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Support since the nom is up and running again. Well, ask and you shall receive... This pic has just about everything I was asking for in the first nom. And this plane is way cooler! :) --cart-Talk20:49, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose too small, its a barely acceptable candidature, and much of it is this black area... (the Nikon D2X could produce 4,288 × 2,848 images, this one is 2,000 × 1,328, so downaized, or a huge crop). Plus the image is unbalanced, and a lot of blue cast in the wings. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m21:01, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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InfoDaniel Case Thank you, None of blur and posterization. Yellow part is such, i even checked twice on flower, no chrafure or stronger texture, just upper yellow has some more texture. Otherwise, you can check for this flower somewhere else. Yellow is such as here. Could you show me posterization ?! I reccomend you to check this flower next time. --Mile (talk) 07:08, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Poor choice of brand ;-). Seriously, though, I have to compare this to my own File:Sony A77 II.jpg. While it is a useful encyclopaedic image, there are several flaws. The camera is not spotlessly clean, which is expected for this kind of shot -- very hard to achieve with even a slightly used camera unless you go over it all carefully removing all dust. The lens hood means we can't see the front of the lens, which is often a photogenic part of a camera photo, with discs of light and colour playing with the glass. Your purple carpet is really distracting. I think the lighting is harsh. I assume from a small light source, leading to two hotspots on the controls. The effect of this light on the top of the camera makes it look horribly plasticy whereas I believe this is a premium camera. The lighting doesn't bring out the shape of the camera, instead we have to infer this from the lines and curves making up the plastic surface. Compare how broad softbox lighting defines the shape on the Sony photo. Compare also how the lighting on the Sony photo brings out the texture of the leather-effect parts vs the "dead flesh" on the Lumix photo.
I don't think the focus stacking has been successful here and question the need for it. If the exif is right, you used f/4 which seems a very odd choice if you want depth of focus and there are stacking artefacts in places and strange, abrupt transitions in/out of focus. I think if you stack then use a smaller aperture to minimise the stacking frames and help avoid artefacts, and you need to get the whole camera and lens in the stack -- here parts of the lens just look weirdly blurred rather than any natural focus transition. The furtherest away control dial just looks like it got blurred next to the other sharp controls. -- Colin (talk) 09:03, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
InfoColin Stacking error, show me Colin, your anotations were answered there, check them. f/4...on 45 mm Colin (you missed that right ?), it makes DOF as f/8 at 60mm at my distance. How come that was OK ? And this is not APS-C sesnor, its μ4/3. No, it cant be solved with single shot, as you did here: File:Sony A77 II.jpg. We cant see your control panel on rigth side, neither LCD, and its out of focus, your crop there isnt good, camera is too much to right side, and you should shot more from higher level. Thats much about lens there than camera. --Mile (talk) 09:56, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I can find faults in the Sony photo too. Using a more telephoto lens was suggested at FP. If shot again, I'd probably try using a rim/hair light to separate it from the background. I'd figure out how to get the lens coatings to show colourfully. I'm happy with the angle as I have File:Sony A77 II - top.jpg and File:Sony A77 II - rear.jpg to show off the top and back panels. I know your sensor is micro 4/3 but f4 is still not optimal for DoF which is what you wanted to achieve with stacking. It seems like you are scared to use smaller aperture because you read about diffraction and think your lens is sharper wider open, but one has to balance these laboratory concepts with trying to take a picture where the focus works -- we expect a subject to go gradually out of focus, and a bad focus stack unfortunately causes patchy focus effect. I think you are concentrating too much on a pixel-peepers technique (focus stacking) and not enough on the basics -- lighting, preparing the product and positioning the product so that the background/base is not distracting or enhances the subject. -- Colin (talk) 13:17, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Rodrigo.Argenton agree it isn't part of the criteria, though "value" (whatever that means to you, on an educational project designed primarily but not solely to illustrate Wikipedia) is. I used the word "encyclopaedic" partly because there seemed to be more of an effort to making everything in focus, as though this was a specimen identification image of a bird or butterfly, than to make a great image. My aim with the Sony photo, was to create an image like one sees the manufacture and magazines use: it should be attractive and enticing rather than merely functional. -- Colin (talk) 14:44, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@ Rodrigo : Now Colin answered you. For instance, nice camera on white back might be good to show to a kid from primary school. My option will be chosen for magazines, www, books. Perhaps that is The Photographer request if i am correct, to put it on white ? Sure not, white to become FP and this unFP is never a question - i choose this. But OK, someday might some do on white back. Not me - i would loose my drama effect. --Mile (talk) 17:47, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Humm, Mile, for a magazine it's far from good... This may improve our photography. And you can see at the end that photo of the aubergine have a high educational value, and this wow factor that is expected of a FP... -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m18:23, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"Let there be Light"...God said. I know, light is 1A importance. I was some month ago for lights, but were too much for me, and where to put them. Must get softbox first. --Mile (talk) 18:56, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well, despite all the criticism above, I have to say I think it is a nice low-key shot, and it has wow for me. I think it is well executed. -- [[User:|Slaunger]] (talk) 22:48, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Slaunger: If you have time, can you give me your opinion on that blown reflection on the camera's left control knob, right near the 4K icon? Is that no big deal or something better avoided? I ask because one one of the few things I might be able to do with my Coolpix is take some shots of used cameras for sale at my local shop. lNeverCry09:50, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
lNeverCry that spot there suits perfect, its not problem to remove it. Sometime flare/glare/highlits fit the subject, like commercials, and if you watch some Sci-Fi movies, when in Universe, they always put glare, for feeling of "other dimension". --Mile (talk) 10:37, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Blocked by two buildings in the front. I'm aware that it might not be possible to get a better picture, but not all subjects can produce an FP. Either it is simply not worthy of an FP, or (likely in this case) there is simply no good angle to capture it. There are many NYC buildings with shockingly bad images on Wikipedia for how famous they are, yet I don't think I can do better. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 08:07, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Composition is what works here, he didnt choose one more "centralized". So that bldng in front make some more rich compo. I dont like left crop, croped stange. --Mile (talk) 10:16, 27 November 2016 (UTC) p.S What is that white in the sky[reply]
Comment Something definitely wrong with the sky — I mean not the jet trail, but either colour banding or unprofessional NR (or both). --A.Savin06:29, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - It's good to see you here, Michiel. Interesting photo, but no vote from me right now. However, I think it would be good for you to be more explicit in your file description in describing what we're looking at. And are you sure this is about space exploration, the category you chose? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:36, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The photo shows old and new energy. In the front you see a pumpjack (Alte Energie=old energy) and in the back you several modern windmills (Neue Energie=new energy). I think those two contradictions are making this photo much more interesting. --Michielverbeek (talk) 21:02, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The composition doesn't work for me. The pumpjack dominates the windmills, and the windmills aren't strategically placed either, so I don't think the picture successfully conveys what you're trying to convey. And old/new that works for me is this. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 01:50, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Regretful oppose The old vs new photos pop up from time to time. However, this is a concept that is rather hard to illustrate without an explanation. In successful photos the old vs new are mostly done side by side, or at least with about the same amount of space, like in these: 1, 2, 3 and 4. Here, the wind turbines look almost like an accidental backdrop to the pump. --cart-Talk15:03, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support -- Famberhorst (talk) 18:53, 29 November 2016 (UTC)The genesis of peat land and peat: in wet peat soil carrots trees very shallow and just blow over. This process has formed a layer of peat land and peat in the course of centuries.[reply]
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Neutral Beautiful boats, but a bit too busy for my taste. It would have been better to concentrate on the five sailboats (see note) but that would make it a bit too small. (this adding got caught in an edit conflict) --cart-Talk07:42, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I think I would vote for cart's crop, though you might also want to take a bit off of the right side, so that there isn't more water behind the boats than there is in front of them. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:44, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Per cart, I have added my own suggestion for a crop even tighter than the one Ikan suggests. However, if implemented, the image would likely be too small for FP, as she noted. Daniel Case (talk) 18:38, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: insufficient quality (probably camera shake) --Uoaei1 (talk) 09:07, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Like one of the minimalist photos from Western countries that we often see here, but with an Nepali twist. The imperfections (compared to glass-and-steel skyscrapers) add to this picture in my opinion, so it works for me. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 05:14, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I really like this take on decaying surfaces, rust and all. However, I suspect that the colors were much more vibrant IRL and that the pic suffers from the washout that many times occurs when you photograph painted surfaces in strong light due to the paint's reflective properties. This can of course be fixed in post processing. Thoughts? cart-Talk11:43, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your review @W.carter: and @PetarM: . and . and Cart you are right,i push the vibrance to +26 and saturation to +5 really it look much better than rest one. Now we discuss which one is better..Plz suggest me, Thanks -- Bijay chaurasia (talk) 16:21, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To my eyes that small addition of saturation looks much better, using the rusty details as guideline. This one looks best. There are some other thing that could be done with it, but those are just minor tweaks and a bit difficult to describe here. Hopefully you will get some more comments about this. Even though good light is essential for good photos, very strong sunlight can sometimes be a problem on some surfaces. cart-Talk17:13, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that that version is best. I'm still not feeling it as an FP, though. This is a well-composed photo, but it's not wowing me, so I guess I should vote to Oppose a feature, although I feel a bit apologetic doing so. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:37, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support This photo gives me the feeling I am standing just before the train. I prefer this version because the blue coloured window looks much more natural for me. Good composition, skylight through the train is well done. --Michielverbeek (talk) 13:46, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@INeverCry: Thanks for your review. I think in amoled screen this looks bit over saturated. When i show ur comment then i check this in my mobile phone and i found that bit saturated but in laptop same file is ok. In light room i push saturation to +10 becoz when i reduce shadow and hightlight then it look bit unsaturated.. -- Bijay chaurasia (talk) 06:29, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - The crop of the lower leaf is bugging me. What is your rationale for the crop, and could you possibly include the entire leaf? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:19, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I think it's a pity in a documentary sense to retroactively change the appearance of a thing like this, but it definitely improves the photo, such that I now support, and I don't think that factual documentation was ever the main point of this art photography of part of a plant. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:33, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info View of the Romanesque church of St Nicholas located in Portomarin, Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. The church dates from the 12th century and was moved stone by stone in 1960 to this spot from a location that is today part of a dam. Poco222:38, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - I think this photo has a lot of wow, what with the great capture of that intricate nest and the bird below it, so I think it should be an FP even though the bird's back has motion blur. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:46, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Usually it's the guys that don't follow you around, who you're attracted to! quote from Sigourney Weaver
Weaver birds make elaborate nest to attract females - the more symmetrical, neat and well made the better. This guy is going to get lucky. Charles (talk) 12:59, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral Not very sharp for a 4.5 MP image, especially with the plane so small in the frame; we do have better FPs of air shows. But the cloud is a pretty nice framing so I won't oppose. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 05:49, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Godot13 i see now, i would simply put original, with tower, its works better, and i dont find tower a difficult here, but part of aerial view. Maybe as Alternative. --Mile (talk) 21:15, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I was also thinking about the close bottom crop, until I saw the uncropped version and realized that any wider crop would have been destroyed by that central tower. I think this is the best in a tricky situation. cart-Talk19:00, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral Wonderful colors. Had the trees all been more evenly sunlit (and the bird a bit sharper), this would have been a slam-dunk for me, but unfortunately there is almost a "line" of shadow across the middle of the foliage on some of the trees. Maybe you should have taken the pic a bit earlier... --cart-Talk19:37, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - To me, this is fine as is. The highlights are bright, but I don't think they're blown. By the way, those tubular structures - huge statues, right? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:34, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per Mile and I added some notes, but the biggest problem is imho lacking of sharpness on the right side. Also midday light is not very appealing here. --Ivar (talk) 19:07, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral It's better (one stitching error is still there though), but sharpness on the right is not good enough for me to support. --Ivar (talk) 07:26, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I saw that lack of sharpness, but I accept it as being farther away and probably also a product of smog. But that addresses only part of your critique. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:11, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Midday light is good for superwide panos as it avoids getting the sun in the frame. In any case, the saturation has not been severely impaired by the lighting conditions. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 05:47, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
first of all just my Comment: very nice view of Tiflis, but the image doesn't look really sharp to me in 100% view. With a Canon EOS 5DS R this should succeed better. Poco: if you manage to make this pano sharper I'll really would like to support it. --Wladyslaw (talk) 06:50, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The lighting is too strong/harsh, especially toward the middle, where the white buildings seem a bit lacking in detail and separation from each other. lNeverCry08:27, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment As Mile says, the lighting just doesn't work for me. This will have to be one of the very few images of yours that I'll have to stay with an oppose on, Diego. This just doesn't have the usual magic that I'm used to with your work. lNeverCry10:03, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
INeverCry, no problem with that, I neve take it personal. Overall I've to agree that my camera can provide higher quality than the result here but, after sticthing 5 images with 50 MPx each, I still think that the result is overall acceptable. Regarding lighting I have a different opinion. The spot where I was standing is possibly the best one to take a panorama of Tbilisi and the sun was IMHO at the right side Poco210:14, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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peaceful in theory - if you get enough space to breathe / take a picture... some temples and shrines were totally overrun with tourists. But since I was part of that problem myself, I'm not really in a position to complain... ;-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 04:42, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Could have been a bit better at depth (those trees right behind the pagoda look like they're growing Play-Do or something) but, as I've said regarding other such almost-perfect-otherwise images, so what? Daniel Case (talk) 06:17, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - You're right, and I missed it. I would have to think that is fixable in Photoshop. Vaido Otsar, are you able to smooth over the bands? I see the bands in the reflection, too. Is that OK or also a technical fault? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:56, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose --Per Mile. I propose another version Cleaned and additional post-processing done by Sting with banding corrected in the sky and reduced in the water, but also another reading of the image around the vegetation. Sting (talk) 00:43, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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J sometimes might be good to put size of object. Would be good even for voters. If this would be 3 mm or 10 cm might be difference when voting. --Mile (talk) 11:20, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral There is a shadow under the insect very pronounced and the contrast between the insect and background(the rock) is low. If the shadow is improved, I will change my vote to support. --The Photographer12:08, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Reply:Ikan Kekek, its a fast moving insect; some of them can run even at 5.6 miles per hour. Here it came out from the gaps of rocks while to check whether it can taste us when we were walking over the rocks, looking for odonates. They are brave; but vulnerable too. See, it's missing leg. That why (@The Photographer) it prefer camouflage than contrast. Mile, it sizes about 10mm; but we can't say exact size without collecting them for such a small subjects. Note that we've only seven Carabidae (Ground Beetles) fps compared to other insects. And not a single fp in Collyridini tribe. Jee13:41, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
CommentJ, you see, write what it was, 10 mm make a difference between yes and no. Small and night animal should be win-win. I wait for Ikan... --Mile (talk) 07:29, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I've decided to Support. I love the abdomen and accept Jee's remarks on the difficulty of photographing this small, fast-moving insect. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:08, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure you're right, but I personally think species is important for FP unless the image composition is of FP calibre. But I won't oppose it. Charles (talk) 12:11, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't tend to have the patience to set up for good flash image (I do have a ring flash for my macro lens, but there are too many settings for snap shooting in the jungle!), but would a reflector not be better than the diffuser? Charles (talk) 12:07, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Charles: In fact, it is a compact soft-box, having silver panel in back and sides. Now I'm testing it to find the best ISO value as light power is much reduced. (I agree that every add-on components are affecting our flexibility and speed. But I think this struggle worth if I can avoid the ugly reflections.) Jee13:01, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose This looks like a QI and possible VI, but I don't see any wow in this. The top crop is relatively tight, and it's balanced by a gravel/tar road or driveway at bottom. The lighting is pretty basic... lNeverCry09:54, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - The shapes, colors and decorations are beautiful, but the pictures of animals and people are particularly interesting to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:29, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - I'm not that good at spotting chromatic aberration when it isn't glaringly obvious, but that reflection is extraordinary, and the rest of the picture is pretty amazing to look at, too. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:51, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Nice idea and seasonal, all Christmas-y, but the execution failed. In addition to unsharpness noted by Ikan, it also looks a little overprocessed. Daniel Case (talk) 03:38, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Top of power line pole seen from the east side
Top of power line pole seen from the west side
Info A set of two photos of the top of a pole for high voltage power lines as seen from the east and west side. They are not shot from exactly matching positions, because when I took the photos I wasn't thinking of a set and just shot away. It was only when I went through the pics at home and couldn't decide which side to choose that I went for the set option instead. Thoughts on this are of course welcome since I've never done a set before. All by me, -- cart-Talk20:30, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Idea is good, just to join them together into one "station". I would put two more shot of wires and sticth, even wouldnt bother too much, just two photos needed, one station, one wires, then rotate (mirror) station for other side. Now we have 2 seperate shots, but since people can easily rotate pics... But option is. --Mile (talk) 07:52, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the suggestion, but this time the pics stay as they are. Per previous discussions and my own opinion, mirrored images have no place in FPC. Even if they had, any advanced outdoor photography will have to wait until spring. With winter here we have only a couple of hours of good light each week, it's freezing (difficult to handle the camera with gloves as I'm no AWeith) and as of this morning everything is iced over again with more snow coming. cart-Talk10:30, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Weak oppose. It is actually a pretty good photo, but on a number of points, I find it is not quite FP quality. I think it could benefit from a slight crop of the sky and the water reflection - too much space is used. The view is also slightly off-centered from the main entrance. It seems a little soft in focus (maybe due to 1/50 s shutter) at the modest resolution as compared to usual architectural pictures. The whites seems a bit washed out on the columns. People in foreground are a bit distracting. One of these alone would have been OK, but in combination I have to oppose, sorry. The light, DOF and colors are nice though. -- Slaunger (talk) 22:09, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
