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Info Astrological Clock and Upper Mosaic at Town Hall in Olomouc - created, uploaded, nominated by Scotch Mist -- SM:!) (talk) 17:51, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- SM:!) (talk) 17:51, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great motif, but can you please restore the original resolution? Downsampling may make an image appear sharper, but at the cost of useful detail. The original photo is surely less sharp at full size, but that doesn't make it worse! Cmao20 (talk) 14:29, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @Cmao20: Thank you for your review and support. I rarely downsize an image but on this occasion I felt it was justified because it appeared that the details of the mosaic were slightly blurred, perhaps due to reflected natural light from the surfaces of the mosaic fragments themselves. I would be interested in your opinion, when you have time, as to whether the previously uploaded image, which is at the original resolution, is indeed better overall?--SM:!) (talk) 14:55, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Scotch Mist, thanks for your reply. The thing about downsizing is you never know what the end-user is going to use a photo for, they might want, let's say, to use it for a large print, in which case extra resolution is definitely helpful. I agree that the photo is slightly blurry at full size, but put it this way, if you provide the higher resolution, then anyone who wants a pinpoint sharp image can just downsize it themselves client-side. All that downsizing a photo does is reduce the amount of usable detail. This is why downsizing is usually frowned upon at FP. For me, the original photo is definitely FP. You may get some criticism for the blur, but you will also get criticism for downsizing unfortunately. But most reviewers here are sufficiently thoughtful as to realise that they can't expect the same pinpoint sharpness from a 20mpx image as they can from a 5mpx image. Cmao20 (talk) 15:02, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @Cmao20: Thanks for your detailed comments - have now reverted to the previous original resolution version of this image and will be interested to read any comments that may arise! --SM:!) (talk) 15:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Just too unsharp. Daniel Case (talk) 16:26, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination Thanks to those who took the time to review and provide comments. --SM:!) (talk) 10:09, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]