Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Sunrise over Benmore Range, New Zealand.jpg

File:Sunrise over Benmore Range, New Zealand.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural#New_Zealand
•  Info All by me. I like that the image shows rising sun in the middle and yellow / red on the side. -- Podzemnik (talk) 08:04, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Abstain as author. -- Podzemnik (talk) 08:04, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support on your journey to Mordor? --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:53, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support per Martin, complete with Eye of Sauron black hole lurking behind the mountains. --Cart (talk) 09:08, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 09:47, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- 🇪🅰〒©🇭🅰- 💬 10:23, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--Peulle (talk) 14:45, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Neutral Lovely composition, as ever from your photos, but I'm not convinced by the amount of detail preserved at full-res. I'm not sure it matches up to some recent FPs in terms of sharpness. Cmao20 (talk) 14:47, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
• Will cast an unpopular  Oppose because there is a very visible halo over (parts of) the mountain and also the light levels of the field/mountain is just off. Too light, too washed out. (eta: cmao20 is also correct about lack of details full size) -- KennyOMG (talk) 14:51, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

@KennyOMG No worries for the oppose. I think people should be encouraged to oppose more :)

The halo was caused by sharpening. Even though I think it was acceptable, I've reduce it a bit. The mountains might have been too light, I reduced shadows. Sharpness - I honestly think it's sharp enough. It's a dark mountain at night basically, there was no source of light. If it was taken during the day then yes, I'd say that it's totally unsharp. But I respect that you think the opposite. Regards, --Podzemnik (talk) 20:40, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

It's more like a halo that's usually introduced by Clarity in PS (or equivalents). More visible on the left side than other parts. Overal levels still bother me in ways I have difficulty expressing, it almost feels like an "uncanny valley" sort of situation. Sorry but will keep my vote; only thing it will do is delay the FP confirmation anyway. -- KennyOMG (talk) 17:43, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

•  Weak support Stunning composition, but some technical issues (the halo, and there is some lack of detail) ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 01:25, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Weak support Per the halo--BoothSift 04:12, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose sorry, that kind of sharpening halo in landscapes is a huge turn-off for me (even after reducing it). --El Grafo (talk) 08:43, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

@El Grafo It's pretty much gone now. --Podzemnik (talk) 09:11, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

That's something I can definitely live with. --El Grafo (talk) 10:01, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment@Podzemnik: Not an oppose or anything, but the new version makes the halo a bit more visible in the thumbnail? Might be just me. ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 14:53, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 12:16, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Qualified support Sharpening halo still bothers me a bit, but I don't think you could do much better than you have. Daniel Case (talk) 16:00, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:02, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 23:14, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 02:25, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 10:03, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Rbrechko (talk) 22:00, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Piotr Bart (talk) 19:31, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 13:07, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

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