निर्वाचित चित्र उम्मीदवार वो चित्र (छवियाँ) हैं जिनके कॉमन्स पर सर्वोत्तम चित्रों में से एक होने के लिए समुदाय के लोग मतदान करेंगे। यह सूची उन उम्मीदवारों की है जो निर्वाचित चित्र हो सकते हैं। आज का चित्र निर्वाचित्र चित्रों में से चुनी हुई एक छवि होगी।
यदि आपको लगता है कि आपने एक महत्वपूर्ण चित्र प्राप्त अथवा निर्मित किया है जो उपयुक्त चित्र विवरण और मुद्राधिकार के साथ है, तब निम्न कार्य करें।
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Comment Manifest photo, lighting and spectacular daily human activity in this hidden area. I think the noise elimination could be improved, I find it excessive since it has eliminated any texture of the skin on the person's face. Also a chromatic aberration in the bull/cow bear --Wilfredor (talk) 21:48, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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It's just a nice photo with decent quality and resolution. No "wow" effect at all, sorry. Also it's pretty noisy with strange compression artifacts (you can see it clearly in darker areas). Composition could be better by i.e. aligning ripple marks with frame diagonal. New category is much better, but from texture photography I expect exceptional quality. Chepry (talk) 14:50, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Definite FP composition and technical quality. Could you spend 20 minutes improving the black background around the subject. Boring work, but needed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:21, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Charlesjsharp: my understanding is that I did in 15 min what you asked me to do in 20 min. If there are any issues peding to be adressed, could you add a note? I'd fix them, of course. --Poco a poco (talk) 14:05, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ahem... There really is no reason to flip the finger in the way you do on the permission parameter. You have already been generous enough to supply the cc-zero license. Just because some people here and on the internet are a-holes, you don't need to pick up that behavior too. There are enough bad vibes going around here to power up a small city; we don't need more of that. Please. --Cart(talk)19:29, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tangentially, why is {{WTFPL}} even a template? While I myself have no problem with "Permission is granted to do what the fuck you want to with this document under the terms of the WTF Public License, Version 2." (and take it very lightheartedly), Commons is a multilingual wiki and not everyone (especially non-native English speakers) will perceive it that way. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:15, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The reason why I asked Wilfredor to remove it was simply because I think we owe it to readers and the people re-using our photos to be met with a civilized tone when they view our best pictures. The bitter aftermath from recent licensing discussions should not spill over to the more "official" part of Commons. Imagine an 8 year-old looking for a picture of an old Canadian house for their school project and be met with that wording. Personally and IRL, I swear a lot, in several languages (you should hear me in Spanish!), but there is a time and place for everything. This is not about how much crude language we editors are comfortable with, but how we present Commons to the rest of the world. I think we could add FPs to the quote. ;-) Regarding the template, since there is an article about it, I guess someone thought it was a good joke to create the template. Templates can be used for so many things, not just for Commons official things. There are plenty of personal and other minor templates. --Cart(talk)10:09, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I casually swear a lot in English IRL (sometimes even on-wiki when appropriate), but agreed that this is not the place for it. --SHB2000 (talk) 12:13, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Is this just an ordinary house? I think it's a good picture anyway, and I think a well-lit, well-composed photo of an ordinary house ought to be a possible subject for an FP. Cmao20 (talk) 01:25, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Atmospheric and well composed photo of an old but working house. You could argue about the two cropped chairs (that actually mirrors each other), but testing cropping them out makes it looks like a museum. Now you get the sense that this interior continues throughout the house. I'm glad to see that you brought your skill for photographing inside houses with you, all the way from Venezuela to Canada. --Cart(talk)14:30, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This house brings back good memories for me. It's located in a secluded area of a rural zone on the island of Orleans, Quebec. A picturesque place surrounded by gardens of vegetables and fruits around the house, and close by, a stable withgoats, egg-laying hens, and further away, a wheat plantation with a beautiful old barn that, in the afternoon light, seemed as if the roof was honey-colored. Nearby, a small stream flows. My wife and I went to this place to spend much of her pregnancy there, which brought her peace and tranquility, although soon after came the most difficult event of my life: the loss of our baby at 4 months of gestation, which among other things ended our years-long relationship. I mention all this because I took a photo in front of that house where she was sitting in an old rocking chair, holding her belly with a smile and her eyes closed—probably the most beautiful featured image I ever took, but I had to delete it because keeping it would be torture. Moreover, she and I are no longer together. I know this has nothing to do with this photo but I wanted to provide some context. Behind every photo, there's an additional story. I don't care if this photo is featured or not, this is not a chatgpt speech to manipulate anything. Wilfredor (talk) 18:05, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We understand. No ChatGPT could sound so sad. Sometimes you just need to say things to lighten the burden of carrying it. --Cart(talk)23:12, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Support I like this interweaving of shadows and perspective (also in the background) that help each other by creating continuity to the