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Viviana Cordero Espinosa- Ecuadorian, writer, theater and cinema director
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 09:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:View from Miradouro do Pico do Arieiro - Madeira 05.jpg, featured

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View from Miradouro do Pico do Arieiro in the direction of Curral das Freiras, Madeira
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Result: 9 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:36, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Result: 2 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:03, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Water reflection of sunset with gray and orange clouds and pirogues moored to the bank in Don Det Laos
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ivar (talk) 06:18, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Gwoździec synagogue
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Result: 7 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:12, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Ancient Roman amphoras in Pompeii.jpg
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Result: 12 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:33, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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The border passage between Malaysia and Singapore, the Johor–Singapore Causeway was affected by the coronavirus epidemic, and the two countries implemented border blockade measures, so that vehicles filled up the roads before the epidemic were no longer in full swing, which also contrasted with the prosperous night view of Johor Bahru City.
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:56, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Layers of the Alimentary Canal
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Result: 6 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:56, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:06, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with lesser sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus)
Indeed, and there are some people here who would refuse to support on principle a picture of a human doing something comparable. Daniel Case (talk) 18:55, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Human's beak too small :-) Basile Morin (talk) 23:04, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:06, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Altar of Holy Cross Church, Suhl
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Result: 16 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:07, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Euthalia aconthea (common baron) caterpillar in Si Phan Don Laos
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Result: 6 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:39, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Frere Hall Karachi
  •  Comment For what it's worth, I disagree, because we're being shown the state and context that this Imperial building is in several decades after the departure of the former colonial overlords. A degree of incongruence and decay is part of the context. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:30, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ivar (talk) 18:04, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Charles, sometimes clearing the cache isn't enough here since the system on all Wikiprojects is really sluggish with old versions of files lingering forever. I recommend that you enable the "Page Purge". Open your 'Preferences', scroll down to 'Maintenance tools', check the box for 'Page Purge' and click on 'Save' at the bottom of the page. Close and open your browser, and then you should see the new Purge option under the 'More' tab, right under the 'Move' option. --Cart (talk) 17:24, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:17, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Marsh wren at Hammonasset Beach
Since the first wren photo nom was already up and running when Charles made his suggestion about a set, we can do it this way instead. I don't mind using my two slots since they are vacant and both photos are great. And I don't see any need for any crops here. -- Cart (talk) 20:50, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm unclear about norms regarding sets. I've typically understood them to be more about condensing nominations rather than featuring images that would not be featured independently. Each image in a set gets the same FP icon as any other FP in the end, right? That said, I don't have any objection to however you and Cart decide makes sense (up to and including withdrawing both to renominate as a set). — Rhododendrites talk |  23:09, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It has been said many times here on noms that set photos need to be FP material each in their own right. They can't be "leaning" on each other to get the nom promoted. Seeing how the voting has started here, I think it' s better to keep this as two noms. It was a good idea to nominate both, but people like one or the other photo, so it would be harder to get this through as a set nom. --Cart (talk) 23:31, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • ? I have not heard it being said many times. It is not part of FP set criteria. The images in this set nomination would not be FP as single images. Nor, in my opinion, is your original front-on nomination of the singing wren. It needs the side-on view to make it special. The two images together negate the cluttered background. The set would demonstrate the skill and patience of the photographer and have excellent EV. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:12, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The rules only say that "If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set", otherwise the images are subject to the same rules as any other nom. --Cart (talk) 08:44, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Now that I think about it a bit more, it does seem true that there are sets which succeed where [some of] the individuals would not be promoted. Like the chameleon sequence. If nominated separately, I don't think they'd all be promoted simply because once you've supported the 2 and 3, 1 and 4 are much less dramatic and "too similar." But I'm not sure I've seen one where the individuals would fail due to technical shortcomings apart that somehow work together. That doesn't mean it can't/hasn't happened, and I get Charles' reasoning here -- I just can't recall it. As I said before, I'm happy to defer to others on this. I don't have a strong feeling about set/separate and in this case I also don't have a strong opinion about crops (as long as it's not too close, which the current suggestion feels like it is IMO). — Rhododendrites talk |  13:24, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The notion that all photos in a set must also be standalone FPs was one of the non-written practices I learned when I came here. However, I think the interpretation of the FP rules change with the users voting at some time, same as with 'Alternatives' on a nom. (Most of the time 'alt' is only used for changes of the original photo, but from time to time some different photos are also presented and accepted.) We have also completely ignored the set rules at times. --Cart (talk) 14:01, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:18, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Trifolium hybridum inflorescence - Keila.jpg, featured

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Alsike clover
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Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:17, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:27, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ivar (talk) 06:15, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ivar (talk) 06:14, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Pont de Savines en mai 2021.jpg

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File:Artinite - Atlas mine1, San Benito, California, USA.jpg

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Artinite
  •  Comment Increased contrast would be easier on the eyes and make it easier to see where the crystal starts at smaller sizes (including full screen, which isn't that small). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:46, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Do you know what the little black dots on the crystals are, clearly visible all over them when viewed at 100% zoom? It looks almost like the mineral got dirty/dusty before you photographed it. However, the fact that I can see them is a good example of how this photograph captures details. Buidhe (talk) 07:43, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Shell of a File Mitre, Domiporta filaris
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ivar (talk) 13:35, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:El 18 2262 Ring - Brøttum.jpg, featured

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Regiontog to Trondheim between Ring and Brøttum, Norway
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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:13, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Eopsaltria australis - Brunkerville.jpg, featured

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Eastern yellow robin
  •  Comment (1) Yes they did, though many people suggested a square crop. (2) So what? You were precipitous in withdrawing the nomination. There's no rule I can't take it over. Oppose and move on. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

* Support but a square would be better --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 16:07, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Ivar, I think the square crop should be uploaded to another file and then made an Alt. You may own the nomination but you don't own the image. COM:OVERWRITE only permits minor crops to fix mistakes or remove something unwanted from the scene. I think JJ Harrison is an experienced enough photographer to judge their own preferred crop at upload. While a wide crop may seem weaker or unnecessary, it can increase the utility of the image for re-users, who are then free to crop any way they like or to add text on the featureless parts of the image. -- Colin (talk) 21:01, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ivar, I'm a bit frustrated there was no response to this. This is an official guideline on Commons, not just my personal opinion, and should be respected. I've reverted the edit to the file per COM:OVERWRITE. I see elsewhere at FPC also, we seem to have got into a bit of a habit of mucking about with other people's photos when making nominations, either without asking, or in conversations off-wiki unknown to other revewers. A free licence allows one to make one's own derivative work or a crop elsewhere. Overwriting is too much like altering an author's own work and then claiming that's what they should have uploaded instead if only they'd had your talent/software/eye. It's a bit rude. Please create another file for the square crop (using the lossless crop facility on Commons) and alt for this nomination: the guideline does not permit further reverts as contested alterations must be done on another file. -- Colin (talk) 07:39, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative

