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Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, Paris, France
  • Poco a poco, one note I have when reviewing this picture in some more detail. If I look at the 2023 version in the file history, the text on the walls seems considerably sharper and more legible to me. To the extent that I'd honestly say the 2023 version is superior to this one. Are there any tweaks you could possibly make to improve this? I can't help feeling that whatever you've done to denoise the region around the altar has also made this worse. Cmao20 (talk) 12:39, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

* Support Khji0620 (talk) 06:17, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:14, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Flower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus), Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:10, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Caledonian Sleeper 1Y11 London Euston - Edinburgh - Fort William
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Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 22:11, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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expedition boat in Antarctica

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Tod Kimmelshue, Chair of the Butte County Board of Supervisors

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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 06:12, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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An aerial view of the Velušina Monastery
  • The monastery was built in 1839. The church and the konak behind it are evidently old with some reconstruction works over time that haven't harmed their authenticity (modern churches and konaks aren't built that way). Only the buildings on the far left and far right are new, but they're important details indicating that the monastery is expanding.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 07:58, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 3 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:04, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 4 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:05, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Yellow-wattled lapwing
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Result: 3 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:04, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The Milad Tower by night and the Hakim Expressway, Tehran, Iran.
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Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:35, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Soča river in the Municipality of Kobarid, Goriška, Slovenia
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Result: 4 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:35, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Aristeas (talk) 05:16, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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A revolutionary firing squad at the Sanandaj airport in Iran, 27 August 1979
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1970-1979
  •  Info created by Jahangir Razmi, restored, uploaded, and nominated by Yann
  •  Info A revolutionary firing squad at the Sanandaj airport in Iran, 27 August 1979. In a 30-minute trial, 11 prisoners from the Kurdish rebellion were charged with crimes of firearm trafficking, murder, and inciting riots, and were sentenced to death. The men were blindfolded and led outside to the airfield, where they were lined up several meters from their executioners. Razmi was unhindered by security forces, allowing him to stand behind the rightmost executioner and photograph the killings. This image got the 1980 Pulitzer Prize. There was a successful previous FP nomination in 2011 for a very small version.
  •  Support Quality is not the best, but educational and historical values compensate for that. -- Yann (talk) 07:41, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment For the sake of clarity, it might be best to link to the previous nomination and also mention that the small version was deleted later. --Cart (talk) 10:44, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank, now I see it, but no harm in having it visible directly from the list page too (for people like me who tend to not go to the individual page for each nom). --Cart (talk) 11:48, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Aristeas (talk) 13:37, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Intertwined roots of two birches next to Myrstigen hiking trail in Brastad
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Aristeas (talk) 13:35, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Newly fallen snow crystals in Tuntorp
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Result: 6 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Aristeas (talk)
  • This result makes me sad. One of the few times I've seen a truly great picture fail through lack of participation. I often find the 6-0, 6-1 etc. pictures are marginal cases anyway but not this one. Cmao20 (talk) 15:21, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agree. This was a courageous candidacy and I expected that the image would either be promoted with, say, 12:4, or fail with 8:5 votes or similar. But it is a pity that it has failed just because of lack of interest. That would be understandable with a nice, but rather trivial landscape or church image (like my own photos ;–)), but nobody can call this photograph boring or insignificant. – Aristeas (talk) 18:19, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    You are very kind, both of you. :-) Don't worry, I have plenty of other snow photos, they probably only need a bit of glamor, not just scientific accuracy. I'll be back. --Cart (talk) 19:45, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Western kingbird
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 22:08, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Lineated Barbet
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Result: 2 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:15, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:14, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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English oak standing in the middle of a rapeseed field with the Jura Mountains background. Versonnex (Ain), France.

 I withdraw my nomination ZarlokX (talk) 18:23, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Cmao20 (talk) 14:51, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed results:
Result: 2 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:10, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Solitary pear tree on a hill above the hamlet of Kaisersbach near Beilstein, Württemberg, Germany
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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:07, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Broken window, Ponte de Sor, Portugal
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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:09, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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First illustration to Robert Louis Stevenson's The Bottle Imp

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Thank for reviews!
Yes, unfortunately. Due to legal reasons, all photos was taken through a broken window. The building is not open to the public.--ArildV (talk) 11:47, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah! I know all about such conditions. :-) Well done with the constraints. --Cart (talk) 13:44, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 13 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:08, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Srikalahasti town with Durgammakonda, Swarnamukhi river, temple Gopuram, and Ghat
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Result: 3 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:07, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[[reply]

