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InfoEurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) also known as the Common Pied Oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just Oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcherbird family Haematopodidae.
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Info A view to UNESCO World Heritage site Geirangerfjord from Ørnesvingen, Møre og Romsdal, Norway in 2013 June. Created, uploaded & nominated by Ximonic -- Ximonic (talk) 16:20, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Light could be better ( see Julian) but the motive and shooting position is such outstanding that this picture is surely an FP for me. --Tuxyso (talk) 08:52, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thanks for the reviews! I would have been glad if the opposite coast was in sunshine but unfortunately it wasn't going to get better that day. The rains became. --Ximonic (talk) 09:23, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Wish the painting hand and head were more focused but for the composition and scene I'd like it to be an FP. --Ximonic (talk) 09:16, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose sorry, but I have to second Carschten. Certainly the image is a QI (I was the one who promoted it), but the color temperature (correctible) and the wall (not correctible!) prevent it from being special enough for an FP. --A.Savin09:59, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Difficult to say if it's better with or w/o the crop. The dark wall is no longer disturbing, but on the other hand, I'm not really sold by the right-hand edge position of the tower. The WB has got better anyways. Neutral for now --A.Savin11:40, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Missing categories, editing is not ideal. It has the potential for FP I think, I might look into editing the Tiff in the next few days, but clear oppose for this version. --20:37, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
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Neutral Good quality, but the combination of a little sweat and direct flash (or direct flash alone, really) is worse than a little noise imo. On the other hand, sharpness really is perfect. I might change my mind again, but neutral for now. --Julian H.✈ (talk/files) 18:46, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @Flickrworker: Not really sure what you mean, as the picture is imo decently denoised; @ Julian: I use 430 EX II and as far as I remember I swang up the flash. --A.Savin19:10, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The problem is a too much good quality : there is too much color, details. At full resolution, we can see her.... beard!!! I hope it's not her in reality. IMO, anyway a very good quality image --Christian Ferrer05:31, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's for me impossible to not come back on my precedent bad taste comment. I support this picture for all the things I've said before : for the high quality of the details (intelligent expression in one's eyes, calluses on her musician's hands, ect...), this image give rise to comment, this is why it's featured. --Christian Ferrer17:42, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Foreground is under-exposed. The Eye is always an interesting subject, but I'm not won-over by this particular viewpoint. Colin (talk) 11:49, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Question Could you show me, what is unsharp on image of this plant flower in the centre? Which part of flower is unsharp or what problem is here for you? Thanks. --Karelj (talk) 18:43, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot, because the whole plant is unsharp and/or blurred. IMHO there are two possibilities: 1. You forgot to activate vibrance reduction on your lens (does the lens have VR?) 1/160 @ 100mm could be critical without VR oder you mis-focused the plant. It looks as if the focus lies in front of the plant. --Tuxyso (talk) 19:05, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support However there is a small anti-clockwise rotation that should be corrected. Use the sea horizon or the lighthouse windows as a guide. -- Colin (talk) 11:41, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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At a distance of 50 cm, a focal length of 100 mm, and an aperture of 7.1 the DOF is 0.86 cm. This can never be sharp if the depth of the log is somewhere between 1 und 3 cm in my opinion, unless you use focus stacking. --Florian Fuchs (talk) 09:25, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'm well aware of using a depth of field table. The intention for this shot was neither to get the entire logo in focus, nor to use focus stacking to compensate. Regards, Christoph Braun (talk) 19:54, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment If you don't mind, I edited your Weak Support to a support because only supports and opposes seem to count now. Weak ones etc seem have caused some problem to the system. --Ximonic (talk) 11:10, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Very good composition, and nicely catched indeed, but I think the light is very bad. All what is important (to me) like the face, the clock etc are in shadow. What I mean is that in the same situation, I've had photographied the other player (if any).--Jebulon (talk) 12:50, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Sorry, the composition doesn't work for me. The central area is empty and the photo becomes more interesting towards the edges, but then just ends there. I can't find anything to really focus on. --Julian H.✈ (talk/files) 12:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Agree with Julian the building has a massive reflection driving the viewer down the right and it ends as we get to something.Flickrworker (talk) 09:55, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Loses the top of the building and there seems to be a lot of noise from the street light which have created a yellow/golden glow around the bottom. Flickrworker (talk) 09:57, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Carved plaque on a tombstone, with versified epitaph of Jeanne Delafaye (1774-1817). Country churchyard, France. Created by JLPC - uploaded by JLPC - nominated by JLPC -- JLPC (talk) 08:46, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, but a plaque on thumbstone (which is imho not a very artistic one) as FP does not work for me. BTW: For an FP candidature of such an object I had expected a better sharpness (e.g. like this stone plate) and I am not sure if the plaque is 100% in focus. If I am correctly informed three of the pro-voters are French - probably one can only understand the FP quality with knowledge of French history? --Tuxyso (talk) 18:38, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not really sure what you mean - whatever, one of the "pro-voters" is the author, and on Commons it's OK for the author to support their own work. --A.Savin23:26, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I only tried to explain why I do not understand why this photo has FP qualities. My idea was that is has somethin to do with French history. --Tuxyso (talk) 04:50, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No, it has nothing to do with french history. My support is only due to pure national canvassing, of course and as usual. Good answer ? If not, I think that this picture is really charming, I feel some emotion when reading the text, a special poem in a typical and classical french form (alexandrins). This makes me a little sad and "romantic". I do like the contrast between the stone texture and the metal, the capture of colors is perfect, and well, this testimony of love through the centuries speaks to me. For me, there is something "special" in this picture, far much more than in the tons of top quality butterflies or spectacular landscapes we have here (I appreciate them too). Maybe it is a part of the "french spirit" (if any)?--Jebulon (talk) 11:47, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Good idea (I like the composition), but CAs (see notes) and oversharpened. The detail is not good IMO --Miguel Lmbuga16:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Re-nomination because previous nom had a lot of stitching-erros. The new version is hopefully free of this anoying (and time-consuming to fix) errors and I hope you will also support this new nomination created by Tuxyso - uploaded by Tuxyso - nominated by Tuxyso -- Tuxyso (talk) 16:20, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done Thanks for the hint. I've corrected the two minor erros. IMHO such a harbour is the worst possible motive for a panoramic view because of the mass of ropes, and long horizontal elements :) The single photos were all hand-held, unfortunately I do not own a nodal-point adapter which had been the best hardware in the case here. --Tuxyso (talk) 06:59, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot change your "Wow perception" but imho the light is at this special daytime is quite good. If you take a look on this direct Suncalc link you can see that at the daytime of the photo all important parts of the harbour als well-lightened by the morning light. Take e.g. a look at the tower on the very right. Later at the day you have got the problem of contra-light situations. --Tuxyso (talk) 04:50, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
All important parts may be well-lightened. However, the cloudy sky makes the picture look boring to me. Besides I find the shadow on the left hand side disturbing. Overall, although it may have been difficult to stich the pictures together, the picture seems like an ordinary snapshot, escpecially if I compare it to the FPs you have taken so far. --Florian Fuchs (talk) 05:12, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
An interesting argument, but I think the term "snapshot" is misplaced here. If I take a photo I always think about the light and composition. You are right that this photo was a relatively spontaneous one. I took it before a boad trip to seal banks near the harbour of Cuxhaven. Spontaneous photos (not snapshots) are not bad per se - in contrary. A very special light situation, sky formation or motive is seldom planable. If I take a look on my FPs I would say that about 50% of them were spontaneous photos (with the meaning that I have not planned to photograph exactly that motive in that compositon). --Tuxyso (talk) 06:25, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
