Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Schlosskirche, Bad Mergentheim, Southwest view 20150727 1.jpg

File:Schlosskirche, Bad Mergentheim, Southwest view 20150727 1.jpg, featured

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•  Info IMO an amazingly detailed and beautiful photo of a church facade with rich colours and outstanding image quality. created by DXR - uploaded by DXR - nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 14:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 14:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment Underexposed. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 14:27, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

  I think I see your point in that the sky is quite a deep, dark blue. But I have checked the histogram and there is no loss of detail in the shadows (which I think you can see when you zoom in), so I would say it is maybe a tad on the dark side but not underexposed. Let's see what others think. DXR, I am pinging you in case there are any changes you'd like to make Cmao20 (talk) 21:53, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

  This scene has somewhat low dynamic range, so there is a range of exposures which would not cause clipping on either end. It doesn't mean that all those exposures should be subjectively considered "correct". A bright facade should be much lighter than this. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:20, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Oppose Just a QI. I agree the sky looks oddly dark. I think "under exposed" is technically incorrect as one may well expose to avoid clipping or to reduce shadow noise and indent to adjust afterwards to produce an image that appears how one perceived it. The actual exposure isn't really that important outside of extremes. -- Colin (talk) 12:35, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

• I agree with your point about exposure. What would an FP image of a church facade look like to you? I feel like it's superior to many photos already in the category, compare here or here which are both less sharp and detailed at full size and IMHO are less interesting motifs. Cmao20 (talk) 13:31, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

• One of the problems with photographing tall facades is getting far enough back. This seems there isn't enough room to breath, and the sky clouds just seem to add to the feeling for me. The photos you linked are quite old and I don't think the Warsaw photo would scrape through today. The other one has more interesting features. But maybe tastes vary about what is appealing. -- Colin (talk) 14:11, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

• Thank you for your fair review. Cmao20 (talk) 16:16, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment I comprehend Colin’s “there isn't enough room to breath”, but it could make a difference if one would brighten up the image a bit, as King of Hearts has suggested – IMHO this would give the photo also a lighter, more relaxed mood. So I would suggest to DXR to try it out. --Aristeas (talk) 18:02, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 02:38, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment Many thanks for the nomination and reviews. I have brightened the picture by 0.4 EVs, which indeed looks a bit more appropriate on my screen. The facade can only be photographed from a courtyard, so naturally there is a limit to how far back you can move for the photo. I feel that there isn't too much distortion, but personally, I would think of this as a good QI, not necessarily a FP. --DXR (talk) 11:00, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

• KoH, is this change enough for you to support? Cmao20 (talk) 19:54, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

• DXR I could withdraw if you really don't see it as FP, but seeing support currently outnumbers opposition I intend to let it run for now unless you tell me otherwise. Cmao20 (talk) 21:50, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Support I like the clouds, which look like cotton balls. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:22, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Support Beautiful in my eyes. --Aristeas (talk) 12:50, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose per others. Also, pretty but not a great composition to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:09, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 08:11, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support--Llez (talk) 06:32, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support I like the clouds. --Yann (talk) 18:24, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 07:33, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 20:14, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 9 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:59, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Religious buildings#Germany