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File:Nizwa Fort and Minaret of Friday Mosque.JPG, featured[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 10 Aug 2017 at 09:28:24 (UTC)
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- Category: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Oman
- Info The minaret of Friday Mosque as seen from Nizwa Fort, Nizwa, Oman. This picture grew on me over the time. First I was a bit disappointed that the sky was rather misty. But misty skies are actually to be expected when visiting an oasis town in the middle of the dessert surrounded by mountains. So now I really appreciate the "One Thousand and One Nights" feeling the image conveys to me with everything from the parapet to the minaret. All by me --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:28, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:28, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support -- Pofka (talk) 09:45, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 10:16, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Very striking image. The nearest foreground is unsharp at full size, but it's a large file, so it's best not to overemphasize that detailed a view. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:17, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support The mist actually works for the image here, bringing out the minaret better. --cart-Talk 11:17, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support per Ikan and cart. Doesn't seem like it should work, and indeed it's almost oversharpened, but as a result the background detail is sharp enough to not use "unsharp background" as a reason for opposing, and frankly the minaret is just the right amount off center. (I also like that roof, so much like Qusayr Amra in Jordan ... wonder what the shared architectural influence might have been, as I don't think the Sassanids got that far south. And what's that museum in Dallas with the similar roof ... my dad noticed that right when we got to Qusayr Amra, and wondered if that had been the inspiration). Daniel Case (talk) 17:52, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support Daphne Lantier 19:23, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 20:54, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:09, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Atsme 📞 23:04, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
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This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Oman