composition. --Terragio67 (talk) 09:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Info An underground cellar with old oak barrels where five to twenty year old wine distillates mature to produce an aged liquor. The location is the Yerevan Brandy/Cognac Factory (est. 1887) underground cellars, Yerevan, Armenia. The same basic blending and aging technology is shared by a number of high-end producers from countries such as Armenia, Russia (Dagestan), Italy, Spain, France (the pioneer of brandy making) and others. All by -- Argenberg (talk) 20:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support The composition was chosen to reveal a large, repeating geometric pattern as a side effect for texture photography. -- Argenberg (talk) 20:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yann, I’ve reduced the color temperature (-200 kelvin on the Lightroom scale). I believe 3600K is very close the ambient lighting of the scene. --Argenberg (talk) 13:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I’ve learned to appreciate fine luminance noise, here it blends organically into the oak wood fiber, but OK, here’s a version with more noise control. --Argenberg (talk) 13:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Info The Seaside Sanatorium is a historic medical facility in Connecticut designed by Cass Gilbert. It was the first institution built specifically for "heliotropic treatment" for tuberculosis. The treatment had to do with the role of vitamin D in fighting the disease. Not long thereafter, though, a vaccine was developed, making the treatment unnecessary. It served a couple other purposes before permanently closing. Now it's a public park. It's an unusual space, so I put together a panorama of the building. The other version is nice in that it includes part of the beach, but I think this is the better combination of composition/light. all by — Rhododendritestalk | 20:09, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Either not in focus or somehow too soft. Could be camera limitations but 1/250 sec not usually fast enough for hand-held shot using 280mm. F5.6 has restricted DoF. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:24, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for your review. I just uploaded a new file with highlights edited. In my opinion, this image is more interesting than the one you linked because : 1) the sun is illuminating the mountain gorilla eyes, showing all the beauty of their color in the sun; 2) The eyes of the mountain gorilla image you linked have barely no details distinguishable; 3) I've seen almost no other image on the internet showing how the mountain gorilla eyes are when illuminated by direct sun light. Giles Laurent (talk) 11:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
None of your linked gorillas are illuminated by sunlight. Both of your linked gorillas are looking on the far left or far right. First link only show eyes and not the face. Giles Laurent (talk) 15:52, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment FPC is a wonderful place where you can learn so much. Ordinary mortals (like yours truly) would be scrupulous about always citing examples of other photographers in such matters, but certainly not their own insignificant works, to avoid any impression of vanity. But great men are free from such false considerations, and I can only admire Charles’ generosity in liberally presenting us with outstanding examples of his own artistry in his gracious comments. We can all learn a lot from these grandiose gestures. – Aristeas (talk) 08:57, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I bow before a great man and ordinary mortal. Although I always thought great men wouldn't need to use sarcasm. FPC is a competition and I'm sorry if the existing FPs I referenced are my own. On another current FP nomination I reference a better image that is not my own. You have also possibly not noticed that when I opposed this nomination it was horribly overexposed; there was also a distracting twig. I am now neutral about it. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:00, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support the light makes this a good portrait. I'd recommend cloning out that little twig in the top-right, though -- it's bright enough to be distracting. — Rhododendritestalk | 20:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Weak oppose I like a colorful subject, but I don't think this narrow DoF and composition quite do the subject justice. Maybe closer, maybe further away, maybe more DoF? It's a difficult call, but for me it falls just slightly on the side of oppose. — Rhododendritestalk | 20:22, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Support I like it. Good quality and a fun variety of interesting items. Shame about the out of focus item in the foreground. Cmao20 (talk) 18:13, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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@talk He is there all day, they have exchange around noon, maybe later. 4 doors - 4 guards, than inside too (each corner), and horse outside complex (2 cavarlyman). --Mile (talk) 08:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Like the image but would have tried cropping tighter all around to remove the dark lines at the edges and bring the guard closer in the frame. --GRDN711 (talk) 02:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
