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File:Grell by Janke - Black and white.jpg, featured edit

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Portrait of German organist and composer August Eduard Grell
The "created by" should really be "A. Janke after Gustav Schauer", then the rest you. Given it's right on the file page, it's not a huge deal, though. Not a big fan of the "reduce it to black and white" approach, but it has its place. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:37, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. --Aristeas (talk) 15:03, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Also, on second consideration, I think if you're going to modify the colours, it needs to be presented as a modified copy, linking to the original. There's no sign it was modified or how on the file page, which is an  Oppose for me. I guess I can fix that myself, and I have, but it just... I dunno. It feels like the whole voting was kinda under false pretenses that this is what it looked like originally, when it isn't. Also, some fairly easy restoration that hasn't happened. I dunno, I don't want to gatekeep things, but it does feel... misleading. If people want to vote for things knowing they've been modified, that's... different than if it's presented as an original version. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:29, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:20, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Les Métamorphoses du jour p. LII - Restoration.jpg, featured edit

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Les Métamorphoses du jour, plate LII
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:25, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Pacific Kingfisher.jpg, featured edit

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Pacific Kingfisher
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:22, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Batad houses.jpg, featured edit

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Drone photo of the village of Batad in Banaue (Ifugao province, Philippines) with its famouse rice terraces
  • The 1,100 metres are above sea level, right? According to the SRTM altitude data shown by OpenTopoMap the village itself is at about 810 metres above sea level and the highest parts of the visible area may even reach ~ 900 metres, so the difference is not that extreme. ;–) --Aristeas (talk) 15:23, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fair point! From what I could gather, DJI drones record two altitudes in the EXIF data: GPSAltitude, relative to sea level, and RelativeAltitude, relative to the take-off point. However, there seems to be little consistency on how these are used e.g., on this, where the drone was flying below the take-off point, the recorded elevation is 3.9m below sea level for both fields :) This Batad image seems taken from more than 114m (RelativeAltitude) but less than 1,100m (GPSAltitude), so not sure if any of these fields is trustworthy... --Julesvernex2 (talk)
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Result: 19 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:15, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Treppenhaus im Alten Klöpperhaus.jpg, not featured edit

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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:23, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Parque Nacional das Emas Mario Barroso 1.jpg edit

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File:Apogónido (Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 151.jpg, not featured edit

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Five-lined cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus), Red Sea, Egypt
  • Charlesjsharp: Well, I believe that this angle is good to show 4 out of those 5 lines. Furthermore this is a tiny fish (I guess about 6-7 cm, by far not 13 cm), shy and therefore difficult to focus. In the meanwhile I consider that proposing only fishes for FP from the lateral view can get boring. --Poco a poco (talk) 21:36, 29 June 2023 (UTC) PD: I could also offer this view.[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Poco a poco (talk) 19:28, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Coral (Galaxea fascicularis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-18, DD 128.jpg, featured edit

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Coral (Galaxea fascicularis), Red Sea, Egypt.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class_:_Anthozoa
  •  Info Coral (Galaxea fascicularis), Red Sea, Egypt. It's a species of colonial stony coral commonly known as octopus coral, fluorescence grass coral or galaxy coral among various vernacular names. It is a common species on reef slopes in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and in large areas of the Indo-Pacific, and is kept by enthusiasts in reef aquaria. It has been found that the size and proximity of the corallites varies depending on the amount of light incident on the coral, even over different areas of the same colony. In bright positions, small, closely packed corallites maximise the photosynthetic potential of the zooxanthellae. In less well lit positions, there are larger corallites and polyps with longer tentacles with greater food capturing ability. It occurs on coral reef slopes, particularly where the wave action is weak. Its depth range is between 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) and 15 metres (49 ft). Galaxea fascicularis gets its food from two sources. The polyps contain symbiotic photosynthetic microalgae called zooxanthellae which, under good conditions, can obtain almost sufficient energy from sunlight for the coral's needs. It is also heterotrophic; the polyps extend their tentacles and catch and ingest organic particles, sediment, zooplankton, bacteria and even dissolved organic matter. This supplies the rest of the coral's needs. Galaxea fascicularis can reproduce asexually by budding. It also reproduces sexually, with both sperm and eggs being released into the water table in synchronized spawnings for external fertilisation. Note: we have no FPs of the family Euphylliidae. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 18:45, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 18:45, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support JukoFF (talk) 22:04, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Very good detail. Per w:Galaxea fascicularis: "The individual polyps are embedded in circular, tube-shaped corallites less than 1 centimetre (0.39 in) across". -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:04, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 21:01, 1 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 21:31, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Кристаллы янтарной кислоты.jpg, featured edit

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Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 05:00, 2 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 06:59, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Lukmanierpass, Passo del Lucomagno. 20-09-2022. (actm.) 06.jpg, not featured edit

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Result: 9 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--SHB2000 (talk) 09:11, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Mimetite - Congreso-León mines, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico.jpg, featured edit

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Mimetite
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 2 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 14:18, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Katharinenkirche, Mellenbach, 2022-05-27.jpg, featured edit

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Neo-Gothic St. Catherine's Church and a part of Mellenbach-Glasbach.
  •  Info Thank you very much for the constructive review. I've improved the gallery link in …/Places/Settlements… instead of …/Architecture/Religious buildings…. In my opinion, it's more accurate. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 17:00, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thanks a lot for your review. Good point; at that time I intentionally chose this frame because, in my subjective view, the cloudy sky gives the image a special appeal. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 16:35, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 12 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 2 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 14:19, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Miss Beatnik of 1959 contestants.jpg edit

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Miss Beatnik (1959)
  •  Comment Thanks Michael0986 and Aristeas for fixing the gallery link. However, the quality of this reproduction is far below the standard, it would need a lot of restoration. That no better specimen can be found in Wikipedia, may be a criterion for VI, but it doesn't play any role here in FP. --Palauenc05 (talk) 07:43, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment IMHO this is not a great photograph, but a very interesting one and a valuable document of its time. So it would be a good featured picture candidate if somebody would do a digital restauration with similar care and caution as Adam Cuerden does this. --Aristeas (talk) 07:59, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment If anyone is willing to do a digital restoration for it, I would be grateful. It's a fascinating photo, and not one people will forget once they see it, like many other commonplace FP images. Michael0986 (talk) 01:59, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bichanakandi at Dawn.jpg, not featured edit

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The unmatched serenity of Bichanakandi, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /FPCBot (talk) 21:00, 3 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 21:42, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Solex 31PIC7.jpg, not featured edit

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Carburetor Solex 31PIC7 in Golf I
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:20, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Rainier Aerial West Close Washington Mar23 R16 07149.jpg, featured edit

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Aerial view of Mt. Rainier from the west
 Info Mildly denoised. --Tagooty (talk) 03:03, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:18, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Olive baboon Ngorongoro.jpg edit

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Large monkey native to sub-Saharan Africa.

 I withdraw my nomination Thanks for your feedback, I'll find another image at over 9 mp and in a natural setting. 20 upper 08:43, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:A smiling member of the Ramnami Samaj (edited).jpg, featured edit

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A smiling member of the Ramnami Samaj
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Result: 22 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:08, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Bloemknop van een berenklauw (Heracleum). 16-06-2023. (d.j.b) 01.jpg, featured edit

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  •  Comment That is not a stacking error, but an insect that I deliberately left behind. Of course, I can still remove the insect. I also have a strong suspicion that you have something against me or my photos.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:36, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I judge on quality alone. Unfortunately, I vote against your compositions if subject, choice of background and skill at editing post-stacking are not always FP standard. Here there are multiple shadows of the insect which needs to be cleaned up by selecting the one image of the stqck that has the insect sharp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesjsharp (talk • contribs) 06:56, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for your comment. I did not see this comment coming. So you see how tastes can differ. There were several flower buds of this size. Perfectly green. I specifically chose this button with brown weathering to get a nice contrast with the green environment where the plants were. Otherwise I thought the overall picture was too green. too boring. In general, I find a weathered color contrasting color more interesting.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:41, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    You had the right idea, but I think it kind of backfired. I guess my problem with that is that now there's more contrast within the subject than between the (green parts of the) subject and the background. In a way, that makes it more difficult to identify the subject and separate it from the background. El Grafo (talk) 06:19, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:30, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Shila Tsarap Mountains Zanskar Oct22 A7C 04113.jpg, featured edit

