Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/February 2021

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File:Echte tonderzwam (Fomes fomentarius) 25-12-2020 (actm.) 05.jpg, featured[edit]

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Result: 10 support, 5 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:14, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Esther before Ahasuerus, Franciszek Smuglewicz, 1778.jpg, featured[edit]

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Esther before Ahasuerus
Thanks. Fixed. Hanooz 13:55, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:15, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Bloody Saturday, Shanghai.jpg[edit]

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  • of course I do. And I've already given my support. But isn't this a good example to illustrate how our usual obsession with technical perfection leads to basically nothing. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome to have people in our community who take care of images in need of restoration. But a minor scratch here and there doensn't devalue images. And neither does grain - nor noise. See, my line above was a trick to get that discussion started. Thanks for falling into that trap. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:53, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I hadn't voted. I just like to know how big the prints are when considering historical photos. If the print was way smaller than the digital photo, should that have no bearing on my vote? Even if you think it shouldn't, "I know and won't tell you because I want to stretch things to make an object lesson of you" isn't very nice. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:38, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • No problem. I think I agree with Colin on favoring the original, though. Let's nominate the original, and I will support. I will say that I don't think my questions on FPC are usually rhetorical; they can almost always be replied to. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:57, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Martin Falbisoner, maybe you didn't notice that this is actually a "restored" version. The original appears to be this TIF file. I don't think this restoration represents our "finest". The contrast has been enhanced to blacken the blacks, and the fixing of assumed scratches and perceived marks has extended to the baby and in particular the baby's face. Where we clean up some map or poster, it is fair enough to use a little artistic licence, but I agree with you that there is no documentary or educational improvement in photoshopping this historical photo like this. -- Colin (talk) 16:55, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Кришталеві крила.jpg, featured[edit]

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Pushcha-Vodytsky Forest Park, Obolon district, Kyiv
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Result: 19 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Laitche (talk) 08:48, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Great egret in GWC (43539).jpg, featured[edit]

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Great egret plunging its head into the water in Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York)
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:10, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa - Black girl - MP 5531 - National Museum in Warsaw.jpg, featured[edit]

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Black girl
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 23:58, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Mandelbulb OpenCL 225MPx 20201202.png, not featured[edit]

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Neutral perspective of a en:Mandelbulb (power 9). Original 15Kx15K image with 64 bit color depth in the file history.
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Result: 2 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 23:58, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Vaasa Barracks.jpg[edit]

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Vaasa Barracks

File:Chaïm Soutine - Vue de Céret.jpg, featured[edit]

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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:41, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Bischwind Wallfahrtskirche St.Maria-20201024-RM-163047.jpg, featured[edit]

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Pilgrimage church St. Maria Helper of the Christians
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 16:18, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Bruges City Hall Interior.jpg, featured[edit]

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Bruges city hall
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Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 16:19, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Nevelzwam (nebularis) in verval. 09-01-2021 (d.j.b.) 01.jpg[edit]

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File:Reeds at Jones Beach at sunset (04924).jpg[edit]

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Reeds at sunset on Jones Beach, New York

File:ארובות עשנות בבית חרושת למלט בנשר. צילום של יהודה גביש 1966.jpg[edit]

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 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 19:08, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:PK Thatta asv2020-02 img01 Shah Jahan Mosque.jpg[edit]

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Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta
What angel? Daniel Case (talk) 05:49, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh noo! :-) --Gnosis (talk) 08:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Orthoceras, Erfoud, Marruecos, 2021-01-24, DD 001-047 FS.jpg, featured[edit]

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Orthoceras, Erfoud, Morocco.
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Result: 18 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:48, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Water reflection of a wooden house surrounded by trees with farmers walking in the paddy fields of Vang Vieng Laos.jpg, featured[edit]

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Water reflection of a wooden house surrounded by trees with farmers walking in the paddy fields of Vang Vieng Laos
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:47, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Asiyab badi.jpg, featured[edit]

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Result: 10 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Laitche (talk) 17:41, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Illuminated Ferris wheel, bouncing castle and carousel at night in a funfair in Vientiane, Laos.jpg, featured[edit]

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Illuminated Ferris wheel, bouncing castle and carousel at night in a funfair in Vientiane, Laos
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Laitche (talk) 17:42, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Macierzynstwo 1905.jpg, featured[edit]

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Macierzynstwo
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Laitche (talk) 17:43, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Diente rostral de un pez sierra extinto (Onchorpristis numidus), Kem Kem, Marruecos, 2021-01-15, DD 187-243 FS.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Rostral tooth from an extinct sawfish (Onchopristis numidus), Kem Kem, Morocco
*Answer: I have no experience with 50 MPx. But technically, I think f5.6 or f / 7.1 is a better choice. 57 photos also seems too many to me. I estimate that the depth of the photo is about 3 cm. used to be. If you divide that by 57 photos. Then the photos are very close together. And the program may mix it up. With some stacking programs you can delete a number of photos alternately. Then the end result is sometimes sharper. This is my personal opinion. You may experience it differently. Personally, I think a sharp outline is essential in a stacked photo.--Famberhorst (talk) 16:59, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /--Poco a poco (talk) 19:32, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Sierra Maestra panorama1.jpg[edit]

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Sierra Maestra

File:A B-52 Stratofortress receiving fuel from a KC-10 Extender (210127-F-ER377-9312).jpg, not featured[edit]

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A B-52 Stratofortress receiving fuel from a KC-10 Extender
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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 21:41, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Yom Kippur War. XXXVII.jpg (delist and replace), delisted[edit]

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Result: 9 delist, 0 keep, 0 neutral => delisted. /--A.Savin 21:42, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tomatoes in basket 2020 G1.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Tomatoes in basket
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Result: 5 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 21:14, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:2.জাতীয় সংসদ ভবন.jpg, not featured[edit]

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atiya Sangsad Bhaban, the National Parliament House of Bangladesh
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 13:17, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dülmen, Merfeld, Feldweg am Mühlenbach -- 2021 -- 4347-51.jpg, featured[edit]

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Farm road at Mühlenbach in the hamlet in Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Result: 26 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:18, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Oranges - whole-halved-segment.jpg, featured[edit]

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Oranges
 Support Sorry, my fault, I misinterpreted the reflection of the oranges. --Llez (talk) 06:13, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 16 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:16, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:SBB RABe 511 029 Flums with snow.jpg, featured[edit]

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RegioExpress 3471 from Zürich to Chur
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Result: 24 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 13:17, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Kaplica grobowa rodziny Potockich P1680784 Peczera.jpg, featured[edit]

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Українська: Костьол-мавзолей Потоцьких, Печера, центр села This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine, number: 05-243-0098 Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Ukraine
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Result: 9 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:48, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Cathedral of Our Lady of Rodez 79.jpg[edit]