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Speke's weaver
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:06, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Khran Suri waterfall in Meghalaya, India
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:40, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides aequatorialis) in flight Paz de Las Aves.jpg

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Red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii aequatorialis) male
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Result: 18 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:28, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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A US Army soldier performs wet silk training in a swimming pool at Caserma C. Ederle, Italy, March 26, 2025.
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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 18:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Potrait of an Indian actor Samarjit
  • However, it is not currently categorised. Can you sort that out and add suitable cats? I know you're quite new to FPC but it shouldn't pass unless properly categorised. Cmao20 (talk) 10:45, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:28, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Sea anemone (Pachycerianthus delwynae), Anilao, Philippines
  • It was a night dive (I forgot to update the time) and the anemone was quite big, so to get it fully on the picture with my 100mm lens I had to keep some distance so that the light was not strong anymore. I've brightened it a bit and uploaded a new version. Poco a poco (talk) 19:42, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you very much, both for the explanation and the brightening! IMHO the photo is very good now – making it even brighter would be exaggerated given that it was taken during a night dive. – Aristeas (talk) 07:34, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:26, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Indian paradise flycatcher
  • Somewhat rude. Yes, I know what RAW is, but just because you didn't rotate the picture in postprocessing doesn't mean it wasn't tilted when you took it. I am sure the RAW file looks the same, but this doesn't tell me any useful information. Cmao20 (talk) 21:59, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 5 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--Cart (talk) 13:29, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Portrait of the Duke of Mantua Vincenzo I of Gonzaga
  • Thank you! It’s a pity that the article does not really explain much besides saying these pics are sooo big. It’s the same with Gigapxl Project, Gigapan, etc. – all articles with a strong advertising/fanboy smell and no technical details. Such articles do not reflect any credit on Wikipedia. Without technical details Gigapixel image looks more a marketing slogan than a technical term (just like Elon’s Gigafactory). But it’s the trend of this time … Of course this does not diminish the value of this image, and so these questions are not important as long as the reproduction is realistic. – Aristeas (talk) 15:45, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:08, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:17, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Capes and cliffs of Olkhon Island at sunset. Lake Baikal.
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:14, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Male brown-headed cowbird
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:13, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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church building in Boarnsterhim, Netherlands
  • Thank you for your support. The trees are already old and are pruned year after year in this special shape. You often see this in the Netherlands at old churches, mansions and at capital farms. So the trees are healthy. --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 17:12, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Rbrechko, the trees are fine. This is a way of pruning trees called Pollarding. It's often used up here in Sweden too. I creates a very special "look" for the trees. It is only done on trees that grow extremely vigorously and are hard to keep in check with other methods in parks, gardens, rows, etc. See also Daisugi. --Cart (talk) 10:47, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:11, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Male Purple sunbird
@Ashraf747 I see that the Sony ILCE-7RM4A can produce images at a maximum resolution of 9504 × 6336 pixels. It seems this file might have been downscaled from the original. If possible, could you please reupload the high-resolution version? High-res image is important for a FP nomination, as it allows for detailed evaluation, better usability across Wikimedia projects, and meets the technical quality standards expected for featured content. Thank you! -- Moheen (keep talking) 17:58, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The image is not downsized. It's just cropped to make this composition. In wildlife or birding one cannot always go near the subject. So we make sure to keep a safe distance for not disturbing the birds or other animals. Hope you understand. Ashraf747 (talk) 18:07, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose per Cmao20. The bird benchmark is set pretty high. JayCubby (talk) 19:45, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would be quite happy if I took this photo -- congratulations on the bird in flight on clean background! As others are explaining, the standard for this particular process involves looking at the image in full resolution, in which case it does show some oversharpening, especially in the wingtips. If you didn't sharpen it in post-processing, the camera is likely doing some sharpening itself (perhaps a setting you might want to change). But yes, I too have many shots I'm proud of but which don't meet the technical requirements to become a featured picture. Hope you'll continue to share your photos, though! — Rhododendrites talk01:03, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The EXIF metadata suggests the image was taken in Raw (so no in-camera sharpening), but that two AI editors were used (Topaz Labs and DXO's). These are notorious for adding false feather detail with default parameters. Hopefully you can have another go at editing this wonderful image. --Julesvernex2 (talk) 08:00, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 2 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:11, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Panorama of Idukki dam reservoir
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Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:09, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Coconut lorikeet

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Portal of the Lutheran church in Sanitz, Germany
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Ancient hearse that was pulled by horses. It is located in the church of Misericordia in Monte San Savino (Arezzo). A true museum piece.

