Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Ducks in a row.jpg

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Image:Ducks in a row.jpg, not featured[edit]

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  •  Info created, uploaded and nominated by --Tomascastelazo 02:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support This picture reminds me of a joke a french friend told me about a belgian who thought the lake was shallow because the water reached up to the duck's belly only --Tomascastelazo 02:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Can these ducks be just a smidgin whiter? -- carol 09:02, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Hi Carol - I cannot tell if you are joking! In case you are not... white subjects are difficult to represent because they fall between the end of the texture range and the end of the dynamic range, in the high luminosity end (in zone system photography, which I use for representation of subjects). That means that subjects that fall within this range will have tonal differences, but no texture on their surfaces, as it is the case here. If we were to increase luminosity or contrast, their entire bodies will block out in white. Now, there might be a color cast, but that is greatly dependent on output or display, which can be corrected (even the file itself can have a color bias within its information, but digitally speaking, I cannot tell, and I correct for that in output anyway). Regards, --Tomascastelazo 19:11, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was joking, and it was probably not a good idea to use a joke like that in a multi-language situation (this was a few shades of sarcasm) to point out that it is a great photograph, with the inky blackness of the water and still showing details of the white of the ducks. For some reason which I am not able to remember right now, the sarcasm seemed to fit with your statement about the depth of the water as well. I should apologize and take the proceedings here more seriously. Some situations have made that latter goal a challenge, however. -- carol 02:18, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
result: 2 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 16:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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