Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Kakadu (AU), Kakadu National Park, Yellow Water -- 2019 -- 3782.jpg

File:Kakadu (AU), Kakadu National Park, Yellow Water -- 2019 -- 3782.jpg

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Australia
•  Info created and uploaded and nominated by XRay -- XRay ^talk 06:17, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- XRay ^talk 06:17, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment Deserves a feature for composition but there seems to be a general sharpness issue about your Australian images. This is so soft I have to downscale to 50 percent to get it crisp sharp – well, that’s still around 7 megapixels. Can anything be done about the overexposed trees on the left background? They somehow spoil it a bit. --Kreuzschnabel 07:34, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

• Just two answers: First, the trees. The tree trunks are very bright, nearly without a dark bark - like a lot of trees in Australia. It was early in the morning and the sunlight is on the trees too. So I can't see an overexposed trunk. Sorry. Second, the sharpness. Yes, the photo was made without tripod. Yes, it was made sitting on a small (and swaying) boat. So 1/125 s may be a little bit long. Looking at pixel level there may be a quantum of blur. I've seen this starting with a 30 mpx camera. It's the limit of what affordable lenses can do. And additionally I used other sharpness parameters with Adobe Lightroom. I can improve this sharpness, but IMO it's not really an issue. --XRay ^talk 09:35, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment - I find no fault with the sharpness. The nearby trees and reflections are sharp. The background is somewhat unsharp at full size but IMO fine. I wanted to give my input on that now, although I'm not yet ready to vote. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:26, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Info I'll improve sharpness and midtone brightness as soon as possible. I'll to do this until tomorrow. --XRay ^talk 12:20, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

•  Done The improvements are done ... --XRay ^talk 16:15, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

•  Weak oppose Just nice, but not really an amazing picture in my view. Water reflection is very ordinary. The sky is a bit boring. I miss something extra -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:16, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

•  Question - Would you consider offering a crop with just the clump of trees by the lake and their reflection? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:22, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

• Good question. I don't think so. IMO 2:1 is a good choice. The trees at the left give depth. --XRay ^talk 05:41, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

• But my suggested alternative would create a tighter composition. Photographer's choice, though. I will consider what I have in front of me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:05, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

• Your ideas are always good. I'll try it and if it is good enough, I'll upload the extracted image. OK? --XRay ^talk 07:10, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

• That's kind of you to say, but it's completely up to you. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Alternative

• And here it is, the crop Ikan Kekek proposed. Thank you! --XRay ^talk 14:42, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - This is actually a better crop than I was thinking of. I find this composition harmonious. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:47, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 09:04, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Tempered support I still think the tree at left could be cropped out, but it doesn't bother me enough to oppose. Daniel Case (talk) 15:34, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Crop too tight at the left -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:01, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment @Ikan Kekek, Johann Jaritz, Daniel Case, and Basile Morin: It's now square format. --XRay ^talk 06:02, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment - I'm inclined to still support, but I preferred your previous crop. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:26, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Info Sorry, I'm dissatisfied with the square format too. So I reverted it back to the former crop. But I'll upload (but not nominate) the square format too. --XRay ^talk 11:21, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

•  Support this version only; the other has too much empty space where nothing is going on. Cmao20 (talk) 17:06, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Pudelek (talk) 09:50, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 5 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 12:38, 19 December 2019 (UTC)