WeakSupport. Great colors. Yes, the whites are a little blown, but looking at the reflection (which is not overexposed), there isn't much detail in the columns anyways, so not much was lost. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 23:48, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Love the way you got the pollen grains in the little bugger's furs or whatever. I know some fly-tyers who'd find this picture very helpful. Even if we don't have them in our streams over here, I bet a lot of trout would go for something like this if it were presented right. Daniel Case (talk) 04:02, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I can only guess, that body length was ca 9-12 mm, but I would have to kill him to be sure. No harm was done and he did fly away safely. --Ivar (talk) 11:17, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info St Gregory church of the Tatev monastery during sunset, Syunik Province in southeastern Armenia. The Armenian Apostolic monastery, built in the 9th century, hosted in the 14th and 15th centuries one of the most important Armenian medieval universities, the University of Tatev, which contributed to the advancement of science, religion and philosophy, reproduction of books and development of miniature painting. All by me, Poco207:39, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I love the light. This is a beautiful photo. You could sharpen the top of the spire just a tad if you like, but regardless, this is an FP to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:22, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Poco a poco: Really sorry but I don't think there is a sharpening issue, it seems to my eyse that there is an issue with the focus or maybe a camera shake, this is not fixable, and honestly at full resolution it is disturbing, and sorry again but I don't understand the support votes here. Christian Ferrer(talk)17:56, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Will address the spots with frindges tomorrow. About the sharpness overall I just don't agree. I see detail everywhere --Poco223:23, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support The building itself is perfectly sharp; only the lower left corner has some unsharpness. And when I downsample to 50% (11 MP) even that disappears. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 23:28, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - Great documentary-style photography. I could easily see this in a news story about share taxis in Maracaibo. But do put in a personality rights warning. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:34, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Your documentary street life photos are fantastic. Hope you don't stop doing them when you get your panorama gadget. ;) --cart-Talk07:23, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Maracaibo in most of the time usually reaches 50 degrees Celsius for several months,[2] however, this day was a cloudy day with a "pleasant" temperature of 40 degrees. This type of scene is common in Venezuela and most Latin American countries and it's difficult for me to recognize that it is special because it is too common. I do not know these people, however, in some way, it represents a part of the common day in Maracaibo. A shared taxi system in deplorable condition, however, with a human quality of care that seems like you're talking to a lifelong friend, they treat you with an unloved love and affection. This type of feedback is what motivates me to continue collaborating, thanks for the comments and votes positives or not, both help in different ways. --The Photographer10:43, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We should all look round and try to see our world with different eyes. What is common and everyday to us is most certainly extraordinary for someone in another country. These 'photographic reports' of ordinary life are very important. This is the way we gather and share knowledge on the Wiki-projects. cart-Talk16:23, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Created and uploaded by Rhododendrites - nominated by W.carter. Rhododendrites has brought back a marvelous series of photos of sea lions from a trip to San Diego, you may have seen some of them at QIC. This is not the usual animal photo to identify a species by counting every hair on the creature. Here the sea lion is part of a composition, leisurely rolling its beautiful curvy body in the clear waves. For me it brings to mind the iconic beach scene in From Here to Eternity only this is another kind of love; the love for nature. -- cart-Talk22:03, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Animal tends to get lost in all that crashing water. I did suggest a crop, but I'm not sure the resulting image would be large enough to qualify. Daniel Case (talk) 06:18, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the suggestion, but that crop would eliminate the great pattern made by the waves. To me this pic is about both the sea and the animal as they interact. --cart-Talk09:18, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I thought of that. It's a great pattern ... the problem for me is that relative to the size of the image, the poor thing looks like a slug. Daniel Case (talk) 15:42, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination Thanks all for your input, I sense the hesitation for this nom and will get back with a different one. :) cart-Talk10:51, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Good capture, a bit of CA on the spots on the right side otherwise excellent. I can see it is thinking: -"Hmmm, that other photographer looks tastier..." :P --cart-Talk23:17, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Some of the unsharp grass in the foreground is a bit distracting, but it couldn't be helped and doesn't ruin the photo. Great capture. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:14, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Looks nice, but think he went far with clouds shoping. Didnt see colors like this. --Mile (talk) 08:10, 26 November 2016 (UTC) Since i havent been in England, Scotland... --Mile (talk) 14:41, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yes it looks real, this is a quite common phenomenon. There are at least three layers of clouds here, when the sun sets the lowest layer of small clouds can be lit by the sun from the side, the middle thick layer will fall into shadow along with the landscape while the top layer of clouds will be high enough to be very illuminated and therefore much whiter, like it was day. This is the same thing, only there were not as many low dark clouds in that one. And in this you can see the dark low clouds and the high bright ones, imagine if the low clouds in that pic covered the sky with only small openings, then it would look the same way. I could draw a picture if you like to explain better. cart-Talk12:45, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Shame it is not larger though I don't think the amount of detail would improve if it was. In addition to this "highly commended" image, George Johnson is a previous WLM winner and has had his work selected for the UK's "Landscape Photographer of the Year". He used to be active on Flickr but I can't find his account any more (just his website http://www.syxaxis.com/). Based on past Flickr comments about his technique, he does do more Photoshop adjustments than most people here do, but I don't believe he would fake a sky and especially not for an image entered into a competition. This isn't just a lucky holiday photo -- the timing of the sun on the horizon and the calm waters are special. -- Colin (talk) 13:50, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry. I find it photoshoply overdone. And there is too much useless foreground of water. I'm not fan of the horizon in the middle neither. Kidding: a good candidate for WLM, not for FPC.--Jebulon (talk) 21:38, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cart's explanation of the white light on the clouds is consistent with my experience, and (of course) the science, and Colin's analysis is also helpful. This one stands out when scrolling through this page. Daniel Case (talk) 07:49, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There is much good in this picture but also somethings that make me oppose for Commons purpose. The picture is like a painting, very striking atmosphere, very nice indeed. But it is rather small. When I open it as a full I see some loss in color variation and also loss in some details which are most likely caused by many kind of de-noising. It looks more like a digital art wall paper rather than a photographic document of a place. So as for Commons FP I would say the post-process is over done. --Ximonic (talk) 10:17, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info When Denmark lost the Second Schleswig War to Preussian forces in 1864, it lost a considerable amount of land, see FP of the retreating forces. This led to an increased awareness of the importance of better utilizing the remaining agricultural resources in the country under the motto "Hvad udad tabtes skal indad vindes" (approximately: what was lost externally, shall be reclaimed internally). In 1866, a group of entrepreneurs in Viborg, Denmark formed a producer-controlled corporation called Hedeselskabet (the heath association). One of their objectives was to reclaim moors in central and western Jutland for farming; mostly sandy land abandoned in the 14th century as a result of the Black Plague, but in many cases good for potatoes. Hedeselskabet was thereby part of the Danish cooperative movement emerging in the period 1790-1960. Hedeselskabet still exists today as a private company with its headquarters in Viborg, and it has undergone a lot of organisational changes and it has activities in several countries within agriculture, forestation, environmental area. The current headquarters by C. F. Møller Architects were completed in 1980. I think this 58 Mpixel HDR panorama shows well an architecture, which is closely integrated with the soil, well in line with the history and current activities of the company. -- Slaunger (talk) 21:53, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
InfoKing of Hearts, INeverCry, Ikan Kekek, Johann Jaritz, W.carter, Joalpe: I have restitched the panorama and uploaded a new version, where the inwards leaning left-hand side is corrected. When I was about to do the tone-mapping of the HDR panorama in Lightroom, I pressed a wrong button meaning I lost the original tone-mapping, crop, sharpening and noise reduction settings. So I have re-developed it from scratch in Lightroom, which means these setting have changed slightly, although I have tried to get it as close as possible to the original upload. -- Slaunger (talk) 11:57, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, technically a high level and the history is interesting. But in my eyes the setting and the motif itself is too little photogenic for FP. --Milseburg (talk) 09:04, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel Case, Ikan Kekek. You are right wrt your observant review. There are parallax errors in the foreground grass in the lower left section of the image. Not easy to correct as it is three bracketed exposures and it is a handheld panorama. I live very close by, and happened to come by while bringing my camera, but not my tripod, noticing exceptional good light. I could apply a smoothing gradient to introduce some artificial feeling of shallow DOF to simply smooth out the irrelevant details of the foreground grass, but I do not want to change the image now that many have supported the current version or propose an alternative. As a matter of fact I am proud there are not worse parallax errors given there are trees in the foreground with many little twigs, and also slight wind. 9 years ago I had bigger problems. There are actually small problems on the left-most tree at the top, but I do not find it that relevant as it is really the building which has visual focus. But feel free to update your vote. I was actually reluctant to even nominate it due to these technical imperfections, but thought, hey, not all are as pedantic as myself. -- Slaunger (talk) 20:17, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Having another look, all it would do is change my vote to mild support, rather than strong support, because as a whole, this is an excellent panoramic photo of a unique building with good documentation. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:59, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support The left hand side has a slight clockwise tilt, which could be fixed with some vertical control points. But it's not severe overall, and the right side is ok. Otherwise per Ikan. -- Colin (talk) 16:40, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Absolute majority wooden houses in Russia are log hut. The house is planked with boards because it is located within the city limits. Widely used pierced work and overhead decorative elements. This house is located in Perm. Сreated by Vladimir Litvinov (architect, designer) — uploaded by Vladimir Litvinov — nominated by Niklitov — Niklitov (talk) 23:39, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - No offense, I hope, but I'm having trouble finding the "wow" in this diagram and would rather see a photo of the house in question. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:43, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Ikan Kekek! I'm sorry, I didn't understand the question: photos of the house are included (other versions). This reconstruction for architects who want to repair the house. — Niklitov (talk) 09:32, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
But you know what? I get your point, anyway. This is a very high-resolution and educationally/functionally/encyclopedically useful picture. Support after all. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:13, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Well photographed and interesting structures, mostly it makes me hungry, smoked horse meat is a delicacy in Sweden, to be savoured with horseradish in whipped cream (of all things) on sandwiches. :) --cart-Talk14:51, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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"And how do you explain this, at Commons:Image guidelines? Given sufficient "wow factor" and mitigating circumstances, a featured picture is permitted to fall short on technical quality.
My feeling is that you are completely free to say that educational value is not a sufficient reason to feature photo x, y or z, but saying that educational value is irrelevant is a bridge too far" - Ikan Kekek - 2016 [3]
I didn't take offense. Even if you were joking, you had a point; it's just that if something's disgusting, the photo would have to be remarkable for it to have a wow factor for me. That reflects my biases, but so does what wows anyone, right? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:41, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan I could rationalise wow factor, as the combination of subject, composition and technique creates all the good photos; okay the subject is the subjective point depending of the cultural background, and here is seeing as bad we analyse the subject, but most of wow is not that vague. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m08:24, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I don't think I agree with you, and since I'm a musician, I'll give you an analogy: Why is it that some people love Philip Glass' music and others hate it? Why is it that some people love Verdi and hate Wagner? Why do some people love Brahms but hate the atonal music of the Second Vienna School? I admit to being in the category of people who hate musical minimalism, but that's not because I think the minimalist composers lack technique; it's because I find the incessant repetition in that style maddening. But I know musicians who are wonderful performers and interpreters, who prefer new music I consider crap to Brahms and Beethoven. It seems like an outlandish opinion to me, but I can't consider them crazy. And my feeling is, if you are only analyzing the way the composition and technique interact with the subject, you are being purely technical and not really looking for the "wow". That would be a perfectly valid form of appraisal, but I'm not sure whether that's actually what you do or just my misunderstanding of what you mean. But since this has become a meta discussion, maybe we should continue it elsewhere. You may post to my user talk page if you like. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:01, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose High EV, hence the VI status, but I don't see anything that makes this FP material. @Rodrigo.Argenton: I'd like to see more of your own images here at FPC. We don't get to see nearly enough of your work, but what I've seen you nominate has always been great. lNeverCry08:06, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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In other word, you mean "The watch's weight gains energy whenever the user moves their wrist, enabling the watch to self-wind". Isn't that right? By the way, as a matter of English-language terminology, if you can wear it on your wrist or in your pocket, it's a watch. Clocks are bigger than watches, although the basic mechanism is the same. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:39, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I would have expected the inside mechanism to be darker and more contrast but possibly the glass back is reflecting some glare that reduces the contrast. I wonder if a polarising filter would have helped. I'd have preferred if the lugs on the top left were not cropped out. -- Colin (talk) 16:36, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I have spent some time looking at this photo, and this is such a magnified closeup that I wonder whether part of what looks like noise in the far side of the watch's dial is actually reflections in the natural bubbles in the glass. Either way, I just can't argue with that degree of closeup. How did you do it? Valuable, too (nominate for VI). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:08, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan The magnified closeup is achived by using a macro lens, in this case "OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro". A macro lens is defined as one that renders an image onto the sensor that is at least as large as the subject is in reality. Typically the subject has to be very close to the lens, at the minimum focus distance of the lens, in order to achieve that degree of magnification. [Here the watch is larger than the sensor so it won't be a 1:1 macro]. The photosites in a crop sensor (such as APS-C or Micro-four-thirds) are usually much much more densly packed than in a full-frame sensor, which means that the resulting JPG is even more magnified than with a typical full-frame DSLR. However, the depth of focus at such close-up subject distance is tiny e.g. 1mm, so multiple images are taken and then "focus stacked" in software to select the sharp bits from each image and merge them. The focus can be changed either by rotating the focus ring on the lens, or more usually by puting the camera on a "macro focus rail" which lets one smoothly slide the camera forwards or backwards in tiny increments by rotating a knob. Everyone who buys a macro lens takes a photo of their watch. It's simply the done thing. :-) -- Colin (talk) 09:31, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As Colin said, you can see lens used in bottom of EXIF. Macro lens of course. Other stuff is to put it in softbox, use one light, and see where light will be best - you move and move, not just light but reflection also. Light is very important, good handed position make it ad, as Daniel Case saw. Bottom was some black textil (softbox is all white), which i had to remove some latter, still visible at close distance. So for better, i would lift watch for some centimeters above, after what cleaning would be probably unnecessary. Colin is probably thinking on my watch. 5 eur, with 2 batteries. --Mile (talk) 09:59, 1 December 2016 (UTC) p.S. Will put to some "Backside Automatic" on VI. As you can see, we dont have much watch photos, only one is really FP.[reply]
Charles: my goal was to show mechanism, not PR of producer. And since its not their inovation i think i can skip their naming. --Mile (talk) 19:13, 2 December 2016 (UTC) p.S. Probably would do that in front shot.[reply]
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Support - The streets are grainy, and otherwise, I completely agree with Mile. The contrast of the color in the foreground and drab background is striking, appealing and festive. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:57, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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It feels like a picture of the mountain with a tree in the way. I want to move to the side to see the mountain! Perhaps if taken from a lower angle, to the side, we'd have a composition with the tree, the mountain, the sky and less of the grass and shrubs nearby. -- Colin (talk) 09:07, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Right now, Sweden is filled with all manner of things to light up the darkness for the upcoming season. I saw this little guy in the window of an auto repair shop and could not resist the wild idea of shooting it. So I brought out my new small bendable/adjustable tripod and with that and my camera on the car's hood I was able to take photos stable enough to stack. :) Luckily it was dark and all good folks were home having dinner, so no one saw the crazy photographer... All by me -- cart-Talk22:45, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice idea and well executed. I hope you are not going hungry to bed as it seems you have replaced dinner with photography. -- Slaunger (talk) 23:02, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support since I've faved it on Flickr. Interesting how you have to look at it in full-res to really be sure the lights are from within and not reflections. Daniel Case (talk) 03:35, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose This picture is all about lines. There are four lines going from the top left, bottom left, bottom 1/3, and bottom 2/3 to the far right. I get what you're going for, but it just doesn't work for me: the fence is strong but the wall just disappears into the bottom, making the composition unbalanced IMO. (By the way, you have some cloning errors at the bottom right.) -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 02:15, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for noticing the error, I'll fix it as soon as I can. It's a leftover from tilt correction. I tried a version with the wall given as much room as the fence but it just took over the image completely then and obliterated the more fragile, interesting fence. cart-Talk09:47, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Rough critique (it struck me as mean)! I haven't decided whether or how to vote, but that composition surely was there for the taking/making, not contrived. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:39, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Charles is entitled to his opinion, whatever that may be. :) I saw this long fence during a walk, this is what it looks like walking next to it, and came back later in better light and took the pic. Simple as that. BTW, the whole thing is high (over 2 meters), the photo is taken from my eye-level and I could lean comfortably on the wall while taking it. Perhaps Charles thought I was crawling on the ground for this angle and that would have been contrived. cart-Talk09:53, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
CommentWavy fence and a wall B&W version I really liked INC's comment about B&W so I did a version of this, but from a rainy, overcast day since such light goes better with B&W and bare trees. This also takes in King's comments. Thoughts? This really takes me back since I made most of my photography in B&W back in the analogue days. :) --cart-Talk13:25, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I prefer the black & white photo with the wider crop on the right, less of the nearer trees, more of the background and a man walking away from you as part of the composition. I would vote for that one. I don't think I will vote for this one. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:49, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination The more I look at it, I think the B&W pic is the better image. Score one more for the teamwork on this site! :) --cart-Talk14:06, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Daniel, I've retouched the curves (and the crop). There is by the way also a landscape format version here. Still, I find this one somehow more interesting. Poco211:40, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Quite small for an FP landscape photo, but I really like the poetry of the golden cross being the only really vibrant color in the frame. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:20, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info A Thello Eurocity hauled by a Trenitalia class 444R. This very scenic section of the Genoa–Ventimiglia line was shut down four days later (replaced by a new line in the mountains).
