Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bosque de Piedra, provincia de Varna, Bulgaria, 2016-05-27, DD 73.jpg

File:Bosque de Piedra, provincia de Varna, Bulgaria, 2016-05-27, DD 73.jpg, featured edit

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Info Pobiti Kamani, Varna province, Bulgaria. Pobiti Kamani is considered the only desert in Bulgaria and one of few found in Europe and is a natural landmark in Bulgaria since the 1930s. The desert consists of sand dunes and several groups of natural rock formations on a total area of 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi). The formations are mainly stone columns between 5–7 metres (16–23 ft) high and from 0.3–3 metres (0.98–9.84 ft) thick. There are a number of theories regarding the phenomenon's origin. The pioneering hypothesis can be divided roughly into two groups: suggesting an organic (coral activity) or abiotic (prismatic weathering and desertification of the rocks, formation of sand and limestone concretions, or lower Eocene bubbling reefs) origin. All by me, Poc o² 21:01, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Poc o² 21:01, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support More Bulgaria. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 21:24, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support $Jacopo Werther iγ\partialψ=mψ$ 22:02, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - That's quite a dramatic picture, but could you please denoise the sky and crop out the unsharp rocks that are closest to the viewer? If the sky is sharp enough and the unsharp rocks are cropped out in such a way that the remaining composition looks good, I will support. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:08, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Another good Bulgarian pic. Although I think it would help to implement the changes Ikan suggests. Daniel Case (talk) 03:19, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral per Ikan, and I’d suggest to clone out the electricity pylons in the background (left of center) which do not look so very desert-like. Then, use the "Retouched picture" template to inform about this alteration. --Kreuz schnabel 06:15, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thank you all for your feedback. I'll upload tonight (CET) a new version Poc o² 06:45, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support very dramatic --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:33, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well done -- Thennicke (talk) 14:27, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support INeverCry 17:58, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have uploaded a new version with a different bottom crop and a denoising of the sky. Ikan, what do you think? Poc o² 18:21, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Arguably you could have cropped a bit more, but this is good enough for me. Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:29, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great atmosphere. --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:40, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support − Meiræ 13:35, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:11, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Kreuz schnabel 06:55, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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