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Admiral Chester Nimitz signs as Supreme Allied Commander during formal surrender ceremonies on the USS Missouri
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The built in flash of a Pentax MZ-30 SLR camera, firing.
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Hôtel Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, 2 Av. Claude-Nobs, Montreux, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:11, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Parapet of the organ gallery, parish church St. Genesius, Riedböhringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Tulipa cultivar 'Dance Line' in the botanical garden in Munich
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:09, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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ScotRail's Inter7City 1T84 Inverness - Glasgow Queen Street at the summit of Druimuachdar (Drumochter) pass
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Indian actor Vishwak Sen
  • Upscaling is not considered best practice on Commons. Seeing that no new information is actually being added by upscaling, it is merely interpolating pixels, then we take the line that upscaling just increases file size without preserving any new content and thus it should be done client-side if desired rather than being done by the uploader. Anyway, if this is the best version you have,  Weak support on the basis that the composition is really good but the size is a little on the low side. Cmao20 (talk) 14:24, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 16:18, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't mind the size, and the photo, colors and light are well managed. But sorry, for me the crop is too tight at the bottom and to the right, cutting off the shoe. I don't think this pose is the best for an FP portrait, even though I understand that it is meant to convey some sort of attitude and mood. It's more suited for GQ, Harper's Bazaar or something like that, as one in a series of photos in an article about the actor. As a stand-alone portrait, it doesn't work that well. --Cart (talk) 11:45, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Shoes cropped out unfortunately. Composition seems too tight -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:54, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support The “study in red” idea is very good as well as the light. The crop is indeed too tight. (And the pose … well, if Vishwak Sen likes to be seen like this, it is OK.) – Aristeas (talk) 05:27, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Aristeas, he is favoring other (better) photos from the same session [2]. This one was probably left out and thus the photographer could make it a freely licensed. Commons gets what's left after the good ones have been selected. --Cart (talk) 13:53, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good to know, Cart. Hem … Well, we must not despise the fragments and crumbs, as the Lord has commanded Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost (John 6:12, cf. Marc 8:19–20), and even the crumbs of the grace which fall from their masters’ table are sufficient to cure our afflictions (Matthew 15:27–28) ;–). Seriously, I keep my “week support” because I want to appreciate the colour scheme and that ray of light which is placed very nicely. – Aristeas (talk) 14:10, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That's a good one! :-D --Cart (talk) 14:31, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Delist and surprised at the 27 support to 0 oppose of original nom. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:15, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Many thanks to Abdulmominbd for providing evidence of the image’s authenticity. I understand that this discussion may have been uncomfortable but it is also essential given how often undisclosed manipulations do get featured at FPC.
    For me, the image though not a photomontage is still not FP—a significant part of the image is completely black, the saturation brush in the sky is way too obvious, the wetland i.e. the titular subject is cropped out. To me, the unedited actually looks better (even FP worthy with some editing). Perhaps it could have been edited differently? For now I am not striking my vote, will revisit this later. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:14, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • A side  Comment Looking at the author’s stream, I can see that many, if not most, of the shots are overedited, overprocessed, and extensively oversaturated. Yet many of them have Wiki Loves Earth winner badges, picture of the day stars, and featured awards. I wonder if encyclopedias actually need these kinds of images featured on their pages? I’m talking about a broader set of winners on Wiki Loves Earth. If you look at Wiki Loves Earth winner pages from many countries, many of the top entries there are overedited and oversaturated to the extent that they have nothing to do with realistic photography. There seems to be a competence/expertise issue among the judges. It’s like pop culture eating encyclopedia culture ;) To quote: “The primary driving forces behind popular culture, especially when speaking of Western popular cultures, are the mass media, mass appeal, marketing”. It’s probably fine to have pop culture, but it’s not OK to substitute encyclopedia work on summary of knowledge with pop culture or fantasy culture. --Argenberg (talk) 21:18, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is a constant stream of positive votes in the original nomination, and the only user who questioned the nomination with regard to editing was Charlesjsharp. This particular image, aside from being a photomontage, is actually OK tonality-wise. One could imagine taking a shot like this with a telephoto lens and minimal post-processing. --Argenberg (talk) 21:20, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you that the judging on Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments is often poor. There are good pictures that win awards, but they are frequently beaten by low-quality, oversaturated, heavily processed, unrealistic slop. The judging here is much better, although as this picture shows, we can make mistakes. I don't know how judges for WLE and WLM are chosen. I was once approached to judge WLM Bangladesh, which was good fun, but that is my entire involvement with them. It would be good if these