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•  Info Classic telephoto view of Mount Everest from the south ridge of Mount Pumori. Everest southwest face with its geological layers is in view. Everest West Shoulder and South Col (from where most overnight ascents to the summit start) are also in view. Created, uploaded, nominated by --Argenberg (talk) 12:33, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Argenberg (talk) 12:33, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Wow, great! Yann (talk) 12:49, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 13:17, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Poco a poco (talk) 14:01, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:39, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:47, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Great. (But isn’t the white balance a bit on the blue side? Maybe this could be improved …) --Aristeas (talk) 19:20, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

  it's also underexposed in my view - Benh (talk) 22:30, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

  Aristeas, Benh, do you think the white balance should be changed? If you ask me it is almost spot on and true to life in this scene at this time of the day. I checked with other images in the series. The sun starts leaning towards the horizon leaving some bluish casts on the right Nuptse wall. The higher you go, the thinner and darker the air gets. The sky is always dark deep blue at these altitudes in late afternoon and early evening. Also the temperature on the surface of those ridges is already around −20 °C (−4 °F) and even lower (−50 °C (−58 °F)) high up in the sky. I guess it’s natural to have some coolness and coldness in that scene. What do you think? --Argenberg (talk) 22:41, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Well, we are used to see winter photographs and high mountains photos with a cold white balance, so you can keep it to give a cold feeling. --Aristeas (talk) 08:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

I does seem very cool if you ask me. But I personally think WB is one of those subjective issues. A bit too cold or warm is for author to decide and there's no truth when it comes to WB. I'm more concerned when the snow renders almost grey though. - Benh (talk) 09:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

•  Support Change the white balance in a natural scene is change the reality representation and transform it in a artistic picture out of commons scope. --Wilfredor (talk) 22:56, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

•  Comment I sympathise with your point, but the problem is: what is the right white balance? The camera just guesses it (depending on your settings) and can be wrong, so sometimes changing the white balance in post-processing is necessary just to achieve a realistic result. (This is a general remark, not related to this photo.) --Aristeas (talk) 08:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

•  Support out of curiousity, how hard is it to hike to the south ridge of Mount Pumori? --SHB2000 (talk) 08:10, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

  I would say it is easy provided you’re properly acclimatized to the altitude and don’t have any preexisting medical conditions. The hike usually starts from Lukla and most people need at least two to three nights at 4000+ m. And then it’s advisable to sleep two more nights in either the Everest Base Camp or Gorakshep. Once fully acclimatized to low levels of oxygen it is pretty easy to traverse that ridge up to about 5800 m., weather permitting. There are no technical difficulties. --Argenberg (talk) 20:36, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 11:02, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sure, the mountain is outstanding, but the image is technically only average. --Milseburg (talk) 16:57, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Wieggy (talk) 20:51, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 14:40, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 17:23, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Milseburg. Actually it's below average, as the snow on the upper mountain looks like paint daubs, suggesting overprocessing. Daniel Case (talk) 23:36, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

•  Comment I don't understand that 'paint daubs' comment. This image is not as high quality/resolution as some routine (even boring) mountain views we regularly promote, but this is Everest. It has been taken from the South Ridge of Mount Pumori which looks to involve a huge investment of time, energy and money to achieve a unique perspective on Everest. FP voting should recognise this. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:38, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

  I agree with Charles' comment. There's nothing worse than travelling for days to get a photo like this, only for it to be dismissed because of some minor trivial issues (and I feel for Argenberg having travelled to the other side of my state just to write an article but that 14-hour drive is trivial compared to hiking up to Mt Pumori). Sure, it may be minor, but the efforts of trying to get this pic should at least be recognised (QI is another story, though). SHB2000 (talk) 12:07, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

• Daniel Case, Charlesjsharp, SHB2000, thanks for comments. My pleasure. I sympathize with all of your comments. I just wanted to note that processing is limited to basic global adjustments to exposure, contrast, highlights, saturation, clarity, sharpness in Adobe Lightroom, those on the very top of edit panel. My editing workflow is very basic and never involves complex processing. Also I don’t think that is a huge investment or a very unique perspective of Mount Everest. But it is a good view anyway because the Everest face is largely free of snow and the sky is fresh and clear. The lighting conditions are quite unique for late afternoon, allowing the summit face to be evenly illuminated by the evening autumn sun. A big investment would be to get some high-quality photos from Camp II, Camp III and South Col and beyond in the Western Realm past the Khumbu Icefall, and I’m hoping to get there some time in the future. --Argenberg (talk) 18:49, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

•  Comment Too dark. In general, snow should be just a few ticks from blowing out. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 19:36, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose per others --Uoaei1 (talk) 19:22, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 06:10, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 14 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:29, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural#Nepal