Support - Quite picturesque, and the back story makes this an instance of salvage photography (I don't know if the term is used, but "salvage anthropology" is a study of something that's about to disappear). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:42, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - I'd love to see some remark from you on what you believe makes this an FP, but for the time being, I am unfortunately going to oppose. The red flower is pretty, sure, but what about the rest of the picture? The lighting doesn't seem special to me, and what do the unsharp leaves in the foreground add to the picture? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:53, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your question Ikan. I simply like the picture and the exotic flower and believe others will judge if it is a FP. In regard to the "unsharp leaves" I think and know that in photography unsharp foreground and background can help to emphasize the main object. Than the result is only matter of taste and composition. Btw the lighting of this picture is not too bad imo, I believe it is rather intriguing. Cheers--87.5.105.122 11:59, 2 December 2016 (UTC)--Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 12:01, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply, and I understand your reasoning. Yes, the flower itself is well lit. But the brightest part of the picture is probably a blurry part of a branch and leaves below it. We'll see what others think, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:18, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Another possibility would be to include more and not crop out part of the bags. I understand cart's point about them being part of the street scene and serving as a counterweight, if you want that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:04, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I simply removed it because regrettablythe raw file was in a Beria hard drive that stopped working recently. Please, let me know if it is better or need rollback, thanks --The Photographer23:22, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Maracaibo was one of first colonies in S. America. Good to see some from there, otherwise, how you always get so much noise (like first version) ? --Mile (talk) 20:47, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@PetarM: I find this amount of noise in a image taken at ISO 100 unacceptable, and it is really is how my old D300 can genuinely be expected to perform and I've half a mind to sell it someday in mercadolibre. I really like the way the D300 handles, but the actual end results are, frankly, disappointing. I tend to accept that, but also I will say that this camera has a lot of other features and capabilities that can not be provided by any other camera on the price range so full of benefits that this ISO 100 noise is a very very small problem. If you look at the histogram of everything is at the bottom half of the histogram. While this isn't underexposed and even when well exposed the D300 can show noise in shadow areas. I have compared this camera to other D300s and my conclusion is that there is a problem. My shoots are raws and admittedly, the D300 is always a bit muddy... and at higher ISO's a bit smudgy. --The Photographer21:40, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Another great documentary pic. I'm not bothered by the bags, they are part of the street life and sort of counter-weights that side of the photo. --cart-Talk21:08, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Don't let yourself be carried by the river (votes), my recommendation is, if you do not feel that this image should be featured on the first impression, there is no simply reason, you could vote negative using "no wow". --The Photographer23:28, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think you've found your "niche" as we say, namely street photography and urban decay. This gentleman's face and posture is perfect. This area of photography takes a photographer with courage and a lot of heart. I hope you get the equipment you need thru the crowd-funding or on your own. Street photography focusing on people is so full of possibilities. More people! lNeverCry01:04, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
With street photography the wow factor can sometimes be replaced with how much power the image has to make you think or feel a certain way; a certain feeling of empathy and sympathy. If this doesn't do that for you, than I understand completely, and I respect your decision to oppose. lNeverCry12:51, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. I actually think that the so called "wow-factor" is a rather poor expression since it doesn't cover all the emotions a pic can bring out. I tend to think -Could this photo belong in a National Geographic or Time Magazine article? If so, it should be a FP, it's a photo that makes you look twice or even three times. cart-Talk15:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It all depends - up to a viewer. Neither NG shots are so good, i suppose some half would be out of FP. Or look at most expensive photographs - i would not dare to nominate some 70-80%. Macro shooter and urban have different world, not much in common. So if I see NG and Time fire photographers and use free Wiki i wont be surprised. --Mile (talk) 15:52, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support per INC and cart's comments on Charles's oppose. I would add that while the image of the man alone would be enough for me to support, putting him in the context of his environment and that striking diagonal perspective line ups the wow for me. Not only does it increase the aesthetic attraction, it dramatizes the man's situation, that he is at odds with the order of the world he is in. Daniel Case (talk) 17:37, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The man's face is not in focus. If this type of human interest image has aspirations then it should be technically spot on. Better now that garbage has gone. Charles (talk) 12:49, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose technically speaking, very fault image (I can't understand why it's so noisy, and the colours are little bit over)... about removing the rubbish, I disagree with Ikan as in the previous version we can see that he is seating in the same place that people rest rubbish. this could be more explored, however being there is enough to tell that to us. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m03:49, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
PS:The name of the photo induces the reader to one thing that could not be true, did you talk to him? You seems far from him, and photo is about connection, specially people's photos; I couldn't connect with him, the empathy is hampered here.
Complete out of the topic, I'm not in discussion here, you are not in discussion here, your photo is.
This reaction is showing ignorance about photography, and Wiki, as there a talk page there, where I answered the same questions to your dear friend Rodrigo Padula, same questions...
And the photos up here was made with the same camera in your hands, not noisy at ISO 200, not as noisy as your photos at ISO 400... so grow up, and assume responsibilities and criticism.
You are comparing different photography genders (Street photography and nature closeup photography in animals) and probably under different conditions like for example a different light, lens.. and making a personal attack calling my "technical deficiency". It is not the first time you insist on your behavior disrespectful, please stop, I do not want to see you blocked again. --The Photographer19:25, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I love treats, but make it in the a appropriate page:
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Info all by Charlesjsharp We observed the adults in a family of proboscis monkeys jumping between these two trees. They went round and round, repeating the jump. Over a period of 15 minutes, the adults encouraged the youngsters to make the jump. This young male was one of the last to commit (so I was ready for him). No monkeys were injured in the making of this composite. -- Charles (talk) 18:03, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Terrific action sequence, and a valuable depiction. Compositionally, I'm reminded of the Futurists, who loved to show people and things in motion, rarely still. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:06, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Reflections of OneEleven building, Chicago downtown. The structures reflected on the facade are La Salle Street Bridge, the Reid Murdoch Building (both brown) and 121 West Kinzie Street. These two buildings are on the north side of Ricer Chicago. All by Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:32, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Different building and very different reflections. You guys think there should be only one example of this genre of photographs as an FP? Why? Do we have only one FP of a dragonfly? Of a sunset? Of a cathedral interior? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:23, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For me it's more than the mere genre: the light blue main building and the beige and reddish brown buildings in the reflection. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 07:09, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We disagree. The photos aren't that similar. And besides, are variations on a theme verboten for FP? There are several other photos of glass skyscrapers in Chicago by Alvesgaspar that probably merit FP designation. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:09, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of my criteria are not fixed, but on a sliding scale. Here I don't think the wow factor is among our highest, though sufficient for one feature. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 20:42, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Question The subject is not clear to me. Does the buildings reflected en:OneEleven or just that glass? I think here the subject is mainly the reflections and it need to be identified. Jee04:37, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Could you please change the name to something that actually describes what is in the pic? Right now there is a whole bunch of "Chicago September" photos, a very broad concept, at least name the building in the file title. --cart-Talk11:06, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Info@W.carter: & @Daniel Case: : I have decided long ago not to give detailed descriptive names to the pictures I upload. Two reasons: first, the effort would be inconsistent with the normal practise in Commons, where any language can be used in the file names and no standards exist; second, for someone looking for something the effective way of finding what's needed is searching through categories, not file names. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:05, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Not exactly sure what "normal practice" you are referring to since Commons:File naming (links to this are at the top of the FPC page) says: Names should be: - descriptive, chosen according to what the image displays or contents portray. The category system is all very well for folks who are familiar with it, but for the ordinary person (not a community member) the most common way of finding pics is to use the search box. Even if the categories show up there, those who are not familiar with them chose the images that appear based on their file name. Question is: Are you organizing your pics just for the community or for anyone looking? There have been several lively discussions at QIC about proper file names and the majority of posts speak for following the guidelines. Yes, language barriers do exist, but a good file name in any language is better than a bad one. Especially with the new browsers that translate between languages. I'm not asking you to change all your files' names, but since FPs are supposed to be the best, I think we should follow the guidelines for these pics at least. cart-Talk11:39, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I do comply with the rules in Commons:File naming, at least at a minimal level: the place where the photo was taken (which is also its subject) is referred to, as well as the date. But I won't go any further, with detailed titles like "Reflections on OneEleven Building in Chicago September 2016 - nn". In what FP and QI are concerned, the searching work is much facilitated by the extra categorization given by the FP and QI galleries. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:07, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have already explained the logic behind my naming convention and this is not the place to engage in a theoretical discussion on the subject. Whether the reviewers consider this picture has the merit to become a FP or they do not. Of course, anybody is free to change the names of the existing FP or of any picture in Commons, for that matter. But I'm not going to do it as a requirement for promotion. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:36, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Suit yourself, but it means that I will try to remember not to nominate any photo of yours with an unclear name. You see that it is losing you support in this thread. I won't change my vote, but I think that cart and the others have a point. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:31, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose per King. Very good idea, but it doesn't quite work for me. I'd crop closer to the smaller wind turbines than the suggestion, essentially just to the left of the leftmost one. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:43, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Unfortunately I can't, Ikan. There were some ugly some wooden barriers that I had to crop. It was really, really crowded but I tried to take pictures from many different angles (cf. my other uploads). Imo this is the best photo I can offer for this kind of motif (main hall plus red trees at daylight). --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 11:35, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Great colors, great composition but unfortunately it loses it for me in the processing. Sky looks sort of unnatural (particularly that shade of blue) and the landscape at left looks distinctly waxy. Neither might be completely avoidable but I'd have tried harder to address them.Daniel Case (talk) OK, now I'll give weak support. It still isn't perfect, but now it looks like it's within the limits the situation imposed. Daniel Case (talk) 02:13, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Daniel. The sky is ok, imo, and pretty close to the real situation I was facing when taking the picture. As for the waxy landscape to the left, well... This is not supposed to be some lame excuse like "The dog ate my homework", but I really tried to work with the raw the best way I could. Oversharpening wouldn't help though. The thing is, the good ol' EF 17-40 is "meh" at best between 17 and 20mm. (I'm actually planning on updating to the rather new and much improved 16-35 4 next year). I haven't cropped much, in fact the image is at (almost) max res as provided by the sensor. So pixelpeeping at 100%, especially when not concentrating on the more central parts of the image, might not be the very best idea. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:34, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support I know it's very hard to avoid well but too many tourists on the stage... and think Daniel is right, the sky is a bit purplish as Japanese sky. P.S. I think this angle is almost the best angle for this structure :) --Laitche (talk) 09:26, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think there is something wrong with the processing, with what I see it can be a too big decrease of the highlights (that lead to a loss of color brightness) and then a too big increase of the saturation to to compensate. I would be happy to have the RAW file and to make an attempt. Christian Ferrer(talk)10:00, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Christian. Please also note my reply to Daniel. I really didn't overdo processing here. While it is true that I, of course, decreased highlights a bit, I did not overly increase saturation at all. The usual workflow is a bit different with Canon's DPP when compared to Lightroom... suffice it to say: I kept saturation at standard level. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:40, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thanks you, it's better now. In all cases, one need to be carefull when decreasing the highlights as this affect color brightness and even maybe a bit the WB too. Now your last version is improverd IMO. Christian Ferrer(talk)14:49, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - Quite interesting and pretty. You really got around Iran, to the cities and the countryside, and were able to photograph seemingly at will. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:24, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - That really is a great map, and it's in good condition for its age, but I'd love to see a digital restoration. The fold just above Bombay has everything not quite lined up. I'll vote to Support, anyway, but that's the one really unfortunate problem with the map's condition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:35, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Good lines and I like the way the street grid of the trailer park to the left of the airport almost looks like the taxiways and runways in an airport. --cart-Talk15:19, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Thank you for your advice, it'is difficult to repar. The picture is taken against the light, it is not easy to get a real shadow level. --Pierre André (talk) 15:45, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I beg your pardon but I thought that a featured picture is capturing a more or less peculiar scenery in a technically and aesthetically unique manner. Here I find neither the motif peculiar, nor is the choice of the perspective intriguing to me. As to the aesthetics, this is a very average photograph of another church tower to me.--AWeith (talk) 21:54, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Overprocessed. I don't understand what is wrong with the shadows in the first version. On my screen every relevant detail was well visible. Besides the technical issues I don't like the composition, the lantern is too prominent in the foreground, should have much more distance to the church tower. --smial23:48, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: I'm afraid this picture does not fit the quality requirements for a Feature, as stated by reviewers above. Sorry, and try again !--Jebulon (talk) 10:12, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - I also don't like the crop in the lower left corner, but my overall feeling is that this is a technically fine picture that isn't striking. I wonder what a dead-on photo of the monastery from the other side would look like. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:12, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice photo but not an interesting composition. And the left bottom corner is not well done. However photo is good enough for a Q1, but not for FP. --Michielverbeek (talk) 13:40, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose The colours are better on the other one. Don't see the merit in nominating this when we already have an almost identical FP by same photographer of the same scene. -- Colin (talk) 22:31, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Encouraged by the discussion at of this shared taxi FPC regarding looking around and documenting something which is common in one location, but maybe extraordinary in another, I nominate this picture showing a couple having what appears to be some leisure time cruising in their boat on the canals of Amsterdam while passing a houseboat. A quite typical scene in Amsterdam, but maybe not so many other places. Lets see what happens.... Not my usual type of nomination. -- Slaunger (talk) 22:32, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination After reading and also agreeing with the first comments, I believe this is just not FP level. Focal plane is not at correct distance, and background is probably too busy as Yann points out. Thanks for your reviews! -- Slaunger (talk) 10:40, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Post-withdraw questionSlaunger, I find the houseboat very interesting, you don't happen to have a version with just that one? (i.e. the same photo but without the white boat) --cart-Talk11:07, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi W.carter. No, I do not have photos of that particular houseboat as the main subject. but I do have quite a lot of photos of other houseboats in Amsterdam. I just uploaded this one yesterday, and I have more raws in my archives that I am currently looking through and postprocessing. Thanks for your interest. -- Slaunger (talk) 12:08, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Slaunger Ok, we'll see what else you upload. The interesting thing about this one is the water level shot of a houseboat that is more like a floating house and the light, the one you mentioned is top-down and not in a flattering light. --cart-Talk12:28, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
W.carter Most of those I have with good light are top-down views. Most of what I have at water level are in shadow or of questionable technical quality. I'll keep looking. -- Slaunger (talk) 13:08, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - Useful for VI but not an FP to me. I'm not blown away with the composition, and the photo is a bit noisy and unsharp in places. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:56, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Daniel, sorry, had there been say a backlit vapour puff (or whatever you get out of these things) it would have been something else. --cart-Talk10:08, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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The Quitsato Sundial is exactly positioned on the equator line near the town of Cayambe in Ecuador. The equator is the narrow dark line that runs through the base of the cylinder. The northern hemisphere is at the left, the southern one at the right side of the line (see image annotations). A student is seen giving explanations to a tourist.
The equator line near the town of Cayambe was drawn by members of the Ecuadorian army after several months of replicated measurements. I checked it - positively - with my personal GPS receiver :-)
There are a number of other equator lines drawn in Ecuador - such as here and here - which, however, are known to be misplaced for several hundreds of meters at least (also checked by myself).
