Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Folkloric Tanoura dance performed by man.jpg

File:Folkloric Tanoura dance performed by man.jpg, featured edit

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Info Photograph of a tanoura dancer with intentional motion blur. Created and uploaded by Mohamed Khalil90, nominated by --Aristeas (talk) 10:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support The depiction of movement and speed has always been a special challenge for photography, and this applies all the more to dancers with very fast motion, like the famous whirling Sufis. Here we see a dancer excercising the specific Egyptian form of that dance, the tanoura; it stands out for the use of a multicolored skirt which together with the motion blur creates impressive rainbow effects. Basically there are two ways to take a photo of dancers: You can try to freeze the motion by using a very fast shutter speed (like e.g. in this photo), or you can use intentional motion blur to make the movement visible. The latter has been done here, and I really like the result. Yes, you cannot see much, it’s an almost abstract photograph. ;–) But the motion blur with the mixing shades of colours and the strong contrast to the black background give a good impression of the dancer’s whirling and the colour effects. --Aristeas (talk) 10:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support This image captures the essence of dance, thank you for nominating! --Kritzolina (talk) 10:16, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support !! -- Radomianin (talk) 11:03, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support the motion blur really does give a dazzling vibe. --SHB2000 (talk) 11:18, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:03, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 13:09, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Ivar (talk) 17:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Would add location information to image description, if available. --GRDN711 (talk) 20:27, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Too bad we can't see how long an exposure this was, but the result is the photographic analog to futurist painting, in a way. After the nomination is over, the word "preformed" in the title needs to be corrected. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:00, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Oops – thank you for the hint! I should have seen that typo before nominating the photo ;–). Fixed. (Files can also be renamed during nomination, it’s just a bit more complicated.) --Aristeas (talk) 07:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- IamMM (talk) 05:03, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support My favorite of the current nominations. — Rhododendrites ^talk | 16:40, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Ermell (talk) 22:19, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Schnobby (talk) 06:42, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 06:24, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Like Frank's motorbike nominated earlier, this picture is special in its kind. Nice vibes, with enough light to identify the main parts of the moving body. The only issues I see are the visible noise, and the distracting white spot at the right. But overall a striking and colorful image -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:51, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 09:47, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:48, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --XRay 💬 17:52, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 14:35, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: People#Events