Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Lajedo de Pai Mateus - Pedra do Capacete-Edit.jpg

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 25 Dec 2015 at 21:40:21 (UTC)
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The iconic Pedra do Capacete (Helmet Stone) with the Milky Way in the background. A fantastic and unique place; such rock formation is only found in Devil's Marbles on the Australian Outback, Erongo Mountains in Namibia and the Hoggar region in Algeria.
  •  Comment - Help me with this a little. It looks great as a thumbnail and still looks quite good at the largest size that fits entirely on my screen, but the entire picture is fuzzy when I look at full resolution. For example, and I hope my choice of words doesn't seem insulting, but a lot of the stars look like blotches. I know you have very demanding standards in judging photos, so please give me insight into how are you appraising this one. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:50, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Second thought, on looking at the Perseid shower photo again: I guess these two photos really are comparable in fuzziness at full resolution, and this photo does look excellent at lower resolutions. I suppose I'll vote to  Support it, too. Maybe the approximate size of the rock should be noted, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:00, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
What kind of terrain is this, though? The colors seem unusual to me. Is it moonlit? Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:02, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 9 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 11:20, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]