Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Eilean Donan at Dusk.jpg

File:Eilean Donan at Dusk.jpg, featured edit

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Info created by GeorgeJohnsonPhotography - uploaded by GeorgeJohnsonPhotography - nominated by King of Hearts -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:44, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:44, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - That looks almost too good to be true, like animation for a Disney fairytale movie. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:47, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support lNeverCry 03:11, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - That corresponds to my personal imagination of Camelot. And Guinevere watching the beautiful sunset. Stunning! -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:25, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Great mood, but low resolution is a weak spot here. --Ivar (talk) 06:09, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --cart-Talk 07:09, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Great picture but somewhat small for a landscape shot. --Code (talk) 08:00, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ Looks nice, but think he went far with clouds shoping. Didnt see colors like this. --Mile (talk) 08:10, 26 November 2016 (UTC) Since i havent been in England, Scotland... --Mile (talk) 14:41, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have no problem believing the colors are real, I have caught far more colorful sunsets (unprocessed file). cart-Talk 11:03, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

cart Do you feel gradience is real ? Those spots, where no clouds are, seems like half day, not dusk. --Mile (talk) 12:14, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes it looks real, this is a quite common phenomenon. There are at least three layers of clouds here, when the sun sets the lowest layer of small clouds can be lit by the sun from the side, the middle thick layer will fall into shadow along with the landscape while the top layer of clouds will be high enough to be very illuminated and therefore much whiter, like it was day. This is the same thing, only there were not as many low dark clouds in that one. And in this you can see the dark low clouds and the high bright ones, imagine if the low clouds in that pic covered the sky with only small openings, then it would look the same way. I could draw a picture if you like to explain better. cart-Talk 12:45, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support--Joalpe (talk) 10:43, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 12:09, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Karelj (talk) 16:40, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support lNeverCry 08:10, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Мирослав Видрак (talk) 08:29, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support great. Charles (talk) 12:00, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Shame it is not larger though I don't think the amount of detail would improve if it was. In addition to this "highly commended" image, George Johnson is a previous WLM winner and has had his work selected for the UK's "Landscape Photographer of the Year". He used to be active on Flickr but I can't find his account any more (just his website http://www.syxaxis.com/). Based on past Flickr comments about his technique, he does do more Photoshop adjustments than most people here do, but I don't believe he would fake a sky and especially not for an image entered into a competition. This isn't just a lucky holiday photo -- the timing of the sun on the horizon and the calm waters are special. -- Colin (talk) 13:50, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:50, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 18:11, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 19:37, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry. I find it photoshoply overdone. And there is too much useless foreground of water. I'm not fan of the horizon in the middle neither. Kidding: a good candidate for WLM, not for FPC.--Jebulon (talk) 21:38, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Zcebeci (talk) 06:18, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cart's explanation of the white light on the clouds is consistent with my experience, and (of course) the science, and Colin's analysis is also helpful. This one stands out when scrolling through this page. Daniel Case (talk) 07:49, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Larger resolution please!!! -- -donald- (talk) 08:18, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Laitche (talk) 14:40, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great picture! --Yann (talk) 00:36, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I find it photoshoply overdone also, looks a little bit fake, sorry -- Jiel (talk) 23:49, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There is much good in this picture but also somethings that make me oppose for Commons purpose. The picture is like a painting, very striking atmosphere, very nice indeed. But it is rather small. When I open it as a full I see some loss in color variation and also loss in some details which are most likely caused by many kind of de-noising. It looks more like a digital art wall paper rather than a photographic document of a place. So as for Commons FP I would say the post-process is over done. --Ximonic (talk) 10:17, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 21 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 08:44, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Castles and fortifications