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  •  Info Created by JJ Harrison - cropped & uploaded by Ivar
  • Ivar had the good manners to withdraw the extra nom for this photo, but since a lot of the voters expressed a desire for a crop, it's only fair that it is added as an alternative. I'm 'pinging' previous voters so they have a chance to vote on their favorite version:
Charlesjsharp, Famberhorst, Martin Falbisoner, GRDN711, Daniel Case, Michielverbeek, Axel, Lmbuga, Buidhe, Aristeas, IamMM, Agnes Monkelbaan and Ikan Kekek. --Cart (talk) 11:09, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Question Cart, I like each of them for their own reasons, can I add my support for the alternative without striking my support for the other picture? --Axel (talk) 19:36, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Axel: Yes, of course you can. I think some other voters have done that already, and it often happens on nominations with 'Alt'. In the end, the one with the most support votes win. --Cart (talk) 20:15, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 18 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:11, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 13:12, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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French frigate Hermione reproduction
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:11, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:13, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Parlement européen - hémicycle - plafond (Strasbourg).jpg, not featured

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Result: 6 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 13:07, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:St. Johannes XXIII., Cologne, June 2021 -2.jpg, not featured

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St. Johannes XXIII., Cologne, Germany
Ah. I was going to suggest you get on top of a van or something, but then it occurs to me that under German law you'd lose your FoP if you did that. Daniel Case (talk) 18:12, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
FoP would be one thing... but it's also technically impossible to park anything there. ;-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:31, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Have a look at File:St._Johannes_XXIII.,_Cologne,_June_2021.jpg. IMHO the light is by far more striking there, with the sun reflection giving a nice counterpoint to the structure, and I added a crop suggestion to feature :) --Kreuzschnabel 12:26, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your suggestion! The bottom crop would appear a little bit awkward, I'm afraid, too much of the church would get lost. And lots of people would complain about the "tiny resolution" anyway. But you're right, I do like this picture, cropped or uncropped. The pronounced chiaroscuro and the reflection add something special. The nom didn't meet with much applause, sadly. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 12:45, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 4 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 13:08, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Marsh wren at Hammonasset Beach
Yep, this is me, as non-birder as you can get, nominating a bird photo (obviously not my own). I do it simply because I think it's a great capture and a strong photo. It's a bird situation photo, not a species identify photo (I leave such nominations for the real birders), along the same line as an illustration that got the ravens all the way to POTY a while back. The colors are also harmonious and the leaves create a little canopied stage for this guy and his(?) arias. -- Cart (talk) 19:30, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:09, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) adult feeding with juvenile in the rain
  • As you can see, this was shot in the pouring rain. My camera was enclosed (with monopod fitted) in a ThinkTank Hydrophobia Rain Cover which worked well though it is tricky to change settings. The cover has access holes for both hands. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:58, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:10, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Killdeer chick