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Shila village nestled in barren mountains of Zanskar
 Comment True, I've struck out "chose" --Tagooty (talk) 03:07, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /SHB2000 (talk) 00:10, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Intramontabile Passione.jpg, featured edit

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Woman sorting dried chestnuts
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /SHB2000 (talk) 00:09, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Chrysanthemum FoV 18mm.png, featured edit

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Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 07:51, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Coral (Astreopora myriophthalma), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-18, DD 15.jpg, featured edit

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Coral (Astreopora myriophthalma), Red Sea, Egypt
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 07:54, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:TCDD MT15441 Bolkuş - Karabük.jpg, featured edit

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Passenger train crossing the Filyos, Turkey
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 6 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 13:50, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Área de Proteção Ambiental Quilombos do Médio Ribeira Thomas-Fuhrmann (08).jpg, not featured edit

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thank you for the nomiation @ArionEstar and your supporting votes @all ! Snowmanstudios (talk) 05:42, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is a second shot from the same moment available here. I think, the other one has a far better quality: File:Área de Proteção Ambiental Quilombos do Médio Ribeira Thomas-Fuhrmann (2022-16).jpg Snowmanstudios (talk) 05:49, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh great! I'll nominate that version as soon as possible. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 13:43, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 9 support, 9 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /SHB2000 (talk) 01:53, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Paulinzella abbey church, 2022-05-28, 01.jpg, featured edit

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Paulinzella abbey church ruin, Thuringia, Germany
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 21:00, 6 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 21:29, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Marmota marmota Tauerntal 20220816 04.jpg, not featured edit

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Juvenile Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) scratching itself
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Result: 6 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /FPCBot (talk) 21:00, 6 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 21:30, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:20180915 - European Rover Challenge - 1531 9129 DxO.jpg, featured edit

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Rover at European Rover Challenge 2018 in Starachowice, Poland
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 21:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 22:27, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Juncus compressus - Niitvälja.jpg, featured edit

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Juncus compressus
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 21:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 22:26, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Anna Dushime - Republica 2023 01.jpg, not featured edit

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Anna Dushime moderating on the main stage of the re:publica conference 2023
  • ✓ New version uploaded Thanks a lot for your helpful comment, Charles. You're right, I probably meant too well in the editing. I've removed the artifacts and additionally reduced the color banding in the background. The tilted background is actually a sloped text design on the large display on stage, as you can see in this photo of the same event. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 16:35, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you Charles. It's obvious that the technical quality has its weaknesses. But in favor of the appealing motif, I personally feel that the image is worth a nomination attempt. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 21:59, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /FPCBot (talk) 21:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 22:28, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Northern Boa Vista landscape, 2010 12.jpg, not featured edit

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Northern Boa Vista landscape
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Result: 4 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 09:52, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Rheinkniebrücke zur blauen Stunde.jpg, not featured edit

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Rhine knee bridge of the German city Düsseldorf.
Hi, thanks for your watchful eyes. I hadn't noticed it and if I understood you correctly, it should have been fixed or at least improved with the last correction. As far as the criteria regarding QI are concerned, I agree with you in the matter, but I have to note that in some cases this does not even happen to the extent assumed here - a regurarly look at the most recently listed photos can confirm this from time to time. If I have observed correctly, the QI people pay attention to image quality and other technical details such as white balance, contrast, sharpness and perspective in general and leave other subtleties to the raison d'être of the next levels. I don't know if this is correct, but it seems to be the practice there. However, please let me know if your objection has been resolved by the latest correction or if it was in the right direction. --Anil Ö. (talk) 14:52, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Anil Ö., thank you very much for your reply. (1) With my remark about the QI process I did not want to criticize you, I just wondered why the QI reviewer did not spot the perspective issue. Traditionally perspective correction is a typical theme of QI reviews. But you are certainly right that QI reviewers have different activity centres … (2) The perspective correction is indeed difficult in this case. Normally photos with reflections on water are easy: the surface of a body of water is perfectly horizontal, hence the reflection of any point x on a body of water should be exactly below the original point x (share the same x value). But in long exposure photographs of rippled water the contours become very blurred, so it’s not that easy to find the perfect verticals. In addition, I suspect that there is a small barrel distortion caused by the lens used for this photograph (I can’t verify this because the file metadata don’t mention the lens model) which makes it even more difficult to find the perfect verticals. (3) But to show clearly what I mean, I have tried to correct the perspective correction myself. Here you find a copy of my results. My editing is based on your second version, uploaded 21:29, 29 June 2023 and labelled „minimale Farbkorrekturen“. In my version still not all verticals are perfectly vertical (e.g., not all of the street lantern posts), but I have based my correction on a study of all verticals, especially near the left and right border, and so we have to assume that some of the street lantern posts etc. are leaning in reality. I had to rotate the photo first by 1° counterclockwise, then corrected the verticals by a value of +15 and shifted the whole image +2.7 vertically. (These are the values for Adobe ACR and Adobe Lightroom. I do not know how to translate these values for Capture One, maybe somebody else can help here.) Then I had to crop the photo a little bit at the borders – it’s a pity, but every perspective correction causes some empty areas at the borders and hence requires us to crop the photo or to fill some of the “empty” areas (like parts of the sky) with cloning. By the way I have also removed two dustspots. You can use my version as an inspiration for your own editing. (You can also take my version and upload it directly over your version, if you like it.) Hope it helps, --Aristeas (talk) 09:52, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Aristeas, I have now found the time to take a closer look at the picture. First of all, I would like to say that I really appreciate the time and effort you have put into editing my picture and the detailed explanations you have given. I have tried to adjust the perspective as shown in your example image. Unfortunately, I have to admit that my edited image still looks different from the example. Despite my efforts, it looks inconsistent to me when I adjust it even further. It seems that adjusting the perspective in this case is more challenging than I had originally thought. --Anil Ö. (talk) 15:42, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment I would use the snapseed program and pull down from the bottom left corner, and then slightly to the right, so that the buildings below the bridge are perfectly vertical. I think the perspective of the bridge would suit too. Snapseed is an Android program and therefore the photo must be transferred to a device that supports Android.Maybe there are other free perspective correction programs that I don't know about. I would vote for it if you can.Question: Is it allowed for someone else to edit the photo?(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 14:30, 7 July 2023 (UTC)AnnaːMassini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 14:30, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, I don't actually see so crooked that I don't notice it... I have now tried it again and also oriented myself to the buildings under the bridge - thanks for the hint. Anil Ö. (talk) 16:05, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the building on the left at the end of the bridge it is not perpendicular, it is still a little crooked, as are the buildings on the right bank. I think pulling down a little far to the right, getting the water line straight would straighten everything out. It's almost there, but we're not quite there yet. This is my opinion. Sorry. (⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 19:13, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I might have found the mistake... how does it look for you now? --Anil Ö. (talk) 19:44, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Taking a look at the latest version I am sorry to say so but at the left the verticals are leaning out (see e.g. the street lamp posts on the bridge or the reflected lights on the water). Yes, as I said above, fixing the perspective is not easy in this case. General hint: starting with the original raw image, it’s good to follow always the following order: (1) Fix the lens distortion (barrel or pincushion distortion, Verzeichnung), if present. (2) Rotate the image, if necessary; do this with the help of verticals in the middle of the image, because in the middle the perspective distortion is negligible; when this is done correctly verticals at left and right border should be symmetrical, i.e. both leaning in or out by the same angle, as mirrored on a vertical axis in the middle of the image, like in // | \\ or \\ | //. (3) Fix the vertical perspective distortion so that you get || | ||. Sorry and hope it helps, --Aristeas (talk) 09:51, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 19:20, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note to Anil Ö.: Don’t worry, this is just the regular closing of a nomination which got (for some days) no support votes. This is done automatically. You can nominate the photo again (make a /2 nomination) once you have settled the perspective question. --Aristeas (talk) 19:20, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) with 3 young.jpg, featured edit

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Meerkat
This group meerkat nomination was taken by Charles Sharp at the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa on November 3, 2014. One of the 3 exisitng FP group meerkat images, was also taken by Charles Sharp at the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa on November 4, 2014. Hard to tell but the same kats may be in both images.
20 upper - Charles obviously made the nominating decision that the existing FP, was his best at the time. Should both images be FP, or should the existing FP (nominated by Charles) be nominated for delisting in favor of this one nominated by you (and also made by Charles)? Just curious how this is best dealt with. --GRDN711 (talk)
Since the images were taken on a different date and at a different location, they could not be the same animals. You may nominate any of the the nine meerkat FPs for deletion at any time.

Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:59, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IMHO there is no reason to delist the existing meerkat FP from the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, because both photos are quite different. Both photos can be FPs. (This would still be valid even if the file would show the same individuals: the photos are quite different, that’s enough.) --Aristeas (talk) 20:05, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Support Thank you both for your comments. --GRDN711 (talk) 14:00, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Coetiroedd Nant Fawr Woodlands, Cardiff 01.jpg, not featured edit

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Coetiroedd Nant Fawr Woodlands, Cardiff
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File:Rainbows on Yosemite Lower Falls.jpg, not featured edit

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Rainbows on the lower portion of Yosemite Falls
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File:Princes Bridge and Melbourne skyline, southwest view 20230219 1.jpg, not featured edit

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Princes Bridge in Melbourne
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File:Bâtiments Est Île Saulcy - Metz (FR57) - 2022-02-26 - 1.jpg edit

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Buildings in the east of Saulcy Island in Metz, France.

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Mount Batok in the light of rising sun, view from the volcanic cone of Mount Bromo
  •  Comment This is almost the original frame, with only some edges cropped because they lose sharpness (usual case with my camera/lens). 24 mm as this shot was taken is the lower limit of my lens' capabilities - I couldn't cover a larger frame. I disagree that the composition is unbalanced, but if I wanted to take a photo as you require, it would be physically impossible unless I learned to fly. I was on the narrow rim of the volcano. My mobility was very limited. All I could do was move around the cone. But further left, it was dangerous (and smoke would obscure the mountain anyway). -- Jakubhal 18:14, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /BigDom (talk) 15:44, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Frances Folsom Cleveland, by Charles Milton Bell.jpg, featured edit

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Frances Cleveland
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File:2022-12-22 ALBA Berlin gegen Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. (EuroLeague 2022-23) by Sandro Halank–079.jpg edit

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 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 09:21, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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USS Commodore Perry
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File:Unknown people meeting by chance in Lafontaine Park.jpg, not featured edit

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Unknown people meeting by chance in Lafontaine Park
I added a note to the img proposing a crop. The image will be centered and the left-upper part will be lost which, being darker, certainly is distractive... but, It's up to you! Terragio67 (talk) 08:52, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 17:17, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes and you forget the "random" ducks too in the middle. If you think that this composition was random, you are very wrong. --Wilfredor (talk) 09:16, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Coral burbuja (Plerogyra sinuosa), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 13.jpg, featured edit

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Grape coral (Plerogyra sinuosa), Red Sea, Egypt
  • Thanks for the notes, Ivar. It wasn't indeed so easy as I expected. By removing the CA in some areas it became in problem in others. I've uploaded a new version with a good (if not perfect) result overall. Btw the cloning came from the CA removal, this image has not been edited. Poco a poco (talk) 18:41, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Small tip If you can't get rid of all the CA without causing damage in other parts of the photo (this is a big problem with under-water photos especially), you don't clone things. Just use the Color Replacement Brush for the small areas of the pesky remaining CA. The brush is excellent for such minute corrections. --Cart (talk) 12:12, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cart: Clearly, CA and colors in general is a big issue in underwater photography, I can tell you a thing or two about it, but this photo has been specially tricky. I've played around with the brushes (in Lr now called color range) along with the defringe, what do you think about the last version? Btw, I'm not sure what you mean with cloning, there is no cloning here or at least I haven't used the cloning tool. --Poco a poco (talk) 17:36, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ivar: I reworked it from scratch, do you see any damaged area now? if you, could you add a note, please? Poco a poco (talk) 17:36, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, you wrote "cloning came from the CA removal" in your post, so it sounded like you had used a cloning tool. I was merely giving a tip. And yes, "CA" in under-water photos is very tricky. Many times it is not actual CA, only rainbow colors from light refractions around animals and things that occurs when light is behaving as it does in this environment. Most of the time, I think reviewers are way too critical about what they call "CA" in under-water photos. They see a fringe color and the knee-jerk reaction is to shout: CA! The latest version looks fine to me. It is what you'd expect from a dive photo. --Cart (talk) 17:52, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Área de Proteção Ambiental Quilombos do Médio Ribeira Thomas-Fuhrmann (2022-16).jpg, featured edit

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File:Vruchtbeginsel van een Tamme kastanje (Castanea sativa) 24-06-2023. (d.j.b).jpg, featured edit

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File:Biancone con preda.tif, featured edit

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Circaetus gallicus
Why tif ? --Wilfredor (talk) 14:35, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Well, for archival purposes TIFF files are very good, and I would never criticize anybody for donating us their files in TIFF format; and in this case it is even a 16-bit-per-channel TIFF file, even better ;–). But for Wiki usage (and most common use cases) a JPEG file is more handy. As requested 3 times now, here is a JPEG version (8 bit per channel) of this photo. Ivar, if you want you can can change the nomination to the JPEG version (or I can do it); but it’s your nomination, so it’s your decision. No offence, hope it helps, --Aristeas (talk) 09:37, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Greensburg, Kansas 2007May09 - after tornado.jpg edit

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President seeing tornado damage
 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: resolution must be at least 2 MP (this one has only 0,16) -- Ivar (talk) 12:01, 10 July 2023 (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:Religious fresco in Rila Monastery.jpg, featured edit

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Yellow-legged gull
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File:Earl 2016-08-03 2245Z.png, not featured edit

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A tropical cyclone with a unique shape.
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File:The Lives of Stars 01.png edit

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Lives of Stars
  •  Oppose Titawin is one name for Upsilon Andromedae, which appears to be binary star with more than the one planet claimed. Negative EV if there are errors like this (unless English Wikipedia is in error). Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:11, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Юрий Д.К 09:36, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tragopogon pratensis, (Gele morgenster). 07-06-2022 (actm.) 02.jpg, featured edit

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File:White pigeon with red eyes.jpg edit

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 I withdraw my nomination Thanks for your review. I will try to improve the quality of my photos. Νικόλαος Κυριακάκης 18:52, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Juliette 2001-09-26 1800Z.jpg, not featured edit

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A hurricane with a rare triple eyewall
  •  Comment Hello TheBigBookOfNaturalScience, I am sorry that the absence of votes on your nomination has upset you. Satellite weather images are not the most common kind of subject on this FPC (Featured Picture Candidates) page; in such cases people often hesitate to vote. Please do not take this personal – people certainly did not want to treat you in an unfair manner, they just were not sure about the photo. Taking myself as an example, I just did not yet find the time to have a closer look at this candidate, sorry. One long-time FPC regular once told me, “FPC is often like a journey with the roller coaster, sometimes like a journey with the ghost train; you newer know for sure if and how people will vote.” Of course that is a bit exagerrated ;–), but it’s always important not to take FPC too serious; patience and leniency are always necessary. Visit this page from time to time, watch how the voting works, and try it again, I am sure that you will have success when nominating good images – not always, but often. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 15:18, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
PS: Finally having looked at the photo carefully, I can say that I would have voted for it. Sorry that I did not find time for that earlier. Please do not withdraw so early the next time. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 15:27, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Dear TheBigBookOfNaturalScience, also from my side I'm sorry that I accidentally made a review in the already withdrawn nomination because I slipped in the line to give my support to the nomination above yours. I agree with Aristeas that weather pictures are usually not reviewed immediately, you often have to give them the full nomination period. After I had now the time to look at the picture carefully, I would have also given my support. Maybe you release the nomination again to just keep trying, there are still 5½ days until nomination closes. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 06:52, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
     Comment I won't be able to release it again due to the nomination limit and the time limit. Even by then, I probably won't get enough votes for it to be nominated. I will have to create another nomination instead. TheBigBookOfNaturalScience (talk) 17:36, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:27, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Swinemünde mit Blick auf den Leuchtturm 2023.jpg edit

