capable of defending themselves. My point is about the respect and inclusion that we all deserve. If we want to evolve beyond being a homogeneous group, it's crucial to recognize and change these dynamics. Diversity enriches our perspectives and strengthens our collective. It's time to leave behind behaviors and jokes that, although they may seem harmless, have a negative undertone in our environment Wilfredor (talk) 11:45, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to express my full agreement with SHB2000's statement. Condescending behavior towards people is despicable intolerable and upsets me. At the Wikimania last year in Singapore, diversity was at the top of the list of goals we all need to work on. There are cultures in the world where diversity has been taken for granted for generations, but the Western culture is still struggling. Diversity and full respect for each other should be a matter of course, especially in today's Internet forums. -- Radomianin (talk) 11:58, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you to the users who have spoken out here, and chose to not be part of the great silent majority. A few decades ago, I would have been on the barricades about this, but now I'm old (like grandma old) and I don't even feel angry or outraged, I just feel a great sadness that we have not come further in matters like this. --Cart (talk) 13:18, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Radomianin, @Wilfredor, @SHB2000, @W.carter and anyone interested in this chatː
Thanks for continuing the discussion. I honestly didn't realize the consequences of what was supposed to be a cross between a witty joke and an expression of sympathy towards W.carter. I'm really sorry for having diminished importance and made female representation on Commons feel embarrassed because of me; rarely happens because of the fault of those who spread the message, but this time it's clear that it's only my fault. What I can say is that I don't really believe in these terms, that someone is inferior to someone else or that they should feel inferior for any reason. I hope you can understand my mistake and everyone accepts my apology, especially W.carter. Terragio67 (talk) 13:16, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you can always take over all of my work here at FP and FPC, since I won't be here to do it. --Cart (talk) 13:23, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think I'm up to your level as a photographer and as a person. It was your personality that fascinated me. I prefer the opposite to happen. Terragio67 (talk) 13:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Post Scriptum: I suggest and authorize the Wikimedia Commons Administrators to use my mistake regarding W.carter at the next Wikimania meeting as an example, hoping it can be avoided in the future by other careless people as I myself have proven to be. Terragio67 (talk) 13:43, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not vindictive, so please stay, develop as a photographer and person. Your thoughtless action only revealed what is always lurking just beneath the surface here at FPC, how men behave online. I'll go and dabble with my photos somewhere I enjoy. It doesn't matter how many good words we speak here, how people say the want to discuss this at greater forums and so on. None of this will ever change. Ever! In a few days time this discussion will be archived and out of sight. People will forget it even happened. Women will go on contributing to the Wikis behind male user names to get some peace, and those few of us who reveal who we are are going to get "the usual" treatment. --Cart (talk) 13:48, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cart, I hate to see you leave again, you’re a talented artist and I hope that someday you find good enough reasons to return. In the meantime, unless you’re sure of ill-intent, please consider accepting Terragio67's apologies. To my eyes, the italicised flicka and the explanation it referred to your ten-year tenure at Wiki Commons seems plausible, or at least worthy of the benefit of the doubt. I also extend the request of assuming good faith to those that commented above: “deep-rooted prejudices”, “despicable behaviour” and “driving women away” are serious accusations not be thrown around lightly. It’s not obvious to me how a single italicised word can warrant them. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 15:57, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Julesvernex2, I came back here to see if my eyes worked ok after the operation. I wanted to see if I could now edit photos skillfully again. I got caught up in the work, and I stayed longer than I had intended. It was good to get this reminder that nothing has changed here since the last time I was active at FPC, and I need to get out of here now. If you haven't been at the other end of situations like this, you don't know what you are talking about. It's not about one word, it's the whole sentence. He could just as well have patted me on the head, something most women don't take kindly to. If someone wrote "Our boy is pretty clever!!!" (which, btw, is a more accurate translation but with a gender twist of what was written) on a review of your photos (or Charles, Poco, A.Savin, etc.), what do you think the reaction would have been? Or is this such a common way of men to speak, you don't even think about it. I hold no grudge against Terragio67, and I accept his apology, even if the explanation sounds a bit too much like an after-construct. I do however hold a grudge against the "male ways" of FPC. But most of you already know that. --Cart (talk) 16:22, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cart, if that had happened to me I would be more confused than anything else, as only a couple of users known my gender ('Jules Verne Times Two' is a collective). I'm not questioning the impact this issue had on you, I take that as a fact. I'm merely pointing out that, in this particular case, I think there's room to assume good faith. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 17:20, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • To keep things simple, I often use the gender the user name indicates to me (if possible) if I don't know the user's real name, until I learn otherwise. I didn't know it stood for a collective as I didn't think it was within the rules of Commons for people to share a user name. --Cart (talk) 17:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Julesvernex2, what you call accusations are descriptions of what is happening here. The intentions of Terragio67 are irrelevant. Even if we believe in his best intentions, look at what is happening: A woman IS being driven away by behavior that is condescending and as such despicable. And at the root of it are social prejudices that are widely accepted on this page. Kritzolina (talk) 16:35, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello Kritzolinaǃ I don't think my intentions were perceived as anything but irrelevant. My intentions of esteem and sympathy towards a female person were constructed in an underestimated and superficial way. This has created an alleged attitude of superiority which, I swear, I don't believe.
    I firmly believe that I foolishly was the straw that broke the camel's back. I am very happy that you participated in the discussion, for the moment I can only apologize also to you as a woman potentially offended by the current situation suspending myself from the Wikimedia Commons. Terragio67 (talk) 17:43, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No Terragio67, you're not going anywhere. You're staying on Commons where you will continue to do good work and never mess up again. That is how you amend this. --Cart (talk) 17:56, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Intentions are certainly not irrelevant, Kritzolina, much as wilfully driving into a person is treated differently than accidentally running over one, despite the same result. Understanding intent is critical to solving this issue, throwing questionable logic at it is not. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 17:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Intentions become relevant once we think about consequences for the perpetrator. No one is talking about this. We are talking about the results of the condescending language here. And those, as you state yourself, are the same. Kritzolina (talk) 17:34, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No, we're well past the results, as unfortunately Cart has signalled her intent to leave (although I still harbour some, perhaps misplaced, hope that she will return), and the key issue left is to understand the consequences. When I put myself in Terragio67's shoes, I am mortified by this discussion. Seemingly without precedent, based on a single word, disregarding intent, and glossing over multiple attempts to explain and apologise, he was unceremoniously placed in the same category as others that have made far worse comments in this forum (and have not apologised). It would be the saddest of ironies if, in our attempts to increase inclusion, we brought exclusion instead. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 18:53, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • That one thoughtless word was probably the straw that broke the camel's back, as Terragio67 said. In my opinion, this discussion reflects the shortcomings of our society. We cannot marginalise anyone and we must treat each other with respect so as not to achieve the opposite of what we want. Unfortunately, we men are in the majority here, so it is up to us to set a good example. -- Radomianin (talk) 19:21, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Intentions are irrelevant – what happened to Cart happened, and saying "it is meant to be lighthearted" or "it was a joke" does not change anything – words kill, regardless if it was a "joke". Using your exact same rationale, you're saying that casual racism is okay because the perpetrator had no intentions? I hope you're being serious here because there's a long road to go if you think casual racism is okay – the same applies to casual misogynistic comments. --SHB2000 (talk) 03:23, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
SHB2000, I'll do my best to put into practice my own preachings and assume good faith here. I'll assume you are not calling me a racist. I'll assume that the straw man of turning my statements into an excuse for casual racism and casual misogyny is the result of clumsiness and not disingenuity. Intentions were indeed irrelevant for Cart, much as they were irrelevant for the person ran over in my example above: the damage is done and no one can take it back. But intentions are relevant for what happens next. I see only two options: a) we can demonstrate that Terragio67's joke was indeed misogynistic, and he is made to face the full consequences of his actions; b) we cannot demonstrate it, you and others retract the allegations made above, and in the future Terragio67 heeds the advice that Cart and Kritzolina have included below. As you rightly point out, words kill, and yours are no exception. Please bear that in mind before tying serious accusations to somebody's name, nothing is ever erased from the Internet. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 09:34, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, I'm not calling anyone here a racist because no one is. I merely brought it up as an example. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:42, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see a false dichotomy here, Julesvernex2. The joke is misogynistic, even if Teragio67 didn't mean for it to be misogynistic. The impact and effect perpetuate misogyny. The intentions might have been different, that is why we don't need to think about consequences for Terragio67, who is taking responsibility for his actions anyways. Calling an action racist or misogynist doesn't equal accusing the acting person a racist or sexist person. We all act racist or misogynist at times (yes all of us) and calling out these actions as inappropriate is an important way of moving forwards towards a world with less racism and misogyny. Kritzolina (talk) 10:30, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm running out of ways to explain my position, but I'll keep trying as long as I sense there's genuine interest in making things right. I'm indeed defending a dichotomy, but not the one you described. I'm not cataloguing people as misogynist or not misogynist, racist or not racist, evil or good: I was careful, both in this discussion and in others, not to use ad hominem arguments. I also started by acknowledging the impact Terragio67's actions had on Cart, irrespective of intent. Where I disagree from you and others is in thinking that the current muddled state of affairs is an acceptable compromise. It is unlikely that anyone that bumps into this discussion will have the patience to read the full thing, and will instead stop at the horrible accusations made above and assume them to be true, since they appear to be representative of the consensus view. So here's the dichotomy I advocate for: either demonstrate that Terragio67's comment was misogynistic and stand by your accusations; or accept his explanation that it was a reference to tenure and not gender, and retract. Anything in the middle is vengeance, not justice. I'm surprised to have to reiterate this, but online words have real-life consequences. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 12:58, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think your position is very clear, but it also sounds like a very black and white position. Our actions are usually in the grey zone. This is not a court where we are to judge guilty or not guilty, it's a discussion in which people are not good or bad, right or wrong, but simply human. We make mistakes, small and big, this way and that. Quest like this to find absolute truths are also what makes the tone here at FPC so hard, almost military. I think what we need is more diplomacy. A compromise is not always a bad thing, it's a way of getting along and moving forward. --Cart (talk) 13:16, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Indeed, advocating for transparency and objective (not absolute) truth is a black and white position, and I stand by it. I don't think that's one of the (many) problems with FPC, but I stand to be corrected. I agree that we need less judgment and more diplomacy, but fail to see how anything that happened here is a step in that direction. In any case, I think we both made our positions clear, so allow me to reiterate a couple of things: i) I'm sorry this happened to you; ii) I will keep an eye on your uploads as a proxy for the inspiration that you will no longer provide here. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 15:09, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Adding on to what Cart said as well as to my last post. For me the comment that started all this very clearly IS misogynistic. It talked about a grown woman as a child, giving praise in a way one would not even give to a child in a good educational setting. Even a child would feel grown ups are not taking it seriously, if someone talked to the child like this. This perpatuates the misogynistic narrative that women are childlike and need male guidance. And yes, online words have real-life consequences, just like you said. A comment like this has misogynistic impact.
We can state that it was a misogynistic comment and at the same time accept Teragio67s explanation that this was not what he intended. This way we can move on in the hope this incident will not repeat itself. Everyone reading this CAN understand that this kind of comment is not acceptable here.
