Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Агат.jpg

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File:Агат.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Agate
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Rocks and Minerals
  •  Info created and uploaded by SKas, nominated by Yann (talk) 09:45, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support A very nice picture of a beautiful stone. -- Yann (talk) 09:45, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - Sorry to start off with an oppose vote, but as an almost life-long lover of agates, I find this neither an extraordinary specimen nor very sharply photographed. A Google Image search for "agate" produces all kinds of amazing multicolored stones. We seem to have an oddly poor selection of photos of agates on Commons, at least in terms of the few QIs that came up, but I'm a bit surprised you think of this as an FP. We'll see what other people think. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:54, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • FPC is not about the best on the web. As you say, this is one of the best on Commons. Let's see what others think... Yann (talk) 10:00, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I didn't say it's one of the best on Commons. If you want to draw that conclusion from its being one of a few QIs of agates, you can do so, but I don't think that just because a photo is a QI in a category with poor coverage on Commons, that makes it a viable FP candidate. Moreover, there could easily be other sites with CC-licensed agate photos that are better than the QIs currently on Commons, and the existence of those is also relevant at FPC, isn't it? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:09, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It's a rather ordinary agate. The background has quite a lot of noise, possibly due to compression artefacts. Although the image is a decent size, it isn't that sharp, so less detailed than some of our smaller photos. There aren't many QI of agates but a browse through the category shows some much nicer specimens -- though the category is a PITA as someone has split it into lots of tiny sub categories with about three images each. I think the point about the Google image search is that it shows the potential images we should have for such a highly photogenic subject. Being "among the finest" is influenced by "other photos of agates", "other photos of minerals" and "other studio photos of objects" and "our general standard of photography at FP". While I think having similar/better photos in the category counts against a photo being FP, not having similar/better photos in that specific category is not a free ride to FP either. It if the specimen, the photography and the JPG aren't that great, then I still oppose. Perhaps someone will be encouraged to take a great photo. -- Colin (talk) 10:24, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Just a note to Ikan's comment on the fantastic colors found at a Google search, many of those agates have artificial coloring since agate is very easy to dye. This specimen at least shows the most common real color of the stone. --cart-Talk 10:29, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Yann (talk) 14:28, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Yann (talk) 14:01, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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