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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Rodez, Aveyron, France

File:Mymandelbrot3.jpg, not featured[edit]

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A computer-generated variation of the famous Mandelbrot fractal, based on a different mathematical function. Details on the file description.
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Result: 1 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 21:48, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Petite Venise depuis le pont de la rue de Turenne (Colmar) (12).jpg, not featured[edit]

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Result: 4 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 21:47, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Морозний ранок біля Троїцько-Іллінського монастиря.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Українська: Комплекс споруд Троїцько-Іллінського монастиря, Чернігів This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine, number: 74-101-9003 Winners Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Ukraine
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Result: 4 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 21:47, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Musa Bay, Iran ESA372739.jpg, featured[edit]

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Musa Bay, Iran
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:26, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Schrauben, Muttern und Unterlegscheiben -- 2020 -- 4150.jpg, featured[edit]

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Screws, nuts and washers
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects#Others
  •  Info created and uploaded and nominated by XRay -- XRay 💬 06:11, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- XRay 💬 06:11, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't think this is nearly as good as File:Sechskantschrauben -- 2020 -- 3985-8.jpg. The arrangement of bolts, nuts and washers is too random, unlike the simplicity of the bolts in the other one which sort of looked like some kind of bar chart. The highlights here are a bit too much (my eyes hurt) and the surrounds haven't been cleaned as well. I don't think you've balanced the lighting in this one very well, with some parts too dark and other parts too bright -- for example the mirrored/glass surface is showing its dirty surface on the right hand side, where it should perhaps only be showing reflections. -- Colin (talk) 10:11, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I really like the way this resembles a kind of neo-futuristic skyline (I'm thinking of things like the 1960s TV show, The Jetsons, but you could also think of the Star Trek movies or any number of other sci-fi shows or earlier architecture or dioramas with tall buildings that include circular, otherwise curvy or polygonal structures that aren't rectangular cuboids [3-dimensional rectangles]). There seem to be a number of hot pixels that it would be nice to clone out, and because the reflections of the screws, nuts and washers extend closer to the bottom than the equipment itself extends to the top, I'd like a more generous bottom crop if at all possible. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:12, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've found some of these pixel at the screws, but I think the reason are the screws itself. --XRay 💬 05:20, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I added a note. Just about due left of the bottom of the leftmost reflection that goes down almost to the bottom of the picture frame. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:12, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes! Thank you! That's very helpful. I found the pixel (and another one too). It's fixed now. --XRay 💬 09:32, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Great! Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:00, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:22, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Roodbruine schijnridderzwammen (Lepista flaccida). 22-01-2021 (d.j.b.) 01.jpg, featured[edit]

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Result: 25 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 00:29, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Bridge of Jacques-Gabriel in Blois 02.jpg, featured[edit]

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Bridge of Jacques-Gabriel in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
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Result: 20 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 14:20, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:White-breasted nuthatch (31195).jpg, featured[edit]

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White-breasted nuthatch on a suet feeder
  • What do you mean by background editing? I didn't do anything to the suet cage that wasn't done to the whole image (though the denoising program may have denoised some areas more than others -- but that doesn't sound like what you're talking about)? — Rhododendrites talk15:38, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 14:20, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Football freestyle 2013 Masters epee t170924.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Football freestyle
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:30, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:South Georgia Island as seen by Sentinel-2.jpg, featured[edit]

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South Georgia Island
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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:30, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Swamp rose-mallow.jpg, featured[edit]

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Swamp rose-mallow.jpg
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:29, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Pano Parc du réservoir Beaudet.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Pano Parc du réservoir Beaudet
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Result: 6 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 12:04, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Telc 20.JPG, not featured[edit]

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John of Nepomuk Statue
  •  Comment @Rhododendrites: Thank you for your positive comment and appreciation of photo attributes beyond straightforward image composition and minimum technical qualities (which of course must be at a high level to attain 'Featured Picture' status). The different angles of the buildings renders roof-lines at different angles but I experimented previously with a number of slight perspective adjustments and this image seemed the best 'compromise' overall. --SM1 (talk) 11:26, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 5 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 12:05, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a training exercise (210120-A-II094-096M).jpg, featured[edit]

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An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a training exercise
  • This is a U.S. Army photo from www.defense.gov. They are not usually in the habit of doctoring their photos, they record events, and from time to time they come across unusual things because of their many missions. I doubt very much they go about adding pretty rainbows to their photos. Check out the source. --Cart (talk) 22:02, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 20:57, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:TR Pamukkale Laodicea asv2020-02 img11.jpg, featured[edit]

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Laodicea on the Lycus main street
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 20:55, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Weißstorch IMG 5642.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Ciconiidae
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Result: 9 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 20:58, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:...yamuna ji! (32382324577).jpg, not featured[edit]

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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 21:13, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ceiling of Shah Mosque at Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom, Iran.jpg, featured[edit]

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Ceiling of Shah Mosque at Fatima Masumeh Shrine
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Result: 24 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 21:13, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Colorful sky with pink clouds reflecting in the water of a paddy field and mountains at dusk Vang Vieng Laos.jpg, featured[edit]

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Colorful sky with luminous pink and gray clouds reflecting in the water of a paddy field
  • I found two advantages of creating long file names: in a series, no number needed, each picture has its own words depicting the content. Also very useful in a gallery: no necessity to copy/paste the description, just the file name is enough :-) Thanks -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:11, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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The simurgh arrives to assist with the birth of Rustam
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Grus grus in Agamon HaHula
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Astrological Clock Olomouc
  • Scotch Mist, thanks for your reply. The thing about downsizing is you never know what the end-user is going to use a photo for, they might want, let's say, to use it for a large print, in which case extra resolution is definitely helpful. I agree that the photo is slightly blurry at full size, but put it this way, if you provide the higher resolution, then anyone who wants a pinpoint sharp image can just downsize it themselves client-side. All that downsizing a photo does is reduce the amount of usable detail. This is why downsizing is usually frowned upon at FP. For me, the original photo is definitely FP. You may get some criticism for the blur, but you will also get criticism for downsizing unfortunately. But most reviewers here are sufficiently thoughtful as to realise that they can't expect the same pinpoint sharpness from a 20mpx image as they can from a 5mpx image. Cmao20 (talk) 15:02, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment @Cmao20: Thanks for your detailed comments - have now reverted to the previous original resolution version of this image and will be interested to read any comments that may arise! --SM:!) (talk) 15:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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SBlack-fronted Dotterel
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Cerussite
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Gomphus pulchellus, the western clubtail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Western Europe, although absent in the British isles. Its natural habitat are clean ponds and canals, clay and mud holes. The species is 47–50 mm long.
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File:Marsh Boardwalk panorama.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Marsh Boardwalk
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File:George Floyd protest at Brooklyn Public Library (02916c).jpg[edit]