If we do NOT lable the behaviour (NOT the person!!!) as misogynist, the learning for some would be that this kind of comment is okay as long as you claim afterwards you did not mean it that way. This is the outcome I am trying to prevent. Kritzolina (talk) 13:37, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Having been mostly absent from Commons for some days, I see the progress of this discussion only now. I confess that initally I did not understand the severity of this issue – seems I share the same male view (or blindness). I am horrified that you leave again, Cart, being driven away by our male misbehaviour – be it malicious or thoughtless, it is in any case wounding and disgusting. I condemn discrimination, despicable, condescending and dis-inclusive behaviour. However I cannot just blame Terragio67, as his comment was just a symptom of our collective male attitude. I can’t exclude myself, as I often share the thoughtless behaviour. How can we really improve this to the better? For now I can just say sorry to you, Cart. --Aristeas (talk) 17:08, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Julesvernex2: Thank you for your mediative notes, I have retracted my use of the term despicable and used the more diplomatic term intolerable. My own experiences and those of family and friends have made me very sensitive when it comes to unfairness. @W.carter: Personally, I am very sad to see you leave the FPC forum, I consider your contributions a very valuable enrichment to the FP media library. But I respect your decision, even though I consider your absence to be a great loss for the FP project. @Kritzolina: Even if the fight against social prejudice often seems like a fight against windmills, personally I'll not be prepared to give it up. @Aristeas: I agree with your statement that, as a man, I can't take myself out of the equation, because too often I also have silently accepted questionable comments and not written a reply. It has always been my opinion that a greater diversity of reviewers is more healthy for the forum, because in variety lies the power to counteract old prejudices. I regret that I am partly responsible for this step backwards. -- Radomianin (talk) 17:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Hey guys, instead of trying to make me stay, how about you try to consciously start working on how to make the general atmosphere at FPC less male-toxic so that the forum might attract more women? Make it more like a social meeting place and less like the man cave it is today. To use a (sort of) sports metaphor you might understand: "If you build it, they will come." Who knows, maybe I'll be back too if you do it right. Btw, nobody is asking Terragio67 to leave. I've written here twice that he should stay. I doubt very much he will make the same mistake again. No one is being excluded. --Cart (talk) 19:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've just seen this discussion. I'm sorry you had to see this comment, Cart. It definitely comes across as a clumsy attempt at a compliment that ended up being thoughtless and patronising, and I would not want a close female friend or relative to be spoken to in that infantilising way. In terms of your comment here, what do you think we can do - besides avoiding obvious faux pas like this - to make this forum less of a 'man cave'? Cmao20 (talk) 19:58, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am not Cart, but I also sometimes get the same kind of feelings of being in a "man cave". I see two things men active on this page can do. One is happening right now here - a number of men speak up and signal that they do not endorse the behavior that let to the current situation. One other thing everyone can do is looking into what kind of language they use before hitting the sind bottom. Is it patronizing in any way? Is there anything that sounds like mansplaining? Are you using sexualized language for motifs that are not about sexuality? And again, if you see someone else doing any of these things - step in, speak up.
    And well, there is a third thing you can do - don't just look to women for guidance on how to do better. Educate yourself about feminism. Kritzolina (talk) 20:22, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I just got a note from a male friend saying I'm a DIVA and I should stay because men need female guidance to not turn forums into man caves. (A misunderstanding, I've been reprimanded about, sorry, but my reasons still stand) So first, see my comment above about me wanting to see if my eyes work and I hadn't planned on staying this long. Second, I think men are smarter than that, otherwise we women wouldn't love them as much as many of us do. An advice is to "fake it 'till you make it". Write and express yourselves as if your wife/girlfriend/sister/daughter was reading it too. That is probably a good way to check your language. And if you see another user of whatever gender making what you think is a bad comment, don't stay silent, just ask them to please behave. Last, be openminded to new photo areas and photography styles, things that people outside FPC are so fond of photographing. --Cart (talk) 21:14, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you to Cart and Kritzolina for the helpful and personal suggestions for finding a way to show more awareness to help soften the man cave. Being kind, polite, and mindful on FPC helps to create a better climate. No longer being silent when an inappropriate comment is posted should become a prime directive for everyone to improve our forum. We should remember that the Wikimedia Foundation always upholds these values, but we don't have a supervisor to discipline us, so we users in the community have to do it ourselves! -- Radomianin (talk) 21:40, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Because B&W can often look rather hard and contrast-y, I think the sepia tone goes better with the curved lines of the car and the ivory colored buttons, levers, dials, etc. that are on the dashboard. --Cart (talk) 22:11, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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A common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in winter plumage.
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Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) Mount Annan composite of 6.jpg
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Dr Abraham Verghese
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Mourning dove camouflaged on the ground
  •  Oppose I was commenting because I was genuinely unsure how to vote, but I think, having looked at this one many times, I don't think it is FP to me. I think it is a good QI of a bird showing camouflage and it was definitely worth a try but there it is a very common bird in very messy and untidy surroundings. Plus I still don't rly like the foreground, it's not just the haloes (which I can still see a few of) but the fact that the leaves have this weird smudgy glow to them that I've never seen before and don't really understand. I'm sorry to shoot this one down like this. I generally like your bird pics (and other pics) a lot, Rhododendrites Cmao20 (talk) 13:58, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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A Black-headed gull showing its winter plumage.
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View of Abeno Harukas and Shitennō-ji five-storied pagoda at dusk.
  • @Cmao20: Thanks for the comment. I also think portraite is rather than landscape in this case. First of all, the view of Abeno Harukas and the five-storied pagoda from this angle is into against the sun during the day times. So I went to this location for sunset shots, and I've taken this photo. Immediately after I took this photo, the streetlight (you can see in that photo) came on, so I was no longer able to take pictures from that position, so I moved the camera position about 5 meters to avoid the streetlight. Then Abeno Harukas and the five-storied pagoda became too far apart and I couldn't take a portrait, so I switched to a landscape. After that, I took some photos of the twilight and dusk and some night scenes. When I got home and looked at it on my PC, I found the dusk shot to be the best, so I nominated it. By the way, I think this position is the only location where they can see Abeno Harukas and the five-storied pagoda from this angle from the ground. It is inevitable that trees block the architecture. It would be possible to take pictures from the roof of a nearby building without being blocked by the trees, but such places are off-limits and the doors are locked, so they cannot climb or enter. That's the reason why I nominate this one, so please think about it. --Laitche (talk) 07:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support While this is indeed not the most intriguing composition, it’s still good for me – it was most important to get both buildings side by side in the frame, and that has been achieved here. Therefore the juxtaposition of classic and modern Japanese architecture works excellently, the blue hour and beautiful lighting give it a wonderful touch. --Aristeas (talk) 11:13, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I may be out of line here, but it seems to me that if you are going to tell a story of "Two Towers", it might be effective to go for just them, and little else, with a bit of Star Wars style. ;-) (Of course, such a photo would have to use the {{Retouched}} tag since the top of the sky is added.) What do you think? --Cart (talk) 17:38, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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View of Abeno Harukas and Shitennō-ji five-storied pagoda at dusk.