Mild Oppose - Definitely a good VI/QI, but not a compelling view or composition for FP, in my opinion. Maybe if the sky were more interesting, that might be enough for me to support, though I'd have to see it and decide. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:00, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose For sure good and educational but it lacks that little extra for a FP. Some sort of combo of these (1 & 2) would wow me more. --cart-Talk10:15, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Nice detail, but per INC looks either hazed or as if someone overdid shadow suppression. Also, the bottom jumble offsets the effect of the building's simplicity of form. Daniel Case (talk) 02:08, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Composition flawed per Charles and perspective possibly off per Ikan. Also, I thought the colors reminded me of the pictures I took back in 2009 when I visited the Middle East, and indeed this image turns out to have been shot with a smartphone. Pretty good for that, but unfortunately it's not up to the technical standards of most of our DSLR pics. Daniel Case (talk) 03:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - Beautiful, but I think it needs perspective correction. Everything to the left of the turret seems to lean left, and some of the leaning is very pronounced. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:54, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Think distortion is gone, but i wouldnt compare is to this old tower, maybe to white church inside, where windows seem fine. Some strange stuff is inside the lake.--Mile (talk) 19:20, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Overdone is several aspects IMO (distortion, contrast, sharpness, colors). A typical candidate for a prize in WLM, but not for FP, as stated in our guidelines.--Jebulon (talk) 23:27, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support At first sight, the tower looks tilted, but I may be wrong, as the perspective is otherwise OK, particularly at the edges. The sharpening is somewhat overdone, but on the other hand, the noise is extremely well managed, which is really not self-evident. The composition is fine. There is no reason to me to refuse FP star for this image. The quality is still very decent and I'm glad Russian WLM has now quite a high bar on quality (this was not always the case, as you may guess). --A.Savin23:03, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - I like this panoramic photo of the cavernous space in this modern train station, and I think we could use more FPs of contemporary transportation hubs. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:51, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I didn't think of that as a possible issue. To me, it provides a good starting point for the photo and a good counterpoint to the large open area and staircase in the distance. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:29, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the hint - I'd take care of that myself.... but since I'm currently away from the computer which I'm doing my image processing with for another couple of days, could please anyone else give it a shot? Thanks a lot! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 16:07, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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If you look below the window of the cabin it says "atlascopco.com", that + the "ST7" also on the loader wasn't very hard to Google. ;) --cart-Talk17:28, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support More than good, in many points (the reflexion of the wheel...), excellent management of the light in a hostile environment. I like it very much and thanks Kruusamägi for this choice. A pity this picture is not by a "Commoner"...--Jebulon (talk) 10:09, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Regretful oppose The pic is more about the sunsetrise than the ship. The composition looks sort of awkward, the ship's reflection is cut (perhaps an upright or square format would have been better) and the buildings have unfortunately ended up like two giant containers stored on deck. I know how hard it is to get a "clean" shot of a ship in port so I'm truly sorry for coming down like this on this pic.--cart-Talk10:21, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info I think A.Savin has managed to get a very expressive portrait of Jean-Michel Jarre a notable composer and electronic musician under difficult conditions at a press conference. I may be biased - the first record I ever bought was Oxygène. -- Slaunger (talk) 21:19, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thanks Slaunger! I would like to add that previously WP articles used snapshots of Jarre which didn't justice to him at all, e.g. this one. So this photo is very important to me, for this reason and also because I'm also electronic music fan. --A.Savin22:32, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Ah, ze French ... personne d'autre fait «élégamment désordonné» tout comme eux. Pas étonnant qu'ils aiment Mickey Rourke tellement! (If any native francophone can think of a better way of rendering "stylishly disheveled" than what Google came up with for me, please let me know ... I rather like it). I like the way he looks like he just woke up before the press conference and will therefore be, well, more real. I like the way his off-kilter look, eyes one way and face another while neither looks directly at the viewer, accentuates the unkempt hair, the unzipped jacket that makes me think "Members Only!" (but it's probably so much better than that), perhaps slouching slightly in his chair, as if he is the one dignifying the press with his presence. Daniel Case (talk) 23:56, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Agree with Iifar. Very much want to support but would like this fixed. It isn't a simple global tilt, with the left more out than the right. Have you applied all the lens correction profile you can? The EXIF suggests you may have tried using Lightroom's Upright correction mode, which in my experience isn't always precise enough. Have you tried using the guided mode and drawing vertical lines from the top of all the spikes to their reflection. -- Colin (talk) 18:17, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Very nice picture, but the quality suffers from an excessive noise suppression. I'm used to see much higher level by Cccefalon. Any way to have it properly redeveloped? --A.Savin22:40, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thanks for your comment. However, I did not apply more noise reduction than I do usually. The effect might be due to the long exposure time and the application of HDR technique. --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk) 23:27, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Nice blue minute - I mean "hour" - photo. :-) (Sunsets in Malaysia are really quick, 20 minutes from start to total darkness, from what I remember). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:24, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
According to timeanddate.com's page for Kuala Lumpur (couldn't find one for Sabah), sunset on the date the photo was taken was at 7:02 local (I assume the camera clock was perhaps an hour ahead, or the sky was heavily clouded. Or both), followed by 22 minutes of "Oh? The day's over?" civil twilight, then 26 minutes of "Now this is blue hour!" nautical twilight, and finally 26 minutes of "Now where did I put the tripod?" astronomical twilight. This compares to a 4:29 p.m. local sunset in New York on the same date, with the c/n/a twilights coming in at 30, 30 and 34 minutes respectively.
So, yes, sunset in Malaysia during the Northern Hemisphere winter is a little shorter than at the lower end of the upper temperate latitudes. But not by much. Daniel Case (talk) 20:43, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I can tell you that my father loved to paint sunsets, and in Terengganu, he didn't even have enough time to sketch a sunset, so subjectively, it's a _much_ quicker sunset! -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:13, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I like the railing as part of the composition. Could you please fix the vertical distortion (note the tilted tower on the far left)? -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 02:16, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The railing is indeed a part of the composition, it goes from the right bottom corner to the right part of the main object. Unfortunately I did not see that the tower in the far left is tilted. I did not succeed in correcting this weakness without disturbing the right part of the photo so I I withdraw my nomination. Thanks for reviews. --Michielverbeek (talk) 19:16, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OpposeJoalpe (talk) 11:54, 11 December 2016 (UTC) Composition is not impressive, since what appears to be the most important piece of the picture is too small in comparison to a long object in the front.[reply]
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Ivar, I'm not sure this is possible or desirable for an aerial photo. The purpose of "correcting" vertical perspective is to give the illusion that one is perpendicular to the verticals, which clearly is not reasonable from a position far above the chimneys. There is a slight tilt on the horizon. -- Colin (talk) 18:20, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
WeakSupport, amazing light. The trees are smeared but I personally recognize the challenge of getting distant trees sharp; some blown-out highlights on the smoke and building on the right but it's not too distracting for me. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 02:09, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Very interesting document, very sharp but I think a serious perspective correction could help for a rectlinear view. Leaning chimneys are bothering me. Furthermore, I think the light of the shadowed part is too strongly "pushed".--Jebulon (talk) 10:26, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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I withdraw my nomination I think that there are a couple of things that can be improved prior to a nomination. I take it back Poco222:52, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Hugely detailed. There some minor stitching errors and discontinuity in the central gold light fitting with some lens flare on half of it. But there is nothing can be done about that now, sadly. -- Colin (talk) 21:16, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mile, this isn't a problem for the panorama viewer so I don't see why it should be a problem for Commons FP. There are gigapixel panoramas on the internet that offer an amazing chance to explore in all three dimensions, so there are possibilities for even larger files than this that would be highly educational. -- Colin (talk) 21:35, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very well done and interesting subject. Honestly I can't believe that someone really opposes because of the file being too large. Mile, you must be kidding (and this is really a bad joke). Especially such 360° panoramas should be as large as possible in order to offer the possibility of zooming into the details. We should strongly encourage that. If you've for some strange reasons problems with files being too large then please, at least abstain from voting instead of opposing. --Code (talk) 06:16, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Info I dont see any reason for being at 170+ MB, i could see this "stitched with mistakes" in much lower MPx and wouldnt miss any value. Picture is medicore by quality, and i saw at lest 3 mistake, not mentionig flare. Code did you see anything !? --Mile (talk) 07:22, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Info2 : Benh did you saw mistakes while uploading. Person did pass away as i see on his homepage. Rest in peace. But do we get any "bonus" with our pictures by that ?! Will our photography be more feautered ? Would you vote same if i was the author ? Re-think... --Mile (talk) 07:35, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know. Mile, you support a 6MP image and yet complain about minor stitching issues only visible at 100% on a 450 MP image. Commons is a media repository and any sized image can be generated automatically in software when the image is rendered by the server or on your screen. The issue of the author's death is not that we should be more generous, but that there is no prospect to fix the image. Many of the nit-picking complaints at FP are made with the assumption that an active Commons user should be able to fix them and submit a new version. That isn't possible, so we just have to judge it for its pro and con as is. And the pro more than outweigh the con. -- Colin (talk) 08:43, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I was looking on 1/3 of resolution - 5 MPx wide. I found some mistakes in a minute and some are to large for FP. Looking at 100% i would probably find more of them. --Mile (talk) 09:06, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Charlesjsharp: Then you should use the viewer. The link has been mentioned twice, but here again : Link. If for some reason it doesn't work with you, then maybe it's better you remove your vote (which doesn't have much sense as it is). - Benh (talk) 16:23, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You say 'for some reason it doesn't work with you, then maybe it's better you remove your vote'. It's up to you to make it easy for us to vote on your image, so may be you should sort it rather than tell me how to vote. Charles (talk) 20:17, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Charles, how can Benh fix the issues with your PC or browser? Is he your local tech support? Are you having issues with other 360 panoramas or just this one? I have tried Chrome, Edge and Firefox and they all work fine. In terms of judging the JPG (should one wish to) have you tried downloading it and opening it in an image program (Photoshop, etc) rather than in a browser. I don't think it fair for you to oppose someone's image just because you are having technical issues of your own. -- Colin (talk) 20:30, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hope you are kidding (but you look serious). You are a regular, yet you don't know how to reach the pano viewer... I did everything and gave proper warning (and Colin added similar instructions on top). Don't blame the picture because you don't read them or don't get the concept of 360°. - Benh (talk) 20:23, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No need to be so rude. I have opened the panoramic viewer in Explorer and Chrome. Both show a fixed 360 deg panorama different from the image in the submission. @Benh: Perhaps it would be more polite to suggest a solution rather than insulting me. I am not an idiot. Charles (talk) 20:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Info@INeverCry, Colin, PetarM, Ikan Kekek, Code, and Yann: @Martin Falbisoner, Daniel Case, Martin Falbisoner, Jebulon, and Charlesjsharp: I took the liberty to fix many (not all) of the stitching errors and to upload it over Coyau's original version. I also compressed the picture a bit further, resulting in a file a quarter as big and probably without noticeable quality loss to most. Could you make sure it still is on par with your votes ? Feel free to let know if I can fix other stitching errors while I keep the huge tif at home. - Benh (talk) 23:35, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have opened and looked at this version, but how do I open the previous version in the 3D pano viewer to be able to toggle back and forth and compare them? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ikan Kekek: Hmm this is an issue. I haven't found how to do that. Panoviewer is based on [Pannelum] and looks to have been added to Wikipedia by user:Dschwen. On the Pannellum tutorial we can specify a source from its full URL, but I wasn't able to replicate with panoviewer. I've tried with the viewer on pannellum's website [4] but it says the panorama is too big. What I personally do is downloading the image and view it at home with a viewer. this one works good with me. Yes it's a bit troublesome. - Benh (talk) 08:54, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for checking into this. It seems like too much trouble, so I'll just ask you: Did you decrease the brightness in any part of the image when editing it? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:03, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I did, in the whole image. But it's a very small adjustment. You'll have to trust me when I claim to have fixed many stitching errors :) But it's quite noticeable even at panoviewer size (Miles was right, we could see them clearly). - Benh (talk) 09:13, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I guess I was right, then. I was a bit disturbed by feeling a loss of light. I definitely trust you on the stitching errors, which I didn't notice in the first place. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:46, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry my mistake... I *increased* brightness. But very slightly (I found it was a bit dark, but I didn't want to make too obvious changes without making it a derivative work). - Benh (talk) 09:55, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, so my perception was wrong. In that case, since I voted for the first version, there's surely no good reason for me to change my vote. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:43, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - Someone else might have been more aggressive in restoring, but I appreciate your conservatism, and considering how old the photo is, it's of good quality - and certainly of a historically important person. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:31, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - Yes, Sir! Good photo of contemporary architecture in context. The curved part of the building on the left reminds me of one of the better new buildings in Manhattan's Battery. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:29, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Nice pic, but I find that my eyes get stuck on that big shadow and lines at the bottom of the pic, a crop might be in order. See note. --cart-Talk12:14, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For me a main feature of the composition was the crisscrossing lines at the bottom, which is why I was loath to crop any of it out at the beginning. I think the current version strikes a reasonable balance between including the lines and getting rid of shadows. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 00:32, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support -- Usually the food of these damselflies are smaller moths, mosquitoes and other small insects. Here it is able to catch a somewhat bigger moth using its basket legs. But due to the excessive weight, it failed to manage a typical landing; but somehow managed a perch on a leaf and balanced with the tail end of its abdomen. I can see the prey making every effort to escape. When the head of the prey is finished, it moved to a comfortable perch. The white flakes we see in the air, body of the damselfly and leaf are loosen wing-scales of the moth. Jee04:30, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Big odonates like Orthetrum sabina are able to hunt other near sized odonates or butterflies. But damselflies are weak and supposed to hunt small preys. Any way they need to hunt the prey in air using the basket legs (dragonflies can catch the prey only when the prey is in flight; damselflies can catch/pick small perched preys too) and soon make a comfortable perch using the remaining legs. Here the prey is big and the damselfly failed to kill it fast. It is making some movements to escape. So the damselfly used all the legs to grab the prey and made a strange landing. When the prey became dead, it moved to its classical perch. Jee02:22, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the answer, that's interesting. If the basket legs are not useful in locomotion, it seems odonates uses also the basket legs also to perch and cling when they have not a prey. Christian Ferrer(talk)05:39, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. As odonates can't walk, they use their legs to perch and catch. Sometimes they use only the middle legs; using the third row of legs to balance,keeping forelegs unused. The forelegs can be used to clean their eyes as used here. The most interesting perch is this where all legs are used to form a roller bearing. Here it can rotate according to the wing directions without realsing the grips with the branch! That damselfly is a showman enjoying to showcase its gymnastic talents when the wind blows. ;) Jee06:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
CommentThe Photographer, I saw the note you added in the image. It is not dust, The white flakes we see in the air, body of the damselfly and leaf are loosen wing-scales of the moth. I kept it intentionally as I hope it will add more reality to the picture. See another one. Jee15:46, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Oh! It's a picture of a railway. I thought it was a photo of a town with a beach... Just kidding, great as usual. :) --cart-Talk23:21, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support For to be a bit picky, the sky is'nt perfect (little pixelation), and there are a very few sharpening artefacts (I talk about pixel level), I know I am exaggerating, very good image. Christian Ferrer(talk)17:36, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I didn't crop as much as you suggested, but instead also added some more sky and kept the aspect ratio. I think it's better now. --Kabelleger (talk) 21:07, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think, like Jebulon, it could have some sea removed. How about a 16:9 crop retaining all the sky and removing a little less sea than Jebulon suggests. -- Colin (talk) 19:42, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Was this color adopted on this tree, or he was put on the tree from the ground ? It doesnt cover him so well, this camouflage. --Mile (talk) 15:47, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ahhh, so if you had made the shot where s(he) naturally was, it wouldn't have been as clear or good. A bit of "analogue editing" there. --cart-Talk19:37, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - I'm having trouble with the idea of supporting a picture with this amount of unsharpness in the frame, although a survey of other pictures of this butterfly moth on Commons seems to show that it's very hard to get a clear picture of it. But I don't know if that's a sufficient reason to feature this photo. Could someone please help me understand why it would be appropriate for this to be more than a VI (and QI, since it is one)? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Since these little moths are reported to flap their wings about 70 - 80 times each second, I think this is about as sharp as the wings can get in flight. But looking at some other pics of this moth, there can be more interesting angles (that face!) and better backgrounds. cart-Talk11:29, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support. One of the best documentation of the typical behavior of Hummingbird hawk-moth which has the ability to fly from flowers to flowers for hours without taking any rest. It is very difficult to chase this subject. So we need wait near a flower with the camera ready expecting it will come. I remember a previous FP which barely passed; but performed very well in COM:POTY. Jee03:57, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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OpposeJoalpe (talk) 11:54, 11 December 2016 (UTC) Painting on roof is not clear enough; this might be a problem of light in the building, but anyway this makes at least for me this picture lacking "wow" effect.[reply]
