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Queste immagini sono candidate per la vetrina. Fare attenzione a non confondere questa pagina con le immagini del giorno.
Guida
[edit]Candidare un immagine
[edit]Linee guida per candidare un'immagine
[edit]È importante leggere le linee guida prima di candidare un'immagine.
A seguito è riportato un riassunto dei punti essenziali per candidare e valutare le immagini candidate:
- Risoluzione - Le fotografie con una risoluzione inferiore a 2 milioni di pixel vengono generalmente rifiutate e rimosse ad eccezione di motivi contrari di particolare importanza. Si noti che le immagini con risoluzione 1600 x 1200 hanno 1.92 Mpx, appena inferiore al limite minimo di 2Mpx.
- Ricordiamo che le immagini caricate su Commons vengono visualizzate non solo su schermi tradizionali di PC ma sono utilizzate anche per stampa e visualizzazione su schermi ad alta risoluzione. Non possiamo certo prevedere quali tecnologie verranno utilizzate nel futuro quindi è importante che le immagini scelte per la vetrina abbiano una risoluzione quanto più alta è possibile.
- Scansioni - È consigliabile seguire la guida alla scansione, che propone suggerimenti per l'ottenimento di immagini ottimali
- Fuoco - ovviamente ogni oggetto significativo dell'immagine deve essere ben definito e a fuoco.
- Primo piano e sfondo - Oggetti in primissimo piano o di sfondo possono distrarre dalla vista dal oggetto principale dell'immagine. È il caso di controllare se qualche elemento in primo piano non copra nessun elemento importante e che lo sfondo non distolga l'attenzione e renda confusa l'immagine (per esempio evitare che vi sia una luce forte alle spalle di un viso)
- Qualità generale - le immagini candidate devono essere di alta qualità tecnica.
- Le manipolazioni digitali non devono essere effettuate per ingannare, ma vanno usate solo limitatamente e con cura per correggere difetti fotografici. Le manipolazioni comunemente accettate sono il ritaglio e la correzione di prospettiva, focale, colore ed esposizione. Manipolazioni più estese, come può essere la rimozione di un elemento di distrazione dello sfondo, vanno chiaramente descritte nel testo di descrizione per mezzo del template {{Retouched picture}}. Manipolazioni non descritte o descritte in modo insufficiente non permettono la candidatura alla vetrina.
- Valore - il nostro principale obiettivo è eleggere le immagini con il maggior valore rispetto a tutte le loro simili. Le immagini devono essere in qualche modo speciali, perciò fai attenzione:
- quasi tutti i tramonti sono esteticamente piacevoli, infatti molte immagini sono simili alle altre,
- gli scatti notturni sono gradevoli ma generalmente le foto scattate di giorno mostrano molti più dettagli,
- non tutte le belle foto hanno in realtà un valore che non sia esclusivamente personale.
Per quanto riguarda l'aspetto tecnico abbiamo come parametri l'esposizione, la composizione, il controllo del movimento e la profondità di campo.
- L'esposizione si riferisce alla combinazione tra tempo di esposizione e diaframma. Questa combinazione permette generalmente di avere una curva di tono che è in grado di rappresentare ombre e luci con un dettaglio accettabile. Questa curva viene detta latitudine di posa. Un'immagine può essere nella banda bassa, media o alta. Le fotocamere digitali (e le loro foto) hanno una latitudine di posa più stretta delle macchine a pellicola. La mancanza di dettagli nelle zone d'ombra non è necessariamente una caratteristica negativa. Infatti questa può essere parte dell'effetto desiderato, mentre ampie zone eccessivamente sovraesposte possono distrarre la vista.
- La composizione si riferisce alla distribuzione degli elementi nell'immagine. La “Regola dei Terzi” è una buona linea guida per la composizione e eredita molto dagli studi di disegno. Il concetto principale considera l'immagine divisa con due linee orizzontali e due verticali, che dividono l'immagine in tre parti. Generalmente se l'oggetto viene centrato si ha un effetto poco interessante, mentre se l'oggetto viene posizionato in uno dei punti di interesse, ovvero l'intersezione delle quattro linee, si ottiene un effetto decisamente migliore. Le linee dell'orizzonte infatti non dovrebbero essere posizionate nel centro, perché taglierebbero la foto a metà; è invece preferibile scegliere una delle linee orizzontali. Complessivamente bisogna tendere a creare un'immagine dinamica.
- Il controllo del movimento si riferisce al modo viene rappresentato il movimento nell'immagine. Il movimento può essere bloccato (seguito dalla fotocamera) oppure può essere lasciato scorrere, tuttavia l'oggetto principale dell'immagine deve essere visibile. Nessuna delle due tecniche è migliore dell'altra, la buona riuscita dipende esclusivamente dal tipo di effetto ricercato. Per esempio, fotografando una vettura da corsa che appare statica in relazione allo sfondo, che invece scorre sul retro, si ottiene l'oggetto principale in una condizione statica mentre lo sfondo crea il senso di movimento. (questa tecnica è chiamata "panning"). D'altra parte, fotografando un giocatore di basket in salto, bloccato in relazione a tutto il resto dello sfondo, si otterrebbe un buono scatto proprio per la posa innaturale.
- La profondità di campo (PdC o DOF dall'inglese depth of field) è la distanza davanti e dietro il soggetto principale che appare nitida (a fuoco). Questo parametro viene scelto a seconda delle necessità di ogni immagine e può parimenti migliorare o peggiorare la qualità di una fotografia. Generalmente viene utilizzata una PdC ridotta per mettere al centro dell'attenzione il soggetto principale, separandolo da tutto il resto dello sfondo. Invece viene utilizzata una grande PdC per enfatizzare la profondità di un immagine. Gli obiettivi grandangolari in genere una grande PdC mentre i teleobiettivi ne hanno una decisamente ridotta. In gran parte la PdC dipende dall'apertura del diaframma: aumenta con il diminuire dell'apertura e viceversa.
Per quanto riguarda l'aspetto grafico prendiamo invece in considerazione nitidezza, profondità, colore, superficie, prospettiva, bilanciamento, proporzione, ecc.
- La nitidezza si riferisce alle linee di contorno del soggetto principale.
- La profondità si riferisce alla qualità dell'aspetto tridimensionale del soggetto. Ciò si ottiene soprattutto tramite un'adeguata illuminazione laterale (come quella della prima mattinata o del tardo pomeriggio) e non esclusivamente frontale, al fine di evitare l'appiattimento del soggetto.
- Il colore è un elemento molto importante e non deve essere né troppo né poco saturo.
- La superficie si riferisce alla qualità della superficie degli oggetti fotografati.
- La prospettiva si riferisce all'angolazione dalla quale è stata scattata la fotografia. Essa crea una serie di rette immaginarie che seguono gli spigoli paralleli degli oggetti e si incontrano in un punto che può essere dentro o fuori l'immagine.
- Il bilanciamento si riferisce alla disposizione degli oggetti nell'immagine e può essere equilibrato o porre maggior peso verso una direzione.
- La proporzione si riferisce alla relazione tra le dimensioni degli oggetti all'interno dell'immagine. Generalmente si tende a rappresentare oggetti con ridotta relazione, ma una buona tecnica è quella di rappresentare gli oggetti di dimensioni minori in modo più esteso, contrariamente a quanto è in realtà. Per esempio, un piccolo fiore che viene rappresentato con le stesse dimensioni di una grande montagna: questa tecnica viene chiamata inversione di scala.
- Ovviamente, non tutte le caratteristiche devono essere necessariamente presenti. Le immagini possono essere giudicate sia per una sola caratteristica che per diverse caratteristiche, anche contemporaneamente.
- Significato simbolico o rilevanza particolare …Le guerre d'opinione possono iniziare!…. Va ricordato che una pessima fotografia di un soggetto difficilissimo da fotografare è sicuramente migliore di un'immagine ordinaria e tradizionale (come un comune tramonto).
- Le immagini possono essere scelte da un fotografo o da un osservatore anche per motivi culturali, tenendo però sempre conto del contesto dello scatto e non di quello dell'osservatore. Un'immagine inoltre può "parlare" alle persone e avere la capacità di evocare emozioni, che tuttavia non devono essere necessariamente piacevoli.
Per ottimizzare le possibilità di successo delle candidature delle tue immagini è consigliabile leggere le linee guida complete.
Come candidare un'immagine
[edit]Se credi di aver trovato o creato un immagine che può essere presa in considerazione per la vetrina, che abbia una appropriata descrizione e una licenza adeguata, allora segui queste indicazioni.
Punto 1: copia il nome dell'immagine dentro la casella di testo (includendo anche il prefisso Image: ) a seguito del testo già presente nella casella (per esempio Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:IL-NOME-DELLA-TUA-IMMAGINE.JPG.) ed infine clicca il pulsante candida una nuova immagine.
Punto 2: segui le istruzioni della pagina alla quale vieni collegato e salva le modifiche apportate.
Punto 3: inserisci manualmente un collegamento alla pagina creata in cima alla lista candidati:
Clicca qui e aggiungi il testo che segue all'inizio della lista di candidature:
- {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:IL-NOME-DELLA-TUA-IMMAGINE.JPG}}
Votare
[edit]Per votare puoi usare i seguenti templates:
- {{A favore}} (
Support) per supportare la candidatura,
- {{Contrario}} (
Oppose) per opporsi alla candidatura,
- {{Neutrale}} (
Neutral) per esprimere un parere neutrale,
- {{Commento}} (
Comment) per esprimere solo un commento,
- {{Info}} (
Info) per aggiungere delle informazioni riguardanti l'immagine,
- {{Domanda}} (
Question) per chiedere informazioni.
Puoi inoltre evidenziare che l'immagine non ha possibilità di essere eletta con il template {{FPX|motivo}}, inserendo al posto di motivo le ragioni per cui è chiaramente inaccettabile per la vetrina.
