Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Shimla night.jpg

File:Shimla night.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Cityscapes
•  Info -- Perched on a hillside Shimla is the current capital and largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Previously it was capital of the Indian state of Punjab and, before independence, the summer capital of British India. Shimla is a major tourist destination owing to the large number of colonial buildings, temples, churches in the city, the UNESCO World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Railway, and the mild subtropical highland climate. All by me. -- KennyOMG (talk) 17:59, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- KennyOMG (talk) 17:59, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 18:07, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Great photo! So this is where the shot the backdrop for Blade Runner. --cart-Talk 18:48, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Actually, that's this. Daniel Case (talk) 05:58, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 19:57, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support lNeverCry 21:01, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support After some days of waiting for the next wow - this is it! --PtrQs (talk) 23:37, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support - Impressive night photography. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:15, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Ezarateesteban 00:50, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose Even though all the details are visible, the overall impression is too dark. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:41, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

• That's actually a conscious choice as I don't believe HDR should be about flattening out the tones, rather about pulling the highlights and pushing the shadows while trying to keep the original tonal balance of the picture. But that's just me. KennyOMG (talk) 05:07, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

• I agree that overly aggressive HDR would not have helped here; I just think that the source material you worked with was too dark, and regardless of whether you tried to "fix" it in post or not, the lighting is still not featurable in my opinion. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:57, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

• I see what you mean, KoH, but I have long contended that magic hour pictures are not the only way to shoot night pictures and, depending on the scene, might not even be the best. I guess we agree to disagree on this point. :) -- KennyOMG (talk) 17:07, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

•  Support Great picture for such a dark and humid night. How long was the exposure? WClarke 03:29, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

• 1s + 4s + 15s, iso 200, f/8. Overall it's pretty close to the 4 sec exposures. KennyOMG (talk) 05:07, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

•  Support --Yann (talk) 21:23, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Ralf Roleček 21:53, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Lovely colors and texture. Daniel Case (talk) 05:53, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Totally loved it. Great execution. --SumantaJoarder (talk) 12:28, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 15:12, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 14 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /– Lucas^T 08:38, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

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