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•  Info Selfoss is a northeastern Icelandic waterfall in the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum, a short distance upstream of the more popular Dettifoss waterfall. Selfoss has a drop of 10 m over a width of about 100 m. I was using a 64x ND filter to help create a more dynamic impression. All by myself, -- Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:18, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:18, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Nice! Kruusamägi (talk) 08:20, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Kikos (talk) 09:35, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- -donald- (talk) 09:39, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Support awesome! Pundit (talk) 11:12, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Neutral Great panorama (maybe crop on top is too wide), but too much HDR for a realistic look. --Uoaei1 (talk) 16:43, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

 Comment Well, I didn't apply any HDR technique here - the image is a regular single shot. I also didn't do anything "extreme" during the post process. Mood and lighting are pretty much as they actually were when I took the picture: very cloudy but not really overcast, misty, and diffuse. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:38, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Ok, I tust you and support  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 18:07, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

•  weak oppose I really appreciate your work, but this time I cannot make friends with the light. As far as I can judge from the photo it is a (near) backlit shot. The important part of the rocks in the foreground are in shadow, clouds look very bright (near to overexposure) and distract imho. When I look at the photo in thumbnail size the fist eye-catcher are the bright clouds and the horizon line but neither the water falls at the right nor the interesting rocks at the left. Maybe some local light corrections with PS or Vivezza can improve the situation here and can bring out the interesting parts better. --Tuxyso (talk) 22:09, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Support a real and nice view of this fantastic place. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 17:07, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
•  weak oppose per Tuxyso -- Jiel (talk) 18:41, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Neutral Too much sky and too much left-hand-side and not enough right (with waterfall). -- Colin (talk) 16:08, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 20:16, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Alternative

•  Info Thanks Colin for your hint. I've added a different, much more radical crop of my original raw as an alternative - unfortunately I didn't take a shot with a tele lense. @Kruusamägi, Kikos, -donald-, Pundit, Uoaei1, Tuxyso, Alchemist-hp, Jiel: What do you think? --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 21:06, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 21:06, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
• I still prefer the original. It is more true to the real location! --Alchemist-hp (talk) 21:24, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
• Now crop is too tight on the left. Something inbetween the two versions would be optimal. --Uoaei1 (talk) 05:22, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

• That's what I thought, too... but then the whole composition becomes way too centered. The result wouldn't really work, imo. It's a pity... --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:15, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
• I prefer the original, which is not to say that I don't like the new one. Pundit (talk) 07:20, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
• Original is better. This image lacks "space" for stream - the main object in picture - waterfall and resulting stream - are "abrupted" in corner. --Kikos (talk) 07:53, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 13:31, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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

The chosen alternative is: File:Selfoss July 2014.JPG