Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/May 2021

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  • Thank you for nominating the old photo. I changed the white balance a bit. A polarizing filter was used in taking the photograph which reduced some atmospheric haze but may also have altered the colors, like filters usually do. Matter of taste, matter of decisions. --Ximonic (talk) 18:35, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 23:56, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Kolobrzeg lighthouse
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 23:58, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Sacred Tooth Temple in Kandy
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Result: 8 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 23:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
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Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:34, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Front of a church bench at the Holy Cross chapel (Kreuzkapelle) in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Germany
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:16, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:17, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Église de Notre-Dame de Douch
@Daniel Case: , thanks, while going by car towards the start of a hike, I stopped to take this photo, getting out of my car dressed to walk and not to stand still I was indeed cold and I confirm that I could see my exhalations...I warmed up when I got back in the car. Christian Ferrer (talk) 19:00, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 12 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 00:09, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Male northern flicker peeks out from its nest in Central Park
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Result: 22 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:10, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Kinney Lake and Mount Whitehorn
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Result: 23 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:09, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 6 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 13:08, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed results:
Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:25, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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A hazy night in Manhattan, seen from up high
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Result: 22 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 05:22, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Baptismal font in the Catholic parish church of St. Jacob in Kirchschönbach

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Ceiling painting "Michael defeats Satan" by Josef Mariano Kitschker (1907 - 1909), Chapel on the Michaelsberg, Untergrombach, Germany
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 13:27, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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You're most welcome! -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:33, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 13:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Engine house of former coal mine Zeche Hasenwinkel in Bochum
The trees themselves (literally, their leaves, but also the branches). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:35, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 4 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 13:25, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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It is a drawing made and digitalized by the uploader himself, it is part of a contest. Description uploaded. Thanks!! --Ezarateesteban 12:31, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:13, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Piece of chocolate cake on a white plate decorated with chocolate sauce
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Result: 24 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:13, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 17 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:12, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Lemon
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Result: 21 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:11, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Handprints at Cueva de las manos dating back to 13,000 to 9,000 BC
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: It is smaller than the absolute minimum of 2 megapixels which is required for consideration here. Consider a nomination at COM:VIC if this is the best photo in its scope. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:18, 4 May 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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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:26, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Stairs to the gallery of the Holy Cross chapel (Kreuzkapelle) in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalian Germany
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 12:30, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Gazania rigens cultivar in Conques, Aveyron, France
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Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 2 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 12:25, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Lac des Mines d'Or (Rouleau de Bostan in the background) in commune of Morzine, Haute-Savoie, France
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 12:26, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 2 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:27, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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St. Paul's Church, Manora
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Result: 6 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:28, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Peresean Traditional Sport of Sasak Tribe
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Result: 8 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 12:28, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 12:27, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Hazelnuts (Corylus avellana), whole with two kernels (one is peeled).
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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 00:24, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Pear-shaped leucauge spider (Opadometa fastigata) webs
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 00:23, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Rusty-margined flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri)
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 00:23, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Close-up photograph of a calf's head looking at the viewer with pricked ears in Don Det Laos
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 08:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Question Was so much darkening necessary or appropriate as part of a digital restoration? It seems to me, all that was needed was to remove the evidence of a tear on the lower left and edit out other surface damage. I feel like restoration should be done conservatively, with a light touch. Tell me why I'm wrong. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:56, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 08:57, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Eruption of Sarychev
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:12, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Pogorzelica beach
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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:13, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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he building of the palace of Khavarnaq
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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:09, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Mount Robson panorama
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Result: 5 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 11:28, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Chat posé sur un morceau de bois
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: the focus of this image falls short of what's expected at FPC 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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Flap necked chameleon
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Result: 22 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 18:18, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 7 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:01, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 22:30, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Castles_and_fortifications#Romania

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Canada goose gosling sleeping in the grass and clover in a cemetery in Brooklyn
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 22:31, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Pollution in the Saint-Charles river, Quebec city, Canada
✓ Done Thanks for your sugestion --Wilfredor (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wilfredor, Ikan said you should change the file name AFTER the nomination, not during it. When you move the file, you have to move the nomination page with it, or the FPCBot will not be able to process the image correctly if it is promoted. The Bot can't follow re-directs and it will promote the re-direct instead of the photo. Please remember this in the future. I have fixed this for you now. --Cart (talk) 09:30, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I underestand now, thanks for move it carter. --Wilfredor (talk) 15:04, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 3 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:27, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Stibnite
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Result: 24 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:24, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Fawn and white Welsh Corgi puppy standing on rear legs and sticking out the tongue
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Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 11:41, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Sea Girt Lighthouse
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Result: 10 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 11:46, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Updated results:

Confirmed results:
Result: 10 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 16:07, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Golden orb-weaver spider (Nephila inaurata madagascariensis) female
  • I see there are 2 FPs. The two images are located in the FP gallery under a spurious family Nephilidae which doesn't exist, which I why I missed them. To give a response as to what is FP about this in my view - most spider images (e.g. all our FPs) are of stationary animals. This one is at work weaving its web with a skill that very few spider species possess. To capture that is quite a challenge. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:43, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • But you haven't "captured that": it is not at all apparent that this spider is "at work". They just seem to be hanging about and the photographer is at at an unfortunate angle wrt its head. So that's a negative, rather than positive. Perhaps a short movie clip would be better, along with more suitable lighting. -- Colin (talk) 07:56, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:24, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Dome of the Neighborhood Church of Chico, on April 25, 2021.
During the big push at the beginning of the NRHP project over a decade ago, I took a lot of photos of churches, and some synagogues, big and small. Most of those were when I still used a DP/S. So, the pictures I've taken of religious buildings that are FP-quality compositionally are not there technically, and vice versa. Daniel Case (talk) 14:42, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:51, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Freight train by the Bow River near Exshaw, Alberta, Canada.
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Result: 25 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 20:51, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Kosmonavtov Avenue metro station
  • what's supposed to be distorted? There's some degree of unavoidable, optically necessary "perspective distortion" - which is no real "distortion" in a narrower sense of the word. Unfortunately the English language does not differentiate between (in German) Verzeichnung and Verzerrung... --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:32, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Commonists: Naja, es sieht aus, wie es eben mit 14mm im Kleinbildformat aussieht - und gangbare Alternativen zu solch einem Bildwinkel sehe ich bei einem dergelagerten Motiv in praktischer Hinsicht keine. Letztlich ist alles natürlich Geschmacksfrage. :-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 14:21, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 13 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:41, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Re-evaluation after removing the sock-puppet vote:

Confirmed results:
Result: 13 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 17:48, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 20:53, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Coordinates was accepted automatically during uploading, I guess. I'll correct them. Also, You can look at this image to check location. About still water - I was lucky with quiet riverflow and long exposure of the brightest shot, of course. --Moahim (talk) 10:23, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • That PD, yes. He made shot at least of 2 photos, but not sure where he centered them. Shot could be done better. Strong echo at left tower is also strange, cant be seen on rigth side. --Mile (talk) 07:35, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 19 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:41, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Golden Ears seen from the Viewpoint Beach
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Result: 12 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:35, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Updated results:

Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 16:30, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Autumn colours along Jankar Nala, Rarik village dwarfed by 5,000' mountain range, Lahaul, Himachal
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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:32, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Suzhou canals
  • There is usually more color hidden in very white or black areas than you might think. I have made screenshots of the Lightroom edits. General settings plus a few gradient filters to tone down some bright areas and give the water an extra boost. My settings are in Swedish, but I think you can figure them out anyway since the order of LR functions is the same. Keep in mind that values work a bit differently when editing a jpeg vs the raw. --Cart (talk) 08:32, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Bald cypresses in autumn colors

 I withdraw my nomination --Ivar (talk) 15:18, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Panoramic view of Hieflau and the mountains in Nationalpark Gesäuse, Austria
 Comment Thanks for your feedback! I've compared the picture against a grid, and I can't really see any systematic leaning of verticals. The buildings in particular (everywhere on the picture) look pretty vertical. Some posts are not exactly straight, but I assume that is because they are leaning for real. Do you have any particular building or post in mind that you think needs to be corrected? I'm happy to do so of course. --Domob (talk) 09:56, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Support Well, I see some buildings in Hieflau which look a bit tilted, but it is a rather minor issue. --Uoaei1 (talk) 08:03, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Scissor arches Wells Cathedral
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Miniature from a copy of Shahnama
  • I agree. The illustrator probably isolated the area and used a brush splatter technique, which is rare to see in illuminated drawings and manuscripts. --Cart (talk) 13:51, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 8 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:17, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Close-up of a white-throated sparrow in Central Park
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Broad-leaved helleborine

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 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 11:23, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Pair of American black ducks overlooking Sylvan Water in Brooklyn
  •  Comment I agree that the rock, clod of dirt or whatever is a problem. I don't agree that ducks being photographed in a park on a man-made surface is a problem. They are part of the ecosystem we live in, including cities. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:18, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:10, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Shoots of a fern in a garden in Bamberg. Focus stack of 6 frames.
The light source would have to be almost directly behind the plant and visible in the image. Daniel Case (talk) 02:35, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So I have to apologize for using the terminus technicus in a wrong way. I am very sorry. The German word Gegenlicht which I tried to translate (misguided by the dictionaries) as contre-jour is often, even by some classic books about photography (e.g. by Andreas Feininger), used in a more general way for lighting of the subject from behind; that may explain my error. Anyway, this is my fault, so please do not vote against Ermell’s photo because I have incorrectly called it contre-jour ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 09:03, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Photograph of Socks the Cat Sitting Behind the President's Desk in the Oval Office: 01/07/1994
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View from the Chapel on the Michaelsberg, Untergrombach, Germany on the Upper Rhine Plain
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Close-up photograph of the eye of a baby with reflection of the scene in the pupil