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Two sides of the same sign/screen during a rally for George Floyd at the Brooklyn Public Library

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Inauguration of Joe Biden
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View from the Belchenflue in the Jura Mountains to the Bernese Alps in a distance of about 100 km
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File:Inflorescence of Anacamptis pyramidalis 18.jpg[edit]

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Inflorescence of Anacamptis pyramidalis in commune of Mouret, Aveyron, France

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Saint John Church of Sohrol
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Pinot Gris grape. Focus stack of 12 receptions
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File:Jameh Mosque of Hamadan 2018-01-18.jpg[edit]

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interior view of Jameh Mosque of Hamadan
  •  Comment Documenting a message != supporting it, and is the absence of such a message a reason to support photos of Catholic churches when the Catholic church denies women an equal right to become priests, or of all mosques because to my knowledge (and I'd welcome correction if I'm wrong), no sect or school of Islam allows women to be imams? Yet I don't think you'd support disallowing photos of Catholic churches or mosques in general from being featured. I realize this kind of thing can be a delicate issue, and I can understand the argument that photos of a subject you find immoral are or can be depending on the nature of the presentation immoral for transmitting immoral content, but I think the most I've done when a photo of a subject I found abhorrent was nominated was to comment on why I couldn't vote for it, as in the case of the heroic equestrian statue of notorious Jew-murderer Khmelnitskiy in Kiev. I didn't oppose the nomination on the basis of my disapproval of the subject. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:14, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Zhuravlyne ozero.jpg, featured[edit]

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File:Tartu Landmarks 07.jpg[edit]

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  •  Info Flags of Estonia at Tartu Town Hall behind fountain with shadowed sculpture of "Kissing Students" discretely embracing beneath 'umbrella' - created, uploaded, nominated by Scotch Mist -- SM:!) (talk) 14:34, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- SM:!) (talk) 14:34, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Subject in the shadow and chaotic composition with tight crop at the top -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:52, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment @Basile Morin: Although new to FP it has quickly become evident that high quality beautiful photographs taken under near-ideal lighting conditions and geometrically composed according to accepted standards (sometimes artistically) are preferred over images that attempt to tell a story beyond that of a two-dimensional photograph but are considered 'technically inferior' in some way (sometimes deliberately to convey a particular message). Perhaps there should be a 'new category' for good quality images with the merit that they successfully (which admittedly may not be the case here) provoke more contemplation of the thoughts behind creating the image rather than have them simply dismissed as "chaotic compositions". It is less than thirty years since Estonia, with 'independence', stepped out of the shadows of totalitarian Soviet rule but Tartu is geographically less than 50Km from Russia. --SM:!) (talk) 10:42, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Disagree Instead of saying I do not review constructively, just remove your {{Withdraw}} above and wait for more votes. You'll see. Each contributor is subjective, OK? Let others review your picture, and you'll have the fair verdict. Secondly, I have not yet nominated your image for deletion, but I repeat this is out of FoP in my opinion. To finish, after many years evaluating all kinds of photographs everyday in FPC I'm certainly much more experienced than you, saying my assessment is "superficial". Once again, let this image run until the end of the voting period, and you'll see what happens consensually (if it's not deleted before). Regards -- Basile Morin (talk) 13:31, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Basile Morin: As I stated from the outset I am "new to FP" but you appear to have made my point as an "experienced" evaluator, which I respect, that more profound considerations (or symbolism) are not currently assessed as adding merit to a photograph for FP so there would be no logic in removing my {{Withdraw}} - thank you for taking the time to review this image and your further comments (although unfortunately it appears that my words have been mis-interpreted, perhaps because of inexact language translations). --SM:!) (talk) 15:09, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbolism counts, if we can see it. I think I speak accurately if I say that at FPC, we judge photos on what we can see, not on whatever symbolism you intended to express that we can't see. The other thing I'd say is that you have to have a thick skin and be patient if you choose to nominate work at FPC. We are judging whether the nominated photos are among the very best on the site, not merely whether they're good or, say, top 20-25 percentile. Many of the reviewers here have strong opinions, but it's also not uncommon, as you've seen, for people not to express an opinion at all when they're unsure or for whatever reason prefer not to. I think all of us understand frustration, but I think you've withdrawn prematurely, and I also hope that you continue nominating photos here, though keeping in mind some of what I've written here. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:33, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Facade of the church of St Sebastian, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
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File:Salar de Pujsa, Chile, 2016-02-08, DD 04-07 PAN.JPG, featured[edit]

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Salar de Pujsa, Chile
  •  Oppose Sorry. First it's not really an impressive compo. I mean, it didn't have to be this wide a FOV to show mostly the same thing across the horizontal scope of the frame. Second, it is (another) of your panorama with a very obvious broken horizon (it "falls of" on the right side). And third... the light, flat and harsh. - Benh (talk) 21:21, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    It's always a mistery to me why some veteran and demanding reviewers that show up from time to time mainly get attracted by my noms. If you don't like it, fine, there is not much I can do about it. Regarding the horizon on the right, I agree, there is some room for improvement, will upload an update later. Poco a poco (talk) 10:43, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • There's no need to look too much into it. I just happen to like panorama, so I will spot these things quickly and since it's a recurrent thing, I thought I'd just drop a word. If I really voted, u'd certainly be less happy ;) - Benh (talk) 12:34, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      A bigger mystery is how come despite being told countless times that your horizons are broken, you still submit these to FPC. It's not even subtle and someone as veteran as you should begin to spot these issues. - Benh (talk) 12:38, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Poco a poco: It's now noticeably leaning to the left. And try not to minimize critics (I don't think I'm biased). That's how you improve on things. I consider something broken when It can be spotted just by scrolling over it. - Benh (talk) 11:38, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • Poco, please stop making personal attacks about the reviewers. If you disagree with the review, disagree with the review, not with the few people who still dare to oppose some of your nominations. -- Colin (talk) 12:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment imho the sky looks oversaturated (or excessively polarized?). Even white clouds are turning blue on the edges. --Ivar (talk) 09:23, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:The ottoman's topkapi...... (18389018372).jpg[edit]

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File:Bedkhem Church, Isfahan, Iran.jpg, featured[edit]

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Bedkhem Church, Isfahan, Iran
Please, speaking for everyone on this side of the Atlantic between Canada and Mexico, we just got done with a couple of months of this sort of thing ... Daniel Case (talk) 05:40, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Eburna lienardii 01.jpg, featured[edit]

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Eburna lienardii
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Mars place at Altay Mountain, Russia
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File:Un matou de Provence.JPG, not featured[edit]

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A tabby cat, red and white, lying on a garden soil.
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Покровський собор зимового вечора
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File:EL foto Ellervee - MG 9138-2 - võrku seadmas.jpg[edit]

