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Featured picture candidates Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures. Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and current month. For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election. |
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Formal thingsNominatingGuidelines for nominatorsPlease read the complete guidelines before nominating. This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documentsThere are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject. Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable. Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself. Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well. Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:
Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced." PhotographsOn the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.
On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.
You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating. Video and audioPlease nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates. Set nominationsIf a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:
Simple tutorial for new usersAdding a new nominationIf you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following. Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button. All single files: For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2
All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".
Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:
Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters. VotingEditors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed. You may use the following templates:
You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator. A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above. Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:
Remember also to put your signature (~~~~). Featured picture delisting candidatesOver time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:
This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:
If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box: In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:
After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list. As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose. Featured picture candidate policyGeneral rules
Featuring and delisting rulesA candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:
The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5. The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules. Above all, be politePlease don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care. Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken. See also
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Featured picture candidates
Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2024 at 14:16:52 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Portugal
- Info: view from Miradouro da Cascata do Arado, Peneda-Gerês National Park. I really like how it's both sunny and rainy in the same photo. All by -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:16, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:16, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2024 at 13:04:05 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#2020-now
- Info created by Alisdare Hickson - uploaded by A1Cafel - nominated by Thi
- Support --Thi (talk) 13:04, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Wilfredor (talk) 13:10, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Question However much one agrees with the sentiments, is FPC the place for snapshot of a crude political statement? I don't think so. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:00, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2024 at 02:37:19 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Anseriformes#Family_:_Anatidae_(Ducks,_Geese,_and_Swans)
- Info I do not see any FP for the species or the Genus. created by Needsmoreritalin - uploaded by Needsmoreritalin - nominated by Needsmoreritalin -- Needsmoreritalin (talk) 02:37, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Needsmoreritalin (talk) 02:37, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Added the species category and had a look at the images there. Not sure if this is the finest or the one with the most wow among them. --C messier (talk) 04:20, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- {cmt}} PoV is too high. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:01, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 22:52:25 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors#South Korea
- Info created - uploaded - nominated by Basile Morin -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:52, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:52, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Great colors, well exposed, sharp from the doors through the interior. Makes the viewer ask, what's inside? --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 02:42, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --C messier (talk) 04:21, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --August (talk) 09:15, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --XRay 💬 09:32, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Very good.--ArildV (talk) 12:40, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 13:47, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 14:01, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 22:24:11 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/Germany#Hesse
- Info Panoramic view (about 200° viewing angle), taken from the Plesse-Tower above Wanfried in very changeable weather. All by me. --Milseburg (talk) 22:24, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Milseburg (talk) 22:24, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Thi (talk) 13:52, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:25, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 19:25:18 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious buildings#Greece
- Info All by C messier -- C messier (talk) 19:25, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Despite being the last stronghold of paganism in Greece, being christianised as late as the 10th century, Mani, the rough peninsula that ends in Cape Matapan hosts a large number of byzantine churches. Among them the small domed church near the hamlet Erimos is considered the finest. Support -- C messier (talk) 19:25, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Not bad. Wolverine XI 20:20, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Milseburg (talk) 22:25, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Nice composition -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:10, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Good composition and colours, a historic building. --Tagooty (talk) 02:59, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support cool textures, almost feels like a painting Henrysz (talk) 04:41, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 13:47, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:21, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 18:03:27 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Others#Historical
- Info created by Jean-Pierre Houël - uploaded by Dodo - nominated by ★ -- ★ 18:03, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support I'm surprised this hasn't been nominated before. -- ★ 18:03, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Not sure of the accuracy of the colors. Look at the history how the colors have been modified. Compare with the original. Seems oversaturated -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:22, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 13:21:45 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Vehicles/Air_transport#Propeller_aircraft
- Info D-ERNC at Seaplane-Meeting in Boenigen 2021, Switzerland – created and uploaded by Roy Egloff - nominated by Augustgeyler -- August (talk) 13:21, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- August (talk) 13:21, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 13:43, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Terragio67 (talk) 16:40, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Good, clear shot. --Mile (talk) 17:02, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support High level of detail but the temperature seems too cold -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:01, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose QI or VI, but not unusual to make it FP. --Tagooty (talk) 02:57, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak oppose It's a good photo but I don't like how the wing lines up with the water line Henrysz (talk) 04:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak Oppose I thought about it for a while. Certainly a good photo, but in my opinion the composition should be better for a FP. The border is also too narrow, so that hardly anything of the surroundings can be seen. --XRay 💬 09:35, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 12:35:28 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#India
- Info Gonbo Rangjon with peak elevation 5,520 m (18,110 ft) towers 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above the Kargiakh valley in Zanskar, Ladakh, India. The tents in the foreground indicate the Himalayan scale. Known locally as God's Mountain climbing is not permitted. The snow-capped range to the right includes the Shinko La pass to Lahaul. Created by Tagooty - uploaded by Tagooty - nominated by Tagooty -- Tagooty (talk) 12:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Tagooty (talk) 12:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 13:05, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support This photo lets the viewer imagine the Glacier that made this formation! --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 14:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Cool, but, remove spots in the sky, please. --Terragio67 (talk) 16:53, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Good, probably you captured avalanche. --Mile (talk) 17:01, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment There are three dust spots near the peak. --C messier (talk) 19:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support In confident expectation that the stains will be removed. Impressive scene. --Milseburg (talk) 22:27, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --SHB2000 (talk) 01:24, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Terragio67, PetarM, C messier, and Milseburg: Thanks for meticulous reviews pointing out the spots and stain -- I've removed them. Re "avalanche": there is an overhanging snow field. Zooming in to 200%, texture is visible in this and the snow below indicating that they are static. I suspect I've not caught an avalanche in action. --Tagooty (talk) 02:42, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hello again, there are still two spots on the left of the mount. One on the left of the peak and the other on the left of the hidden cloud. Terragio67 (talk) 04:37, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Done Thank you. You have remarkable eyesight! I found the spots and have removed them. --Tagooty (talk) 05:01, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hello again, there are still two spots on the left of the mount. One on the left of the peak and the other on the left of the hidden cloud. Terragio67 (talk) 04:37, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 21:32:47 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Crimea