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  •  Comment Fixed new section, Commons:Featured pictures/People#Traditions. So far, photos like this and other images of religious practice/solemn occations/traditional doings have been a little awkwardly bunched with theatre/festivals/reenactments or in the 'Others' section. --Cart (talk) 18:33, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Huge educational value. The guidelines state: A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. Here the rarity overwhelms the flaws, in my opinion. This image calls out in relation to customs and cultural diversity in the world -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:58, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Difficult because 1) the opportunity doesn't come often, 2) there are psychological obstacles to overcome.
What is rare is precious. How many pictures like this one do we have on Commons? -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:41, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Googling the subject, it's clear that this tradition is becoming a hotspot for photographers, much like the mud racing we had earlier. And yes, not that difficult to shoot since the main subjects are not moving about a lot here. But it is a good quality photo, a rarity with high EV and something we haven't had on Commons before so I tend to agree with Basile on this. It is a photo of gentleness and caring that certainly makes you look twice; that is also a kind of 'wow' that takes this over the bar for FP IMO. --Cart (talk) 11:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  SupportRhododendrites talk02:04, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support RaiyaniM (talk) 07:34, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support A photo like this is more about storytelling (even if there is an element of performing for the cameras). -- Colin (talk) 17:12, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per above. I also don't really like the background, especially the cigarettes --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:25, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support It's a shocking picture, it is distasteful but makes you want to dig about this culture. --Gnosis (talk) 08:02, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per above and tilted RolfHill (talk) 08:42, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Tempered  Support: I feel like there's too much black doorway on the left, but maybe one could see something metaphoric in that. But I find it a compelling image. I don't think it matters that the entrance is tilted, and the body on the left looks actually tilted. The background with the cigarettes, water bottles and so forth doesn't add much, but we can see this as an outdoor workshop, and workshops are often a bit messy. However, his work in making the clothing fit just right on the bodies is painstaking. To some up, I'm not losing the forest by nitpicking the trees, and sometimes, it's really the whole and the impact that it makes that's more important than x, y and z details that fall short of some theoretical ideal that we don't have before us. If we get several much greater photos of this practice, we can always reconsider, but right now, the question is whether this is one of the best photos that's actually on Commons - however we define "best". And overall, I think it is. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:15, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Depicting very rare tradition, perhaps will disappear in the next two decades. Pinerineks (talk) 08:58, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 12 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 23:35, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 12 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 15:43, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Flower of a pearl hyacinth in a garden in Bamberg, Bayerm. Focus stack of 13 images
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 23:36, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Lower Antelope Canyon
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ivar (talk) 06:00, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Your preferred image doesn't have as much definition or sharpness. And too much wood for me. I wouldn't put it up for FP these days. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:16, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Charles, we're talking about capturing the moment, good light, good colours, good composition. Pixel peeping the other photo just shows that the point is being missed. -- Colin (talk) 08:09, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
FPC has certainly lost good composition to identify-species and technical perfection over the years. I'm thrilled that Rhododendrites is bringing it back for bird photos. --Cart (talk) 19:47, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • That looks good except that you could leave just a tiny bit more room to the left of the plant. But I also still think removing some of the sky above the bird would be good. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:07, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can we please put the rule of thirds to death at FPC. Or at least, anyone who quotes it should be required to refrain from opposing another image due to "composition". It's a poor guide for newbies who don't know any better yet. Since FPC serves as a teaching environment for some new photographs, it would be sad if they felt this "rule" had any merit. -- Colin (talk) 08:09, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • FPC was not designed to be a teaching environment, nevertheless it has become that. New photographers come here to learn from comments made about photos and to make their first tentative nominations all the time. I can think of a number of users who have improved their photography skills thanks to this forum. The page views for this forum, plus the list, in English only is at an average of about 450/day. Add to that the 32 other languages that redirects here. A lot more people than the voters read these comments. --Cart (talk) 11:25, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Three-eyed lizard (Chalarodon madagascariensis) male, Toliara
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Tower of Pian dell'Isola in Rignano sull'Arno dating back to the year 1100 AD. About
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Lightning in the sky over Tuntorp, Lysekil Municiaplity, Sweden.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena#Lightning
  •  Info Here we go, experimenting again. Photographing lightning in daylight is a bit different than at night, you can't just leave the shutter open and let the flash fix the exposure, so there aren't that many such photos here on Commons and no FPs. With a thunderstorm coming in from the sea, I set up the camera on a tripod, pointed it in the direction I hoped the flashes would appear (that also had the best foreground) set the video rolling and hoped for the best.
I managed to get three flashes on video and one of them looked pretty nice, so I selected the best frame and used it as "raw" to process a photo. Hence the small size. And yes, my camera can shoot video in 4K, but only at 25 frames/sec. With flashes being rather quick it was better to set it to full HD and get 50 frames/sec instead. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 12:39, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Only 2 Mpx, this resolution was maybe fine in 2005 or 2006, but in 2021 modern equipment allow to produce much bigger images, more impressive. Even my mobile phone takes 8K videos (33 Mpx x 24 frames per second), that look great when downsized at 4K. But this picture is not 4K, it is really tiny, reaching the acceptable limit of the guidelines without real justification. Also posterized sky with visible artifacts at the left -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:22, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, I know, but you need 50 frames per second to properly capture a flash of lightning so that limits the size. With 24 fps you can miss it or it will get blurry. --Cart (talk) 08:40, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wow! You can extract perfect shots of lightning in daylight from a 24 fps. Please show us, I would love to see that and it would be great to have them on Commons. Posterization fixed, thanks for pointing it out. --Cart (talk) 09:04, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Not fixed ;
  2. Yes, when I'll have time I'll upload them. Still have other work to handle first ;
  3. Bracketing would have been a better technique to obtain a decent size IMO -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:32, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hilal ibn Ali Shrine
  •  Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 19:47, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 20:10, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support--Ermell (talk) 21:32, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:20, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I do not feel comfortable voting for a picture of a child abuser. Saeed Toosi has the main role in this picture and all these people are listening to him, so his presence in the picture cannot be considered small and minor. I do not even need to look at Wikimedia policies, everything related to child sexual abuse is a red line. --IamMM (talk) 07:54, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support @W.carter: Thank you very much for your great effort to rescue the photo from the CAs! – I understand and respect IamMM’s reservations, but for my simple European eyes this is mainly a photo of the illuminated mosque and of the praying congregation, so (in all respect) I think it is venial to promote the photo even from an ethical point of view. --Aristeas (talk) 08:42, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Aristeas: I do not insist that others agree with this, and I also confirm that this image has no other problem to be chosen than the presence of Mr. Toosi himself. But at the same time, I still can not accept that having technical standards is a good/enough reason to consciously place a photo of a famous child sexual abuser on the main page of Commons. In response to your argument , if my Persian eyes saw a eye-catching and impressive photograph of a historic European church in which a priest accused of similar acts was lecturing, I would still strongly oppose it regardless of cultural or geographical differences.