Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/April 2014

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Big Bang, a South Korean music group
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Silene reinwardtii
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File:Iguana Iguana in San Juan Bautista, Venezuela.jpg, not featured edit

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Iguana Iguana in San Juan Bautista, Venezuela
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File:Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque RB.jpg edit

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Just a slight rotation would be sufficient as the left and right exterior walls, as well as the tower all lean a bit in the same direction. Easily correctible. Saffron Blaze (talk) 01:04, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Nic Savage, bassist of the swedish metal band Steelwing, at Turock Open Air 2013
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Blue rose
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Result: 4 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 02:38, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Center of the Milky Way Galaxy IV – Composite.jpg, featured edit

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The Galactic Center of the Milky Way seen in a composite image with data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Jee 02:40, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 02:48, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:St. George the Victorious - Google Art Project.jpg, not featured edit

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St. George the Victorious. Icon, Ukraine, 1770.
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File:Interior of Sainte Chapelle, Vincennes 140308 1.jpg, featured edit

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@Tuxyso, no, it was the slightly less outstanding but notably less expensive 18-35 AF-S ;-) --DXR (talk) 08:18, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@DXR, thanks for the info. At the moment (or in the nearer future) I am thinking about a full frame camera and one financial pitfall is an affordable and carryable wide angle zoom. Thus your info was very useful. --Tuxyso (talk) 08:23, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 06:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Bluebell Wood - Brecon Beacons.jpeg edit

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  •  Info all by Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:01, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Pretty but a lot of overexposed areas Christian Ferrer (talk) 06:35, 01 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Some of us are struggling to find beautiful places to photograph, you seem to know all the right places but always provide us with a random snapshot of a special place. I don't support because the composition could be so much better. The comment about overexposed areas is nonsense, of course. --193.110.198.7 06:17, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Motive is nice, but bad quality. -- -donald- (talk) 07:26, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Bluebell woods are lovely but also a very traditional and common English image and this one isn't outstanding imo. The paint marks and hazard tape on some trees are distracting. Christian is right that the dynamic range has exceeded the camera's capability both with a lot of solid black on the tree trunks and also highlights on the ferns catching the sun. There is a reason why the books recommend photographing woodland on an overcast dull day. -- Colin (talk) 21:16, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Colin sort of wins the April Fool Image Post. I wanted to see how long it took for someone to complain about the paint marks and tape on the trees. There are indeed reasons this never went through the QI drill :) Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:10, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Brandenburg-Havel pano (MK).jpg edit

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  • Your wrong here, the water sourface is due to wind and no-wind areas over the river in combination with the longer exposure. There is definitly no stitching error, if wished I can upload a single frame of the pano to proof that. --mathias K 14:01, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I had not stitching errors in mind, but irregularities due to different time slots. If it is the correct representation of one moment it does not change my perception - the wind and no-wind areas have imho a negative effect on the overall image. --Tuxyso (talk) 14:04, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Withdraw for this one... ;-) --mathias K 11:37, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Blankenham, Kanon en kruithuisje.jpg, not featured edit

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High water alarm cannon on the dike near Blankenham. The building at the bottom of the dike is a gunpowder storage. The pond in the background is the result of a dike breach. The eroding water made it very deep so the repaired dike was build around it. There are many such ponds to be found on the dike near Blankenham.
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 13:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pelecanus onocrotalus - Zoo Karlsruhe.jpg, not featured edit

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A Great White Pelican going to sleep in the evening
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Result: 4 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 13:54, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Rovinj Sunset 2007.JPG, not featured edit

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Sunset over Adria at Rovinj (Croatia)
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Result: 2 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 13:54, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Stumpfkrokodil Bioparc Fuengirola 01 2014.jpg, not featured edit

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Dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) photographed at Bioparc in Fuengirola, Andalusia
  •  Info created by me - -- Tuxyso (talk) 12:23, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 12:23, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose For me the lighting isn`t the best, the sharpness could be better and the overall image quality doesn`t convince me. Looking over our existing featured pictures of crocodiles I don't think yours is that outstanding to get featured. Sorry Tuxyso. --mathias K 17:09, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Indeed, pure image quality is not the primary merit of this photo. Can you priovide some other (better) example for FP crocodiles to better understand your argument? The main reason for nomination was the composition and the nice expression with the deep view inside the muzzle of the crocodile. Compared to the other photos in the same category my photo is very good. --Tuxyso (talk) 19:40, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • No I can`t, but thats sadly no reason to support yours. And I never said your photo isn`t good or even bad. ;-) But other than that mentioned quality "problem", the composition you choose is what also wont work for me here. The chosen angle brings some problems, the dof is pretty shallow and the most of the long mouth of the crocodil is not in focus. Furthermore the focus should fit exactly on the eye at this shooting angle, which isn`t the case here. Your photos are definitely the best in the cat, but I think there are better results possible. --mathias K 20:01, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak  Support Nice capture. This "crocodile park" (that times there only were crocodiles afaicr) I visited 13 years ago, unfortunately long before Commons time and so no single photo was taken. Not to rule out that the baby croc I had in my hand for a while was just this one. --A.Savin 06:23, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • @A.Savin: The zoo administration massively restructured the park due to the bad reputation of the park received for reasons of very tight enclosures. The "zoo" is relatively small but they now have a lot of different animals very close to the visitors and tried to design the enclosures in a more species-appropriate way - an interesting trend which is visible in a lot of European zoos, e.g. in the ZOOM Zoo Gelsenkirchen. I sometimes wonder if it is really better for the animals or only better for the peace of conscience of the visitors. Nonetheless the crocodile past (I did not know that only crocodiles had been there) is still visible - a lot of different crocodile from small to big are still there. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:26, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Alex Florstein (talk) 15:57, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I saw him, he laughed of my joke. --Christian Ferrer 07:21, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Yann (talk) 13:11, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Jee 02:50, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 6 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 13:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tony-Lucca-Infobox.jpg, not featured edit

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Tony Lucca outside The Bean coffeeshop in New York City on 5-19-2011, after doing an interview.
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Result: 2 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 13:52, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Sari Temple, an 8th century Buddhist vihara in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) in Gir Forest National Park, India
What does that say about me then with my fancy honours degree in biology? Saffron Blaze (talk) 16:53, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
He, he; I'm just kidding. BTW, I don't like those preserved forests (for human entertainments) much. And I don't like we approach them that much close. But I really likes the camouflage here. :) Jee 17:25, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hey, Achim, just for shits and giggles: to me, the whole idea of camouflage was just wrong thematically. If he's head-down, crouching, stalking prey, then yes, blending in to his surroundings is perfect; but, here, he appears to be look-at-me-I'm-the-king-of-the-jungle-style sauntering, in which case he's supposed to stand out. If nothing else, thank you for helping me put my thoughts into better words. :) —ATinySliver/ATalkPage 06:28, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 6 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 02:52, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Colina de las Cruces, Lituania, 2012-08-09, DD 12.JPG, featured edit

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The Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage near Šiauliai, in the north of Lithuania. It is believed that the first crosses were placed after the November Uprising, in the first half of the 19th century. According to an estimation the amount of crosses and crucifixes reached 100,000 back in 2006.