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Araneus diadematus making a web

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Anthidium manicatum, commonly called the European wool carder bee is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter bees or mason bees. They get the name "carder" from their behaviour of scraping hair from leaves such as lamb's ears.
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File:Aschaffenburg Rlwy Bridge Nilkheim.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Railway Bridge Achaffenburg-Nilkheim
Just as an observation ... if you really want to take a cool picture of the tracks receding into the distance from a grade crossing, well, maybe you can follow the example of this QI I took, in which I am adroitly standing between two tracks. I should also further distinguish these photos by noting that mine was taken not only at a vehicle crossing, but one in a busy downtown (actually two downtowns, as I'm on the municipal border between Rutherford and East Rutherford—not that that really matters as far as safety goes), right next to the station. Daniel Case (talk) 00:23, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Bergtocht van Val Sinestra naar Ramosch 15-09-2019. (d.j.b) 05.jpg[edit]

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File:Trinkgläser -- 2021 -- 4700.jpg[edit]

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Two drinking glasses

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Outside view of Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany
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File:Yellow-bellied sapsucker in CP (40484).jpg, featured[edit]

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Yellow-bellied sapsucker in Central Park
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Українська: Миколаївська церква, Святогірськ This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine, number: 14-141-0064 Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Ukraine
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File:Ceiling of interance of a room in Atabaki sahn in Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom,Iran.jpg[edit]

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  • Amirpashaei, that isn't quite the case. You are only allowed to nominate 2 photos at once, but there is no rule stopping another user from nominating a third photo by you at the same time as you have two active nominations of your own! Cmao20 (talk) 17:37, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, I think the word you're looking for is "entrance". Please correct the spelling of the file after the nomination period is over. Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:01, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. sure Mr Kekek.--Amir Pashaei (talk) 16:42, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:1. কান্তনগর মন্দির.jpg, featured[edit]

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  •  Comment Pretty sure that's at least mostly due to how the roof is constructed. It's curving up (and probably also a outwards bit) in the center. See how the outer roof line hits the rainwater outlets (peeking out at the corners) at an angle? If you use those outlets as a reference, lens distortion appears to be quite well-controlled for a drone camera. --El Grafo (talk) 10:28, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, it's physics or rather the angle of the view. :-) If you look at this building in the many photos of it in the Category:Kantanagar Temple, the walls are straight but are curved upwards quite a bit. When a shot is taken straight down from the middle, things lean outwards from the center [1]. You can see some of the inner part of the walls/railings/parapets and the central tower has straight sides. But as you go outward, the low walls surrounding each step are more and more curved upward and therefore they appear to be "bulging" outwards because of the perspective. To me, this looks like very accurate photo of this building with no barrel distortion. If it was a camera/lens distortion, the fence at the bottom of the photo would also be curved, and it's not. (You can sort of think of it as looking straight down a take-away box) --Cart (talk) 14:46, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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US Marine
The anchor on the button, and the colors generally, suggest Marines to me. Daniel Case (talk) 16:45, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Czech Republic Air Force Mil Mi-24V
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File:Allium oleraceum inflorescence - Keila.jpg, featured[edit]

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Allium oleraceum
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File:Утки на Набережной - 2.jpg, featured[edit]

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Tezikov Bridge in Tambov, Russia
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File:Bergtocht van Watles via Sesvennahütte en de Uina Slucht naar Sur En 19-09-2019. (actm.) 18.jpg, featured[edit]

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File:RhB Ge 4-4 Bernina Crocodile with Xrot d on Bernina pass.jpg, featured[edit]

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RhB Ge 4-4 "Bernina Crocodile"
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File:Коли дім висох.jpg, not featured[edit]

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European pond turtle
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File:Zip line over the falls of Li Phi at sunrise in Don Khon Laos.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Zip line over the falls of Li Phi at sunrise in Don Khon Laos
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File:5 (معماری حرم امام رضا (ع.jpg, featured[edit]

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Internal architecture of Imam Reza shrine
  • It's very nice. My one problem is the man at the bottom of the second opening from the right whose smirk is so direct and intense that he almost looks photoshopped (I don't think he is, of course). Also he's melting into the railing behind him. — Rhododendrites talk03:53, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well spotted Rhododendrites. There's definitely a stitching error there, running vertically and causing problems with the arch above too. Shame. Just to clarify, your comment and mine here are about the other "contender" that I mentioned, not this nomination. -- Colin (talk) 11:19, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Ancient Mosul, a Yezidi shrine to the left and the Nouri Mosque minaret to the right.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Iraq. Mosul. In the heart of ancient Mosul, showing a Yezidi shrine to the left and the Nouri Mosque minaret to the right.
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File:Finistère, France ESA21909842.jpeg, featured[edit]

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Finistère, France
  • Hello. Thanks for the nomination. As you have noticed it's a satellite image taken by Sentinel-2 optical satellite. The diagonal lines are an artifact resulting from how such images are built. This image has not been taken in a single shot: satellites have a fixed swath width. For Sentinel-2 it is 290km, meaning you can't take a single picture of whole Brittany, and need to assemble multiple ones, it's called a "mosaic", or even more precisely an "orthomosaic" when the images are orthorectified. Due to the both the rotation of the Earth and orbital inclination of satellite, the satellite does not take pictures "vertically" from North to South but always in a "diagonal" direction. When these images are assembled, the geometric distortion is corrected and the colors are balanced to produce a consistent image, hiding those artefacts. Usually the lines delimiting used portions of each image are manually drawn using ground features (coasts, rivers, buildings...) so that it becomes invisible to the human eye. In this case it has not been done so precisely, that's why you can guess the "assembling lines". vip (talk) 13:25, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:A Delta Oasis in Southeastern Kazakhstan.jpg, featured[edit]

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Ili River Delta
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File:EL foto, Eimar Kull - 88st PAJUURB.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Stamens of Salix
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File:EL foto, Eimar Kull - 7stEMANE-2.jpg, featured[edit]

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Female Agriopis aurantiaria
Hey! It's not that you mentioned that either. ;) Kruusamägi (talk) 15:25, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I've learned to discount a degree of fuzziness that doesn't affect the subject. But would I like for the blurred part of the foreground to be cropped out? Yeah, that would definitely improve the picture. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:01, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've now croped the image. Kruusamägi (talk) 15:25, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:De Strubben-Kniphorstbos (d.j.b.) 05.jpg[edit]

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File:Mezquita de Nasirolmolk, Shiraz, Irán, 2016-09-24, DD 69-71 HDR.jpg[edit]

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File:Stone statue of the Buddha seated with moss-covered stone alms bowl in Ryōan-ji Zen Buddhist temple Ukyō-ku Kyoto Japan.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Stone statue of the Buddha seated with moss-covered stone alms bowl in Ryōan-ji Zen Buddhist temple Ukyō-ku Kyoto Japan
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File:Kirov Oblast Falyonki asv2019-05 img8.jpg, featured[edit]