  •  Weak support FPC seems weirdly quiet at the moment, and I don't know whether people will notice a nomination this far down the list, so I'll change my vote to support to make sure it gets promoted. The more I look at this crop the more I think it is valid for FPC. I still prefer Cart's idea because it is a bolder and more daring choice that focusses tightly on the contrast between the two buildings. But I appreciate the effort you've put in to trying to improve this nomination. Cmao20 (talk) 13:50, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Flo in Juvsøyla at Rjukan, Norway.

* Support In full screen mode my vertigo sets in and I get clammy palms. Great capture! -- Radomianin (talk) 22:18, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@W.carter, Cmao20, Wilfredor, Basile Morin, and Aristeas: @Christian Ferrer, Ermell, Radomianin, SDudley, and Llez: @Poco a poco: I propose also a rotated version. Yann (talk) 13:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Flo in Juvsøyla at Rjukan, Norway

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Red Sea sailfin tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii), Red Sea, Egypt
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Pomegranates in the garden of of Fontfroide Abbey
Thanks Aristeas, I missed this, only found the interiors.--Palauenc05 (talk) 21:34, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, sometimes it is hard to find the best link. But Cart, Basile, me and others care for the gallery links, too, so together we find the best solution. --Aristeas (talk) 10:27, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, several problems in my view : 1) the angle of view of this building is not spectacular, 2) the bush of the foreground is hiding the subject, I mean the composition doesn't work for me, and 3) the light is too average, almost dull, it was apparently midday and the colors are rather washed out -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The composition would work better with different light. --Thi (talk) 14:25, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Wild Alpine Ibex and Mont Racine at Creux du Van with snow and sunset colors
Thanks for your explanations. I'm not saying your camera captured wrong colors, but that the overall aspect seems rather blue. There's a major difference with the examples you give: the contrast, and the reference colors. See this illustration to explain (can you believe A and B are the same color?). If you place a green box surrounded by reds, then you won't see this green the same color as near yellows. The problem is there is no part with sunlight, so the eyes cannot move between, and the brain cannot figure out what is white here. But perhaps the issue is also the exposure. I wonder if your image is not underexposed, because it appears quite dark. If not, maybe that's just the background which is the same color and intensity as the subject. Still I think the animal in its environment is interesting enough, even if the picture cannot be improved -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:42, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that is precisely what I tried to explain (sorry if I was not clear) : as there is no sunlight in direct contact with the snow in this picture, there is no reference of the color on snow in light. This naturaly makes everything in the shadow look a bit blueish, especially the whites of the snow. But the white balance of the image is accurate. Also for the mountain you mentionned in the first comment, it is a natural phenomenom that the further away a mountain is, the more it fades into the color directly behind it (which is blue in most scenarios, including in this picture because the sun was already that down that there was already a start of a blue line at the horizon). This is often witnessed in Switzerland as there's often mountains in the distance. Here are some examples showing that the further a mountain is, the more it fades into the sky (into blue tint in most scenarios) : 1234. It is due to the fact that the further away mountains are, the more air particules are in the way. As for the exposure, the entire place was in the shadows and it was already quite dark. I can ensure that the picture exposure corresponds to what I saw with my eyes at that moment because of the sun setting and the shadows and I promise that the picture is not underexposed. Good photographs of animals in the dark tend to be rare because of the challenge of low light shooting. Luckily I had my f2.8 lense as I was prepared for such scenario. If I would turn up the exposure of this image, the result would not correspond to reality anymore and I would like this picture to stay close to it and to what I saw on that day. Giles Laurent (talk) 11:36, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A camera cannot reach the range of contrasts discernible to the eye, however there are ultra-bright lenses which see better than the human eye, at reasonable speeds. From my point of view, it's good to take advantage of it, because it compensates -- Basile Morin (talk) 14:27, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you're right for camera range of contrasts vs human eye but for this particular picture there was no direct sunlight anymore on the ground and sky was not bright in that direction and therefore the contrast between highlight and shadows was lower and the picture dynamic range was closer to human eye. Also this camera handles 15 stops of dynamic range, which is huge. Nevertheless I think I probably brightened the shadows area a bit in lightroom on this picture to bring the result closer to what could be seen with the eye but not much difference was needed. Giles Laurent (talk) 14:59, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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A view of a partially frozen reservoir lake and its surrounding flora in snowy winter conditions southwest of the village of Rotino
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Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) at Chester Zoo

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Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) at Chester Zoo

  • Thanks for the feedback above, here's a cropped version for consideration. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Idk if it'll pass because FPC does tend to be quite harsh on zoo images as opposed to images taken 'in the wild' but I think this is FP to me now Cmao20 (talk) 21:25, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support The alternative is definitely an improvement to the composition, thanks for the edit. I think FP's of wild animals in their natural habitat have more authentic value than those of captive ones. However, zoo animals are just as illustrative and can be a valuable addition to articles in certain contexts. Therefore, I consider that well-made photos of this type have a right to be featured. After all, we also have domesticated creatures such as cats and dogs in the FP library. -- Radomianin (talk) 21:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Zoo image with less than FP composition and technical quality. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • You are looking down on the animal; I guess that might be the only way in this zoo. The cut branches in the foreground are a distraction and not natural. The animal's surroundings are ordinary; no feeling that it is anywhere but in a zoo. It's not your fault, but the dead tree trunk and huge rock are very non-Komodo Island. The focus is probably on the head but the nose and tail are out of focus; that's partly due to the huge depth of field needed when an animal is in this sort of position relative to the camera. The nose is over-exposed. The choice of camera settings is strange. 1/40 sec has probably introduced motion blur (or camera shake) and the choice of 30mm lens has meant you had to crop. I don't know what spec/make lens you are using but the EOS 90D should not be this low quality at your chosen ISO. I would have expected better definition from my 80D. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:48, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've never used Sigma but the reviews are good and F6.3 seems fine. I've experimented with low shutter speeds on monopod/bean bag with my 100mm lens and it doesn't work for me. I used ISO 800 as my ready-to-go ISO on my EOS 80D. But No. 1 hint: Wait for better light! Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:52, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the feedback. I generally find ISO 800 to be too noisy, and in circumstances like these no waiting will provide better light. Let's see how consensus turns out. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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✓ Done Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 12:41, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Wilfredor I remember that instrument from File:Man playing an acoustic brazilian guitar (Violão) on Marco Zero Square, Refice, Pernambuco, Brazil.jpg. I'm wondering if it would qualify as a pt:Viola caipira (Category:Viola caipira)? The 10 tuners mean that it's supposed to have 10 strings and and what's left of the saddle seems to indicate that they were to be used in pairs. Resonator type versions seem to exist (scroll down) ... El Grafo (talk) 15:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Railway station Bad Saarow
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Two puppies playing together one standing over the other at golden hour in Don Det Laos
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Farmer David Brandt in Ohio, 2012.
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Lights and skylights above shops in the Royal Arcade, London
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Young wild male red deer in the Aletsch Forest Nature Reserve
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Young male bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), Kafue National Park, Zambia
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Liver yellow dog in the water looking at viewer at golden hour in Don Det Laos
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Large stalagmites in the Hang Son Doong, Vietnam.
  • In a wider sense in English, a natural phenomena can also mean something spectacular and long-lasting that has been formed by completely by nature. I guess those who created that page went with the Wikipedia definition of the term. See: List of natural phenomena. The word "phenomena" often means a bit different things in different languages. I sure wouldn't try to implement how it is used in Swedish here. ;-) --Cart (talk) 18:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The list includes 'erosion', and caves are a subsection of Erosion landforms. The 'Natural phenomena' gallery page included even more things before, but as we've got more FPs they have been moved into new galleries. Look, I know we are in a sort of "don't use gallery pages created by Cart movement" right now, but this is not something I've made, it's been like that for years long before I started helping out with the galleries. The caves were on the 'Others' section earlier on the "natural phenomena" page, but as more of them got promoted, a section for them was created. You are of course free to select a gallery page, but to me it makes sense to have photos caves gathered in one place. --Cart (talk) 19:11, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your edited version increases the saturation too much in relation to what the cave actually looks like, IMHO. 206.123.195.165 01:58, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh! That was unintentional, I never touched the saturation just worked with the light a bit. It was probably a side-effect from not pushing the whites so much plus some contrast. I've de-saturated the version a bit to compensate. Thanks for your comment. --Cart (talk) 11:08, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cmao20 and W.carter: See alternative below. Yann (talk) 18:20, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Vincent van Gogh: Adeline Ravoux, 1890
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File:Windows of the gazebo (Hakkakutei) at Shitennō-ji Honbō Park, January 2024 - 6640.jpg, featured