Ogni votante è pregato di motivare il proprio voto con qualche parola, in particolar modo se si vota contro. Ricorda inoltre di aggiungere la tua firma (~~~~). I voti anonimi non sono accettati.
Candidare un'immagine alla rimozione dalla vetrina
[edit]Gli standard della vetrina cambiano col tempo. Può succedere che un'immagine che era stata eletta per la vetrina non sia più adatta agli standard attuali.
Questa lista è perciò composta dalle immagini considerate non più adatte a rimanere nella vetrina. Vota:
- {{Mantenere}}
Keep per far sì che l'immagine rimanga nella vetrina.
- {{Rimuovere}}
Oppose per far sì che l'immagine venga rimossa dalla vetrina.
Se consideri che un'immagine non rispetti più i criteri delle immagini in vetrina, candidala per la rimozione copiando il nome dell'immagine dentro questa casella di testo (includendo il prefisso dell' Image:) a seguito del testo già presente in essa:
Nella pagina appena creata includi:
- Le informazioni sull'origine dell'immagine (autore dell'immagine, autore della candidatura);
- Un collegamento all'iniziale candidatura per l'inserimento nella vetrina (che va inserito sotto ==Collegamenti== nella descrizione dell'immagine);
- Il motivo per cui l'hai candidata per la rimozione dalla vetrina e il tuo Nome utente.
Dopo aver fatto ciò devi inserire manualmente un collegamento alla pagina creata all'inizio della lista di rimozione dalla vetrina.
Politica di elezione per la vetrina
[edit]Regole generali
[edit]- Il periodo di votazione è di 9 giorni completi, a partire dalla candidatura. I risultato verrà determinato alla fine di questo periodo. I voti aggiunti il decimo giorno o a seguito non verranno considerati.
- Sono benvenuti i contributori anonimi.
- I contributi di anonimi alle discussioni sono benvenuti.
- I voti di contributori anonimi non saranno accettati.
- La candidatura non conta come voto. Il voto di supporto va esplicitato.
- Gli autori delle candidature possono ritirare le loro immagini candidate in ogni momento. Questo si ottiene scrivendo semplicemente "I withdraw my nomination" (in inglese: ritiro la mia candidatura)
o aggiungendo il testo{{withdraw|~~~~}}
. - Ricorda che l'obiettivo del progetto Wikimedia Commons è di costruire una raccolta di immagini utilizzabili da tutti i progetti Wikimedia, inclusi possibili progetti futuri. Perciò non bisogna pensare che questo sia una raccolta dedicata esclusivamente al progetto Wikipedia e per tanto le immagini non vanno valutate in funzione di ciò.
- Le immagini vengono rimosse dalla lista di candidature se non hanno voti a supporto (escluso quello dell'autore della candidatura) entro il quinto giorno dalla candidatura (La regola del quinto giorno)
- Le immagini dotate del template {{FPX}} non devono essere rimosse dalla lista entro le 48 ore successive al momento in cui è stato applicato il template, purchè non vi sia nessun voto a supporto oltre quello dell'autore della candidatura.
Regole di ammissione e rimozione dalla vetrina
[edit]Un'immagine candidata viene ammessa alla vetrina se si verificano le seguenti condizioni:
- La licenza è adeguata (ovviamente).
- Se ha almeno 5 voti a supporto.
- Se il rapporto tra voti pro/contro è almeno 2/1 (se ha due terzi di maggioranza).
- Non possono essere ammessi alla vetrina diverse versioni della stessa immagine, ne deve essere scelta una sola versione.
I criteri per la rimozione dalla vetrina sono gli stessi per l'ammissione ad essa, compreso il periodo di voto e la regola del quinto giorno (vedi nelle Regole generali).
Ogni utente esperto può portare a termine una votazione: per istruzioni su come compiere questa operazione vedi la guida per portare a termina la votazione.
Infine, sii cortese
[edit]Per piacere non dimenticare che l'immagine che stai giudicando è frutto del lavoro di qualcuno. Evita di usare frasi come è orribile: se devi opporti non fare spiacevoli considerazioni. Inoltre ricorda che è necessario scrivere in inglese se vuoi essere compreso dagli altri utenti e che il tuo utilizzo di questa lingua e quello degli altri utenti può comunque generare incomprensioni se non si ha un'ottima conoscenza, perciò scegli le parole con cura.
Buon voto… e ricorda che.... tutte le regole possono avere qualche eccezione.
Vedi anche
[edit]- Per modificare la lista di candidature: Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list
- Per una lista cronologica delle candidature: Commons:Featured_pictures/chronological
- Per un archivio delle precedenti candidature: Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log
- Per istruzioni su come portare a termine una procedura di voto: Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished
- Lista di termini base del linguaggio fotografico
- Candidature per le immagini di qualità
- Critica fotografica
- Guida alla scansione
Indice
[edit]Candidati per la vetrina
[edit]Featured picture candidates
[edit]Voting period ends on 30 May 2025 at 21:24:24 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class : Anthozoa
Info Flat cup coral (Sinularia densa), Zanzibar, Tanzania. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 30 May 2025 at 14:58:36 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Switzerland
Info The foreground shows the place where Lake Geneva ends and the Rhone River begins, and for this reason I believe it may also be of encyclopedic relevance. The subject depicts the Pont de la Machine, a pedestrian built in 1887, it is also the oldest engineering structure of the City of Geneva. It depicts also the Quai of Bergues and its 19th century neo-classical and/or elegants buildings. Created, uploaded, nominated by Terragio67 -- Terragio67 (talk) 14:58, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Terragio67 (talk) 14:58, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support A well-made photo of an European city. At first glance I thought you had been to Gothenburg. ;-) --Cart (talk) 20:04, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 30 May 2025 at 14:27:12 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects#Other objects in landscapes
Info A metal ladder in the building pit for a bank building in Hof, Bavaria, with a little snow. Created and originally uploaded by PantheraLeo1359531; cropped, slightly retouched and nominated by – Aristeas (talk) 14:27, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support When I saw PantheraLeo1359531’s photo of the building pit, I immediately liked its restrained beauty and quiet melancholy. The curved line between the open, vertical earth wall and the snow-covered excavation below is elegant, the light snow gives the picture a delicate feel that contrasts with the raw soil, and the ladder leading into nothingness adds a touch of Magritte. I proposed this square crop and a little bit of retouching to focus the image even more on the essentials, esp. the ladder, and PantheraLeo1359531 has approved it. Now we are curious for your opinions ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 14:37, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Minimalist composition with strong vertical balance. The ladder contrasts strikingly with the warm earth and the snow-covered ground. Subtle textures and natural colors enhance the surreal atmosphere. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:32, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Oh yes! Minimalism. Good pick. --Cart (talk) 20:06, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 30 May 2025 at 13:22:22 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery:Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/In their habitats#Carnivora (Carnivores)
Info created by A S M Jobaer – uploaded by A S M Jobaer – nominated by A S M Jobaer -- A S M Jobaer (talk) 13:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- A S M Jobaer (talk) 13:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment You are still fairly new here, so I'll take it easy. The quality of the photo is not that bad, but it need a bit of better editing and perhaps a crop to suit most people here. It's a bit dark and the white-balance and color noise needs fixing for starters. The bottom crop is not optimal with the cut leg of the cat(s), while the top is very empty. A better framing would be better. This here is a suggestion of what it could look like with a bit more editing (use it if you like). The name is not very good according to the Commons guidelines for file names, but that is not something you should fix now during the nomination. It can wait until it is done. --Cart (talk) 20:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 30 May 2025 at 04:12:25 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural/Switzerland#Grisons_(Graubünden)
Info Mountain stream Aval S-charl, tributary of the Clemgia. Mountain stream Aval S-charl searches for a way through an erosion field to mountain stream Clemgia.