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  • Killdeer chick bobbing (down position)
    Killdeer chick bobbing (down position)
  • Killdeer chick bobbing (up position)
    Killdeer chick bobbing (up position)
  • Just looking at the chick's camo coloring, you can tell this is (one of) their preferred environments and that's where you could photograph such a young little bird. --Cart (talk) 11:08, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not at all. It is at greater risk of predation when in the open. It takes that risk in order to feed. We try to take a bird photographs with a pleasing background and appropriate point of view. Birds are, of course, much more easy to find on mud and sand. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:40, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  weak support --Lmbuga (talk) 12:34, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Not so good back, also disturbive reflextion. I think S isn't neccessary, at least 1/800. Second option should be croped vertiacly. Quality could be better too. --Mile (talk) 15:46, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm not sure what you mean S not necessary. Shutter priority mode? Are you saying it should be faster or slower? I suppose it could've been faster, but if you compare the first one (when it was nearly still) to the second image (in motion), the sharpness is not very different, so I don't think the shutter speed was a problem here? I understand the request for a crop if that image were on its own, but I feel like keeping the same perspective makes it clearer that these two images are less than a second apart. If this doesn't succeed and anyone thinks it's worth nominating one of them separately (or joining them as a composite), I would be open to a crop. — Rhododendrites talk |  19:23, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose quite harsh light and sharpness is imo not at FP level, sorry. --Ivar (talk) 18:20, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment In trying to find out more about this "bobbing"/"hiccupping" behavior, I found this post, which sheds some light: [1] (on facebook). — Rhododendrites talk |  18:13, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Male anded demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx splendens)
  • Thank you. I have had some help from new technology. My new Canon EOS R6 has an inbuilt focus bracketing capability and improved Image Stabilization. That means that it is now practicable to use a monopod and a 100-500mm lens to take multiple images. The silent electronic shutter helps too. The camera still moves a bit during shooting, but Helicon Focus takes care of that as long as there is nothing distracting in the background to confuse it. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:49, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:27, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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I am confused - which version are we voting on? I love the composition and was happy with the original, but really want to be sure that what I am supporting is the image that will be promoted and not some other version of it. --Kritzolina (talk) 07:28, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Dispensable
  •  Comment Nirmal, this is FP quality, but you need to ask Prasan to correct small cloning error on the barbed wire (I've marked it up). I will then run it through my software to sharpen it up for you. If you like the cropped and lightened version I have uploaded, then you can replace. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:12, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Charles, perhaps you should take it a bit easy with these unsolicited major changes that you upload on other peoples' photos. A simple dust spot or CA removal is fine, but this is changing the whole appearance of the photo. It would be better if you made the change on a separate file in your Dropbox and let the author/nominator decide if they want to use it. (Like I did here for example.) I know you mean well, but even if you revert your edit and say that the choise is the authors, it's still there and it's usually only a matter of time before someone gets a funny idea about the photo and re-revert the edit. Just look at the mess in this file's history where you are overwriting the author's edits. This acting is irresponsible and counter the good you are trying to do. Please ask first! I don't think you would want this on one of your photos. --Cart (talk) 19:47, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am trying to help a good friend. We have spent good times together in Kathmandu. Following my suggestion, Nirmal asked Prasan to upload a new cropped image which he did. I then edited it. I assume that Prasan flipped his image by mistake. You may not like the edit, but it is certainly not unsolicited or irresponsible. Sorry, Nirmal, I tried to help. I've reverted back to the original version, Ivar and Ikan Kekek. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:55, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand, Charles. I'll wait a little longer to see how things develop, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm afraid I'm not as understanding as Ikan, Charles. If you are helping and communicating with someone through other channels, you should say so here on the nom. The rest of us have no way of knowing what you are up to. All we can see is that you are doing unexplained things on someone else's photo. You did a similar thing, unbidden and unwanted, on one of my most cherished photos and I'm still mad at you for messing with that. I don't want you doing the same mistake to someone else. --Cart (talk) 22:09, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, you are not understanding. Or rather, you choose not to understand. I AM NOT COMMUNICATING THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS. Everything I do is visible to all. Please cut out your unwarranted busybody accusations, snide insinuation and apologise. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:47, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't get what you're so angry about. Cart's point was that you should have stated this here when making the edit, that's all. Seems like a good suggestion for the future. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:01, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cart's point about editing FP noms is valid Ikan Kekek, but her accusations and attitude are not helpful here at FP. Goodness knows what they think of this in Nepal. And Colin has not unreasonably taken her insinuation of off-wiki discussions as true and mentioned it on another nomination. I am sure he will remove his comment soon. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:23, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • You need not worry, Charles, my bad attitude is reserved exclusively for conversations with you. You have been using these master suppression techniques on me for years now, to get me to quit FPC, and I’m getting really tired of it. I have apologized like you wanted, but you are ignoring that. It’s all in the textbook for these techniques. --Cart (talk) 21:50, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's really best not to say that other people's feelings are nonsense or pretending. If you are unable to put yourself in her shoes, that's OK, but you seem to be acting on the false basis that there's something called The Truth, which you are privy to, and anything or anyone who deviates from it is wrong or a liar. Best to have more humility than that. I'm really sorry I'm the one making these remarks to you, but it really bothers me to see men gang up on a woman to try to shout her down because her feelings somehow have to be declared false and ridiculous by acclamation or something. It's not an accident that few women are regulars at FPC. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:42, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Females are not represented on the wiki projects, this disparity is not about FPC, not even about Commons, it's everywhere. Talking about "men gang up" is wrong, guy Kekek. Also saying there's a league or an effort to chase W.carter is completely absurd. Any truth is subjective here, that's obvious for who is used to participate. I repeat Charles doesn't act the way is claimed above, in my view. Nonsense for me Kekek -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:37, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your opinion is noted. Talk to people like Granada about that if you ever care to. I don't think men are good judges of what is not a hostile atmosphere for women (and note how I phrased that). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:32, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok, I have no problem with apologizing for assuming that you communicated through other channels. My mistake. But that makes your actions even more confusing since no explanation for the editing was given when they were made. I'll back out of this discussion now. --Cart (talk) 08:57, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As a woman who was not involved in most of this exchange, I want to thank Ikan Kekek for his thoughtfulness and understanding. --Kritzolina (talk) 07:15, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Sorry Charles, Sorry to Cart, Ikan Kekek and Basile Morin. It making me feel that I brought controversy and conflict among friends. In my opinion we are all contributing here for good faith, That's why every Wikimedia contributors are friends for me and I never wanted this among my friends. Prasan just solved the cloning error and uploaded it. If you all are not okay with this nomination I can withdraw my nomination too. Best -- Nirmal Dulal (talk) 04:57, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am striking out my vote because I am confused by the quick changes and restorations of versions which do not (always) improve the quality. Please decide on which version we should vote ;–). (And the cloning error should be fixed, it’s so simple.) --Aristeas (talk) 08:22, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) in a garden in Bamberg. Focus stack of 20 frames.
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File:Ravi Varma-Princess Damayanthi talking with Royal Swan about Nala.jpg
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Damayanti, the princess of Vidarbha Kingdom, talking with a divine swan, who tells her about Nala.
Reason
High quality, love the details of the dress, has historical significance.
Creator
Raja Ravi Varma
Date
1899
Note: This is my first nomination, your advice is required.
@Ikan Kekek: Well I just took a look at all the sources of the painting and the official site releases this much. Also, I could not find any criteria that image should be always full. Please inform if I am wrong..245CMR.•👥📜 03:58, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment It's rather unfortunate that the signature got clipped. I am sure improved quality Varma digital will be online soon, as they are celebrated works. Damayanti is the centerpiece in a recent "Mythology and Classical Drama" segment that gives a rather detailed layout of Varma gallery. Talk by Ganesh Shivaswamy. Aavindraa (talk) 05:28, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Yes, photographs of paintings should always show the entire painting unless they are expressly details. Moreover, this is Featured picture candidates. Featured pictures are classified as "one of the finest images" on the site. A photo of most of a painting with part of it cut off can't be one of the finest images on the site. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:52, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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An oil tanker, some recreational boats, and the w:Benicia-Martinez Bridge, as seen from the Martinez Marina in w:Martinez, California.
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File:Swayambhunath temple - an ancient religious architecture of Nepal.jpg, featured

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Blue jay fledgling calling out for its parent
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Depiction of the Vietnamese dragon, as used on flags and emblems.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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HMS Northumberland at sea
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Head of Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
  • You're right. So should we delist either of the others? Should this be the responsibility of a user making a new nomination? At the moment, we end up with high quality images (like this one) sitting alongside inferior FPs from the past which add little value and devalue the new award. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:14, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Being considered to be "highlighted as some of the finest on Commons" means comparing the nomination with similar existing images on Commons, some of which may be FP/QI. But there isn't any tradition of simultaneously considering demotions. It probably would be fairest on this nomination to wait till it ends before complicating things with a delist if you think some others aren't acceptable any more. -- Colin (talk) 09:35, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Hemimorphite - Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.jpg, featured