contests solicited the opinions of people who are more skilled photography critics from here, QIC, VIC and elsewhere. Cmao20 (talk) 22:39, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I cannot go into details (that would be rather impolite), but I can tell you from my own experience that often some other jury members don’t like it if one gets picky about details; they think that is boring nitpicking. – Aristeas (talk) 15:41, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This says a lot about the competence of such judges. It could be one of the dividing lines between the smartphone/pop/marketing culture mentioned above and the photography/encyclopedia culture. One aims to impress and manipulate, while the other tries to educate. And education is tough, much harder than marketing, because it takes more energy to build up new neural circuits and pathways in the brain. --Argenberg (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Delist  Keep It's unfortunate that this was promoted, but at the time we were still a bit naive here at FPC. A montage was suspected, I remember more chatter about this in e-mails than on the FPC page, so it went undocumented. I know that people were checking if all the ducks were different, maybe a composite from one duck flying past and several exposures used. But it was before schablons popped up in every editing program, and we simply didn't know what to look for. Now we are more seasoned by AI and more wary. Shit happened, and now that we are wiser, it can be corrected. --Cart (talk) 11:31, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It's natural to have doubts about anything that seems unusual, but as you know, reality can often be stranger than fiction. Back in 2017, while traveling in Tanguar Haor, I was on a boat capturing the men in silhouette light when by chance some birds flew into the frame. Whenever I shared this photo on my social media pages, people often assumed it was a montage or some sort of manipulation, much like you're doing now. To clear things up, I'm sharing the original files with you. Please have a look and let's settle this, as it's honestly a bit embarrassing for me. At the time, I was new to photography and used to shoot in JPEG to save space and also my editing skill was very poor. I have also included the photo taken just after the shot in question to help provide context. The files are downloadable, so feel free to inspect them thoroughly. Google Drive Link Abdulmominbd (talk) 18:37, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm very happy to be proved wrong in this. There is still some wonder in the world. Of course I apologize to you. --Cart (talk) 21:21, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Delist It’s a pity because this particular image is, as Argenberg stated, “aside from being a photomontage, […] actually OK tonality-wise”. I guess this also explains the broad consent in the original nomination. Many manipulated images are totally overdone and immediately look unrealistic; this one is better. I would love to see the original image before the montage. Maybe it would still be a FP, and with more right than this manipulated version. But we don’t have the choice. – Aristeas (talk) 15:41, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It's natural to have doubts about anything that seems unusual, but as you know, reality can often be stranger than fiction. Back in 2017, while traveling in Tanguar Haor, I was on a boat capturing the men in silhouette light when by chance some birds flew into the frame. Whenever I shared this photo on my social media pages, people often assumed it was a montage or some sort of manipulation, much like you're doing now. To clear things up, I'm sharing the original files with you. Please have a look and let's settle this, as it's honestly a bit embarrassing for me. At the time, I was new to photography and used to shoot in JPEG to save space and also my editing skill was very poor. I have also included the photo taken just after the shot in question to help provide context. The files are downloadable, so feel free to inspect them thoroughly. Google Drive Link Abdulmominbd (talk) 18:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you very much for sharing the files, Abdulmominbd! I’m happy to learn that the photo is authentic. I will take a closer look tomorrow, but have striked my oppose vote. Best, – Aristeas (talk) 19:48, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
     Keep Just for the record: I can confirm that the metadata of the provided JPEG files look completely authentic. I can reproduce the look of the discussed image by ca. 1 minute of editing of the provided original JPEG (only removing CAs and reducing the sharpening applied by the camera would take longer). So I have to apologize to you, Abdulmominbd, and want to thank you again for sharing the original images for comparison. Congratulations to this great shot and I wish you always good light and many more wonderful photos! – Aristeas (talk) 07:48, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good capture. But the image is quite heavily edited with newly introduced hues (yellow in the sky). This gives it a different, slightly surreal atmosphere. --Argenberg (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Great, EXIF tell Ver.1.02 which is camera firmware, early one. Probably its all fine here, just edit was a bit strange. Birds have colors, some have CA - so "lens mistake". Abdulmominbd Thanx for showing up. So now is can this edit be FP or not. --Mile (talk) 19:04, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Keep obviously Юрий Д.К 21:38, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak keep Clearly overprocessed (yellow sky and what looks like mist) but not fake (genuine shot with real silhouettes of accurate proportions) -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:29, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Keep Thank you, Abdulmominbd, for stepping forward with transparency and sharing the original files—it takes humility and integrity to do so, especially in such a charged discussion. It's a reminder that sometimes extraordinary moments do happen in real life, and scepticism, while healthy, must be open to evidence. This image may be imperfect from a technical or post-processing standpoint, but the authenticity you've demonstrated deserves appreciation. I hope this experience encourages continued dialogue grounded in both critical thinking and mutual respect. --Moheen (keep talking) 10:13, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Keep per consensus above. -- Radomianin (talk) 11:33, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Keep, satisfied with the explanation from the uploader.