All by -- Famberhorst (talk) 04:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)Support -- Famberhorst (talk) 04:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Insufficient wow factor for me, sorry. I also don't like the yellowish tint (though that could be fixed), and the long exposure effect feels out of place and not aesthetically pleasing like in other long exposure photographs of streams. I think it's because the stream occupies such a small portion of the photo and has a similar color to its surroundings so it blends in instead of standing out. AVDLCZ (talk) 13:43, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 29 May 2025 at 19:06:45 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors/Germany#Bavaria
Info Gate and broad facade at an industrial park in Hofer Land, Bavaria, Germany created by PantheraLeo1359531 – uploaded by PantheraLeo1359531 – nominated by PantheraLeo1359531 -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 19:06, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 19:06, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice composition, no technical flaws. JayCubby (talk) 23:49, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Attractive way to present an ugly subject Cmao20 (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Clear lines and minimalist design create a strong sense of visual order. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:27, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment I like most things with a hint of minimalism, and with such "less is always more". I think the image would be much stronger if you cropped away the top just under the net, so you get a clean stark façade. Try it and see what you think. Great quality otherwise. --Cart (talk) 20:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 29 May 2025 at 17:47:19 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Artiodactyla#Genus : Antilope (Blackbucks)
Info created by Shadow Ayush – uploaded by Shadow Ayush – nominated by Shadow Ayush -- Ayush Maharjan 17:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Ayush Maharjan 17:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support Good photo but a little noisier than I'd like at full size. You can have my support because it's sharp when downsized to 50% and I like the composition Cmao20 (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 29 May 2025 at 14:39:16 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather#Clouds
Info Ok, so artsy-fartsy clouds are bad; let's try something more light-hearted. :-) Summer clouds that can be perceived as a laughing man, photographed with a polarizing filter in Tuntorp, Brastad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. With the sun behind and below the cloud, there is a hint of crepuscular rays in the sky. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 14:39, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Cart (talk) 14:39, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support The delicate crepuscular rays contrast nicely with the menacing piled-up clouds; the sun plays a leading role although we can’t see it. For me this photo has subtle beauty and symbolic meaning. For example, It would make a very tasteful postcard … – Aristeas (talk) 09:38, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support De lachende man zie ik niet zo direct, maar bij kunst kan je het allemaal zelf invullen. Toch? --Famberhorst (talk) 15:57, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Ja, met kunst en wolken. :-) --Cart (talk) 17:55, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Makes a good computer wallpaper Cmao20 (talk) 15:59, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Strong lighting and soft gradients create a vivid, atmospheric sky scene. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 28 May 2025 at 22:16:20 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds#Family_:_Strigidae_(True_Owls)
Info created, uploaded and nominated by Needsmoreritalin -- Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:16, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Similar image is already in as a Featured Picture, this one has open wings. -- Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:16, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose The head of the duck is hidden in this version, moreover it is too similar to File:SnowyOwlAmericanBlackDuck.jpg, already featured (with my support). -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:06, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment I think it's great but I don't really see why we need another FP of a very similar scene. The fact that the wings are open in this one isn't a sufficient gap in the FP galleries for me to say it merits a second FP. Cmao20 (talk) 08:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per Cmao20. One of the criteria for FP is the ability to select one, the best, photo from a photoshoot. That means that two so similar photos do not become FP, the best one has already been selected IMO. --Cart (talk) 14:14, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Actually, this one is bigger and has EXIF, so that's better. Yann (talk) 16:17, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Same size of the subject. Just more background. Metadata have been added on the other one -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:53, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment I appreciate the feedback, should I withdraw the nomination? --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 01:06, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- I think that would be a good idea. You have so many other more deserving photos to nominate. --Cart (talk) 15:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 28 May 2025 at 21:35:08 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Russia
Info: Russian imperial flag and the Lakhta Centre partially obscured by low clouds. Anachronistic, bleak and metaphoric, in my opinion. -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I agree. This is a striking and stark view, and a well composed photograph. Cmao20 (talk) 08:09, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Low quality for FP: color noise, especially on the flag. Dull sky, dull foreground. -- George Chernilevsky talk 08:29, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per George. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:14, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Done: denoised. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 09:56, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Indeed metaphorical, with plenty of expressive allusions arising from the fog, the building and the flag, and how they stand next to each other and correlate, with the skyscraper spire dissolving into the cloud. And the most powerful reference comes from the black stripe glaring a definite blue tint in cold light, next to the yellow stripe, as they both stand out in cool white haze. There are symbolic connotations on multiple levels, and it’s not bleak at all, but rather contemplative. I don’t understand votes regarding technical quality. It’s sharp and clean, and I actually prefer the original copy. It’s better to just denoise the sky and leave everything else as it is. There are some processing artifacts on the white stripe, possibly from camera’s high-resolution mode capturing movement, but it looks like a minor issue. --Argenberg (talk) 10:49, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your thoughtful input! --The Cosmonaut (talk)
Oppose Sorry, I don't care how metaphorical the photo is and it's not easily recognizable for the average viewer, the quality (detail) is low for such a normal range photo and the wow-factor is eluding me. --Cart (talk) 14:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- How amazing is that an average viewer finally has a champion to speak for them! --The Cosmonaut (talk) 18:34, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Really bizarre seeing a flag of an obsolete state still flying 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:29, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Obsolete is some ways, but not gone. The USSR is the formal successor of the Russian Empire. And the Russian Federation is the legal successor of the USSR. So there is a degree of continuity in a dimension of time. Here are all three major flags that have been used over the last 330+ years of history of the RE/USSR/RF: File:Флагштоки возле парка 300-летия Санкт-Петербурга. 2024. 05.jpg, Category:Flagpoles (Park 300 Years of Saint Petersburg). Who knows, maybe there will be a fourth one in the next 100 years or so. Or, we could just reuse the flags we already have in cycles with little or no alterations. That black-dark blue-yellow-white one looks really nice. --Argenberg (talk) 11:00, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment a little bit about symbolism. Modern Russia is trying to position itself as "a Russian Empire 2.0". The same flags are often seen in the occupied territories of Ukraine since 2014, and can also be seen on the patches of Russian occupiers. See the photo here. This is the occupied territory of Ukraine. -- George Chernilevsky talk 16:46, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Ю. Данилевский (talk) 18:22, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Not FP quality IMO.--Ermell (talk) 20:39, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment: regarding technical quality. When the air is so misty like in this scene, there is a considerable loss of detail due to diffusion of light. And it's no different to the human eye, which anyone who has ever walked in the fog would surely recall. But without it, the skyscraper wouldn't be partially hiding in the cloud --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:17, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- You can get quite good details in fog as Category:Featured pictures of fog shows, if you don't overdo the denoising. Here the trees that are near the camera have almost no detail at all. --Cart (talk) 21:39, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, fog and humidity always eat up visible detail through diffusion, diffraction and polarization. I took another look at the image. The quality of the original copy is good for a 24MP image, fog-wise. There’s tons of fine detail in both the skyscraper and the trees. You might just consider taking the original, denoising the sky and applying a delicate high-frequency sharpening mask on everything else. --Argenberg (talk) 11:00, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support Without too much on the symbolism of the flag as somebody not very well-read on Russian politics, but the mood captured is nice to me. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:03, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/United_States#California
Info: Hole-in-the-Wall, Death Valley; all by -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Satisfying composition Cmao20 (talk) 08:08, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 09:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per anderen.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:59, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors/Religious buildings/Ceilings
Info Dome of the American Cemetery's chapel, City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 20:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 20:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Interesting how similar the architecture of the chapels in the American WW2 war cemeteries is. I've never been to this one, but I've been to the ones in Colleville-sur-Mer, Cambridge, and Florence, and they all have artwork in this style. Cmao20 (talk) 08:07, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:05, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support – Aristeas (talk) 09:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Special and impressive to me. -- Radomianin (talk) 20:00, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Natural_phenomena#Crepuscular_rays
Info Crepuscular rays at sunset over the Vistula River in Kraków. All by me -- Jakubhal 19:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 19:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Spectacular view and nice light Cmao20 (talk) 08:03, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:14, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose It's a beautiful view and good composition with good post-editing, but the detail is unfortunately too low for FP for me. --Cart (talk) 14:26, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per Cart. --GRDN711 (talk) 06:52, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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Info Magura Julie disk brake rotor 160 mm. My shot. --Mile (talk) 18:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Mile (talk) 18:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Interesting shot, good quality Cmao20 (talk) 08:02, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family_:_Parulidae_(New_World_Warblers)
Info Male yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia). all by — Rhododendrites talk | 18:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support — Rhododendrites talk | 18:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:46, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose -- The image angle is upwards, in strong light. The result is that the top of the bird is overexposed and the breast is underexposed. The face lacks detail because of the overexposure. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Detail looks fine to me. Bright but not seeing any overexposure. Beautiful composition Cmao20 (talk) 07:59, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support The light is well handled under difficult circumstances and gives the bird a good 3D look. Very pretty composition. --Cart (talk) 14:29, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cart and Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 15:48, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 20:42, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --GRDN711 (talk) 06:49, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Radomianin (talk) 16:07, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/Ukraine#Donetsk Oblast
Info IMO a really nice panorama. Arguably there is a tiny bit of vignetting but honestly it helps the mood. created by Balkhovitin – uploaded by Balkhovitin – nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 14:32, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 14:32, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice. --Harlock81 (talk) 17:13, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 19:25, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:53, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:15, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:09, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Wonderful mood, thanks to the feather grass, the light and the clouds. – Aristeas (talk) 15:45, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 20:43, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:23, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support as per Aristeas. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Photo_techniques/Black_and_White#People
Info Men of the Desert. Created by Salah Eddine Demmane – nominated by Riad Salih -- Riad Salih (talk) 12:21, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Riad Salih (talk) 12:21, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:14, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Cart (talk) 14:30, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 19:09, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Falconidae (Falcons)
Info Male common kestrel on top of a trimmed tree in Kraków. All by me -- Jakubhal 09:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 09:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 14:18, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Pleasant composition but given the size, only 1,753 × 2,635 pixels, the level of detail of the head is rather low for a FP, in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:12, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support Agree on the size; but when I compare it to our other common kestrel FPs and QIs this image still stands out for me thanks to the beautiful composition/background. – Aristeas (talk) 15:52, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Industry#Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Info created by Lance Cheung/U.S. Air Force – uploaded by Jason.nlw – nominated by User:TatjanaClimate -- TatjanaClimate (talk) 13:23, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- TatjanaClimate (talk) 13:23, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- This image certainly packs a wow factor. It offers a unique perspective that few people could ever experience firsthand. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
conditional support:
chromatic aberration is visible on the guy's left shoulder. JayCubby (talk) 01:51, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Done Well spotted; also in other areas, e.g. at the other seams of his clothes and around the wind turbine at the right. In addition, there are misc. dust spots in the sky and on white areas of the machine. I have tried to remove all or most of them and uploaded a new version; hope it helps. – Aristeas (talk) 08:44, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 07:58, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Strong Fisheye distorsions, and low quality from 2009 with only 3,030 × 1,946 pixels make this picture unexceptional in my view -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment The motif and composition are great, enhanced by a dynamic fish-eye perspective. However, there are technical problems with the tones: it looks underexposed in the mid tones, coupled with blown-out highlights, coarse tonal definition, visible gradients, and vignetting. --Argenberg (talk) 12:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per Basile Morin. --Milseburg (talk) 17:13, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Trogonidae (Trogons)