* Support--Karelj (talk) 21:53, 3 April 2014 (UTC) closed[reply]

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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 03:05, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Kloster St. Pauli (Brandenburg an der Havel) (MK).jpg, not featured edit

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Monastery St. Pauli seen from south-east
  •  Info The Monastery St. Pauli with St. Katharinenchurch in the background, seen from south-east in Brandenburg an der Havel (Germany). c/u/n by me, mathias K 13:36, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- mathias K 13:36, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Mathias, Is this the best sun position possible or is there another strong reason for that time of the day? The image is a HDR according to your nom on de.wiki (I feel it would be nice if you might mention such PP in the description) and I find it slightly unnatural in appearance. It appears that this image was shot in your hometown and, according to sun position calculators, the large shadow could be avoided by shooting in the morning. I don't want to be annoying, but I'm struggling with the shadow given that we are talking about a FP nomination. --DXR (talk) 18:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • You´re right, this isn`t the best sun position. I didn`t tried it jet, but yes there is a "better" posible time to take this picture for the lighting/shadow problem. But then, it must be a summer morning, the trees in the foreground would be green and full of leaves what makes them way more dominant in the foreground. Thats what I try to prohibit here. When I developed the picture I gave my best to get the most realistic appearance cause I personally don`t like the obvious HDR look. I could gave it a try and take the summer pic to, to have something to compare. But for now I let this nomination run. ;-) --mathias K 18:41, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the explanation! What was your shooting postion, a private building? Hard to guess that on Google Maps ;-) Anyways, if I'm not completely wrong, it should be well-lit at ca. 9:30 CEST at the very end of March, you might want to try that. --DXR (talk) 18:50, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose per DXR; the shadows should be thrown away from the camera position, IMHO. Also, I might've moved a couple of feet to my right so that the trees frame the windows and the banner foreground left is off the building. :) —ATinySliver/ATalkPage 20:14, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Got your point and your right, I also liked to move a little more right when I was taking it, but sadly this is the "rightest" position to take the picture in public area. --mathias K 20:26, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose As written on German FP page: The usage of HDR technique for compensation of bad lighting conditions (which could be much better in the morning) does seldom lead to convincing results. Combination of light and shadow is not a general problem with architecture shots, can also create depth, but the shadow part here is at the right front and imho to prominent.
  • @Tuxyso: No problem with your oppose, but your "much better" example for better lighting has an even more ugly shadow in the foreground comming out of nowhere. This is defenitly no serious alternative in my eyes. --mathias K 13:26, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@mathias K: Cross the "much", photography is ofter about trade-offs. I prefer the trade-off with a well lid building with some strong shadows around the building as shown on the other image. Just my personal opinion - nothing more.

 Support on my opinion this image is great and may be selected as Featured --An678ko (talk) 15:33, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Neutral I really like the composition and perspective but the timing is not the best, that big area in shadow should be avoided. Btw, both sides are leaning in, Poco2 22:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Michael Barera (talk) 01:27, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Sanyambahga (talk) 06:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Something in this image is causing heavy confusion in my brain, but I can't really nail it down. I guess it has to do with the colors: It's obviously a bright sunny day, but the colors look kind of dull, missing vibrance (is that the right term?) or warmth. For example, I would expect the roof of the main building to look similar to the roof of the other church in the background. I very much appreciate you trying to avoid the "obvious HDR look", but it seems to me that you've overcompensated a bit here. --El Grafo (talk) 15:48, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait, I think I've got it now: Most parts of the image (apart from the church in the (right) back and the two smaller buildings in front of it) look very much like it might have looked to a person wearing sunglasses. If I were you, I'd try fiddling around a bit more in post-production – I've got a feeling that you're not far away from a really awesome picture! Cheers, --El Grafo (talk) 15:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 4 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /Jee 02:51, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Sun Temple, Modhera - Sabha Mandap 01.jpg, featured edit

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The Sabha Mandap of the Sun Temple, Modhera, India
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Result: 9 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 02:54, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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image:Señora paulina.jpg, not featured edit

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Mujer negra cubana, representa la permanencia de las tradiciones africanas en Cuba, desde la epoca de la colonia española hasta la actualidad.


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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 03:01, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:US-$2-SC-1896-Fr.247.jpg, featured edit

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US $2 Silver certificate, 1896
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 05:17, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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"Adoration of the Child" by Lorenzo Lotto, an early 16th-century masterpice in the collection of the National Museum in Kraków with Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus as Saint Catherine.
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 13:18, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Aporia crataegi mating podgorje 2012 01.jpg edit

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a mating pair of Aporia crataegi
Nomination denied. Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines because only two active nominations per user are allowed. Jee 03:20, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Prenzlberg SchoenhauserAllee U2 ramp.jpg, not featured edit

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U2 subway line ramp on Schönhauser Allee.
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Result: 12 support, 8 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 13:35, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Musée d'Orsay, North-West view, Paris 7e 140402.jpg edit

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Musée d'Orsay
I don't find the TR crop overly tight, but feel free to have a look at the total panorama (quite some view in its own right!) and suggest what you would prefer. --DXR (talk) 08:24, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I prefer the complete one. I would strongly encourage you to make an alternative (or additional?) nomination. The complete panorama is defintely FP worth and would surely receive a pro vote from me. BTW: Complete pano and crop have similiar resolution. Probably you could additionaly increase the EV of the complete pano if you upload a higher res version. --Tuxyso (talk) 09:12, 3 April 2014 (UTC).[reply]
@-donald- That was an awful one! But it is now ✓ Done. --DXR (talk) 10:18, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Night in Shinjuku 3.JPG, featured edit

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Shinjuku, Tokyo, at dusk: Vibrant city life.
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Result: 10 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 13:24, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Calle en Trinidad que da acceso al Casco Historico.JPG, not featured edit

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Una calle de Trinidad, Cuba, que da acceso al Casco Histórico.
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Result: 10 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 05:15, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Charity gifts for Children with cancer foundation Vanessa Isabel. Pediatric Specialty Hospital of Maracaibo 2
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Result: 3 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 05:16, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cómpeta Complete Panorama View Golden Hour 02 2014.jpg, featured edit

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Cómpeta panoramic view at Golden Hour shortly before sunset
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 05:21, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Donaustadtbruecke-Praterbruecke-DSC 0024w.jpg, featured edit

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Praterbrücke and Donaustadtbrücke seen from Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke.
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 05:18, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Förmiddagsklänning, drottning Victoria - Livrustkammaren - 15799.tif, featured edit

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  • I think it may be a bit on the yellow side. It is hard to tell though with the aged fabric. It is minor so don't get too worried about it. I think if you remove the dusts spots and delicately sharpen the dress when producing the .jpg, you will have a much better result. Saffron Blaze (talk) 17:34, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Jpg-version, less yellow WB, sharpness and some contrast.
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Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 05:11, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Horses at the Latvian Etnographic Museum.
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 05:19, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 05:12, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bonsai Kitten IMGP4387 smial wp.jpg, not featured edit

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Tiger Lilly Marleen (vocals) and Highko Strom (guitar) of the german punk band Bonsai Kitten at Ruhrpott Rodeo 2013
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Result: 6 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 13:07, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tomi Ungerer par Claude Truong-Ngoc mars 2014.jpg, featured edit

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Impressive B&W-image of an impressive person.
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Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 13:09, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Victoria & Albert Museum Central Garden, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, not featured edit