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Hemimorphite
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Cherub with Chariot - fourth Faberge Imperial egg
I'm sorry I my comments upset you. You're attempting a reconstruction here, so nobody expects it to be anything more than a best guess. For something like this, the question is not so much "is it correct" rather than "is it credible"? You are providing a highly detailed reconstruction of an object where hardly any evidence exists for how it looks like. That means you are making a lot of assumptions/guesses, so don't be surprised if someone questions them. If you have reasons to assume that the maker took the shortcut of attaching the platform directly to the wheels (which is obviously not how wheels work), then let's hear them. --El Grafo (talk) 13:52, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
KDS4444, you should review how featured pictures are described: "This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons and is considered one of the finest images." That's a very high bar. Opposing the elevation of an image to a featured picture is not an insult and not intended to be one. If you doubt that, reread my language in which I stated that the image is useful. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:57, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Münster, LBS, Funktionsskulptur -- 2021 -- 9801.jpg, featured

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Sculpture “Abluftplastik” (Friedrich Gräsel, 1971) near LBS in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Office building of the LBS in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Talismanic shirt inscribed with Qur’anic verses, the Asma’ al-Husna, and prayers written in a variety of scripts and colours
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Wooden boomerang
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 15:41, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support JukoFF (talk) 10:45, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 17:27, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose L'émotion n'est pas démesurément intense. L'herbe est nette, incontestablement, l'appareil SONY ILCE-7RM3 a réalisé un remarquable travail de mise au point, en revanche, le boomerang, que je considère comme pièce maîtresse de la composition, est légèrement insatisfaisant de mon point de vue subjectif. Pas assez dynamique. Peut-être que l'objet fera un formidable score au concours POTY s'il est promu, mais cela m'étonnerait. Sur Wikipédia ils adorent ce genre de sujets immobiles, qui ne procurent pas nécessairement de sentiment, cela peut valoir la peine de nominer là-bas, pour illustrer certains articles. Ici sur Commons, les directives stipulent que le factor wouah est prépondérant, or il me manque quelque chose d'original dans cette composition, comme une main 🖐 par exemple (Translate) -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:42, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The background is distracting, like an OK bird photo and sitting flat on the grass doesn't work for me. However, for a 'what is this?' shot (see my comment above) it has interest. Depends on what we are being asked to judge. With an 'oxbow lake' file name, it would ask us to look at the image differently. What does XRay think, considering the EV discussion on the FPC talk page? Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:22, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Performance of Czech singer-songwriter Kaczi
  •  Comment IMHO an excellent idea; the photo fits better in that gallery when you compare the images. Cart has made the same suggestion [2]. I have taken the freedom to change the gallery right away and hope that this is OK. --Aristeas (talk) 12:59, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris - Mogo Campground.jpg, not featured

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Male eastern spinebill

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Tree swallow peers out from its nest box
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Green shield bug (Palomena prasina)
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School Strike for Climate Melbourne, 30 November 2018
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#Events
  •  Info created by Julian Meehan - uploaded by User:A1Cafel - nominated by User:Geelongite -- Geelongite (talk) 09:37, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- nominating this image as a featured image, as although it’s a few years old it’s in general, and technically speaking, a fantastic image that shows plenty of movement and action and highlights the passion of the participants in the School Strike for Climate. Furthermore, this image has been used numerous times both in Australian media and world wide since it’s been publishedGeelongite (talk) 09:37, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Gallery link improved. The gallery link should also include an anchor for the matching section on the gallery page. This is necessary to allow the FP bot to sort the photo (if it gets promoted) right in the correct section. --Aristeas (talk) 11:08, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support There are some technical shortcomings (leftmost head cropped, feet cropped, tight top/right crops, perspective leaning, sky overexposed). But the most important parts (the faces and the big banner) are crisp and sharp, and from a photo taken right in the middle of action we do not expect technical perfection, we expect that it documents and conveys an accurate and moving impression of that moment. Here this photo delivers: I feel like standing directly in front of the protest, I hear the voices, I sense the emotions. Shortcomings like the tight crops and the perspective even seem to contribute to that feeling of closeness and immediateness, so these vices become virtues. --Aristeas (talk) 12:15, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per nom & Aristeas. It's overexposed and distorted, but it succeeds where so many FP candidates of demonstrations have failed in the past. --El Grafo (talk) 12:32, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support perhaps my most predictable support. :) could it be FPC is ready to promote such an image? (oh, but it needs a rename afterwards) — Rhododendrites talk |  17:10, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per others. Distortion on the viewer's left is pretty weird, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:51, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1. {{Personality rights}} missing
2. Strong distorsions at the borders
3. Foot cropped
That being said, it's striking because the young ones seem totally in phase -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:24, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I hope that I have done the renaming right and fixed all instances of the old filename. @Geelongite: When you want to nominate a file as Featured picture, Quality image or Valued image, please check the filename first. If it meaningless (like in this case) or plain wrong, please request renaming the file first before you nominate it – it’s way easier to rename a file before the nomination ;–). Thank you! --Aristeas (talk) 07:17, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I have considered to offer a crop as alternative: we could crop the photo just at the left so that the distorted face is removed. But then one foot of the leftmost person would still be in the frame, and that could be considered as irritating, too … ;–). What do you folks think? --Aristeas (talk) 15:05, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Sella group - View from West.jpg, featured

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View from west to the Sella group, Dolomites, Italy
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  • Looking down - the dorsal side
    Looking down - the dorsal side
  • The same dragonfly head-on
    The same dragonfly head-on
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Drop of water on water-resistant textile (100% polyester)
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Chinese scroll with the text of surat al-Hajj, depicting Mecca, Medina, the Great Wall of China, the Kaaba, and a map of pilgrimage routes from China to Mecca.
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.245CMR.•👥📜 13:50, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Daniel Case: As per the instruction page, it is not an official policy and I think the resolution is enough as per Commons: Scanning#Paintings, full-colour illustrations, and similar works.245CMR.•👥📜 06:05, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My judgement is subjective. I said nothing about the resolution either way. I just don't think it's as good as our other digitized paintings. Daniel Case (talk) 06:12, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We're not looking for "just enough" at FPC. We're looking for "absolutely outstanding". You are absolutely welcome to continue nominating work here, but you also might consider nominating some of your work at COM:QIC, if you haven't already done so. Quality images are of good quality, not necessarily among the very best on the site. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:54, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Juvenile Kaloula in a drop of water on a Sacred lotus leaf
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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South Bay Beach, Hong Kong

