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File:Annapurna South-5120.jpg

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•  Info Annapurna South, also called Annapurna Dakshin or Moditse, is a mountain in the Annapurna Himal range of the Himalayas, and the 101st-highest mountain in the world. It was first ascended in 1964, and is 7,219 metres tall. created by Bijay chaurasia - uploaded by Bijay chaurasia - nominated by Bijay chaurasia -- Bijay chaurasia (talk) 07:05, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Bijay chaurasia (talk) 07:05, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Comment - There are 3 very evident dust spots on the left side of the sky. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:24, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you @Ikan Kekek:  Done dust spot removed.--Bijay chaurasia (talk) 07:38, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Yep, you got them. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:41, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Oppose Unnatural dark sky. -- -donald- (talk) 07:44, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment Keep in mind that at > 4000m the atmosphere is much thinner than at sea level, which leads to much more UV and other short-wave light in the spectrum (Michael Freeman even has a section on this type of light that he calls "High Altitude Blue" in his Capturing Light: The Heart of Photography). Combine that with the low air pollution you may still find in remote areas like this, and you do indeed get much bluer skies. If you brighten that up, it's going to look even more unrealistic less like what most of us are used to. --El Grafo (talk) 09:15, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
• A good way to see if the sky is too dark, is to compare with photos of clouds taken from airplanes. Cumulus clouds are generally at an altitude of "less than 2,000 m", which is considerably lower than this photo. The dark sky here looks just fine to me. --Cart (talk) 10:40, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support It looks so uncompromising and hard. <shudders> I like that faint plume of snow blowing on the left side of the ridge. --Cart (talk) 10:45, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment I'd need to see the RAW file. I was looking at this view at the same time of day and about the same time of year (November 2019) I wish the sky had been this colour! Air pollution is not low at low altitudes around Pokhara. The image is not taken from 4000m. Charles (talk) 12:11, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

• Categorization suggests that this was taken from Annapurna Base Camp (4130m), and zooming around a bit in GoogleEarth and comparing it with the view in File:Annapurna Base Camp (10).JPG, that looks credible to me. What makes you think it was taken from further down? --El Grafo (talk) 14:58, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Oppose Just a high mountain. I can't see anything outstanding about this photo. --Milseburg (talk) 23:18, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Milseburg. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:37, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Milseburg. --Fischer.H (talk) 10:13, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support I mean, sure it's just a mountain, but it's a very beautiful mountain. One feels cold just looking at it, and that's what a photo of this kind should achieve. Per Cart there is no great reason to see the sky colour as unnatural. And I like how you've resisted the temptation to pull back the highlights too much and left the snow as bright white. Cmao20 (talk) 11:36, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Weak support--Junior Jumper (formerly Tæ) 10:05, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Milseburg, plus there’s a speckled zone along the edge looking like overprocessing. --Kreuzschnabel 19:21, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per other opponents. -- Karelj (talk) 21:24, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose Cart is correct about the sky (although I do wonder why there's a slight halo around the mountain), but I concur with other opposes: There's really not enough wow here in a static picture of a high mountain's peak against the stratospheric sky. Daniel Case (talk) 18:20, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
•  I withdraw my nomination--Bijay chaurasia (talk) 05:55, 28 February 2020 (UTC)