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File:Solar coronae reflection.jpg, not featured
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Voting period ends on 14 May 2009 at 05:02:11
Info created , uploaded and nominated by Mbz1 -- Mbz1 (talk) 05:02, 5 May 2009 (UTC)- Info Solar Coronae is quite a beautiful sight to observe, except the sun is usually too bright to make it safe for the eyes. For that particular instance I happened to be next to the pond, and took an image of Solar Coronae as a w:sun glitter instead of taking the image of the very bright sun itself.
Support -- Mbz1 (talk) 05:02, 5 May 2009 (UTC)- Support Interesting --Muhammad (talk) 05:23, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Oppose Guessing game with an interesting solution but quality & composition/crop is not exactly brilliant, I'am afraid. COM:VIC ? --Richard Bartz (talk) 17:56, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- Come on, Richard. Of course this image is very different from the usual FPC images, and it is great you tried to guess what you're looking at. About the composition - just look at the amazing network of colors and at the w:hummingbird reflection (seen the best at the upper rflection) hovering over reflection of the sun - the most brilliant object in the Universe. :) --Mbz1 (talk) 19:09, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- I think it's interesting but not really aesthetic, which it could be when being elaborated well. --Richard Bartz (talk) 22:53, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- Come on, Richard. Of course this image is very different from the usual FPC images, and it is great you tried to guess what you're looking at. About the composition - just look at the amazing network of colors and at the w:hummingbird reflection (seen the best at the upper rflection) hovering over reflection of the sun - the most brilliant object in the Universe. :) --Mbz1 (talk) 19:09, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Question What are those white spots ? Something that floats on the surface ? /Daniel78 (talk) 20:38, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you for your very interesting question, Daniel78. The white spots that are seen at the image have different origin. Most of them are bubbles (there are quite of few fishes, turtles, frogs, w:cryfishes that live in that pond and create all kind of bubbles). Yet the white spots that are seen at the upper middle of the image, for example, are the sun reflections. Why these reflections are so different from the sun glitter you see in the middle of the image? The answer is simple. The reflection of the sun in the upper middle was made possible by the spaces between the leaves of the tree. Have you ever heard about observing partial w:solar eclipse using the Pinhole Projection Method File:Solar eclipse in Turkey March 2006.jpg? At the insert in the upper left of this image you could see the partially eclipsed sun that I photographed with a white solar filter. At the bottom of the image you could see the projection of the partially eclipsed sun. The leaves of the trees create natural pinholes, and it is great to know, when you are looking for a safe method to observe a partial solar eclipse.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:40, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the explanation. Yes I have observed the Pinhole Projection (did not think about it when looking at this image though). I have some images I took in 1998 in Sweden of that phenomenon, but digital cameras in 1998 was not that good so the quality is quite low, but it was very interesting to watch :) /Daniel78 (talk) 22:29, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you for your very interesting question, Daniel78. The white spots that are seen at the image have different origin. Most of them are bubbles (there are quite of few fishes, turtles, frogs, w:cryfishes that live in that pond and create all kind of bubbles). Yet the white spots that are seen at the upper middle of the image, for example, are the sun reflections. Why these reflections are so different from the sun glitter you see in the middle of the image? The answer is simple. The reflection of the sun in the upper middle was made possible by the spaces between the leaves of the tree. Have you ever heard about observing partial w:solar eclipse using the Pinhole Projection Method File:Solar eclipse in Turkey March 2006.jpg? At the insert in the upper left of this image you could see the partially eclipsed sun that I photographed with a white solar filter. At the bottom of the image you could see the projection of the partially eclipsed sun. The leaves of the trees create natural pinholes, and it is great to know, when you are looking for a safe method to observe a partial solar eclipse.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:40, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose composition also doesn't convince me. I'd even prefer the uncropped version (but it would also get no support) --AngMoKio (talk) 13:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose Sorry, I dont feel it. From this image I do not learn what a solar corona is (that article on en:wp ist getting a bit cluttered by the way). The colors could just as well come from surface contamination or imaging errors (I'm sure you are right about the corona, but the image just does not show it decisively). The hummingbird does not add to the composition, in fact it is not recognizable and might as well be something floating on the water. Overall it feels a bit snapshotty to someone who is not overly enthusiastic about atmospheric phenomena. --Dschwen (talk) 15:11, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
result: 2 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Maedin\talk 12:30, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