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 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 09:21, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Cup of coffee traditionaly made in Balkan with džezva
Charlesjsharp croped saucer, dishes are something normal at food photo. You will understand when you try it. However i can try with other composition. --Mile (talk) 16:32, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral I like it very much, nice quality, but it's a pity that it is cropped. Nice would also be a version with the džezva. Maybe pouring it from there into the cup. -- -donald- (talk) 12:45, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I don't give a damn about the saucer being cropped. Look at the coffee! Great photo. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:51, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Charles, this compo doesn't work as a whole. --Ivar (talk) 06:11, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It's not just the cropped saucer. It's the angle that leaves the cup off-center, the odd fade from mostly white to vaguely cream near the top, the possible overexposure of those regions, and the low DoF being distracting, especially when this is the sort of image that can easily be focus-stacked. Also, I hate to say this but I just don't find the coffee that appealing ... I mean, of course I'd drink it if it were offered to me and I wouldn't be surprised if it were delicious but ... with that foam on top it frankly looks like it was made with a mix. Daniel Case (talk) 02:47, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you check EXIF you could see its stack of 3 images. And i want it that way, end of cup and desk should not be in focus, focus is on coffee. This is normal coffee made from džezva, with 1,5 teaspoon of normal coffee. I dont know what cover you prefer, but not like this one ?! It could be a tea. If you see "normal" coffee from coffeemachine, seems like milk is on the top. This is true traditionaly COFFEE. --Mile (talk) 07:57, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Charlesjsharp. --~ Karelj (talk)
  •  Weak support That coffee looks amazing, totally unlike anything you'd expect to get over here in Germany. I'd love to give that a try! Only a "weak" support, though, because like others I'm not totally convinced by the composition. Of course, there's absolutely nothing wrong in principle with cutting through a saucer or plate in food photography, and in many cases it is a necessity if you don't want to waste the majority of screen real estate on chinaware. But somehow it feels to me that you haven't quite found the right angle yet, especially vertically. --El Grafo (talk) 08:35, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't think this is quite there, and the subject is an easy-to-find one, so I expect something about it to make me go "wow". I totally agree with El Grafo, and it should be no surprise that I completely disagree that cropping the saucer is the problem: cropping a plate or saucer is more typical than not in food photography. -- Colin (talk) 17:29, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination Thanx for voting. This will go to next try, with "homemade" cups. --Mile (talk) 07:34, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Burning Man 2014
  •  Support I don't need to wait for an answer to Charles' question. What he's calling streamers don't look natural but look similar to the tubes people wear around their heads which are lit for a while until the phosphorescence dies out. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:12, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Coliseum Mountain Tarn
I'm not seeing posterization, could you point out the locations, please? Regarding WB, I feel like the current one reflects the actual scene the best. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 08:42, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Mount Burwell
Likewise, I feel the current WB accurately depicts the actual scene. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 08:43, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame.
 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: too small image size. Should be at least 2 MP according to the guidelines. This is less than half that. Buidhe (talk) 10:41, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.
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Night view of the Rostock power station
  • @Aristeas: Many thanks for the appreciation :) The road leading to the right has been a dead end for some time and behind the camera position is a traffic circle, which currently only makes sense for turning because there are no main connections. So there is almost no vehicle movement in this part of the seaport. -- Radomianin (talk) 11:30, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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* Support Yes this picture should be a bit more cropped, but subject,colors and focus are very nice. --2A01:CB1D:8A00:1A00:14C6:BD3B:E213:3C91 19:52, 8 July 2021 (UTC) No valid vote --Commonists 21:21, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Mumbai Skyline
 Nomination denied. Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines because only two active nominations per user are allowed. --Aristeas (talk) 10:50, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Pangong Lake in Ladakh, India
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EC2 Lodz
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Field horsetail
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Lincoln Center fountain at dusk during Pride
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+ No color-space metadata and no embedded color profile Color Temperature 12,750, Tint +111 -- Basile Morin (talk) 09:58, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
LOL! One of the best comments here ever! Daniel Case (talk) 01:51, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Comment I understand your reaction. I like the sensation of looking at a sandwich of dirt and rocks with snow appearing to be below and above. The shadows don't bother me, but I do understand that shadows can bother people. Ultimately, it's all down to how we react to the form and, as you say, what our aesthetics are. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:46, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Crêpe-paper flower
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quartz crystal resonator
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Ensemble of the Solovetsky monastery in the fog
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Cracked flower bud of an Agapanthus Senna
*Answer: The button is not exactly round but oval. the diameter is about 18 mm at the thinnest point. The stem has a diameter of ± 8 mm.--Famberhorst (talk) 04:47, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Volvo PV544 B18 (built in 1961) in the parking lot of the barbecue area in Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • I've seen many colorful clouds in different places, sometimes photographed them, and I know how nature can be creative, impressive, providing vivid colors. For what reason here when I look at the tints I feel that the saturation, the contrasts, or something altered this "natural feature"? It gives me an impression of artificial phenomenon, that is certainly not the purpose. Also, no mention of HDR in the file page? -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:13, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I used the HDRI technique to depict the large contrast range. That also increased the contrast and the saturation of the colors a bit, but in my opinion not in an unnatural way. Nonetheless, it was an impressive sunset with strong red, magenta and orange around the sun. It was one of the rare, very colorful natural spectacles. --XRay 💬 04:24, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Jetavanaramaya Stupa
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RhB Hinterrhein bridges at Reichenau-Tamins with a freight train and S-Bahn
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The Rio della Madonna canal with Palazzi Contarini Dal Zaffo and Palazzo Minelli-Spada on Fondamenta Gasparo Contarini in Venice.
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Street cricket in India
per all opposed reasons above --Ooligan (talk) 23:17, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • We should have species, not just genus for FP. Should be easy if you can find someone with Nepalese odonata knowledge. 21:32, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
They both use their wings. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:32, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • I agree, this is a technically well done image, and it is aesthetically pleasing — which already might be enough for a star. But it could have so much more educational value if the individual models were identified. --El Grafo (talk) 07:41, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Reason per Colin --Ooligan (talk) 23:20, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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monolithic integrated circuit
  • I didn't say it was a mistake, how could it be? I gave it as a reason to oppose. I happen to think is not a great compositional choice. I have absolutely no idea why Colin does not respect another's opinion. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:09, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Am I supposed to "respect" your opinion by agreeing with it? You are welcome to your opinion, but if you post it on the internet, don't be surprised if others explicitly disagree with it. I think you are wrong on several levels. Recent discussions have demonstrated a consensus that an overly conservative view of what makes a good composition or good FP are actively harming the project. Not everything about an image that is "not how I'd have done it" deserves an oppose. Specifically, a requirement that photos at FP must be absolutely vertical and perpendicular actively discourages people from taking and nominating great images, and frankly makes us look eccentric. -- Colin (talk) 17:26, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @El Grafo: @Mister rf: My reading is that COM:UA applies to a product as sold, not to the internal design. An image of a packaged IC is ok, e.g. File:AVR_group.jpg. The internal circuit layout visible in the nominated image is certainly copyrighted by Motorola. Where and how this internal view was photographed is relevant. If this image is taken from a public exhibit by Motorola, COM:FOP rules need to be applied.
    Analogy: images of a Coca-cola bottle and the Coke liquid are ok. An image of the recipe (internal design) is not ok.
    The Summary Description of the image could include details of how and where the photograph was taken. --Tagooty (talk) 14:54, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not a lawyer, either, but a secret recipe is not at all similar to a photo of an integrated circuit. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:12, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @El Grafo: @Ikan Kekek: A couple of clarifications: (1) A patent protects a conceptual design, say, for an IF Amplifier/Demodulator. The IC is one of many possible realisations of that conceptual design. The IC manufacturer normally protects the detailed circuit diagram, the IC layout, and the documentation using copyright. Hence, an image of the layout is a copyright issue. (2) The coke recipe and the layout of the IC are both internal designs. One is protected by trade secret, the other by copyright. Publication of an image of either design may be an infringement. Note that an IC is sold with the layout hidden inside packaging, not exposed as in the image.
    IANAL also! I hope some expert will resolve the issue. --Tagooty (talk) 03:29, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understood your analogy; I just don't agree with it. If you have a precise recipe, you can make the product, period. However, a mere photo of an integrated circuit does not answer every question someone might have about how to construct one. A step by step construction manual with precise directions on everything would be analogous to the secret recipe. I'm not saying it's impossible that there could be a copyright issue, but as you say, if so, it would be a different kind of copyright issue. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:40, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I consider myself to be firmly on the cautious side when it comes to copyright, but I really see no issue here. See also the link provided by Jim below. In any case, while it is fine to raise concerns about copyright at a nomination, this is not the place for in-depth discussions like this. Again, if you, Tagooty, think this is a problem worth discussing in general, please don't hesitate to bring it to COM:VP/C! Because if you are right, that many more images would be affected, and guidelines may need to be adjusted. --El Grafo (talk) 09:38, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Performance of Czech singer-songwriter Kaczi
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For me it's de minimis here. Daniel Case (talk) 18:06, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Info The creator Gustave Eiffel died in 1923, so the tower's copyright expired on 1 January 1994. --A1Cafel (talk) 05:55, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment The issue is the illumination of the tower, not the tower itself. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:44, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Reason per all opposed above. --Ooligan (talk) 23:22, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Office building of the LBS in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Sorry, I can't follow your arguments. Why do you think, parts of buildings are not object for FP? That should only be your opinion, but by no means a set of rules. There are much examples für very good photographs with building parts. And there is no rule for different images (it's not similar) of the same object. I would like to ask you to read the rules for a nomination here again carefully. (And: And please explain your reasons for a contra. "I don't like it" (your statement in abbreviated form) is not a good and helpful reason.) --XRay 💬 05:07, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I never told, that parts of buildings are not object for FP is rule for everybody. But this is what I think and what I feel and I shall decide next time by the same principle. Off course, it could be some exceptions, but this is not that case here. I add my vote as a person (human beeing), not like some robot. So it is also answer for that claim "I don't like it" is good enough for anybodies decision, when voting.
  • And there is also some other problem here. I believe, that anybody, who edits this page more frequently could after some time see, that there is something like private club of aproximately 30 - 50 wikipedians, who are supporting each other. Working by system: Now I will support you, next time you will help me. One can see, that images from some authors are supported very quickly and easy by some members of this "club" (not by all of them, off course) and images of new comming authors have much more problems to be voted. -- Karelj (talk) 13:46, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your words may already reveal the dilemma. The impression of a "club" might be wrong, unfortunately there are not that many active people here, so that the impression could arise. They're not Wikipedians either, because we're here at Wikimedia Commons. The demands on images are different at Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons is a media archive with many possibilities, whereby the media can also be used for Wikipedia. New nominations sometimes have difficulties at the beginning because the procedure is not fully understood. But that will subside over time. All of us sometimes have pictures that are rejected. And from my point of view: Why should I add a contradicting voice if there are already enough voices? No vote or a neutral vote may be an alternative. --XRay 💬 06:04, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Striding Lions from Babylon (Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin)
I think the browsers just give up and display a preview quality image that looks awful at full size. This one needs downloaded and opened in an image program, or use the zoom viewer. -- Colin (talk) 15:39, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Thank you. The zoom viewer is working well, and the photo is just as extraordinary as everyone is saying. It's odd, though, because I usually have no trouble viewing even very large photos at full resolution in my normal browser. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:59, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Common seal (Phoca vitulina) juvenile, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
Upgraded !vote to support. Daniel Case (talk) 15:27, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) female
  • It is, but I didn't create that heirarchy. It doesn't seem worth a comment on an FP nomination. One is essentially a National Park category tree and the other is an animal category tree. Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:47, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not unwilling. You haven't replied to my polite enquiry as yo your view of the overcat. The Protected areas cat might be redundant but was added automatically during the WLE 2021 upload process. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:40, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • My edits are not "questionable by default"; if I state something, I don't have to proof myself each time. Thinking independently is sometimes useful too; otherwise we may end up like in Fahrenheit 451 someday. Regards --A.Savin 16:33, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the top-level cat. No need to have it when the animal cat is used. If we want a cat for the flora someone can go create it. Daniel Case (talk) 03:03, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Easter breakfast
  •  Question You're objecting based on the idea that a photograph of a traditional Easter meal is a "trivial" subject to you? Why is it any more trivial than a photograph of a church? Both are aspects of Christianity and tradition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:48, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I guess FPC evaluates more the objects than the technique and there is a little difference between an apple or a meal and a piece of art --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 15:56, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If you're evaluating the technique, I certainly have no objection to that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:31, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Courtyard to the Sky at the European Parliament seen from the edge.
    Courtyard to the Sky at the European Parliament seen from the edge.
  • Courtyard to the Sky at the European Parliament seen from the center.
    Courtyard to the Sky at the European Parliament seen from the center.
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Alternative Version

