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•  Info created - uploaded - nominated by Basile Morin -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment Striking sky, but something about the post-processing on the foreground especially isn't working for me -- I think it's a result of raising the shadows too much in some areas? Curious to see if others get the same sense. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  03:21, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

• Yes it is HDR photography taken from 3 images in bracketing mode at different exposures +/-2EV. The shadows of the foreground have been lifted to reveal more details. It is intentional to avoid black silhouettes (due to contrejour and high contrast), and also to highlight the content I find interesting, in addition to the clouds. Thanks for your comment -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:51, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Support This is way too beautiful for me not to support, but I think you should add this disclosure in addition to the fact that it's an HDR image. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:42, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

•  Done Thanks. Here lifting the shadows was part of the HDR process. Otherwise they're really very strong with the sun in front, and not faithful to what the eyes see in reality. It depends on which software you use, and it can even be done instantly by the camera -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:15, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

•  Support ★ 13:09, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment A little under-saturated and needs shadow-adjustment like this, imho --Laitche (talk) 14:42, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Info Thanks everyone for the feedbacks and suggestions. There are different tastes in this group. It seems that Rhododendrites likes the shadows reduced and Laitche on the contrary lifted, with the exposure slightly decreased. Still no major difference in the saturation of the colors in my view. But the current version is a faithful representation of the sky that morning, and I don't want to create a fiction. The intensity of exposure is arguable, but more a matter of taste in my opinion. Thus I keep the current settings. Thanks -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:06, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

• If this saturarion was a faithful representation, I prefer the the first version. When reverted to the first version, I would support. --Laitche (talk) 02:08, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Done @Laitche. Thank you very much for your input -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:17, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks,  Support Very nice mood. --Laitche (talk) 02:27, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Support Striking colours and compostion. --Tagooty (talk) 13:01, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Юрий Д.К 02:46, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Oppose The colours are striking but it looks far too overprocessed for me to consider this as one of this site's finest pictures. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:43, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Such scenes with their high contrast and the bright colours of the sunrise/sunset sky are often tricky and their processing is a matter of taste. After looking a while at this photo I think Basile has found a good balance and the image gives a vivid impression of a great sunrise sky. --Aristeas (talk) 11:15, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --XRay 💬 11:29, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Hard to capture the same dynamic range as the human eye in a photo like this where the foreground will tend to silhouette. Personally I think Basile has done a good job of that. Cmao20 (talk) 15:00, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 21:12, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Ermell (talk) 22:14, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Giles Laurent (talk) 08:52, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per SHB. --Palauenc05 (talk) 16:43, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment I think you're setting the saturation on your monitor a little too much.One of my multiple monitors has high saturation, and the saturation of this photo is just right on that monitor. --Laitche (talk) 00:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 16:05, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 13 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Cmao20 (talk) 14:16, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Natural phenomena#Clouds