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Windows of the gazebo (Hakkakutei) at Shitennō-ji Honbō Park.
  • @Poco a poco: Thanks for the comment. About 30 minutes before I took this shot, there was a period of about 10 minutes when that reflection did not occur, but I missed it. I'll try again, but I won't be able to get the shot unless the lighting is good, so I am not sure if I can nominate an alternative. --Laitche (talk) 23:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Poco a poco: Today, I've checked from 2 hours before I took this shot to 1 hour after, but there was no time period when reflections did not occur. It seems I was wrong. There is a pond behind the camera so the surface of the pond always seems to be reflected. I uploaded one that focuses on the back window, but I don't nominate an alternative since the current nomination is better. If someday I can take a version without reflections in a different season, I'll add Delist and Replace :-) --Laitche (talk) 14:52, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami) female
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File:Jal Mahotsav Traditional Dance of Madhya Pradesh.jpg

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Traditional dance of Malwa, Madhya Pradesh
  • Clever piece of advice, and this version is more appealing than the other one, in my view. So, this picture is an improvement, overall. However, the current resolution is not spectacular, and I think in 2024 we may expect more details at full size. Ideally, it would have been better to frame the subject vertically, since it is a vertical action -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:12, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree. Will withdraw the nomination. Sumit Surai (talk) 11:20, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • I would oppose the first two because there are problems with the composition, the first one has a large out of focus area, the second has a blurred girl walking off the edge of the frame and isn’t particularly interesting anyway. The third is better composed. But I think the best of this photographer’s images of this protest is this because the composition is better, the sign is more interesting than in the third image you nominated and gives a sense of the context of the protest, and the expressions on the faces of the protestors, + the raised fist, add something. Cmao20 (talk) 13:21, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It's not a set. The first is obscured by the unfocused foreground, the 2nd is just mediocre photo of a crowd on the street. The third one is closest to FP, but the placard is only focused part of the photo and the rest of the photo doesn't give any additional value. — Draceane talkcontrib. 09:01, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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High Fläming Nature Park, Germany
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Karl Marx by John Jabez Edwin Mayal
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  •  Support Thanks. It could be good also to mention these "wall tiles" in the description in English and in Portuguese. I thought they were floor tiles at first sight, and had to search on Google -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Caracas building.jpg (delist), delisted