DoneGRDN711 Right you are, i think contrast is better now, passing from white on color guard and doors. It wasnt so much bringing closer but contrast is better. --Mile (talk) 09:30, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Nice composition with the bend of the roads in the centre, the park and lower houses at the left, the water at the right … – Aristeas (talk) 18:22, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support The lack of perspective correction doesn't bother me here. This isn't conventional architectural photography, it's about the colours, lines, shapes and repeating motifs. I find this photo artistically worthwhile and great fun to look at. But it is very small. Cmao20 (talk) 14:37, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I appreciate the photographer's eye -- there is a good motif in the architecture and lighting here -- but I find the composition a bit unbalanced and the standard for detail in architectural photos at FPC is higher than 3MP, sorry to say. — Rhododendritestalk | 20:28, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Superb composition but I'm not sure it's sharp enough for FP. It could also do with a slight perspective correction. Cmao20 (talk) 14:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Done, thank you. I couldn't get the exact same development because software evolves but I tried to get as close as possible while leveraging some improvements. --Trougnouf (talk) 11:49, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Very sharp, but that's the minimum expectation for a captive animal IMO. I don't think it's a compelling composition, with the light on its back, flat expression, and most of the body missing. — Rhododendritestalk | 20:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Detail is not that good. Much processing and the head-on view gives little DoF. Reflections on the right hand side are distracting. Surely it is a staged image? More than happy to apologise to John if it isn't.Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
CommentCharlesjsharp & Poco a poco: this specimen is standing in the water! Nevertheless, Euastacus species have the tendency to leave the water and walk about on land. Not knowing any background and adding a comment like Surely it is a staged image is imo very narrow-minded. -- Ivar (talk) 10:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is true for several species of crayfish. My neighbor on Gotland had a big pond with crayfish, and I would often see them on the road as they went in search of new wet areas. That way they populated a nearby small stream. --Cart(talk)19:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Nice, but the unfocused reflections on the right side of the picture bother me a lot. ★12:29, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose I'm not sure it has enough depth of field to be FPC and I suspect JJ would not have chosen to nominate this one. It's QI but not one of his best. Cmao20 (talk) 14:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Certainly not a good illustration for an identification book. The fancy bokeh seems to indicate that this time JJ Harrison was after something else: the photo makes the crayfish look like a creature from another planet. This is indeed important and useful. When you want to fire laymen and laywomen for nature conservation etc., you must astonish them and help them to realize how many and diverse are the plants and animals of this world. For that purpose we need photos like this one. (It may seem unbelievable, but I am sure this photo is much more appealing for many “normal” people than our finest crayfish mugshots ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 15:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral - This will sound superficial, but my eyes cannot move past that bright blue area in the bottom-right. It's the brightest thing in the frame, and so different that it's where my eyes naturally rest. The detail on the face of the crawfish is excellent, and I'd probably support if I could just look past the blue speckles. — Rhododendritestalk | 20:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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In choosing this particular photograph, I was aiming to capture the dynamic essence of a museum in full operation, not just its architecture. The museum as a space where people interact with art and culture helps convey the idea that the museum is more than just a container for art; it is a place of encounter, learning, and shared experience, vibrant with the presence of its visitors. Wilfredor (talk) 14:31, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Info This is one of over 1000 scientific illustrations made over a 30-year career by Des Helmore, released under an open licence by Landcare Research. Helmore was regarded as an insect illustrator with an international reputation. Several of them have value outside of scientific articles, and if the community feels they're technically proficient and significant enough I'll nominate some more. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I've never seen this massive insect, but the illustration fails to show the massive size and looks as if it fails to illustrates the typical curve of the abdomen. Does not indicate sex. Link on description page is broken. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:15, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have seen this insect in life, and that's an accurate portrayal of its proportions and of the abdomen. The wood grain is a pretty good indicator of scale I think. Sex is indicated by the ovipositor (I've added that to the description). The Landcare permissions page has been moved, thank you for picking up on that, so I've fixed the link and have run visual file change replacement on the other 1088 images. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:05, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support It seems I have seen this insect. I trust Des Helmore to make an accurate representation. This is very well drawn, and a good scan. Yann (talk) 15:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Featured picture candidates/File:Gustave Le Gray - An Effect of the Sun, Normandy - 1987.54 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpgCommons:Featured picture candidates/File:Gustave Le Gray - An Effect of the Sun, Normandy - 1987.54 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg
Info created by Gustave Le Gray, uploaded and nominated by Yann
Info Exploring the dramatic effects of sunlight, clouds, and water, Gustave Le Gray gained immediate recognition for his landmark photographs of the Mediterranean Sea and the English Channel taken between 1856 and 1858. At this time photographic emulsions were not equally sensitive to all colors of the spectrum, making it impossible to achieve a proper exposure for both sea and sky in a single image. Thus, for may of his seascapes Le Gray printed two negatives on a single sheet of paper, a technique called combination printing. One negative was taken of the water and the other of the sky. The overlap often apparent in such multiple negative images is not visible in this skillfully executed print. This picture is mentioned in several books about history of photography.
