Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Aurora borealis above Storfjorden and the Lyngen Alps in moonlight, 2012 March.jpg

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Info Okay, so... This is a picture of a fjord with the Lyngen Alps in moonlight with a Jupiter-Venus conjuction with the Northern Lights with a random man with a flashlight on the right. Taken around midnight in 2012 March. I don't know if this could be a featured picture but the scenario sure was pretty difficult to capture and the epicness of the moment almost ridiculous. Cheers =) ! Provided, uploaded and nominated by Ximonic -- Ximonic (talk) 16:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Ximonic (talk) 16:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tomer T (talk) 17:02, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support A bit darkish at the left, but lovely athmosphere otherwise. I really like it, - A.Savin 17:06, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support great night picture.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:19, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Cayambe (talk) 18:00, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support very nice, incl. wow effect. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 18:09, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support wow NJR_ZA (talk) 18:17, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support very difficult to take a photo of a non-lighted place and so there have to be quality issues (in this case f/3.5 and ISO 640 are concealed by stitching and scaling – but ok). The scene is wow, really... A nice one, needed in the FP gallery. --kaʁstn Disk/Cat 18:31, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Agree with all above. Awesome pic. --Paolo Costa (talk) 20:05, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support WOW ! --Vassil (talk) 20:25, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stunning. Saffron Blaze (talk) 21:06, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tamba52 (talk) 05:38, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 06:03, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support!!!!--Jebulon (talk) 08:07, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Outstanding. Regards  Richard  [®]  12:18, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great --Schnobby (talk) 14:36, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great --Böhringer (talk) 19:05, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Norway! --Stryn (talk) 19:50, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Avenue (talk) 21:28, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don't want to sound too much like the nitpicker (which I am for sure) but I can't help but thinking the wide angle shots (with extreme distorsion) adds more drama to the northern lights kind of shots (something closer to a worm view). Footprints are a bit of a mood killer too, it almost looks like a very common and busy place... Now the WOW factor remains for sure, especially for me, who never have witnessed such things. - Benh (talk) 22:41, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 23:33, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Really excellent. Congratulations! -- MJJR (talk) 10:05, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Wladyslaw (talk) 14:34, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good job ! --Citron (talk) 16:35, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support well done! --ELEKHH^T 19:54, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Just great. --Kadellar (talk) 23:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
strong support --SteGrifo27 (tell me) 08:44, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jovian Eye _storm 14:10, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Do you think the car at right could be cloned out ?--Jebulon (talk) 14:53, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. It is bit risky and I often notice repeating patterns from cloning quite easily so I usually don't want to do that to a photograph. I think the car probably belongs to the man with a flashlight. During the spent time in Troms I found out that I wasn't alone photographing the places since many foreigners seemed to have come looking for the northern lights. I also got photos of much brighter Auroras but maybe I wasn't in as good spot as here and maybe the overall quality is not as good as here. (Taking good photos of Auroras is not very easy as they move quite fast and appear suddenly! But I think it's always worth trying.) --Ximonic (talk) 16:20, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support Wonderful. Jkadavoor (talk) 06:40, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 14:22, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support – I love it! Best regards, Kjetil_r 20:43, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great! -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 05:05, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Question Very nice. What is the strange object in the foreground at the waterfront (Please have a look, I added a note to the object position) ? -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 20:29, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The ”strange object” is a man with a flashlight. I don't know what was he looking for there but he was scanning the place with the light quite some time. Probably looking for himself in the darkness. --Ximonic (talk) 22:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 32 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 05:22, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Panoramas