--IamMM (talk) 09:42, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The main point of FPs is not to place them on the main page of Commons, that is a side-effect for very few FPs. There are always FPs not chosen for POTD on the main page for a number of reasons. Massmurderers, other offenders and their doings seldom make it to POTD. FPs exist so that we can get good pictures for all the different parts of the WikiProjects. Neutral Wikipedias are striving to be as good encyclopedias as possible, and it would look rather strange if only articles of pleasant things had good photos, while offensive stuff had bad or no pictures at all. I have supported many images of things I don't like or agree with here, simply for the sake of the encyclopedic value of them. If you have an ethical problem with any image, I think it would be better if you voiced your concern at POTD instead. --Cart (talk) 10:03, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have added some English to the photo's description. Perhaps someone speaking Arabic can tweak it for the better. I also noted that Mr. Toosi is present in the photo. Information like that is helpful if you want to state why a photo might not be appropriate for POTD. --Cart (talk) 10:51, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • That works too. There are descriptions in both Arabic and Farsi on the file page. You can see that if you open the 'edit' window. I just picked the language that was entered first. --Cart (talk) 07:52, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @IamMM: I completely understand and respect your point of view! I am so sorry, my “European eyes” was liable to be misunderstood. I did not want to assert any cultural or geographical differences regarding crime, justice, or ethics – child sexual abuse is a terrible crime, period, and should be regarded and prosecuted everywhere on the world regardless of cultural or geographical differences. What I wanted to say was just that simple people like me who are not familar with the distinctive features of Islamic prayer and especially not with the sophisticated practice of Qur’an recitation, do not even see that this photo emphasizes or features any special person -- all I see are many persons praying together in an illuminated, beautiful mosque. But I get the feeling that the more I write the more I am getting in trouble. I just wanted to review a photo, I did not want to harm anybody, I did not want to defend child sexual abuse or any other crime, and it’s probably best that I stop to write anything here before I get blocked or prosecucted. Should I leave Commons? Sorry to all of you and all the best to all of you. --Aristeas (talk) 10:10, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • FYI. I hope you are satisfied now. --Aristeas (talk) 10:13, 9 May 2021 (UTC) Thank you, IamMM, for your clarification (answered there) and sorry to all of you for the confusion. Probably this was a series of entangled misunderstandings. Sorry again and all the best. --Aristeas (talk) 11:22, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The story of how Saeed Toosi was acquitted and the role of the Iranian leader in preventing the trial is one of the reasons for the sensitivity of the case.[1][2] Following the Iranian judiciary's refusal to hear the case, the families of the child victims went to the Turkish judiciary to pursue their complaint, and legal action is ongoing (according to MP Mahmoud Sadeghi). The English Wiki article is inaccurate in this regard.--IamMM (talk) 11:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 12 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Ivar (talk) 06:15, 17 May 2021 (UTC))[reply]
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Dandelion Pappus, Dandelion infructescence
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  • Nope, sorry. The photographer is trying to cramp too much into the compo, the anchor is one item too much. Also it is taken with slightly bad timing and too close, making the person dark and big (had he been turned slightly to the sun to catch some light, it would have been better) and his reflection in the sand is cut at the head, more or less crop would be better. Imagine this photoshopped version :-) --Cart (talk) 09:54, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 8 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Ivar (talk) 06:13, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 16:52, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Iranian Islamic architecture used in Imam Hasan al-Askari Mosque Minarets
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Result: 2 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ivar (talk) 06:13, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taq-e_Bostan
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture#Iran
  •  Info created by AliHeidari2 - uploaded by AliHeidari2 - nominated by POS78 -- POS78 (talk) 10:44, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- POS78 (talk) 10:44, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose can't support due to lack of clarity of composition. This image would have been better taken at a different time without the shadow covering part of the door. I would also prefer a more direct angle, more like this. Buidhe (talk) 16:56, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Per above RolfHill (talk) 11:58, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Maybe if it were just the archways, the trees and the reflections. As it is it asks us to take in a lot. Daniel Case (talk) 01:25, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment For me personally this is an instructive photo, so thank you for pointing it out. There is definitely an FP in the scenery, but this photo has not revealed it; and I have spent some time thinking about the lessons this photo teaches me. The most important point has been stated by Daniel: to limit the composition to the most photogenic items, namely trees, archways, and reflections; and it would probably be necessary to include the whole reflections of the trees (instead of the upper part of the rocks). From the point of view of a historian or archeologist, the relief and the little arch at the right are important, but for a photographer the trees and the reflections are more important because together with the two big archways they form a solid, photogenic composition. In addition, sharpness and level of details are not perfect (a better lens and f/5.6 or f/8 would have helped). The brightness, gradation, and colour balance are unlucky, too, but these points could probably be fixed completely if we had access to a raw image file. --Aristeas (talk) 08:14, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Buff-banded Rail
  • To clarify, the extremely special and very expensive lens used here and on a lot of JJ Harrison's bird photos, allows the photographer to select a very narrow band of perfectly sharp DoF while the rest of the image (foreground and background) becomes a smooth bokeh. If the bird is photographed in flight up in the sky, this effect is hardly noticeable, but at ground level it can look somewhat surreal. It's a style choice; some like and some don't. More info about the lens here. --Cart (talk) 19:33, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can we please avoid making personal negative comments ("I've never liked John Harrison's blurred forgrounds"). This is absolutely standard at an advanced level of wildlife photography. See this and this, this, this and this, etc, etc, etc. -- Colin (talk) 21:12, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ahum, this is not about getting down and dirty for a low level of shooting; Charles himself recommends it both here and here on current nominations. It's only this specific lens with its bokeh capabilities that's bugging him. We've heard it several times before (Like here for example). --Cart (talk) 23:05, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No disrespect, Charles, but there is low and there is on-the-ground low. That lizard photo was either taken on sloping ground [it was Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:37, 13 May 2021 (UTC)] or from about knee height (otherwise we'd see sky or distant shrubs/trees in the background). The links I gave show some examples of the difference achieved when you get really really low. I remember reading a discussion from JJ with Diliff many many years ago that described crawling along mud flats on one's belly for a very long distance. The lizard photo was taken from 2.4m according to the EXIF with a 470mm equivalent lens giving a field-of-view of 4.4°. This photo I don't know the distance but the 1500mm equivalent lens has a tiny field-of-view of 1.4°. The difference of low height + distance here means we have a long section of foreground compressed into a thin slice. It wouldn't I believe, look a whole lot different with a 500mm lens vs 1500mm equivalent. The effect is largely due to angle-of-view: the linked websites show many very similar images shot with fairly standard telephoto lenses.[reply]
But importantly, I don't think it is healthy to negatively single out a person by name, as though this is "John Harrison's blurred forgrounds". Reviewers here might personally associated that look with one photographer, but that says more about reviewers at FPC and their experiences and observations than it does about that photographer. And negative comments like these make advanced photographers despair and decide to contribute to websites where their skill and talents are appreciated, not questioned. -- Colin (talk) 09:12, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Following the discussion Cart links to I had a long offline discussion with JJH and totally accepted the results produced by his lens. I vote to promote many of his excellent images. I just don't like the blurred foreground look, though I have not opposed this nomination. And, I have never pretended to be an advanced photographer, Colin. I claim to be a wildlife portrait photographer, nothing more. Oh! in case you wondered, Colin's "No disrespect" means "Disrespect" these days. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:37, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 23 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:41, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:42, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Lac de Montriond in commune of Montriond (Roc d'Enfer in the background), Haute-Savoie, France
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Result: 13 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:43, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Meridian, Idaho.
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Interior of the Our Lady church in Marvejols, Lozère, France
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Mount Murchison