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The central garden of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
  •  Info created by User:Diliff - uploaded by User:Diliff - nominated by User:Diliff. This is a (conservatively) HDR tone mapped image, and stitched with cylindrical projection rectilinear projection. Diliff (talk) 21:01, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Diliff (talk) 21:01, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose -- Stitching makes rectilinear elements on the façade appear curved. Sanyambahga (talk) 06:56, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Will you reconsider? I've re-stitched the panorama with rectilinear projection. I originally chose cylindrical projection to avoid the distortion at the edges (this is a very wide view), but if Commons insists on rectilinear projection, I'm prepared to put up with a bit of edge distortion if Commons is. Diliff (talk) 10:04, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- -donald- (talk) 10:53, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral It's to hard for me to oppose a image of Diliff (I never had done until now). This image is technical on a very high level and more then just a quality image. But the compact impression and the clear and big visible shadow in front blur the composition IMO. So I sadly can't support this image as FP. --Wladyslaw (talk) 14:17, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • No problem. :-) Yeah, the shadow is a bit of a problem. It won't really disappear until the summer when the sun is much higher in the sky. But is very difficult to get a photo of this garden at the museum without any people in it, so I had to go at 10am when it just opened to get a photo without any people. It's usually more like File:VictoriaAlbert2 small.jpg or even more crowded. The people are maybe not such a problem, but then they will be distorted at the edges (distorted people look even worse than distorted buildings!). Some subjects are just very difficult to photograph well. Diliff (talk) 15:07, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Christian Ferrer (talk) 04:14, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose (weak) I have looked at the image serveral times and cannot really make friends with it. The quality is (as expected) outstanding good but the extreme perspective leads imho to an imbalance of image parts. The right front of the building is overemphasized - compare the size of the very right window on the right (the one with the grid) with the grid one at the very left at the same side of the building. Also the pond in front of the building is emphasized due to its closeness to the camera. On your photo the pond is visually larger than the complete entry side of the building. Such a misleading size ratio is not fortunate for an architecture shot. As far as I can judge from afar an exactly centered position had led to a better balance of elements because the entry side of the building is obviously the most interesting one. Probably on the stairs into the pond there could be minor stitching errors (see note), but I am not sure. Just remove the note if I am wrong. --Tuxyso (talk) 13:17, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't think there are any stitching errors. I took the panorama on a tripod with panoramic head so there should be no misalignment. I'll remove the note. Diliff (talk) 22:21, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose I mainly agree with Wladylaw's comment. Top quality but very disturbing shadow. I would have probably try to capture the building without the pond. The right part of the building is also a bit too distorted, sorry Poco2 15:27, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support. I think the rectilinear view is far better. Also, I'm going to be the odd one out here: I think the presentation would have been more interesting had the shadow taken up even more area, say, half-way across the water. —ATinySliver/ATalkPage 07:04, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I looked at this several times and I just can't get past that shadow, as it intrudes so much into the scene and is a distraction. Both projections were fine to me. Saffron Blaze (talk) 02:39, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I do not think that the shadow is too disturbing because it does not cover the building's main part. --EveryPicture (talk) 14:06, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, but I don't like the new projection at all. I maybe could have lived with the horizontals being arched, but now at least the right half looks simply wrong to me. For instance, have a look at the chairs at the right, the ornaments directly above them or the window panes and bricks in that area: They are considerably squeezed. --El Grafo (talk) 15:15, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK, points taken. I'll try to revisit this another time. The main reason why the position of the viewpoint was so close to the water was because the grass was officially 'off limits' due to recent resurfacing, and there was a 'keep off the grass' sign immediately behind which would have been in the photo if I had been further back. Hopefully they'll remove the sign and let people onto the grass and I'll take a photo from further back, meaning less distortion (and hopefully less shadow if I time it better). Diliff (talk) 22:24, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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"Fat Albert" doing a low level pass over Marines at Yuma

 Comment If someone is up for fixing the minor tech issues please address all the sensor spots as well. The photographer's sensor was filthy. Saffron Blaze (talk) 17:42, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Female Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula, portrait. Taken at Martin Mere WWT, Lancashire, UK.
Thanks mathias K - it seems a good sensor (Sony, I think?), esp at low ISO. The fast focus helps, too, esp when I'm among a load of ducks!
Thanks, Tuxyso. How does it look now? --Baresi F (talk) 11:28, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Julian H., your critique is not without merit. I noticed the two areas of clipped whites, but thought they were small enough to be ignored. I should have used some layers to recover those highlights as the RAW has the DR to deal with this. I will see about fixing it when I have some time. Thanks Saffron Blaze (talk) 21:10, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Brightening in post is 'always possible to do', but underexposing and brightening in post is not always a realistic proposition to solve the issues of blown highlights. If you've underexposed too much, you start running out of usable tonal range and the shadow detail looks poor. But if as Saffron Blaze says, there is still highlight detail in the RAW image then perhaps it can be fixed. Diliff (talk) 13:19, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Stitched from several images, each of them being focus-stacked.
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The Quai de l'Horloge
✓ Done PierreSelim, would you please be kind enough to reconsider? --DXR (talk) 21:25, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've strike my oppose. --PierreSelim (talk) 21:47, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Julian, I think this has been caused by the HDR processing. I have tried to keep it to a minimum but it is hard to completely avoid, at least with my tools. --DXR (talk) 08:04, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, that's unfortunate. I'll still  Support. I guess the only way to avoid it then is to manually do the HDR editing, which is admittedly quite difficult to get right, too. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files) 08:20, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Harvest of saffron at a farm in Iran.
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A pair of Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata)
How bizarre - I must have uploaded the original again, although I could have sworn I hadn't. I'll upload the cloned version this evening, cheers.--Baresi franco (talk) 15:34, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Even more strange - I've not done anything, and the dot has disappeared. No change to file upload history, so I must have uploaded the cloned-out version yesterday after all. --Baresi franco (talk) 16:50, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm it's ok on my phone. Probably a saved cache or purging problem on my computer. So problem resolved. (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 06:53, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hehe, I have been caught in cache hell before too. Not even a purge would help. I have learned to leave it for a day and see what happens. In every case it resolved itself as the servers propagate the new image and associated thumbs. Saffron Blaze (talk) 07:08, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Leave it for a day...I'm on computer now and the spot is still there. :( (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 13:35, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry but the picure is not bad but the quality, size and composition are not outstandings IMO for a bird very often photographed. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 15:06, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --DXR (talk) 15:50, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Thanks for the nomination! I had hesitated to nominate this, even though it's a fave of mine, because of the high-ish ISO (I can understand your point Christian, although I would amicably disagree about the composition and size). However, I've gone and looked at some of the other Mandarin FPs, and I think the detail is comparable. And the pair of them posing like that against the background makes it memorable, imo. --Baresi franco (talk) 16:13, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Stones in a shallow part of the Rio "Yayabo" in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.
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Berlin: Bismarck Memorial
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Female Barn Owl
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Another take on bustling Shinjuku, Tokyo, at night. An exposure time of 3 seconds caused light trails that, at least in my eyes, create dynamic verticals leading the viewer into the vivid, colorful center of the image.

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Portal da Catedral de La Seu d'Urgell. Catalonia. Spain.
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Corridor connecting buildings in Czech spa Lázně Bělohrad
Sorry, I believe that image is good enough as it it is presented. --Karelj (talk) 22:49, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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EN57 regional train of the Polish State Railways direction to Malbork at the platform 2 in the Gdańsk main railway station (Gdańsk Główny), Poland.
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Castle Howard Antique Passage
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A Navy salvage diver leaps feet first into calm dark green seawater.
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File:2013. Manavgat River & Mediterranean Sea With Flag.jpg edit

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Turcey Flag (Manavgat River & Mediterranean Sea)
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: so many issues stated above. Jee 16:49, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

File:Helleborus orientalis. Lenteroos 04.JPG, featured edit

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  •  Oppose per EP. --AmaryllisGardener (talk) 23:34, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I like the composition, it has some kind of intimate touch for me. --Uoaei1 (talk) 07:06, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I like the general idea to integrate the columns and poles into the composition and the view is very nice. Photos which make use of such an in-picture framing are ofter very eye-catching. But here I see the problem that the balustrade crosses the bay and convers important parts of the harbour and is too distracting. --Tuxyso (talk) 05:27, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I wish that the shadows in the foreground was brighter, but I like the idea and composition. The picture is also taken from one of Capri's most famous buildings, making it even more logical to include construction details in the foreground.--ArildV (talk) 10:45, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Butterfly Eastern Festoon - Allancastria cerisyi.jpg, featured edit

