Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Tea in action.jpg

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High-Speed photograph of a cup of tea
  •  Comment: I chose the shutter speed 1/250 to get dynamic into the outer drops, while the main spash remains sharp. I'll do some postprocessing and will reupload it.--Tesla - 💬 11:09, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done, is it better now?--Tesla - 💬 15:12, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done, brightend the dark regions--Tesla - 💬 21:09, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Another technical issue: the background is dotted with spots and the cup surrounded by a weird halo, immediately visible on my smartphone. Very likely due to the digital manipulation. I didn't notice at first on my computer, though it becomes obvious now when the exposure is increased or when the brightness of my screen is enhanced. Selective brush? Really awkward -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:18, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The shadow is not too harsh in my eyes, I remember that I used a small softbox, but I don't have mega studio equipment. And yes, one side is darker, but is this such a problem?
 Comment Additionally, I only found one other image of such a splash (the one linked above) with good quality, but there're hundreds of FP-quality landscapes and macros, so it would bring a bit variety to FP :) --Tesla - 💬 09:04, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are more, like this FP for example promoted in 2014, where the drops are not blurry. Two other problems also here: 1) the cup is filled until the top, thing that rarely happens in ordinary times, except by mistake, and thus the subject lacks natural & authenticity, 2) the crop is tight at the top, many drops are out of the frame already, while they are important in the composition (like in the other shots). The harsh shadow is not too obvious on my computer screen, but very visible instantly on my mobile phone, then yes it is a problem. Concerning the diversity of candidatures, I think originality is always taken into consideration by the reviewers, however the quality should be up to the standards, this is a main requirement. I would suggest to try again with a fixed diffuse lamp (easy to make, several ones if possible) and a background of a lighter color. Interesting idea, but not very well done this time -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:21, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Okay, you found one other good pic in category splashes (I didn't look there jet but added my photo now to this cat now). There are other good splashes in this cat, but from flickr. I think, you would agree that a splash shooting is more unique on FP than a casual ladscape/macro. You can create a good macro of a static motif by following rules, but you don't have to be creative for that.
  • To adress the problems: 1) The cup is filled because of the piece of sugar was dropped in. Thats Archimedes' principle :) 2) The outer drops aren't important to the motif, but that's a personal feeling, not an objective problem. I don't know what are your smarthphone screen-settings but my desktop screen shows all shadows smoothly. The review should refer to a screen described in here, not a smartphone screen. By the way, I'll appreciate more votes. :)--Tesla - 💬 11:06, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  1. You want more votes maybe, but be grateful already a reviewer like Pseudo Classes who never voted before in FPC suddenly comes to support a single picture, that is yours. Such singular contributions almost never happen ordinarily.
  2. Nearly all the nominators here find their own candidatures special. Similarly we saw a bench recently, that was considered very important by its photographer, for the number written on it.
  3. The smartphone you're suspecting of wrong settings is excellent and has just revealed the dirty spots you've corrected above.
  4. The screen of my computer also displays the inhomogeneous background when the exposure of your picture is corrected. The drops then appear in a gray area, while the right side is black.
  5. There's water out of the cup due to the splash yes, but also the level of liquid inside seems abnormally excessive.
  6. Flickr pictures of good splashes are totally valid in FPC, contrary to QIC. There are a lot in Pixabay too -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:59, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would assume that 'pseudo classes' was motivated to promote my picture because I promoted a few images of him in QI. So that's ordinarily in fact though it's not the best practice to selectively promote or oppose pictures of certain users. I didn't know, that flickr pics are prohibited on QI, but allowed on FP. But that does not change the fact, that there are only very rarely splashes as FP, and this pic is more unique than the pic of the bench... I think the discussion goes in rounds here too, so we should just wait :) Regards, --Tesla - 💬 13:44, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The user Pseudo Classes voted here but seems totally unaware of the rules. You reviewed pictures uploaded by this person on QIC that come from Flickr, maybe this selective vote should be considered canvassed. The author of the bench wrote "it doesn't seem like a small thing to me, even if on the surface it may seem just an insignificant bench", so she certainly found her candidature exceptional for subjective reasons -- Basile Morin (talk) 14:42, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just very short: I've never asked the voter below for voting, so his/her actions were maybe not the best practice because personally motivated, but not canvassed, because of personal motivation. Again, I think it's the best to accept the votes in both directions and just wait.--Tesla - 💬 15:00, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 5 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 13:08, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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