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Support - I was not expecting to support this photo, when I saw the thumbnail. However, at full size, just look at the light and shade of the road. The other supporters are right. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:19, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Colors look off, sky is blown, and composition isn't all that impressive. At full size the edges of the mountains almost look like they've been traced over with a dark pen. lNeverCry20:00, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Ivar mentioned a good point, the tower is falling over backwards! if someone can fix this perspective, I will reconsider and support this nomination. --Gnosis (talk) 22:19, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - Good moment; support per others. Sure, if the gull's head were straight, it would be even better, but in no way do I think its head being turned away kills the composition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:51, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Your points are well-taken. It's not that the gull facing the viewer is the magic missing piece no matter what, it's just that in this particular picture, I think the gull looking straight ahead might make the picture even better. But this was the moment available to the photographer. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:52, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hey "FPC newbie", if you feel strange about being proud of your own pic, you can always see it as supporting my skill in selecting and nominating nice photos. Your photography proficiency has certainly improved and I suspect this is just the first of many noms selected from your photos. Well done! --cart-Talk14:22, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, far be it from me to question a user of such fine judgment and taste as yourself. It would practically be disrespectful for me not to support, in that case. :) — Rhododendritestalk | 14:28, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - It might be optimal to decrease the noise and perhaps increase the sharpness of the modern buildings, but the photo is so striking that my gut tells me to support it for FP, even if no improvements are made. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:57, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
WeakSupport. Some quality issues (blown highlights, overaggresive NR), but the problems aren't that major compared to the wow factor. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 06:03, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I'm sorry but that edge of the pond acts like a divider. Looking at the photo, it feels like I'm looking at a collage of three different pictures. --cart-Talk19:06, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: of numerous opposer rationales.--Jebulon (talk) 21:58, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support I think this photo of a wrecked fortification of the Franco-Prussian War is poetic and remarkable, as the viewer really feels that they are inside of that desolate space when viewing. It was previously nominated by ComputerHotline on 3 March 2010 and got no votes or comments whatsoever, which I find extremely strange. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:45, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It seems that you have encountered a problem with the template's substitution, because the picture was unsuccessfully nominated for FP in 2010 (see this). I manually edited the page to put the nomination in order but we still need clarification if a single picture can be nominated again after a failed attempt.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:13, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is certainly a valuable image of important historical place but it doesn't work to me for an FA, because 1) there is obvious perspective distortion, 2) the composition is not the most interesting of the place (for example, the composition of this, this and this is more featurable) 2) there is an overexposed area on the right side caused by the sunlight reflection, and 3) the litter, especially the plastic bottle, on the ground is just too distracting.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:14, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Your arguments are well-stated, and I certainly understand them, but I disagree with all of them, probably even the overexposure point. Maybe just a bit, but in the context of the whole, not only do I find it perfectly acceptable, but I hardly notice it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:27, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - It's a blur at full size, but it sure is captivating at full-page size, and for this kind of photo, that's all that matters to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:32, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I was to support, but at full size, I disagree with Ikan Kekek, as almost all the half upper part is unsharp and it is too much. DoF issue IMO. Very nice nevertheless, and the kind of ideas I like. A pity. Next time maybe ?--Jebulon (talk) 16:43, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support To get everything in same sharpness, we need to place the lens parallel to the subject plane. I've no idea how it is practical in this case. Jee12:07, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - Very seasonal and a good composition, though I can imagine criticisms of it. I don't think Architecture is the right category, though. It's about the horse, the carriage, the women feeding the horse and the cover on the horse's back as part of a winter snowscape. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:55, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support A nice contrast to the "bridal veil" type of waterfall pic. In this solid milk-white cascade frozen in a fraction of a second, we can hear the thunder. Daniel Case (talk) 21:42, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Citizen wristwatch, front side. Done on acrylic glass (for reflection), in softbox, two lights on both side. My work. --Mile (talk) 16:19, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Question The metal parts on both sides seems overexposed. It bring the attention too. As a studio setup, does the light intensity can be more controlled? I maybe wrong as I've no experience in making such setups. Jee03:52, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Kruusamägi i have that option too, just in RAW and not done. But when i saw, i couldnt get composition i want, simply all bottom isnt my option, unless, i debright bottom much more. Will have to see, i got another watch in that case, but will see. Here it didnt work for me - white is too strong. Ikan Kekek; acrylic glass - they have black and white for such stuff, reflection. Je; true, some is burnt. Metal, lights, more angles → count on that. --Mile (talk) 06:52, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Hi Sergey, and welcome to this very new user plunging right in at the hardest section here. :) This is a great photo, but you really need to clean up the categories for it. On your talk page there is a very useful message with some tips about things here. I suggest you take a look at Commons:Categories for a bit of guidance. --cart-Talk23:30, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I've trimmed the categories and adjusted the English description. I need to get to Category:Lake Baikal and do some refining/creating. Lake Baikal in different seasons for instance. It's a bit of a mess, and I transferred 500 or more of the images from Flickr... lNeverCry23:52, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Very impressive at full size! One question, though: What is the blue and greenish yellow diagonal line in the near right corner of the lake? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:11, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Question Looks really cool. Just so I understand, you say "Composition with a street lamp" so this is one lamp cloned three times and not one photo of three lamps side by side, is that right? --cart-Talk23:39, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Thank you for a prompt and clear answer. Sorry, the pic is very cool and it is a great minimalistic photo of a lamp you have cloned, but this is similar to previous discussions about 'mirrored' images. I know that people have different views on this, but I don't think such photos should be in FP since they don't follow the guidelines for Digital manipulations of FPCs. That guideline also states that any such work should be clearly stated in the file's description so please add that. --cart-Talk00:35, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I actually agree with you about letting in more creative approches, but as the guidelines are now, this falls into a grey area. cart-Talk13:34, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't undestand the objections of W.carter, King of Hearts and Martin. The photo is described as a "montage", which is an image created by combining serveral images. It does appear to be the same lamp 3x rather than 3 different lamps brought together at composition time. Perhaps the description text can be improved, but that's hardly a reason to oppose. We have similarly combined images at FP. I'd probably find the image more interesting with three different lamps, perhaps at slightly different angles. And a single lamp is probably too minimal to be interesting. But I think this should be judged on its success as a image rather than how it is described. -- Colin (talk) 09:18, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
W.carter I think that example is more problematic as the image might appear to be Liège-Guillemins Station interior but can't exist and does mislead the viewer. Actually my photo deliberately wasn't a set, but a triptych. I wanted it to be viewed as an arrangement of three images. I am also reminded of File:Red LEDs.jpg, which is an actual row of LEDs, and File:Bouncing ball strobe edit.jpg. Two POTY images File:Glühwendel brennt durch.jpg and File:Glühlampe explodiert.jpg have the bulb screw Photoshopped in. Anyway, I just don't think we should rule out "montage" as a valid presentation form at Commons FP. What is regarded as FP (or even, in scope for Commons) is highly variable. -- Colin (talk) 10:28, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Colin, I agree that the triptych concept as such (or versions of it) definitely has a place in FP as in the examples you have given, but all those are of different versions/angles/aspects of something, this is the exact same photo repeated three times, therefore it is more akin to the mirroring images where the same photo is also repeated two times albeit one mirrored. (Sidebar: And if we're going for the repetition theme, the are more interesting ways of doing that). cart-Talk11:06, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm fully aware that this is a risky nomination. Not because the image is manipulated or the same object is repeated three times but owing to its artistic, rather than illustrative, nature. As a matter of fact I'm not interested in documenting what a street lamp looks like but in using its image to make an abstract composition. Thus the proper criteria to evaluate this nomination should be aesthetical, not encyclopedic. As long as the revewers agree that Common is the right place to host this kind of pictures and FPC is the right place to assess them, of course! Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:27, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I - honestly - love to vote with a strong positive vote for this one. However, as I seem to not having internalized the rules and regulations for FP yet, I hesitated in the beginning. From all comments made so far, to me it all boils down to the question of the artistic versus the documentary value. In this regard, cloning within a photo is toxic to documentation but often a survival factor for arts. In this particular image it's the survival - and winning - factor. I guess that the rules and regulations for nomination of FP's should make more clear how to handle a candidate that is clearly not attempting to document a given scenery or situation. I fully second Alvesgaspar's last comment and would like to add that it would sit well on Commons if purely artistic photographic work could also be awarded with the most prestigious achievements it has to provide.--AWeith (talk) 22:51, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment As you can see, Combined images are not against the rules in the guidelines !! I disagree with Cart and Colin, we already promoted some (from the same author). I' m not especially impressed by this one, for aesthetic reasons (a kind of "no wow"), but there is no violation of any rule, neither an attempt to deceive the reviewer. The nomination is OK for me.--Jebulon (talk) 17:06, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Jebulon I disagreed with Cart about the rules, so not sure why you say you disagree with me also. I'm with you that this one just isn't impressive enough. -- Colin (talk) 18:40, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - I don't understand the objection of "unnecessary BW". It has to be necessary? And in what kinds of cases do you think it is necessary? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:39, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose A scene like this is quite common around the world, so it's just not special enough for me. No clouds, no especially amazing composition. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 01:22, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - Definitely a good photo of the stadium, but the foreground is ugly and much of the rest of the picture is to varying degrees unsharp. Of course the unsharpness is understandable as due to smog or fog and distance, but I'm definitely not feeling the wow some of you are feeling. This is certainly a valuable document of a stadium under construction, but I'm not completely convinced it should be more than a Valued Image and Quality Image for these reasons. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:22, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support for some of the same reasons Ikan mentions in his comment. Ordinarily I'd be saying the image is too busy and crowded but ... something just works here. In trying to figure out why, I start with the centrality of the stadium. It may be on an island, but it shows a divide between a more industrial area at the south and high-rise residential at the top. Beyond we see the endless swamps that made St. Pete so difficult and (for a lot of the serfs involved) downright deadly to build, a landscape I still remember from my only visit to the city years ago, my first view of Russia after several years of studying the language as the plane from what was then still East Berlin descended.
And the sky? One would like clear, unbroken blue, or little fluffy clouds, of course, but this is St. Petersburg and this is what you sometimes get. And the gray and neutral tones in the clouds actually work well with the stadium and the water.
So, this is actually a very environmental portrait of this stadium. It isn't just any stadium this way; it is a stadium that one can only find in that particular place, that is claiming that place as its own. Daniel Case (talk) 18:08, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support now that's a difficult one - and I predict lots of opposition here. The image is as clearly overprocessed and noisy as its colors are unnatural. But...BUT... what a visual impact! Let the battle begin... --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 12:39, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
(Edit conflict)I wouldn't go as far as to say that the colors are unnatural (the sky is perfectly fine), I've seen some spectacular mountain ranges, but some noice reduction would nevertheless be much appreciated. It looks like the opening scene of The Last of the Mohicans. :) --cart-Talk12:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment You can see the amount of processing here. I am reminded of my own File:Glamaig from Rubha nam Brathairean, Isle of Skye (crop).jpg which also used dehaze and other adjustments (an unprocessed version is here for comparison, and the failed FPC here). I attempted to keep the colours realistic and saturation minimal, whereas this one is less realistic I think. I don't mind the noise at all, though the dark foreground isn't ideal. There are some stitching errors. -- Colin (talk) 12:49, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Yes, thank you for finding the file that I was thinking of. It's not only a similar scene, it's also less noisy and has colors I like better. If this photo could be denoised in a major way and would look better because of that, I might reconsider my vote. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:57, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose plus: the panoramic view pleases the eye. minus: maybe the time of day was not ideal for this shot; a point of time somewhat earlier would have provided a wee bit more light to play with. Extreme overprocessing in my opinion; oversaturation, strong noise in the dark areas, colors of the sky and the blue mountains don't really match; the mountain in black in the foreground is too prominent.--AWeith (talk) 22:20, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support because it's an impressive closeup of such a large rock. How many exposures did you stitch together for this? I recommend the zoom viewer to look at this file, as it did not download correctly for me any other way. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:56, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Horse hoof after technique of vinylite and corrosion, which allows for the visualization of the vascular architecture of the specimen, on display at the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP. Created by Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP / Wagner Souza e Silva - uploaded by Joalpe - nominated by Joalpe -- Joalpe (talk) 12:06, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose As a scientist I do understand that the documentation of a novel technique or a new finding deserves a particular status; this is reflected here by awarding this image as a valued image. Also, I am used to the fact that scientific images have to be clear and expressive. This is the case for this image as well (I suspect that as I do not understand the technique applied). But I do not understand why this image should match the criteria of a featured picture. As I said it is sharp, clear and scientifically excellent, but that is what all scientific illustrations should be. And you can't promote every single scientific illustration to a featured picture, can you?. Sorry for being so blunt. --AWeith (talk) 21:43, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Not another church ceiling. The ceiling of an old mechanical workshop, now used as a storage facility in Lysekil. The hall was used for cutting, welding and other kinds of hazardous industry, so the boards in the ceiling are covered with a very smooth layer of asbestos (some of them are still joined seamlessly) and they have been discolored by sparks, flames, soot and other not so nice things for decades. The strange splotches, colors and patterns in the ceiling are from this activity. The picture is stacked for light, focus and noise reduction by combining 17 photos as layers of varying degrees of transparency in Photoshop. All by me, -- cart-Talk23:04, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The composition doesn't work for me. There's too much clutter for the minimalism to work; the end of the ceiling in the bottom right corner is particularly distracting. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 03:06, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I'm really not sure what to say, because maybe it sounds rude to say that I just don't find the photo interesting at all, but that's a fact. It goes beyond KoH's points about the composition: The subject itself is boring to me, so the composition would have to be fantastic to overcome that. Maybe better light, more colors, perhaps more vertical or horizontal lines, but something different. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:11, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
At least you try stacking, which will bring something more, maybe not yet but soon. Adobe is very bad at this job, many mistakes, even when its "over" i need few days to solve mistakes. Aperture is no good option, it can change the time, so you must see if all are same time then. Normally i put M, set temperature on fixed number, set A and S and shot. My wish is to move them in Zerene or Helicon software. --Mile (talk) 08:31, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thank you all for your comments. Of course this is another one of my "outside the box" photos, my way of documenting and taking good photos of something that most folks would never think of pointing the camera at, since it has no pretty lights or colors. I find the lines and the industrial history imbedded in it interesting though. You don't have to "get" a pic like this at all, it's a photo of an industrial ceiling plain and simple, that's all. :) I also know that I'm not using the optimal software for the focus stacking, but it will do for now since I'm still learning. Using layers that I control myself has the advantage that besides picking the sharpest bits, I can also vary the transparency in parts of one layer and use it for NR or to adjust the light as well, something an automated process doesn't do. cart-Talk09:42, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Mild Oppose - Absolutely beautiful scene, but unfavorable light, slightly suboptimal focus on the bridge and distracting unsharp leaves in the left foreground. In some ways, I like File:Kromlau Park Rakotzbruecke.jpg better, but it's too dark on the right side. Having looked through the photographs in Category:Rakotzbrücke, I don't think any are featurable. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:22, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I think I would have cleaned the camera a bit better before I took such a photo. That big thumb print on the lens (among other dust and dirt) is not very attractive. --cart-Talk23:11, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mile, I don't approve of you editing someone else's FP nomination. There is no rush. Please permit Jacek to make any modifications he wants. Your edit has also removed a lot of EXIF information from the file. Editing JPGs is always sub-optimal and quite unnessary here. This isn't a Flickr transfer by some external photographer. Just leave other people's photos alone unless they ask for your help. -- Colin (talk) 10:55, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I think such product shots, unless antique, need to be spotless (compare File:Sony-Alpha-A700-Front.jpg). I think for Commons FP, a photo like this needs to be more than just an ebay auction photo, but demonstrate good lighting control and engaging approach. -- Colin (talk) 09:06, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to note that DoF is IMO certainly not a problem here. Commons is the only place where you will find people focus-stacking product shots in order to prevent pixel peeping comments about DoF. There's plenty DoF here. -- Colin (talk) 10:55, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
