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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture.
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

General rules

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. 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.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.
  5. Only two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken.

See also

Table of contents

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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File:Mysuru Palace - Left Front Towers.jpg

Voting period ends on 8 Jan 2025 at 19:07:47 (UTC)
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Mysore Palace Left Front Towers

File:Souvenir advertisement for Princess Ida by Alice Havers - Page 1.jpg

Voting period ends on 7 Jan 2025 at 23:53:20 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:002 Greater flamingo taking off in the Camargue Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Greater flamingo taking off in the Camargue

File:Tropical kingbird in the rain (60130).jpg

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Tropical kingbird in the rain

File:Brickell neighborhood skyline (60062p).jpg

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Brickell, Miami panorama

File:61-212-9001 Buchach Monastery RB 24.jpg

Voting period ends on 7 Jan 2025 at 14:33:41 (UTC)
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The Basilian Monastery in Buchach, Ukraine is sunlit by the low evening sun and stormy clouds in the background. A thunderstorm began 10 minutes later.

File:Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae) Hobart.jpg

Voting period ends on 7 Jan 2025 at 14:26:08 (UTC)
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Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae) Hobart

File:Two-seater paramotor - Powered paragliding in flight - 3 quarter view a sunny afternoon in Don Det Laos.jpg

Voting period ends on 7 Jan 2025 at 05:33:54 (UTC)
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Two-seater paramotor in flight

File:Foolish Wives ad-restored.jpg

Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2025 at 19:55:58 (UTC)
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Poster for Foolish Wives, a 1922 American film
  • @Yann: do you see the header of this magazine? We can't read the first words because the page is cut off. It means the picture is cut off too. The source itself is badly cropped. Some content is missing. Not all the sources on the web are of good quality. And it's even more obvious on the previous page. If you look at other scans from the same source, they almost all contain black shadows on the sides -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:01, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see what you mean. Yann (talk) 11:45, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is the version copied from the web Ezarateesteban 13:26, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Kosh Agach panorama.jpg

Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2025 at 13:50:03 (UTC)
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Kosh Agach village, Altai Republic, Russia

File:Pinoy Pandesal.jpg

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Steaming hot pandesal. Pandesal is a Filipino style fluffy bread with simple taste. It can be paired with cheese, peanut butter, jam or egg.

File:Mekong water reflection of lightings of Don Det and colorful sky at sunset seen from a sand beach in Laos.jpg

Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2025 at 07:15:24 (UTC)
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Mekong water reflection of lightings of Don Det and colorful sky at sunset seen from a sand beach in Laos

File:Catedral de Santa Cecilia, Albi, Francia, 2023-01-07, DD 71-73 HDR.jpg

Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2025 at 03:46:37 (UTC)
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Albi Cathedral

File:James Pinson Labulo Davies and Sara Forbes Bonetta.jpg

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File:Bust of Shapur II the Great in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg

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Bust of Shapur II the Great in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

File:Крем супа од тиквички 3.jpg

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2025 at 12:34:58 (UTC)
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A soup of North Macedonia: Courgette (zucchini) soup with yogurt, and bread on the side.

File:071 African blue flycatcher at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2025 at 09:47:21 (UTC)
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African blue flycatcher at Kibale forest National Park

File:Lemleleediku (Cataclysta lemnata) röövik,.jpg

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2025 at 05:38:40 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
The blue tint has gone, but it's still too dark and {{Uncategorized}}. See the yellow template on the file page displaying the text "This media file is uncategorized." Or visit COM:CAT -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:34, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I already added the category ...weird. The topic of light still remains incomprehensible to me, it seems to be a constant "concern" here with my pictures. I think I have enough experience to be able to assess the lighting already when taking pictures and I don't agree with this criticism here... Maybe I have bad eyes .. 🤷 Janeklass (talk) 09:30, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
At least you can be sure the blue hue has disappeared from your photo... 🔍 There is now one category (added at 9:22), but "microscope (something)" and "focus stacking image (something)" are missing -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Health, Inclusivity (Braille, Unesco Review) - UNESCO - PHOTO0000000840 0001.tiff

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2025 at 02:00:13 (UTC)
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Man's hands reading a text in braille

File:Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Moorea.jpg

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 17:50:46 (UTC)
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Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
  •  Support Sorry if I'm wrong, but I think mixing water and air in a single shot is not easy, and rare enough. Thus per COM:FP: "A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject." In that case I guess the top of the device might be humid? Still I find the composition captivating and innovating. The image shows us how close the sharks swim to the surface. And it reminds me Jaws (the film). The level of detail of the animals is excellent for an underwater picture -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:07, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks. The underwater plastic dome, which is wet, distorts the top half of the picture. Of course, many half-and-half photos online are merged images. There may be other half-and-halfs of sharks (or other animals) on Commons, but I've not found any. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:35, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Giles' photos and the experiences he presented have now convinced me otherwise. My apologies, Charles. Nevertheless, it is still impressive, and I fully support Famberhorst's recommendation to nominate it at VIC. Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 22:41, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 16:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment We have valued image (VI) for rare photos that do not meet the FP standard.--Famberhorst (talk) 18:26, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Half underwater photography with unblury top is not hard to do. There are three different ways to achieve it : 1) rubing some special lotion on the dome glass like this product ; 2) keeping the top of the glass dry ; 3) replunging the dome completely in the water and then taking it out again. I would personally not use the first option as I don't think such lotion would be good for the ocean or the animals. But I got very easily many pictures with sharp top only using the technic described with option number 3. Here are some examples taken with a GoPro inside a GDome in 2021 in the Bahamas : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. And I have much more : link. For this picture, if the dome would have been plunged underwater and taken out again a picture with clear top would have been taken. Given how easy it is to take half underwater pictures and given how common and easy black tip reef sharks can be found for tourists I personnally think that this picture is not at FP level and not even at QI level, sorry. -- Giles Laurent (talk) 20:26, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Sorry, I should have gone to the very shallow water where the pigs were. Would that that sharks were that slow... Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:00, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No need for shallow water, you can easily dip back the dome in the water in deep water. Also the pigs were actualy the ones running while blacktip sharks usually swim slowly most of the time. Finally, blacktip sharks are very easily found in shallow water and the fact that the sand is visible in this picture indicates that it was taken in shallow water -- Giles Laurent (talk) 22:27, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Shells, by Edward Weston.jpg

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 15:08:31 (UTC)
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Shells, by Edward Weston

File:Blénido (Ecsenius pulcher), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-15, DD 53.jpg

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Gulf blenny (Ecsenius pulcher), Ad Dimaniyat Islands, Oman

File:Antílope acuático (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), reserva natural Masái Mara, Kenia, 2024-05-20, DD 03.jpg

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Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), Masai Mara, Kenya.

File: Ho Chi Minh - 1946 Portrait.jpg

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Ho Chi Minh in 1946

File:At Katowice 2024 430 - Spodek.jpg

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Spodek, Katowice

File:Deity performer.jpg

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Thanks for the confirmation. Unfortunately this local adjustment all around the feathers is too obvious and makes the appearance  overprocessed. Possible to remove the vignetting? -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:06, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Updated the photo to look more natural without the halo behind the subject. Please let me know if these adjustments work. Thanks Mpamidimarthi (talk) 17:21, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 18:37:36 (UTC)
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Confirmed results:
Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Cmao20 (talk) 21:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural/Austria#Tyrol

File:Palais de Justice de Montbenon - Lausanne - Effet fisheye - GT August 2024.jpg