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@Yann: Can you do it for me please? I do not know how to do it. Thanks, --Nicola (talk) 06:32, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks to Cart for adding the gallery link! @Nicola: Welcome to Featured picture candidates (FPC), Nicola! To find the Featured pictures (FP) gallery link, please visit the Featured pictures overview page, search for a section which contains photos of the same subject and then click on the “More …” below it. It takes you to the gallery page. E.g., if you would want to nominate a cycling photograph, you would scroll down until you found “Sports”, click on the “More …”, then you are on Commons:Featured pictures/Sports. That is the gallery page. To explore the different gallery pages, you can also use the “Featured pictures” overview table at the bottom of each gallery page. Now check if your candidate would really fit into that gallery page, and search if there is a section on the page into which your candidate fits – in the case of a cycling photograph, it would be the “Individual sports” section. Combine the title of the gallery page (in our example: “Commons:Featured pictures/Sports”) with a ‘#’ symbol and the headline of the section (in our example: “Individual sports”), then you get the gallery link (in our example: “Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports”). Insert this text into the [[Commons:Featured pictures/<add the gallery here>]] placeholder which appears when you nominate a picture on this page by clicking the blue “Create new nomination” button. So the result would be: [[Commons:Featured pictures/Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports]]. – You may ask: Why? Well, the gallery link has 3 functions: 1) For you – after finding the FP gallery page with the most similar images, you can compare your candidate photo to the existing FPs and decide if your candidate is on the same technical and aesthetical level. 2) For the reviewers/voters – they may compare the candidate with the existing similar FPs, too, in order to assess the candidate before voting. 3) For sorting – if a picture gets promoted as a FP, a bot (a little computer program) helps us by sorting it automatically into the correct gallery page etc.; in order to do this, the bot must know where it should sort the new FP, it uses the FP gallery link for that purpose. Hope this helps. If you have further questions, don’t hesitate to ask on the FPC talk page or on the talk page of some user, e.g. on my one. --Aristeas (talk) 09:02, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Charles’ suggestion is very good. If you are new to FPC, it’s hard to decide whether a photo is up to the technical standard or if it needs some editing. Therefore it is useful to nominate the picture first on the Quality images candidates (QIC) page where you may get a short review with (hopefully) helpful hints. If a photo passes that review and become a Quality Image (QI), chances are good that it will not be rejected on this FPC page due to simple technical issues. --Aristeas (talk) 09:02, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question Could you centre the image, perhaps? --SHB2000 (talk) 09:50, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Good composition, but everything on the other side of the river, or whatever that body of water is, is leaning, there are dust spots in many places, and there is generally a relatively high level of noise in the sky. I wouldn't say this photo would pass at COM:QIC, either, but I do think that a photo with a similar composition but lacking the problems I mentioned (and maybe also the partly hidden people) could be a featured picture. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:53, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  I withdraw my nomination Thanks for your advice. --Nicola (talk) 09:12, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tribu Pana-ad of Dinagyang Festival (edited).jpg, featured edit

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A member of the Pana-ad tribe at the Dinagyang Festival in the Philippines
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Lestes dryas, featured edit

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  • Side view
    Side view
  • Dorsal view
    Dorsal view
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File:Road heading towards Stetind in Nordland, Norway, 2012 October.jpg, featured edit

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Fv827 road heading towards Stetind
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File:Wle 2023 - val d'orcia 3 - Rotoballe.jpg edit

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Round bales in the Tuscan countryside in Val d'Orcia

 CommentRound bales in the Tuscan countryside in Val d'Orcia(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 10:37, 12 July 2023 (UTC)Anna.Massini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 10:37, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Anna, on the contrary, round bales can be very photogenic, like in this FP from Italy, File:In Val d'Orcia.jpg. Unfortunately, you got the light from the wrong way in your photo. It is almost a contre-jour photo with the bales (the main subject of the photo) all dark and shadowy. Photographing this scene at another time of day would have made it much more interesting. I often go back to places and photograph them at different times and different lights, just to see how that will work in a photo. All the best, --Cart (talk) 12:26, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I was wondering how long it would be before you showed up!
    And @Anna.Massini: I second Cart's encouragement. I'm really curious what another photographer's take on rolled-up hay bales would be ... Daniel Case (talk) 19:04, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. I had actually nominated the photo for the hay bales in which you can see a beautiful blue sky. Usually in the photos of the round bales you don't see much sky, these were on a hill and that's why from below I was able to frame the sky. Carter says well that the bales are backlit, but the photo is clean and bright. Then, seeing that no one was voting for it, not even contrary I thought of withdrawing it. It is unfortunately true that I should have photographed at another time, but it is far from my home, and in Italy now it is full summer and the light in the middle of the day is too strong for photos.(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 19:15, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Edit conflict) Haha! :-) And Anna, just so you know, Daniel is referring to me being the "bale woman" around here. I live in the countryside and I have photographed a LOT of bales over the years. It's a bit of a joke at FPC. Nevertheless, your photos are improving and I think you are getting better at choosing your subjects. Best, -- Cart (talk) 19:21, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I too am a woman and I live in the countryside. We have a lot in common. I have photographed and will still photograph many lies in my life. These, of the photo, I liked more than those around my house. Thanks for all. (⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 19:34, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:EML Wambola and USS Porter steam in formation during passing exercise.jpg, not featured edit

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File:Coral alambre (Cirrhipathes spiralis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 71.jpg, featured edit

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Wire coral (Cirrhipathes spiralis), Red Sea, Egypt
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File:Cumulonimbus sunset panorama, Albury NSW Australia.jpg, featured edit

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Large cumulonimbus during a sunset
  • Thank you for the comment SHB2000. Bear in mind that the sun has already set in this image and therefore the only relevant lighting is that which is reflected off the cloud; so the ground and sky should both be very dark here. Blue hour is a very difficult time of day for landscape photography. That being said, I know a lot more about postprocessing now than I did when I first uploaded this image, so I've just done a quick touchup using GIMP and reuploaded. The new edit should more fully utilise the colour space, and the perceived contrast should also be more favourable now. Cheers -- Thennicke (talk) 07:07, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    LGTM (I haven't changed my vote since the bot counts ws votes as support votes). SHB2000 (talk) 07:17, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Partial view of the Federal District, Brazil seen from space in 2001 (3).jpg, featured edit

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The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of Federal District, Brazil on August 21, 2001.
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File:Traditional worker with coconut rope (edited).jpg, featured edit

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Sri Lankan worker with coconut rope
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File:Lábrido tablero a cuadros (Halichoeres hortulanus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 43.jpg, featured edit

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Adult Checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus), Red Sea, Egypt.
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File:Half-timbered mansion, Zirkel, East view.jpg, featured edit

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Half-timbered manor house of the former Zirkelmühle
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ŽCG 461 039 with the IC 1131 Beograd - Bar enters the station of Lutovo, Montenegro
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File:Wispy heart-shaped cloud.JPG, not featured edit

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Heart-shaped cirrus cloud

 I withdraw my nomination TheBigBookOfNaturalScience (talk) 15:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Cumulonimbus Albury, not featured edit

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  • Section of a cumulonimbus during sunset
    Section of a cumulonimbus during sunset
  • Cumulonimbus during a sunset
    Cumulonimbus during a sunset

 I withdraw my nomination Alright. I'll change it to a single picture. TheBigBookOfNaturalScience (talk) 12:47, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Antica burraia - Rignano sull'Arno.jpg, not featured edit

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old place where butter was made

It’s is the place where butter was produced or, more generally, used for the processing of milk. It is a rural construction built in the grazing areas far from the villages or the shepherds' homes, when it was not possible to transport the milk quickly for processing. Burraie were built in the mountain pasture areas near springs or streams and the construction guaranteed a low internal temperature. Caves were sometimes used as burraie. Often a burraia was shared between several shepherds who organized themselves in shifts for the use and maintenance of the burraia itself. Walking in the countryside or in the mountains, one can also frequently find burraie, now abandoned for some time and increasingly in ruins.