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Typical Austrian hiking trail mark on a tree in Nationalpark Gesäuse

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Mount Shasta as seen from Bunny Flat Trailhead in May 2021
 Comment Yes, I took many shots that day. I'm extremely happy about the fact that I drove up to the volcano on a day with some clouds in the sky, which is a rare occurence here in California. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 02:09, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Ulmus laevis
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Veery in Central Park
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The Eye of Hurricane Florence
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  • I don't think so. Artificial backgrounds have the same info all over when you pull the levels to extremes (saturation and light); they are homogenous. This is what this photo looks like when you do that and there are plenty of blotches and information in the background. To compare, I made an artificial background for the photo, and with the same enhancement settings it looks like this. There is a big difference. You can download the photo and do this test yourself in Photoshop. --Cart (talk) 15:46, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, I see that, thanks Charles for pointing it out, I only went by what I see in the photo and it doesn't seems to be added in a computer. I wonder if something hasn't gone lost in translation here. Famberhorst, when you write "artificial background", do you mean that you photographed the flower against a black wall or paper as opposed to a natural environment outdoors? Artificial for me is when the background is added later using color in the computer. We might be talking about two different things here. --Cart (talk) 21:06, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for clarifying. So only a language misunderstanding and how to use the 'retouched' template. I see that you have removed the text from the template. The template can be completely removed since it is not needed for the very small corrections you have made. It should only be used for bigger alterations in the computer. --Cart (talk) 06:33, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Green heron in Brooklyn
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Gargoyle, Chichester Cathedral