- Info Cape Fiolent, the product of ancient Jurassic volcanism in Crimea, during the sea storm. Upper Miocene lava and carbonate intrusions on heavily eroded Jurassic foundation. All by -- Argenberg (talk) 21:32, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Argenberg (talk) 21:32, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support This picture creates an interesting mood, and I think its impact is stronger when you consider what is happening in Crimea and the Ukraine. The colors of the rocks against the water of the black sea and the gray clouds. The woman photographing her child, the smooth hills, with the large, sharp outcroppings, and all of the pebbles and small stones. I think of the resilience of the people of Ukraine in harsh conditions, the Holodomor and the Russian occupation. The image is well composed and interesting, but also stirring. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 3:44, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:05, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Very good, and very few FPC of Crimea. --Yann (talk) 13:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Good image - QI, VI - yes, but IMO not enough wow for FP. --GRDN711 (talk) 14:06, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Quite dramatic coastline, the stormy (?) weather adds to it. --C messier (talk) 19:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:21, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 14:38:41 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural/Italy
- Info In this panoramic view, I like to highlight the alternation of wheat fields, vineyards, olive groves and more that create patches of different colors. In the background the mountains of the Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines are visible and recognisable at a distance of 50 kilometres. These hilly places are historically important, as the famous Italian poet Dante Alighieri stayed there immediately after being exiled from Florence, and then went to Forlì and Ravenna where he rests in peace. Dante speaks of this place in the Divine Comedy, defining it as: "That sweet land" . All by Terragio67 -- Terragio67 (talk) 14:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment This version is similar to a withdrawn previous one. It was necessary to upload a new file because it is not allowed to update improved images larger than 100 MB. -- Terragio67 (talk) 15:07, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Terragio67 (talk) 15:08, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 18:50, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support A lovely view, and much better now. Really good quality when we consider the resolution – in the past people often downscaled such stitched panoramas, easily hiding any flaws. I am astonished how closely this landscape resembles some areas in Tuscany – no wonder that Dante felt at home here ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 08:40, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Dante remained in these areas very close to Florence between 1302 and 1303 because he was aiming for an agreement with the Ubaldini family to gain access to Florence, at the time the dominion of the Black Guelphs. Dante was a White Guelph and when he realized that he could not return without taking risks (he had been sentenced to death for treason), he left those places from which he had had security. In chapter XXVII of the Divine Comedy - Inferno he speculated and explained which area of Romagna could be convenient to live in without running further risks. This chapter was written in this sweet land, because, in any case, it offered him peace and serenity. Terragio67 (talk) 13:23, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 12:01:24 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Brazil and Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Argentina
- Info created by Jorge Láscar - uploaded by Russavia - nominated by ★ -- ★ 12:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- ★ 12:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Hard to make the falls this unattractive. Not quite as I remember them. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:43, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose The special lighting situation combined with point of view and all this haze here resulted in a contrast-less scene. Taking into account the level of sharpness I am not sure if this even could become QI. --August (talk) 00:48, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Not a QI for me. Very poor light, with blown highlights. Overexposed. Crop at the top is not good. -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:33, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose per above. --Prototyperspective (talk) 10:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose per August and Basile. --Zzzs (talk) 11:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- I withdraw my nomination ★ 17:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 12:01:15 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Brazil
- Info created and uploaded by Julio Cesar Goncalves Corrêa - nominated by ★ -- ★ 12:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Another planet! 🌎 -- ★ 12:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support If you can touch up the vignetting on the top left that would be perfect El Golli Mohamed 15:02, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Na verdade, essa foto é a original. Tenho outra versão mais recente sem a vinheta. 2804:14D:5C54:9336:4143:B51A:6FBC:B45 09:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Julio, é você? ★ 11:21, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Na verdade, essa foto é a original. Tenho outra versão mais recente sem a vinheta. 2804:14D:5C54:9336:4143:B51A:6FBC:B45 09:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support JukoFF (talk) 22:55, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- chromatic aberration on the main subjects, and weird vignetting at the left -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:31, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose this version -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Because Julio Cesar Goncalves Corrêa is not very active here, I have created a slightly edited version. The editing possibilities are somewhat limited in this case (because of the compression and the large gradients in the original file we run very soon into pixelation and posterization when we make major changes). However the CAs on contours as well as the colour noise on the dunes and water is mostly gone and the extreme vignetting on the top left corner fixed, too. (I have kept some of the slight vignetting at the left, removing it entirely seems to reduce the effect of the image.) @ArionStar, Basile Morin, and El Golli Mohamed: What do you think? If you like this version better, please nominate it as an alternative. If you have further hints for editing, I will try to fulfil them. Hope it helps, – Aristeas (talk) 10:22, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Your version is better El Golli Mohamed (talk) 16:51, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- I understand the difficulty. CA is almost fixed. Upper left corner is showing a weird aspect, but it's much less obvious than on the previous version -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Should not be promoted as is. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Alternative
- Support Aristeas saved me again! Thank you so much! ★ 21:24, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Striking look Henrysz (talk) 04:46, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support very good now Terragio67 (talk) 07:56, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Thank you for nominating the alternative. – Aristeas (talk) 08:10, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:54, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Vignette or whatever is still there. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:03, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:22, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 10:35:38 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants#Family_:_Rubiaceae
- Info Created by Tagooty - uploaded by Tagooty - nominated by Tagooty -- Tagooty (talk) 10:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Ripening coffee berries (~12–18 mm (0.47–0.71 in)) on Robusta bushes (Coffea canephora), Kodagu district, Karnataka, India. The berries take 6-8 months to mature, these are 1-2 weeks from full maturity. Hand-held photo outdoors. -- Tagooty (talk) 10:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 15:04, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Dicynodont (talk) 16:32, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ☕️ ★ 01:03, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 10:17:32 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Settlements#Russia
- Info all by me -- Красный wanna talk? 10:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Красный wanna talk? 10:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Dicynodont (talk) 16:30, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 01:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 02:42, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 08:22:18 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera#Family : Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
- Info No FPs of this genus of butterflies. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --XRay 💬 10:14, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Lovely colours. --Tagooty (talk) 10:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:02, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support High level of detail -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:25, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Indeed. – Aristeas (talk) 08:47, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:22, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 07:42:28 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural#Tunisia
- Info created by Skander Zarrad - uploaded by Skander Zarrad - nominated by Skander zarrad -- Skander zarrad (talk) 07:42, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Skander zarrad (talk) 07:42, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Quality is not there. Wolverine XI 20:25, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support A splendid view with the stunning colours of the Sebkha Moknine, and IMHO the quality is fine, especially when we consider the high resolution and the difficulties of taking sharp photos from the air. – Aristeas (talk) 08:45, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support: per Aristeas --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:24, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 04:36:04 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants#Family : Caprifoliaceae
- Info Flower of one Succisa pratensis. Focus stack of 49 photos.