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I will reprocess it. --Wladyslaw (talk) 10:25, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose A bit bland for FP. A fairly nondescript office building and no redeeming features. Apart from that, the building seems wider at the top than it does at the bottom. Perspective correction overdone? Kleuske (talk) 09:59, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you find this building is nondescript. It's factual a very important exponent of DDR-architecture called Neue Sachlichkeit. I don't think that your personal taste should be indicator for your voting. A perspective reprocessing will be done. --Wladyslaw (talk) 10:25, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Calliteara fascelina
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Deileptenia ribeata
  • agreed. i uploaded a improved version, in wich the light is also improved. i could still add more stone in all directions, but i think that would be too much. --Kulac (talk) 20:17, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hmm should be lowered even further. The picture now appears too dark as well. Probably I can show you my suggested crop if you email me the full size photo or upload it in a separate file and link it here? Then if you agree you can upload it. Don't need to credit me even if you upload it. --(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 15:13, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Dead sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), near road D 35A, Surin, Vienne, France.
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Mold on cheese
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Moldy soft drink
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2 male Dasypoda hirtipes
  • thanks for your great review. Very helpfull... But for real, useless filename?? Are you kidding me? It is a picture of a completly IDed bee. So whats that for an "useless argument"? --07:44, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
  • @Jee You're right with the limited dof. But whats wrong with an overhead view? Do You see everything from sideview? I think an overhead view has the same eligibility like any other direction?! --mathias K 07:47, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Glacier Perito Moreno
  •  Info All by me. The very tight crop is intentional. I feel it helps to "read" the image from left to right, ending at the boat, which is the only element allowing the viewer to get a sense of the sheer size of the ice wall. I made another panorama from the same location with a more conventional crop, but I feel this one is truly superior. -- S23678 (talk) 04:37, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- S23678 (talk) 04:37, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --King of 05:21, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Wow! Yann (talk) 08:23, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Really dislike the crop and the colours/darkness seems significantly altered compared to others in Category:Perito Moreno Glacier. I encourage reviewers to look at the other photos in that category (many taken by S23678). I don't think this is the best photo. -- Colin (talk) 11:28, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I partially agree with Colin. Personally I dont understand the point of isolating the glacier from the environment. There are better compositions imo. For example, your own panorama showing more of the glacier or or take a panorama from this location.--ArildV (talk) 12:18, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Strong Oppose I have no idea what exactly am I looking at. Per Colin. Nice attempt at showing the patterns and size of the glacier, but the picture fails technically, and does not give a overall view of the glacier. Sorry. @S23678 --(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 06:59, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The idea might be interesting, but how it is done here is very unfortunate. Especially the first half (from the left) looks like a crop mistake because one does not know if the glacier should fill the whole frame or not. Also on the first half there is no visible reduction to the inner part of the photo. --Tuxyso (talk) 18:06, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info I knew before proposing this FPC that I was going against the general consensus here, especially for the crop, but I felt the image was still FP worthy. I wont beg for people to change their votes, I will just try to beter explain my "artistic choices" and some of the technical difficulties of such a shot. I know my chances to turn the tide are slim, but I'm willing to face the wind.
    1. Crop : I'll expand on my first "info" bullet. It's very hard to get a sense of the scale of Perito Moreno by just looking at the glacier itself. It's truly a monstrous mass of ice, and very few pictures (IMHO) does justice to its size because of a lack of scale. By keeping a tight vertical crop, the boat isn't lost in the composition, it becomes an obvious element. This panorama isn't a crop from a larger one (all the pictures are exclusive). The extremly small portion missing at the top of the glacier on the extreme left was cut during the trimming of the panorama. I feel it's not a big deal, but I could crop the left of the panorama if some feel it could be a game changer.
    2. Color/brightness : The ice is clearly blue to the naked eye. The -2EV frames would have picked-up darker blues than non-HDR pictures, and I always give my pictures a strong saturation. Wether you like it or not a really a personnal choice that I can't discuss, but at least you know the origin of the color. As for the brightness, the -2EV frames (1/8000s, f/5.6, ISO 100!) were the only one not to overexpose the ice (on an overcast day!). Only the +2EV frames started picking-up colors in the forest, but the exposure fusion of all 3 exposures gave it a "shitty HDR" look, so I kept only the -2 and 0EV frames. As well, the dark forest really isolates and highlights, IMO, the glacier and the boat.
    3. Composition : I divided the image in 3 "thrids", first one shows ice details, the second the entire ice wall and the third is the boat. I know the picture does not shows the entire ice wall (which is impossible to do from the ground because of its concave shape), but are we limited to only showing the "big picture" without ever going into details?
    4. Other pictures : To the voters who proposed some of my other panoramas (with wider FOV) of the glaciers as an alternative , I just want to mention that I had to dismiss most of them as possible FPC because of uneven skies caused by internal lenses reflection from the very bright glacier at the bottom of the frames (this isn't obvious on first look). I'm still glad you liked these panoramas. Sorry for taking up that much space! --S23678 (talk) 22:21, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire, today Cambodia. The 350m-long terrace was used by Angkor's king Jayavarman VII (1125-1218) as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king's grand audience hall.


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Baptismal font in St. Stephen's cathedral, Vienna
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Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
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Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) at rocks in El Torcal, Andalusia
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F-16 Thunderbirds perform the "mirror image" stunt
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Samovsaran Mandir, Palitana, India
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Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhavnagar, India
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High resolution panorama of Trevélez in the Alpujarras, one of the highest located villages in Spain
  •  Info High resolution panorama (55 Mpx) of Trevélez in the Alpujarras, one of the highest located villages in Spain. The sun was already deep to enough have a nice light at the white facades. In the background the snow-covered mountains of the Sierra Nevada are visible. I look forward to your comments

all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 08:16, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Grey foam-nest tree frog
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Es una fotografia muy hermosa, muy buena exposición, y muy buena armonia de color y lineas. Es una imagen muy acertada. --Rsantiaguez

  •  Support The more I look on your church interior shots the more I loose the interest to try good interior shots myself and nominate them here because you set the "benchmark" such high :) Keep on the great work. --Tuxyso (talk) 05:55, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I know you are perhaps talking in jest, but this is a curse of FP -- that the benchmark in some areas is so high we actually stop taking/uploading photographs if we can't compete. And this would be a shame for this particular topic, as many buildings are "at risk" and their beautiful structure and interiors disappear. I think capturing a high quality photo of them along with a free licence is a pretty worthy endeavour, whether one merely manages a single frame or a multi-frame HDR. -- Colin (talk) 07:00, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, in addition to what Colin said, I'm sure you're capable of achieving similar results. You were inquiring about getting a panoramic head recently. That's really the one physical tool that makes these high resolution images possible. Apart from that, it's just a matter of spending time on the photography. You need to spend around 5-10 minutes taking the individual component images (sometimes much more if you have to wait for people to move out of the shot!), and then in the region of 30 to 60 minutes processing and stitching them. So yes, it's not the sort of work that results in a high volume of uploads, but I tend to prefer quality over quantity. Valuable as every image uploaded to Common has the potential to be, I generally don't bother to take a photo unless I expect that it will be one of the best of its kind available, and particularly with a free licence as Colin mentioned. Diliff (talk) 10:56, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Too late for me too. Excellent, I want learn how to do this kind of picture. Leave EXIF information could help. Excellent art work and excellent picture representation --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 12:36, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum
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Night shot of the illuminated fountain in front of the Principal Theater, Puebla, Mexico.
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View from the top of Tavolara island, in Sardinia (Italy)

 I withdraw my nomination, understanding your positions. Thank you DC. Roberto Segnali all'Indiano 13:39, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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AK, I am not sure whether this is a fair comment. I guess this is not observed very often in Singapore, but in the Alps there are some very clear days when the sky appears extraordinarily dark and saturated. I am sure that Wolfgang is experienced enough to set the brightness according to the conditions he experienced. --DXR (talk) 15:40, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@DXR: Haha no. No such thing in Singapore. Our skies are never clear btw. Even when there appears to be a clear blue sky, there is definitely a layer of clouds high up in the sky, probably cirrostratus, as the airport METAR will report "BKN300" (broken clouds at a height of 30000ft/9144m). This probably explains why sometimes skies in photos taken in other parts of the world on a really clear day seems too blue to me. But of courae I still support those photos. And based on your comment above, I've striked my oppose and support. (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 15:54, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I think AK is correct. While I can accept the polarised sky the whole image is still a bit underexposed. That aside, there is a big spot in the sky (upper left - see note) perhaps a flare? Saffron Blaze (talk) 17:13, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Info I fixed the sky with a new upper crop. I am afraid that there is confusion in the terms underexposed and dark. There are no lossed lights in the picture which has a high dynamic range (contrast) due to the light conditions up on 3000 m. elevation with lots of sun and snow. The light conditions of the image are the same as those of the mountain I have skied these days. --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 17:51, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Lastenia Tello de Michelena
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Japanese children play water games at Camp Foster
  • Yeah, the foreground element is unwelcome and is the kind of thing that gets noticed here. Is there others from this shoot that might meet the prevailing standards here better? We do need more images of this nature (human element) here at FPC. Saffron Blaze (talk) 19:04, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I have nominated a Wounded Warrior photograph that stood out for me, where the human interest element is more obvious to a viewer. If anyone wants to mark this one as withdrawn, that's fine. -- (talk) 19:07, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Dog Nap In Colors
Okay, CA is the colorful outline that is caused by imperfections of lenses. You can e.g. see it at the sign that says "No entry under 18", where black lines are surrounded by color that wasn't really there (you can read more here). This is usually easily removed by software and that's why it is usually expected that it is no longer there in FP candidates. --DXR (talk) 12:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank again for your time =) The photo was taken free hand, with a tripod the picture will got more sharpen ofc. But I think this new version I upload is much more sharp and clean. But please give more opinions! Danielåhskarlsson (talk) 12:21, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Very artistic. --King of 10:46, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak  Oppose. The composition is nice, but I don't like the darkening around the dog. At least, I don't like the way it's so obviously darkened. It appears as a halo around the dog, rather than a gradual vignette. Diliff (talk) 11:40, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per "Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer". We expect documentary standards for non-studio shots. In addition to the fake vignette, there's just too much overall manipulation of levels/contrast/saturation. If the islands have colour doors and walls, then show that faithfully, rather than crank the knobs up till my retina's complain :-). -- Colin (talk) 11:48, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Danube
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Cows between rock formations in Parque Natural El Torcal in Andalusia near Antequera