 I withdraw my nomination Martinvl (talk) 21:30, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Dome interior of Izmir Salepçioğlu Mosque
I didn't know we had an article about that. Thanks! Daniel Case (talk) 14:47, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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The official portrait of the Obama family dog, "Bo", a Portuguese water dog, on the South Lawn of the White House. Bo recently died of cancer.
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Lion (Panthera leo) male and cub in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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Aerial view of Bisajärvi in evening light from the southwest in Sipoonkorpi, Vantaa, Finland in 2021 May.
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Jinji Lake, Suzhou
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Mount Murchison panorama

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Inspiration Point, Bryce Canyon National Park
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Pointe de Nantaux seen from Col de Tavaneuse in commune of Saint-Jean-d'Aulps, Haute-Savoie, France
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Abbasabad Complex Taybad
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Ilustration of Victoria Aguirre Anchorena
It's part of contest Commons:Ilustratona made by the uploader, based on several pictures of the women, but without copying nothing of them. Ezarateesteban 17:59, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PS:The ilustration is made in a paper and next digitalized Ezarateesteban 18:03, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Ok, thanks for the explanation, I am very well aware of the process of making a portrait illustration. You need to add that to the description on the file page for clarification, and please fix the categories. Was she know for her cosmetics? Otherwise I find it a bit odd that a female painter is depicted as if she is putting on rouge instead of painting on her work. --Cart (talk) 18:24, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Ezarateesteban 18:33, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Pepe piton (talk) 18:38, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Señoritaleona (talk) 20:47, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Scann (talk) 21:03, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Since this is digital art, the only criterion would seem to be whether the viewer considers it good art or not. And I don't. It's silly, per Cart's comment, her face is strangely shaped for no apparent artistic reason, and there's a bunch of what we could call posterization instead of a lifelike gradient or something. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:40, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose as above Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:28, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • First, thanks so much to Rocio and other participants in this contest! I'm so glad it attracted some high-quality work. It's important to remember that FPC almost never sees work like this. We mostly look at photographs and photographs (or scans) of notable art (and a diagram/infographic every once in a while). We don't regularly see original illustrations like this, so if you get a negative response here that doesn't mean it's not a very good and useful illustration; it means FPC might not be the right venue (certainly COM:VIC makes sense, at least).
    This image is a stylized illustration, which takes some liberties with proportions in a way that's common for illustrations (it reminds me of some things I've seen, which I cannot put a finger on right now), but which might be a little confusing if the purpose is encyclopedic illustration. I'm also not sure about the choice to have her applying make-up per cart. Regardless, it's well done and I appreciate the level of finish. I think it's something you should be proud of, and to contribute it with a free license is appreciated. I would probably come in with a support, but I worry that the first three votes (other than the nominator) came in quickly from three people who have never before participated at FPC. That's often a sign of canvassing. Since our process here is based on numbers/voting, canvassing hurts the integrity of what we're trying to do here. Hopefully I'm wrong. — Rhododendrites talk14:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is very much in naïve Latin American art style, so I don't mind the technique. Hey, even Frida Kahlo used it (even the color sceme), so I can understand why it might look familiar to Rhododendrites. It is up to the artist how a person is depicted. I have also seen other works of art, as non-realistic as this, used in articles, can't remember where now though, but they were up for discussion when I made that first Kim Jong-un image back in the Stone Age. Funny this should surface just as I made a sketch of another creepy guy, see my post here after A.Savin's comment here. But with this image, I do find the way with the putting on rouge a bit demeaning for a portrait of a female artist if this isn't something she is known for in some way. As for canvassing, it's often as simple as that a nominator posts a comment saying "Hey, a drawing by one of 'our' illustrator is up at FPC", and people just want to be supportive to their wiki community. --Cart (talk) 15:26, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Found two of the articles with murals: Harry Parr-Davies and Daniel Peredo. --Cart (talk) 21:38, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Re: canvassing. Indeed. Which is why, when I tell people in my various wiki communities I have something at FPC, I always ask them not to vote unless they're a regular participant and would've voted anyway. We're even more vulnerable to canvassing here at FPC than discussions on-wiki because we're completely numbers based. — Rhododendrites talk15:47, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment My father had a very large collection of books with comic illustrations and similar prints. I'm well aware of illustrations and have an appreciation for those I find good. By the way, I've never liked Kahlo's work, either. Neither in music nor art do I take received opinion of these times as Gospel. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:21, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Understood. I just don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. I've supported a large number of nominations of illustrations and nominated some myself. They were pretty much all at least 100 years old, but that's just because of copyright restrictions. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:02, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Shell of a Casket Nassa
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Gypsum
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Tree swallow on a nest box in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Sharp Centre for Design - fragment of facade, Toronto, Canada.
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Yara Belle Plaine
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Female brown-headed cowbird chattering in Queens, NY
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Common ceres forester (Euphaedra phaethusa) male
Do you mean too much chromatic noise? My lens is fitted with DHG UV filter. Do you have a better suggestion? Thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:02, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Charlesjsharp Interesting. Despite that. Solving in software, no other. Or 120 eur for better filter. --Mile (talk) 11:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Excellent. --09:12, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
posted by Aristeas Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:16, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, sorry, I forgot to sign my vote. Thank you for identifying it! --Aristeas (talk) 09:05, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Some kind of a fly, probably Diptera
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A kind of flower/plant
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Evans Peak Panorama
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Interior in the Our Lady of the Snow church of Aurillac, Cantal, France
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TGV Duplex on the Cize-Bolozon Viaduct
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Nature reserve “Roruper Holz” (COE-045) in the Hanrorup hamlet near Rorup, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Small pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus) male
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Carved double door with two wooden reliefs of standing women, Chinatown, Singapore

