Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Draft horse pulling logs in Parc naturel Hautes Fagnes, Eupen, Belgium (VeloTour 54 to 55, DSCF3703).jpg
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals#Family_:_Equidae_(Equids)
Info I came up to this working draft horse crossing the trail while I bicycled downhill in "Parc Naturel Hautes Fagnes", I had just enough time to get my camera out and grab this shot before my battery died and it disappeared back into the forest. by -- Trougnouf (talk) 17:34, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
Support -- Trougnouf (talk) 17:34, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
Oppose I don't blame you for taking this picture and seeing what might result—I would have too. However, while the result's a QI I don't feel it's enough for FP. Daniel Case (talk) 02:50, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Support For me a great shot, maybe because I myself have done such work. --Fischer.H (talk) 15:26, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
- You've hauled logs from a rope tied around you in deep woods in pouring rain?
Daniel Case (talk) 15:46, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
- It hadn't been raining (though the forest is humid), the horse looked like it was steaming probably because it was very hot from doing such work. --Trougnouf (talk) 15:54, 7 August 2018 (UTC) That's why I found it more impressive than any other working horse on the project (ie Category:Working_horses, Category:Quality images of draft horses, Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals#Family_:_Equidae_(Equids))--Trougnouf (talk) 16:03, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
- You've hauled logs from a rope tied around you in deep woods in pouring rain?
Comment When evaluating a picture you should be able to distinguish wooden logs from tree trunks and tension chains from a rope, otherwise it would be advisable to visit an ophthalmologist. --Fischer.H (talk) 17:23, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
- Optometrist, I think you mean. Daniel Case (talk) 21:43, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
- In Germany, we tend to see ophtalmologists (and medical practitioners in general) rather often, thanks to universal healthcare. Optometrists just make my glasses but I usually see a doctor first. And now calm down everybody
--Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:05, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- In Germany, we tend to see ophtalmologists (and medical practitioners in general) rather often, thanks to universal healthcare. Optometrists just make my glasses but I usually see a doctor first. And now calm down everybody
- Optometrist, I think you mean. Daniel Case (talk) 21:43, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Comment The image is rather dark, with the animal not too isolated from its background. The outlines are difficult to distinguish without an effort of concentration -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:27, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Done I've increased the brightness and sharpening and improved the denoising. --Trougnouf (talk) 14:01, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- It's a very nice photo but sorry to say, it looks a bit washed out now, there are other ways of making a subject stand out. You unfortunately had the light from the wrong direction and that was very visible in the first version. This can be corrected though, plus a bit warmer shadows (just the shadows, not the whole pic) and an emphasize on the steaming horse would be better. A 16:9 crop wouldn't hurt either. Any version is yours if you want them. --Cart (talk) 15:12, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you! I'm not using your version because it's based on the jpeg but I tried applying your feedback as much as possible. I restored all the exposure stuff to sane values and I used drawn and parametric masks to make the horse stand out, the image is a little bit warmer and cropped to 16:9-ish. I uploaded the raw file in case you or anyone would like to try any further change. --Trougnouf (talk) 16:10, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Neutral now. A little bit better, but still a dark and not very contrasted composition -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:03, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
Support This is perfectly fine for me. You got some depth in the photo now and the cut helps a lot. Of course it's always better to work from raw, I think you did a good job. To borrow an expression from Daniel: "You can almost smell the damp horse now. " :) --Cart (talk) 16:35, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Support per Cart --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:28, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Support --Basotxerri (talk) 07:06, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
Support Quality could have been better but the atmosphere is great. --Podzemnik (talk) 04:42, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 09:51, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
Comment Congratulations on making it to FP.
--Cart (talk) 20:08, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals#Family_:_Equidae_(Equids)