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This is an appropriate image for illustrating images for agricultural articles or the like. It shows a Fendt-tractor with a hay baler in use.
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Anacapri, Villa San Michele, sphinx
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 Support--sure..The Herald 16:35, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hausen im Wiesental: Hebel house (museum).
of course, I have forgotten to photograph a cute animal baby or a flower, next time maybe. --Wladyslaw (talk) 12:28, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Steps in the Main Hall, Aarhus City Hall
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The South facade of Lyme Park House

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  •  Info Taking into account the CA and softness that have been mentioned, I have used a different set of photos and created a panorama. The resolution is higher and there are more details, but it is also sharper I think. I removed the CA too (thought honestly I saw very little to begin with). Sorry to add this so late, have been too busy.
  •  Support I prefer this one, it is better. Julia\talk 22:15, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Michael Barera (talk) 00:32, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support this one's even better. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 21:10, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Better. Jee 02:10, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I'm undecided. It seems a bit too much contrast/clarity, compared to the other one which had softer shadows. Perhaps in the other one the shadows were lifted a bit. And both were taken at the same time, more or less, so conditions would be expected to be the same. The angle of the building has changed -- is this due to a change in camera position or attempt at fixing horizontal perspective with software? If the latter, I'm not sure about it -- flipping between the two I kind of prefer the look of the former and the new one seems slightly wrong but I can't put my finger on it. -- Colin (talk) 07:11, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • My Lightroom history shows that yes, I did lift shadows in the original, and forgot to do the same in the new stitched frames, so that would be the difference you see there, as I left contrast untouched and clarity only a very little. I can fix that and upload over the top. I was in a different position between these two (further to the right for the original), which will account for the different angle, as I didn't fix perspective in either of these. Also bear in mind that the first is just a single frame at 24 mm and the second is a stitch of four images, each at 33 mm. I'm not sure what I can do about the fact that it seems 'slightly wrong' to you, as I don't know what you mean really and I think they both look okay. Julia\talk 15:30, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I suspect my concern about angle is just from flipping between the two and apparently seeing the building change angle without an obvious shift in location of camera. I would prefer the shadows to be less contrasty, but it is your picture and I won't oppose. -- Colin (talk)
  • I lifted the shadows from RAW and restitched. Using a different projection this time gave me a slightly better result that is more like the original. Uploaded over the top. Julia\talk 19:41, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Train station building in Venyov, Tula Oblast, Russia
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Vienna University of Technology, facade illumination during Lange Nacht der Forschung, Karlsplatz, 4th district of Vienna
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Southern Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii)
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Fritillaria imperialis in a bedding with Viola and Tulipa
 CommentIt was handheld, because my tripod is under repair since two weeks. I didn't do an "photoshopping", it's the orignial picture. Mariofan13 (talk) 12:26, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Due to the relatively long exposure time (1/125sec or 1/160 had been better at this focal length) the image is not fully sharp (not fully sharp = blurry). --Tuxyso (talk) 12:33, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Munich, Germany: Eisbach surfer
Its not only AF, your composition is amazing too --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 12:30, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Porsche 997 GT3 RSR of Flying Lizard Motorsports at the 24h Le Mans 2012

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View from Balcón de Europa in Nerja, view north-east
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Memorial stained glass window by Robert Anning Bell
Thanks. I did take different exposures of this window in case I needed HDR but in the end one of the exposures was sufficient for the window itself. I was mainly concerned with the glass as the stonework isn't particularly attractive round the window, with lots of white/dark staining. Although I could raise the shadows to include more of it, the result could be distracting and somewhat artificial; I prefer the near-silhouette. You can see an HDR image of the church interior including this window: File:St Matthew's Church - Paisley - Interior - 5.jpg. The exposure of the window area in that shot is generally brighter with a more compressed tonal range. -- Colin (talk) 16:56, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Aerial photo of Kabul River
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A Wounded Warrior in swimming practice before the annual competition
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Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'

✓ Done Something lighter. --Famberhorst (talk) 19:41, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Cattle at Flumserberg (near Walensee, Switzerland)
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The Kegon Waterfall in Japan.
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Blacklight Margarita Island Sunsat in Las Guevaras, Venezuela
  •  Neutral Stepping back to neutral after a review in QIC. The quality is just not at FP level, the lower part of he picture looks like painted. Poco2 17:44, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This version is not in QIC :) --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 17:45, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_picture_candidates/File:Tamme-Lauri_tamm_suvep%C3%A4eval.jpg

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I am Brazilian. I like Brasilia (or Brasília, in Portuguese) and the works of the city, the federal capital of Brazil. ArionEstar (talk) from Google Translate. 21:07, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Roque Agando (Agando rock) belongs to the Garajonay National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and is not far from San Sebastián de la Gomera, capital of the island of La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain. This 1251 m high volcanic plug is one of the landmarks of the island and has a prominence of 180 m (220 m from the south side).
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Diagram of the planet Saturn
  • Hmm...not sure who's fault is it. Could it be the brightness of your screen? I usually adjust mine to the optimal level for FP or QI voting, and on my screen the colours of the 3 Saturns you've given still look darker than the Saturn in your diagram. :/ --(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 00:29, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • They look pretty similar to me but there's no good way to compare them & my diagram bc the lighting's different in each one. Is this really such a sticking point for you??—Love, Kelvinsong talk 02:19, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't forget my spanish version. Thanks --The Photographer (talk) 01:47, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@The Photographer: ✓ DoneFile:Diagrama de Saturno.svgLove, Kelvinsong talk 17:11, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Thank you. --The Photographer (talk) 19:01, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
nppp!!!—Love, Kelvinsong talk 21:30, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The flower of a Trichosanthes cucumerina in hand
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2013 Porsche 911 (Type 991) Carrera 4S coupe
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Beat Zberg during the prologue of the Tour de France 2006
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Dolomite rock
Well, frankly, I think submitting more-or-less the same unexciting image to FP three times is "not very polite" and just gaming the system. What if everyone did this in the hope that one time the previous opposers might be on holiday or grow tired of opposing? This is a long way from the most impressive example of rock formations in the region (try Google). So are we to expect every funny looking rock in the region to get nominated here? I await Cirque de Mourèze, Hérault 3745.jpg. This is just a QI. The camera did its job. The purpose of FP is to select our finest images, not to pat Christian on the back because this attempt is slightly better than the last one. -- Colin (talk) 08:08, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Wladyslaw, I agree with you that it is not ideal, but you should keep in mind that bridge is extremely bright while the buildings are only illuminated by ambient light. I have already tried all what can be done with normal raw files and I think the result is borderline but just acceptable, although I understand other opinions here. In principle, HDRs could solve that, but that will probably cause a massive mess with the water, especially when stiched. Perhaps this conflict could be avoided by shooting earlier (I will certainly do this in the future), this was not possible on that day since a cruise ship was turning in the river, pretty much destroying the scene. --DXR (talk) 20:40, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Can you try partial HDR only in this mentioned areas? I know it's much work. I agree with you that HDR will destroy the water, this is here definitivly a highlight. So I thought about partial work. -- -donald- (talk) 07:41, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately I do not have the exact frame in different exposures, so HDR is not really an option here. The only possiblity would be cloning these areas from a slightly different frame. This would certainly take hours if done very well on my desktop with a fast processor and a good mouse, but unfortunately I cannot access this PC until the end of May since it is at my home in Germany. I have tried it on my slightly old laptop but the results are just not good enough in gimp since everything is just lagging and precise operations are very difficult when dealing with such large files. --DXR (talk) 12:05, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes of course, I thought about new pictures. -- -donald- (talk) 18:52, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I will take more photos, but not sure whether they will make their way to commons given the issues with FoP. If they come out well, I'll probably upload them at the Wikipedias that are less restrictive... --DXR (talk) 21:34, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Naqsh-e Jahan Square by Pascal Coste 1 Ver2.jpg, not featured edit

