Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Duna Mayor, Valle de la Luna, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 173-175 HDR.JPG

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File:Duna Mayor, Valle de la Luna, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 173-175 HDR.JPG, featured[edit]

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View at dusk of one of the highlights in Valle de la Luna, the Great Dune, San Pedro de Acatama, northern Chile.
  • @Poco a poco: The rock in the bottom left is an intrusion; it causes the image to be unbalanced. Your very best compositions (in my opinion) often include features in the foreground too (e.g. [1] [2]) So personally, if I could go there to take the image, I would try and find a way to show those closer rocks in a balanced fashion at the bottom of the image, while still showing the cliffs and sky in the background. But I'm not the master photographer here, and like I said, it's still a very good image. :) -- Thennicke (talk) 03:19, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok, Thennicke, I get your point. I think that the foreground was balanced in the picture of the Tower of Hercules (which you btw linked above twice) because I was close to it and it helped to provide perspective. In this case I was elevated (I had to, otherwise the Amphitheater of rock in the background would not be visible). I can offer more of the rocks in the foreground here (see the former version of the file), but that would definitely not help. The only thing I can do is cropping out the rocks in the bottom. what do you (and others) think? Poco2 09:12, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Poco a poco: I fixed the second link above; my mistake. Honestly I don't think cropping the rock would help at this point, because then the image would be very narrow and have a boring sandy foreground. I would leave it as it is; like I said, it's a good photo. (I understand what you say about having to get to a high place to take the image; in my experience sometimes it's hard to actually find a good composition and I find myself wishing I had a drone to hold my camera) -- Thennicke (talk) 10:44, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thennicke, actually, in the moment I got your last message I had already uploaded an edited version. Please, let me find out what others think. I think that it's worth it, actually I prefer the alt version Poco2 10:57, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed results:
Result: 22 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 04:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural
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