Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Batalha September 2021-4.jpg

File:Batalha September 2021-4.jpg, featured

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Info Main façade of Monastery of Batalha, Portugal. It was built from 1386 to 1517, to celebrate the victory over the Spanish army in the battle of Aljubarrota (1385). All by Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:06, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:06, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice angle, motif, and resolution, but the harsh shadows from mid-day lighting don't work for me. Btw the recorded time seems wrong. --Trougnouf (talk) 13:14, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Info New version uploaded without the blurred central part. Alvesgaspar (talk) 20:07, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The colors are a huge improvement but the crop is now pretty tight in front of the statue. Would it be possible to have the best of both? --Trougnouf (talk) 20:26, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, sorry, this is a different set of images. Better to have the statue as is than to crop too close to the building. Alvesgaspar (talk) 20:37, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support So much better than the other version! I wasn't sure about that one, but when I saw the thumbnail for this I said out loud to myself "Isn't that amazing?" It's a huge file and does not disappoint at full size. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:47, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Very impressive and I want to support it, but isn’t the white balance a bit too cool and (at least in the sky) a bit too much on the magenta side? I know that midday light is cool, but here that coolness seems a bit too loud for me. Wouldn’t moving the white balance a bit give the image an even more appealing feeling? --Aristeas (talk) 09:58, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Lighting is tricky and there are pro and con to harder light for this kind of subject. Hard light from an angle can bring out the 3D details of a building like this. The totally soft light from an overcast day would be different, though looking at File:10083-Batalha (48985860766).jpg, can still be very detailed. -- Colin (talk) 10:09, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 11:50, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support One of those "shouldn't work but it does" images. Daniel Case (talk) 03:00, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Info A new version was uploaded to address the concerns of Aristeas and Colin regarding light temperature. Although the impression I got when taking the photo was that the light was indeed too harsh and cold, a little adjustment was made to the white balance, which I justify with artistic liberty... -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:01, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Thank you very much! IMHO the building gains much from the slightly warmer colours, it gives the stone a more appealing touch. --Aristeas (talk) 16:19, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Daniel and Aristeas (for the improved version). -- Radomianin (talk) 17:25, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:20, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cmao20 (talk) 22:00, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Detail is good given the filesize but both crops on the left and the right along with an uninteresting sky doesn't make it a FP to me. I understand the value of the building but I don't find it appealing, maybe just to much of the boring lateral view of the building (half left), sorry Poco a poco (talk) 08:26, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 12:39, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:35, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Religious buildings#Portugal