User:The Photographer, it is out of focus because the DoF doesn't reach the far corner, though one needs to look at 100% to see this. Whether you think this is a "problem" is debatable and subjective. I think Commons is too demanding wrt product shots being in focus front-to-back -- more demanding than real world photos of products by professionals. -- Colin (talk) 12:50, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose somewhat per King, but also because I love the pagoda but not the hazy view. It's a pretty damn good photo, though, and this is another case in which I feel a little like a stinker for opposing a feature. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:24, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose 'Sun through snowy branches', that is a bit too common for me. The photo is rather grainy and even if I know that the trees leaning out from the center is due to the photo being taken from top down a hill, I still don't like that distortion/perspective very much. --cart-Talk20:01, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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OpposeDietmar, I've always been so overwhelmed by your photographic expertise and I admired your capabilities to find the most fantastic perspectives and the most appropriate lighting. I don't want to be exaggerating, but this Bücherschrank disappoints me. It could have helped if you had found somebody making use of it; however, lonely as it is it makes me rather gloomy. Sorry, Sir... --AWeith (talk) 22:03, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support A great picture: The books are illuminating the darkness which surrounds them. They stand peacefully and silent on a place which is - at least in my imagination - very crowdy at daytime. Still they don't sleep (or do they?). However, the longer I look at this picture the more ideas I get about it. The composition works very well for me. The quality is as good as usual although the main subject could be somewhat crisper. Anyways an excellent picture. I don't really understand the opposes above. --Code (talk) 05:30, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose can't see anything that says FP. Charles (talk)
Support Besides being a good photo, I find it rather allegorical; a bookcase as a beacon of colorful light in an otherwise dark and drab world. --cart-Talk11:06, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral - I support the allegorical message that others are perceiving and that maybe I wasn't sensitive enough to get, so I'm changing my vote to neutral. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:41, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I would wait for this shot. Winter and snow ! Then should be top shot, by night. I would put camera down to the ground. Also staying away from railing on left. --Mile (talk) 07:28, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Welcome back Livio. I dont like highlights here, neither reflextion on left. Not good time, dust or dawn if possible, HDR otherwise. --Mile (talk) 09:17, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Welcome back Livio. Nice, but per others. Furthermore the composition should be centered, even if I guess "something" make this impossible.--Jebulon (talk) 09:47, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Here the composition is very tight and I've no room for any attempt to straighten, if that you meant. The subject is always looking at the camera and turns again whenever I move. Jee09:38, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jee, the shadow here is nice and soft (vs this). Did you use flash and/or diffuser? The tone is a little more yellow/warm than the other photo (which possibly is too "cold flash white" coloured). I don't know which is accurate of course, but you might want to experiment with the colour balance a little to see if you prefer a less warm tone. But don't make it as cold as the other one, and if you think this is accurate then fine. -- Colin (talk) 12:51, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Colin: Yes; here the diffuser worked very well at ISO 250. I took many similar picture later. I used in Periyar National Park too though it's a bit difficult to use in such expedition. The underside of banana leaf is quite yellow. I usually and hope here too reduced the kelvin to 5400K. I'll check it again and get back. Jee13:06, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes; Famberhorst, I'm well aware of it. But as I replied to mile above, it was just happened originally when I photographed it. It is very difficult to check all sides of the frame in EVF when we stretched over to get the subject in the frame from above or under. So I too think "this is as good as it's gonna get." as Daniel commented above. Jee01:35, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info The Berca Mud Volcanoes are a geological and botanical reservation located close to Berca in Buzău County, Romania. The phenomenon is caused due to gases that erupt from 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles. When the mud arrives at the surface, it dries off, changing the landscape in ways like you can see here. All by me, Poco222:57, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stunning composition. I think it's unfair to judge the 5DS R so harshly; the unsharpness would only be slightly visible on a 5D Mk III. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 02:02, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Question - Is it important for the viewer to understand the technical stuff like that? I didn't tell the audience who was listening to me play in the pit for the chamber opera (3 piece band + 4 singers) that I just finished a 2-week run of what model of flute I was playing or what fingerings I was using, nor did I explain to them the challenges of playing very soft in the midrange after not playing anything for several minutes, to take some of many examples. Poco could choose to sharpen the foreground in post-production, anyway - something I couldn't do in 10 live performances. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:10, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan, I think KoH's comment is more like a reply to your comment here. Canon EOS 5DS produces 50MP images which can be much unsharp to 24MP and 36MP cameras. We've a policy/guideline, discouraging downsampling as it will not add any benefits to the image. We/re-users can easily find a suitably sized version by simply clicking on a small size preview and replace the width with their own value. Note that the latest Canon EOS 5D Mark IV has only 30MP. Jee03:29, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OK, but it's easiest for me to look at the photo in full-page and full sizes only. I'm not suggesting downsampling, of course. I'm simply looking at the photo. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:06, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I hope you're using zoom-viewer. Clicking the "-" once, after fully zoomed will give us a decent view for larger images. Jee06:15, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I usually use the zoom viewer only when I can't view photos normally (by clicking on them and looking at full-page size, then full size). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:42, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes; these are the ways I too prefer for a review. Downloading bigger images is difficult from my limited Internet access. I know we've some professional reviewers who download and open the picture in special software to check everything. It is not my cup of tea, especially due to lack of resources. That's why I usually didn't review big panoramas. (May be a bit off topic from my side.) Jee08:23, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For a 50% (12.5MP) downsize see [6]. Perhaps Poco you could supply a downsized link of your 50MP images when you nominiate. A 12MP image such as this might be a more reasonable position to judge 100%. Ikan, this image at 100% on a 100dpi monitor is 2.2 metres wide and 1.5 metres tall and a recommended viewing distance of several metres rather than the ~50cm typical for a desk monitor. You are not "simply looking at the photograph" but doing the equivalent of examining it with a microscope. If one were to display this A4 (such as in a magazine or book) it would be 740dpi, which is 2-3 times the resolution required/possible for quality print or any "retina" display technology -- any "unsharpness" would be far below level that would be rendered in print. The fact that MediaWiki and browsers by default only offer screen size & 100% size is not really Poco's fault. We see supports for <12MP images here, including landscapes, so lets not penalise people for (a) having higher resolution cameras and (b) not heavily downsizing. -- Colin (talk) 08:53, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Here's another example that might help. Alice has a 6MP camera and her photo is examined at 100% for sharpness/noise/CA. Bob has a 12MP camera and his photo is also examined at 100% on screen. His image is effectively magnified 1.4x making his flaws more obvious. Carol has a 24MP camera and her photo, when examined at 100%, is effectively magnified 2x compared to Alice's. It is twice as hard for Carol to get away with sharpness/noise/CA issues than Alice at FP if her image is compared at 100%. Dan's 36MP camera photos would be magnified 2.5x and Erin's 54MP camera photos magnified 3x. Frank's 96MP stitched photo would be effectively magnified 4x compared to a 6Mp photo of the same scene. (*Assumes all photos are 3x2 ratio). -- Colin (talk) 10:08, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've uploaded a new version with some additional sharpening in the foreground. Regarding the discussion above I'd like to add that it is in fact not necessarily fair to compare 12 with 50 MP images, but still my objective is to provide a 100% quality image independently of the resolution and this camera actually can provide that quality, although under some circumstances it is not as easy as it was with my former 5D Mark II. Poco217:30, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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This is often my own criticism... I don't think so, the beach is useful, as well as the rocks under the water, IMO. Thanks for question.--Jebulon (talk) 12:32, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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@Michielverbeek and Martin Falbisoner: None of it is actually blown out (255); is it simply too bright visually? I intentionally pushed the highlights as far as they could go to make use of the full dynamic range available, but I can make another version if everyone disagrees with my decision. Personally I feel the area will look grey if it's any less bright. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 07:44, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I'd prefer for you not to change it. I don't think it's overexposed; instead, I felt like it was actually that bright over there, and I like the different shades of the cliffs in the bright sunlight. Plus, if you decrease the highlights, the rest of the picture will lose vivacity and drama. I also think Mile makes a good point about the contrast between the bright sunlight on the left and shadow on the right. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:13, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Do keep it! I think we are sometimes oversensitive to bright/white skies that are perfectly fine and not blown. I glad someone had the guts to present such a dramatic pic you get from this effect. Many photos here are "self-censored" and loose their drama since users don't want the automatic "it's blown" comment. --cart-Talk11:22, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support We all know sensors see light conditions different than the human eye. I could imagine standing up there and staring into the glistening sun one would see more on the debated left corner. However, I would leave it as is; its a dream beach... -- AWeith (talk) 12:09, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Ikan and cart; the blown highlight is necessary to get that relaxing golden-hour late-day raking-light California mood (again, cart, I think of Lush's "Monochrome") I get the feeling this is what King saw when he pressed the shutter and what he wants us to see. Daniel Case (talk) 04:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I was trying to enjoy a bit, but you could remove all that garbage around. If it not about human impact of nature. --Mile (talk) 16:18, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not working for me. Everything of interest is too small and far away. Composition is just a bit random and featureless. Centred. -- Colin (talk) 18:00, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment In the front you find de Oude Haven (the Old Harbour) in Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe. Left you find de Willemsbrug (William's bridge) which was the main city bridge from 1981 till 1996. Right you find het Witte Huis (the White House) which was the first high rise building in Europe and it survived the nazi-German bombings at 14 May 1940.
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Comment - Looks some way between a photo and a non-photographic print. Should it have some form of perspective correction? I throw that out as purely a straight question, as I don't know the answer. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:27, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I asked Pakistanis to send me their RAW, even month or two ago, but they arent presented here. Especially Bibi Jawindi is photogenic. --Mile (talk) 07:40, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Deeply regretful oppose So well done in every way ... but I don't think this can be a free image. Not in France. If we can't have pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night due France not having FoP and the lighting setup on the tower being copyrighted, any lighting display in France doesn't come under FoP either. Sorry. Daniel Case (talk) 22:26, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Question - You're saying these lights are copyrighted? How do we know they are? Would some action have to have been taken to copyright them? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:30, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
With French FoP it depends on whether or not the display is above COM:TOO. This image is of a structure/set-up with a high degree of originality. I've filed a deletion request. lNeverCry03:46, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment On the other hand, for this photo, one may plausibly consider it a larger depiction of the street, in which it is unavoidable to contain some copyrighted elements. In that case, we don't have to delete it --- for example, see the Louvre pyramid example in Commons:De minimis. But I'll leave the decision of whether this can be considered de minimis to others. dllu(t,c)05:14, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
CommentDaniel Case, in the Eiffel Tower, it is not the light which is copyrighted, but a show. There is no copyright on light in France. There may be a copyright on design though. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:54, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yann, do you think I should unwithdraw? On an artistic basis, I definitely think this is a featurable picture, and it appears that a consensus agrees. If there's a real question about whether this photo could be OK under French law as interpreted by Commons, I would unwithdraw. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:22, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I am not sure actually. There are very few real court cases about stuff like this. Probably people give some €€€ rather than going to court. On one hand we have copyright on design, including some modern chairs, on the other hand, there are 2 court cases with clear exceptions where copyrighted items are "unavoidable" while taking pictures in the public place. One single garland is certainly OK, but a whole street with a coordinated setup... Regards, Yann (talk) 12:01, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I don't think this street scene is comparable to a photo of the front facade of the Louvre, showing the pyramid as part of the picture. I shall have to withdraw. :( Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:38, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - Doesn't work for me because the grass took such a huge bite out of the house. Maybe that's actually an interesting compositional element, but it doesn't wow me and actually makes me feel slightly uncomfortable. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:37, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Charles, this isn't a species-identification photo, but an action photo. I think it acceptable to not see all parts of an animal that has its head buried in the flower. We lack behaviour/action photos. -- Colin (talk) 20:32, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nearly all bee images are like this one and there are many to promote that show the animals better. Top-notch bee photos show the nectaring, or pollen or some other interesting behavior. For me, most animal photos need a head... Charles (talk) 20:50, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - The copyright on the photo, like any other watermark or signature, per se disqualifies this picture from QI or FP consideration. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:31, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I'm surprised that it looks likely this nomination may lose by 1 vote, 6-0. Perhaps some people aren't impressed by clear photos of the surface of Mars. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:01, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support I find the texture and colors of the different foliage enchanting as they "encase" the castle. Perhaps a more appropriate name for the photo would be something like "Trees in front of Okayama Castle". It is a beautiful composition, the castle in its full glory can be seen in other photos. cart-Talk12:40, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, my thoughts exactly. Well, I guess I should give this nomination another chance to see what others think. --Martin Falbisoner (talk)
Oppose - I actually like the composition to a point and I'm not sure how much I mind the beautiful evergreen bushes being in front of the castle, although maybe they block too much of it. I think what causes me to oppose a feature may be more the degree of unsharpness of the foliage in the foreground and how dark it is (and maybe how much of it there is) than anything else. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:43, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like the unorthodox but effective use of the leaves as an upper framing device. I am also not bothered by the unsharpness on the middle leaves—the real subject is the building, and it's sharp. It gives the whole thing a very painterly quality. Daniel Case (talk) 07:23, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I can't blame others; I too didn't impressed by the thumbnail. But sharpness and details of main subject is spectacular as in every architectural views by Martin! Jee16:35, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - I would have preferred a very slightly longer DoF, but I'd hardly argue strongly about stuff like that when you're photographing such an icy scene with such good results. However, before I vote, I'd like to know what the bright heptagons at the upper left corner are. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:10, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know. Sorry. May be light of the sunrise. They are a little bit disturbing. I'll remove them within the next days. --XRaytalk05:18, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That is the light refracted by some ice crystals in the background, they are perfectly natural in such a scene. Look at this at full size and you'll see plenty of those although 'mine' are more roundish instead of heptagons. cart-Talk13:19, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support per Daniel. This painting could use a very careful restoration, so in addition to his points, this might serve as a useful "before" photo. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:32, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Only if they do it without damaging the painting in any way. Given how destructive "restorations" often are, it would be much better for them to do nothing than to be aggressive. But why are you confused? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:21, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
J'ai un accent en francais, mais peut-etre c'est pas horrible quand je suis en practique. En tout cas, je n'ai pas racommende' que vous envoliez le craquelure digitelement (?) dans le photographe, mais que peut-etre on peut l'envoler dans la peinture elle-meme. :-) (Escusez touts les erreurs en gendre; je veux pas utiliser Google Translate pour les corrigir maintenant.) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:38, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Do you have tilt screen ? This shot is so touristic. I would shot from the ground, to capture bigger solid angle up to the sky. Now tourists in back and tight crop from bad position, it doesnt seem well. --Mile (talk) 07:50, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'd like to point out that I consider myself fortunate to arrange this shot free of tourists in the foreground. We are talking here about the most popular spot of the most visited attraction in the country. There is always a lot going on here. Btw, what I like in this image is the centered perspective inviting the viewer to get into the palace... Poco217:22, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Bird not well separated from busy background. Contrast seems low (underexposed?). Crop of bottom of neck unfortunate. Location within the frame seems unbalanced. I've added a note with suggested crop. -- Colin (talk) 17:55, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info The sea on a cloudy night, or in this case the afternoon, gets really dark so you get an "automatic" black background to anything shot on it. The problem is that everything is floating (these are floating jetties), bobbing up and down, so a lot can happen during the 4-8 sek shots. Shoot in calm weather and you get boring light reflections, too much wind and everything is moving and ends up blurry. I stalked the harbor for the right time. At least I didn't have to worry about traily stars. :) All by me -- cart-Talk10:54, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- Although I can understand why some people like this photo, it doesn't really pop out to me. There are no interesting details in the darkness and this type of marina is common around the world, making for a mundane scene. dllu(t,c)04:50, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per dllu, but I wouldn't oversell mundaneness of a scene as a reason for opposition. A mundane scene that's photographed superbly could merit a feature. This is quite well-photographed, but there's nothing about the composition that really captivates me, regardless of how mundane or unusual the scene is. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:13, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per Ikan. I'm sure, cart, you will find a truly striking subject for this—it is a different take on night than what we usually get to see, as you noted. Daniel Case (talk) 05:16, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Per 'most sunsets are nice', this is not so special and the curved silhouette makes it look like you are watching this from down a hole. Sorry. --cart-Talk11:20, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per (surprise!) cart. I would clarify that, per my categorization edit, this is an image of a dusk, not a sunset, as it appears the sun has already set (My rule: If the picture shows the sun, it's a sunset; if not, it's a dusk. Likewise for sunrises and dawns). However, since the clouds are clearly still in the light, the image can also properly be categorized as "clouds at sunset".