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Abandoned grain elevator in Falyonki
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File:Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque2, Isfahan, Iran.jpg, featured[edit]

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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran
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File:Église Saint-Charles-Borromée de Québec.jpg, featured[edit]

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Église Saint-Charles-Borromée de Québec
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors/Religious_buildings#Canada
  •  Info All by -- Wilfredor (talk) 14:46, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support New camera Wilfredor! :-). I like that the light looks so natural, not over processed, and that the high viewpoint helps keep perspective distortions to a minimum. The church is an interesting mix of new furniture and old style gilt and statues. There is a little loss of detail on the brightest parts of the central altar. I guess the sunlight coming in there is really bright. Is this an HDR or standard photo? I wouldn't want you to reduce the highlights more if that didn't recover any detail, as I like sunlight whites to be painfully white. At pixel peeping there is a bit of noise that perhaps could be avoided with a sharpen mask. You've exported this as "ProPhoto RGB" colourspace, which is too big for 8-bit JPG to handle, and might cause some viewers to see very strange colours. Could you export as sRGB please. -- Colin (talk) 16:35, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Colin, thanks for your review, and yes it's a camera from the Quebec WikiClub, they have lent it to me for a project to photograph church interiors. The quality of this camera is superior to my camera d7200 but it also generates very large files that are difficult to develop. I'm still using my d7200, because with the z7 ii I'm sometimes afraid to go out and take a photo of something meaningless because I'm supposed to shoot images that add value to Wikipedia. At the end of the project I must return it to the WikiClub. Regarding your comments I have applied a noise reduction, overexposure improvement and details of the altar, this image is an HDR of three exposures separated by two steps, I was mounted on a wooden surface and maybe there would be some vibration. --Wilfredor (talk) 20:55, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
U r a bit ruining it by using such a narrow aperture though (and no it's not needed for the DOF) - Benh (talk) 08:21, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Benh, thanks for your sugestion and you are very right, I waited too long for all the elements to come out in focus, however, what would be the correct aperture? (maybe f/8 in this case). I also made a panorama with a much higher resolution but my computer is not capable of unifying such large photos. Is there any technique to save this time? Should I reduce the size of these images?. Thank you very much in advance for the answers, maybe this could be discussed elsewhere --Wilfredor (talk) 01:06, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Wilfredor: getting the right combo depends on the "absolute" aperture (like f/8 on FF is a f/5.6 on APS-C), resolution and distance to the subjects. Since the z7 is very high res, I'd stop down as much as possible so I'd say f/8 or f/10 (after that you loose quality, but maybe the increase of DOF for the resolution makes up for it? f/16 has probably lost u sharpness, though it's still holding up well here). Most subjects are in the distance so that makes them easier to keep in the same "DOF area". As for ur very high size pano... I'm afraid I can't help. Only large amount of memory can :) FYI Diliff used 32Gb. (maybe a kubernetes cluster of 4-5 raspberry pi 4 @8gb would make a cheap Hugin panorama computation device?? Worth exploring...) - Benh (talk) 17:38, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Deep Ellum sidewalk covered with snow in Dallas snow storm 2021.jpg[edit]

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Deep Ellum, Dallas sidewalk covered with snow in Dallas snow storm 2021
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Insufficient quality, far below the standards -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:45, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

File:FAL-2017-Saunders Island, Falkland Islands-Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) 01.jpg[edit]

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 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 09:32, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dülmen, Hausdülmen, eisbedeckter Strauch -- 2021 -- 5033-7.jpg, featured[edit]

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Iced plants in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Thank you. And just for your information: It's not tilted.
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Farm road at Mühlenbach in the hamlet in Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  •  Comment That might be an interesting set nomination! For the record, I think this is a different enough view to be OK, but I did think of that as a possible subject for controversy. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Fin Garden, Kashan, Iran.jpg, featured[edit]

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Fin Garden, Kashan, Iran , iran
unrelated discussion about WLM
* Comment I Participated in the WLM with more than 10 pictures like this image. but I wonder why some weak pictures like this picture should selected as 4th picture and all of my pictures expect one of them should removed. The name of the photographer of 4th picture is a site and this is very easy to find for everyone. the 7th picture of Iran WLM was taken from Laft village and this village not in Iran's monuments list. .The 9th picture of Iran WLM is just a Geological phenomenon and obviously not a historical monument made by human. The 10th picture of Iran WLM is just taken from a normal wooden bridge and this bridge is not in the Iran's monuments list too. 4 picture from 10, featured wrongly. how can this possible????!!!!! Diego Delso Has been introduced as one of the judges and Simultaneous he has participated at Portugal and Germany WLM. How can this possible? This is against the law of WLM. I want to rejudging with fare and justice. These kinds of behaviors and judgments just Reduces WLM and wikipedia credit and can Discourage participant for sharing their images.--Amir Pashaei (talk) 07:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Hi Amir, it is not against any rules or laws of WLM for someone to be a judge in one country and participate with photos in other countries. The only thing that should not be done, is to be a judge in the same country you participate in. Many the photographers here at FPC have done the same thing as Diego Delso. I was a judge for Bangladesh at the same time as I participated in Sweden. As for your other comments about the quality of the photos that win WLM in different countries, you are only saying what almost all of us at FPC have said at one time or other. In this worldwide competition, all juries are made up of non-professional volunteers, a lot of them are not photographers or people who know about copyright for images. There are mistakes and bad decisions made every year in WLM, and we try to fix some of them when they are discovered. However, this nomination page is not the right place to discuss such issues. If you want to continue this discussion, please do so on Commons talk:Featured picture candidates or Commons talk:Wiki Loves Monuments. WLM is a fun but flawed competition and the main reason for it is to get free photos of places around the world for educational sites like Wikipedia and other. That is why most of us participate in it; winning and getting prizes is not very important. --Cart (talk) 10:22, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agree with cart, and please stop writing this in each of your nominations -- this is definitely not the right place to discuss WLM. My purely private opinion: I for myself have -- for several good reasons -- discontinued any participation in WLx with my pictures, most likely for ever, and would friendly advice the same to you. But my motivation in the past were not the prizes. --A.Savin 11:10, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @W.carter: , @A.Savin: , I have not received the answer to my question yet. I asked the Iran organizer Mr Salak and he didn't know about it.I mailed to organizer too and I'm waiting for the answer. anyway I think justice and fairness is more important than the prize.I shared a lot of pictures in Wikimedia before the WLM. and that's because prize isn't important to me.--Amir Pashaei (talk) 11:43, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • We should probably ping Poco a poco if we are going to mention him. It's worth remembering that all organizers and juries are volunteers, too, so results will vary. As an aside, it's surprisingly difficult to figure out who the overall WLM organizers are... — Rhododendrites talk18:18, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi all. Please see my response to a similar complaint raised by Amirpashaei. I also want to apologize to Poco a poco in case they read this page. I find calling out their name very disturbing and I appreciate the tone of the rest of the messages on this thread to help with deescalation. We are volunteers for a free knowledge mission and the way we show up for each other and towards one another matters. Thank you! --LilyOfTheWest (talk) 06:29, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Eagles Nests Trail 01.jpg, featured[edit]