Info One Trogon FP (set) from a different genus. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:34, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:34, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Cart (talk) 19:15, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Ermell (talk) 20:26, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:34, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 09:22, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I suppose there is a tick behind the eye, isn't it? --Llez (talk) 10:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- I haven't been able to find out what it is. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:47, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- I concur. Argasidae I believe. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- Argasidae seem to be mainly Asian family. The trogon is a big bird, so it would be a huge tick. I don't think I can add it to the Ixodida article till we are more sure. Anyone? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:41, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Huge ticks are not surprising to me. I could find ticks as big as my thumb nail on my cat if she had been out in the forest on one of her long treks over a few days. This one (unfortunately) looks very familiar. --Cart (talk) 14:48, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Argasidae seem to be mainly Asian family. The trogon is a big bird, so it would be a huge tick. I don't think I can add it to the Ixodida article till we are more sure. Anyone? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:41, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 13:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:24, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 18:52, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:48, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Tack sharp, well exposed, great angle and the passenger doesn't detract, but could make the image useful in articles related to Ixodida. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:33, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Great. – Aristeas (talk) 07:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support High resolution, beautiful bokeh and pretty bird -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:24, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:15, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:20, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Arachnida#Family : Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
Info No FPs of this genus. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:39, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:39, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Gallery fixed. There may be no FP of this genus, but that gallery is so far for Families and that one exists. Also no idea what you were up to here blanking the new category you created. I've noticed that you are starting to make a lot of mistakes with things like this, so perhaps you should leave such things to coders here. Just post your noms and we'll take care of the "boring" sorting stuff for you. --Cart (talk) 19:07, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Not sure the stacking is working so well here. There are an awful lot of "shadows/halos" from un-sharp parts of the stacked photos and the stacking goes in and out all over the image. Might be less confusing working with less photos in the stack. --Cart (talk) 19:13, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment A 3D spider's web is the most challenging subject for focus-stacking I know. Try it. Working with less photos doesn't work I'm afraid. And more photos doesn't help either. There is a huge amount of manual cloning needed to create sharp threads that aren't in any of the stack, but you have to stop somewhere. In time the AI models will improve. I happen to think the composition with its random threads works OK. Incidentally, the focus-stacking here is many times more challenging than the recent on the recent 2D web with male and female spiders. And have a closer look at the lovely FP nom of two damselflies. The spiders webs just stop in mid air! Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:40, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- I know that spiderwebs are a nightmare to stack and that you are doing as well as you can. Believe me, I actually have tried focus stacking spiderwebs and I just gave up since it was so darn difficult to get things to line up and not give off halos. That's why I think it might not be the best way to photograph these kind of things. Couldn't you concentrate the stacking on just the spider and let the net fade in and out of Dof like in a normal photo? Just brainstorming ideas here. Btw, the spiderwebs "ending" in midair is a usual phenomena depending on how the light and shadow hits them and whatever moisture is on them. I think every nature photographer have seen them appear and disappear in their photos. --Cart (talk) 22:08, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice composition, it's almost abstract. I know what Cart means but still a great effort. Cmao20 (talk) 13:56, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:49, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 22:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Striking view and interesting light -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:21, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 16:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:09, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support The scene is well chosen. You can appreciate the weight of the spider on the net. Some wires on the borders present technical flaws, but I don't know who could do a better job. --Harlock81 (talk) 11:11, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 19:08, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Others#Historical
Info created by Thomas C. Lea III, uploaded by Adam Cuerden, nominated by Yann
Support -- Yann (talk) 11:28, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Thank you very much. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:39, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 09:24, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 10:25, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Wow! Cmao20 (talk) 13:55, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support. I would personally bump the white balance up towards neutral a hair, but that's just me. JayCubby (talk) 16:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:49, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 05:12, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:30, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:19, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects#Jewellery
Info all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 07:27, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Info Ostensorium, probably from the Rhineland, before 1450, Essen Cathedral Treasury; focus-stacked from 6 images (hand-held)
Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 07:27, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice object although resolution could be higher Cmao20 (talk) 13:32, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 05:12, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 08:05, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Im am thinking about the comment of Cmao20 and Aristeas regarding the resolution. The cropped photo has a resolution of 1797x5052 Px The crop is mainly due to the very elongated shape of the object. The state-of-the-art 24 MP sensor has a maximum pixel ratio of 6.048 x 4.024. The long side is only cropped to 5052 (compared to 6048 max possible). --Tuxyso (talk) 20:26, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1930-1939
Info created by Allan C. Green – restored, uploaded, and nominated by Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:25, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:25, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 13:31, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 18:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 18:53, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:50, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Good photo, excellent restoration. Changed the gallery link: as usual this should go into our “Historical” gallery. – Aristeas (talk) 07:50, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:18, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1940-1949
Info created by Tom Blackmore, restored, uploaded, and nominated by Yann
Info Panorama of Manhattan's West Side from Across the Hudson, celebrating Navy Day and the end of the Second World War, showing ships at harbor including the U.S.S. Midway, the largest ship in the world at the time. Vintage silver gelatin photograph. Please see the description for details.
Support -- Yann (talk) 22:04, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
- I'd be inclined to give this a slight sharpen. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:35, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Adam Cuerden: Done. Is it OK? Yann (talk) 10:06, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Looks good. I kinda prefer the original colours, but that's a debate we always have.
Support Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:02, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Looks good. I kinda prefer the original colours, but that's a debate we always have.
- @Adam Cuerden: Done. Is it OK? Yann (talk) 10:06, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support It is tilted, but the original is also, so it is OK for me --Llez (talk) 10:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Llez Cmao20 (talk) 13:31, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 18:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support High documentary value, very detailed, well restored. – Aristeas (talk) 07:48, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Hymenoptera #Family : Apidae (Bumble Bees, Honey Bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Orchid Bees, and Stingless Bees)
Info Xylocopa tranquebarorum collects pollen on a pink flower of garden cosmos in the sunny morning. All by me-- Junyu-K (talk) 15:06, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Junyu-K (talk) 15:06, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Vehicles/Water transport#Sailboats
Info Sailboats between the red granite cliffs in Stångehuvud nature reserve, Lysekil, Sweden. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 13:46, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Cart (talk) 13:46, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 14:06, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Terragio67 (talk) 14:44, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I love how the different layers are staggered one behind the other, from the front boat and the front rocks, to the back boat with the remote rocks, to the lighthouse before the horizon. This results in a painterly impression. – Aristeas (talk) 18:21, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Very beautiful composition. Cmao20 (talk) 20:52, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 22:07, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--ROCKY (talk) 03:02, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:37, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:26, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 08:02, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:44, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- per Aristeas. - ERcheck (talk) 21:14, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 01:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice composition and good light -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:27, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support as per Aristeas and Basile. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:15, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Sculptures#Statues outdoors
Info The image captures the iconic Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor) statue towering over Rio de Janeiro in a breathtaking panoramic shot from above. Recognized as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the statue stands as one of Brazil’s most famous landmarks. Taken from a striking aerial perspective, the photo highlights the city's unique landscape, set between mountains and the bay, with exceptional lighting that enhances the interplay of light and shadow. This photograph was awarded first place in the "Wiki Loves Monuments 2025" contest. created by Donatas Dabravolskas – uploaded by Donatas Dabravolskas – nominated by TOUMOU -- Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 09:01, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 09:01, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support It's a bit noisy but hell of a view Poco a poco (talk) 16:24, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Can't argue with the immense wow-factor here Cmao20 (talk) 20:52, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Thi (talk) 22:16, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:35, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --GRDN711 (talk) 05:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:28, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 08:01, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Wow factor is here :D --PierreSelim (talk) 15:58, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 16:01, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:47, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support - ERcheck (talk) 21:17, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support - It was awarded first place in the "Wiki Loves Monuments 2024", not 2025 :) -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 01:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 08:12, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:48, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support oh wow wow! - Benh (talk) 20:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- phenomenal image. The clouds, the sun, the colors. Awe inspiring image, and that's coming from an atheist. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Majestic and symbolic image --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 20:02, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support as per PantheraLeo. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:17, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/In their habitats#Mammals
Info created and uploaded by Clément Bardot – nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:55, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:55, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Camels and dromedaries are often depicted as funny creatures and this photo is humorous, too, but at the same time also a dignified portrait of the animal. The colourful saddlecloth and cushion are beautiful, the image quality is good. – Aristeas (talk) 18:27, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Aristeas Cmao20 (talk) 20:51, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 22:08, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:33, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:25, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 07:36, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 16:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 20:31, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:51, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
File:Facóqueros comunes (Phacochoerus africanus), reserva natural Masái Mara, Kenia, 2024-05-20, DD 13.jpg, featured
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Artiodactyla#Family : Suidae (Pigs)
Info Female (left) and male Common warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) socialising, Masai Mara, Kenya. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 20:54, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 20:54, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 23:50, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice scene, impressive animals. – Aristeas (talk) 18:18, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 22:08, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:33, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 07:36, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Felino Volador (talk) 14:55, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 16:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 09:24, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Interesting capture -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:28, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
SupportI have great respect for taking images of special animal behavior :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:08, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Info all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 19:38, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Info Colorful feathers of three Coconut lorikeets - I previously withdrew the set nomination because one of the photos was slightly out of focus. I’ve now decided to submit a new nomination with a single photo of flawless quality. I believe the vibrant colors and feather structure are captured very well.
Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 19:38, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Yes!! The cute (and excellently photographed) birds are back! --Cart (talk) 19:40, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Neutral Cute and high quality but I'm not sure I like how the colours of the birds and the limited depth of field at the top means that they tend to blend into the background Cmao20 (talk) 23:49, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support For me the stunning colours and the fluffy plumage are the main points of the photo, therefore I am fine with the limited DoF. – Aristeas (talk) 18:15, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 09:21, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:51, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Extraordinary look and high technical quality. DoF seems perfect for the purpose. --Plozessor (talk) 04:24, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Thank you very much to Plozessor and Aristeas for the very appreciative comments. --Tuxyso (talk) 20:19, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
File:Thuong Duc, Vietnam - A Viet Cong prisoner awaits interrogation at the A-109 Special Forces Detachment in Thuong - NARA - 531447.jpg, featured
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1960-1969
Info created by Department of Defense – restored, uploaded and nominated by Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:08, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:08, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 15:10, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 15:19, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Dramatic. Its a shame the author is unknown. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 16:12, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Needsmoreritalin: If you check the footnote on the author, it's a case where it may be David Epstein, OR we were promulgating false info. I prefer avoiding the latter over potentially being right. I'm going to poke en:WP:MILHIST Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:14, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- I did a reverse image seach and all I could find was that it was public domain from the national archives. Thanks for looking into this. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 18:06, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support By now we are all too well aware, through social media, of the cruelties made in wars. But the excellent captures by the frontline photographers from long ago can still move us. --Cart (talk) 18:51, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support, though I do think the shadows could be more pronounced/contrast increased (example). I was fairly happy with this edit. JayCubby (talk) 19:50, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- I've tweaked it slightly. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:47, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
- Looks good now. JayCubby (talk) 23:46, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- I've tweaked it slightly. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:47, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:36, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 08:16, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Terragio67 (talk) 14:46, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cart. – Aristeas (talk) 18:13, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cart --GRDN711 (talk) 06:34, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 07:35, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:41, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Transport#Water transport infrastructure
Info How about another of A.Savin's beautiful pictures of Bornholm? I really like the clouds and the deep blue of the water. created by A.Savin – uploaded by A.Savin – nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 23:36, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 23:36, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cmao20. Another one that was on my list, too, so thank you for nominating it ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 08:34, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Wieggy (talk) 11:48, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Thanks Cmao20, I've taken the liberty to change the gallery. --A.Savin 11:56, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for that, I wasn't quite sure about it... Cmao20 (talk) 13:24, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Very nice! --Cart (talk) 19:00, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:31, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 13:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry, not convinced about the compo, too much water I guess. The left side is leaning in. Poco a poco (talk) 16:12, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support AVDLCZ (talk) 20:04, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per poco - too much water and rock in the foreground. --GRDN711 (talk) 06:42, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Photo techniques/Black and White#People
Info created by Arabesk~commonswiki – nominated by Riad Salih -- Riad Salih (talk) 19:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Riad Salih (talk) 19:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Nice shot but very small for FP (only 2.6 megapixels). Cmao20 (talk) 23:39, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Анастасия Львоваru/en 10:57, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry, it could have been great, but aside from its small size, its too tightly cropped. I would have liked at least the whole bottom part of the horse's head in the photo, now it's cut both ways. The intruding ponytail of another person in the background is also distracting. --Cart (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Zquid (talk) 20:12, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 09:21, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors#India
Info Parliament of the Tibetan government-in-exile (Central Tibetan Administration) in Dharamsala, India. Created and uploaded by Bernard Gagnon – nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 14:13, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support The symmetry is very pleasing, with leading lines to the central arrangement and the portrait wall with the map of Tibet, Dalai Lama and Potala Palace. There is also high educational value and the quality is also good. – UnpetitproleX (Talk) 14:13, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 14:35, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- For now, regretful
Oppose: the symmetry is pleasing, but the lens distortion is noticeable and, more concerningly, the paintings and photograph in this picture likely constitute derivative works that do not fall under de minimis. More
Info on the copyright status is requested from Bernard. JayCubby (talk) 22:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- The Potala image is from here which is also on the UNESCO WHS website and the Dalai Lama image is an edited version of a 2003 portrait by this photographer. I could not find anything on the map. The Tibetan parliament themselves produce plenty of images on the interiors (e.g. [1]) including even a full virtual tour. Though I am unsure this image can be (or to what extent) called derivative(s) of any of those works. -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- That doesn't stop them from either having a license agreement or straight-up violating copyright. Thanks for searching.
- It's a DW because of how the photos and map are this image's focus, and reproduced fairly clearly. JayCubby (talk) 19:41, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- I wouldn't call them the focus of the image, but a secondary element. The 'clearly' part is also questionable esp. for the portrait. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 22:26, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- The Potala image is from here which is also on the UNESCO WHS website and the Dalai Lama image is an edited version of a 2003 portrait by this photographer. I could not find anything on the map. The Tibetan parliament themselves produce plenty of images on the interiors (e.g. [1]) including even a full virtual tour. Though I am unsure this image can be (or to what extent) called derivative(s) of any of those works. -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support Nice image and interesting space, but image quality is a bit marginal for FP in my opinion. Cmao20 (talk) 23:38, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 13:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Technicallt well made image - IMO definitely QI and VI, but insufficient wow for FP. --GRDN711 (talk) 23:55, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People/Portrait#Women
Info created & uploaded by Sazzad Hossain – nominated by ROCKY -- ROCKY (talk) 06:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- ROCKY (talk) 06:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Анастасия Львоваru/en 09:35, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Lovely lady, but the photo is over-processed with noise reduction, giving the photo an AI look, and the background is cluttered for a portrait setting. --Cart (talk) 10:01, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Agree with Cart. Nice expression but the noise reduction makes it look kind of uncanny. Cmao20 (talk) 12:59, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Fungi#Family_:_Agaricaceae
Info created by Plozessor – uploaded by Plozessor – nominated by Plozessor -- Plozessor (talk) 13:57, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support I like this idea - of having a pic of a mushroom that really gets down at eye level amongst the grass, as if this is a mouse's view or something. The quality is good. The red object in the background is a bit distracting though. Cmao20 (talk) 12:57, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Cmao20 Thx. This red object was probably a bright red flower, but anyway I retouched it now. --Plozessor (talk) 15:47, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry but this picture is not special in my view, mainly because the foreground is distracting with its blurry elements -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
*Neutral The foreground is ok to understand its height and location, but in the background the building and tree are disturbing. -- -donald- (talk) 04:40, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Better now. -- -donald- (talk) 07:31, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
weakSupport I quite like this picture, it's like an insect's pov, but I do feel that a crop to remove the building on the right and a balancing crop on the left to center the mushroom would make it better and remove some of the distracting elements. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 13:54, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- @UnpetitproleX Why not? What about now? Plozessor (talk) 15:19, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Better to me now, support from me. Pinging other prior voters @Cmao20, Basile Morin, and -donald-: in case they may wish to change their votes/provide inputs. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 15:27, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- @UnpetitproleX Why not? What about now? Plozessor (talk) 15:19, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 20:17, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support To get a real "mouse eye view" with a feeling of depth in the image, a bit of un-sharp foreground objects is inevitable unless you stack. Here they actually accent the magnificence of the mushroom. --Cart (talk) 20:05, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:51, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Supporting my own picture since this seems acceptable and common here ;) --Plozessor (talk) 04:22, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cart’s comment has convinced me. – Aristeas (talk) 07:55, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#Germany
Info created by Plozessor – uploaded by Plozessor – nominated by Plozessor -- Plozessor (talk) 04:31, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Beautiful light. I think others may regard this photo as somewhat 'low wow' but I enjoy the composition and I love the unusual window Cmao20 (talk) 12:55, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Agree with Cmao20. The light and the contrast with the lush green and the deep blue of the sky make this image beautiful. – Aristeas (talk) 18:42, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Crop is too tight at the bottom, in my view. Very mitigated wow factor. Sorry -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oops, you're right, I had too tight crop in new version. Now fixed. Plozessor (talk) 05:33, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- A real improvement, thank you, and thanks to Basile for the hint! – Aristeas (talk) 08:33, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oops, you're right, I had too tight crop in new version. Now fixed. Plozessor (talk) 05:33, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Wieggy (talk) 11:43, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Not an extraordinary subject IMHO with nothing else that compensates it. The shadow on the facade is also disturbing. Poco a poco (talk) 16:18, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class : Anthozoa
Info Flat cup coral (Sinularia densa), Zanzibar, Tanzania. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Switzerland
Info The foreground shows the place where Lake Geneva ends and the Rhone River begins, and for this reason I believe it may also be of encyclopedic relevance. The subject depicts the Pont de la Machine, a pedestrian built in 1887, it is also the oldest engineering structure of the City of Geneva. It depicts also the Quai of Bergues and its 19th century neo-classical and/or elegants buildings. Created, uploaded, nominated by Terragio67 -- Terragio67 (talk) 14:58, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Terragio67 (talk) 14:58, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support A well-made photo of an European city. At first glance I thought you had been to Gothenburg. ;-) --Cart (talk) 20:04, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects#Other objects in landscapes
Info A metal ladder in the building pit for a bank building in Hof, Bavaria, with a little snow. Created and originally uploaded by PantheraLeo1359531; cropped, slightly retouched and nominated by – Aristeas (talk) 14:27, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support When I saw PantheraLeo1359531’s photo of the building pit, I immediately liked its restrained beauty and quiet melancholy. The curved line between the open, vertical earth wall and the snow-covered excavation below is elegant, the light snow gives the picture a delicate feel that contrasts with the raw soil, and the ladder leading into nothingness adds a touch of Magritte. I proposed this square crop and a little bit of retouching to focus the image even more on the essentials, esp. the ladder, and PantheraLeo1359531 has approved it. Now we are curious for your opinions ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 14:37, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Minimalist composition with strong vertical balance. The ladder contrasts strikingly with the warm earth and the snow-covered ground. Subtle textures and natural colors enhance the surreal atmosphere. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:32, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Oh yes! Minimalism. Good pick. --Cart (talk) 20:06, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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Info created by A S M Jobaer – uploaded by A S M Jobaer – nominated by A S M Jobaer -- A S M Jobaer (talk) 13:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- A S M Jobaer (talk) 13:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment You are still fairly new here, so I'll take it easy. The quality of the photo is not that bad, but it need a bit of better editing and perhaps a crop to suit most people here. It's a bit dark and the white-balance and color noise needs fixing for starters. The bottom crop is not optimal with the cut leg of the cat(s), while the top is very empty. A better framing would be better. This here is a suggestion of what it could look like with a bit more editing (use it if you like). The name is not very good according to the Commons guidelines for file names, but that is not something you should fix now during the nomination. It can wait until it is done. --Cart (talk) 20:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural/Switzerland#Grisons_(Graubünden)
Info Mountain stream Aval S-charl, tributary of the Clemgia. Mountain stream Aval S-charl searches for a way through an erosion field to mountain stream Clemgia.