All that said, the same principle applies for the oppose: most dusks worth attempting to photograph are beautiful; an FP of one would have to make us feel like we've never seen one before. Daniel Case (talk) 21:47, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird in the World and is only found in Cuba. This is an immature male. He weighs around 1.6g (less than two M&Ms) and is about 5cm (2") long. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charles (talk) 23:07, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There's a lady has a tree in her back garden which the bird guides know about. I spent two sessions of over an hour there, mostly standing on a rickety chair! Charles (talk) 00:11, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
WeakSupport. The branch in front is a little distracting and quality at 100% is not perfect, but then again, hummingbirds are quite difficult to photograph. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 00:17, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - Lovely church. Does that basilica have different-sized towers, or is the difference in size just due to perspectival foreshortening? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:09, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Wide-angle perspective too extreme due to being too close to the tall building. Also the scaffolding above the benches is not very photogenic. -- Colin (talk) 16:17, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Regretful neutral It is a very nice scene, like an old wood print, and the red color gives it a bit of a sinister aspect. I would really like to support this, but unfortunately the nobori reflections have ended up in a distracting part of the image "dropping" from the birds beak and in a funny way making it harder to see its legs. --cart-Talk12:49, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Of course you did. :) Since you are an extremely skilled photographer, you know how a perfect photo looks and what we might comment on. --cart-Talk13:19, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - There are three elements to this picture: The reflections, which are beautiful, the bird, which is beautiful, and then the - what? Garbage can? All three elements distract me from the others. I haven't decided whether to vote, but if someone held a gun to my head right now and demanded a supporting or opposing vote, I'd probably oppose, even though I certainly respect the photo. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:13, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan: Hahaha, I also expected the opinion about Garbage can! I really don't know what is that, that thing is floating on the middle of the pond... That is not a Garbage can! --Laitche (talk) 13:46, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I got feeling like Bird in Las Vegas. So true, different say Charles. Why not, quality is good, and so strange, it can be combined in City and nature, or similar. I saw once on Animal planet something simlar, wild animals in the city. Since naming already is there "...in Osaka", and Osaka is big town. --Mile (talk) 14:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A noble failure. Like cart I would like to support, but unfortunately the red background overwhelms the bird too much, even though it seems to me you took every step you could to keep that from happening (A lesser photographer/processor would have left a lot more posterization in the background for one thing, for that Instagram look ). I don't blame you for looking at it and thinking "why the hell not?"; I don't blame you for trying. Daniel Case (talk) 18:13, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info First sunbeams sweep over a winter landscape. Path between Put van Nederhorst and Langweerderwielen. Location, Langweerderwielen (Langwarder Wielen) and surroundings. All by Famberhorst -- Famberhorst (talk) 06:13, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Very nice lighting, but I think a rule of thirds crop on the bottom would help focus on the trees. Otherwise the two halves are fighting for attention. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 06:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It's certainly arguable that this photo, though beautiful, isn't special enough for a feature, but I think the plants in the near left corner that are coated with hoarfrost and snow are special and justify a feature. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:01, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OpposeJoalpe (talk) 11:49, 11 December 2016 (UTC) Composition does not work for me. Shadows hide details from the ground, that takes a large proportion of image. Technical aspects are impressive, but in general image does not generate a "wow" effect.[reply]
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Supportw:Giovanni Battista Viotti was a very important violinist and composer, a contemporary of Mozart who lived long enough to also encompass almost all of Beethoven's life. I think this engraving is quite outstanding, and the reproduction seems quite good to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:28, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Question OK, why did my category not work? If "Static non-photographic media" is one of the main categories under COM:FP, not having it work is very user-unfriendly. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:35, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - Rare, difficult to photograph and good composition, but the sharpness is a bit below your usual level. This is clearly a good and valuable picture, but I'm unsure whether to support it for a feature. I will think about it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:40, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's more due to the color's; I think. Creamy/off-white antenna and wing parts contrasting to remaining blue and back parts. Jee08:29, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mild Oppose - I ultimately agree with Rodrigo. This is a very good photo, but the sharpness makes it fall a bit short of a feature to my mind. I think this is a very good QI/VI. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:30, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Wow! I actually disagree with cart for once. Basically, if this were on the cover of a hiking guidebook, I'd pick it up and thumb through it. Daniel Case (talk) 06:01, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I like the composition. There is a certain calm, almost like a landscape painting. I have spent some time considering the picture and I keep comming back to it. --Pugilist (talk) 22:50, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support and Info, in case this question should arise: Francis was the second of his name as Holy Roman Emperor and the first as Austrian Emperor. For two years he served in fact as double emperor. Lucky him. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 16:26, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Info Not so lucky IMO. He lost his title of Holy Roman Emperor due to his defeat against Napoleon at the battle of Austerlitz, and the millenarian Holy Roman Empire was just simply destroyed after this battle. It was the end of the Habsburg domination over Germany. No, not so lucky...--Jebulon (talk) 11:39, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
C'mon, Jebulon, I was just kidding - maybe I should have added a smiley. ;-) Offtopic: As for Habsburg's relative standing in the context of the German power struggle, I'm not sure that the endgame was already played out. I'd rather argue that this didn't happen until 60 years later. The lamentable result's the same, though. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:56, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I was kidding too ! After all, after being the nephew of Louis XVI, he became Napoleon's step-father, and the grand father of Napoleon II ! I was greeting him for that !--Jebulon (talk) 10:22, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Not perfect but I like the way the snow seems like the foot of some large benevolent beast that is allowing the penguins to play on it. Very National Geographic. Daniel Case (talk) 15:19, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Regretful opposeGreat composition, the clouds work quite well in creating yet another one of these scenes that it seems we can get more of the further north we go ... but then why shoot it at f/2.8? Daniel Case (talk) 19:52, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - There are arguments against featuring this picture, mainly that the white plate doesn't contrast as well as optimally with the white surface. However, they are different shades of white, and the photograph, though a bit soft in places, is quite clear, especially in its depiction of the macarons. Compare the one Quality Image of macarons, which is in my opinion of inferior quality to this photo and the one Valued Image, which definitely would never be featured on Commons, as none of it is clear, and I think that the fact that this photo so greatly outclasses those two strengthens the case for a feature. It would appear to be the best image of macarons on the site. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:56, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It may well be the best picture of macaroons, but that doesn't help it make FP. Only VI. Not in focus and poorly composed. Charles (talk) 08:57, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think criticising the colour of the subject is particularly helpful. A vanilla macaron is going to be that colour (I might call it papaya whip in this case). So I assume that we're just talking about the background, and you haven't said what colour you think it should be. Samsara (talk) 12:24, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral. Wow for me, but quality could be better for a 5.6 MP studio shot and I wish the texture of the paper background were not so visible. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 02:11, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We don't judge at minimum resolution at FPC, as it is only a bare minimum. In fact, I would reject almost all perfectly sharp 2 MP images unless they were extremely special or hard to take. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 01:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - Very compelling picture of the mud volcano itself, but too much of the unsharp background in the frame, in my opinion. I may oppose if this is the final form of the picture. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:34, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I've just uploaded a new (brighter) version with also a bit of selective sharpening in the foreground. Thank you Ivar for this nom, I appreciate it!! Poco217:21, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Ikan; a closeup of the volcano burbling might have had a better chance for me, but I don't know if it would be big enough for FP. Daniel Case (talk) 00:23, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that there are no people on the image doesn't by far mean that I had such opportunities. It was really crowded and had to be patient to manage a picture without people in the background. Poco216:28, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Thank you Yann, this was very nice and unexpected! :) I can support this since I was rather surprised how well this came out "on film" given that there was almost nothing to see IRL. Don't worry, I will not make a BW version of this. The photo has nothing to gain from it and I kind of like the very subtle color there is. --cart-Talk18:51, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - My issue with this picture is that the featured building is quite pretty, but unfortunately, the highly contrasting building to its left probably makes it impossible to take a truly wonderful photo of it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:59, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment In Estonia it's not uncommon to have 21th century buildings next to ones from centuries ago (even thou most cities have seen enough warfare and been burned down so often that really old buildings (13th-17th century) are rather rare). I see no reason to perceive contrast as something ugly or unaesthetic. And at a moment I think it even makes this image lot more interesting. Kruusamägi (talk) 22:36, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I can see how the lights might have seemed like a nice bookending device, but unfortunately they come across as awkward, as if they know they shouldn't be standing there. Daniel Case (talk) 04:23, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Lovely scene, it is a large painting and therefore very hard to photograph, but I think that an FP of a painting should have the same quality all over the canvas. In this case the angle + light makes the bottom of the painting smooth without any capture of brush strokes or thick paint, while at the top you get glares on the paint from the light, sorry. --cart-Talk11:10, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Cart ; museum, light and oil on canvass - never ending problem. How much you get it, good question, you know, i am figuring out how to solve museum shot. First, up to the museum and their lights, this was placed near, and placed so good that reflextion wasnt problem, but you see more canvass paint brush, while others put light more back, and then reflexion is totally out, there you wont see brush so much. In that case, even pic is small, i move from the center of pic, and then adaptations after. Here, i was perfect in the center. By your voting, these pic wont get support in neither case. Unless you went to photoshoping of it. In paintings, i will stay out of that. --Mile (talk) 13:03, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I know, it is terribly hard to photograph in museum light, but glare and such can be reduced if you treat the painting as a panorama. If you do this in perhaps 3x4 photos, move the camera over the painting and stretch your arms for the top row of photos (place the camera directly over each of the 12 sections), it will reduce the glare you get when the light hits at an angle. You are very good at doing stacked photos so I think you could do this. I used this technique when I did the photo of this large petroglyph (the photographed area is 2.5 meter long) since it was in the ground and I would have needed a crane to get high enough from it. The cliff was also uneven and slanting and I risked getting reflections from the sun on the rock or the small feldspar crystals in it, much like the light at a museum. Maybe other users will see your photo different than I do and think I'm too picky. ;) cart-Talk14:36, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose While I approved this for QI on the grounds that it was pretty good work for just pointing a camera at the painting, unfortunately I am not quite convinced it has cleared the bar (admittedly set very high thanks to the Google Art Project's work) for FP-quality digitization. Cart has explained its shortcomings adequately enough without me having to repeat them. Daniel Case (talk) 00:58, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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I added a note about the CA (in the head on top) , btw, there is a motion blur, may be 1/1000 f using more ISO, 200 iso and 1/640 is too low for a bird IMHO. --The Photographer18:58, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I checked at 175 %. Above feather i cant see anything, but there is color difference on beak. You saw that at 100 % ? I am looking, but its not above, its bellow the border mostly, could that be CA ? Will wait for more comments. --Mile (talk) 19:18, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not that good at seeing non-obvious CA, but since I've been prompted, I did find a very thin border on top of the bird's beak before looking at The Photographer's note. The beak is also not quite as sharp as in some other bird pictures we've featured. I like the eyelid, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:27, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info created, uploaded &nominated by AWeith -- AWeith (talk) 23:44, 18 December 2016 (UTC) . Yes it's me but this is no arctic scenery! I have taken this photo on a little walk from my home in spring at a distance of just 10 walking mins from my door. I enjoy going there frequently as I feel just as remote and nature-bound as in any of those famous nature monuments of the world. This is my own little monument and yes, this is Germany. I just wanted you to tell what you think about it-- AWeith (talk) 23:44, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I love it since I saw it in WLE (as a jury). Such "untouched' places are the birth places of many tiny organisms. We need to conserve more such places. Jee05:46, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
CommentUoaei1, Ikan Kekek: I'll try, but I cannot promise to be successful. That photo has been taken with my old equipment and the lens could have easily been replaced by a bottle base ... --AWeith (talk) 09:36, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Not quite right as the focal length was 14mm. But the lens had a very bad hardware error that cannot be mended by LR or other software. I tried but it doesn't get any better. Worst case, I have to wait until next April and do it again ... --AWeith (talk) 18:56, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment"There is no deadline on Wikimedia." - old community saying. I've looked at these primeval pond photos from time to time since I really like them and would have liked to nominate one myself, but unfortunately I couldn't see any of them meeting all criteria. Besides the unsharpness, this one also have CA in many places. Now I have one more reason to look forward to spring. ;) --cart-Talk19:28, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination So, see you then next April in the miraculous swamps of Upper Swabia... Thanks for all your valuable comments. --AWeith (talk) 17:44, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Very good structures and colors. I also appreciate that there is a good-looking half-naked man in the photo and not the usual ditto girl. --cart-Talk23:54, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, per others + the sky colour is unnatural. If promoted, it shouldn't be in the People category, but Places/Natural. --A.Savin13:44, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I'm sorry Jebulon, for some reason the image doesn't work for me. A tighter crop might help though. There's just too much "empty" landscape in my eyes. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:17, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I would support a version of this picture with a vertical crop around the middle and a horizontal crop that cut off a little more than half the scrub (unforested) area. For my taste, this photo includes too much scrub and trees (and the most interesting tree, anyway, is the dead one closest to the viewer on the left), and the chapel gets lost. Purely intentional, of course, but just not to my taste. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:33, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Night view of Berlin Hauptbahnhof (English: Berlin Central Station), main railway station in Berlin, Germany. The station came into full operation in May 2006 and is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, which was opened in 1871 as the terminus of the railway linking Berlin with Lehrte (location near Hanover), which later became Germany's most important east-west main line. Following heavy damage during World War II, limited services to the main station were resumed, but then suspended in 1951. In 1957, with the railways to West Berlin under the control of East Germany, Lehrter Bahnhof was demolished, but Lehrter Stadtbahnhof continued as a stop on the S-Bahn. In 1987, it was extensively renovated to commemorate Berlin's 750th anniversary, and again in 2006 to its current appearance. All by me, Poco220:36, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info A spotted and relatively dry sea lion with some friends. From the Rhododendrites Collection of Sea Lions Photos. Created and uploaded by Rhododendrites - nominated by W.carter
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Info Three-storied Pagoda, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Ref. Number 688. Opposers to my recently withdrawn nomination justifiably pointed out that a larger view of the whole temple complex at night leaves too much space for black areas. It would be indeed recommendable to take pictures during blue hour - alas, that's impossible since they close the site for an hour or two after regular opening hours just to open it again when it's more or less pitch-black already. So here the sky's also rather dark, though not completely black - also due to the (unavoidable) segment of the temple's massive light beam in the top right corner. All by me, --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:42, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I like this photo and will Support, but is it reasonable to try to reduce the blue and black pixellation in the sky to a smoother blue/black? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:05, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I've already tried a lot and I'm not sure that there's anything left I can do to make the blue/black gradient any smoother (which also depends on screen settings though). I guess I'm approaching physical limitations of Canon's sensor here, at least as far as dynamic range is concerned. Too bad I'm not a good photoshopper at all, otherwise I'd try and get rid of the beam for good, at least for an alternative nomination. Not that I'd dislike it as it at least adds another element to the darker areas of the image. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:50, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I Googled "light beam over temple in Kyoto" and is seems indeed like the beams are a way to show the direction to the temples at night. cart-Talk13:27, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support 30sec exposure in this place and beautiful however (as far as I know) tripod is not allowed at sightseeing areas in Kyoto :) --Laitche (talk) 11:53, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The most of temples and shrines, they prohibit to use of tripods the inside of there but about outside I think that is a kind of manner, Kyoto is very famous of that. Although foreign tourists are exceptions, maybe haha. --Laitche (talk) 16:43, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment A breathtaking motif. There is a slight stitching error (see note). The very right part does not look to me as sharp as the rest. --Milseburg (talk) 13:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've uploaded a new version with a fix for the stitching issue (@Milseburg: ) and some sharpening for the right frame. To be honest, when I red the comments about the right frame I thought it would be worse, I didn't really appreciate such a quality drop, especially if you consider that you can so to say wallpaper your room with a print of this image (or like Colin :) would say, in a 100 dpi monitor it is over 7 meters wide) Poco218:12, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I would very much like to support this impressing pano but I can count at least three stitching errors at the upper shoreline which is IMO not acceptable for a FP--Ermell (talk) 14:41, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Poc: Not easy with a file size like that because I cannot place annotations on the enlarged image. I made the annotations on a downloaded version but how can I upload it somewhere to show you?--Ermell (talk) 22:15, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ermell: I've improved 3 spots, one the one you added a note for and two others (minor). Maybe I've hit all issues you saw, if not, it should be enough if you add a bigger note (maybe with a short sentence) I'd surely find it Poco210:05, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Poc:All the connections are levelled now. I can still see where the next picture starts especially on the right but I don´t think it is that matters.--Ermell (talk) 10:50, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info South view from Landsort lighthouse. Landsort is Stockholm archipelago's most southern point. During World War II and Cold War and was Landsort a military base for the Swedish coastal artillery. The lighthouse is normally not open to the public
*OpposeArildV: Good, but there is no description about the cannons. I think anyone will ask from what period they are there !? Lighthouse is so unimportant here, since its isnt even seen, can be shot from the stones similar. So, southview, lighthouse... and i see cannons first, probably they are main stuff here. --Mile (talk) 13:39, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose good, but not excellent. Mountain panoramic views are intrinsic beautiful. Here are two points IMO that are against excellence: 1st: The cropped curve in the bottom part of the image and the big grass area right with just very low relevant image information. 2nd: the strong clouds hanging in the sky impede the required grain to be a top panoramic. For sure a good image, but only QI for me. --Wladyslaw (talk) 06:41, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - This is a pretty big panorama. As you say, it's beautiful. It's also nice to explore at full size and well labeled. To me, it's an FP. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:02, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nice cumulus clouds can indeed help to have a dramatic mood. But here we have many parts with a kind of washed cloud structure that looks not really good to me. --Wladyslaw (talk) 08:45, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm OK with the crop at the bottom. I wish the clouds at the upper left were not so bright, but given that there probably wasn't a better angle for the sun in which to get the detail out, that's OK. Daniel Case (talk) 15:30, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I very much like your mountain pictures (and your pictures in general) but I think in this case the lower crop is really disturbing visually. --Code (talk) 05:39, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Laitche, there are so many differences: 1. Behavioral: Unlike other subfamily in Nymphalidae, butterflies in Satyrinae subfamily are very unfriendly and perches/flies ground level. When felt slightly disturbed, then the next landing will be inside the foliage giving no possibility to photograph them. 2. Check the file resolution. 1,920 × 1,200 vs 5,266 × 3,511. ;) Jee12:24, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know about behavioral of this species but it can be taken with high resolution ... --Laitche (talk) 12:48, 17 December 2016 (UTC) The point is not resolution but the colors. Flash light makes unnatural colors with this kind of photo even they use soft flash. --Laitche (talk) 12:56, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Now you compare macro with a tele, neglecting the light loss. And where we put a tripod when camera is already near ground level using the elbow as bi-pod. :) Jee13:35, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mild Oppose - You've done a lot to set the standard of butterfly pictures, and I think the level of sharpness in this photo doesn't quite meet the standard you've set. If others disagree, though, that will demonstrate that my belief about where the line is drawn here is incorrect, and that would be OK. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:58, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What now I'm experimenting is to reduce the harshness of flash with a diffuser. But it requires higher ISO (250 here instead of 100). And an increase in ISO means less fine details. So the question is whether we prefer aesthetically pleasing look or micro fine details. Its difficult to mix together. (Just a friendly discussion and I'm still experimenting. Respect your opinion.) Jee11:46, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan remember also this is an 18.5MP wildlife photo. The butterfly here is about 70% taller in pixels than File:Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) P.jpg which is only a 6MP image. Jee, you could also experiment with adding a little "clarity" (local contrast) either globally or as a brush adjustment -- not sure what software you are using currently and what options it has there. The butterfly here is quite low contrast, which might well be fine and realistic, but a modest local contrast adjustment can make the image look sharper and clearer. -- Colin (talk) 17:48, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I reprocessed/reduced the WB the file to bring back the real colors of the leaf. It seems something went wrong in last processing. Jee16:02, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Note 2: I applied some clarity as Colin suggested, after referring this. Seems a great improvement (to me). I know editing too much while the nomination is progressing is not so good. But it's a good learning experience. Jee05:01, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support "Winter Is Coming", creeping in on the unsuspecting town... I really like how the edge if the ice mimics the other shoreline, but it might benefit from cropping out that last horizontal shadow at the bottom, see note. --cart-Talk06:51, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I think the problem is the flat midday lighting. I was initially going to say that, then checked the EXIF and misread the time as 7:12, so I said to myself how is this possible? Must be the WB. But I checked again and indeed, my issue is with the lighting and not the postprocessing. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 04:25, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mild Oppose - My feeling is that this is not one of the most interesting views of this lake. I respect those of you who find that the ice makes it interesting enough to feature, and I find it nice but it's not sufficient to wow me. Purely a matter of taste, though, and the photo is surely a good one. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:20, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral - I respect everyone's support votes. This is certainly a good photo, no question. But I could do with a bit more sharpness even from the spire of the gazebo, and I have mixed feelings about the leaves in shadow on the left and right. I can't quite bring myself to oppose, though, because it's truly beautiful at full-page size and the kind of motif that could be a good painting. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:21, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info After nominating the world's smallest bird, I thought I'd try a very rare sub-species of the world's smallest butterfly. The wings as shown in the image are only 1/2" (12mm) across, so you have to get pretty close. They settle about 6" (15cm) off the ground just to increase the challenge and always rest head down which is why the image has not been rotated. There are two known sites with tiny populations and they are on Grand Cayman. This image would obviously not be FP for a normal-sized butterfly. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charles (talk) 15:19, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I know you didn't like the world's smallest bird either... But please understand the DoF limitation in wild (not studio) macro photography is a technical limitation, not one that anyone can overcome. So you have to judge live macro images on what is possible in the field. It is probable (according to the lady who wrote the book!) that this is the best image ever taken of this sub-species. p.s. I don't understand the comment on position. Charles (talk) 15:51, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's a very nice image and I underestand the limitations and problems to take a macro photography and it's not personal, I love macro photography, however, in my humble opinion I consider that it does not have enough quality especially for the noise and the DoF, I'm sorry. --The Photographer16:19, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yes; photographing very small subject is indeed a challenge as DOF decreases dramatically when we approach very close to the subject. But I think you can try a bit more smaller aperture as 1/500 exposure is not always required as we can use our elbows as a di-pod to get some stabilization in ground level. All ofmy recent FPs are in 1/250 exposure. I've two old FPs which were taken with my old Panasonic; one is the secon smallest Blue here and the other is the smallest skipper. Both have wing span below 15mm (wing length 7mm). Honestly, I failed to make better pictures of them with a DSLR. Here I somewhat succeeded; but the reviewer declined it in QIC, stating flower is out of focus. It is difficult to explain how it is impossible in such a close distance to a non-macro photographer. (And still enough room in our works for much improvement too, with repeated attempts). Jee16:56, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ha ha; our "typical" pose! BTW, a formal permission from Ann Stafford may require for that photo to be hosted in Commons. Jee 17:20, 13 December 2016 (UTC). Comment I have it. Charles (talk) 17:49, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I could get walkaraounder wont understand macro shots. So it would be good they just try macro to see, its different. I get you have step or two reserve by EXIF, its not that bad neither. Photo of you is made by Ann, but you are stated as author. I would put that on Dropbox. --Mile (talk) 18:07, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I think this is what VI is for. A noisy, mostly out-of-focus 4.5MP image isn't among our finest butterfly photos. If the subject was rotated 90° it would be a better composition, though presumably it was this way round in reality. -- Colin (talk) 19:13, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per others. Much respect to you for taking this photo! But while rarity and difficulty can tip the scales in favor of a feature, I don't think it can tip this butterfly photo that far. To my mind, this is a really useful VI for which you deserve special praise. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:13, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm very relaxed about the opposes, but it was worth seeing what everyone thinks. But for those of you suggesting rotation 90deg, that would be so very wrong as it doesn't happen in nature. Charles (talk) 23:36, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Charles, while I appreciate that this individual butterfly was upside-down and you shouldn't rotate this photo, there are plenty examples of photographs of this butterfly species in a more photogenic orientiation (e.g. this, this,this and this). So I think the orientation being awkward is a fair aspect of any oppose. -- Colin (talk) 08:44, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Of-course, a butterfly can perch in almost any direction; but how one posture become awkward? There is a lot of "science" behind their behavior; so their preference will change as the situation demands. They have false eyes to confuse the predators; so they may keep "real head" in position where we expect their tail. Jee09:13, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Colin: 's images are all of the US sub-species. They are also of the insects nectaring and not resting, so a very different behaviour. @Jkadavoor: 's comments are spot on, but this sub-species has been observed and monitored since its rediscovery in 1985 and the authority for the perching behaviour is entomologist Dick Askew, who had been studying Grand Cayman's butterflies for 10 years, before the rediscovery. Charles (talk) 10:18, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well the first two images are on twigs so hardly "nectaring". But I've just re-read your intro and realise I failed to spot your note about "rest head down" behaviour so I'll accept your explanation. Sorry about missing that. -- Colin (talk) 10:44, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per others. Rotation would be better. A photographer's treatment of a subject is where art happens. Being exactly true to nature is scientific not artistic. lNeverCry08:08, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Mmmm. The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle. The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. Friedrich Nietzsche.Charles (talk) 08:23, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment There's been no snowfall in the last couple of weeks, which lead to the very rare event that Lago Bianco is currently covered by black ice. Also the water level is very high, and (I suppose deliberately) they currently don't use the water reserves to generate electricity; sinking water levels would break up the ice quite badly. This offers some unusual opportunities to work with reflections and otherwise impossible vantage points.