  •  Comment The uploader doesn't look to be active on Commons, so I took the liberty of uploading an edited version. I adjusted verticals, gave it a tiny bit more space at the top, and denoised it. The amount of denoising it needed makes me still unsure it would pass FPC, but I really like the image so I uploaded it anyway: File:Museu da República 1 edit.jpg. If you see this, Fwsbsb and would like this version to replace the original rather than be separate, just let me know. You can reupload it yourself (or another version) and I will request deletion of this version. Pinging participants thus far to see if it's worth putting this up as an alternative: @IamMM, Michielverbeek, Buidhe, Daniel Case, and El Grafo: . IamMM, I will defer to you. — Rhododendrites talk |  16:00, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I would support the alternative. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:46, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well denoised but verticals are not straight, so unfortunately no support --Michielverbeek (talk) 05:35, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Rhododendrites, for taking the time to create and upload the edited version! IMHO it is much better, I would be happy to support it. --Aristeas (talk) 07:39, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Why are people here so obsessed with noise? It makes not sense to me to pixel-peep an image that is intended to be viewed as a whole. The new version does not look any better at normal viewing sizes and it looks worse at 100%. Yes, the sky looks smooth now, but at the price of posterization and loss of detail on the subject. I'm not against selectively de-noising the background a bit, but this went too far, in my opinion. That little bit of additional space on top was a very good idea, though. --El Grafo (talk) 08:48, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding posterization, I don't disagree. That's part of what I meant by my hedging in the beginning. I tried a few different methods of denoising and didn't find one that worked all that well. I don't mind some noise, but the reality is a very noisy image of a static subject has little to no chance of passing FPC. I think it's worth trying to get this one to pass. I'd be happy for someone else to do a better job than mine, though. — Rhododendrites talk |  12:31, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My problem with the original version was not the noise, but the leaning verticals. --Aristeas (talk) 18:45, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Pocket watch (Savonette) made by Thos. Russell & Son
  •  Support --ElooKoN (talk) 23:13, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Don't like the unsharp lid. -- -donald- (talk) 06:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Regretful oppose per donald. The unsharp lid is too distracting, more so as the unsharp part comes in so suddenly. Otherwise well done. --Kreuzschnabel 10:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Regretful weak oppose Done with such care and such a great old watch, but ... not only is the blurred lid a distraction, the awkward crop is too. Daniel Case (talk) 17:23, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you for your feedback! For me the lid was never at all a distraction. I intentionally left the lid as it is, because otherwise the photo may have looked synthetic to me. For me there was no point in highlighting the lid. Nonetheless this is important feedback, so thank you! It shows that something which not at all draws any attention for someone, can cause distraction for another person. Only one thing I don't understand: You say the crop is awkward? I don't really understand what you exactly mean by that, since this is meant to be a close-up. I would be thankful if you could explain that more fully for me :) --ElooKoN (talk) 00:59, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@ElooKoN: I mean the crop on the right. It might have looked better if you'd just taken it off the chain completely. Daniel Case (talk) 20:01, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the feedback! --ElooKoN (talk)
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Sunset at Pangong Tso
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  • Answer: the corolla (yellow part) is ± 12 mm. long. The seeds develop in the green ball under the corolla. When the seeds are ripe, they can rattle in the then brown ball.--Famberhorst (talk) 05:05, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Fonte Avellana Hermitage
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Čertovy schody quarry
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  •  Info created by Nefronus - uploaded by Nefronus - nominated by Nefronus --Nefronus 22:38, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Welcome, Nefronus! I believe this is your first nomination here; sorry if I'm being forgetful. In any case, I would really like to hear your thoughts on what makes this photo exceptional. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:24, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for the welcome, Ikan Kekek, you are right about my first nomination. In my opinion the subject is exceptional, the quarry looks majestic and has interesting connections both with the geological history of the area (which is essential e.g. for stratigraphy/paleontology internationally – sadly there is not a WP article on that topic yet) and industry. Regarding the photo, I like the different colored “layers” (sky, vegetation, stone, vegetation), the layering is further supported by the stages of the quarry. Also the drilling machine gives an idea of the scale. So, all in all, the photo is not brutally, but rather softly striking. It is a favorite one of my photo uploads yet: it combines my favourite scientific field and well executed aesthetics. I was also curious about the FP nomination process/reactions. --Nefronus 23:55, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you. That was a very clear answer. I think the photo is interesting, but I wonder whether a more horizontal composition might have worked better. That said, I'll give myself the time to live with this photo before making any decisions. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:23, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Female spotted pardalote
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Male purple emperor