All by -- Famberhorst (talk) 04:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)Support -- Famberhorst (talk) 04:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Insufficient wow factor for me, sorry. I also don't like the yellowish tint (though that could be fixed), and the long exposure effect feels out of place and not aesthetically pleasing like in other long exposure photographs of streams. I think it's because the stream occupies such a small portion of the photo and has a similar color to its surroundings so it blends in instead of standing out. AVDLCZ (talk) 13:43, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors/Germany#Bavaria
Info Gate and broad facade at an industrial park in Hofer Land, Bavaria, Germany created by PantheraLeo1359531 – uploaded by PantheraLeo1359531 – nominated by PantheraLeo1359531 -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 19:06, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 19:06, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice composition, no technical flaws. JayCubby (talk) 23:49, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Attractive way to present an ugly subject Cmao20 (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Clear lines and minimalist design create a strong sense of visual order. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:27, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment I like most things with a hint of minimalism, and with such "less is always more". I think the image would be much stronger if you cropped away the top just under the net, so you get a clean stark façade. Try it and see what you think. Great quality otherwise. --Cart (talk) 20:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Artiodactyla#Genus : Antilope (Blackbucks)
Info created by Shadow Ayush – uploaded by Shadow Ayush – nominated by Shadow Ayush -- Ayush Maharjan 17:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Ayush Maharjan 17:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support Good photo but a little noisier than I'd like at full size. You can have my support because it's sharp when downsized to 50% and I like the composition Cmao20 (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather#Clouds
Info Ok, so artsy-fartsy clouds are bad; let's try something more light-hearted. :-) Summer clouds that can be perceived as a laughing man, photographed with a polarizing filter in Tuntorp, Brastad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. With the sun behind and below the cloud, there is a hint of crepuscular rays in the sky. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 14:39, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Cart (talk) 14:39, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support The delicate crepuscular rays contrast nicely with the menacing piled-up clouds; the sun plays a leading role although we can’t see it. For me this photo has subtle beauty and symbolic meaning. For example, It would make a very tasteful postcard … – Aristeas (talk) 09:38, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support De lachende man zie ik niet zo direct, maar bij kunst kan je het allemaal zelf invullen. Toch? --Famberhorst (talk) 15:57, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Ja, met kunst en wolken. :-) --Cart (talk) 17:55, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Makes a good computer wallpaper Cmao20 (talk) 15:59, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Strong lighting and soft gradients create a vivid, atmospheric sky scene. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds#Family_:_Strigidae_(True_Owls)
Info created, uploaded and nominated by Needsmoreritalin -- Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:16, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Similar image is already in as a Featured Picture, this one has open wings. -- Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:16, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose The head of the duck is hidden in this version, moreover it is too similar to File:SnowyOwlAmericanBlackDuck.jpg, already featured (with my support). -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:06, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment I think it's great but I don't really see why we need another FP of a very similar scene. The fact that the wings are open in this one isn't a sufficient gap in the FP galleries for me to say it merits a second FP. Cmao20 (talk) 08:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per Cmao20. One of the criteria for FP is the ability to select one, the best, photo from a photoshoot. That means that two so similar photos do not become FP, the best one has already been selected IMO. --Cart (talk) 14:14, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Actually, this one is bigger and has EXIF, so that's better. Yann (talk) 16:17, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Same size of the subject. Just more background. Metadata have been added on the other one -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:53, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment I appreciate the feedback, should I withdraw the nomination? --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 01:06, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- I think that would be a good idea. You have so many other more deserving photos to nominate. --Cart (talk) 15:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Cityscapes#Russia
Info: Russian imperial flag and the Lakhta Centre partially obscured by low clouds. Anachronistic, bleak and metaphoric, in my opinion. -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I agree. This is a striking and stark view, and a well composed photograph. Cmao20 (talk) 08:09, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Low quality for FP: color noise, especially on the flag. Dull sky, dull foreground. -- George Chernilevsky talk 08:29, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per George. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:14, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Done: denoised. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 09:56, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Indeed metaphorical, with plenty of expressive allusions arising from the fog, the building and the flag, and how they stand next to each other and correlate, with the skyscraper spire dissolving into the cloud. And the most powerful reference comes from the black stripe glaring a definite blue tint in cold light, next to the yellow stripe, as they both stand out in cool white haze. There are symbolic connotations on multiple levels, and it’s not bleak at all, but rather contemplative. I don’t understand votes regarding technical quality. It’s sharp and clean, and I actually prefer the original copy. It’s better to just denoise the sky and leave everything else as it is. There are some processing artifacts on the white stripe, possibly from camera’s high-resolution mode capturing movement, but it looks like a minor issue. --Argenberg (talk) 10:49, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your thoughtful input! --The Cosmonaut (talk)
Oppose Sorry, I don't care how metaphorical the photo is and it's not easily recognizable for the average viewer, the quality (detail) is low for such a normal range photo and the wow-factor is eluding me. --Cart (talk) 14:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- How amazing is that an average viewer finally has a champion to speak for them! --The Cosmonaut (talk) 18:34, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Really bizarre seeing a flag of an obsolete state still flying 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:29, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Obsolete is some ways, but not gone. The USSR is the formal successor of the Russian Empire. And the Russian Federation is the legal successor of the USSR. So there is a degree of continuity in a dimension of time. Here are all three major flags that have been used over the last 330+ years of history of the RE/USSR/RF: File:Флагштоки возле парка 300-летия Санкт-Петербурга. 2024. 05.jpg, Category:Flagpoles (Park 300 Years of Saint Petersburg). Who knows, maybe there will be a fourth one in the next 100 years or so. Or, we could just reuse the flags we already have in cycles with little or no alterations. That black-dark blue-yellow-white one looks really nice. --Argenberg (talk) 11:00, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment a little bit about symbolism. Modern Russia is trying to position itself as "a Russian Empire 2.0". The same flags are often seen in the occupied territories of Ukraine since 2014, and can also be seen on the patches of Russian occupiers. See the photo here. This is the occupied territory of Ukraine. -- George Chernilevsky talk 16:46, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Ю. Данилевский (talk) 18:22, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Not FP quality IMO.--Ermell (talk) 20:39, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment: regarding technical quality. When the air is so misty like in this scene, there is a considerable loss of detail due to diffusion of light. And it's no different to the human eye, which anyone who has ever walked in the fog would surely recall. But without it, the skyscraper wouldn't be partially hiding in the cloud --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:17, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- You can get quite good details in fog as Category:Featured pictures of fog shows, if you don't overdo the denoising. Here the trees that are near the camera have almost no detail at all. --Cart (talk) 21:39, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, fog and humidity always eat up visible detail through diffusion, diffraction and polarization. I took another look at the image. The quality of the original copy is good for a 24MP image, fog-wise. There’s tons of fine detail in both the skyscraper and the trees. You might just consider taking the original, denoising the sky and applying a delicate high-frequency sharpening mask on everything else. --Argenberg (talk) 11:00, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support Without too much on the symbolism of the flag as somebody not very well-read on Russian politics, but the mood captured is nice to me. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:03, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/United_States#California
Info: Hole-in-the-Wall, Death Valley; all by -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Satisfying composition Cmao20 (talk) 08:08, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 09:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per anderen.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:59, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
File:Cementerio estadounidense, ciudad de Luxemburgo, Luxemburgo, 2023-12-16, DD 132-134 HDR.jpg
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors/Religious buildings/Ceilings
Info Dome of the American Cemetery's chapel, City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 20:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 20:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Interesting how similar the architecture of the chapels in the American WW2 war cemeteries is. I've never been to this one, but I've been to the ones in Colleville-sur-Mer, Cambridge, and Florence, and they all have artwork in this style. Cmao20 (talk) 08:07, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:05, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support – Aristeas (talk) 09:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Special and impressive to me. -- Radomianin (talk) 20:00, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Natural_phenomena#Crepuscular_rays
Info Crepuscular rays at sunset over the Vistula River in Kraków. All by me -- Jakubhal 19:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 19:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Spectacular view and nice light Cmao20 (talk) 08:03, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:14, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose It's a beautiful view and good composition with good post-editing, but the detail is unfortunately too low for FP for me. --Cart (talk) 14:26, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per Cart. --GRDN711 (talk) 06:52, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects#Others
Info Magura Julie disk brake rotor 160 mm. My shot. --Mile (talk) 18:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Mile (talk) 18:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Interesting shot, good quality Cmao20 (talk) 08:02, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family_:_Parulidae_(New_World_Warblers)
Info Male yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia). all by — Rhododendrites talk | 18:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support — Rhododendrites talk | 18:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:46, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose -- The image angle is upwards, in strong light. The result is that the top of the bird is overexposed and the breast is underexposed. The face lacks detail because of the overexposure. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Detail looks fine to me. Bright but not seeing any overexposure. Beautiful composition Cmao20 (talk) 07:59, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support The light is well handled under difficult circumstances and gives the bird a good 3D look. Very pretty composition. --Cart (talk) 14:29, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cart and Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 15:48, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 20:42, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --GRDN711 (talk) 06:49, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Radomianin (talk) 16:07, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/Ukraine#Donetsk Oblast
Info IMO a really nice panorama. Arguably there is a tiny bit of vignetting but honestly it helps the mood. created by Balkhovitin – uploaded by Balkhovitin – nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 14:32, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 14:32, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice. --Harlock81 (talk) 17:13, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 19:25, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:53, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:15, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:09, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Wonderful mood, thanks to the feather grass, the light and the clouds. – Aristeas (talk) 15:45, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 20:43, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:23, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support as per Aristeas. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Photo_techniques/Black_and_White#People
Info Men of the Desert. Created by Salah Eddine Demmane – nominated by Riad Salih -- Riad Salih (talk) 12:21, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Riad Salih (talk) 12:21, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:14, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Cart (talk) 14:30, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 19:09, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Falconidae (Falcons)
Info Male common kestrel on top of a trimmed tree in Kraków. All by me -- Jakubhal 09:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 09:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 14:18, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Pleasant composition but given the size, only 1,753 × 2,635 pixels, the level of detail of the head is rather low for a FP, in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:12, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support Agree on the size; but when I compare it to our other common kestrel FPs and QIs this image still stands out for me thanks to the beautiful composition/background. – Aristeas (talk) 15:52, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Industry#Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Info created by Lance Cheung/U.S. Air Force – uploaded by Jason.nlw – nominated by User:TatjanaClimate -- TatjanaClimate (talk) 13:23, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- TatjanaClimate (talk) 13:23, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- This image certainly packs a wow factor. It offers a unique perspective that few people could ever experience firsthand. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
conditional support:
chromatic aberration is visible on the guy's left shoulder. JayCubby (talk) 01:51, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Done Well spotted; also in other areas, e.g. at the other seams of his clothes and around the wind turbine at the right. In addition, there are misc. dust spots in the sky and on white areas of the machine. I have tried to remove all or most of them and uploaded a new version; hope it helps. – Aristeas (talk) 08:44, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 07:58, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Strong Fisheye distorsions, and low quality from 2009 with only 3,030 × 1,946 pixels make this picture unexceptional in my view -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment The motif and composition are great, enhanced by a dynamic fish-eye perspective. However, there are technical problems with the tones: it looks underexposed in the mid tones, coupled with blown-out highlights, coarse tonal definition, visible gradients, and vignetting. --Argenberg (talk) 12:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per Basile Morin. --Milseburg (talk) 17:13, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Trogonidae (Trogons)