All by -- Famberhorst (talk) 04:36, 17 July 2024 (UTC) - Support -- Famberhorst (talk) 04:36, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --XRay 💬 10:14, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Superb details when zoomed in to 100% --Tagooty (talk) 10:40, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:32, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 15:00, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support per Tagooty --Terragio67 (talk) 17:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Superb --Pierre5018 (talk) 17:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Ermell (talk) 20:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Nicely taken image. Wolverine XI 20:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Zzzs (talk) 00:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --GRDN711 (talk) 14:08, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 02:42, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Apart from minor stacking errors (see notes), overall okay -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:09, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Aristeas (talk) 08:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 13:46, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:22, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2024 at 21:34:05 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Computer-generated#Others
- Info created by Unmismoobjetivo (Pablo Carlos Budassi) - uploaded by Unmismoobjetivo - nominated by Prototyperspective -- Prototyperspective (talk) 21:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Prototyperspective (talk) 21:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Neutral I'm a fan of this type of illustrations, but the hyperrealism might be counterproductive. Some animals blend into the background and are hard to distinguish without zooming in. If the goal is to print it as a poster, it will fail because the hyperrealism creates noise and hides the main subjects. Sometimes, less is more. --Wilfredor (talk) 23:36, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes it's not perfect. The background is important so I think one is only supposed to glance over the animals which are only examples to enable a rough idea and it's sufficient that one can properly see them even though they are a bit hard to distinguish from the background at times. There's not much like it in the Commons, it helps illustrate several Wikipedia articles otherwise lacking images and is a rare and educational interesting image. The concept itself already is quite valuable but the artistic execution and the overall implementation is still more than worth featuring even when not perfect (which other complex-subject comprehensive FP things are?). Moreover, having to zoom in is fine. Less is more is not possible in this case. Prototyperspective (talk) 23:54, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2024 at 14:49:34 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Podicipedidae (Grebes)
- Info created and uploaded by LHPT - nominated by Zzzs -- Zzzs (talk) 14:49, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Zzzs (talk) 14:49, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 20:05, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Fantastic photo. Great detail, well exposed, makes you feel like you are there for the courtship display! --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 21:42, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Looks as if it´s leaning to the left a bit.--Ermell (talk) 07:13, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:30, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Nice. Location would be nice too. --XRay 💬 10:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Very good crystal clear scene with great detail but poor light with brownish unappealing background. --August (talk) 13:45, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't see anything wrong with the lighting, and why should the background negate the wow in this image? IMO, it is obvious that this area is a woodland since the are where the water meets the land is visible. Zzzs (talk) 20:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:30, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose August makes a compelling case. Wolverine XI 20:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support JukoFF (talk) 22:55, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Excellent action shot. I'm ok with the colour of the background. --Tagooty (talk) 03:02, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:23, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2024 at 13:34:08 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Bridges#India
- Info A pedestrian bridge at Munroe island. All by-- Shagil Kannur (talk) 13:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Shagil Kannur (talk) 13:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Nomination corrupted. Somebody please help to restore.--Shagil Kannur (talk) 12:03, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks in advance -Shagil Kannur (talk) 12:06, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Shagil Kannur: What's wrong? Yann (talk) 16:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Rectified --Shagil Kannur (talk) 02:38, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Why no votes here?--Shagil Kannur (talk) 14:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 19:32:22 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals#Family : Sciuridae (Squirrels)
- Info created by Pierre5018 - uploaded by Pierre5018 - nominated by Pierre5018 -- Pierre5018 (talk) 15:16, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Pierre5018 (talk) 15:16, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Please fix the image size. --Zzzs (talk) 11:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- It seems like you've created this a week before. Note that the timer starts when the page is created, not when it's added to the list. You might have to create another nomination unless you willing to take the risk. --Zzzs (talk) 11:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Thank you very much, Zzzs and Mile, for your helpful hints and for fixing the nomination. Because it may be a bit difficult for somebody who is new to the FP nomination process to understand the necessary steps, I have copied the contents of this nomination to a new subpage. This should reset the timer and make sure that the nomination runs correctly for the official timeframe. Hope it helps, – Aristeas (talk) 12:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for fixing the nomination.Pierre5018 (talk) 18:25, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Hello Pierre5018, welcome on the Featured pictures nomination page! As a little explanation for you: (1) When you create a new nomination, please add it to the list of active nominations immediately. We have a bot (a little computer program) which checks all nominations and closes them when the official time has passed. It counts the time from the moment you have created the new nomination. This means that when one creates a nomination, but adds it to the list of active nominations only a few days later, the bot will close the nomination far too early. This causes great confusion for all of us. (2) When you create a new nomination with the blue “Create new nomination” button on this page, please make sure that you enter the name of the nominated image including the “File:” prefix (i.e., for your nomination the text field above of the blue “Create new nomination” button should contain “Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Marmotte (Montréal).jpg”). This is not an official requirement, but misc. templates and also we, the poor maintainers, work much better when there is the “File:” prefix in the name of the nomination. Thank you and all the best, – Aristeas (talk) 12:50, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the explanations. I thought that entering the file reference in the box would have taken care of adding it to the list of current candidates, but it did not of course.18:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC) Pierre5018 (talk) 18:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I have also fixed the Gallery for you. Please note that the gallery must be spelled exactly as the whole name of the section you nominate it to, or else the Bot will not find it. --Cart (talk) 15:55, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you@W.carter Pierre5018 (talk) 18:30, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Thank you very much, Zzzs and Mile, for your helpful hints and for fixing the nomination. Because it may be a bit difficult for somebody who is new to the FP nomination process to understand the necessary steps, I have copied the contents of this nomination to a new subpage. This should reset the timer and make sure that the nomination runs correctly for the official timeframe. Hope it helps, – Aristeas (talk) 12:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- It seems like you've created this a week before. Note that the timer starts when the page is created, not when it's added to the list. You might have to create another nomination unless you willing to take the risk. --Zzzs (talk) 11:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 20:03, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Dicynodont (talk) 16:37, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:01, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Aristeas (talk) 08:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:23, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 19:32:22 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Anseriformes#Genus_:_Anas
