Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Dome of Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo HDR.jpg

File:Dome of Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo HDR.jpg

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•  I withdraw my nomination All by LivioAndronico ^(talk) 20:07, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- LivioAndronico ^(talk) 20:07, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
•  Oppose I really thought it was going to be a support. But 1. it's really soft. Like it was upscaled or something. 2. how sad that the 4 paintings in the corners are missing a very little chunk to be complete. As a more general note, I note something must not quite be right with your HDR processing. It doesn't seem to bring any improvement over a standard shot. Dark areas are still dark, and windows are still blown out. Do you adjust curves after you blend the pictures together? - Benh (talk) 20:33, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• Forgot to say but it's very dark. Think you should brighten it. - Benh (talk) 20:38, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

•  Done --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 21:17, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• Benh these are the different frames to + 2, -2 and 0. It seems to me an obvious difference, I do not know you--LivioAndronico ^(talk) 21:01, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• Yes there is a difference indeed. My suggestion : make sure to recover highlights from the RAW of the lowest exposure also (if you have the RAW). Or maybe try -3, 0 and +3 next time? Or go the diliff way and go 5 exposures :). Let me try to process the pictures. - Benh (talk) 21:23, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• Yes Benh would be beautiful but I haven't a Mark III I have an economic D5200 max 3 exposures and max +/- 2--LivioAndronico ^(talk) 21:36, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• Don't worry, I also use an old Canon 7D :) I suggest you shoot RAW and recover highlights on the -2EV shot. I just did from your JPEGs and it looks good enough. Here's my quick attempt : [1]. Strangely, I lost the bottom... not sure what I missed :/. My observations : I think here your white balance is off. It's too blue. It looks better on my attempt. But you went there, so you know better. Also, your sources shots are off, making the blending tricky, and explaining why the edges are soft. If you can, you should take all the shots from the same point. Hope this helps. - Benh (talk) 22:08, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• Here there are the raws Benh (I shoot always in raw) if you want see --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 22:27, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• At leat I deserve a Neutral --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 22:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Sorry but I keep my oppose :) The reasons are as explained. If you can, you should take the shots again. It's always better not to introduce error from the start. But even if you can't, there's still room for improvement, as I hope I showed on my attempt : supposedly better WB, better controls of highlights and brighter corners. If I see the 3 RAW in your dropbox (I only see one now), I can try to process them tomorrow if you want ; but maybe you'd like to do it urself. - Benh (talk) 22:35, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

I joked, still had fun. I've already done, let's see what comes out--LivioAndronico ^(talk) 22:51, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• Weak  Support The windows are very bright and the paintings in the corners are rather dark. Nevertheless it is a great image. -- Lothar Spurzem (talk) 20:54, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
•  weak support --Johann Jaritz (talk) Johann Jaritz 03:49, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
•  Oppose Benh's version is better. And the cut corners are not good. Sorry. Yann (talk) 08:58, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

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•  weak oppose Here's my attempt to reprocess it from RAW. It fixes the WB (I think), has slightly better sharpness, more details in highlights, slightly less NR (and less color blotches). It has wow imo, but I still think it should be reshot to get the four paintings in the corners complete. If one should be featured, let it at least be that one. - Benh (talk) 10:25, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

•  Oppose The light is OK now, the cut corners are not. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:31, 9 August 2015 (UTC)