Info One Trogon FP (set) from a different genus. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:34, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:34, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Cart (talk) 19:15, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Ermell (talk) 20:26, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:34, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 09:22, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I suppose there is a tick behind the eye, isn't it? --Llez (talk) 10:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- I haven't been able to find out what it is. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:47, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- I concur. Argasidae I believe. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- Argasidae seem to be mainly Asian family. The trogon is a big bird, so it would be a huge tick. I don't think I can add it to the Ixodida article till we are more sure. Anyone? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:41, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Huge ticks are not surprising to me. I could find ticks as big as my thumb nail on my cat if she had been out in the forest on one of her long treks over a few days. This one (unfortunately) looks very familiar. --Cart (talk) 14:48, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Argasidae seem to be mainly Asian family. The trogon is a big bird, so it would be a huge tick. I don't think I can add it to the Ixodida article till we are more sure. Anyone? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:41, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 13:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:24, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 18:52, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:48, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Tack sharp, well exposed, great angle and the passenger doesn't detract, but could make the image useful in articles related to Ixodida. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:33, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Great. – Aristeas (talk) 07:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support High resolution, beautiful bokeh and pretty bird -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:24, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:15, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:20, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Arachnida#Family : Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
Info No FPs of this genus. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:39, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:39, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Gallery fixed. There may be no FP of this genus, but that gallery is so far for Families and that one exists. Also no idea what you were up to here blanking the new category you created. I've noticed that you are starting to make a lot of mistakes with things like this, so perhaps you should leave such things to coders here. Just post your noms and we'll take care of the "boring" sorting stuff for you. --Cart (talk) 19:07, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Not sure the stacking is working so well here. There are an awful lot of "shadows/halos" from un-sharp parts of the stacked photos and the stacking goes in and out all over the image. Might be less confusing working with less photos in the stack. --Cart (talk) 19:13, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment A 3D spider's web is the most challenging subject for focus-stacking I know. Try it. Working with less photos doesn't work I'm afraid. And more photos doesn't help either. There is a huge amount of manual cloning needed to create sharp threads that aren't in any of the stack, but you have to stop somewhere. In time the AI models will improve. I happen to think the composition with its random threads works OK. Incidentally, the focus-stacking here is many times more challenging than the recent on the recent 2D web with male and female spiders. And have a closer look at the lovely FP nom of two damselflies. The spiders webs just stop in mid air! Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:40, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- I know that spiderwebs are a nightmare to stack and that you are doing as well as you can. Believe me, I actually have tried focus stacking spiderwebs and I just gave up since it was so darn difficult to get things to line up and not give off halos. That's why I think it might not be the best way to photograph these kind of things. Couldn't you concentrate the stacking on just the spider and let the net fade in and out of Dof like in a normal photo? Just brainstorming ideas here. Btw, the spiderwebs "ending" in midair is a usual phenomena depending on how the light and shadow hits them and whatever moisture is on them. I think every nature photographer have seen them appear and disappear in their photos. --Cart (talk) 22:08, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice composition, it's almost abstract. I know what Cart means but still a great effort. Cmao20 (talk) 13:56, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:49, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 22:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Striking view and interesting light -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:21, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 16:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:09, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support The scene is well chosen. You can appreciate the weight of the spider on the net. Some wires on the borders present technical flaws, but I don't know who could do a better job. --Harlock81 (talk) 11:11, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 19:08, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Others#Historical
Info created by Thomas C. Lea III, uploaded by Adam Cuerden, nominated by Yann
Support -- Yann (talk) 11:28, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Thank you very much. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:39, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 09:24, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 10:25, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Wow! Cmao20 (talk) 13:55, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support. I would personally bump the white balance up towards neutral a hair, but that's just me. JayCubby (talk) 16:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:49, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 05:12, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:30, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:19, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects#Jewellery
Info all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 07:27, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Info Ostensorium, probably from the Rhineland, before 1450, Essen Cathedral Treasury; focus-stacked from 6 images (hand-held)
Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 07:27, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice object although resolution could be higher Cmao20 (talk) 13:32, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 05:12, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 08:05, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Im am thinking about the comment of Cmao20 and Aristeas regarding the resolution. The cropped photo has a resolution of 1797x5052 Px The crop is mainly due to the very elongated shape of the object. The state-of-the-art 24 MP sensor has a maximum pixel ratio of 6.048 x 4.024. The long side is only cropped to 5052 (compared to 6048 max possible). --Tuxyso (talk) 20:26, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1930-1939
Info created by Allan C. Green – restored, uploaded, and nominated by Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:25, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:25, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 13:31, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 18:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 18:53, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:50, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Good photo, excellent restoration. Changed the gallery link: as usual this should go into our “Historical” gallery. – Aristeas (talk) 07:50, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:18, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1940-1949
Info created by Tom Blackmore, restored, uploaded, and nominated by Yann
Info Panorama of Manhattan's West Side from Across the Hudson, celebrating Navy Day and the end of the Second World War, showing ships at harbor including the U.S.S. Midway, the largest ship in the world at the time. Vintage silver gelatin photograph. Please see the description for details.
Support -- Yann (talk) 22:04, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
- I'd be inclined to give this a slight sharpen. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:35, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Adam Cuerden: Done. Is it OK? Yann (talk) 10:06, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Looks good. I kinda prefer the original colours, but that's a debate we always have.
Support Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:02, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Looks good. I kinda prefer the original colours, but that's a debate we always have.
- @Adam Cuerden: Done. Is it OK? Yann (talk) 10:06, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support It is tilted, but the original is also, so it is OK for me --Llez (talk) 10:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Llez Cmao20 (talk) 13:31, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 18:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support High documentary value, very detailed, well restored. – Aristeas (talk) 07:48, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Hymenoptera #Family : Apidae (Bumble Bees, Honey Bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Orchid Bees, and Stingless Bees)
Info Xylocopa tranquebarorum collects pollen on a pink flower of garden cosmos in the sunny morning. All by me-- Junyu-K (talk) 15:06, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Junyu-K (talk) 15:06, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Vehicles/Water transport#Sailboats
Info Sailboats between the red granite cliffs in Stångehuvud nature reserve, Lysekil, Sweden. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 13:46, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Cart (talk) 13:46, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 14:06, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Terragio67 (talk) 14:44, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I love how the different layers are staggered one behind the other, from the front boat and the front rocks, to the back boat with the remote rocks, to the lighthouse before the horizon. This results in a painterly impression. – Aristeas (talk) 18:21, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Very beautiful composition. Cmao20 (talk) 20:52, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 22:07, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--ROCKY (talk) 03:02, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:37, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:26, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 08:02, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:44, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- per Aristeas. - ERcheck (talk) 21:14, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 01:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice composition and good light -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:27, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support as per Aristeas and Basile. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:15, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Sculptures#Statues outdoors
Info The image captures the iconic Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor) statue towering over Rio de Janeiro in a breathtaking panoramic shot from above. Recognized as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the statue stands as one of Brazil’s most famous landmarks. Taken from a striking aerial perspective, the photo highlights the city's unique landscape, set between mountains and the bay, with exceptional lighting that enhances the interplay of light and shadow. This photograph was awarded first place in the "Wiki Loves Monuments 2025" contest. created by Donatas Dabravolskas – uploaded by Donatas Dabravolskas – nominated by TOUMOU -- Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 09:01, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 09:01, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support It's a bit noisy but hell of a view Poco a poco (talk) 16:24, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Can't argue with the immense wow-factor here Cmao20 (talk) 20:52, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Thi (talk) 22:16, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:35, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --GRDN711 (talk) 05:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:28, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 08:01, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Wow factor is here :D --PierreSelim (talk) 15:58, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 16:01, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:47, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support - ERcheck (talk) 21:17, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support - It was awarded first place in the "Wiki Loves Monuments 2024", not 2025 :) -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 01:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 08:12, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:48, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support oh wow wow! - Benh (talk) 20:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- phenomenal image. The clouds, the sun, the colors. Awe inspiring image, and that's coming from an atheist. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --SHB2000 (talk) 09:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Majestic and symbolic image --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 20:02, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support as per PantheraLeo. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:17, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/In their habitats#Mammals
Info created and uploaded by Clément Bardot – nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:55, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:55, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Camels and dromedaries are often depicted as funny creatures and this photo is humorous, too, but at the same time also a dignified portrait of the animal. The colourful saddlecloth and cushion are beautiful, the image quality is good. – Aristeas (talk) 18:27, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Aristeas Cmao20 (talk) 20:51, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 22:08, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:33, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:25, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 07:36, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 16:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ermell (talk) 20:31, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:51, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
File:Facóqueros comunes (Phacochoerus africanus), reserva natural Masái Mara, Kenia, 2024-05-20, DD 13.jpg, featured
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Artiodactyla#Family : Suidae (Pigs)
Info Female (left) and male Common warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) socialising, Masai Mara, Kenya. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 20:54, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 20:54, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 23:50, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice scene, impressive animals. – Aristeas (talk) 18:18, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 22:08, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:33, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 07:36, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Felino Volador (talk) 14:55, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 16:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Jakubhal 09:24, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Interesting capture -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:28, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
SupportI have great respect for taking images of special animal behavior :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:08, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 25 May 2025 at 19:38:36 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Info all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 19:38, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Info Colorful feathers of three Coconut lorikeets - I previously withdrew the set nomination because one of the photos was slightly out of focus. I’ve now decided to submit a new nomination with a single photo of flawless quality. I believe the vibrant colors and feather structure are captured very well.
Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 19:38, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Yes!! The cute (and excellently photographed) birds are back! --Cart (talk) 19:40, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Neutral Cute and high quality but I'm not sure I like how the colours of the birds and the limited depth of field at the top means that they tend to blend into the background Cmao20 (talk) 23:49, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support For me the stunning colours and the fluffy plumage are the main points of the photo, therefore I am fine with the limited DoF. – Aristeas (talk) 18:15, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 09:21, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:51, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Extraordinary look and high technical quality. DoF seems perfect for the purpose. --Plozessor (talk) 04:24, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Thank you very much to Plozessor and Aristeas for the very appreciative comments. --Tuxyso (talk) 20:19, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
File:Thuong Duc, Vietnam - A Viet Cong prisoner awaits interrogation at the A-109 Special Forces Detachment in Thuong - NARA - 531447.jpg, featured
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1960-1969
Info created by Department of Defense – restored, uploaded and nominated by Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:08, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:08, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cmao20 (talk) 15:10, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 15:19, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Dramatic. Its a shame the author is unknown. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 16:12, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Needsmoreritalin: If you check the footnote on the author, it's a case where it may be David Epstein, OR we were promulgating false info. I prefer avoiding the latter over potentially being right. I'm going to poke en:WP:MILHIST Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:14, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- I did a reverse image seach and all I could find was that it was public domain from the national archives. Thanks for looking into this. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 18:06, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support By now we are all too well aware, through social media, of the cruelties made in wars. But the excellent captures by the frontline photographers from long ago can still move us. --Cart (talk) 18:51, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support, though I do think the shadows could be more pronounced/contrast increased (example). I was fairly happy with this edit. JayCubby (talk) 19:50, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- I've tweaked it slightly. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:47, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
- Looks good now. JayCubby (talk) 23:46, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- I've tweaked it slightly. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:47, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:36, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Harlock81 (talk) 08:16, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Terragio67 (talk) 14:46, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cart. – Aristeas (talk) 18:13, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cart --GRDN711 (talk) 06:34, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Llez (talk) 07:35, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 08:41, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Transport#Water transport infrastructure
Info How about another of A.Savin's beautiful pictures of Bornholm? I really like the clouds and the deep blue of the water. created by A.Savin – uploaded by A.Savin – nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 23:36, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 23:36, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per Cmao20. Another one that was on my list, too, so thank you for nominating it ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 08:34, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Wieggy (talk) 11:48, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Thanks Cmao20, I've taken the liberty to change the gallery. --A.Savin 11:56, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for that, I wasn't quite sure about it... Cmao20 (talk) 13:24, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Very nice! --Cart (talk) 19:00, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:31, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 13:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry, not convinced about the compo, too much water I guess. The left side is leaning in. Poco a poco (talk) 16:12, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support AVDLCZ (talk) 20:04, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per poco - too much water and rock in the foreground. --GRDN711 (talk) 06:42, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Photo techniques/Black and White#People
Info created by Arabesk~commonswiki – nominated by Riad Salih -- Riad Salih (talk) 19:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- Riad Salih (talk) 19:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Comment Nice shot but very small for FP (only 2.6 megapixels). Cmao20 (talk) 23:39, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Анастасия Львоваru/en 10:57, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry, it could have been great, but aside from its small size, its too tightly cropped. I would have liked at least the whole bottom part of the horse's head in the photo, now it's cut both ways. The intruding ponytail of another person in the background is also distracting. --Cart (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Zquid (talk) 20:12, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 09:21, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors#India
Info Parliament of the Tibetan government-in-exile (Central Tibetan Administration) in Dharamsala, India. Created and uploaded by Bernard Gagnon – nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 14:13, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support The symmetry is very pleasing, with leading lines to the central arrangement and the portrait wall with the map of Tibet, Dalai Lama and Potala Palace. There is also high educational value and the quality is also good. – UnpetitproleX (Talk) 14:13, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Yann (talk) 14:35, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- For now, regretful
Oppose: the symmetry is pleasing, but the lens distortion is noticeable and, more concerningly, the paintings and photograph in this picture likely constitute derivative works that do not fall under de minimis. More
Info on the copyright status is requested from Bernard. JayCubby (talk) 22:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- The Potala image is from here which is also on the UNESCO WHS website and the Dalai Lama image is an edited version of a 2003 portrait by this photographer. I could not find anything on the map. The Tibetan parliament themselves produce plenty of images on the interiors (e.g. [2]) including even a full virtual tour. Though I am unsure this image can be (or to what extent) called derivative(s) of any of those works. -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- That doesn't stop them from either having a license agreement or straight-up violating copyright. Thanks for searching.
- It's a DW because of how the photos and map are this image's focus, and reproduced fairly clearly. JayCubby (talk) 19:41, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- I wouldn't call them the focus of the image, but a secondary element. The 'clearly' part is also questionable esp. for the portrait. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 22:26, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- The Potala image is from here which is also on the UNESCO WHS website and the Dalai Lama image is an edited version of a 2003 portrait by this photographer. I could not find anything on the map. The Tibetan parliament themselves produce plenty of images on the interiors (e.g. [2]) including even a full virtual tour. Though I am unsure this image can be (or to what extent) called derivative(s) of any of those works. -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support Nice image and interesting space, but image quality is a bit marginal for FP in my opinion. Cmao20 (talk) 23:38, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 13:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Technicallt well made image - IMO definitely QI and VI, but insufficient wow for FP. --GRDN711 (talk) 23:55, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People/Portrait#Women
Info created & uploaded by Sazzad Hossain – nominated by ROCKY -- ROCKY (talk) 06:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- ROCKY (talk) 06:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Анастасия Львоваru/en 09:35, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Lovely lady, but the photo is over-processed with noise reduction, giving the photo an AI look, and the background is cluttered for a portrait setting. --Cart (talk) 10:01, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Agree with Cart. Nice expression but the noise reduction makes it look kind of uncanny. Cmao20 (talk) 12:59, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 22 May 2025 at 13:57:19 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Fungi#Family_:_Agaricaceae
Info created by Plozessor – uploaded by Plozessor – nominated by Plozessor -- Plozessor (talk) 13:57, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Weak support I like this idea - of having a pic of a mushroom that really gets down at eye level amongst the grass, as if this is a mouse's view or something. The quality is good. The red object in the background is a bit distracting though. Cmao20 (talk) 12:57, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Cmao20 Thx. This red object was probably a bright red flower, but anyway I retouched it now. --Plozessor (talk) 15:47, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry but this picture is not special in my view, mainly because the foreground is distracting with its blurry elements -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
*Neutral The foreground is ok to understand its height and location, but in the background the building and tree are disturbing. -- -donald- (talk) 04:40, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Better now. -- -donald- (talk) 07:31, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
weakSupport I quite like this picture, it's like an insect's pov, but I do feel that a crop to remove the building on the right and a balancing crop on the left to center the mushroom would make it better and remove some of the distracting elements. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 13:54, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- @UnpetitproleX Why not? What about now? Plozessor (talk) 15:19, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Better to me now, support from me. Pinging other prior voters @Cmao20, Basile Morin, and -donald-: in case they may wish to change their votes/provide inputs. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 15:27, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- @UnpetitproleX Why not? What about now? Plozessor (talk) 15:19, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 20:17, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support To get a real "mouse eye view" with a feeling of depth in the image, a bit of un-sharp foreground objects is inevitable unless you stack. Here they actually accent the magnificence of the mushroom. --Cart (talk) 20:05, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 21:51, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Supporting my own picture since this seems acceptable and common here ;) --Plozessor (talk) 04:22, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Cart’s comment has convinced me. – Aristeas (talk) 07:55, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#Germany
Info created by Plozessor – uploaded by Plozessor – nominated by Plozessor -- Plozessor (talk) 04:31, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Beautiful light. I think others may regard this photo as somewhat 'low wow' but I enjoy the composition and I love the unusual window Cmao20 (talk) 12:55, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Agree with Cmao20. The light and the contrast with the lush green and the deep blue of the sky make this image beautiful. – Aristeas (talk) 18:42, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Crop is too tight at the bottom, in my view. Very mitigated wow factor. Sorry -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oops, you're right, I had too tight crop in new version. Now fixed. Plozessor (talk) 05:33, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- A real improvement, thank you, and thanks to Basile for the hint! – Aristeas (talk) 08:33, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oops, you're right, I had too tight crop in new version. Now fixed. Plozessor (talk) 05:33, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Wieggy (talk) 11:43, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Not an extraordinary subject IMHO with nothing else that compensates it. The shadow on the facade is also disturbing. Poco a poco (talk) 16:18, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
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