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This is the the original version I got directly from source. I remind you: First of all This image is not cropped. Second, Even if you see images from original source, it is not faithful. This small water paint has been drawn on a piece of paper about 200 years ago. During the time paper color became dark yellow to brown (If you see unretouched black and white images of this book, you can see this effect much better). The paints color has been changed as well during time. Therefore after changing some tones, not 100% sure but I believe it is more likely to the original image at the time it has been drawn. You can see drawings, specially sky, is much more clear than before.Monfie (talk) 15:38, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Not cropped? The original version have more sky.--ArildV (talk) 16:33, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Redningsbåden køres gennem klitterne (high resolution).jpg, featured edit

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The Lifeboat is Taken through the Dunes by Michael Ancher
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View of Teruel at dusk from the tower of the Church of St. Salvador, Aragón, Spain
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File:Lido de Thau, Sète, Hérault 07.jpg, not featured edit

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Lido de Thau, Sète, Hérault, France.
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File:Pyrrhula pyrrhula female 2.jpg, featured edit

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Eurasian Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, female
 Comment Really very nice, well done. I remember being camouflaged for hours at the mercy of bloodsucking mosquitoes in the jungle of Margarita Island for a poor decision. Sometimes it is simply a matter of luck --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 12:51, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Wilfredo. It would be worth putting up with a lot to get a lucky shot like that :) --Baresi F (talk) 18:55, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
In certain circumstances, it is about making a burst of 100 pictures, and then do the big task of evaluating each photograph. Nice Shoot, you are welcome --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 02:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pointing that out Jebulon, as I'd definitely missed it. I've uploaded a new version with the chroma noise reduced - is it any better? comment of Baresi franco who forget sign
Yes, it is better, and I'm proud if my comment made the picture better, but I still see something... Anyway, I'm not a good judge anymore. I've seen a flaw once, and now I only see this part of your picture, sorry...--Jebulon (talk) 16:08, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Human nature. :) We may not see the flaws initially, but when we eventually spot it, we keep focusing on that. I've had this experience many time before. ;) --(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 02:13, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Mallard duck and 12 chicks
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File:St Etheldreda's Church 1, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, featured edit

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File:St Etheldreda's Church 1, London, UK - Diliff.jpg
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Terrace of the Lions in Delos, Greece
  • I think that is what en:FP is for :-) Saffron Blaze (talk) 21:13, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't know what en:FP is for (except confusing), and I don't care because I work on fr:wp, and fortunately, there is no picture contests in this wikipédia, here I am (you are) on "Commons", and I strongly support Archaeo in his opinion. You english speaking people have two FP contests in mind, we french speaking users have only "Commons". That's why we often suffer of disagreements, and why we don't judge with the same criteria. The spirit of "Commons" FPC is slightly moving in a wrong direction IMO: some of us forget the basis and the ruling criteria....--Jebulon (talk) 22:48, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Jeb, en:FP rewards EV above all else. Commons looks for a balance of technical, art and beauty in any reasonable combination. It's not hard to separate the two. However, if you are expecting Commons to become more EV focused I think you will be disappointed. It has never been that way to my knowledge. I agree though, FPC is moving in the wrong direction as the bar for "finest" is being lowered in an almost systematic way. Saffron Blaze (talk) 01:20, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Drinking fountain between the benches in Aarhus City Hall

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Lizzard (Sceloporus mucronatus), archeological area of Cantona, Puebla, Mexico.

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English: Roe deer - male Polski: Sarna - kozioł


Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Too many technical issues. Blurness, noise, background problems etc. I would be very, very surprised if this nomination is successful, as the photo clearly does not meet the FP criteria at one glance. --(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 15:18, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