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File:Dwarf birch spinner (Eriogaster arbusculae) cocoon Dovrefjell.jpg, featured edit

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Dwarf birch spinner (Eriogaster arbusculae) caterpillars in cocoon
  • Yes, when you have paid a lot to spend all day hunting for a muskox, it was great that our superb guide (Erlend Ekeland) showed us this as well as talking about the amazing lichens etc. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:36, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Portrait of a man smoking a cheroot cigar
+1 -- Radomianin (talk) 13:08, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) male Dovrefjell 1.jpg, featured edit

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Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) male
  • Thanks. The wool of the muskox is incredibly soft - the guide collected it from bushes as we trekked to make hats. I was told NASA used it for Apollo astronauts' underwear but cannot validate this! Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:27, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Panorama of Naqsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan at blue hour (2019, edited).jpg, featured edit

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Naqsh-i Jahan Square at night, Iran.
  •  Comment An impressive panorama of the famous Naqsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan at blue hour. Technically not perfect, but really good. I see one irritating stitching error at the left (see image note) and some minor CAs. Maybe we can repair this. Does anybody see other important stitching errors etc.? (Let’s collect them first before trying to fix them.) --Aristeas (talk) 09:28, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Well, I can try it. I just want to know first if someone else spots (1.) similar issues (then we can try to fix them all at once) or (2.) some more severe issues which are not fixable (then it would not be worth the effort to fix that stitching error and the CAs). --Aristeas (talk) 12:40, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment OK: here is an edited version with a fix for the stitching error and less CAs. If you like it, should we switch the nomination to that edited version? (It can be edited further, if necessary.) Please note that it is difficult/impossible to remove the CAs completely because this is a very colourful photo and the colour of the illumination varies much. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 19:12, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I hope you can find the time to edit the nomination, which will surely be a fraction of what it took Aristeas to manually correct the stitching error and chromatic aberration. In the meantime, I  Oppose --Julesvernex2 (talk) 20:07, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank you very much for your constructive and precious help with this nomination, Aristeas. In my opinion, it is an enrichment to rescue a nomination by making an edit. Using own skills for this serves the higher goal of making the FP media library more diverse and thus more valuable. Your abilities are an enhancement to us reviewers and later re-users of promoted files. This just as my unbiased two cents. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 15:28, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Nacreous clouds Antarctica.jpg, featured edit

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Cool nacreous clouds in Antarctica
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File:EF4 damage to a duplex in Rolling Fork.jpg, not featured edit

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Violent tornado damage
 Comment I will note, the only actually featured image of tornado-damage is File:FEMA - 44359 - Oklahoma tornado destroyed home.jpg. WeatherWriter (talk) 19:06, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Whether they have made it to FP is, to me, besides the point. Some, of course, can't because splendid images though they may be, they're not up to our current technical standards and lack sufficient historic value to overcome that. And, of course, images can only make it to FP if someone nominates them. Daniel Case (talk) 17:48, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Crack climbing in Indian Creek, Utah.jpg, featured edit

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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File:Thecacera Pennigera.jpg, featured edit

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Thecacera Pennigera
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Cottage garden in the “Hohenloher Freilandmuseum” at Wackershofen, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
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File:Persian in Cat Cafe.jpg, not featured edit

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Black golden Persian cat
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File:20160729 - Stray cat - Mandalay Hill - Mandalay, Myanmar - 5862.jpg, not featured edit

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Black ticked tabby cat in Myanmar
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File:GreatCormorant.jpg, featured edit

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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File:Oriental Darter with fish, Nepal.jpg, featured edit

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File:Coral (Sarcophyton glaucum), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 73.jpg, featured edit

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Rough leather coral (Sarcophyton glaucum), Red Sea, Egypt.
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File:Misumena vatia mit Beute auf Lilie-20230704-RM-102430.jpg, featured edit

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File:Sari Temple, 2014-04-10, from 52 images.jpg, featured edit

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Sari temple
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File:Copper bleach.jpg, featured edit

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A worker bleaching a copper object
  •  Comment Thanks a lot for your sharp eye, Basile. Personally, I thought the vignetting is just barely acceptable. I may edit the photo tonight, create a derivative, redirect the nomination to it and so try to rescue this nomination. If the nominator agrees, I'll do it that way. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 11:47, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for your message, Basile. You are right, the original is always the very best for perfect optimization. In a JPG you have a lot more work to do to get at least some improvement, as in this case. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 13:10, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've never heard of a copper bleaching process. And he must be mad if he is using bleach with bare hands. I hope someone can explain. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:51, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bleaching is a word that is used about other processes when brightening or removing stains is involved (Wiktionary), not just when you use the chemical commonly known as "bleach". Example: "The sun had bleached the wallpaper, leaving distinct rectangles where the pictures on the wall had been." Some chemical processes when you remove oxidation prior to polishing, are also known as bleaching. This might sound confusing since most people only know about household copper polish, which contains both a "bleaching"/reduction/"de-oxidation" and a polishing agent. If you want to just remove the oxide from copper, vinegar or lemon juice in water will do just fine. The process works much faster if the metal is hot. You can see the water steaming from the copper in the photo. (In Swedish we goldsmiths call the process vitkokning which literary translates to "white-boiling") I guess he might go about polishing the tub with fine sand after he is done with the bleaching, making the copper shiny again (there is a tub with what looks like sand behind him). --Cart (talk) 11:57, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:57, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Sydney (AU), Darling Harbour -- 2019 -- 3193-5.jpg, featured edit

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Darling Harbour at night
  •  Support If you feel like you've fixed it all, I trust you, especially as some of what look like CAs are in the reflections, too, so presumably, the lights really are like that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:27, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:EF4 Keota, Iowa tornado 2023 (2).jpg, not featured edit

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
 Comment Actually it had touched down. The bottom is surrounded by dirt and debris at that moment. WeatherWriter (talk) 18:44, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Self traditional folk face painting (2).jpg, featured edit

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A young woman from India paints her face with traditional patterns
I have known some women who make it part of their maquillage routine ... Daniel Case (talk) 20:17, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel :-) I've know some men too. :-D --Cart (talk) 21:34, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Lighthouse Aniva.jpg, featured edit

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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File:Сердце Югры.jpg, featured edit

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File:Tempesta in arrivo al Porticciolo - Vada.jpg edit

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Storm arriving at the Porticciolo – Vada
Please understand my comment as "too much water = boring". I mean the content is rather empty and thus unexceptional -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:42, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
okay. I understood that it seemed boring because the sea was not rough but calm. I still enjoyed having your consideration and comment for this photo. Thank you (⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 12:46, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 12:31, 19 July 2023 (UTC)Anna.Massini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 12:31, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Epibulus insidiator, not featured edit

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  • Male sling-jaw wrasse
    Male sling-jaw wrasse
  • Female sling-jaw wrasse
    Female sling-jaw wrasse
  •  Question are there any details on the dark part of the male on the raw file? Imo it should look more like this or this. Probable cause of losing details on the dark area is postprocessing: Contrast +38 and ParametricDarks +41. -- Ivar (talk) 16:03, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Charlesjsharp: are you suggesting that I should have a more generous crop of the female image so that at thumbnail both, male and female, seem to have the same size? That would modify the composition and the next one could reject because they don't consider it a FP anymore as standalone (too much uninteresing area around the fish). Tricky. Poco a poco (talk) 17:27, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, that's what I think would work. The problem is that some males/female animals are different sizes. I hope that wouldn't cause an objection. The lack of detail on the male is still to bee addressed. I would oppose if the criss/cross pattern cannot be recovered. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:21, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Road ER 109 at Trapiche and Laranjal in Santo António, Funchal, Madeira, 2023 May.jpg, featured edit

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ER 109 at Trapiche and Laranjal in Santo António
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File:Runder Hut - Wernersberg 01.jpg, featured edit

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The rock "Runder Hut" (Round Hat), Wernersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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File:Rhinanthus angustifolius inflorescence - Kulna.jpg, featured edit

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Rhinanthus angustifolius
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File:Vrucht van een beuk (Fagus sylvatica) 20-06-2023 (d.j.b.).jpg edit