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@Basile Morin: - Yes, as I noted when I originally raised the issue, every single panel (for example) has the same faint white spot and the exact same faint but noticeable pattern of "random" noise-reduction/JPEG-artifact flaws. Ditto other cut-and-pastes. Ubcule (talk) 21:36, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Question Thanks, @Yann for your constructive edit on the file page. According to the metadata, the Creation Tool was "Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Windows)" (archive). Also visible at the bottom of the file page. However, Wilfredor modified your edit to specify "Hugin". Hugin is a stitching software, and Photoshop a digital art software. In this case, hundreds of similar patches have been copied + pasted to form this giant mosaic. Easy with Photoshop and there's no trace of "Hugin" in the history. Moreover, the author says "I don't even remember the place where I took that photo", so what about the software? In 2014, "I have always been against photo retouching" is very contradictory with what happened two years later. As a result, it makes sense to me to believe what is proven, more than what is uncertain. Can we agree to restore "Photoshop" in the template? -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:07, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Basile Morin: - While we might have our own suspicions about what is and isn't more likely, we can't say for sure, so we shouldn't.
"Photoshop" in the EXIF data *could* simply indicate nothing more than its use for (e.g.) final sharpening, level adjustments, etc. of an image already processed/created elsewhere.
Or maybe not, who knows? Since it's already obvious that we're unlikely to definitively get to the bottom of how it was created regardless (unless we take on trust that Hugin *was* used), that part isn't- IMHO- worth wasting any more of our time on.
Ultimately, the details of *how* it was faked- whether via Hugin, Photoshop or something else- are less important than the indisputable fact that it *is* manipulated to the point of fakery and should be clearly tagged as such. Ubcule (talk) 21:31, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Wilfredor: - Your description in the original 2016 upload read simply "Building in Caracas downtown, Venezuela" and nothing more. Apart from a minor grammar correction and translations- both supplied by other editors- this remained unchanged right up until yesterday *after* this controversy was raised.
You edited the page on several occasions during that time (over seven years). Yet, not once did you feel moved to update the description to even mention that it was a military/regime-related building, allude to the supposed satirical/expressive purpose of the image, nor even bother explaining what the building was. (I originally guessed that was an apartment block).
Also, your memory of all this- and your motivation- is strangely clear, considering that just yesterday at the Village Pump discussion on this controversy you said:
Since 8 years have passed since that photo, I don't even remember the place where I took that photo, but it looks pretty much like the ones you have shared.
Yesterday you didn't even remember where you took that photo, but today you suddenly (and mysteriously) do clearly remember that the building belonged to the military, who you created the image to satirise?! (I mean, I'd remember doing that, even after seven years).
It comes across very much as if- having been caught out by Yann (talk · contribs) above with evidence you were already aware of suspicions/allegations against your image at the time of the 2016 FP vote- you're now trying to reframe that comment (i.e. an overly clever aside that turned into a smoking gun) into instead meaning that the photo was somehow a protest or satire against the regime?
You know, despite there never having been any previous sign of that being your intention?
Additionally, at the Village Pump discussion, you seem to imply that the resulting image was simply a result of using the Hugin photo-stitching tool (i.e. implying that it was not intentional on your part), but Basile Morin (talk · contribs) confirmed my suspicion that Hugin would likely "not create an image from scratch with 990 repeated patterns".
Having been caught out, it now seems that you're appealing to others' forgiveness for human fallibility with comments like "I think people change over time", painting your original actions- from seven years ago- as simple misjudgement rather than dishonesty and "coming clean".
But- in light of the above- you'll perhaps understand why I remain suspicious that this is just another layer of untruths.
Ubcule (talk) 21:31, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It was intentional because I recognized that it was a false generated image and even so I did not comment anything at that time, I would like to remember more details about the generation of this image but I still do not even clearly remember the building where this photo was taken, which I do remember The thing is that I took several photos of the building to assemble them because the building was too big and was too far in front, I couldn't go further back to take the photo of the entire façade so I decided to take several photos near the building to later unify them, of course the People remember more details as they make more and more effort to remember, there is no mystery, there is no drama, the facts are that it is a false image and I have admitted, at the end of the day it is my word and you decide if you are going to believe me or No and I honestly don't care if you believe me or not, I do my part and that part is telling the truth. Wilfredor (talk) 21:59, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Just two cent. It’s easy to scold Wilfredor now, but let us remember that we, the FPC regulars and Commons regulars in general, have not covered ourselves in glory, too (I explicitly include myself). This image has been promoted to FP status in 2016 and obviously nobody (including yours truly) has ever looked closely at it. If we had, it would have been too easy to recognize that something is wrong here. So, first, we all should thank Ubcule for finally looking carefully at this image – thank you! Second, we should try to learn something from this. Obviously we should take a closer look at each FP candidate. We hold different opinions about retouching details of photos (e.g., some of us think removing some minor irritating background elements from a photo goes without mentioning, others don’t), but I guess we all agree that (1) extensive changes to the main subject of a photo, (2) inserting important details, (3) combining several completely different images to a new one or (4) creating an image from scratch (maybe using some AI engine) must be declared and described explicitly. So let’s all work together, let’s take this “Caracas building” image as an instructive example and inspect future FP candidates more carefully. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 09:49, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Result: 17 delist, 0 keep, 0 neutral => delisted. -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Diamond lizardfish (Synodus synodus), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Ivar (talk) 08:56, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Astronomy#Nebulae
  •  Info As before when nominating this author’s work I would like to note that this image has not been created by NASA or a similar space agency, it is the work of an amateur photographer with an account on Commons using a commercially available camera, telescope and software. The author leaves his very interesting commentary on each image he creates on the file page. I don’t think this disclaimer is necessary - I would still support this image if it were created by the Hubble Telescope - but I wouldn’t be so interested in nominating it then. I think it’s wonderful that work like this is possible by a skilled amateur and that it’s being made available to us under a Commons compatible license. created by Ram samudrala - uploaded by Ram samudrala - nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 01:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 01:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Seems very oversaturated when compared with others on Google search. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:54, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I think it is worth pointing out that I’m not sure categories like ‘oversaturated’ are really that meaningful in astrophotography. This image, like every image from the Hubble Space Telescope or the JWST, is false colour, it has started out black and white and the colour has then been added back by the author, who has observed the nebula over a long period of time (>60 hours) across all three colour channels using different filters and then used the dataset to reintroduce colour slowly by hand. This is not like an out of camera RAW or JPEG where the colour has been pumped up too high.
As for whether the colours are ‘correct’, this is subjective. They are certainly not ‘natural’ in the sense that this is not what the nebula would look like if you saw it by eye through a telescope, and in that sense the pics you have Googled are probably more ‘accurate.’ But neither is any image from Hubble or the JWST. When I first saw Jupiter through my own telescope I was surprised how muted the colours are compared to the glossy bright red of NASA photos. Some astrophotographers prefer to process their pictures to look as close to what they personally see out of a telescope as possible. Ram Samudrala prefers instead to use the ‘Hubble palette’, in which he tries to imitate the colour palette used by Hubble as closely as possible - in part because it is more aesthetically pleasing, in part because a wider colour palette allows more gradations of shades between bright and pastel, which allows him to bring out finer features of the nebula. He alludes to some of these choices in the notes on the image page. You are very welcome to vote against if you dislike the end product - FPC is subjective and if you hate it, you hate it. But I would like to point out to other potential voters that there is nothing ‘wrong’ about this authorial choice, it is merely that the author has chosen to produce a Hubble-style’ image more than a ‘natural colour’ image. Cmao20 (talk) 13:40, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Cmao20 for that awesome explanation, you definitely captured the spirit of what I was trying to do. I'd add that astrophotography is part observation but also part creativity/artistry. One of the things I do with my images, since everyone images the same objects again and again, is try to make things pop a bit, make it more psychedelic and take risks. Like with all art, it may not work for everyone. But my goal is to make my image different from what others have done.
I created this image just for Wikimedia Commons from older data since last summer was a bit slow (only managed to get three images done). Here's a more muted image
on my AstroBin https://www.astrobin.com/g20c4j/D/ (and other variants) without the additional processing. But maybe Charlesjsharp prefers this more. I'm not replacing the main image, I think it's the best choice personally but my goal is to demonstrate that there are many ways to depict this object. This was a particularly tough one as you can see by the various versions I have.
Also, the three filters I use are hydrogen, oxygen, and sulphur, which as you say produce B&W images which are then mapped to green, blue, and red. The Hubble Palette combines the green and red to create an orange (since naturally hydrogen and sulphur are both red) and the oxygen is in blue, which is both aesthetically pleasing and highly informative. Ram samudrala (talk) 08:22, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Ivar (talk) 08:57, 20 January 2024 (UTC))[reply]
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Chester A. Arthur
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 13:08, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The White House
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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 01:02, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Cathedral of Gniezno, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Thanks!  Support --Laitche (talk) 23:11, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Cathedral of Gniezno, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
@Laitche, Cmao20, ArionStar, Charlesjsharp, Llez, Basile Morin, Kadellar, and Yann: new version uploaded. Tournasol7 (talk) 16:51, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The Sumatran ground cuckoo is a critically endangered bird. There are fewer than 250 in the world right now and perhaps as few as 50, and those numbers are thought to be decreasing. It is one of the most endangered species in the world and there was not a single sighting of it for most of the twentieth century.
  • It is a ground forager, so even if it were a more common bird, it would be challenging to get a good photo.
  • This image is 21 megapixels and is not only the best image of the bird on Commons (indeed, the only one on Commons) but by a long way the best on the internet.
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File:Sundance Film Festival 2024 - Layla - Louis Greatorex-104A1522.jpg

