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File:Kla road1.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places
•  Info The road passes the last settlement, Khardung village (right), before snaking up the mountains to the "world's highest motorable pass" Khardung La. (It is actually the world's 4th-5th highest such pass.) This road is of strategic importance to the Indian army for supplying troops at the Siachen Glacier and is motorable year around since 1976, thanks to the Border Roads Organization's efforts. Khardung itself is situated at 4000m; the snowy peaks rise ~2900m above the village. All by KennyOMG -- KennyOMG (talk) 04:50, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- KennyOMG (talk) 04:50, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Weak oppose Very well-done generally, but dark areas up front are distracting. Daniel Case (talk) 16:55, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Question No exif data? --Hockei (talk) 06:35, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

• 5D mk1, 35mm, f/8, 1/1250, Iso 200. -- KennyOMG (talk) 13:02, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

I mean I'd like to see the original exifs in the image you removed. --Hockei (talk) 07:08, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Why does it matter? -- KennyOMG (talk) 14:48, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

•  Support -- Golden Bosnian Lily (r) 07:01, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 08:52, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support The village nestled in the foothills, the snowcapped peaks, the contrasting shadows, +tech quality - I like! Atsme 📞 19:00, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Llez (talk) 11:16, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Ladakh! Jee 03:18, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
• Moderate  Support - I've lived with this photo for a while, and I've decided that a combination of the really interesting landforms and the general sharpness of the photo (though not quite as much on the village in the background) with the importance of the terrain being depicted merits this photo being featured. And I kind of like the shadows in the foreground. They and the rather small amount (but just enough) of sky are a nice change as they are well shot. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:02, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
  • Ikan, I totally agree with you about the shadows: the one on the left, in the foreground, helps me to focus on the village and the peaks in the background and the shadows on the right make the otherwise barren brown rocks a bit more interesting to look at. -- KennyOMG (talk) 14:51, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 7 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 05:18, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

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