My main purpose was to take a very detailed and documentary photo of the harbour with good light. I had also wished Queen Mary in the harbour, but she was not there :) --Tuxyso (talk) 06:25, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Let the Crowd decide :) Some users do obviously like this image and would like to see it as FP. Another user on QIC encouraged me to nominate this image. IMHO it is good enough for an FP, let's wait. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:00, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Technically it is very good, very sharp, great detail. But I agree with King of Hearts that the composition just isn't working. The right-hand-side isn't helping, with the white tower block "looking out of the picture". Suggest you try cropping to include just the left 9000px and see how you feel about that composition. I think that improves it, but still perhaps not enough to go wow. I feel for you Tuxyso, because this was not an easy feat and I've had my share of mixed-opinion FPCs. -- Colin (talk) 12:05, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment enough wow for me (I've already pro-ed the image a few lines above) - especially considering the almost meticulous level of details in superb photographic quality! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 14:51, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support and Comment Outstanding work overall—especially with the germ cells. Bézier quality is poor though—there are far more points than necessary, and lots of strokes have been converted to outline paths (with excessive numbers of points). Visible curve deformities in the Rectum/Anus area. The circle on the pharangeal/intestinal valve has seams and is for some reason, an outline instead of a stroke. Visible seam between the two halves of the intestine too—first half is under the inset shadow, the second half is above it. Expect for the overpointing, those are minor problems though.—Love, Kelvinsongtalk19:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Kelvinsong: I will re-examine the picture in light of your comments, but I should point out that the difference you are seeing in the halves of the intestine are intentional: the left/ anterior arm of the intestine is "above" (from the viewer's perspective) the anterior gonad arm, and then around the middle of the animal it switches to the other "lower" side. For more clarity on this, consider seeing the Wormatlas page on hermaphrodites. Thank you for your comment and your support! KDS444 (talk) 01:05, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
What I meant is that the shadows contradict the z-layering of the shapes themselves. The first half of the intestine is drawn as above the gonads, yet it's under the inset shadow of the worm's body. The second half is drawn under the gonads but it's above the inset shadow. You can see where the shadow abruptly cuts off where the blue meets the purple.—Love, Kelvinsongtalk01:19, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I have now gone over the image and I believe I understand what you were talking about and have now corrected it: the rear portion of the intestine is now as transparent as the forward part, and the gray shadow can be seen through both. I have also fixed the seams around the p/i valve and between the sections of intestine. The overabundance of curve points appears to be an outcome of Adobe Illustrator CS6 converting the image from an AI file to an SVG-- I tried removing a few of these from the SVG file but then the curves end up needing major corrections all over again (this is not the only thing Illustrator did that wasn't asked for) and I decided the image was going to be better off and much more aesthetic if I did not mess with these any more than I already have done. But let me know if I addressed your points on transparency and on the seams. XOXO KDS444 (talk) 04:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that looks fine. There is a small rectangle next to the left end of the scalebar; I'd remove it myself but Inkscape makes the filesize explode for some reason. There is still a seam between the intestines but that is an RSVG bug (the renderer that mediawiki uses). There's a solution (bend out the edge of the lower element) but it's not applicable in this case (topology and transparency). Also the scalebar looks kinda big, can you shrink the text a little?—Love, Kelvinsongtalk14:41, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - for me, not the weather is the biggest problem, but the composition with distracting trees. Also, not really sharp and significant perspective distortion. --A.Savin19:00, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Very nice, minor quality issues are for me in the case here no reason for decline. The paper bag maker is framed very well. Expression is also great. I wish to have more people / street photography shots like that on Commons. As far as I know only The Photographer is another photographer (with some FPs) who has similiar people/street motives. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:44, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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all by Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC). A few weeks ago, I already successfully nominated another image of fireworks over Ponte Vecchio. Still, imo the current photo deserves a FP nomination in its own right too. The type of explosion and its color are significantly different, creating a distinct atmosphere.[reply]
Comment Not that different but noticeably worse in quality, so I don't see why it should also be FP (waiting with my vote until I've heard some comments, not sure what the policy is on very similar shots). --Julian H.✈ (talk/files) 14:22, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Why is it worse in quality in your eyes? The WB is different and it's somewhat darker in appearance, but this doesn't make it necessarily worse as a whole. As far as the policy concerning similar motifs is concerned, I'm still wondering myself... Best, Martin Falbisoner (talk) 15:02, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Because the smaller aperture creates stronger star artifacts around light sources and also led to more brightening in post (I assume), which boosted the noise level and killed a few details. It's not horrible but, as I said, noticeable. --Julian H.✈ (talk/files) 15:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I withdraw my nomination Is a fallen tree a disturbing background element when the picture is about nature? Problem with the color...? Sorry withdrawn, but no problem, it's your opinion. I could upload a new version less greenish, but... why?--Miguel Bugallo (Lmbuga) 16:32, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment It is nice but the composition could be simpler/cleaner. The head on the left distracts my eye and the central head has some out-of-focus stalks in front of it, obscuring it a bit. As a picture that is relatively easy to create/reproduce, I think it needs to be stronger. Colin (talk) 11:49, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for your comment. I had a second (and third) look, but Im still not really convinced. The combination of a very dark and hidden face, and the color does not convince me that it's a really strong concert picture. Sorry. Regards --ArildV (talk) 19:46, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Views from Litlefjellet ridge to Romsdalen and its surrounding Romsdalsalpene mountains, Møre og Romsdal, Norway in 2013 June. Also the highest vertical rock face in Europe (one of the highest in the world), the Trollveggen, is featured in this landscape on the other side of the valley. Created, uploaded and nominated by Ximonic -- Ximonic (talk) 19:11, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good quality and composition. Did you use a polarizing filter? The sky in the center of the pano is visibly darker than the edges. --Tuxyso (talk) 17:47, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not for me - IMHO it is good as it is. But it is a bit curious that up to now no one has realized it. Former nomination of mine were regualary critized in cases of irregular brightness distributions on the sky. --Tuxyso (talk) 18:19, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I felt the urge to try a little. I found kind of a handy tool for reducing the dark. Maybe it's less intense. Usually less cloudy situations are a bit more difficult with a filter because the effect can be easier to notice. --Ximonic (talk) 18:30, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that the angle to the sun and thus the intensity of the polarizing filter changes when you rotate your camera for the panoramic view. To archieve a homogenous brightness distribution you must rotate your polarizing filter after every rotational step. To do that precisely is nearly imposible. I have decided for me to photograph panos without polarizing filter to avoid additional post-processing. I've seen your correction. Better than before. Which tool did you use? Viveza 2? --Tuxyso (talk) 18:49, 29 July 2013 (UTC) --Tuxyso (talk) 18:43, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I opened it in Photoshop and chose a soft brush in divide mode. Then I searched for an appropriate tone of gray for the brush and - as little as enough - used it for the target areas. The brush didn't harm the details, only whitened the dark a bit. Maybe this is a good hint for someone but it has to be used carefully. --Ximonic (talk) 07:49, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Info I'm aware that these are two different pictures from different positions. Yet I concidered there are so much same features in both of the pictures that it is an either/or or neither situation. What do you think? --Ximonic (talk) 19:11, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support I've had a really tough time deciding between the two. Ultimately, I chose this one because of the use of a bold, sweeping line curving into and directing the viewer's attention to the peak of the mountain. --King of♥♦♣ ♠ 02:09, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Considering that I can take a picture of a slow worm in my garden (considering they only like it when it's hotish and therefore more than likely sunny) I don't see what's special about this. Flickrworker (talk) 21:51, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, maybe you are right, but to me it was a highlight. I have no garden and last time I saw one if this was 25 years ago. Poco217:10, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Question You have a lot of former (successful and good) nominations of the BMW Welt in Munich. I wonder if it is a good idea to give all those BMW photos a prominent place by an FP seal? It is something like free advertising for BMW. I would like to hear other opinions on this question. For sure most of your BMW noms are nice, but the educational value (vs. advertising value) is imho very limited. --Tuxyso (talk) 09:16, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Answer Categorizing my pictures as advertising is IMO a blow below the belt. I have also successfully nominated a couple pictures of Mercedes like this one. I just happen to live close to the BMW buildings and they are just fascinating to me. I see them rather as architecture masterworks, visited by millions of people every year, than just advertising. But, don't worry, I will refrain from nominating anything related to them Poco219:37, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Poco, probably my words were misunderstanding. I have not categorized your pictures as advertising. Most of them are good or very good architecture shots. My problem is the motive. As far as I know the "BMW Welt" was solely built for representation and advertising purposes. FP means giving those pictures a prominent place on Commons which might be in the case here not a good idea. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:36, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I don't really care much about the official purpose of the building, it is one of the nicest modern architecture buildings I have seen. But don't worry, I will bring new subjects in the coming week from a bunch of countries in Asia. Poco208:40, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose For this one. The building is not particularly well lit (no fault of the photographer) and as Tyxyso says you've had others and imo better images of this already featured.Flickrworker (talk) 10:56, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I just don't know what would be wrong with showing people. Airports are filled with people. This ist just a far better picture to me (not in quality of course, but in what it shows). --Julian H.✈ (talk/files) 08:51, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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weak oppose This crop is MUCH better than the previous one but the overall quality is not convincing. For sure: The shot was hand-held but with such a motive I would expect more details in the background areas. Question Is it possible that you have nominated a very similiar shot about half a year ago? Or was it on QI? From a compositional viewpoint there is a lot of accentuated (but nearly empty) foreground due to wide-angle and deep shooting position. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:52, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have nominated a couple of them in QI, check the category, but none here. This is the first nomination. Poco208:42, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ah OK. I somehow recognized the motive :) As far as I can remember I have reviewed one of the airport photos on QI. --Tuxyso (talk) 09:28, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for votes and comments. I will try to reduce moire in LR tonight (i dont have Photoshop). Happy for help if anyone are more used to removing moire, I have never done it before.--ArildV (talk) 10:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm not that good with perspective correction. Would be glad to see a corrected version to replace this nom by someone else. Thank you in advance! Letartean (talk) 15:47, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I uploaded a new version (perspective corrected only). I find it hard to see the horizon here, I saw no tilt in the picture otherwise.--ArildV (talk) 19:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Very nice composition and atmosphere but the the sharpness is not the best and, above all, the lighthouse is not straight, still needs a cw tilt and probably perspective correction Poco207:33, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I notticed an unknown flying object shaped like a triangle just above the righest peak in the image. Any idea of what that is? --G Furtado (talk) 17:44, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Indeed, the sky is a bit noisy. But not too much imo. I didn't use any masks or layers but I'm pretty happy with the result for a single shot without any exposure blending or other hdr stuff. But anyhow, thanks for the review. ;-) --mathiasK15:08, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Shadow in the foreground is too harsh for me. Question Have you tried to crop it out? But cropping out would possibly destroy the composition. --Tuxyso (talk) 06:07, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support – Good view of an excellent specimen. The photo itself is very appealing and could have multifaceted utility for other wiki projects. SteveStrummer (talk) 00:16, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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These are Lemnoideae. Probably I will get a reply with the exact species name, but currently this information should be sufficient. I added it to the image description. --Tuxyso (talk) 17:29, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done I've now got the exact species: There are two different surronding Lemnoideae: Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza (thx to the de-WP user Fice for the precise determination). The names of the surronding plants add additional EV to the photo - good hint of you. --Tuxyso (talk) 21:17, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Uninteresting composition and content (per Kleuske), very bad compression artifacts, strong loss of detail through compression or noise reduction, clipped whites. --Julian H.✈ (talk/files) 09:45, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It is closer to the truth and more useful empty subjectivity. But this image excites cooperative negative opinion, and it makes me happy. -- Chelovechek (talk) 10:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info The Black Sea coast of Crimea. Vicinity of Koktebel. View from the Cape Chameleon. On the right - Tikhaya (Quiet) bay, on the left - Myortvaya (Dead) bay.
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Have you checked your monitor? A lot of older ones have problems with overblown greens for some reason. It looks fine on my iPhone (and I trust Apple to get the screen colors right).—Love, Kelvinsongtalk14:19, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wait, I was uploading a new version which was desaturated and darkened. Can you check both thumbnails on the file page? I like the original colors better, but if only the new ones work, then I'll leave it at that.—Love, Kelvinsongtalk14:27, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info created by Myrabella - uploaded by Myrabella - nominated by Myrabella Changing wheather in the end of the afternoon above the Gorges du Tarn lights up the narrower part of the canyon, called les Détroits, i.e. the Straits (Lozère, France). -- Myrabella (talk) 07:12, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose -- Picture is not sharp especially the mast. It also has low contrast and eroded colors. I couldn´t see nice autumn light. The backround is dusty. Qflieger (talk) 09:01, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I see no lack of sharpness. We have here a high resolution picture. I can downsize the image than it will seem even sharper. I see also no problem with the contrast. The far background is dusty, this has nothing to do with bad contrast. The dust is acceptable IMO for a airview picture but I can try to improve this. --Wladyslaw (talk) 09:36, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Color space is said "uncalibrated" in the EXIF data. Maybe a reason why not everyone would see the autumn light you mentioned? --Myrabella (talk) 13:13, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Good composition, but there is a lack of contrast an sharpness (in 100%) und some noise in the "darker" parts. Somehow this image looks overlightend?? // Martin Kraft (talk) 21:54, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Looks like color banding to me. CAs can not be more than a few pixels wide, and are necessarily always the same width across a whole part of the photo. It's not possible to have CAs in a small isolated spot, at least not if the lenses aren't horrible messed up. --Julian H.✈ (talk/files)14:17, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As you are saying those are not CAs maybe. It's maybe a flaw by sensor or low pass filter, in any case a flaw is a flaw. --Laitche (talk) 14:42, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Quality is excellent, I'm slightly torn with my vote because the scene could probably have been captured in a similar way from 1-2 meters further away with slightly less distortion and a little more space around the boat on the right. Also, the dark areas have been brightened quite heavily, I don't think brightening was necessary to that extent. It's definitely a beautiful image though. --Julian H.✈ (talk/files)12:22, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done (in part) I have see what you mean Laitche and Julian_Herzog is right, this is because of too much brightened, I've tried to correct it. -- Christian Ferrer (talk) 17:, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
Support Composition and quality are really good. I do not agree with Julian: IMHO the extreme wide-angle view makes the photo somehow special. A photo from 1-2 meters back had not been that good. --Tuxyso (talk) 17:46, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think that the color balance is incorrect. The picture is too dark and the color of the sky is unnatural. Is seems for me like the first version was better. --sfu (talk) 15:52, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I red comments before voting. Actually you have already done what you are talking about. Four people have voted before the change. You don't know weather they were following the discussion. Counting the votes it's better to keep the current version. Anyway I think the color flaw is more important than some details one, because not really too many people are going to watch this beautiful picture in full resolution, but everbody's going to watch is small version. And anyway the picture is going to be FP, I just want to express my oppose for promoting incorrectly color balanced images. Otherwise it's FP for me --sfu (talk) 20:51, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose As already written on German EB: The smooth look of the fassade and on the stones in front of the building is not convincing. There are still stitching errors (see notes). As far as I remember you promised on EB to correct them :) --Tuxyso (talk) 15:11, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Dust spots removed, thanks! regarding my other pictures, it is true that they belong to the same series and are also nice, but IMHO differnt subject and idea than this one. And, to be honest, taking this one was not easy, I had to climb a wall Poco207:11, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Excuse me, but I honestly cannot follow what's nice and featurable on this structure. Neither is the scenery "wow" for me, nor the light/weather conditions in whatever way special. --A.Savin09:28, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In my case, it's an artistic impression of existence :) No longer this subject is a structure, I'm seeing this as an objet. --Laitche (talk) 11:38, 5 August 2013 (UTC)--Laitche (talk) 12:41, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support I also prefer this one (color, format, composition, brilliance). But both are very good. One tiny critical remark: Some areas beneath the head are slightly overexposed (not formally in the histogram but due to RGB(99.9%, 99,9%, 99,9%) and other RGB (x,x,x) values). This point is too marginal compared to the beauty of this photo. I look forward to further Island nominations. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:39, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Absolutely lovely photo. Speaking of your bird photos I cannot help mentioning that as we drove through Innsbruck earlier this Summer, these eyes kept popping up in my head. Thats when we decided it was time for a sleep-over after driving non-stop from Denmark! --Slaunger (talk) 14:53, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Question Are you sure the geocode is correct? The maps display a position over the littoral waters of Iceland, but the photo object is located on ground? --Slaunger (talk) 20:30, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It so happens there is a discrepency between the satelite imagry coastline and the map coastline. In satellite images the camera location is in the ocean, but not acording to the map. --Slaunger (talk) 14:43, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info all by me. A typical summer night in a Munich beer garden. Yes, there's some harsh contrasts, a bit of motion blur, even noise. Still, I think this image constitutes a feasible compromise. The alternative would be a photograph exposure of two minutes with almost no noise at all, but a tremendous level of motion blur instead. Artsy and I do like it, but for illustrative purposes less than ideal. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 14:34, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Hallo Julian, danke für das Lob. Ich verstehe nicht ganz, was ich im weißen korrigieren soll. Kannst du mir das auf deutsch erklären? Mein englisch ist puhhh :-)) --Böhringer (talk) 19:27, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Die Sache ist, dass im linken Bereich, im Schnee, einige Bereiche relativ scharf abgegrenzt den Farbwert 1 haben (also überbelichtet sind), wobei die Umgebung korrekte Belichtung zeigt (vermutlich, weil der Bereich beim stitchen abgedunkelt wurde). Wenn das möglich ist, wäre es gut, diese abgegrenzten Bereiche ein wenig der Umgebung anzupassen - manche Programme bieten dafür Werkzeuge an, ansonsten kann man es auch eventuell mit einer manuellen Bearbeitung etwas reduzieren. Die Bereiche sind aber nicht groß oder übertrieben auffällig, insofern ist es vielleicht auch ok so wie es ist. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)07:42, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Independence War Victory Column and St. John's church, at the Freedom Square in Tallinn, Estonia. All by me, Poco217:47, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Detail quality could be better (with regard to the resolution) but the compostion is beautiful. I really like all the eye-catching vertical elements and the nice interrelated compositional placement of objects and buildings. --Tuxyso (talk) 18:05, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment -- in view of the smallness of the butterfly and the magnification through the lens you always have the problem of a very short dof. I found the same problem of current sharpness on all wings with other featured pictures like these ones:
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Info Yeah, a damselfly! ;-) I know some of you can`t see these little critters anymore but I like them somehow. Sharpness, resolution and the details are pretty nice so I think it is FP worthy. Now you... ;-) c/u/n by me, mathiasK09:56, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Contrary to Komrade Savin´s subjective opinion, the image is well executed. It has many graphic elements such as color, texture, perspective, rythm and great dynamic range that looks "natural" unlike other photographs being promoted here. The fact that the facade is in the shadow does not diminish the qualities of the subject, for its architectural qualities are perfectly present. Besides, it has encyclopedic value. Judging a photograph from a "gut feeling" or preconceived notions (sometimes ill informed) can be a tricky thing. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 20:40, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I have to agree regarding the lighting and the subject lacks wow effect and detail (too much denoising?) to compensate this problem, sorry, Poco211:04, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Lighting, wrong time of day... Adjustments work best when used to slightly enhance or diminish certain characteristics such as contrast, dynamic range, etc., but look artificial when used to over-correct. The problem with abuse of the digital lab is that often it is used to bypass sound photographic principles or practices. There is no substitute for good original technique. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 19:16, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Model detail level is very good, but shader quality and expecially the shading of the turbulent areas in the water is bad (distinctive pixels from a fluid simulation or more probably from bad texture interpolation settings). — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)20:42, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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These are window bars... and if you don't like industrial arhitecture, why do you vote? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bourgeois.A (talk • contribs)
I like industrial architecture including the example shown, but i still wonder, what are those two bars doing in the image? Kleuske (talk) 09:26, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
For me the problem with these bars is, that it's not possible to see what they are from the picture itself. Hence, for the unknowing observer they are just a kind of disturbing element with no apparent purpose. The idea is great, but it looks like it doesn't work as intended. Maybe it would work better if the picture showed more of the window, e.g. by including the whole frame? —El Grafo (talk) 09:49, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Noticeable chromatic aberration and neither sharpness nor resolution are very impressive for this subject. Light, composition and content are good, but not outstanding. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)14:38, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I see some things to improve, I'll try to make an useful review. The tilt is not helping here to create a better composition, so it would be better to have it straightened; and it would much better if we could see more of the sand into where she's jumping (I guess that's a problem of using a fix lens, composition is much harder), even if there are some distracting elements. Was noise reduction applied? It looks a bit noisy for ISO800 with 5DII. Good focus and gesture nevertheless! --Kadellar (talk) 13:21, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Not only per Julian but I would add that it's offset by getting such a low-contrast image to work without any blown highlights or too-dark areas. Daniel Case (talk) 14:11, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Question Julian, could you describe what is outstanding with the composition in your view? Probably there is something I oversee. --Tuxyso (talk) 00:35, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I meant the fact that the foreground subject is located nicely off-center, the rest of the foreground space is filled with a nice balance of grass and paved ground and the space that is then free left of the building shows the Thames, the slowly rising building size on the Isle of Dogs all the way to the skyline of Canary Wharf. This way, I think it shows where the tunnel leads to, the only downside being that the other end of the tunnel is not visible. Maybe "outstanding" is too much, but I like it very much. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)08:18, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
May I add that lighting is indeed somewhat special: despite the cloudy day, the sun came out of the clouds behind me for a minute - hence the smooth glossy look of the roof and the Canary Wharf buildings. Photos that I've done before the sun came out do not share this quality. Heuschrecke (talk) 09:54, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That is true, although I would think that this would almost be more effective with the white balance being a little more shadow-oriented (warmer). — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)11:17, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Very nice and detailed illustration, but there are a few things I'm missing/curious about:
Which group of grasses is shown here? I'm guessing Poaceae?
If Poaceae: They often (always?) have nodes along the culms.
I know it's supposed to be a rather simplified diagram, but I'm missing the parallel nerves running along the leaves.
Once again, I don't see why it's necessary to convert text to paths in a simple diagram like this. It makes translations unnecessarily complicated – took me a while to figure out how to enable the hidden text layer.
What's so special about the crown that it deserves a little crown drawn behind the label?
What does the "Dinkelberg." mean (only visible when opened in e.g. Inkscape)?
It's Poaceæ. The source I used didn't show any nodes. Are they along the flowering culm? I never included the leaf veins before, but if it's that important I can add them. The text is in paths for typographical reasons, I have a short tutorial on how to make and use the invisible text layers. The "Dinkleberg" is a Fairly Odd Parents reference ;) (neighbors feuding over lawn quality), the faint crown behind the "crown" label is an extension of that joke. The crown of a grass plant is also the core and most important part of it, because that's where all the other parts come from.—Love, Kelvinsongtalk13:14, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think the veins would be a nice touch since all grasses have parallel ones (other than many "flowers"). Might be informative for people who didn't now that yet, but I wouldn't insist on them. I also don't care too much about most of the other points I mentioned, so let's go directly to the interesting one, the nodes:
I'm not really an expert for grass (though I've got some background), so I've checked some descriptions of the poaceae family and they all mentioned that the stem/shoot (=culm, but as far as I get it not necessarily = flowering culm) is devided by nodes (with the spaces between them being the internodes – same thing as with the stolon and rhizome). See e.g. [3] or [4]. They are of some importance in terms of stability, because those are the points where the stem is not hollow (think of Bamboo!). Those are also the places where the leaves are actually attached to the stem. Note that the leaves may wrap around the stem, so the nodes are often positioned several centimeters below the point where the leaves spread away from the stem (that section with the ligule etc.) or even covered by the next leaf that comes up from below.