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  • upperside of male
    upperside of male
  • the wing underside of the same male
    the wing underside of the same male

 I withdraw my nomination Yes, there are transitions - the focus-bracketing interval must have been too great. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:53, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Grapefruits
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Painting of allegory of the city of Brescia praying the Virgin Mary with Child to free it from the plague by Francesco Paglia in the Cathedral Duomo nuovo of Brescia
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Hi Mile author uploaded the original. -- Nirmal Dulal (talk) 10:13, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Llez it's Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster), you can see it in caption and category. --Nirmal Dulal (talk) 15:03, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
But not in the file description. --Llez (talk) 17:00, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done added -- Nirmal Dulal (talk) 06:18, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • I could do, if it was contrived, like this one. This nomination is one where it would be good to just say "I don't like it". How can one try to rationalize one's opinion of an artistic image? Your reasons for support are very personal. Would anyone else see what you see in the photo? You write "The slant between the spears of the 3 asparagi also helps to create a nice curvy motion to the spoon". Objective criticism? Or (dare I say this to one of our most thoughtful and fair reviewers) - pretentious? Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:37, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think it can be pretentious because it describes my own experience of viewing the photo as well as I can describe it. Also, anyone looking for an objective basis for taste is wasting their time; taste is and should be subjective. I also think it's completely fine and reasonable if you don't like the composition but, I submit, probably not just because it's contrived. Every still life is contrived because the artist deliberately sets up the objects in such-and-such a way. Therefore, this composition is in that sense comparable to a still life. But again, that's quite a different question from whether the composition works for you. It could be, though, that I'm taking the word "contrived" too literally, and what you're getting at is that the composition feels unpleasantly unnatural to you, whereas some still lifes, though literally contrived, may feel natural to you. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:23, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Partial eclipse in 21 june 2020 at 08:31 AM in Riyadh
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Stream and fallen tree.