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British actor Louis Greatorex at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
And apparently not, Yann, a vast majority of similar pictures are not cropped, and about 50% of them are taken vertically. Also main categories are all missing in this series (see Commons:Image guidelines#Image page requirements) -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:42, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, many "professional portraits" would simply not pass at FPC, I'm afraid (source) -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:53, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Press line
Basile, you might know how much I appreciate your work, but let me add a few words here: this community has developed quality criteria that are based on a certain style that can be applied to landscape/church interior/wildlife/historic monuments photos. It seems to me that quite a few people here are not as familiar with other genres of photography. E.g. street photography, where strong black-and-white contrasts and grain/noise are deemed desirable. Or modern food photography, where people use a shallow depth of field and crop parts of the plates off. As some strong voices in our community have judged e.g. food photographs based on bird photography quality criteria in the past, those nominations have failed and the uploaders have left Commons and have never been seen again. Let's not make that same mistake again.
When you're at a press line like the one that I am registered for at Sundance here, you're in a confined space and the communications people from the event ensure that common journalistic rules for press events are being followed. One of them is that you're not allowed to shoot actors/producers/etc. in a way that would cut the printed backgroud out. You're only allowed to photograph people in front of that printed background and if you don't comply, you might not ever get accredited again. To my knowledge, I'm the first ever Wikipedia photographer at Sundance with an official press pass. I paid for this trip myself (which wasn't insignificant) and I don't want this to get ruined by taking shots that violate the rules I agreed with when picking up my press pass.
If the community here thinks that photos of press line events at film festivals or other places are generally not eligible as Featured Pictures, I could accept that. But please don't create standards here that will prevent press line photographers from ever nominating images here, if that's not what you're intending to do. Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 16:20, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I respect your choices even if you don’t respect mine. I don‘t think anything is wrong with me focusing on bird photography, in particular in this setting. —Frank Schulenburg (talk) 23:31, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What??! I don't respect your choice? Preferring a vertical framing for a facial portrait is disrespect? -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:35, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Basile, you seemed to make fun of my choice to nominate bird photos here from now on. I seriously don‘t want to argue with you here. Please, —Frank Schulenburg (talk) 02:10, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're an adult. Best regards -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:22, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As are you. That response seems disrespectful. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 04:51, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We're adults, yes. And my review is just my 2 cents and 3 minutes time for one candidature among a big batch. No drama at all. Keep cool happy relax yeah. There are other reviewers here too with their own subjective views. You can compare. Frank's birds are awesome. No no, this is not ironic. Yes yes, this is my honest opinion. Have fun now. Thank you -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:10, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 21:32, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 Oppose Fake. --SHB2000 (talk) 07:46, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

* Support -- Radomianin (talk) 11:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Many thanks to our community members for their research. In light of the indications, which most likely points to a photomontage, I am withdrawing my support. -- Radomianin (talk) 18:14, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Due to recent evidence of misleading photomontages, I would like to use my dissenting vote to ensure that this well-made fake not will be promoted. Such a case is outside the usual retouching work and should have been marked accordingly. Also, it should have been mentioned in the descriptions and captions. -- Radomianin (talk) 18:40, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • "when selecting images"??
"An image from the nominees", do you mean JeneChe's?
"plus minus picture on the photo"?? what's your idea?
Yes, fake moons seem to be popular with some amateurs, like in this nomination a few months ago. And today this photomontage has just been delisted -- Basile Morin (talk) 13:01, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Basile Morin: Sea of Japan is the name of the sea, and without a geocode, it is difficult to tell if the shot was taken from Japan. But you might be right. Therefore, I'll cancel my vote just in case. --Laitche (talk) 15:36, 20 January 2024 (UTC) If you were right, it's fantastic fake skill, Haha. --Laitche (talk) 15:49, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: <10 (max) support, 8 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:23, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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São Paulo Metro, Bras Station
  • Noise is "random variation of brightness or color information". Probably not fixable in this case (similar to this one). Concerning the aperture, F/13 on a Nikon APS-C is equivalent to F/20 on a full frame camera. Certainly excessive in this situation if you want to freeze the people. Other problem: technically all the whites are gray -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:12, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) in Tasmania
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 07:28, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Horse-head oak (Quercus robur), German nature reserve Ivenacker Eichen
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 07:28, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Macaca mulatta eating a Citrus.jpg

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Macaca mulatta (Old World Monkey) eating a Citrus fruit

File:Head of Grey Heron with neck bent, January 2024 - 7630.jpg, featured

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Head of Grey Heron with neck bent.
  • Apologies, I was just guessing and wanted to help. Probably the sharpened section was generated in a different way. Anyway, I personally try not to be a pixelpeeper, so I'm voting:  Support as described above. With my very best regards :) -- Radomianin (talk) 23:20, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Interesting point, Charles. For high resolution, high-quality images, pixel peeping is certainly okay to some extent. Unless it's an image where the "wow" effect is more important than a lower technical quality by default. -- Radomianin (talk) 10:40, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agreed. I still pixel-peeped JJ Harrison's rare ground-cuckoo and Giles Laurent's deer (current noms); saw the flaws; then quickly supported due to the Wow! But for common birds, like the grey heron or moorhen noms, I expect a lot more. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:09, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:05, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Ornge air ambulance C-GYNP departing from the Kitchener helipad.
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:09, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Jeweled anemone hermit crab (Dardanus gemmatus) with sea anemones (Calliactis polypus), Red Sea, Egypt
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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:12, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Manarola buildings perched on a cliff, Cinque Terre, Italy
  •  Info This image is a close view of the buildings on a cliff, the existing FP is a wider view showing the town nestling between the mountains and the ocean. I think there is sufficient difference, though I am open to other opinions. --Tagooty (talk) 02:07, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Golden eagle in flight at Pfyn-Finges (Switzerland)
  • They mentioned that the crop was too tight but didn't specifically state that a feather was partly cropped out. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:18, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I think that it is implicit. Basile provided a link to another image where two feathers where cropped. But the differences between the other image and this one are resolution, level of detail, noise and angle of view among others. If you take into account these elements, they outweight in my opinion by far the extremely tiny bit of feather that got cropped due to the fact that it was an action shot. Giles Laurent (talk) 12:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:08, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Windows in Caracas, Torre Lincoln Building.jpg

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Windows in Caracas, Torre Lincoln
  1. Ordinary building, not really special. The patterns are not as interesting as these balconies and Windows of Taj Tower Hotel for example, nominated two weeks ago.
  2. This nomination is very similar to Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Caracas building.jpg which was an obvious fake, leading to several hot discussions (Delist nomination, Village Pump, FP talk page...) not yet finished. Some time is needed to step back and judge the work objectively -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:13, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your review --Wilfredor (talk) 20:10, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Werdenberg Castle
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:19, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Gallotia galloti raising its legs due to the heat, at Centro de Visitantes de El Portillo, Tenerife
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Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), Monkey Forest Ubud Ubuan Bali
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Thai woman dressed in a traditional Sabi Silk at The Jim Thompson House in Bangkok Thailand
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Victoria crowned pigeon, Zoo Servion

 I withdraw my nomination Thanks for your comments and votes. Yann (talk) 15:33, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Australian ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
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Fishing at Sunrise, National Park Fruška Gora, Serbia
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Wild baby chamois in the Aletsch Forest Nature Reserve
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Train in Mongolia
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Window glass at the front entrance of Osaka General Medical Center.
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Rainbow over stupa at Wat Phone Sa Ath Phatiya Moungkoun bouddhist temple in Luang Prabang Laos
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Vintage military fashion shop and a clerk waiting for customers.
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Flower of Narcissus tazetta at Nagai Park.
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Flower of Narcissus tazetta at Nagai Parkk.