Here are some illustrations that show this rather nicely: File:472 Alopecurus pratensis.jpg, File:Illustration Phleum pratense0.jpg, File:Illustration Avena sativa0.jpg, File:Illustration Aira flavescens0.jpg. File:Maize_plant_diagram.svg shows how this could look like in an SVG. To get a feeling for this, it might actually help alot to just head outside, find a place where the grass is allowed to grow for a while without mowing, grab some flowering examples from as many species as possible (chances are good not to accidentally grab something else as long as it looks like typical grassy grass ;-) and the culms are round and hollow) and start ripping gently peeling off some of the leaves. It's OK, it's for the sake of science. But don't you dare having fun with that! ;-)
Okay I've added in the nodes. I get it now!—I always thought the stem was compressed down in the crown, and its just the apical bud that shoots up to make the inflorescence. So it's the whole crown that elongates to elevate the apical bud? I also added in some faint leaf midribs (but they're not that visible in real life). I got rid of the crown icon, but I left in the Dinkleberg cause that's not really hurting anyone is it? Please refresh page to get the new thumbnail & picture.—Love, Kelvinsongtalk16:15, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I get it, the stem is actually more or less compressed down there after the winter until the plant starts growing vertically again (wheat in spring vs. wheat in the early summer). Assuming of course that you have a climate with actual seasons, not taking into account possible differences between annual and perennial plants etc. – but again: I'm not an expert. --El Grafo (talk) 09:24, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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(weak) Oppose A pity, it's a really beautiful view, but there are several technical flaws (detail loss on parts of the facade due to overexposure; some noise; perspective distortions). --A.Savin21:12, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose With A. Savin: Very nice few, but the light is too unfortunate. >50% of the building are in shadow (main reason for decline), the parts in the sun are partially overexposed. --Tuxyso (talk) 08:03, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The subject, the background and the clouds are really nice, but, the quality is not really good, there is a bit of CA, strong perspective distortion (the tower of the left is clearly leaning out), the crop in the bottom is unfortunate and the lighting is not really optimal, the side almost parallel to the photographer is in shadow, overall I have to oppose, sorry, Poco211:00, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment And what is Komrade Savin, the reasoning that preceeds your opinion, that is, the arguments that lead you to find find the image as having an "uninteresting composition"? Even though your opinion is the result of a subjective analysis, it still is interesting to find out the logic according to you. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 20:30, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have read the scope of common´smany times dear Komrade Savin, and your opinion about the relevancy is just that, your opinion on that part of your reasons to oppose. Contrary to your opinion, in my opinion the image is within scope for many reasons. But I was not referring to your opinion about the relevancy according to the scope of the project. I was more referring to your opinion regarding your assertion of "uninteresting composition" as a basis to oppose. Surely that that opinion is the result of a sentence or a series of sentences that have to do with your analysis of the image, it is those arguments that verse on the aesthetics of the image that I would like to know about. It would be nice for you to enlighten me so I can become a better contributor to this forum. Unless of course, your opinion in that regard is not supported by an argument based on universal values or practices for evaluating photography.--Tomascastelazo (talk) 21:17, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Komrade Savin, instead of running to AN user problems and denounce me as a trouble maker for asking you to explain your negative vote, you should take a look at Alvesgaspar comment, objective, constructive and definitely informed as to photographic values. Alvesgaspar´s comment invites introspection and acknowledgement of possible flaws of the image, whereas your comment is simply empty and lacking objectivity. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 03:41, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- This is the kind of image that I would have taken/nominated myself. It is certainly not out of scope and I like the idea, which is a classic in Photography. A pity that the actual framing is not a good realization of it, with the presence of disturbig elements like the building and the tree. Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:26, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- I'd think the image could be used to educate those who have only a little skill in photography to get a better feel for what people love. Good photographers will stand and organise for hours to be sure about reflections of buildings and trees and take those things into account and do studio work. Great photographers know what people want by instinct alone and capture a long swathe of moments, weaving them into a body of work that makes them famous.
I won't even vote on this one, if people don't know what's this great and what's not without someone else to tell them, I'm wasting my breath. Penyulap☏23:11, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support We have people that routinely argue every picture of topless girl is in scope yet when someone places a beautiful image up for FPC we get people saying it is out of scope? Utter bullshit. Saffron Blaze (talk) 03:49, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It is definitely an honor to have such good photographers on Commons. As already pointed out the photographic idea of the photo is quite good but the possible usage on wm projects is at least limited (which is no problem for me even not as an FPC). But the following fact disturbs me: the photo is massively downscaled (2,3 megapixel) wihtout an objective reason and on the image description a direct link to the professional website of Tomascastelazo is placed. An FP (together with the link to the commercial pro website) gets a prominent place on Commons but only a very downscaled version of the photo is provided to Commons (probably to fit the 2 megapixel criteria for FPCs). --Tuxyso (talk) 07:45, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
On the size: it meets the requirements. Period. On the link. Creative Commons license allows for authors to share their work and have their work attributed to them, according to their requirements. This can be looked as "compensation" for sharing the work for free. Photography costs. Cameras, computers, lenses and most irreplaceble commodity: time. Is it legal? yes. Is it moral? Yes. Is i ethical? Yes. Is it allowed? Yes. Funny thing that I do not hear a defense for copyright violations that occur when people use the images in publications in violation of the terms of the CC licenses and in detriment to the author and Commons itself. And besides, sometimes one has to deal with the local trolls... --Tomascastelazo (talk) 13:17, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
actually I popped it into a few articles before you mentioned usage, and it seems just fine to me. Now, if we had more brilliant photographers and less admins doing what they can to fuck them off from the project we'd be able to get their help describing the techniques and so on, that are used in the images, and then we could better describe such techniques in our photography and art articles. As it is, I don't dare consider myself an expert in those areas (although my own work, which I don't share online, is widely acclaimed. I'm modest and don't mind saying so :D ha!) I found the image useful already, and as I said before, a good example for teaching techniques to the inept, but for now it goes nicely in half a dozen articles or so. Penyulap☏08:10, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No, you're free to do it. For me, however, it's a further reason to oppose. Other people may see it different way though. --A.Savin15:50, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You would find that the WMF disagrees with you. WMF fully supports artists using WP and its sister projects as a means of showcasing their work. Saffron Blaze (talk) 00:17, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This is Kafkanesque! Complying with the rules is reason to oppose! Do what you want man, oppose, rant, go crying to your buddies, oppose some more, all on the clear direction that your "guess" may take you! This reminds me of what someone put up in one of these forums: "German people says: "Everybody disgrace themselves as good as they can." Well, you´ve done it! Congratulations! And if you truly believe that this image is out of scope, then your obligation as an admin is to make a DR. I´d be happy to see you in that forum. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 20:19, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Btw, the "usages" conjured up by Penylap are inappropriate, as this is not a typical "mirror image" (with the full mirror effect, where elements at the left appear at the right and vice versa), this is just a usual reflection. For illustrating the article about mirror images, this picture is more appropriate, imo (though still not perfectly matching). --A.Savin12:14, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