File:Scallop Neurological Diagram.svg edit

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Scallop neurological diagram
  •  Info created by KDS444 - uploaded by KDS444 - nominated by KDS444 -- KDS444 (talk) 07:46, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- A little context: this image is a full false color rendition of a similar diagram from a monograph on giant scallops. I realize it looks a little like something out of The Matrix, but this is in fact the actual arrangement of the neural system of a scallop. I have produced it here with lighter color shades representing those parts closer to the viewer, and darker shades as those further away: in this way, one can see that the system is arranged in a single "folded" circle/ loop connected to the various ganglia via nerves, with the animal's "left" half on one side and "right" half on the other (the scallop is, in this sense, "facing" the viewer... Though scallops, of course, don't have faces!). I have also attempted to show all nerves as having 3-dimensional round (cylindrical) shapes (i.e., their actual shapes) and have shown every nerve in its actual position and locus of connection. In the end, the image is highly accurate. And it wasn't easy! Also note that the image has been purged of all raster components. What is left is strictly vector-based. KDS444 (talk) 07:46, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Cayambe (talk) 15:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Excellent Svg work, easy to underestand and hight EV. We need support it. --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 01:56, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is the original monograph online? And if so, could you give us a link to it? This diagram is very beautiful indeed, but I would just like to check it against the original. Also, do we know for sure that this arrangement is the same in all scallops? Or is the diagram really just for one species of giant scallop? Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 13:31, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • The original image file has the information to the source, but let me give it again here: Drew, Gilman Arthur. 1906. The habitats, anatomy, and embryology of the giant scallop (Pecten tenuicostatus, Mighels). Figure 23/ Plate 12. The diagram is specifically of a giant scallop-- more than that, of course, it is a diagram of one particular giant scallop, the one that Drew used for his own illustration! I know of no reason to expect other scallops to have a very different neurology, though I would be glad to narrow the claim of this image to being that of a giant scallop only. KDS4444 (talk) 00:43, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • So the book dates from 1907. It is online here: [1] By the way, this is usually called "the nervous system" rather than the "neurology". I am studying the images on his plates now. Invertzoo (talk) 01:19, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comparing this diagram with the original, I have found one nerve (on each side) that has been accidentally omitted, an unbranched one at the front of the diagram, one that runs out almost level with the visceral ganglia. It also it seems to me that the cerebral ganglia need to be far more swollen and rounded-looking, as they are in the original, otherwise they don't even really look like ganglia. And in the original, the anterior pallial nerve comes to more of a point at the top. I am tired tonight but I will look again in the morning and see if I can spot anything else. I must say however in KDS444's favor that the 3-D rendering makes the diagram very much easier to understand than the original. Invertzoo (talk) 01:33, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Let me re-examine my diagram in light of these comments and revise as necessary. It is a quarter past 5:00 in the morning here in L.A., and I am very tired-- later today I will consider a reconstruction along these suggested (and no doubt accurate) lines. Aside: it was the utter confusion I experienced while looking at Drew's original strange image that inspired me to create my own based on his work, a version that wouldn't invoke such cerebral cacophony and confusion. Hopefully this will bear out in the end! KDS4444 (talk) 12:22, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • This diagram that KDS4444 has made is indeed a gorgeous rendering which really shows the 3-D arrangement of the nervous system. However, this morning I have noticed a couple more little things: where smaller nerves attach to larger nerves, if you look at the original you will see that the smaller nerves sort of blend in, with a curved line, rather than attach like one piece of pipe to another, or just sort of stop when the smaller nerve hits the larger nerve. Judging by dissections I have done of other organisms, the original is how things actually look in real life. Another thing: in the original the branchial (gill) nerves are drawn as just ending in mid-air, if you look at the original you will see what I mean. I assume the author did not want to superimpose the enervation of the gills on top of the general enervation diagram, which would make it REALLY confusing. In this new version it looks as if the branchial nerves just taper to points in the distance and that is that. I don't know what the bronchial (gill) enervation is really like, but I would be pretty sure that it is more complicated than that. Many thanks for your hard work KDS4444! Invertzoo (talk) 16:47, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I found a couple more things needing fixing. I would go ahead and label the nerves which are marked as "ppn" in the original. I think "ppn" means posterior pallial nerve, (but please check this in the caption for the plate!). Also if you look carefully at the original, the palp nerves branch off of the cephalic ganglia itself, not off of the thin nerve running upwards, the "apn", the anterior pallial nerve. What you have labelled the "anterior pallial nerve" is actually the "cpn" (does that maybe stand for the central pallial nerve? -- check in the caption of the original plate.) And why does the cerebral commissure change color halfway round it? Is is a ring-shaped structure and should all be the same color. I hate to say it, but I now also see a couple more things that are a bit off. Perhaps I should hold off until you have fixed what I have mention so far? Thanks, and sorry to be a pain, Invertzoo (talk) 20:43, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am sorry. I would like to withdraw the image from candidacy. I will work on my worm image now. Thanks! KDS444 (talk) 09:56, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination KDS444 (talk) 09:58, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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16 types of wood
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Cartoon of British views on the war against Spain, Pyne 1790-1810.
  •  Info created by William Pyne, scanned by the Library of Congress - uploaded by
  •  Support as nominator; see this jpeg version if you prefer to use the Commons ZoomViewer. This is a difficult document to digitize due to size (45 inches or 1.14 metres wide) and this is part of the reason for nominating it as an exemplar of the excellent work of the archivists at the Library of Congress in releasing the British Cartoon Prints Collection. Pyne was notable for establishing the Royal Watercolour Society. This cartoon is historically significant as it was made at the time of the Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) showing stereotypes of the Spanish as expressed by different classes of the British population. It is a rare example of William Pyne's humorous cartoons (the only political cartoon of his that I can find on Commons), the majority of his published work being palace illustrations and British costumes. The digitization shows detail of costumes and characters, sufficient for each to be taken as a separate detailed illustration. The full size image shows natural foxing due to age, and creases from being folded up, which it was designed to do, but these do not detract from the impact or quality of the etchings. The main humour of the text is to poke fun at the Spanish, with the cobbler calling them "fish-eating rascals" and the journalists for the Spanish Gazette having nothing to report (on the left) while the British cryers (on the right) are exhausted from having ten years worth of incidents to report in one day. I would hope that a consequence of bringing attention to this cartoon would be to help improve Wikipedia articles about Pyne, at the moment the article about his life exists only in English and is a stub. -- (talk) 15:51, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Remember add a short description in image hint look up .tiff|600x300px|SHORT DESCRIPTION]] --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 16:06, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Missed that, added one now. -- (talk) 16:13, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Fog over Erlauf river, seen from Blassenstein mountain

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Fog over Erlauf river, seen from Blassenstein mountain

Perhaps because it is the original nomination not a new one. Saffron Blaze (talk) 05:36, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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Cover of old book
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Capilla de Lourdes
  •  Oppose Very nice scene but overprocessed and soft at 6MP. Why are the colours so different in File:Lourdes Chapel.jpg which appears to be the same photo but without the bird removed. The trees in the nomination photo have a white outline against the sky, compared to the other photo. The sloping white faces of the church are near white in the second photo but considerably darker in this nomination, suggesting the highlights are lowered too much -- a white surface facing the sun would be expected to be white. This makes the tonal range compressed. The scene could be fantastic at a slightly better time of year when the trees are less bare. -- Colin (talk) 12:23, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment The other version is a pratice test with CaptureNX2 without real colors and with a fake bird. You can download the NEF file and try by yourself develope the jpg, if you want (you can find the link in file description) --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 18:01, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not particularly impressed that this is the second fake you've uploaded to Commons. At least File:Lourdes Chapel.jpg now admits this, but wouldn't it be better to request its deletion. -- Colin (talk) 20:14, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This nomination is not a fake. Why delete File:Lourdes Chapel.jpg? If you consider that in commons should not be altered images, please also nominates all pictures in Photomontages of animals and Photomontages, You are free to nominate it to deletion. ;). By the way, it's a good idea to focus on this nomination. A hug --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 12:17, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Crown of the Queens of Bavaria
  •  Info created by Biennais, Nitot and Leblond - Photographied, uploaded and nominated by me -- Jebulon (talk) 14:33, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support New in "Commons", a masterpiece of the french 19th-century jewelry, made in Paris for Queens of Bavaria in 1806-1807 (altered in 1867), when the bavarian electorate was erected as a kingdom, allied of Napoleon. In use until 1918. Gold, silver, pearls, diamonds and other gems. On display (behind a glass...) at the "Schatzkammer", in the Residenz of Munich, Bavaria, Germany.-- Jebulon (talk) 14:33, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Yann (talk) 16:17, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry. IMO it would better with the full base (at the bottom).--XRay talk 16:40, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Could you elaborate a bit on the shooting conditions? I obviously have no business with this sort of photography and will therefore not make a vote, but the exif leaves me a bit wondering. Did you hand-hold it for 0.2s or could you push it against something stable? It looks a bit soft (in the sense of denoised) to me for a ISO 400 image. --DXR (talk) 20:00, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Speechless again... Lack of base of the cushion, and questions about Exif Data, that's only what suggests this picture ? I took this image hand hold (or maybe I used the glass as stable surface, I don't remember). I post processed with Lightroom5, and after that with GIMP. I used luminance and color denoising with Lightroom5, adjusted sharpness a very little, and the white balance too. After that, with GIMP, I used the selective blur tool in order to correct the noise of some pearls, one after the other. I removed some disturbing elements in background by cloning out, and corrected the perspective a very little bit. This image was taken without tripod nor flash in a museum full of tourists, behind a glass, it is as difficult as it is interesting, a real challenge.--Jebulon (talk) 21:00, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not looking to get into an argument here, but I'm not sure you should be "speechless" that an image of a crown, even if it's admittedly a beautiful one, will not blow everyone of his feet if nominated as a commons FP. As I said, I will refrain from voting, but I think my question regarding the quality was legitimate and your comments help assess the quality of your work here in a postive way. --DXR (talk) 21:31, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The fact that it was challenging to capture this picture does not add any value to the photo. Photographers often mistakenly think it does but I'm afraid it doesn't. Some get rewarded because they were lucky, some work hard and and the outcome is slightly above the average. That's life.. --85.253.101.104 21:24, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Nonsense imo. Of course it makes a difference, but IP commenters have usually presented themselves to be fairly stubborn in their opinions, so what's the point of debating here... --DXR (talk) 21:31, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • As for me, I just asked for assessments, nothing else. I gave explanations because I was asked for. I don't think long discussions make a photo better (I tend to think the contrary). Shall I suppress Exif Data next time ? That's the question... Something like "Love it, or leave it"--Jebulon (talk) 21:59, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support For once I'm not bothered by the bottom crop ... because the base blends so well into the background that you might not notice unless it's pointed out. And, really, the crown captures so much attention you won't mind. Daniel Case (talk) 17:17, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --JLPC (talk) 10:57, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak  Support given the circumstances quality is very decent. High EV! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 12:43, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support The cropped base allows the attention to concentrate on the crown. Enough of the base is there to let the imagination (our brain) 'see' the missing part. Very good technical quality and high EV. --Cayambe (talk) 19:21, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Michael Barera (talk) 22:14, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose I understand the challenging conditions (I've been there) and I appreciate the editing work of Jebulon done here but the quality is still not at QI level to me (yes, I doubt it can get better, but that's a different topic): not enough DoF, dark halos around the pearls in the background, some of the reflections don't look natural to me, it is ccw (taking the cross in the top as reference) and overall lack of sharpness. I wouldn't manage it better, but I just judge the result. Poco2 09:22, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment As one can see here, the so-called tilt is in real. I think there are also positive things to say "in pro" for this picture, but even negative, I thank you for your detailed and useful review, apart of the tilt, nothing of what you say is really wrong... BtW, it is already a QI...--Jebulon (talk) 13:59, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • Sorry, I meant FP level instead of QI level, I guess I spend too much time at QI... And, of course there are positive things to say about it, and as said, I will not even try to get this shot. Poco2 22:07, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:37, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 10:20, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Mount Rushmore Monument