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File:Baths of Maria de Padilla, Alcázar of Seville.jpg
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The Sentinels, Southwest National Park
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Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, India
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Venetian mask in a studio photo session
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A common moorhen.
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Hugo Simberg, The Wounded Angel, 1903
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Pennisetum Villosum at Tatton Park Flower Show 2009
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A young Yörük girl wearing traditional clothing in the village of Prnalija
  •  Oppose The photographer uploaded the picture but the {{PR}} template was added by someone else. I don't mind the little red spot, but at full size the wound with the wrinkled skin reveals a sort of scab that is quite unsightly. And in the possible case where this visible mark was ignored by the subject or even undesirable, then the promotion of this picture (which will automatically be a future candidate at the POTY competition) could cause embarrassment. There are many pictures of different children in the series. Of course, in case where it is a permanent characteristic and therefore an assumed identity part, the portrait is different. However, nothing guarantees that this detail goes unnoticed in the other case -- Basile Morin (talk) 09:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's a personal thing. If the author provides consent that the picture can be used, there's no reason to be afraid of the consequences (BTW, it's debatable whether it's herpes or a healing wound). I was once shot with a large acne on my cheek for my graduation from primary school long time ago, and I didn't want to get it removed because my face would look very unnatural. I don't regret it at all.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 12:07, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

​* Oppose as above. What is Wikimedia policy? Should potentially unauthorized images of children be nominated for speedy deletion? Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:14, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Comment The author was contacted and will upload a letter of consent for all portraits. A general concern was raised regarding the vague policies and the lack of apparent mechanism that photographers should follow to upload their letters of consent, so there are questions on where the document should be deposited, what should be the language, should there be a signature and who will check its veracity? (To be frank, these things are unclear even for me as a long-time contributor, probably because I haven't been interested very much in portrait photography.)--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:01, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Basile Morin. --SHB2000 (talk) 02:35, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Юрий Д.К 10:55, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Whatever the red line below her lips is, I find it too distracting. Whatever is below the lips of the girl depicted in the photo from 2012, it's less sharply and clearly depicted and probably less contrasting, so it's much less distracting or disturbing, but that photo might not pass if nominated today, because her face is not that sharp. And yes, I realize the irony of that statement, but it's not an issue that we're looking for the very best photos on the site here. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:50, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nadar
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Vasu bihar
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Almond Blossoms, 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh.

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I delisted one of them please make this live again Don (talk) 23:02, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Old trees on Cheow Lan Lake in Surat Thani, Thailand

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Trees rising out of Cheow Lan Lake, blue sky, eternal summer in Surat Thani edited

The Cosmonaut, that’s an interesting version of yours. I thank you for creating the alternative and for adding it here. I would gladly support the edited version as well as your willingness to create and propose it. --Argenberg (talk) 11:39, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment As far as I know (from many related discussions), alternatives should be proposed or granted by the original nominator. Other versions can of course be suggested, but as links only -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see; this isn't really defined by the rules, and I wasn't a part of these discussion. If the nominator objects, I'll certainly remove it. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 02:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Winter
    Winter
  • Spring
    Spring
  • Summer
    Summer
  • Аutumn
    Аutumn
  •  Comment There are some nominations where the opinions and views of fellow reviewers make me change my mind, and this one is one of them. Otherwise, I'm always for the Wow effect, even if the technical quality is rather low. I still think this set works well in the overall context, so I would vote for a photomontage as suggested by Basile. This has worked in the past. Otherwise, I would nominate Spring and Winter separately. -- Radomianin (talk) 11:48, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Forester kangaroo (Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis) portrait
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Wheatfield with Crows, 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh.

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Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal

 I withdraw my nomination Ok, thanks, taking it back. ~~•~

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A night view of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Pedro II of Brazil
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View to the north from the Fondamente Nove in Venice. The snow-covered Alps can be seen in the distance.
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  • Shot at 14:48:40
    Shot at 14:48:40
  • Shot at 14:49:09
    Shot at 14:49:09
  • Yes I can see the differences, but what about those differences means that these pictures compliment each other well as part of a cohesive set, rather than just being two photos of the same subject taken a few seconds apart? Like to give an example the last time I did a successful set nomination was here and in that case it was useful to feature both pictures because it shows the subject from opposite directions and provides a more complete or comprehensive view. But in your set what extra value does the second picture add that isn't already there in the first picture? Cmao20 (talk) 14:37, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I love the juxtaposition of the two photos, showing how much the light has changed (and with it the colours and the atmosphere) in just 29 seconds. It’s a real bokeh diptych. However I fear our FP set rules are just too clumsy to cover this (or similar) creative sets. I would vote for each of them, of course … --Aristeas (talk) 10:59, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment This doesn't seem appropriate as a set,especially the rules of set nomination so I'll switch to to single nomination of Shot at 14:49:09. If who prefer Shot at 14:48:40, feel free to nominate it as an alternative.  I withdraw my nomination --Laitche (talk) 11:41, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Lopburi - Si Suriyothai (Sa Kaeo) roundabout, Jan 2024 02.jpg, not featured

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Si Suriyothai roundabout, Lopburi, Thailand
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Catedral Metropolitana de Sao Paulo, Brasil
Another angle, another picture, another nomination --Wilfredor (talk) 23:12, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Stanley Valley
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File: Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra Salvador Bahia Guarita Sul 2021-1557.jpg

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File:Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília - Brasília - 20150603150521.jpg, featured

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  •  Oppose Not a guideline, but a valid reason to oppose. Looks careless rather than intentional. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:57, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Not symmetrical / not in the axis (especially at the top). Also the white structure appears beige on this picture. Resolution is not huge, and the quality too average. Apart from that, the sculptures hiding the architectural work, or competing with it, make the composition cluttered in my view -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:47, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Reception lounge at Amantaka luxury Resort & Hotel at blue hour in Luang Prabang Laos
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