A Savin, what´s this all about? So now you are into judging people´s judgement? Stick to the merits of this image from yur personal perspective, if you can. Jeez... --Tomascastelazo (talk) 13:28, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wah ! I've never seen someone fight so hard against great artwork. 'inappropriate' ? WTF ? I never put it into any article called "mirror image" I put in into صورة المرآة, imaxe especular, imatge especular and 鏡像 as well as 镜像 (几何). Why you have to be so hostile and unreasonable rather than just judge the image on it's obvious merits alone ? Even if you have to judge Tomas instead of judging the image, he's a lovely chap with a great sense of humour, why be so mean ? Me I'm not voting, because I like Tomas work just far too much :D maybe you can do the same eh ? Just let people judge the image itself, nice and unbiased. Penyulap☏20:37, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
CommentI uploaded this picture in good faith as a contribution to Commons, in the same spirit that I´ve uploaded many images. I apologyze for the distraction that has been created from my request to have an oppose vote explained by A Savin, which every user who receives an oppose vote is entitled to. A Savin not only refused to explain, but he took issue on my request and posted my action as a complain in AN user problems. I invite the members of this forum to express themselves there and to leave this forum as a FP process where the criteria for discussion is photography or graphic arts. If A Savin does not like the picture, fine, but an oppose vote has at least a moral obligation to be explained, and as an out of scope he has the duty to start a DR. Failure to do constitutes a dereliction of duty. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 20:38, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, what has happened here? It was not my intention to open such a great discussion on this topic. IMHO it is Tomascastelazo personal decision to artifically downscale his uploads and I surely respect his decision. My only interest was to hear something about his motivation for that. I am an enthustiatic amateur photographer and I am happy to share my photos with people on Commons (and on other WM projects) and exchange knowledge. It would never come to my mind to artifically downscale my photos (with commercial interests in mind) because I like the idea of sharing and of free content. I also own expensive photographic equiqment, but I bought it for me not for Commons. I do not know how I would think about the topic if I would earn money with photos. Tomascastelazo, one compromise could be to provide at least your FPCs in higher resolution. --Tuxyso (talk) 21:20, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes, the extremest Free Culture bullshit. Give away your works so others can make a profit on them but try to make money off them yourself and somehow you are an evil capitalist. WMF has made it clear it respects the right and even need of original artists to be able to enjoy the benefits of their works and freely acknowledges that exposure on the projects may assist in that regard. Saffron Blaze (talk) 15:40, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The resolution is low; but I assume Tomas has enough reasons for it. I can see many high and medium resolution files in his gallery. Very artistic. (I visited this page from the AN/U out of curiosity. It is disappointing to see how a simple healthy discussion is extended to repeated, cyclic, never-ending battles (yes; I'm seeing it the third time) outside this FPC community.) JKadavoorJee08:26, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Pssst, wanna see some megapixel porn ? Someone whined that this one had poor lighting and was 'fuzzy', so WAH! look at this baby !! ...Huh ? ...Huh ? ...(nudge nudge) <wink> <wink> look at that resolution. Penyulap☏08:41, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I definitely thought its a different image from what we usually see in Commons FPC. The idea is interesting and the use of B/W as well. The composition could have been better, however -- Dey.sandip (talk) 12:15, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Green Marsh Hawk Orthetrum sabina (male) is a common dragonfly of gardens and fields. Abdomen: 30-36mm, Hind wing: 30-36mm. This dragonfly perches motionless on shrubs and dry twigs for a long time. This species can be seen far away from water. Breeds in ponds and tanks. Widely distributed in Ethiopian, Oriental and Australian region. It is found throughout Indian subcontinent. Created/ uploaded/ nominated by -- JoydeepTalk20:39, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice catch, but the focal plane doesn´t fit exactly. For a shot like this the focal plane should fit for the whole body, so the tail has the same sharpness as the head. Sorry, mathiasK09:59, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Low resolution for a still object (but over 2Mpx), jpeg artifacts, noisy, composition (disturbing fence, the tower is too small in the picture), sorry. --Kadellar (talk) 18:18, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose A well-done but aesthetically typical picture of soldiers at attention. Might be improved a little by cropping in to the four guys in focus, but even still I don't see an FP here. Daniel Case (talk) 07:08, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose High ISO noise is clear visible. The lines or better the whole picture is aslope. The woman is not clear separated from the multicolored background -- Qflieger (talk) 16:58, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose It's a nice flower and the image quality is also good, but i dont like the composition. The leafs on the left and the down right corner are distracting and i dont like the background colors. --mathiasK15:26, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've expected that someone will oppose due to the background :) Especially the flower is shown in its "natural" enviornment - it is a room plant. The background comes from indoor light, a lilac wallpaper and a door frame. IMHO the leafs are not distracting, they are placed exactly there on puropse: I've choosen this composition very carefully and integrated the leafs as framing elemenst. I've used golden ratio for different elements of the flower. --Tuxyso (talk) 15:42, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Imo the leaves [sic] are easy to clone out, esp. the right-hand one. You should try to find a usage for the picture. --A.Savin21:17, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As already written: The leaves are there on purpose. If one do not like the composition - it is OK (as mathias has already opposed). --Tuxyso (talk) 21:21, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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You're welcome. The 'divine light' effect for this image is so appropriate. I would be appalled if it were a 'turtle in a pet shop with kids looking at it' effect with the lighting. Once again, Well done ! Penyulap☏08:35, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stunning picture with good lightning! The technical quality could be better (I've noticed its taken 9 years ago with an old compact) but there's nothing to do about that now. I've support it despite this because the image really captured the rare moment! --P.Lindgren (talk) 09:05, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info The quality of the picture is much better now, but I don`t like the color and contrast. IMO they are poorly. At least I don´t like the composition. I´ve seen better pictures you made. Qflieger (talk) 08:30, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Night view of the Nam Vam Lake along with the Gobernador Nobre de Carvalho bridge and some of the city casinos, Macau. All by me, Poco203:16, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Technically excellent, but composition leaves a lot to be desired. The background is far too busy; I can't see the subject right away and this is not an issue that could be solved by cropping, unfortunately. I also can't see a ball, so it's hard to tell if the keeper is just jumping up for the hell of it or actually making or attempting to make a save. Daniel Case (talk) 14:09, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to tell you that, but you're the first one to tell me that they don't see the ball. And a lot of people have seen this picture. Pleclown (talk) 05:39, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It could be either blurred, in the shade (with the foreground in the sun), it could be grass (photo from an elevated position) or it could be the trees on the left (photo from further to the right). Aside from that, the fact that no better photo was possible doesn't mean it should be FP. If the composition is bad, it's bad. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)17:07, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
CommentTomer, in this type of photography the use of long lenses and wide apertures is what is needed to blurr the backgroung and stop the action, thus separating the distracting backgrounds and concentrating on the subject. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 15:57, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment In this case, the tilt should be fixed. Imo it would look much nicer. Is there CA on his pants? Just a little detail, I know, but if it can be improved, it's not hard. --Kadellar (talk) 15:13, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Background too sharp, blending player with background. the sacle relationship player-background is not adequate. The position of the ball is uncertain, there is no definitiveness as to whether it went in or not. Ball and player too small. Tilted. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 15:57, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've tried to correct the tilt. I don't understand the need of "definitiveness as to whether it went in or not", but one can see that the ball is on the frame, slightly distorting it, thus not in.
For the background, there is little I can do. I already was at the max aperture of my lense (f/2.8). I'm quite puzzled how the background can be this "sharp" at this aperture, but hey.
Oppose These three images apparently from the same match, and taken by other contributors here, show how to use dof and fl to define the players properly.
