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File:Imperial Academy of Arts Panorama.jpg, featured[edit]

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Saint Petersburg, Russia: building of the Imperial Academy of Arts
@Daniel Case: sorry, but colors are accurate. The lighting is quite different than on the photo presented by Colin: very bright summer day vs cloudy autumn day (and it's overexposed a bit: white parts of the building on the summer picture are not white in reality). And I can't be responsible for other photographers who make photos with absolutely dull colors. Composition is... well, it is a problem - I still can't fly. So I can only agree with the nominator and support. --Alex Florstein (talk) 09:20, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Alex Florstein, I recognised the tell-tale effects of too much Lightroom "vibrance" when I first looked at the JPG. But if you want proof then see the EXIF data. Vibrance +79, Hue Adjustment Orange +4, Saturation Adjustment Orange +27, Saturation Adjustment Blue -14, Luminance Adjustment Orange -15, Luminance Adjustment Blue -13, Contrast +32, Clarity +45. Now some global tone adjustment is fine -- a little bluer sky for example, but these are frankly ridiculous settings for a documentary photograph. Our FPC requirements state "Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer...Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable."' Submit this as an artistically colour-enhanced piece of art if you like, but you can't claim these colours are "accurate". I don't think I've ever taken Vibrance past +25, ever mind +79. The strong Contrast +32 adjustment also affects global saturation. And Clarity is on the high side at +45. -- Colin (talk) 09:56, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Colin: nice to see you care about the content of Wikicommons and thanks for the investigation. Like in CSI TV series! But I still see no criminal here. I just corrected shooting inaccuracies caused by hazy weather and natural tendency of amateur Nikon cameras to make a little bit dim image. Thats it. --Alex Florstein (talk) 10:17, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
UPD: But I'll certainly consider your advices and criticism in further work. Thank you. --Alex Florstein (talk) 10:25, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Alex, this has nothing to do with "amateur Nikon cameras". I see you have chosen "Camera Neutral" for the colour profile. This is Adobe's simulation of Nikon's "Neutral" profile. It is slightly lower contrast/saturation than Nikon's "Standard" profile, which is simulated as "Camera Standard" in Lightroom. Another option is "Adobe standard" which is Adobe's own calibrated profile. But I have never read any review that suggests a D5300 or Lightroom are so awful at rendering colours than a vibrance adjustment of +79 is necessary to correct it! I think you should consider if your monitor is displaying colours correctly if you think these colours are accurate and fair. -- Colin (talk) 11:23, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Colin, may be it's partially my fault, I'm not supposed to blame D5300. But I usually had no problems with "Camera Neutral", this time, apparently, it has developed the adverse conditions. And I assure you that colors are real at all my photos. My monitor is calibrated. Anyway, your comments very important to me, I'm here to learn and I always try to listen to good advice. --Alex Florstein (talk) 12:13, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 11:17, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture#Russia
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