- Info Female mallard at Feldsee, Germany – created and uploaded by Stephan Sprinz - nominated by Augustgeyler -- August Geyler (talk) 19:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- August Geyler (talk) 19:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Really like how the duck appears as an oversized prop. --C messier (talk) 20:52, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- PS: I guess a more detailed description would be needed for FP status, like species indentification and location info. --C messier (talk) 21:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Done Thank you. --August Geyler (talk) 21:22, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- PS: I guess a more detailed description would be needed for FP status, like species indentification and location info. --C messier (talk) 21:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support as creator. Thanks for the nomination! --Stephan Sprinz (talk) 21:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Balance and strong appearance of the mallard in a beautiful shot... --Terragio67 (talk) 22:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support per C messier. Innovative angle. Seems giant -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support —Bruce1eetalk 07:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support per C messier et all. – Aristeas (talk) 10:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Zzzs (talk) 11:48, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 12:20, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Harlock81 (talk) 13:23, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 19:00, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Nice, juicy duck 😋. Wolverine XI 19:55, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Very attractive--Pierre5018 (talk) 00:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support I love the ducky Henrysz (talk) 03:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:44, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:27, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Dicynodont (talk) 16:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Striking composition due to the low point of view. The 2nd set of "eyes" above the beak adds to the appeal. --Tagooty (talk) 12:40, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 17:05:38 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Others#Frescos and murals
- Info Art on the Nubian house, Nagaa Suhayl Gharb, Egypt. My shot. -- Mile (talk) 17:05, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Mile (talk) 17:05, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 22:53, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support I think, it is a little bit tilt --Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 08:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment @ Mounir TOUZRI: Checked, there were not straight lines and 90 degress etc. It is more "draw witohout ruler". Left side also, which you will see soon and unparalel steps. --Mile (talk) 11:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Seems like noninteresting nonspecial unnotable amateur artwork and about nothing in particular. --Prototyperspective (talk) 11:41, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi - the art clearly depicts two subjects, the camel and the woman, with text in Arabic (granted, I don't know what it says). It follows a clear artistic theme and color scheme and is an example of art from its locality, which might be notable in and of itself. The photo also shows a (subjectively) interesting window design, plus that architectural feature on top. Your other criticisms aside, it doesn't really seem fair to say this picture is "about nothing in particular". -- Dicynodont (talk) 17:03, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Then photos of non-low-quality graffiti showing simple things like a few colors and a human at mediocre quality in some style should also readily become FP. Are there stats for how many graffiti photos there are among the FP? With nothing in particular I was referring to a meaningful subject, not simple color aesthetic, a woman and a camel, and ornamentation as the content. I wrote the rationale before I learned that not all FP so things are a bit different now but the conclusion remains the same and the other rationales are more than unconvincing (e.g. nonexistent). Prototyperspective (talk) 10:37, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi - the art clearly depicts two subjects, the camel and the woman, with text in Arabic (granted, I don't know what it says). It follows a clear artistic theme and color scheme and is an example of art from its locality, which might be notable in and of itself. The photo also shows a (subjectively) interesting window design, plus that architectural feature on top. Your other criticisms aside, it doesn't really seem fair to say this picture is "about nothing in particular". -- Dicynodont (talk) 17:03, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support The fact that the lines are not perfect is probably due to the building. --XRay 💬 10:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Dicynodont (talk) 17:05, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 22:09, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 11:59, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Agree with Dicynodont. – Aristeas (talk) 08:42, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 13:19:00 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Printed#Magazine and newspaper illustrations in color
- Info created by Frank R. Paul, uploaded by Magog the Ogre, nominated by Yann
- Support -- Yann (talk) 13:19, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support interesting, worth FP. --Prototyperspective (talk) 15:57, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- May be a weak support because it's a bit unclear what it shows (with an otherwise not too uncommon aesthetic etc) and there's many FP-worthy Amazing Stories covers so I'm not sure this one in particular is especially FP-worthy. Prototyperspective (talk) 11:46, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 14:03, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 13:13:23 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People/Portrait#Women
- Info created by Andrew Lih, uploaded by Fuzheado and Indopug, nominated by Yann
- Support -- Yann (talk) 13:13, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
OpposePortrait photo of a woman. --Prototyperspective (talk) 15:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- And how that is a valid reason for opposing? Yann (talk) 16:30, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- A very interesting statement … You don't like portraits? Not portraits of women? How should I see this rating? Do you reject all portraits of women across the board? --XRay 💬 16:36, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Mysterious reason. Could you please try to point it out more precisely? August Geyler (talk) 16:42, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- A human may be interesting but not photos of them as feature pictures. That's what Wikipedia's featured articles are for if anything but not featured pictures, which are about pictures not so much the subject. Prototyperspective (talk) 17:35, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- And what about Commons:Featured pictures/People/Portrait? Yann (talk) 17:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't have any issues with community-rating them as high-quality or even "Featured picture", I just oppose them being featured on the Main page, the rss feeds, and the Wikipedia app. Most of the images on the page I think would be unsuited for these three things, however many also show special things that may make them worthy of FP since they are not about the person but the peculiarity of (e.g. the activity of the person etc) the image such as those:
- And what about Commons:Featured pictures/People/Portrait? Yann (talk) 17:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with the above. How is a woman's portrait photo a valid reason to oppose? Is it because there's no wow? Zzzs (talk) 17:34, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Portrait photos are unsuited for featured pictures why would they be suited for it? It's not about the wow, it's about the quality/characteristics of the image, portrait photos are inappropriate. See explanation above and it could be elaborated further despite that I don't know why people seem to find it surprising. Prototyperspective (talk) 17:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Prototyperspective, images converted to links. Please do not display other images at a nomination. The FPCBot will read them as 'Alternatives' and this will complicate things for the nom closing. --Cart (talk) 18:11, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Portrait photos are unsuited for featured pictures why would they be suited for it? It's not about the wow, it's about the quality/characteristics of the image, portrait photos are inappropriate. See explanation above and it could be elaborated further despite that I don't know why people seem to find it surprising. Prototyperspective (talk) 17:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Undid vote for the reasons given here, a FP doesn't have to be a POTD and my points if anything are now only about which kinds of images (not) frequently nominated as FP but not about whether or not it should be FP. --Prototyperspective (talk) 15:24, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support In some contexts, it has happened to me that I write something but not completely because the other part remains in my head (I think this is the case). Another possibility is that the author of the negative vote comment has a native language other than English, and when translating, something that might have made sense does not entirely make sense, or due to their limited way of explaining and giving arguments. --Wilfredor (talk) 18:03, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- You seem to refer to my comments without addressing any points outlined broadly in it but do not provide any rationale as to why this photo of a human should be a featured picture shown on the Main page. There's nothing special about it, it's a portrait photo of a notable human and people are better learning about people by looking at their Wikipedia article, e.g. via Featured Wikipedia articles, than at a photo of them. Why should this be a FP, please explain. Prototyperspective (talk) 18:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I get the impression that you are confusing Wikipedia with Wikimedia Commons. However, the criteria for what an FP means are different. --XRay 💬 04:30, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- I was pointing out that you are basically confusing WMC with Wikipedia by putting portraint photos of notable people on the Main page which is something the featured articles on WP are for, not photos here.