But if you look at photos from the same period here on Commons, for example Category:19th-century photographs of France in the Cleveland Museum of Art where this comes from, there is a mix of with or without vignetting. In those days, just like today, the quality of the photo depended a lot on the quality of the camera. It seems that this photographer had a slightly inferior camera that produced vignetting. If you look at old photos, they are sometimes cut as circles or ovals to remove some of this effect, as it was often inevitable. However, the vignetting also matched the practice of doing oval paintings, especially portraits that predated photography (some examples), so it was sometimes a desired effect. Vignetting has a long history of being a way of emphasizing a subject in paintings (Goya liked it a lot and even old Doré comes to mind), as well as photos, and still is. Commons FPC is one of the very, very few places where it is frowned upon or questioned. --Cart(talk)17:39, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My question was technical Cart, not artistic. Was vignetting an inherent part of the process? You clearly know that some cameras of the period produced vignetting. Thank you for that fact. If accurate, it answers my question. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In this case it looks like the technical and artistic reasons coincided, so I tried to cover both to answer you question as thoroughly as possible. The more in-depth technical part of vignetting is that for old cameras, it occurs when the diameter of the hole made by the iris in the lens approaches the thickness of the material the iris is made of. So a small iris hole (high f-number) for bright light and an iris made from thick material will give you more vignetting. Old cameras didn't have the thin sophisticated iris blades we have now, sometimes it was just a hole in a plate for the light to pass through. In simple terms you could say that the vignetting is the "shadow" of the hole's wall when the light passes through it. Imperfect lenses also added to this, and they hadn't discovered petal lens hoods yet. But people liked this, and if the effect wasn't strong enough naturally, it could also be added in the darkroom by the photographer. "Photoshopping" is as old as photography. ;-) --Cart(talk)20:55, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose QI but not FP. Corner sharpness is not very good and I just don't find the forms and shapes here that interesting. We have seen a lot of these pictures of lots of fruit arranged in a grid and I want to see something different. Cmao20 (talk) 01:48, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This one is better executed than ArionStar's former candidates. Here (finally) I also have the feeling of an endless pattern. FP to me Poco a poco (talk) 07:58, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Somehow this photo gives me a big “wow” – probably because of the strong colours contrasting with the black I first thought this was some modernist artwork, and even after realizing that it is a photo I really like this one. – Aristeas (talk) 09:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
fake support I would like to support this photo, but since I assisted Arion in applying a sharpness filter, I'm not sure if it's morally right for me to participate and endorse the image myself. That being said, some might think the photo is oversaturated, but that's not the case. One thing Arion and I discussed is how vibrant the colors in Brazil are compared to other places. I love this picture --Wilfredor (talk) 21:34, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support - "weak" only because it looks a little oversaturated compared to other photos of mangosteens I've seen. The pattern/motif is good, though. As an aside, I just tried these for the first time a few months ago. Technically they're illegal to import to the US for agricultural reasons, but you can find people selling them on the street in Chinatown (NYC). For as much as they're heralded as the "king of fruits", I didn't really care for them. I wonder if that's just because they had to be frozen (and probably picked too early) in order to ship them to the US. I know that's the case with durians -- we get underripe frozen ones that rot instead of ripen (hard to tell the difference, though :) ). — Rhododendritestalk | 20:53, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Weak oppose Sorry, I'm trying to understand this one but failing to do so. The position of the partial-kayaks in the frame ... I don't see anything to balance them. Maybe if they perfectly obscured exactly half of the water, or if there were a few kayaks in the distance on the right side... but they're expected enough objects in such a scene that it just seems unnecessarily cut off? Clearly others see something else, so I'd be curious to hear a full review from some folks. — Rhododendritestalk | 20:50, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for your review. This is an action shot of a small bird captured at 1/2000s and ISO 4000 was needed since it is a dark forest. The feathers are just as fine as they can get in such conditions, especially with no direct light of the sun. This picture has just as much feather definition than the latest featured pictures of small birds in flight, if not more : 1, 23. Giles Laurent (talk) 18:16, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I’d wish for more definition on the feathers, too, but voters just have decide how is important this is for them. In that recent nomination there is IMHO even less definition on the feathers, but no voter has objected (Wilfredor and me were the only ones to comment on the definition question); that was a bird in flight, yes, but on the other hand it had more light than this one; therefore because that nomination has passed without any objections, we cannot complain much on this one about the missing definition, can we? – Aristeas (talk) 20:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did mention the overprocessing on the flycatcher FP Aristeas. Those three compositions were all borderline quality, but were more compelling compositions than this one. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:35, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I remember when I lived in Venezuela, at a time when Caracas was considered the most dangerous city in the world, photographing in those streets was a daily risk, not only because of the expensive equipment, but also for one's life. However, the images I captured often received lukewarm reactions on FPC: “no wow”. This greatly frustrated me, as most other users, located in peaceful European cities filled with splendid architecture, faced no such issues. The lesson I learned over time was that a photograph must be able to speak for itself. It shouldn’t matter if it was raining that day, if it was cloudy or sunny, if the place was dangerous, or if I was sick that day. The quality of my photographic equipment shouldn’t matter either. Circumstantial factors are secondary to the visual message that the image must convey. Photographers are frequently expected to explain or justify our images based on these external circumstances, but in reality, the power of a good photograph lies in its ability to transcend those details and connect with the viewer. It is the viewer’s responsibility to investigate and understand the context if they wish, but as photographers, our duty is to capture and transmit emotions and realities that speak beyond the immediate circumstances Wilfredor (talk) 20:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not convinced either, I believe that the lighting conditions were very difficult (bad luck, not the best spot,...who knows) but this quality + composition isn't at FP level to me, sorry. Poco a poco (talk) 08:07, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your review. The thing is that with wildlife you can’t decide the light settings, you have to photograph the animal where it is and adapt yourself to its environment. Moreover it is inevitable to go to high ISO and have more challenging light if you want to photograph a bird beginning to fly. I personally think that I was quite lucky to capture this bird in action and with a pose that let’s us admire its beautiful plumage: it is only with wings wide open that you can see the yellow bellow the bird wings and the bird is perfectly positioned to show it to us. I’ve seen no other photography on the internet showcasing the yellow part of this bird (only drawn illustrations in books) as this bird is usually only photographed in static position with wings closed. Giles Laurent (talk) 10:07, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Lighting, compo (isn't it too tight?) and quality aren't outstanding, the subject, not sure, what are we actually looking at? and how old? there is no information in the description page. Poco a poco (talk) 18:33, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose - Generally per poco, but I do like the building and think it would be worth taking another shot at it someday. Maybe with better light and from further away (or a wider-angle lens). — Rhododendritestalk | 20:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Chepry, I'm afraid the rules are you have to provide a reason for an opposing vote for it to be valid, even if the reason is as simple as 'per <other user>'.Cmao20 (talk) 14:38, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Featured picture candidates/File:Sofia Massif and Sofia Glacier, Karachay-Cherkessia, Caucasus Mountains.jpgCommons:Featured picture candidates/File:Sofia Massif and Sofia Glacier, Karachay-Cherkessia, Caucasus Mountains.jpg
Info Sofia Massif (3637) and Sofia Glacier in clouds under fresh autumn snow. This photograph could be considered historic, as the glacier has shrunk significantly in recent decade. All by -- Argenberg (talk) 12:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It shows the entire massif with its geological outline, of which the glacier is only a part of. “Glaciers look better in the sunshine” sounds like a gross overgeneralization. It’s at least doubtful. In fact, dramatic weather conditions better convey their unpredictable and menacing nature. --Argenberg (talk) 17:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've met many glaciers at close quarters. They are predictable and not at all menacing. Google 'glacier' and you will see how sunshine shows a range of blue shades. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:24, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, if you just look at a glacier at close quarters, it may not seem menacing. This particular glacier, and many others, are dangerous to cross and walk on, even with proper skills and equipment. I think there’s plethora of visual information in this shot, considering the motif is the massif in its entirety. --Argenberg (talk) 23:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yes, safety first, please. I also agree with Argenberg that glaciers can look better in unpredictable conditions. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:24, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have the same feelings as you. The landscape looks alien to me too, like a scene from another planet. In addition to the big tower rock, smaller upcrusts and outcrops on the right, fragmented snow, atmospheric mist and overcast sky add to the impression. This is the bed of an ancient glacier that contracted with global warming, but will regain in the next global cooling phase. Here is a closer look at the wall of the glacier bed: File:Karachay-Cherkessia, Caucasus Mountains, Софийские ледники и водопады, Карачаево-Черкесия.jpg The waterfalls at the terminus are 120 m high, and the tower rock you mentioned is also huge, its prominence is probably around 300 m. This whole giant glacier floor will one day be covered with moving ice again, potentially spilling ice into the valley below. It will then look more earthly than today. Now it’s unearthly. --Argenberg (talk) 18:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]