Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Madita und Axel Wolph Ein Abend für Licht ins Dunkel 2015 01.jpg

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Info created by Tsui - uploaded by Tsui - nominated by Tsui -- Tsui (talk) 11:09, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Tsui (talk) 11:09, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don´t miss anything being a perfect stage picture! --Hubertl 11:37, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice pose. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 14:22, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Great, subtle picture ruined by serious posterization in the blue portions (particularly lower right). Daniel Case (talk) 19:04, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per Daniel. INeverCry 19:24, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I do see what you mean. It just excludes practically any concert photography since the change from light bulbs to the new, strictly monochromous light emitters (usually it's LEDs), especially when blue or magenta is used. Looking at the FPs of concerts, I see that almost only those with white light get featured - or the blue/magenta parts got heavily edited (or yellow overexposure/posterization is tolerated). As a frequent photographer at concerts I am very aware of the lighting situation since the introduction of the new lamps. I do not like it, but that's how it is. I try to use/include it in the composition, which worked quite good in this one I think. The back of the lower arm is not the focus of the image, it is rather the frame. --Tsui (talk) 01:47, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm usually very worried about things like posterization, but with coloured concert lighting, it's very difficult to avoid even with the best equipment and technique. And I just don't think it hurts this photo. — Julian H.^✈ 10:50, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually, on second thought: It would have been avoidable by just lowering the ISO and doing the brightening in post. Neutral I guess. — Julian H.^✈ 10:52, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - It was taken with ISO 2500 (200mm, 1/200, 3.2). While camera and lense are really good at low light, increasing ISO and reducing the noise afterwards would result in a significant loss of detail (hair, textures). --Tsui (talk) 12:38, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - I suggested lowering the ISO (to something like ISO 400 or 800) with the same shutter speed and aperture and doing the brightening aferwards. The result should be almost identical while preserving all highlights. — Julian H.^✈ 09:58, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      - My fault, I misread your comment above. Though I'm not sure, if decreasing ISO under such lighting conditions (overall quite dark, white light from the left, this kind of blue from the right) can bring satisfying results, it sure is worth a try. I will think of it at the next opportunity. --Tsui (talk) 10:13, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      - Comment I believe it is usually not advisable to underexpose a photo and then brighten it afterwards. Increasing the analog gain (ISO) in the image sensor itself yields superior signal to noise ratio than afterwards when the data has already been discretised. If you underexpose the picture and then brighten it afterwards, there will be even more posterization and noise. dllu (t,c) 09:21, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        That's true (for Canon sensors), but I think the problem here is actually neither posterization nor noise but blue-channel overexposure, which would be fixed that way. — Julian H.^✈ 11:25, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        You're right, reducing the exposure will fix the blue channel overexposure. dllu (t,c) 01:30, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per Daniel. --Medium⁶₉ ^{You wanted talk to me?} 11:25, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good concert picture. Nice expression. Yann (talk) 09:54, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral It is a good picture, but I think it should be possible to take higher quality pictures even in concert scenes dimly lit by blue light. For example, Denis Barthel recently uploaded a lot of concert photos similarly illuminated by dim blue or red light, many of which have much higher resolution, less noise and no noticeable posterization: [1]. On the other hand, his camera has a better image sensor... dllu (t,c) 09:21, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Don't mind the blue light - artificial light is what it is so one has to expect some unusual effects. But the bottom half of the image is weak to me. The long wire from the microphone and her hand holding the wire are a distraction. The shapeless dress adds nothing either. A square crop at the top is better for me but then not particularly high resolution any more. -- Colin (talk) 21:49, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Don't want to change your opinion, but to me it is especially the hand holding the cable and the curve of it which, besides her calm expression, add to the appeal of the image. The lack of theatrical gesture of the one hand not holding the mic, usually singers singing ballads do such gesturing, makes it kind of subtle and serene to me. I like it like that, but of course that's in the eye of the beholder. --Tsui (talk) 07:43, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Yann. --Johann Jaritz (talk) 13:07, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 5 support, 4 oppose, 2 neutral → not featured. /Yann (talk) 14:28, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]