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  •  Support From the same RAW file as above but this time all done by me. Much more sharp, and still some wow effect regarding the atmosphere / mood but less than the monochrome version IMO. -- Christian Ferrer (talk) 19:01, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support One of the rare cases, where I like ND filter, because it fits perfectly. I more prefer the colored version though :) --ElooKoN (talk) 19:25, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Very pleasing, high value on the aesthetic axis. On the other hand, the educational value of such shots, while well done and beautiful, are somewhat limited from my point of view – there’s not really much information to gain here. Drastically speaking, there are valleys like this to be found in many mountaineous regions all over the globe, so I fail to see what’s so special about this one. Don’t take me rude please, of course there’s nothing really bad or wrong here. So I am not going to oppose. Just a little bit tending to be out of scope since Commons is not about aesthetically beautiful images in the first place, right? --Kreuzschnabel 11:02, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Several things to answer here. Firstly far from me the idea to be rude with you, Kreuzschnabel, we crossed one each other several times from years here or in QIC, and without reminding myself if I always agree with you I'm sure that I'm always interested by your photos or by what you have to say about photos. Therefore the fact that you don't have any reasons to oppose is already a good thing from my point of view. So thank you for your comment. The aim of Wikimedia Commons is to store media "providing knowledge; instructional or informative". Question: how can you able to know that this place is precisely like that wihout such photo? how can you able to know that in this place there is a litle stream that can grow up to the point to (likely) uproot trees and create banks of more than 2 meters highs (for the story I finished my descent from the bank on the buttocks :)). If we follow your logic, what is the difference between one street of one town and a street of another town? they may be sometimes very similar, doe's that mean that only the photos of streets where there is a monument or a famous buildings are in scope? There is also a lot of mountains in the world... does that mean that we can only promote photos of "special mountains" and not the "special photos" of mountains. This is exactly where we approach to talk about of the "wow factor". This is a photo of a quite ordinary stream in a quite ordinary country, yes, but there is a rather dramatic atmosphere which emerges, which makes that not the place but the photo is special. Christian Ferrer (talk) 20:10, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Tell me stupid, but IMHO the photo does not look at all like a typical HDR image, it just looks like a photo taken in the wood with high contrast. If I develop a simple RAW file of a photo taken in the wood with high contrast (i.e. some sunlight here, shadows elsewhere), without any fancy adjustments, it looks like this – and Christian has even resisted the temptation to lighten the shadows, therefore the shadows are very dark, very realistic, i.e. IMHO absolutely not HDR-like. (Cf. examples of ‘artistic’, i.e. overdone HDR.) --Aristeas (talk) 07:19, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed that is not a HDR, it is 30s long exposure taken with a filter as well noted by ElooKoN a bit above, then edited manually in Lightroom and in Photoshop. However Aristeas I have to moderate your statements a bit, in order to not to have the sunlighted areas entirely burned I had to limit the exposure, and the result is the shadows in the right part of the image in the RAW file are very strong, even almost black, and the lighted areas are of course very bright. Hopfully the camera registered all the details for the shadowed areas, and a lot of details for the brighten areas. But I had to lighten the shadows a lot to obtaim the current result, trying of course not to overdo it, and I had to decrease a lot the highlights for the sunlighted areas too. So more you have to touch it more it's hard to recover a natural aspect, so it's quite logical that some persons find it not natural, I did my best but it's very hard to make such an extreme RAW file looking natural. Christian Ferrer (talk) 09:04, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, sorry, I took it for self-evident that most RAW photos of a high contrast landscape are photographed ‘underexposed’ to preserve the highlights (more or less applying ETTR; better explanation, scroll down to “Exposure”), and then, when developing the RAW file, the midtones and shadows are brightened again. That’s a standard procedure and goes without saying. What I wanted to say is that you did not lift the shadows too much – the shadows are still dark, the blacks are still black, and this is what distinguishes the photo very much from the usual overdone HDR look in which both the lights are too dark and the shadows too bright. But I am sorry if I have interfered with your debate, I just was astonished that the photo was associated with HDR and wanted to question that impression. --Aristeas (talk) 09:40, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, to discuss photography is a pleasant thing. Christian Ferrer (talk) 10:26, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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A yeast-raised donut from Dough, a bakery in Brooklyn at 448 Lafayette Ave. This is a Dulce de Leche doughnut, which features a dulce de leche glaze and is topped with toasted almonds.
  •  Oppose I wouldn't want it bigger, but the image guidelines say no downsizing. It does seem to be cut out (from other comments) and I do not think a cut out appropriate here. Shouldn't a cut-out be declared as a major manipulation of the image? Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:36, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I think, for a food photo a non-removed background, such as a plate or tablecloth, works better than plain white; and I don't like the very tight crop, sorry. --A.Savin 18:40, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I would say it is not up to current standard for food photo, since now many use focus stack. In this case i would rather see he went to single shot on some "normal" aperture than going to "worse" f/18. I saw Amos photos before, he actually made make great photos of subjects, but when subject is small(er) not so much. His clinical "black and white shots" are better accepted on EN FP. For me back is boring, i would like to add some more to the back...probably police car or similar. Size is fine by me. --Mile (talk) 20:07, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Hah, police car! To my eyes, this photo is very sharp at much larger than life size and just a bit out of focus only at the far end. I don't think it's appropriate to require the entire doughnut to be absolutely pinpoint sharp; details on the almonds are still visible at the far side. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:49, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Sulfide disaster in Levikha Village, Russia
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Richard Gerstl - Nude Self-Portrait with Palette
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Shell of a White Banded Paper Bubble, Hydatina albocincta
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1930s railway poster from Japan.
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Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi: The Adoration of the Magi
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Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus)
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Two-Tone Fountain Pen Nib (Faber Castell)

[Plum Version (Preferred by me)]

  •  Question Can we get some information who used it, since historic. When was made. This background isnt compatible for "historic mode", but more as an commercial. --Mile (talk) 07:53, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Answer: The pen is a Faber Castell Osmia 883, it is a post-war pen of the mid 1950s. I don't know who used it, but that was not I referred to by historic. By historic I refer to the fact that these type of pens are not made any more. The nibs of these pins behave very different from nowadays nibs. Nowaday, nibs are stiff while in the early days they were, due to a different manufacturing process, quite elastic or sometimes even flexible. From what I know, there was still much handiwork (heat treatment and hammering the nib to achieve an elastic geometric shape) involved, even if they punched the blanks out of gold sheets. Unfortunately much knowledge got lost. We can say, that the golden age of these pens was between 1910-1959. Today you don't get such nibs, even not from the most important and popular manufacturers.--ElooKoN (talk) 12:14, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative [Gray Version]

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Mizuno Wave Ibuki 2
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Wessinghage nursery in the Rödder hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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