- Still no addressing of any points or explanation for why this would be good to be FP. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Where do you get this idea that articles about people should be featured on Wikipedia, but not images on Commons? Why would we not want to feature portaits? Kritzolina (talk) 15:32, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Prototyperspective, It is WMC that supplies the different Wikipedias with images, images of all sorts of subjects (including people), and it is on our interest to show what really good images should look like (including portraits of people). This is how we set standards for excellent photos: through examples. No images here are promoted simply for being on the front page of Commons, they are all selected because they are suitable for the different Wikipedia projects. And as for getting on the Commons front page, is in fact rather uncommon for a portrait to end up there since there are about ten times 365 FPs promoted each year. I think that your notion about people on FPs, is at the wrong forum. Here we only assess what photos are excellent; if you have a problem with them appearing on Commons front page as Picture of the day you should discuss that at that project's talk page, not here. --Cart (talk) 15:43, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes indeed, that's why I recently struck my vote – didn't know not all FP are included there and thanks for pointing to the best suited place to discuss this. Prototyperspective (talk) 17:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- I get the impression that you are confusing Wikipedia with Wikimedia Commons. However, the criteria for what an FP means are different. --XRay 💬 04:30, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- You seem to refer to my comments without addressing any points outlined broadly in it but do not provide any rationale as to why this photo of a human should be a featured picture shown on the Main page. There's nothing special about it, it's a portrait photo of a notable human and people are better learning about people by looking at their Wikipedia article, e.g. via Featured Wikipedia articles, than at a photo of them. Why should this be a FP, please explain. Prototyperspective (talk) 18:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment It is a very poor portrait with an unfortunate facial expression. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:07, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose This is so boring. I don't see anything that is worth featuring. I mean, if the subject was in a better environment or doing something interesting, I might have supported. Wolverine XI 19:34, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --SHB2000 (talk) 23:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Appealing portrait in good quality. Honestly I do not understand most of the objections in this discussion. We may say that this isn’t a very innovative or creative kind of portrait; but a portrait must be adequate in style and technique to the character and mission of the person it shows, and IMHO this does apply here. – Aristeas (talk) 12:31, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- It is a high-quality portrait but why should it be featured on the Main page? And as for your rationale, there are millions of high-quality portraits, everybody with access to the Internet has seen lots of them. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment First I do not vote for an image because I want it to appear on the main page etc.; IMHO that’s a minor matter. I vote pro/contra images in order to help to select the featured pictures. Second, maybe there are millions of high-quality portraits, but (it’s a pity) only very few high-quality portraits with a free license – browse Wikimedia Commons and you will see that 99.9% of our portrait photographs are of low or modest quality. Third, after reading about Mia Farrow and browsing photos of her, I have the impression that this photo is a very fitting portrait that matches her character. It would be inappropriate to portrait Farrow e.g. like Dalí. You see I do not just vote “yes”, but I have taken about one hour of research before casting my vote. So you have every right to disagree and to vote against this photo, if you follow other arguments, but you do not need to quarrel with me about my vote – I have given valid reasons for it. – Aristeas (talk) 13:15, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- It is a high-quality portrait but why should it be featured on the Main page? And as for your rationale, there are millions of high-quality portraits, everybody with access to the Internet has seen lots of them. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support A charming portrait of excellent quality. And if I look at the other FIs from that gallery, I prefer this one to many others. As to the point of why portraits in general should be featured ... I don't understand the distinction from any other kind of images. There are also millions of high quality images of animals, plants, landscapes and buildings out there. We are showing the best of what we have in all kinds of topic areas as featured images and in my opinion, this one stands out for the reasons Aristeas also points out. This person is photographed in a way that seems very fitting. --Kritzolina (talk) 13:08, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Harlock81 (talk) 13:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 18:59, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Per Kritzolina and Aristeas. --Terragio67 (talk) 15:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 11:58, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak oppose Wonderful portrait with very good light and DoF. But for me the tight crop at the bottom spoils the composition. --August (talk) 09:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 04:51:18 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural/Germany#Thuringia
- Info created by Plozessor - uploaded by Plozessor - nominated by Plozessor -- Plozessor (talk) 04:51, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Nice. -- -donald- (talk) 08:31, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:16, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 22:08, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Quality is not quite there, in my opinion. High dynamic range would have helped. Also taken too early, in my opinion, with the sun quite high, for a contrejour. Very harsh white spot. The sky is not really special, and the clouds have no shape. The grass lacks sharpness in my view, and the colors seem oversaturated or deteriorated. The picture seems heavily processed, probably to lift the shadows, but it has an impact on the quality. There is CA at the top of the trees. Perhaps a few minutes later the sun was much less dazzling, and the subtleties of landscape colors easier to capture, via softer contrasts -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:20, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 04:27:47 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Bridges#Germany
- Info Trier, the Römerbrücke over the Moselle. (Detail to the north side). The low position of the winter sun provides special light under the Roman bridge.
All by -- Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 04:27, 15 July 2024 (UTC) - Support -- Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 04:27, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 05:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 13:42, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --XRay 💬 16:22, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Strange but it work. --Mile (talk) 17:06, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 22:50, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Strange and Strong --Terragio67 (talk) 23:06, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --SHB2000 (talk) 23:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Innovative view. – We have a special gallery page for photos of bridges, therefore I have taken the liberty to change the gallery link to that page. --Aristeas (talk) 13:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for customizing the gallery.--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 15:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak support image is beautiful, but crop is poor, around 40% of image is water, more railing and empty space above it(sky or whatsoever) would be better. ~redmyname31~💬 18:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 19:23, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Looks like a painting --Tagooty (talk) 10:44, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak oppose I really like the way this part of the bridge is shown here: very good colours and light and interesting perspective. But seeing the upper partially overexposed background with burned out details spoils it for me. --August (talk) 09:22, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2024 at 01:13:32 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Portugal
- Info: Capelinhos Volcano viewed from the eponymous lighthouse. The pre-1957 eruption sea cliff is visible on the right. All by -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 01:13, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 01:13, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 10:26, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Nice composition. But it looks a bit Overprocessed: at the line where earth and sky are coming together it looks as if the darker part was brightened and thy sky was darkened significantly leading to a halo effect. --August Geyler (talk) 18:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support A very impressive view of this harsh landscape. I agree that the small white line or halo effect at the mountain edge could be sorted to improve the image further. But I would not call the image overprocessed. Darkening the sky and brightening dark parts of the landscape is an established part of photographic practice; people have already done this in the time of film photography, either by combining several negatives in a single print (like e.g. in this famous photograph) or by applying paper masks, dodging and burning during the exposure of the print. Just like HDR the goal is to reproduce the extreme dynamic range of the reality within the limited dynamic range of a photograph. The assessment should be guided by the question whether the result gives a realistic and appealing impression or not. And IMHO this photo achieves indeed a very realistic impression. – Aristeas (talk) 12:54, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Aristeas: thank you very much for the thoughtful comments! You 100% understand the essence of my post-processing philosophy. This very desolate landscape, which reminded me of Iceland a lot, is not at all typical of the Azores, where lush vegetation usually dominates. Combined with ominous clouds and setting sun, I was hoping to convey the brooding atmosphere of the moment. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 13:56, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Milseburg (talk) 22:30, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2024 at 20:30:09 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Sylviidae (Sylviid Warblers)