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  •  Weak oppose I don't usually vote/comment on these focus-stacked images as I've never done one and don't really know the process. But this one has blurred parts all over the main fruit body (visible at well below full size), and the highlights seem a bit too bright to me. Only weakly opposing because the bits that are in focus have some really impressive detail. BigDom (talk) 06:01, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose Sorry, but in this case I have to agree with Charles (and BigDom). The stacking errors are in this case very evident, causing blurred areas around some of the protruding parts in the centre which contrast strongly with the very sharp structures around them. I have marked the most problematic area with an image note. While I have argued that we should take small stacking errors benevolently, this time they are too evident, espec. because there is no soft transition from sharp to unsharp, but an abrupt border. I hope that the stacking can be fixed (after all, this seems an error by the stacking software). --Aristeas (talk) 09:18, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Many thanks to the reviewers for bringing this to attention. I have temporarily changed my vote to Neutral until the technical problem is solved. The issue seems to exceed the tolerance limit. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 09:42, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Famberhorst: Thank you very much for your additional work! That area looks much better now. The problem is that we can see the same problem – abrupt transitions from sharp to unsharp – also in misc. other parts of the beech fruit. That’s really a pity, I can just suspect that the beech fruit with its extremely complex surface structure plus the protruding parts is especially difficult to handle for the stacking process. I have tried to visualize the striking unsharp areas in this copy of your picture with red markings. Please don’t be startlet and also don’t think I want to annoy you! (If I wanted to do the latter I would have just opposed and saved the time to create all these markings.) It may be irksome but I just want to help you to see (and fix) the problems. Sorry again and best regards, --Aristeas (talk) 13:42, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good evening, *@Aristeas Thank you very much for all the effort you have made to achieve a better result. Your positive comments do not irritate me at all. Upon seeing your copy, I have come to the conclusion that it is "beating a dead horse" For that reason I withdraw the nomination. Many thanks again for your positive approach. Greetings,--Famberhorst (talk) 15:34, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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File:A crocodail and a lamb - panoramio.jpg edit

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Two clouds shaped like a crocodile and a lamb off the coast of Latvia

 CommentIn my opinion it is a bit dark and opaque. The subject is fascinating and even more so the rain coming down from the cloud.(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 07:50, 18 July 2023 (UTC)Anna.Massini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 07:50, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:C2020 F3 NEOWISE from Berlin-Haselhorst 2020-07-13 07.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheBigBookOfNaturalScience (talk • contribs)

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Comet NEOWISE over Berlin, Germany

 I withdraw my nomination This is officially my last straw. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheBigBookOfNaturalScience (talk • contribs)

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A team of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists take care of critical patients with COVID-19 in the ICU of the Vila Nova Cachoeirinha hospital, north of São Paulo
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File:Брокенський привид на Шпицях.jpg, featured edit

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  • Colin, yes, it looks like it. There are several more examples of that in the fogbow category. I just wasn't aware that there were additional categories and articles about these phenomena. --Cart (talk) 11:35, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I've fixed the category/description. Based on the Wikipedia articles, I think glory is the better term for the coloured rings, as a fogbow would be a larger circle and less likely to be colourful multiple rings. Still caused by mountain fog with the sun behind. -- Colin (talk) 12:46, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I second to Colin. Categorically, a fogbow would be slightly misleading description, as it's still possible that these phenomena could occur independently and all of these phenomena have their own names. Fogbow is the larger circle in diameter, like a rainbow, which is a different thing than the smaller glory around the Brocken spectre. This is a nice demonstrative image, which is a little bit lower side in quality, but has enough wow for me. --Ximonic (talk) 13:07, 17 July 2023 (UTC).[reply]
  • Thanks. I've tweaked the galley based on these new diggings into what was going on in the photo. --Cart
  • The next time you nominate something at FPC, please write a full description of the photo, preferably in both Ukrainian and English, and add the categories to go with it. It will save the voters here a lot of time and confusion. --Cart (talk) 17:47, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 14:02, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Rio de Janeiro
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Portrait of an african elephant (Loxodonta africana).
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File:Shown here May 22, 2013, is an aerial view of homes destroyed by a tornado in Moore, Okla 130522-F-IE715-379.jpg, not featured edit

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File:Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) Oppdal.jpg, featured edit

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Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) Oppdal, Norway
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Male whitehead's trogon, featured edit

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    Front view
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    Dorsal view
  •  Comment I agree that JJ Harrison could make a small size adjustment, though he didn't nominate these as a set. Here, this is assumed to be the same specimen. Yours was a male and female of the same sexually dimorphic species - a different type of set. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:13, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Volcanic-ash-downfall map of Mt.Fuji Hoei-eruption01.jpg edit

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Mt. Fuji ash map
 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. You are welcome to nominate this photo as soon as one of your other nominations has ended, or you can {{Withdraw}} one of the others, but can only have two noms going at the same time. --Cart (talk) 11:00, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Eruption of spatter cone
 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. You are welcome to nominate this photo as soon as one of your other nominations has ended, or you can {{Withdraw}} one of the others, but can only have two noms going at the same time. --Cart (talk) 11:00, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Volcanic ash in atmosphere
I have no problem with that. Would you able to exchange it? Not sure how to do it. If you fix that, I'll glad.--Phoenix CZE (talk) 10:44, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Now fixed. Best of luck with your nom, --Cart (talk) 12:01, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative edited version edit

  •  Comment Ok, something went wrong here since the nominator just revived an old FPD-ed nom instead of making a new one. I'm not too familiar with how to to fix the dates here. Asking kindly if A.Savin can help with this. I think you have fixed issues like this before. --Cart (talk) 13:15, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 15:40, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Map of the Countries Between England & India, 1855
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Twilight on the sea - Vada Livorno
Maybe the smartphone created this aspect? -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:21, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It is a winter sunset in which the colors appear stronger and more intense. I didn't use filters. (⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 05:37, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Mobile phones often have inner programs to create special renders adapted to various subjects -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:26, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's your thought, I accept it, and I can't do anything to change your mind. I snapped at that moment that seemed magical to the eyes and I shared it with you. Thanks anyway. (⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 09:38, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I have no doubt it should have been a magical scenery for the eyes. Please keep in mind that my review is only focused on the photograph itself -- Basile Morin (talk) 09:51, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Hi Anna You should know that it is very hard for photos taken with a smartphone to become FPs. The technical quality can't match that of most cameras that people use here on FPC, and they often have built-in programs that will do things to your photo that are not desirable at FPC. It is also very hard to get a sunset photo to become FP, it usually needs something more than just the colors. There is even a passage written about this in the rules under COM:FPC#Guidelines for nominators: "Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others".
You have the rare opportunity to take non-tourist photos of the beautiful Tuscany, and you have already taken many good ones. Doing that and use your regular Canon camera, you are more likely to get FP photos. I also think it would improve your photos if you used some of the other settings than just the "Auto mode". Learn how to use the Av, P and M settings on the Canon, and what they can do to improve your photos. And be gentle when you edit the images, a good result is not always exactly what your eyes saw (like saturation and contrast), but rather what works and looks good in a photo. All the best, --Cart (talk) 11:40, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the note and I'm aware of it. I nominated and put it to the accounts thinking that maybe someone might like it. I will say two things that I think about fp: the first is that if I candid a photo and it doesn't pass, it's not a failure anyway because the criticisms serve to improve, the second is that it's worth proposing content that is different from the usual because perfect photos are often submitted but monotonous in content such as plants, flowers, animals, not in particular poses. With all due respect, of course, but introducing new content doesn't hurt. Especially because it can increase knowledge, the fundamental purpose of wikipedia and wikimedia. (⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 17:29, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I completely agree with you, we need more unusual photos here at FPC. I have been talking about that for years. But, pardon me, if you are so intent on wanting new and different things here, why do you nominate your photos of common motifs then? You nominate sunsets, landscapes, ruins, flowers, etc. and we have seen thousands of those. Be bold instead! Nominate something really new. :-) We would all love to see such photos. For my first FP, I had gone to a church and thought I could get some good photos of it, but it was a crate of roof tiles standing beside the church that became the FP (File:Roof tiles packed in crate 1.jpg). The camera I used was an older model of the Canon you have. I don't do nominations any more, but if I did, I would nominate the stupid-looking wooden pig I found. ;-) You need to go for the things that stand out. --Cart (talk) 20:49, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This is not a sunset, but a winter twilight, in which the sky takes on all colors of blue and purple, and its duration is really a few minutes. Furthermore, in winter the colors are even more intense because the air with fewer particles of water vapor and with fewer atmospheric aerosols binds to swell and therefore generates more colorful and more beautiful sunsets and twilights.
In any case, I will propose other particular and non-obvious things later. Thanks for your assistance. (⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 04:55, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@W.carter I now have a photo of a beautiful sunflower with bees, but after supporting what has been said so far I dare not present! Hahaha!(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 19:23, 25 July 2023 (UTC)Anna.Massini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 19:23, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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View of the Vistula River, Tyniec Abbey (on the right), and Camaldolese Monastery (on the left) on the western outskirts of Krakow
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Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus), Red Sea, Egypt
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File:Hanoi Vietnam.jpg, not featured edit