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Hercules' Club over Pieskowa Skała Castle
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File:Костел Св.Трійці. панорама.jpg, featured[edit]

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Holy Trinity church in Zinkiv, Ukraine
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File:Pointe de Nantaux 05.jpg, featured[edit]

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Pointe de Nantaux seen from Col de Tavaneuse in commune of Saint-Jean-d'Aulps, Haute-Savoie, France
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File:American kestrel (44273).jpg, featured[edit]

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Rehabilitated American kestrel
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File:Muhammadi - Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration - 1944.491 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif, featured[edit]

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Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration
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File:A tram approaching Dokk1, Aarhus.jpg[edit]

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A tram is approaching the station under the Dokk1 building in Aarhus. Comment: The top part of the building is shaped in interesting ways. The tram is moving away from the point of view, which is locatedon a sidewalk.
    • ✓ New version uploaded,Person removed and crop changed, although the empty surroundings aren't representative for this central urban area. -- 04:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

 I withdraw my nomination Liberaler Humanist (talk) 12:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Escultura de "la Diana Cazadora".jpg, not featured[edit]

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Huntress Diana Fountain
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File:Pyrite - Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi, Ancash, Peru.jpg, featured[edit]

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Pyrite (fool's gold)
  • Uoaei1: pyrite has very tricky and reflective surface (and was once upon a time used as a mirror), but nothing is overexposed according to histogram. This is a best result I could get with different light conditions. --Ivar (talk) 12:01, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Catedral da Sé, São Paulo, Brasil.jpg[edit]

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Catedral da Sé, São Paulo, Brasil.jpg
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  •  Info All by -- Wilfredor (talk) 19:57, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral It looks like perspective issues and the windows in the background are overexposed. IMO a little bit noisy too and the sharpness should be better. --XRay 💬 06:42, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, there are too many quality issues like CAs, blown windows, unsharp altar, noise. Furthermore, cylindrical projektion ist not a good choice here. --Uoaei1 (talk) 09:24, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Agree with Uoae1. Diliff usually uses f/11 or f/13 with a 50mm lens e.g. File:Ely Cathedral Choir, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpg. Do you think the focus got bumped as you panned around? I see you took this at 18mm which means fewer stitches but also potentially bigger jumps between the stitches. So if you haven't got the entrance pupil lined up with the panoramic head, you'll have bigger stitching errors. This point will also change when you shift from 18mm to 35mm, so you need to work it out for both. I suggest you try again at 35mm and f/11. I know you had tourists here so wanted a fast exposure, but waiting till they were gone would have meant you could have used a lower ISO. Diliff had two other advantages. By taking many smaller shots at 50mm, he downsized (e.g. 50%) his photos yet the result was still amazingly big, and they were all sharp at 100%. He also used HDR which much reduces noise by combining 5 images. The HDR also solves the problem with the windows. What software are you using for stitching? I think you will need PtGuiPro. You can post on my talk page if you want to discuss software more. -- Colin (talk) 18:28, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Colin, thank you very much for the technical information, I have taken note of it. I have managed to align the nodal point very well at home and I think that I could obtain very high quality images, I also solved a problem of the panoramic head by buying a special key. 5 images to make HDR sounds pretty sensible and so does the depth of field also I am waiting for an opportunity to do it, this photo was taken a long time ago in Brazil and I did not use a panoramic head or tripod because I had to do it quickly because it is a dangerous place in the city (Sao Paulo centro). BTW, this camera is an aps-c, Did diliff use 50mm in FF or in Aps-c?. Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 21:57, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I assumed this was your new camera. That makes f/18 even less appropriate and one cause of overall softness. I think f/8 on APS-C is similar to about f/11 on FF. Diliff used FF and prime lenses. -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colin (talk • contribs)
  • apertures equivalence are derived from the crop factor (easy to remember ;)). So f/8 in APS-C = f/12 in FF. Because of camera equivalence, Diliff and I once came to the conclusion that there is NO advantage to use FF to shot interior panorama. The setup he used on his FF gear could be replicated on APS-C. And before going big, remember your shooting time is also limited. A reason Diliff bumped ISO is that he had a life aside taking photo inside churches :-) (and that counts when a panorama requires dozens of photos, each with different exposures...) - Benh (talk) 13:57, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification, I generally take between 2 to 3 hours to do a 360 panorama and 2 hours to do a normal panorama. Raising the ISO this time could be reduced considerably, I also think that an FF will generate less noise added to an HDR of 5 images that will also reduce noise (although it could also create little sharpness?). --Wilfredor (talk) 14:43, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, FF won't generate less noise if u shoot at equivalent setting (equivalent aperture, same exposure time), and yes HDR will reduce noise, without affecting sharpness if u have a sturdy tripod. -

 Comment Picture of the day 2021-02-19 ! -- Llez (talk) 07:16, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I added the question to the talk page of FPC because I cant underestand how the image can be in the main page if its not FP --Wilfredor (talk) 11:58, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Li Phi falls at dusk with colorful sky in Don Khon Laos.jpg, featured[edit]

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Li Phi falls at dusk with colorful sky in Don Khon Laos
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The clear sea of "La Mazzanta" in Rosignano Marittimo, awarded by the international blue flag
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File:1 lake louise pano 2019.jpg, featured[edit]

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  • sorry RolfHill, but your vote is not valid because only editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for his/her own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed. --Ivar (talk) 10:41, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, I wasn't aware of that, I will then wait a few days to vote and will just make comments for now. We have also glacier lakes like Oeschinen in Switzerland famous for having turquoise water (well, that one is rather famous for ice fishing) but still the color here doesn't look like I'd expect from a glacier lake. --RolfHill (talk) 14:27, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I have been to this lake myself and the color is as depicted. It's hardly unique to it. Daniel Case (talk) 04:31, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Saint Martin church in Apolda, Thuringia, Germany
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File:Sally Lightfoot Crab 2019.jpg, featured[edit]