- Info No FPs of this species. Created by El Golli Mohamed - uploaded by El Golli Mohamed - nominated by El Golli Mohamed -- El Golli Mohamed (talk) 20:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- El Golli Mohamed (talk) 20:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 01:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --C messier (talk) 20:56, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Zzzs (talk) 21:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Mile (talk) 10:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Harlock81 (talk) 13:16, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Very nice; I like the harmonious color mood. – Aristeas (talk) 13:40, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you :-) El Golli Mohamed (talk) 16:27, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 19:03, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Nice isolation of subject and soft colors --Pierre5018 (talk) 00:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:51, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Ermell (talk) 07:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:27, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:14, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support per Pierre5018 --Terragio67 (talk) 15:27, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Sylviidae (Sylviid Warblers)
- Info No FPs of this species. Created by El Golli Mohamed - uploaded by El Golli Mohamed - nominated by El Golli Mohamed -- El Golli Mohamed (talk) 20:26, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- El Golli Mohamed (talk) 20:26, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 01:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Even exposure, good lighting, sharp subject, blurred background. The bird really stands out and shows a lot of the field marks needed to help someone ID it. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 1:59, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you :-) El Golli Mohamed (talk) 16:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Per above, superb composition. --Terragio67 (talk) 07:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Zzzs (talk) 13:04, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 13:44, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --C messier (talk) 20:56, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Harlock81 (talk) 13:12, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support per Needsmoreritalin. – Aristeas (talk) 13:40, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 19:03, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:52, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Ermell (talk) 07:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:14, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods#Family : Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)
- Info No FPs of this insect family. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:14, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:14, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 13:45, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Miss some Vibrance, Contrast. --Mile (talk) 17:07, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Well, you always do. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:15, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Harlock81 (talk) 13:11, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 19:05, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:12, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious buildings#Laos
- Info created - uploaded - nominated by Basile Morin -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:37, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:37, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Well exposed with the foreground well lit without distracting shadows. Detail shows well in the reliefs and even the texture of the stones that make up the structure. Boy is that sky blue too! --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 5:39, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Berthold Werner (talk) 09:50, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:29, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose All the trees are blurry and out of focus. You only closed to f8 even though you were in ISO 50 and you could have closed the diaphragm even more to have a completely sharp photo. The whites are also overexposed but it is fixable in post processing. El Golli Mohamed 20:37, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- 💡 Info There was wind, that's why some leaves are moving. It's not a matter of depth of field. Whites are correct in my view. It is sunny. All the white parts should be white, not gray, and there are not blown highlights in this picture. Main subject is the building. In focus, with consistent depth of field and wide focal length (24 mm), taken at the distance. Increasing the depth of field by reducing the speed would result in more motion blur for the leaves. F/8 offers the best sharpness with that specific lens and thus is an intentional choice -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:01, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- But why you didn't increase the ISO, you had only ISO 50 and it was windy so you had to increase the speed even with higher ISO. It isn't sports photography or wildlife photography so you had plenty of time to check your settings to avoid tree shake blur El Golli Mohamed (talk) 00:25, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Minor detail -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:40, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Slightly blurry trees are no big deal since they're not the main subject. --Zzzs (talk) 01:27, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Fortunately the heavy stones of this building dating from the 11th-13th century did not move with the wind :-) Thanks -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't upload photos of buildings, but I have to say I would have chosen a higher shutter speed and higher ISO on my camera to go with F8 on a windy day. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- You should upload pictures of buildings! I'm sure there are a lot of interesting places from all the countries you've visited -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:15, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not sure buildings are classified as part of wildlife photography. Zzzs (talk) 19:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- No, but when you travel, you're not always in the jungle. Sometimes in a city, sometimes near a temple that is worth a visit, a bridge, a house... This goat in freedom was taken only 50 minutes later, in the same site. This bird eating a fish was taken in the pond of a temple -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- I did upload a few shots from Cambodia; Peru; Brazil; Kenya; St Lucia; Egypt and England when I signed up... Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:42, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Love Peru and Egypt! Thanks for the share. If you have more / recent works like those, please upload! :-) Basile Morin (talk) 12:12, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- I did upload a few shots from Cambodia; Peru; Brazil; Kenya; St Lucia; Egypt and England when I signed up... Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:42, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- No, but when you travel, you're not always in the jungle. Sometimes in a city, sometimes near a temple that is worth a visit, a bridge, a house... This goat in freedom was taken only 50 minutes later, in the same site. This bird eating a fish was taken in the pond of a temple -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not sure buildings are classified as part of wildlife photography. Zzzs (talk) 19:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- You should upload pictures of buildings! I'm sure there are a lot of interesting places from all the countries you've visited -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:15, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't upload photos of buildings, but I have to say I would have chosen a higher shutter speed and higher ISO on my camera to go with F8 on a windy day. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Fortunately the heavy stones of this building dating from the 11th-13th century did not move with the wind :-) Thanks -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support But where is Lara Croft? Yann (talk) 11:21, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- :-) In the bathroom? -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:15, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- But seriously, yes, Ta Prohm Khmer temple, in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, located 300 kilometers away, in Siem Reap, was built at the same period -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:27, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 13:45, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --XRay 💬 16:23, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 22:44, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose per El Golli Mohamed. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Beautiful and well-done, the three-quarter view gives probably the best possible impression of the temple. I also agree that the technical settings are very reasonable – at 24mm FF, ƒ/8 is certainly the best choice because it gives enough DoF and avoids diffraction (which with today’s cameras and lenses is already visible at ƒ/11, of course). Given that ISO 50 helps to reduce shot noice, it is a solid choice, too. This is a photo of the temple, so we want the best possible quality in that part of the photograph; and most of the foliage is still more than sharp enough. Sorry for the many words, but when we start to discuss ISO, aperture, etc., the criticized photographer deserves support. – Aristeas (talk) 13:35, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- A pleasure to read you (don't be sorry!), thanks!