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Mount Rushmore Monument

@Saffron Blaze: ✓ Done. Also wanted to know. ArionEstar (talk) from Google Translate. 13:40, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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  • I spent some time to understand the subject. Mount Rushmore says "The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore." So it is an object if it is a sculpture; it is a place if it the mountain. Any way I don't want it to place under "natural" is it is not very natural now. Any other editor can change the category if he prefer/think so. :) Jee 12:50, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Munich subway station Westfriedhof
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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A Ukrainian religious painting, from an iconostasis, showing the Adoration of the Shepherds. Tempera on wood, between 1650 and 1700.
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Town Event Hall ("Stadthalle") of Mülheim an der Ruhr at blue hour
  •  Info all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 19:39, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 19:39, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, too dark. Yann (talk) 07:41, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • IMHO it is not that bad, even dark structures are still visible. Yann, have you looked on the correct version? Yesterday I've uploaded a brighter version, probably you've seen an old version in the cache. --Tuxyso (talk) 11:34, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It's too dark. Trust us on this one. Daniel Case (talk) 02:52, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Daniel it is not the question if I trust you and Yann or not. If it is the perception of you then I take it seriously. Nonetheless a few questions: What is the best brightness for such a shot? As you can see it is not a classical cityscape - you have only lights which brighten the main building and few lights at the left part of the bridge - the dark parts are trees. In short: Longer exposure with HDR or earlier shot? I've exposed in a way that the bright parts of the building are barely not burnt. Additionaly the sun sets behind the right part of the building thus you have at the beginning of the blue hour a strong brightness gradient on the sky. Another possibility had been to take the shot early in the morning before sunrise (sun behind me), but I do not know if the nice lighting of the building is there at that time. What would you suggest? --Tuxyso (talk) 07:41, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • In my opinion, the darkness is correct. It is night, and this emphasizes the situation. A night shot, in which can be seen more than is lit, I think is unrealistic. This composition with the lights reflected in the water and the rest of the twilight hour I find a good balance.--XRay talk 08:23, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There's no EV in this one because we can't really see the shape of the building behind the lights. Therefore the darkness is not correct. Daniel Case (talk) 03:29, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Town Event Hall ("Stadthalle") of Mülheim an der Ruhr at blue hour

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Of course yes, you could upload in another version in this nomination --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 23:10, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The colours are oversaturated. While I am here... not fond of the crop/composition either... image is split in half. Saffron Blaze (talk) 06:31, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Traditional n easter breakfast with eggs, ham, and [en:nut roll
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Whistlejacket is an oil-on-canvas painting from about 1762 showing the Marquess of Rockingham's racehorse, rearing up against a blank background. Edited by uploader from National Gallery scan to add lost "brownspace" to the left and right of the painting.
  • Sorry for the late reply. However, I disagree with your opinion. We have many paintings, which have been given FP status on various wikipedias, elevated to FP status in commons. For example this pic got FP staus, this one and many more are there. IMHO, EV is an advantage for a pic in commons, besides technical quality. Nikhil (talk) 04:43, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am not suggesting EV isn't a consideration on Commons. I am saying a good scan of a high EV paiting should not be the threshold for FP status on Commons. Commons is about the image... and without the written backstory in the WP article as to why this is such an important painting it becomes are rather unremarkable image to me. Saffron Blaze (talk) 13:41, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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a zinnia elegans flower in nallur, jaffna, sri lanka
  • We have many arthropod ones because of one or two dedicated individuals. If your concern is systemic bias I will inform you I couldn't care less. BTW, focus stack was just one option. It is not my job to teach people how to photograph flowers in a compelling way. My job is state I don't think this is one of them. Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:56, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I mostly agree with Saffron on this. I suspect mentioning focus stack may have touched a nerve -- something that isn't really feasible except for cut flowers in the home. But that is merely one technique that one could be used. As an example, there's a rather nice Bing desktop photo of a zinnia you can Google for. There's also an existing File:Zinnia elegans with Bombus 01.JPG featured picture. Unlike animals that fly about, flowers are rather easier to take a frame-filling shot. And there are a huge multitude to choose. So making someone go wow requires something a bit special. Like with sunsets, you might think that having a beautiful subject would make the task easy, but perhaps not. -- Colin (talk) 20:52, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Statue of Juscelino Kubitschek, the founder of Brasilia, in front of the JK Memorial in Brasilia.
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File:Trompe l oeil Emperor's Courtyard Residenz Munich.jpg, featured edit

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Trompe l'Oeil in Residenz, Munich.
Oh, what a good idea ! I'll think of it next time ! --Jebulon (talk) 18:59, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure some people actually know what Trompe-l'œil means Saffron Blaze (talk) 05:39, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The image is made in the natural environment. With 3 flashes if there is no background nearest the background appears black (even in the daytime). In this case it suffices to choose a branch isolated. This technique allows the interest focus on a part of the image.--Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Royal Bengal Tigress
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Totally falls out of criteria. --(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 01:56, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

File:Fabrègues Plain, Fabrègues, Hérault 01.jpg edit

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Fabrègues Plain, Hérault.

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Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) in Wildpark Johannismühle, Brandenburg, Germany
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Berlin: Bellevue Palace
If you look at the 100%-view you'll see that the image is horizontal straightened. Nevertheless the builings is located at a small slope so it might seem a bit angular. But this is reallity. The Bellevue Palace isn't even Versailles ;-) --Wladyslaw (talk) 10:16, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:St Stephen Walbrook Church Interior 2, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, featured edit

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File:St Stephen Walbrook Church Interior 2, London, UK - Diliff.jpg
Yes, the seats are cut, that's what I mean --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 13:37, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I would have preferred more of the seats in the foreground too, but it was not physically possible. My tripod was pushed up against a pillar directly behind the camera, so I could not go back any further. And to tilt the camera down further would result in a lot of distortion. Already, the viewpoint is looking down at perhaps a 60 degree angle at the bottom of the frame. The field of view is extremely large. Diliff (talk) 10:01, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I underestand the situation. You could merge severals pictures in the future? --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 11:46, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:2014.03.29.-08-Mannheim Neckarau Waldpark-Wiesen-Schaumkraut.jpg, not featured edit

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Result: 5 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /A.Savin 21:26, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Norbert Kiss - GP Camión de España 2013 - 08.jpg, featured edit

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Truck pilot Norbert Kiss at the Spain Truck GP 2013.
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 05:16, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:USO-Sale Sharks - 20131205 - Ballon flottant.jpg, featured edit

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 05:18, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Jasná Ski Resort - gondola lift Kosodrevina - Chopok (1).jpg, not featured edit

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Jasná Ski Resort - gondola lift Kosodrevina - Chopok
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Result: 4 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /(✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 11:56, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Capri BW 2013-05-14 17-20-55 DxO.jpg, not featured edit

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Capri, Marina Grande
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File:Rumex pictus 1.jpg, not featured edit

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Rumex pictus
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Result: 3 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 03:25, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Aschaffenburg - Schloss Johannisburg 01.JPG, not featured edit

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en:Schloss Johannisburg in en:Aschaffenburg, Germany
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Jee 14:59, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hotel Iberostar Málaga Playa Torrox Costa 2014.jpg, featured edit

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Hotel Hotel Iberostar Málaga Playa in Torrox-Costa (62 Mpx high res panorama)
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Result: 13 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 15:12, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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