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Kamyana Mohyla (Template:Lang-uk; literally: "stone grave") is an archaeological site in the Molochna River valley, about a mile from the village of Terpinnya, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Petroglyphs of Kamyana Mohyla are dated from Upper Paleolithic (Kukrek culture) to Medieval, with Stone Age depictions subjected to most archaeological interest. The site encompasses a group of isolated blocks of sandstone, up to twelve meters in height, scattered around an area of some 3,000 square meters. As Noghai legend has it, it resulted from a scuffle of two baghaturs who took turns throwing rocks at each other. In truth, the site had its origins in a sandbank of the Tethys Ocean. For a long time it was an island in the Molochna River, which has since been silted up and now flows a short distance to the west. It is thought to represent the only sandstone outcrop in the Azov-Kuban Depression.
Kamyana Mohyla (literally: "stone grave") is an archaeological site in the Molochna River valley, about a mile from the village of Terpinnya, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Petroglyphs of Kamyana Mohyla are dated from Upper Paleolithic (Kukrek culture) to Medieval, with Stone Age depictions subjected to most archaeological interest. The site encompasses a group of isolated blocks of sandstone, up to twelve meters in height, scattered around an area of some 3,000 square meters. As Noghai legend has it, it resulted from a scuffle of two baghaturs who took turns throwing rocks at each other. In truth, the site had its origins in a sandbank of the Tethys Ocean. For a long time it was an island in the Molochna River, which has since been silted up and now flows a short distance to the west. It is thought to represent the only sandstone outcrop in the Azov-Kuban Depression.
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A car driving in the Dallas snow 2021
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File:Geometric patterns at Robat Sharaf, Sarakhs 2015-01-28.jpg[edit]

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Architecture of Ribat-i Sharaf

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Bar in Las Toscas beach
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Matterhorn
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Worcester Guildhall
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Inflorescence of Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora
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A F-16
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File:Ceiling of Borujerdi House, Kashan, Iran.jpg, featured[edit]

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Ceiling of Borujerdi House, Kashan, Iran
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Juvenile black-crowned night heron in an upright threat display in San Francisco
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Domaine de Maizerets, Québec, Canada

 Comment Right part is hanging a bit to the left --Michielverbeek (talk) 20:52, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    • Needs a perspective correction, but I wonder if then the top of the tree goes out of the frame even if you scale down a bit. Zooming out to a wider-angle might have been better. Does your camera have a level in the viewfinder? I see also File:Maison Maizerets 05.jpg is interesting but not sharp on the right-hand-side. Do you know why? -- Colin (talk) 18:57, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes the camera has a level in the viewfinder and also my tripod has a small level, I will use it the next time. I remember that I did not use a larger open angle because there were a series of objects annoying the composition. I do not know why the other photo is not sharp on the right, this was taken with a tripod in a windless environment. I think it could be due to the lack of depth of field, yesterday I was also testing the panoramic head that you recommended and it works well although unfortunately only at the end of the lens (24mm) because it is a very large lens. Thanks for your recommendations I am going to take them into account especially the level --Wilfredor (talk) 14:33, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, I apologize for the delay I had had to resolve personal matters --Wilfredor (talk) 14:33, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Karol Hiller - Kompozycja heliograficzna (XXIX) - Google Art Project.jpg, featured[edit]

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Heliographic composition (XXIX)
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Klassische Kirchenorgel seit 1860 in der Schloßkirche,
  • Thanks Ikan Kekek, unfortunately I have this problem with the a-290, I just can't get the perfect sharpness. Maybe it's because of the edition, I don't know, I'm still new to this. It would be interesting editing it less or it doesn't make sense. Otherwise, I will have to wait until I can change photographic equipment to nominate photos. Thanks for the comment - Salvador Escriva (talk) 13:45, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I definitely understand. FPC is very demanding because we're looking for the best of the best here, so people who have great equipment definitely have a somewhat easier time producing FPs. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:37, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment You don't need to change equipment, just your technique. Chromatic aberration (lightroom) and noise (Topaz denoise) can be corrected. Additionally you could have used a panorama to get better quality photos. Obviously good equipment and money to travel and take photos of majestic buildings increases the chances of getting outstanding images. However, this is not a competition, but rather a family, a support group to improve each other. --Wilfredor (talk) 20:49, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks Wilfredor, I am aware of both the equipment limitation and my limitation as a photographer. It is one of the reasons why I dare to publish, to learn. I appreciate all criticism in advance and I hope to learn from it. This photograph is edited, so I ask now, maybe I passed the edit? And thanks for the comment - Salvador Escriva (talk) 00:02, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment FPC is a tough place to do that. Don't get me wrong; I don't discourage you from continuing to post your best work here, but you may get more out of posting to COM:Photography critiques, COM:Photo challenge (where relevant) and/or COM:QIC first. Photo challenge works differently from the others, though; sometimes, the highest-quality photos don't finish in the top 3 there and some striking but small and fairly low-quality work does. But it can still be fun. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:24, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Buzkiy Gard National Nature Park
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Judean caves
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File:Городище "Скелька".jpg[edit]

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The Skelka site is an ancient Greek colony that was part of the Pontic Olbia and was probably one of its largest settlements. Dated to V-III centuries BC (founded) and I-III centuries AD (abandoned). The authentic name has not reached us, Skelka is the name of the tract which corresponds to the territory of ancient visitation but which appeared much later. Located on the shores of the Bug estuary. The settlement was opened in 1895.
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  •  Info The Skelka site is an ancient Greek colony that was part of the Pontic Olbia and was probably one of its largest settlements. Dated to V-III centuries BC (founded) and I-III centuries AD (abandoned). The authentic name has not reached us, Skelka is the name of the tract which corresponds to the territory of ancient visitation but which appeared much later. Located on the shores of the Bug estuary. The settlement was opened in 1895.
Created by Oleg Marchuk - uploaded by Oleg Marchuk - nominated by Pavlo1 -- Pavlo1 (talk) 10:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination--Pavlo1 (talk) 10:08, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Rules of the 5th day Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

File:Agha Bozorg Mosque, Kashan, Iran.jpg, featured[edit]

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Agha Bozorg Mosque, Kashan, Iran
  • Thanks dear Mr @Ikan Kekek: you will welcome to Iran and Kashan. the graffiti is very complicated. because of the problems in Islamic government in Iran a lot of people especially young generation are against of Islam and this can obviously seen in some works like graffiti you mentioned.--Amir Pashaei (talk) 11:17, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see. It's a shame they'd take that out on a priceless monument. I think I'll wait for some time before I would visit Iran, but the reasons for that are off topic, so I'll just say that I love that I can at least visit vicariously through great photos by you, Poco and others. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:34, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Tank driving
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File:Heliconius charithonia 2021.jpg, featured[edit]

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Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia) butterfly
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File:Radkan Tower 2015-01-26.jpg, featured[edit]