A more expensive lens isn't actually necessary to get better results. There seems to be greenery to the left of the image, so moving 50 feet to your right would have done the trick and we'd be able to see the player better. Penyulap☏06:07, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are comparing results made with a full frame body, I think (DoF is lower for the same framing on a FF). --PierreSelim (talk) 11:55, 19 August 2013 (UTC), PS: moreover this pictures are done at 200mm --PierreSelim (talk) 12:01, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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As often I do not know if we are talking about the same. Formally (histogram) there are no clipped red colors. Probably you have detected the furry ("pelzig") surface of the blossoms as clipping. How have you detected clipped reds? Done Nonetheless I have worked a bit on the hightlights and on the brightness red channel and think it is better now. I have also slightly modified the crop at the right. Do you think it is better now? --Tuxyso (talk) 19:13, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm talking about the fact that of the blossom, about a quarter of all pixels have a red-channel-value of 1, meaning that they are oversaturated and can't show and color detail any more. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)06:35, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's better, but not fixed. I'm not sure how best to show you. Is it ok if I upload an b&w image of the areas with red channel=1 somewhere (outside of commons, just temporarily)? — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)07:33, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your persitency and thanks for your helpful information on your discussion page. Fixed IMHO I have finally fixed the issue. Interestingly the red channel is clipped more in sRGB color space than in AdobeRGB. I have to make up my mind how to handle such issues in future because LR does not show clippings of only one color channel (no channel-separated histogram). It would be great to take another look. --Tuxyso (talk) 19:07, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That is one of the things I like on Commons: learning from each other. The lesson I've learned today: Do not rely on the Lightroom highlight warning but control for clipped color channels separately with an alternative software especially for critical motives :) --Tuxyso (talk) 20:59, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Who is interested in it. I wrote a small memo how to handle channel clipping in Lightroom. It was a quite complex problem with color spaces in LR and sRGB export color space, see Channel Clipping in Lightroom (unfortunately in German, but with a lot of screenshots) --Tuxyso (talk) 15:07, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry,it is a nice picture but imo it looks a little uninspired. Sharpness is good but the composition doesn`t works for me. Tight crop on the top and left side, the cut off part on the right and the other unsharp parts of the blossom makes the whole picture a little messy imo and, I´m missing that something special in the picture that makes it FP worthy for me. (I don`t like the no wow argument...) It looks, don`t get me wrong, like a "simple" macro snap shot of a nice blossom. --mathiasK13:53, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your circumstantial comment. I agree with you that the composition is not outstanding. But with macro shots it is seldom the composition which make them FP but the overall quality and the light. I cannot see that e.g. with this other FPC the composition is the main reason for the strong support but the light and quality. The reason why I have nominated the image here is mainly because I really like the green-red color contrast paired with some very dark areas in the background (compare with other shots in the category). Also notice that the border of the blossoms matches nearly exactly with the dark areas in the background. Calling my photo "uninspired" does not justice to it. --Tuxyso (talk) 20:34, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry Tuxyso, but the composition doesn't work for me, either. I agree word by word with Matthias's comments: the crop is not convincing and the blurred blossoms mixing with the focused blossoms is disturbing to me. In addition, to be honest, I'd rather keep a bit of red channel clipping, the result is pale to me. Poco212:48, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Please look into Category:Clerodendrum speciosissimum. The flower is not that red as it originally was before I've corrected the clipping issue. Thus I think it is much better than before (especially the fine differences in red tones which are always quite critical in digital photography) and the strong red-green contrast still works. Composition is always a matter of personal taste (e.g. I could not see a compositional idea with your high-riser crop). Regarding focus I can neither follow matthias nor your arguments - DoF is more than sufficient in the case here. All important parts of the flower are in focus. --Tuxyso (talk) 13:08, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support This image is deeply melancholic, and that makes it special in my opinion—because of the rainy atmosphere, but also because of these almost hidden remains of an extinguished industry, in an region that once was more flourishing. --Myrabella (talk) 11:00, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It is useless to vote by just personal taste and false argument. This image has an artistic sense, if you do not see it, it's sad for you. Bourgeois.A (talk) 18:51, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Useless Oppose per Qflieger. I didn't vote yet because I always thought I might still see something special in it at a later time. But I don't. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)18:58, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Don't worry, Christian : this is a joke. As old as photography, as old as painting. If it wasn't many questions could be asked about such a review. --JLPC (talk) 09:04, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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The motive has definitely a lot of "Wow inside", quality and light is at a high level, but Question why did you crop the bottom? For me the crop is a bit unfortunate that way. --Tuxyso (talk) 15:43, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Why? because it is too ordinary and bussy, cars, signs and so on. In my opinion it loses its magic. If you don't believe me, I can upload the uncropped version, but only for information, I wouldn't change this nomination. Poco217:38, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It has nothing to do with "believing" - I do not know the location and in most cases it is better to ground an architecture shot (besides it is a tele detail shot) otherwise ones get the impression that something is missing. It would be interesting to see the whole location and I look forward to an uncropped version just for informational purposes. BTW: I have NOT opposed but only asked --Tuxyso (talk) 17:54, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Here you are (I have many other pictures that I will upload when I get time, the sortiment is generous, I also have several with 3 traffic lanes :)). BTW, I didn't affirm that you oppose. Poco218:47, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support You did this on a day trip from Hong Kong before Wikimania, I presume? Makes me think I should have gone over there myself. Oh yes, it's a great pic. Daniel Case (talk) 07:06, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! did you follow the discussion above with Tuxyso? After several attempts (currently with no reliable Internet conexion) I could update 3 additional pictures of the building that show more: [5][6][7]. As already said, in my opinion not better. Poco215:17, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I was never really convinced of this photo. The example of Christian (also by Diego) shows that there is a much better perspective. The problem with the nominee is that the crop is imho not audacious enough. At the bottom it looks a bit random to me. If you had cropped tighter without visible elements from the ground you could have accentuated the artistic structure of the building in a better way. --Tuxyso (talk) 20:50, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The reflections of the other picture are much more lively, this one is duller. I find the other one has a good composition, it shows the coloured parts of the building (this one showing the whole building might be better, but both are good imo). I agree with Ivar about the street lamp, it's disturbing. --Kadellar (talk) 13:07, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
...and regarding the image being a bit duller, I agree with you. I improved it giving it a bit more contrast and a bit more of light. If I may also express my opinion: the reflexions here are not as nice as at the other one (due to the cloudes, although the gap between both pictures is only 2 minutes), I don't like the road and I am not fan of the shadow on it. That being said, it is a nice picture, as well. Poco203:51, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support For me it's this one without hesitation, it's a more valued image with this centring, but it's also true that the quality is a bit better on the first --Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:55, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Sorry, but now the crop messes it up. The edge of the lake is cut off and there are now random treetops poking into the bottom of the image.—Love, Kelvinsongtalk21:09, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Is there really any effort needed to capture this kind of image? Guess, somehow just be there and point at it and shoot. I don't find any kind of compositional inspiration or creativity in this photo. Neither, lighting has anything impressive about it. However, nice eye-catchy colors, definitely ! --Dey.sandip (talk) 11:53, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The first version of the image was great apart from the branch that ruined it. This crop don't capture the beautiful scenery as well as the first version. --P.Lindgren (talk) 09:26, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose perspective distortion (should be fixable though) - also, is this impossible to take with the sun behind the camera, so that all visible walls of the church are lit? 2-3 hours later perhaps? darkweasel9421:28, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose. Provided that all sunsets are fascinating, I appreciate the idea of one seen from a cornfield. However, if the horizon is acceptable, I don't like at all the bare ground and the grass in the foreground. — TintoMeches, 14:00, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I'm not sure if we have had full infographics as a FP candidate before, let again being an FP, but given the amount of detail and information in this infographic, it would certainly be a great example of an infographic.
Oppose Impressive artwork, but a good infographic imo should list the sources used for the facts and numbers depicted. Also:
JPG is the wrong file format for things like this (see Commons:File types).
The bar chart for the CO2 emission is missing a unit of measurement at the y-axis (22.5 g/s? kg/km? t/h?) and the x-axis is inverted for no apparent reason.
The "less polluting transport"-diagram is lacking a circle for the mean CO2 emission of transport ships in general for comparison.
CO2 is written "CO2" at least thrice.
