Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Wan Chai.jpg

Image:Wan Chai.jpg, featured

•  Info created by base64 - uploaded by base64 - nominated by base64 -- βαςε_LXIV™ 10:36, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Info This image was stitched from 14 segment × 3 exposure by Canon EOS 400D with Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM at 70mm focal length. It was downsampled from 21.1 megapixels to 8 megapixels. The weather on that day wasn't perfect, but it is adequate to show Wan Chai District. The lower part of the image cannot be taken due to trees and terrain blocking the way. Any edits are welcomed as I am not an expert in Photoshop. Thank you!
•  Support -- βαςε_LXIV™ 10:36, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Neutral -- One of the better night panos (I don't like night views) but support withheld only because of a remaining stitching error (34.0% from left, 5.2% from bottom). Lycaon 11:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I'll try to fix it right away. --βαςε_LXIV™ 11:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Support, but will retract this vote if the stitching error isn't fixed. --Aqwis 12:32, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose I do not like how the buildings are cut at the front of the image and a tight crop at the image top.--Mbz1 14:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Comment: I live in Hong Kong; I can tell that photo-taking right in that location has to face a scenetic difficulty: there is a hill blocking the view in front. That location geotagged is the most suitable location for shooting Wan Chai.--dbslikacheung 04:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
• I know there could be some difficulties in taking any photo, but who said that an image of Wan Chai should be represented in FP? IMO it is a quality image, but FP should have also something else, like a good composition, for example, which the nominated image is missing IMO.--Mbz1 14:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

• Reasonable, mbz1, composition is subjective. --βαςε_LXIV™ 16:03, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Support --Karelj 17:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose, I'm no fan of the way the buildings are framed either. Tight crop at the top as mentioned is bothersome as well. Shereth 17:23, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support I like the quality and the colors. I can practically see inside the windows - and if the image was a little bigger, we'd have had to use Template:Personality rights. --Kimse 01:10, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Simply amazing. --Calibas 03:19, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support, it is so beautiful. The quality and skills of photo-taking, management of image really deserve appreciations.--dbslikacheung 04:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose (for now I think). It's a nice picture, which reminds me this. I'd like to see the stitching error fixed too. I'm not really convinced with the HDR processing. See the red neon reflection on the water. There's also something wrong with the clouds, thought I couldn't tell exactly what. Did they moved between the successive shots ? (42 long exposures shots in total, they must have moved). Benh 06:53, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Let me thank your comment first. Firstly, I'm now trying to fix the stitching errors, it is mainly due to inadequate control points in a few segments. Secondly, I believe the excessive red neon reflection is not caused by HDR processing, but because I made too much highlight recovery(told you I'm not an expert in photoshop :-) ), and I'll try to improve on it. Thirdly, I shot the segments in horizontal sequence. I'm sorry that I couldn't figure out what problem in the could you were refering to. If you are regarding the colour of cloud, I can tell that its normal.

I hope these may satisfy your requirement, thank you. --βαςε_LXIV™ 09:11, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

FYI, I set the HDR compression to "0" in order to preserve the most detail for post-processing. Then I converted from 32bit TIFF to 16bit TIFF, and adjusted the curves for better contrast. At last, I converted to 8bit JPEG. --βαςε_LXIV™ 09:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

 Support before going to holiday ;) Benh (talk) 00:00, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Info I did an in-place upload, here are the modifications:

1. Fixed the Stitching error

2. Fixed the red channel clipping (red neon reflections)

3. Improved contrast (more realistic)

The re-stitch did not change the image a lot, the resolution is the same. --βαςε_LXIV™ 04:04, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Support --Lerdsuwa (talk) 15:55, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Beyond silence 19:36, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Lycaon (talk) 06:49, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 22:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --S23678 (talk) 15:55, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

result: 12 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Simonizer (talk) 10:19, 20 June 2008 (UTC)