- Another view of this building, highlighting architectural elements: Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Stone gate with columns and Buddhist reliefs leading to a clothed statue of the Buddha seated, Wat Phou temple, Champasak, Laos.jpg -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:09, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 19:10, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Maybe invalid criticism, but overall it seems very busy. I would support a close up of one architectural element, or done in softer lighting Henrysz (talk) 03:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support A sad building from days gone by that I wouldn't enter now. Strikingly depicted to my taste.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:37, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Bridges#Spain
- Info created by Benjism89 - uploaded by Benjism89 - nominated by Benjism89 -- Benji 20:40, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Benji 20:40, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support El Golli Mohamed 21:12, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Poor crop --Shagil Kannur (talk) 16:55, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Could you please explain where you find crop is poor ? (NB : I just uploaded a new version with PC so crop has slightly changed). --Benji 18:41, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 01:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
chromatic aberration-- Basile Morin (talk) 03:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)- Indeed, corrected, thanks for your review. --Benji 18:41, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed Thanks for the correction -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support better than most FP and interesting subject of ancient infrastructure / water infrastructure. --Prototyperspective (talk) 16:01, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment The technical quality should be improved. (Visible CAs for example) --XRay 💬 16:24, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for your review. I just uploaded a new version of this picture, correcting CA and perspective. (I actually completely reprocessed this picture from the RAW file as I'm no longer using the same software as I was in 2022, so exposure, contrast and other stuff may have slightly changed too). --Benji 18:41, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support What a beautiful view. It’s great how you have managed to show the two bell towers nicely framed by the arches of the aqueduct, and the green landscape in the leftmost arch, with the snowy mountains in the background. Detail resolution could be higher, but this is not that important given the convincing composition, and it’s almost impossible to get everything pin sharp in an image with several distinct layers like this one. – Aristeas (talk) 13:46, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 18:59, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose The crop does not present the aqueduct in an exciting manner. --Tagooty (talk) 10:47, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 14:08, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Per Taggoty. I was there one month ago and I'm not amazed bynthis view either. Sorry. Poco a poco (talk) 05:44, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Motorsports
- Info Start of the 40th edition of Gotland Grand National 2023. Gotland Grand national is the world's biggest, and one of the oldest, Enduro competition. It was the last race on the original course and the race will move to a new location in 2024. Created, uploaded and nominated by -- ArildV (talk) 10:04, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- ArildV (talk) 10:04, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Sports are hard to shoot! And here, drops of mud on the lens - very atmospheric! JukoFF (talk) 20:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support The flying chunks of mud give the scenery a realistic look. -- Radomianin (talk) 09:11, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 14:42, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Sorry to dissent, my opinion is that F/3.2 was too shallow with that long focal length (70 mm). In that case, the depth of field would have benefited by increasing the ISO sensitivity. The most visible riders, in the foreground, are all blurry, out of focus. In addition, as part of the composition, the crop at the bottom is not optimum, because the wheel of the biker at the right is cut out -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:52, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for reviews and comments.
- Without disagreeing with everything you say Basile Morin. I don't think your points are that important here
- a) you don't have time to make the perfect composition. You just had a few seconds. This photo was taken exactly seven seconds earlier.
- b) this kind of crowding and chaos is an important part of the racing format with a mass start.
- c) focus is not bad imo nor the composition. Focus is on driver number 64 in the middle of the photo and you have to open the images in full resolution to find that the drivers around are slightly out of focus
- d) and no one outside Wikimedia Commons judges the merits of sports images by open them in full resolution.
- e) It's a high resolution image.
- --ArildV (talk) 06:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Well, quickly, 1) You're welcome, a) When time is limited, try to frame larger during the action, then you'll have all the time to crop afterwards, b) The crowd is fine, no worry about that, c) we disagree about the focus. Depth of field could have been more generous. We could also say that this is what makes the difference between an ordinary photo and a great one. At thumbnail size, the biker at the left is already blurry. So that's not very appealing. d) Not sure, but anyway here it's Commons :-) Otherwise there would be a bunch of fair candidates, too, at smaller resolution. e) Yes, high resolution with limited DoF. Finally I find this is a good candid picture, but not an extraordinary one. Best regards -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:07, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Just a clarification. There was no time to switch between lenses/cameras and Nikon's superb 70-200 was a reasonable choice of lens imo. There were hundreds of motorcycles so some motorcycle or rider will always be cropped regardless of focal length. And without a zoom lens, the picture would (in my humble opinion) be much more boring. I personally think that one of the picture's strengths is that you get so close to the riders. Best regards--ArildV (talk) 07:19, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- On another way, it's a blurry image (foreground AND background), except when you zoom in :-) Then you think "oh, this rider here is not out of focus". But alone in the crowd. To summarize my personal point of view, I would have preferred that the whole thing was sharper, and the composition better mastered. All the best -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:39, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I must say, I'm delighted how well ArildV has been able to capture this event. We've been missing good photos of this big sport event for years now. The reason for this, is that it is actually really hard to photograph. The race is held in the beginning of winter, and often coincides with the first snow. The light is therefore extremely bad (part of the race is made in darkness) and the bikers are moving very fast; that's the challenge for the photographers. Adding to that, it is also mostly damp with temperatures just above freezing at the track and mud is flying everywhere. When I lived on Gotland, I often thought about trying to shoot this race, but I always chickened out. ArildV is braver that me. ;-) --Cart (talk) 10:34, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Neutral What a nice image. But I think Basile Morin is right. Otherwise the image could be very good when cropped much tighter to the in focus driver in the middle. --August Geyler (talk) 16:16, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak oppose not really anyhow special / interesting, not suited as FP despite being a high-quality photo.--Prototyperspective (talk) 16:04, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Still oppose because so many motocross are not on the image, it's like a crop of a larger image. Prototyperspective (talk) 21:21, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 19:23, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Ermell (talk) 07:23, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class_:_Gastropoda
- Info Sea slug (Luisella babai), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. It is present in the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea and it has also been reported from the Atlantic coasts of Spain, Portugal and Senegal. It inhabits rocky bottoms at depths of 5 to 50 m. It can reach a length of about 30–53 millimetres (1.2–2.1 in) and they feed on hydroids. Note: we have no FPs of the whole family Flabellinidae/Samlidae. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 06:38, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 06:38, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Ermell (talk) 19:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 08:39, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:33, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Sorry but the subject is not sharp at all, and the whites are a bit overexposed El Golli Mohamed 13:31, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- I guess, I have to assume again that this has nothing to do with my last vote in one of your noms. This is getting boring. We are talking here about a tiny animal shot underwater and still there is more detail here and in some current FPCs Poco a poco (talk) 08:44, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- I remember you that it's just a comment not a vote so don't tell me please about your last vote. This is boring. An underwater photo doesn't mean an unsharp photo, not well exposed. You did good sharp underwater photos that I supported as FP. This one is not a good quality. Try to fix it. If Ermell for exemple voted against your photo that you nominated today for QI, that means that it's in relation with an old vote? It's simply because your photo has not a good quality. El Golli Mohamed (talk) 10:47, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- I guess, I have to assume again that this has nothing to do with my last vote in one of your noms. This is getting boring. We are talking here about a tiny animal shot underwater and still there is more detail here and in some current FPCs Poco a poco (talk) 08:44, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Not good enough for featured picture --Lupe (talk) 09:26, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Quality is not the best. Wolverine XI 19:50, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support The sea slug may not seem very sharp at first glance, but comparing other photos I doubt that it can look sharper – most parts of this creature’s surface are obviously rather smooth. Looking at photos with lower exposure, I also cannot spot additional details in the bright part. Therefore it seems not unfavourable that the bright parts of the sea slug are very bright in this photo, and I really like how the creature seems to shine here. Considering the general difficulties of underwater photography, and comparing again other images of this species, I think this one is worth to be featured. – Aristeas (talk) 13:56, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support The quality can be improved --Zzzs (talk) 00:18, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Kazakhstan
- Info created, uploaded and nominated by Красный -- Красный wanna talk? 23:52, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Красный wanna talk? 23:52, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --SHB2000 (talk) 01:29, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 12:24, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support JukoFF (talk) 20:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:01, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 11:34, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Harlock81 (talk) 13:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family_:_Felidae_(Felids)
- Info created by Felinlove - uploaded by Felinlove - nominated by Felinlove -- Felinlove (talk) 21:05, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Felinlove (talk) 21:05, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
OpposeBlown highlights at the top of the image? --Zzzs (talk) 21:13, 11 July 2024 (UTC)- @Zzzs Would this work better? It's actually sunlight hitting the curtains from outside. Felinlove (talk) 01:49, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
OpposeGood portrait with strong emotions. But blown out highlights at the wall ruins the composition. --August Geyler (talk) 09:05, 13 July 2024 (UTC)- @Augustgeyler, I would rather agree. Will this work better? It's actually sunlight hitting the curtains from outside. Felinlove (talk) 01:52, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Neutral I see the problem. The image needs that sunlight from the curtain to express the emotional feeling connected to the cats attitude. After you changed the exposure the effect is gone and the curtain look unnatural. But without your changes it looks as there was a defect. So I am not sure about your nomination any more. --August Geyler (talk) 15:52, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 00:19, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose There are still blown highlights on the floor, blanket, and hair. And there is a white border frame at the top and at the right. Also, at ISO 3200, the picture is not very sharp -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:49, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Question This appears to be a forcibly domesticated wild animal (or a hybrid) or is it some kind of cat?. Because if it is a wild or hybrid animal, I would not like to support this image. --Wilfredor (talk) 02:30, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment @Wilfredor: Your ethical concerns very honourable. The Oriental Shorthair is an established breed of domestic cat and (like other domestic cats) happy to live among people, so IMHO there are no ethical problems. – Aristeas (talk) 13:02, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --GRDN711 (talk) 14:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural_phenomena#Clouds
- Info Tropical beach and equatorial tropical clouds over the Lombok Strait, Gili Islands, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, in the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). All by -- Argenberg (talk) 20:44, 11 July 2024 (UTC).