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Trout lily (Erythronium 'Pagoda').focus stack of 15 shots
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Pipe organ in the catholic city parish church St.Veit in Iphofen
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Tomb of Khajeh Rabie
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Lychee
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Toque macaque, Bundala NP
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Sorry, the 'ping' didn't work for some reason, so I just noticed this. To me, from an artistic POV, this nom is the best and it has 'wow factor'. The (24519) is the best encyclopedic photo. --Cart (talk) 09:40, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I do like File:Tree swallow in a nest box in JBWR (25673).jpg best. To be clear, I haven't voted for this nomination; I was just surprised it was described as "Nowhere near FP quality", a statement two other people already signed onto, and I appreciate Charles' enumerations of the shortcomings of this photo. I think we should try to mention some when it might not be blindingly obvious to others that the photo in question is so obviously not worth consideration here, but this remark isn't intended as a criticism of anyone. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:06, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I did vote (i.e. I supported the nom) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:57, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry Tomer T, per this I don't vote on nominations anymore since I can't trust my damaged eyes any longer. It's difficult to decide were to draw the line, so it's better not to do it. This is a particularly challenging image for me with such a large portion of light areas. To my eyes, the whole right side and half the bird is white so I have to download the image and use the color sampler to "read" the colors. --Cart (talk) 08:11, 25 May 2021 (UTC)'[reply]
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@King of Hearts, Charlesjsharp, Daniel Case, Martin Falbisoner, Ikan Kekek, OvalThunder9, Karelj, Buidhe, Llez, and Commonists: I uploaded a new version with the tilt corrected. --C messier (talk) 19:33, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Pair of northern rough-winged swallows in Queens, NY
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Raven on branch
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Corvidae (Crows, Jays and Magpies)
  •  Info created by Lambda - uploaded by Lambda - nominated by Lambda -- Lambda (talk) 16:58, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support This is my first photo that may be featured picture worthy; in fact, my first photo that I have felt was worth uploading to Commons. As I'm new to this, I'd especially appreciate any constructive criticism. -- Lambda (talk) 16:58, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Thanks for having a go here. I would try submitting images to QI and see how they get on. Compare the sharpness of your images , especially the eye and the feathers, with other bird FPs. Watch some youtube videos on photographing black birds (the most difficult) - here you need to lighten shadows. Try to get a coloured background, not a white one. Try to avoid having stuff in the foreground that is out of focus. Try to keep ISO down to 800. Most important, think carefully about the composition, so here we might expect to see more of the bird in the frame. I assume you were using a tripod as 1/640 sec with an 800m lens is no good handheld. Easier to experiment with hand holding (300/400mm lens) then you can play with the composition. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:15, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thanks for the excellent critique! I've posted this photo in a few places and this is the best critique I've gotten so far. The one major issue I had noticed was the ISO; it's grainy in the shadows, which means that I probably can't bring the shadows up too much without making the grain even more prominent. I was actually shooting handheld, the lens has image stabilization which seems to work pretty well, though I don't know how far I can push the shutter speed before the image stabilization doesn't help; this is a big lens to shoot handheld, though quite light for an 800. 800 was too much for this shot, you're right; I was finding it hard to fit the whole bird into the frame. I was able to do so in some other shots from other angles, but I didn't think any of them had come out quite as well as this one. Here's a gallery of a few of the other shots and edits. I preferred the less colorful background of this image to the brighter colors of some of the others, as I feel like the colors pull the eye away from the textures of the ravens feathers; for artistic purposes, I prefer the monochrome versions, though for Commons I think the color image is more informative. On sharpness, I've seen featured images that are sharper, and other that are less sharp, like the Jubilee and Munin photo File:Jubilee and Munin, Ravens, Tower of London 2016-04-30.jpg, though that's more interesting for other reasons, the pose. Thanks for the comments, I will definitely work on getting the ISO and shutter speed dialed in correctly, shorter lenses or shooting from further back, and trying to get the sharpness and shadows up a bit. Lambda (talk) 18:29, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thanks for the clarifications and pointers! I had considered going to Commons:Quality images first, but looking at some of the other featured images thought this one might have something to offer, and I might get some better feedback if not, shoot too low and I might not get enough criticism. I'm pretty happy with the criticism I'm getting so far, but yeah, I'll definitely try out the QI process and photography critiques, I hadn't found that page yet. Lambda (talk) 18:29, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Glad you liked it. However, FPC is not meant to be a place to get advice and critique, you are just getting the good treatment because you are new. ;-) The rest of us are expected to present our very best pictures, all good and ready, for a thumbs up or down, just so you know for future nominations. --Cart (talk) 19:42, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Understood; I wasn't just coming here for critique, after comparing to the other featured pictures in the same section, I considered it higher technical quality (at least in sharpness and resolution) than the Jubilee and Munin photo mentioned above, while a more interesting angle and composition than some of the profile views, so I also did think it was worthy of nomination, but because I am new, made sure to mention that to get more detailed critique if not. I'm now learning more about what's being looked for, and I've learned that the critique page exists, so I'll be sure to check there in the future if I'm just looking for critique. Lambda (talk) 20:25, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the critique. I had nominated based on comparing with the existing images in its section in the FP gallery, and found it at least as sharp as Jubilee and Munin, which was featured despite concerns about its sharpness. That image is more entertaining, but I was thinking this one is a nice in between, of a more interesting visual perspective than the profiles of many of the other featured pictures in the gallery, while sharper and less visually cluttered than the Jubilee and Munin pic. However, I understand if in-between doesn't work well for FP; that it should either be more entertaining or visually interesting, or more sharp, to qualify. Is that how you're thinking about it? Lambda (talk) 21:37, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just a note, looking at this image (adding to the above): the file is very small for its size. Just 1.5 mb. There's a lot of black and white here, so it wouldn't be very large, but 1.5 MB suggests compression. Are you working with a RAW file and processing that? — Rhododendrites talk04:23, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was shooting in JPEG at the highest quality, not RAW. I may have been able to eke a bit more out of the shadows if I were shooting in RAW. The file size dropped substantially after applying the denoise filter, not surprisingly; I'll bet it would go back up again if I dropped that filter. I'm processing using Darktable, which does non-destructive processing on the original JPEG, so I shouldn't be losing anything on each edit, but I am starting out with JPEG so I don't have quite as much headroom on dynamic range as I would if I were shooting RAW. Lambda (talk) 05:57, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Lambda, the picture you're citing was featured partly because of the humorous relationship between the two ravens, which this photo doesn't have. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:22, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, that's what I meant when saying "that image is more entertaining." I personally think this image is more visually interesting than some of the profile headshots which are featured, but it doesn't have quite the same humor value. Lambda (talk) 05:57, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination With three oppose votes and no support, and not enough detail in the original to bring out the requested detail, I'm going to withdraw this. Lambda (talk) 05:57, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Capitán Leonidas
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:24, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects/Vehicles/Water transport#Shipwrecks

