Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mountains Mekong river and dwellings seen from Mount Phou Si at dusk in Luang Prabang Laos.jpg

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•  Info created - uploaded - nominated by Basile Morin -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:58, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:58, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support The photograph exhibits an excessive noise reduction which, regrettably, has resulted in the loss of essential textures vital for depth and detail in the image. Upon inspection, I notice extensive areas that have been rendered to a near-solid black color. This uniformity detracts from the visual richness and complexity of the composition. Additionally, the dynamic range appears to be limited, leading to a lack of texture and hars contrast between the brighter and darker areas. However, despite these points, I must emphasize that the overall ambiance of the image holds potential. With the right corrections, it could truly shine. The foundation is there; it just requires some technical refinement to achieve a striking piece :) --Wilfredor (talk) 02:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC). Update vote: Thanks for the new version, more better, --Wilfredor (talk) 10:49, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Weak support Per Wilfredor, but a great blue hour scene overall. ★ 02:53, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

• It is dusk. Blue hour is a few minutes earlier :-) Thanks for your comment -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:34, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

• Not a weak  Support anymore. ★ 13:59, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

•  Done Thanks for the reviews. A very standard Topaz AI denoising was applied, but because the image is globally dark due to dusk, some subtle details may have disappeared. A version with no denoising at all has been uploaded (for comparison) and the last one (current one in the history) with partial denoising. Note that this is a long-exposure (10 seconds) photograph. It was almost full night, thus I can't make the sky brighter than it was, as part of the dynamic range -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:31, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

• Details are more visible now with the parcially denoised version. Some noise is acceptable for a long-exposure photo. ★ 04:00, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

• Agreed. Thanks for your feedback. When one edits such images in daylight (I mean in a room with windows before the night), some fine details in the darkest areas are hard to discern. Only the brightest parts pop up. Here I had to close my curtains to see them in the mountains. Additionally, the software is working so well with standard brightness ranges, the habit to validate sometimes too quickly should be abandoned :-) -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:38, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

•  Support All three versions look good, but the current one looks best to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:59, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support —Bruce1ee^talk 07:31, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 10:40, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --XRay 💬 15:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --imehling (talk) 20:40, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 22:15, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 23:11, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support - ABAL1412^{🇻🇳🇸🇺🇷🇺} (talk ☭) 07:11, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support - Princess 🍵 Rosalina 28139 07:43, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 08:51, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support A gorgeous scene! Also an interesting example for differences in taste: personally I like the version without denoising best, as the noise seems very minor and is just natural photon shot noise; but the third (partially denoised version) is excellent, too. --Aristeas (talk) 14:48, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --GRDN711 (talk) 15:12, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:21, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 17:02, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 06:14, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jakubhal 14:17, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 16:26, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support 20 upper 04:27, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --BigDom (talk) 06:02, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support JukoFF (talk) 20:00, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 23 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 05:28, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Laos