Comment Hard to tell, it looked like about 20 cm, but I guess the refractive index of ice makes it look thinner than it is. There were a lot of people ice skating, perhaps over 200. --Kabelleger (talk) 08:46, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support World-famous photo of important historical event. 1963 World Press Photo of the Year winner. Creator won the Pulitzer Prize the next year. Quality is decent as well, in my opinion. I would consider this to already be a "featured picture" outside Commons. -- Ramaksoud2000(Talk to me)07:19, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Why anyone would want to "denoise" film grain from an authentic, historical photograph, one depicting an iconic moment in history where smooth digital did not exist, is baffling. KennyOMG (talk) 04:39, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Unbelievable we practically made the same shot at the same time and I can't underestand, Where were you? It would have been a pleasure to share with you. --The Photographer19:34, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I basically agree with Daniel: This is a good picture, but I don't think it's spectacular enough in its class, partly because of the large areas of indistinct clouds and unlit hills that are of course quite accurately part of the view you saw (I've been to Hong Kong before, though not recently - 1987 - and stayed for part of the time near the top of the far side of the island, not too far from Kennedy Town). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:35, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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I would say altitude, since this is at over 2,500 meters. Compare with this summit photo (2,000 meters) and other from that altitude and up. --cart-Talk20:07, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The darker sky with higher elevation is caused by the atmospheric aberration due to the scarcity of air. It may be mitigated by using a polariser but the higher contrast of the blue may not. How much this phenomenon will be pronounced also depends on the distribution of clouds on the sky and the location of the sun. For a similar appearance, see this, this, this and this (there are many other examples).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 07:44, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per INC. Snow should be white, not grey, and right now it is nowhere near the right of the histogram. However, I do tend to agree regarding the color of the sky at high altitudes; take for example my own File:Bodie September 2016 019.jpg (2,500 m), as I've never seen the sky so blue at high noon at lower altitudes. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 05:43, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I tend to disagree with you, not because what you're saying is untrue, but because you miss an important point. Yes, the snow is white so is in this case (except for the cloud shadows, which are normally grey), but its actual whiteness is subject to factors, such as exposure to sunlight and distribution of clouds around the sun. Please note that the left side of the mountain is whiter because of its direct exposure to the sunlight, while the right side is greyish because of its location in shadow. It's also to be noted that the shadow colour depends on how much the sun is covered with clouds and the angle at which the sunlight is emitted. The clearer the sky and the straighter the angle, the blueish the shadow will be; otherwise, the shadow will be greyish. That said, the cloud shadows are always grey, because the sunlight can never reflect from the clouds on the ground at a straight angle; the snow dune shadows may be greyish or blueish depending on the aforementioned factors (compare this one as an example where the direct sunlight reflects at straight angle and the snow dune shadows on the bottom of the image are blueish with this one as an example where the angle is not that straight and the sunlight is hindered). For me personally, one of the main reasons for nominating this one was the quality of textures, lighting and colours.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:23, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mild Oppose - Nice snowscape, but not quite interesting enough for me to want to feature it, as there are lots of possible snowscapes to feature. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:23, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Well, this is different, looks more like a ball room than a church. Is it always this decorated with flowers or is this for some special occasion? --cart-Talk22:39, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - There are some places in the upper frescoes that are almost too bright, but not quite, but you needed the settings you used to get the lower frescoes to photograph so well and I think you did very well to take an exposure that got everything in well. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:39, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, but I don't like the darkish areas at the sides, and the partially overexposed frescos. Don't we have a very high bar on church interiors? --A.Savin13:36, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support per King. There are parts that could be better, but overall this looks like the sort of image that could have come out a lot worse, with far more blown or clipped areas than it has. Daniel Case (talk) 18:02, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I'm sorry, Livio, I thought about A.Savin's remark and Diliff's church interiors and then looked at this photo again. I do like the photo, but I don't think it really is comparable to the greatest church interiors we've featured, and I agree with A.Savin's criticisms. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:33, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Believe it or not, that only just occurred to me when I saw what you wrote and realized I would be !voting support after you. Sometimes it's the more spontaneous ones that work out way better than the ones you plan ... Daniel Case (talk) 06:44, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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@Dllu: OK, I should have clarified that to "unremarkable in appearance" in that we've seen many photos of the stuff at bottom so the sight of guys in clean-room outfits amongst those things is kind of ho-hum now. Daniel Case (talk) 22:22, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Weak oppose Amazing landscape, but image looks rather overprocessed (oversharpened perhaps?) and it has tilt or perspective distortion (note added). --Ivar (talk) 15:02, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose The lighting is great, but in terms of the composition there are two equally important halves of the image fighting for my attention. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 18:30, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - I think this would be a deserving FP. I like the frosty plants and the light, and I believe that it really captures the feeling of being in that misty light and frosty weather. I'm not sure if my remarks are really articulate enough to explain why I like this photo, and I'll be interested to see what everyone else thinks. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:16, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is a mundane scene that can be seen every morning in the winter in many countries. It is a fine quality image and it is very serene and peaceful, but it doesn't seem particularly outstanding. dllu(t,c)04:56, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose per INC. I don't know whether my reaction is stupid, but when I see that much red in water, I think blood or lots of red paint, partly because it's out of context (i.e., we don't see the trees with red leaves in the photo). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:56, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, but the red reflection of the bridge is really overpowering the bird here. For some strange reason the bird looks like it was made out of porcelain here. --cart-Talk19:00, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Sorry, but per Milseburg. Especially the sky is not really well managed: there is much noise (and also some dust spots). --A.Savin15:13, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
*Oppose I want to support but the sky is too blown -- Thennicke (talk) 09:19, 21 December 2016 (UTC)Support Sorry, just got a new monitor, it was on the wrong setting. The "blown" highlights look fine now -- Thennicke (talk) 11:28, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - I take INC's point, but I think my problems are twofold: (1) This is a stained glass window, even though it's on the ceiling, and the standard for FP stained glass windows is that they have to be spectacular. This one is pleasant. Perhaps really resplendent light would make the difference, as per INC's comments. (2) I'd prefer a square or circular picture of a perfectly circular stained glass. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:28, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I'll add the EXIF data when I get home, but meanwhile, why not judge the photo with your own eyes? Anyhow, if I remember correctly, it was taken with a full frame 36 MP sensor at ISO 100, f/8, with bracketed exposures of 4 s, 8 s, and 16 s, using a 50mm lens in portrait orientation. dllu(t,c)18:25, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Done There's original EXIF data from the camera now. However, note that the lens is a Voigtlander Nokton VM 50mm f/1.5 which doesn't transmit its aperture or focal length data. dllu(t,c)
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Support - Now this goes beyond a run-of-the-mill mountainous snowscape. Great streaming cloud formations, great closeups of snowdrifts and ice, nice rocks. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:38, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose sorry to interrupt the flow of supports, but I am missing something that could give me an indication of the size of the shown objects.--Christof46 (talk) 22:53, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, but the sky is very noisy for a FP (and jpg artefacts) and the rocks look a bit overprocessed in full size --Llez (talk) 11:46, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - The reason I asked if you'd tell us what you like about this photo is that I respect you a lot and consider you a great photographer, but I don't understand why you like this photo so much that you nominated it for a feature. I don't find anything really impressive or harmonious about the composition, and much of the photo is hazy. But if I can give you that analysis, why couldn't you give an analysis of why you like the photo? It would be more interesting than what I just typed, and I (and we generally) might learn something. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:32, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. Many people who support/oppose give a reason why they like the image or consider it too flawed. So I don't see why the nominator should be exempt from providing an explanation as to why they think this is "among our finest". Usually, such a rationale is of benefit to the nominator, as they may highlight aspects that others may overlook on first glance. Not every image is immediately accessible and obviously great: some require a bit of effort and a little help and guidance to be appreciated. -- Colin (talk) 14:39, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - extensive and pretty panorama, with probably just enough colorful foliage to serve as a sufficient counterpoint to the gray Canadian [I had been paying too little attention to where this Killarney was and called them Irish!] skies. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:09, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Winged altar in late gothic style at the parish- and pilgrimage church Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria. View for Sundays with closed inner wings. Anonymous master, 1480. All by me --Uoaei1 (talk) 14:02, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Excellent light control: The light in the windows isn't close to blown and the lighting on the polyptych is quite adequate. Very well done! -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:22, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose The composition is unbalanced. Tight crop at top, half a building roof at bottom, big empty space at right balanced against half-cropped buildings at left. Nice light though. lNeverCry07:01, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment For this type of photo you must take the physical possibilities into account. I cannot make the building I'm standing on grow taller, nor can I float in mid air next to the building. Also, it was a rare opportunity for me to gain access to this vantage point since I do not live at 100 Van Ness. Anyway, here's the wider version of the panorama below. Please suggest some better crops. dllu(t,c)08:42, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Dllu: The panorama below is much better. I think a looser crop with more room on top would be another improvement, but the panorama as it is has more space for the eye to move around in and feels more free. The absence of space is a common shortcoming in many images. lNeverCry19:52, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Support From the Horae ad usum pariensem, ca.1480, an illuminated folio, painting on parchment, featuring Saint Denis, first bishop of Paris, walking with his head in his hands after his execution. Well, he is helped by two angels. The two other martyrs on the ground are Saint Rusticus and Saint Eleutherus. Restored by me by cleaning, and enhancement of colors as it was at that time. See original as first version in file page history.-- Jebulon (talk) 21:49, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Nice restoration job in many ways, but I think you removed too much from the right side. In the original file, we can see just a bit of the facing page, so nothing looks cut off, as the upper right corner now does. This file also feels to me like it's slightly slanted from lower left to upper right. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:17, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dear I.K., I don't understand your criticism. This is not just an image, but a skin folio from a hardcover book from t 15th-c. you cannot open completely. I've tried to show the page flat, which was not easy. Please try to have a look to the whole book following the links provided in the caption, sure you will understand what I mean, thank you.--Jebulon (talk) 23:40, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Of course I understand that this is from a book, and I assure you, I'm quite familiar with old books. I don't think it's important to make the page look flat, but I do think it's important for all of it to appear to be included and for it not to look unnecessarily slanted. Part of it, too, is that I accept the appearance of an open page, as in the original file, better than an imperfect effort at giving the illusion of a flat page. I would be happier with a restoration of the page that didn't change its shape as much but mainly restricted itself to the cleanup and revivification of colors that you did so well. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:01, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent work! Totally in line with the colors of the era. I understand your trouble since these books risk permanent damage if you try to use an ordinary scanner on them, they have to be photographed, something that will dull the colors and you get these bent pages. (I have studied similar originals at the British Museum.) This could probably be fixed by using some 3D software but it's a complicated process. --cart-Talk00:05, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
J'ai trouvé ça marrant, j'adore les jets de sang qui viennent du cou ! Et puis mon chef s'appelle Denis, ça motive. Gniark Gniark.--Jebulon (talk) 18:17, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - I basically agree with Martin. The vessel with the tall pole looks like it should dominate the picture, but then there are other things competing with it. I get why the photographer thought the pole would work compositionally, as it seems to bisect two other forms in the middleground, but it's so tall that I find it dominates too much for that to work. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:34, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - I like the church and the untraily stars in different colors, but I'd like some reassurance about the appearance of the lawn. Does it seem alright to all of you? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:20, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The dark part at the bottom of the spire is completely indistinguishable from the night sky. This should have been taken during the day or blue hour. -- King of♥♦♣ ♠ 03:04, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose KoH is right. The blue hour would have been better, not only to retain some light/shape to the spire, but also to better balance the artificial light, which can be too bright otherwise. (Btw, it would be useful to also record the details of any stitching that occurred to produce this image, which is >27MP from a 16MP camera). -- Colin (talk) 16:00, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I appreciate what you are trying to achieve here, but with parts of the spire and roof lost in the black on black, the church comes off as rather sinister like from an old horror movie, a bluer background would soften that. --cart-Talk10:41, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Info created by Jane3030 - uploaded by Jane3030 - nominated by King of Hearts -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:34, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:34, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
Oppose too small, its a barely acceptable candidature, and much of it is this black area... (the Nikon D2X could produce 4,288 × 2,848 images, this one is 2,000 × 1,328, so downaized, or a huge crop). Plus the image is unbalanced, and a lot of blue cast in the wings. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 21:01, 23 November 2016 (UTC).jpg)
I withdraw my nomination --Mile (talk) 07:34, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
just a observation "a useful encyclopaedic image" it's not a criteria... this is not a FP of some WP... -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 14:08, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
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Neutral Beautiful boats, but a bit too busy for my taste. It would have been better to concentrate on the five sailboats (see note) but that would make it a bit too small. (this adding got caught in an edit conflict) --cart-Talk 07:42, 26 November 2016 (UTC).jpg)
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. and Cart you are right,i push the vibrance to +26 and saturation to +5 really it look much better than rest one. Now we discuss which one is better..Plz suggest me, Thanks -- Bijay chaurasia (talk) 16:21, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
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Weak support Larger resolution please!!! -- -donald- (talk) 08:18, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Question - What happened, if you don't mind my asking? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:08, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
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Fixed King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ et al: The CAs on the far right should be gone --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:34, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
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I still have the Les Concerts en Chine CD in the car on long drives. --cart-Talk 22:18, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Request the left side of the forehead is too bright for me. Can you perhaps correct it? Otherwise a nice work. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:59, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
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chromatic aberration in head border --The Photographer 18:13, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
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