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 18:22:45 (UTC)
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The Montbenon courthouse, Lausanne.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors#Switzerland
  •  Info The Montbenon courthouse was built between 1881 and 1886. This is an experimental composition shown from the side with a subtle fisheye effect, but the building is not actually curved. This type of wide shot allows you to appreciate the effect of the clouds in the sky being swept by strong winds at altitude. Created, uploaded and nominated by Terragio67 -- Terragio67 (talk) 18:22, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Terragio67 (talk) 18:22, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I agree in this case that the curvature makes this photo very striking and accentuates the sweeping clouds. The quality is outstanding and I can't find any stitching errors. Cmao20 (talk) 00:41, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support iMahesh (talk) 01:44, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Like here, the cylindrical lines don't work for me, because it makes the appearance weird like deformed. Is it possible to make the perspective rectilinear? I also find the crop tight at the bottom -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:52, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Basile and thanks for your comment. In this case the rectilinear projection does not work too, furthermore there would be a tree and a bush hugely depicted on the right side, subjects in the foreground and which would occupy 30% of the composition. Yes, your observations are correct, the bottom is tight, but there is a valid reasonː The compositional photo of the monuments, as a rule and out of politeness towards other people, must be taken if possible without framing them. In this case it was difficult, because there were several dozen people (even close to me) enjoying the last rays of the sun in front of the view of Lake Geneva. For this reason I did not want and could not point the camera downwards. I absolutely had to avoid them also because there are many other disturbing and distracting elements: Trees, bushes, street lamps and the enormous statue of W. Tell, positioned in front of the main entrance of the building. The cylindrical projection, in this particular case, by distancing some parts of the edge subject by gently curving it, has the advantage of enhancing the central part of the building and offering the richness of details with the colors brightened by the golden hour, together with the sky as a co-protagonist backdrop. Terragio67 (talk) 05:42, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 03:21, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose -- It's really a shame about the great sky, but in a photo where the main subject is a building, the edges should be straight. Also, the vertical parallels contradict my individual eye impression. For me, the building seems to be spreading upwards. Sorry. Je-str (talk) 10:59, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 16:22, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I'm not enthusiastic about this way of photographing either, but this building lends itself well to it in my opinion.--Famberhorst (talk) 18:03, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 23:02, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, fisheye lenses are not adapted to architecture in my opinion. They completely distort the appearance of the lines and proportions. And in this case the slight curvature sounds like a technical flaw, in my view. Something like File:Palais de Justice de Montbennon, Lausanne.jpg (imagine the perspective fixed) or 2 would be much better. And there are not always people around this monument, apparently. The current crop is really too tight at the bottom, and overall unbalanced. People are cropped at the lower left corner. I understand the difficulty with visitors, but that doesn't make the image better unfortunately. It's relatively an easy subject, you can go again and give another try. I agree with Je-str the sky is nice, however, you can certainly meet different weather conditions there, at various times of the day, and use a rectilinear lens -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:16, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 08:28, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Basile. Fisheye perspective could have purpose for some architecture shots, but in this case it looks easily avoidable and it doesn't look good. I'm missing also some air at the bottom. A shame because quality is nice and sky is amazing. --Fernando (talk) 13:54, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Basile & Fernando. -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 22:20, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Perspective correction needed. Wolverine X-eye 18:45, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 14:47:48 (UTC)
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Elephant Stables at Hampi
Confirmed results:
Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Cmao20 (talk) 21:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#India

File:Plain prinia (49385881393).jpg

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Plain prinia (Prinia inornata inornata) sitting on a branch in Bangladesh

File: Earth, Moon and Lunar Module, AS11-44-6643.jpg (delist and replace)

Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2025 at 19:41:58
Earth, Moon and Lunar Module
Removed the greenish tint visible in the photograph which makes it worse.
Removed the greenish tint and made coloring more accurate

  • For me the difference is that in the case of ‘Earthrise’ the picture was very heavily reproduced in contemporary news media to the extent that the famous version should be featured even if a technically better version exists. ‘Earthrise’ even has a Wikipedia article about it. In the case of this picture, it is a lot less famous and its value is in illustrating the event, not in its iconic status. Just my two cents, Cmao20 (talk) 02:46, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • You are right. This picture is less famous than others taken during the Apollo missions. We can propose and promote a version whose colors are more faithful to what an human eye would have seen, but we are not correcting a yellowed photograph. The featured image is the best version of the original picture, released during the Apollo Programm. The new version is a scientifically correct reproduction of what the other one represent. The two pictures are imho two different things, and both valuable. Imho, a {{Retouched picture}} is missing, also. --Harlock81 (talk) 14:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If you want to add the Retouched picture feature to the page, you can do it yourself. I also see no reason why we can make two of the same photo both featured pictures. I agree with Cmao in the sense that Earthrise is the more historically reproduced photo Wcamp9 (talk) 23:11, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:ParastooAhmadi.jpg

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Parastoo Ahmadi is an artist and singer from Iran. Her performance without hijab garnered widespread attention and she was arrested along with the musicians after the album was released, and her trial is ongoing.
  • Dear Ταπυροι, yes, you can suggest an alternative by adding the code
==== Alternative ====
[[File:Parastoo Ahmadi.jpg|500x320px]] to this nomination, like here. Then you'll see if there's a consensus. Best regards -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:25, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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File:صلاه السياح في معبد دندرة.jpg

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File:MKr361498 Neiße zwischen Görlitz und Zgorzelec.jpg

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File:Байкальский вид амфипод Brandtia latissima latior (Dybowsky, 1974) и голарктический вид амфипод Gammarus lacustris Sars, 1863.jpg

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File:Pine Valley Mountains.jpg

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Pine Valley Mountains above St. George

File:Vancouver, North Vancouver, North Shore Mountains.jpg

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North Shore Mountains above Vancouver
✓ Done: perspective corrected. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 00:07, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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Manual procedure

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  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
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    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
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      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
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Closing a delisting request

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
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  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/December 2024.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
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  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
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    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
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    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/December 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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