- Support -- Argenberg (talk) 20:44, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 00:51, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 12:27, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak oppose not really anything special and further issues. --Prototyperspective (talk) 16:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family : Soleidae (True Soles)
- Info Common sole (Solea solea), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea where it often partially immerses itself in the substrate. The small eyes are close to each other on the right side of the body. This gives the fish the possibility of lurking half-buried in the sand for passing prey. The common sole, just like all other flatfishes, hatches as an "ordinary" fish with one eye on each side of the body. The young metamorphose to flatfish when they are about one centimeter long. It grows to a maximum length of about 70 centimetres (28 in). c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 20:34, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 20:34, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Zzzs (talk) 21:17, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 12:27, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 08:32, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Cayambe (talk) 18:24, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I don't know why the colors are shifting to purple, blue and green. Is it a problem with the white balance? It looks like it was taken through glass. Is this an aquarium? El Golli Mohamed 20:44, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, I built a high aquarium in my backyard. Ok now seriously, are you suggesting that I lie when I write "Arrábida National Park, Portugal"? Btw, I improved the WB.--Poco a poco (talk) 16:26, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I didn't suggest that you lie but your white balance was very strange. May be it's the box you use for under water photos. Now it's much better. El Golli Mohamed (talk) 19:24, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- It has nothing to do with "the box" but rather with the fact that underwater colors fade and with the lights I use (which causes shadows depending on the subject or POV). One day I'll publish a before - later comparison of images taken in raw and the result after processing (with special focus on WB). You would be astonished Poco a poco (talk) 08:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, I built a high aquarium in my backyard. Ok now seriously, are you suggesting that I lie when I write "Arrábida National Park, Portugal"? Btw, I improved the WB.--Poco a poco (talk) 16:26, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I would remove the small thing at the top (see my note). It distracts from the fish, and doesn't add anything useful. Yann (talk) 11:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yann: Gone, it was a tiny shrimp, I removed a few more. I also increased the contrast. Poco a poco (talk) 16:26, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Aristeas (talk) 08:52, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. Nice now after WB correction -- George Chernilevsky talk 12:24, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:57, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People/Portrait#Men
- A color portrait of the famous Russian writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko, published on the official website of Moscow in 2015 (two years before his death). - nominated by --MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 07:49, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Weak support: striking portrait; too bad about the tight crop on top --The Cosmonaut (talk) 00:54, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Tight crop. --SHB2000 (talk) 01:30, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support JukoFF (talk) 20:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment No meeting in this image. Was the other person cropped out? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Charlesjsharp No, there is no photo cropping here. This is a fill from the source, and the file itself is taken from the general category. Is it then worth cropping the photo and nominating it in a new way? MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 08:43, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Crop is fine; just the file name is not ideal. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:28, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Charlesjsharp No, there is no photo cropping here. This is a fill from the source, and the file itself is taken from the general category. Is it then worth cropping the photo and nominating it in a new way? MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 08:43, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Such crops are not uncommon in portrait photography; the quality is good, nice background bokeh. (BTW also a likeable person.) – Aristeas (talk) 14:43, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support ★ 01:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support as per Aristeas. -- Radomianin (talk) 04:18, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 11:46, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Portrait photo of a man, boring image. --Prototyperspective (talk) 16:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Gather agree with the new guy in town. Wolverine XI 19:46, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Tight and very strange crop --George Chernilevsky talk 12:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support I don't think the crop is distracting from the subject at all. Henrysz (talk) 03:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Timetable (day 5 after nomination)
Sun 14 Jul → Fri 19 Jul Mon 15 Jul → Sat 20 Jul Tue 16 Jul → Sun 21 Jul Wed 17 Jul → Mon 22 Jul Thu 18 Jul → Tue 23 Jul Fri 19 Jul → Wed 24 Jul
Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)
Wed 10 Jul → Fri 19 Jul Thu 11 Jul → Sat 20 Jul Fri 12 Jul → Sun 21 Jul Sat 13 Jul → Mon 22 Jul Sun 14 Jul → Tue 23 Jul Mon 15 Jul → Wed 24 Jul Tue 16 Jul → Thu 25 Jul Wed 17 Jul → Fri 26 Jul Thu 18 Jul → Sat 27 Jul Fri 19 Jul → Sun 28 Jul
Closing a featured picture promotion request
The bot
Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.
Manual procedure
Any experienced user may close requests.
- In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
(for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
{{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}} - Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
featured or not featured
For example:
=== [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
becomes
=== [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured === - Save your edit.
- If it is featured:
- Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
- Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
- Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
- If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
- If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
- Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
- The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
- You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
- Add == FP promotion ==
{{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
- As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/July 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
Closing a delisting request
- In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
'''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
(for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg) - Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
delisted or not delisted
For example:
=== [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted === - Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/July 2024.
- If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
- Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
- Edit the picture's description as follows:
- Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
- Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
- Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
- Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
- If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.
Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination
- In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
{{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}} - Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
not featured
For example:
=== [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
becomes
=== [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured === - Save your edit.
- Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/July 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.