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F-15EX Eagle II
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Result: 8 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:25, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects/Vehicles/Air transport#Military jet aircraft

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Mural painting, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:33, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Non-photographic media/Others#Frescos and murals

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Cascade Mountain
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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:04, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Result: 7 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:37, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects#Clothing and textiles

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Snow goose on the Harlem Meer

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Front of Pontiac Bonneville 1965
  • Just below the bottom crop is the ugly modern registration plate and adding space to the left would start to expose an equally ugly and unharmonious background (road gravel) at the top left corner. --Cart (talk) 09:08, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:38, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

After removing the sock-puppet vote, the ratio of votes has changed so that this image would be promoted as a Featured Picture. However in this discussion the creator and nominator has expressed the wish that the photo should not be promoted ex post. Therefore the updated result is:

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Result: 10 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 10:46, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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City Palace at Market Square in Eisenach
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Result: 6 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:22, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Abstract illustration (caused by camera movement) of trees in the peasantry Börnste, parish, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Yep! Totally agree. :-) And getting an intentional camera movement shot to actually look good, is a lot harder than people might think. That's why we usually just get horizontal or vertical movement. Turning the greenery into a "slanting rain" like here is new. Very nice. --Cart (talk) 12:54, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • If it only took you "several attempts", you have a natural flair for this. I made over 30 bad ones before my attempt looked even acceptable, and still nowhere near FP quality. :-) --Cart (talk) 13:22, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Let's put it this way: I don't remember the exact number. I had already tried it in different situations and gained my experience. With these attempts, the opportunity with suitable light and a whole series of shots, it then led to this picture. --XRay 💬 14:04, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ivar, as have been said many times before, see rule 7 on COM:FPC#General rules: "Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project." This would be an excellent cover for a Wikibook. And who knows, there might be a WikiPoerty in the pipeline for "future projects". There is also the article Intentional camera movement. --Cart (talk) 07:23, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]


Confirmed results:
Result: 13 support, 5 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 18:42, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural/Germany#North Rhine-Westphalia