Some other minor typographic errors (hyphens instead of dashes, whitespaces where they should not be, missing whitespaces where they should be (for example "43km / h" instead of "43 km/h"))
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: it is less than 2 megapixels and very poor quality. --JoydeepTalk17:39, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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What do you mean by "poor quality" ? This image is a pure exclusivity of wp commons. You'll never find this action picture anywhere else, this is it's quality. And yes, it is not one of those insects or flowers on "close-up shoot". If it is just a question of pixels, i'll withdraw the proposal. Jmex (talk) 21:31, 20 August 2013 (CEST)
Comment Hello Jmex, thanks for uploading this photograph on Wikimedia Commons: it's a very good shot. Unfortunately, it's just a problem of pixels. One of the requirements for a Featured Picture or a Quality Image is having at least 2 real megapixels of information. For further information you can read Commons:Why we need high resolution media. I hope I've helped. If you need something else, please do not hesitate to contact me. — TintoMeches, 19:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Info Thanks Tinto : i have uploaded the original picture here with all the informations and i think, the right number of pixels. OK like this ? Jmex (talk) 22:03, 30 August 2013 (CEST)
OK, the new version seems to meet all the requirements. Please, remind your vote must be clearly stated: so delete your previous vote by adding <del> before {{Support}} and </del> after that; then add a new vote down here. — TintoMeches, 20:43, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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You might achieve a better composition if you include the horizon, which provides some depth and scale to the image and i have the impression the image needs a tilt clockwise. Kleuske (talk) 10:41, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per all others. When I first saw this I wondered if someone had accidentally uploaded the picture that they they took while fumbling around with the camera before taking the picture they really wanted to take. Daniel Case (talk) 21:51, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Don't know why Stas1995 put confirmed result tag before FPCbot! I think this will cause bot malfunction. The bot will put unconfirmed result in 5th day in case of speedy closure. Manually putting confirmed result tag before FPCbot is totally wrong procedure and should not be done at all. Not only this nomination but Stas1995 have done this in more than one nominations. -- 117.227.137.6708:35, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I like the colors, but the wide-angle distortion is way too obvious here (similar problem, unfortunately, I often have with Sigma 8-16, when I have to approach the building very close... very evil in this image for example); furthermore, the woman in the foreground is disturbing, and why so much space at the bottom? --A.Savin09:02, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Info Nice to hear for colors. Otherwise, I saw that photo, of course, fisheye focal (8 mm) is not good for such type of photo, unrealistic shape. And that's why I have used two shots, at f/4,5 (16 mm is far from 8 mm), lower photo tilted to the ground limits distortion, and one more for upper part. When I stitch them one on top of another I had minimal distortion correction. For woman, this is place of worship - church. That woman is a beliver/pilgrim. She stays. --Mile (talk) 14:52, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
oops, I didn't realize that it's stitched. Nonetheless, the effect is just similar to wide-angle, which is probably caused by the perspective distortion of the upper shot and the follow-up deformation made by the pano software in order to equalize stitching inconsistencies. The woman is annoying for the composition, but not essentially. --A.Savin17:35, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I have to leave this comment: Perspective distortion, both in wide-angle lenses and after stitching, is not an error, it's just a representation of the mapping of a curved area onto a flat image. It's not a mistake and can't be corrected or avoided, it's necessary and different projections only vary in the way the distortions are visible. That doesn't change that it doesn't look good, but many comments make it sound like a perfect lens or stitching could avoid perspective distortion. That's mathematically impossible. End of unrelated comment. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)18:33, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I would like to support but there is a serious stitching error in the building above the guy with the stripy t-shirt. If you use Hugin, you might want to try SmartBlend with it, as I find it generally does a better job. Also you can get Hugin to keep the (otherwise temporary) aligned segments and manually fix stitching images using layers with Photoshop. Colin (talk) 16:45, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Info You were right, haven't saw that error, it was from smudge tool (accidentaly hit there), now corrected. Otherwise it was stitched much higher. Thanx for observation. --Mile (talk) 19:02, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support It is often tricky to shoot large buildings -- trees and stuff get in the way and you often can't stand far back enough. This is an attractive building, well shot. Colin (talk) 20:03, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Beautiful composition, but sadly with clipped blacks and whites, chromatic aberrations and colour noise in the sky. Possible to fix through different editing? — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)06:55, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Interesting light and good shooting position. But imho the crop at the top is too tight and the sharpness is not convincing. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:26, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for the comment. Yes, I too observed the lack of DOF, but the difficulty in taking this shot again, and the timing prompted me to nominate it :). Nikhil(talk) 15:23, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral I know it is easier to say than implement, but the DoF is too low and most runners are not sharp. I think this shot would have been easier with a tele. The crop is also a bit to tight to me. Still a nice sport shot. Poco213:48, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The objects of interest here, the runners, are not well lit and their faces, certainly the (or one of the) most interesting features of a human, cannot be seen. MrHarman (talk) 02:39, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Spanish singer Bebe live at Músicos en la Naturaleza, Hoyos del Espino, Ávila, Spain. Created, uploaded and nominated by -- Kadellar (talk) 12:43, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I have checked the tilt vertically (from peak to peak); it is 0.12° and therefore I think it is not necessary to upload a new version. Simisa (talk) 10:22, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Very nice. But I personally prefer this crop. With the photo here the area around the trees at the right is a bit too large (and unsharp due to focus on the bridge) and the area at the bottom left is quite dark. Nonetheless the nomination is an FP imho. --Tuxyso (talk) 10:42, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Agree with Tuxyso that it would be improved by cropping the tree down/out of the right side, but don't feel strongly enough about it to not support. Almonroth (talk) 17:08, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Deep Purple performing at Músicos en la naturaleza 2013 in Hoyos del Espino, Ávila, Spain. Created, uploaded and nominated by -- Kadellar (talk) 15:10, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's a bit noisy, but that's acceptable for lightning conditions like this. Don Airey in the background is a bit disturbing, but it's an awesome shot nevertheless. Fun Fact: Roger Glover seems to prefer the good old swing-top-bottle rubber seal in favour of security strap-locks :D --El Grafo (talk) 11:56, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Straight spot to remove (see note), there is few birds and a plane (I've no problem with that), but darkness areas are very dark and the left part seem a bit blurry -- Christian Ferrer (talk) 09:31, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm sorry but I'm not very satisfied with this composition with the fountain at the front. I also find the shadow at left a bit disturbing, which is a pity because it spoils the nice symmetry. There's also lack of detail at the roof and regarding other little details, sorry, maybe also because the light of the day when you took the picture. See this already FP, which I find perfect: File:Image-Schloss Nymphenburg Munich CC edit3.jpg. --Kadellar (talk) 15:54, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Hmm, yes, this image is great. I already knew it before taking my own picture. That's why I wanted to give it a shot with exactly this composition, ie the fountain in the center and the warm light of sunset reflecting on the facade. I admit that the harsh contrasts that this situation tends to create are somewhat unfortunate... Any other opinions? --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 16:36, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I just tested what happens if you brighten the dark areas a little and in my opinion, that improves the image because the shadows, especially the one on the left, aren't that black any more then. I'm not sure if it's enough though, the composition is still slightly weird. A camera position about 2 m higher would of course be better but also very difficult to get. — Julian H.✈ (talk/files)18:02, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment OK, I tried to brighten up the dark areas (and also a little bit the image as a whole). A camera position 3,5m above the ground would be great, but I suppose the park administration wouldn't really appreciate me building a scaffold right there... ;-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:55, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I have to agree, overall quality is very good but the flash lighting, angle and subject are not outstanding for FP, sorry Poco213:38, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support IMO the crop like a square broke the dynamic (motion) of the picture, it would be much better with a crop at top and at the bottom (see notes), but anyway a very good picture --Christian Ferrer05:32, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Certainly not minimalist, but a good architectural shot. We need more of this kind of photos in FPC, in place of boring buildings and bridges and statues taken in broad day light --Dey.sandip (talk) 06:09, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- It is not the building which is minimlist but the photo! I must confess that I am surprised with the success of this nomination. The shot was made some time ago and I never dared to present it here fearing that you guys would consider the composition and subject too trivial... Anyway symmetry is the best known element of beauty in art and nature! Hércule Poirot, Agatha Christie's Belgium detective, would have been much pleased :) -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 09:50, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I hope to see again trivial nominations. This is the error that I make myself, have to be risky and nominate strange things. If we dont this, soon all FP images will only nice --The Photographer (talk) 12:37, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Well, more like sitting on five trains and one bus to get there (6 hour journey), a rather scary 30 minute hike to get up to the foto position, taking pictures of two trains, and then going back home (another 6 hours). Don't ask me why I'm doing this, but its kinda fun. --Kabelleger (talk) 23:00, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ah! ok, I thought it was an aerial shot and you arranged the flight with the train schedule. Regarding doing things like that, who are you telling that :) Poco213:29, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Nice contrast between earth-toned, unexceptional street scene and colorful, slightly surreal umbrellas. Looks like an album cover. Daniel Case (talk) 05:26, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]