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File:Crate maker.jpg, featured edit

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Crate maker
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File:Hosta tardiana 'Halcyon'. 24-06-2022 (actm.) 02.jpg, featured edit

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Flower buds of a Hosta
  • More to do, Agnes. I have updated category for you and also English description. You should now move file (rename) to File:Hosta seiboldii 'Halcyon'. 24-06-2022 (actm.) 02.jpg then submit to VI.
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File:In Banani Model Town 01.jpg, featured edit

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Trash collection via Rickshaw in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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File:Ammophila pubescens (two) - Kulna.jpg, featured edit

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Ammophila pubescens
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File:Mayon Volcano eruption at Daraga Church.jpg, featured edit

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Pyroclastic flow
Pyroclastic density current is scientific term for pyroclastic flows and pyroclastic surges. But experts also use both of them. In case of Mayon, this volcano is well knows for its lava dome, so visible phenomenon on photo is specifically pyroclastic flow. --Phoenix CZE (talk) 10:31, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Support Meiræ 23:53, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Нарциси в Мармаросах.jpg, featured edit

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File:Pferdskopf - Over the clouds.jpg, featured edit

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View from the Pferdskopf in the Rhön Mountains during meteorological inversion over a sea of clouds
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Uluru
 Comment I just read this Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:57, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it was difficult to take. My photographs were taken from official viewpoints only. --XRay 💬 10:13, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I nominated this making sure that this wasn't depicting a sacred site. --SHB2000 (talk) 10:35, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll add a note to make clear, that the photograph was taken at a legal site. --XRay 💬 11:56, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Oppdal.jpg, featured edit

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Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) near Oppdal, Norway
  • Widespread, not omnipresent: around 180,000 pairs in Europe; mallard about 4,000,000; pigeons 20,000,000 plus. Plover 20cm: Mallard 60cm. All that being said, it was a dull day (ISO 10,000) and F7.1 not perfect when I'm so close. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:43, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Tufted Duck कालीजुरे हाँस.jpg, featured edit

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Praying women in Nepal
Improved, but still a little grainy to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:36, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks for your response, Ikan. Removing the author's added grain completely with my edits, make the skin parts too unnaturally smoothed for my taste. That's why I decided to use this compromise which comes closer to a natural analog film grain and appears more authentic. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 10:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I understand. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:15, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Recife Favela Detran street.jpg, featured edit

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Recife Favela Detran street
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Brazil
  •  Info The image we have before us, a raw and living street in a favela of Recife, Brazil, is not simply a photograph. It's a window opening to a seldom-seen reality often overlooked by the lenses of the developed Western culture. It's an invitation to introspection, a reminder that our world is vast, diverse, and filled with human experiences that stretch beyond the narratives told by mainstream media. The importance of this photograph lies in its ability to capture everyday life in a place where existence is a constant struggle, but also where the human spirit proves to be resilient and vibrant. On the surface, we can see houses made of makeshift materials, narrow, dirty streets, tangled electric wires, and an evident lack of basic infrastructure. But, upon closer observation, we can also see children playing, neighbors chatting, clothes hung out to dry in the sun. These are scenes of everyday life that occur despite the harsh circumstances. What is often overlooked by developed Western culture is this reality: millions of people around the world live in conditions that most of us would deem unacceptable. But instead of turning a blind eye to these realities, we should strive to understand them and appreciate the strength and resilience of the people who face them every day. This photograph of a street in a favela of Recife invites us to do just that. It challenges us to look beyond our own comfortable existence, to question our preconceived notions, and to truly see the diverse tapestry of human life. It shows us that there is more to the world than what we know, and it prompts us to ask ourselves what we can do to effect change and contribute to a more equitable global society. .All by -- Wilfredor (talk) 17:39, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Educational – this is the other side of Brazil that we don't often see. --SHB2000 (talk) 21:37, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support as always. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 22:49, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Good photo, but I looked and looked and didn't see children playing or neighbors chatting, though I did see a woman walking and items left outside to dry. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:14, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You must look more carefully --Wilfredor (talk) 23:01, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please help us out, because I've also just spent a good few minutes scouring the photo and can't see any other people either. BigDom (talk) 06:21, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /{{{sig}}}
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File:Nubian houses.jpg, featured edit

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Nubian homes
  • Yep. Professional flutist here. He's playing a type of flute. As for the picture, it's beautiful, but the perspective is slanty and the sky is strongly vignetted. Do we really think this represents best practices in photography? I'm reluctant to support a feature, but then again, it works at the image level and also works pretty well as a composition if I ignore the crop of the corner of the building and the somewhat random crop of the window at the left margin and just look at it as a linear arabesque. I wouldn't be at all unhappy to see it at a photography show in a gallery. So maybe a feature is warranted. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:59, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 8 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:38, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Great Cormorant Fishing.jpg edit

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I think that Charles is right --Wilfredor (talk) 15:49, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination -as per Charlesjsharp, thank you. Nirmal Dulal (talk) 04:06, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Seaman's Hut Sunrise, Kosciuszko National Park.jpg, not featured edit

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Seaman's Hut Sunrise, Kosciuszko National Park
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Result: 4 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--SHB2000 (talk) 07:47, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Child working selling vegetables in downtown Maracaibo.jpg, featured edit

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Child working selling vegetables in downtown Maracaibo
He was not aware that he was being photographed, I think he was smiling for something else unknown to me. --Wilfredor (talk) 11:35, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks. It sounded as if you knew each other... Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:26, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Charles, thanks for your comment, even after a decade has passed, the images remain etched in my memory as if it were yesterday, so vivid and palpable that they seem to defy the passage of time. I remember the how, the when, and the why of each photograph taken, all of them portraying a raw and heartbreaking reality at the nerve center of Maracaibo. The epicenter of Maracaibo, renowned for its danger level, stood as the greatest challenge of my career. Muggings were commonplace, creating an atmosphere thick with tension and nervousness. To capture the true face of the city, I had to become a ghost, almost invisible, dissolving into the nuances of the crowd, capturing snapshots without anyone noticing. In one such incursion, I fired off a burst of shots and quickly slipped away. I returned later, without the camera, to request authorisation to publish the images, thus ensuring the safety and anonymity of those involved. What these photos reveal is a bitter truth that persists as an open wound in society: the prevalence of child labour. The image that haunts me to this day, that of a child labouring on the streets, is merely a reflection of a reality all too common. Yet, it is not just another photo in the vastness of my archive. It is a silent but eloquent testimony to the urgent need for change, a call to global consciousness. While that photograph might seem commonplace to some, to me it is a cry of resistance, a way of saying that even amidst adversity, the human spirit is capable of prevailing. And in turn, a tacit indictment crying out for intervention and change. Thus, each shot becomes a reminder of what was, a mirror of what is, and an invitation to what could be. Thanks mate. --Wilfredor (talk) 14:42, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--SHB2000 (talk) 07:46, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:F5 Ruskin Heights, Missouri tornado in Kansas 1957.jpg edit

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 Comment I think the circumstance can allow the low detail level to be overlooked. It is one of the few photographed F5 tornadoes (highest level of tornado) with a photograph in the commons (Category:F5 tornadoes). WeatherWriter (talk) 04:24, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please try COM:VIC instead. You need to find the correct scope -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:24, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think it has a shot to be a featured picture, but I can move to/try VIC if this really has no chance to become a featured picture. WeatherWriter (talk) 06:04, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Photographically the image is very grainy, and the main subject poorly depicted in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 06:50, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination WeatherWriter (talk) 17:00, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Low-end EF3 damage to a home in Virginia Beach, Virginia.jpg, featured edit