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Radkan Tower of Chenaran
  •  Comment I agree, but there's something that's striking me a bit funny about the conic part. Are you seeing anything other than a bit of unsharpness, such as an excess of noise reduction or oversharpening in the upper part of it? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:11, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thanks for the links. I've seen contradictory evidence in my own image search. Some photos show the columns as vertical, others as tapered, but I would defer to people who've actually seen this tower in real life. For example, it would be nice if the nominator would address this question. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:29, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, but I have never seen this tower with my own eyes. I searched a lot on the web, but could not find the answer of your question. And I have no access to libraries either due to COVID restrictions (all libraries are closed where I live). That being said, I found this picture and what Colin said pretty convincing. I think you should not take Amirpashaei's assertions for granted, unless he provides evidence for his claim. The last point I want to mention is that this image was one of the finalists of WLM Iran 2020 (see here) and considering his reactions to the final results and other contenders, I wouldn't trust him. 4nn1l2 (talk) 13:44, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was searching for an academic article which discusses the dimensions of the tower or its plan. Am I searching for the right thing? Or Maybe I should search for other images just like what Colin did. But how can one understand an image shows the reality or has perspective errors? Sorry for my novicity, as I am not a photographer. 4nn1l2 (talk) 14:03, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment OK, I'm confused. I'll just cross out my vote for now. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:34, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I abstain from voting for the same reason. Indeed this is a pretty photo! But in a straight architectural shot like this one I would expect verticals to be vertical. (This is not necessary, of course, in advanced shots with special perspectives.) If we cannot resolve this question amicably, I cannot evaluate the picture. --Aristeas (talk) 17:29, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Thanks, I'm convinced, and based on that footage, this shape looks like it's probably pretty accurate. What's more, whatever the imperfections of the photo (mainly the unsharpness and maybe something else going on in parts of the upper part of the tower), this is a really striking, almost surreal-looking image of a seemingly incongruous work of architecture in the middle of a field, with a dramatic sky behind it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:38, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank you, Colin, for your hint! My phrase “I would expect verticals to be vertical” was about verticals in general, not about the walls of the tower – I already understand that they are not completely vertical, but slightly inclined; see my first comment above. What I wanted to say has been put much better by Ivar and Basile below. While the tower columns are not completely vertical in reality, they are very probably not that slanted as this photo suggests. I refer to the fact that all fence posts are leaning in, and to the detailed discussion by Basile below. --Aristeas (talk) 09:35, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Imo the perspective distortion is there, because the fence posts on both sides are leaning towards the tower. However, that doesn't mean that the tower columns are completely vertical. --Ivar (talk) 18:59, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Agree The perspective of this picture is clearly wrong because the fence is significantly falling upwards on both sides, left and right. Which means the verticals are not okay, unfortunately. Fixing them on Photoshop gives a very different aspect for this tower, and of course more vertical walls. To be honest, almost completely vertical. More clues suggesting the tower is almost straight vertical :
  1. A model for tourists
  2. Design drawings here or there found on Iranian architecture websites
  3. View from above
  4. View from a distance
  5. "Cylinder building" as they say
Still, there might be a small angle suggested by the drawing at the left on this map (found here).
I would suggest to offer an alternative of this nomination with the fence vertical, giving a more realistic aspect to the tower -- Basile Morin (talk) 06:16, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The model and plans may not be accurate. One might make them straight for aesthetic reasons, but I don't think one would make them tapered needlessly. For example see this or p. 10 of this document.
Gonbad Qabus Tower is tapered according to Nightdevil (Iranian architect), but its plan has been drawn straight, most probably for aesthetic reasons. This example shows why we should not rely solely on plans and models created by students, businesspeople or the like. [By the way, this file is an obvious copyvio and should be deleted as soon as the discussion concludes.] File:پلان برج قابوس2.jpg shows the reality of Gonbad Qabus Tower more accurately. 4nn1l2 (talk) 07:04, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • But "Gonbad Qabus Tower" is not the same tower. Currently the picture displays a tilt of about 3,2 degrees at the left and 2,4 at the right, while the reality might be half of that. About 1,5 degrees on both sides, according to the technical documents above. After correcting the inclination of the fence on Photoshop, I find an angle for the tower of just 1,4 degree at the left, and 1,1 degree at the right. That makes sense -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:34, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, they are different. I'm using an analogy. Gonbad Qabus is one tower, Radkan is another tower. This discussion is about Radkan. 4nn1l2 (talk) 08:48, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Radkan Tower of Chenaran

While the previous version had enough votes to be promoted (7 support votes), an alternative version is presented to address all imperfections, thanks to Basile Morin. Pinging all contributors @Gnosis, Colin, Ikan Kekek, Wilfredor, Johann Jaritz, and Aristeas: @Cmao20, Amirpashaei, Iifar, Daniel Case, and Kallerna: 4nn1l2 (talk) 16:00, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Light trail of a vessel
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File:San Francisco Bay ESA22014515.jpeg, featured[edit]

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San Francisco Bay
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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File:EL foto, Eimar Kull - 2st HÜPIK.jpg[edit]

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Zebra spider waiting for prey

File:Freedom Monument Latvia 05.jpg[edit]

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Three Stars of Latvian Freedom

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Virgin Mary Sculpture Sanok

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Li Phi falls and leafless tree at sunrise with blue sky in Don Khon Laos
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Exterior view of the illuminated facade of Maison Hermès, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
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Central Pennsylvania
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Marine salvage in Estonia in 1973
Künnap replied, that he has participated in more than 50 similar rescue missions and that he doesn't remember which it was. He only photographed rarely and when there were time and chance. Kruusamägi (talk) 12:19, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Thuringia Tambach-Dietharz asv2020-07 img16 Schmalwasser reservoir.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Schmalwasser Reservoir, Thuringian Forest
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Result: 7 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:10, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Arnoldstein Radendorf Wallfahrtskirche Mara Siebenbrünn 25052020 9091.jpg, featured[edit]

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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 01:32, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Lupinus polyphyllus in Canterbury Region 07.jpg, featured[edit]

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Lupinus polyphyllus in Canterbury Region, South Island of New Zealand
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 01:29, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Vogelmelk (Ornithogalum). d.j.b 02.jpg, featured[edit]

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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 01:30, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Гончарська башта (1583 р.).jpg, not featured[edit]

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One of the bastions guarding Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine from the south (view form the Turkish Bridge)
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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 01:28, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bloemknoppen van Winterakonieten (Eranthis hyemalis) in smeltende sneeuw 16-02-2021. (d.j.b).jpg, featured[edit]

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Result: 23 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:20, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Dülmen, Hausdülmen, Zaun einer Wiese -- 2021 -- 5073-7.jpg, featured[edit]

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Ice-covered fence in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Result: 21 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:21, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Dülmen, Hausdülmen, Zaun einer Wiese -- 2021 -- 5100-4.jpg, featured[edit]

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Ice crystals on a barbed wire in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Result: 21 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:20, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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