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Confirmed results:
Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Poco a poco (talk) 11:08, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 003.jpg, featured edit

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Rio de Janeiro

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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Poco a poco (talk) 10:59, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Coral (Pachyseris speciosa), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-15, DD 39.jpg, featured edit

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Coral (Pachyseris speciosa), Red Sea, Egypt
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File:ŽCG 461 035 with night train on the Lesendro causeway.jpg, featured edit

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ŽCG 461 035 with the night train 432 Bar - Beograd on the Lesendro causeway near Vranjina, Montenegro
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:24, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Varicospira crispata 01.jpg, featured edit

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Varicospira crispata (Sowerby, 1842) originating from Aliguay, Philippines
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:23, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Pez ballesta picasso arábigo (Rhinecanthus assasi), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-18, DD 22.jpg, featured edit

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Assasi triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi), Red Sea, Egypt
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Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 01:20, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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File:School trip to the Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria.jpg, not featured edit

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A school trip to Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria, Egypt
  • Thanks Ikan, I really appreciate your suggestion. Sorry, to be so insistent about the language aspect: abbreviations like “CA” in most cases also don't work for non-native speakers. @Summering2018: Ikan is referring to chromatic aberrations. Could you please take a look at your original file and see whether you can fix this small issue? Also, as I've just mentioned on your talk page, please consider reducing the vignetting. Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 02:09, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /FPCBot (talk) 05:00, 30 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 12:30, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Girasole con api 2.jpg edit

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Sunflower with bees

 I withdraw my nomination(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 16:19, 29 July 2023 (UTC)Anna.Massini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 16:19, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tetraeder zur blauen Stunde, Bottrop - 0402B.jpg edit

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The photo consists of two shots, a 35 mm shot of the industrial monument and a 400 mm shot of the moon. Therefore I have included the retouched template. The 35 mm shot can also be found here on Commons and is linked in the description box as a different version. --Anil Ö. (talk) 20:46, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support That's very symbolic! JukoFF (talk) 20:19, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 23:33, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose A composite rather than retouched and this type of artistic manipulation is not my idea of FP. Charlesjsharp (talk) 00:29, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Are the sculpture and the full moon shots taken on the same night and from the same viewpoint? In a couple of the other related photos, there is a crescent moon. There are no dates other than the year and no exif data, so it's hard to know how the image has been made. You are of course welcome to nominate composite images, but in that case the gallery should be "Non-photographic media/Computer-generated#Other". This is what I'm trying to sort out. --Cart (talk) 01:46, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    As I mentioned below, the moon can't be this big at the focal used to shoot the tetrahedron so it is not a composite of the same photo at the same viewpoint (well could be the same standing point, but then not the same fov) - Benh (talk) 08:30, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As I mentioned above it is a 35 mm shot of the monument and a 400 mm shot of the moon. --Anil Ö. (talk) 17:20, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think most of us here understand that this is a compo/merge, I was only being more polite and give the photographer a chance to explain things. Oh well, so much for the diplomatic approach, I'm changing the gallery. We are allowed to create (and nominate) all sorts of merges and composite photos, as long as the process is declared and the file is in the right category!gallery. It is a shame though, that this photo has been spread to so many of the Wiki-projects as an actual photo. --Cart (talk) 10:28, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
With all due respect, how do you put two actual photographs in the "Non-photographic media / Computer-generated" category? When I look at them, this has nothing to do with it at all, is pretentious and simply wrong - please just compare what files are in this category. If you think it's a shame that this photo is used in wiki projects, feel free to change it and even submit a deletion request if necessary. --Anil Ö. (talk) 17:20, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The FP gallery is not a perfect system. We don't get many composite photos nominated at FPC, since they can often be seen as misleading. Granted, the "Non-photographic media / Computer-generated" could have a better name, but it is the place where the composites go, even if those are made from photographs. If more composite images became FPs, a new gallery could be created for them. The term "computer-generated" is to to make clear that the image is made in a different way from those where the photographer waited patiently for the right moment to photograph the moon at some precise location, like in this or this or this. Composites marking a timeline in some way are put among the other photos, since it is very clear what the photos represent. Some such can be found in this gallery.
And yes, you mentioned the two lenses you had used for this image, but on Commons and especially on FPC, you have to be super clear about how the photo was made, since many of the people seeing this image and reading the description, are not photographers. The mention of xx mm and xxx mm will just pass them by. Placing the image in the right categories and galleries will also help prevent misunderstandings by non-photographers.
Sometimes composites and digital manipulations can slip through, despite all precautions. Like when this photo won the US WLM in 2016. We are all a bit paranoid after that. ;-) Hence the strong reactions here. --Cart (talk) 18:57, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As I mentioned above it is a 35 mm shot of the monument and a 400 mm shot of the moon. --Anil Ö. (talk) 17:20, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 It was not my intention to deceive anyone, so I had linked to the original below the image and referred to digital editing. I note with regret that it is a shame that this image is used in wiki projects and reject that it is "non-photographic or computer-generated media". I will nominate the original as FP with the reasonable assumption that it will be rejected anyway. --Anil Ö. (talk) 17:20, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Crater Lake with Wizard Island in Oregon.
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Result: 2 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:58, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:2016-05-22 Anticyclonic tornado, Big Spring, Texas.jpg edit

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Main Range Track
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Result: 2 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:00, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Дорога до церкви.jpg, featured edit

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Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:00, 31 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 16:25, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Alternative version edit

  •  Support @Poco a poco: There's this version by the same author; it seems better to me. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 15:27, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I feel like neither of these could have been composed of photos taken at the same time. In other words, the sky and ground must have been shot separately at different times and then combined, plus other alterations. Does anyone disagree, and if so, how would you explain getting such a vivid view of the Milky Way when there is that much light on the ground - or even in part of the sky? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:47, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Ikan, I checked the area and there is no much civilation around the area. The light might come from Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, which is about 10 Km away. To me it looks possible but unfortunately the EXIF data is gone. Poco a poco (talk) 18:09, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't understand the issue here. For really good church photos, most photographers take a bunch of photos over a long period of time, with different settings for focus and light options, resulting in a jumbled timeline. We call this HDR and praise the author who had the patience, skill and programs to merge this into a lovely image. We are so used to this, that it is not always declared on the file page and we take that in stride. But at soon as an astronomy photo shows up, it "must" all be done in one shot (or 2-3 only seconds apart) or reviewers nitpick, and act like there is something shady going on if the same HDR technique is applied. --Cart (talk) 14:15, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • The difference is that the church photo looks more or less like a plausible view someone might have seen, whereas this does not. You can't have a clear view of the Milky Way unless the rest of the sky is very dark, and the sky is not very dark if there is much light on land. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:24, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK, that's a much more obviously unrealistic photo. To be fair, I didn't vote on that nomination, but it's interesting that it was a picture of the year finalist. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:09, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    in many photos, photographers choose to add artificial source of light, which was the case here. Nothing wrong with it I believe. I reckon it should be stated and that it can be misleading. Benh (talk) 14:48, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    and btw, to distinguish both the sky and the land, suffice it that both have a similar level of exposition, which can be the case when a moderately close city emits even little light. It is also a very common practice to merge several photos into one. For example, some will take the ground at low iso (possibly before it gets very dark) and merge it with a sky taken at a later time when it's darker. Again it alters reality and can be misleading, but I think it is acceptable if done in a subtle enough way. - Benh (talk) 15:14, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I appreciate this dialogue, but I'd point out that sunlight is not artificial light, it's just light that existed in a different time than any sky that shows the Milky Way to the naked eye. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:36, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • More likely that the photographer moved. The foliage in foreground does not overlap, nor does the angle, camera settings seems to have been altered a bit too (check them as layers in Photoshop). The photos are taken from two slightly different locations. --Cart (talk) 13:32, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I only pointed out that the camera location had shifted. I don't trust the time stamp on these photos at all. Mainly because I don't think that this is taken after three in the afternoon. We have no idea how the time stamps came to be, so I ignore them. Even though I think we should be open to the use of HDR (which sometimes results in jumbled/strange timelines) for astronomy photos in general (see post above), I personally don't think that either of these photos are good examples of that. The intention was good, but the craftmanship in creating such photos should be more structured for FP and the composition more compelling. --Cart (talk) 23:36, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 01:03, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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