--Rocky Masum (talk) 03:05, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Keep My taste: the original shot was even better. Thanks for having show it to us. --Harlock81 (talk) 17:00, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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is an Iranian singer-songwriter. Hajipour rose to fame after the release of his single "" which has been described as "the anthem" of the 2022 protests. In 2023, he won the first Grammy Award for Best Song for Social Change at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for "Baraye". On 1 March 2024, Hajipour was sentenced to 3 years and 8 months of jail and ordered to write anti-America-Aggression music because of "Baraye", a song that won Best Song for Social Change at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Image of the Black Madonna in the basilica of Our Lady of the Daurade, Toulouse, France.
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  •  Info Image of the Black Madonna in the basilica of Our Lady of the Daurade, Toulouse, France. The first church in this location was established in 410 when Emperor Honorius allowed the conversion of pagan temples to Christianity. The original building of Notre-Dame de la Daurade was a temple dedicated to Apollo. During the 5th or 6th century another church was erected, decorated with golden mosaics; the current name derives from the antique name, (“Deaurata”, gold). It became a Benedictine monastery during the 9th century. After a period of decline starting in the 15th century, the basilica was demolished in 1761 to make way for the construction of Toulouse's riverside quays. The buildings were restored and a new church built, but the monastery was closed during the French Revolution, becoming a tobacco factory. The basilica had housed the shrine of a Black Madonna. The original icon was stolen in the fifteenth century, and its first replacement was burned by Revolutionaries in 1799 on the Place du Capitole. The icon presented today is an 1807 copy of the fifteenth century Madonna. Blackened by the hosts of candles, the second Madonna has been known since the sixteenth century as Notre Dame La Noire. The current edifice was built during the 19th century. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 20:32, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 20:32, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose for now I hope this is taken in the spirit of constructive criticism but I really am not convinced by your current processing algorithm. In this and your previous nomination, which you kindly corrected/improved at my request, the reprocessed version you have uploaded in 2025 has made the text on the signs in the church far less legible than it was in the original versions in the file history uploaded in 2022/2023. What is sharp and easily readable in the earlier versions is now blurry, smudged, and sometimes seems to contain characters that don't really even look like letters. It is obvious in this image if you zoom in to virtually any noticeboard, sign, or monument with lettering.
I wonder whether your processing software is applying some form of AI-based sharpening or noise reduction without you being aware. AI is a huge fad at the moment, and I notice that photo processing software is often jumping on that bandwagon, adding AI-based features that are sold to us as a great improvement while they are actually quite dubious. AI is notoriously bad at handling text, and its sharpening algorithms often work by interpolating textures, which can easily smooth out details like text where precise rendering of individual pixels is important.
I am keen to support this picture but on principle I won't support a version that's to my mind obviously worse than the 2023 version. I can see that the new version does have certain advantages - the altar is a little bit sharper - but for me these are far outweighed by the poor rendering of fine detail. One of the things I like about your church interiors is that, like David Iliff's and DXR's, they contain plenty of interesting detail to explore at full size. It would be a huge shame to lose this. Cmao20 (talk) 22:57, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your feedback, Cmao20, I addressed the issue. I hope this version looks much better. Poco a poco (talk) 08:54, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Support Yes, that's what I want it to look like Cmao20 (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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A member of the Chico Cycling Team is seen riding up Table Mountain during the 2025 Chico Wildflower Century in Butte County, California
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  •  Weak support Agree that the editing has added a bit too much contrast/clarity, but nevertheless I cannot help to be impressed. Of course Cart’s version looks better to me, I would give full support to it if you could add it as an alternative version. – Aristeas (talk) 19:08, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Horses grazing at Trunkol meadow in the Indian Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir
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Tractor John Deere 6320 with front and rear mower cutting grass
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Top down view on castle in Zolochiv, Ukraine.
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Cinnamon flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus pyrrhopterus)
Gallery fixed. It's great that you added the genus section, you just missed the 'Family' step in the code here on the nom. --Cart (talk) 14:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:12, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Multicoloured monkey grasshoppers (Homeomastax sp.)
Sorry, not for the knee. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:51, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
New version uploaded. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:30, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On my monopod... Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:43, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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English oak standing in the middle of a rapeseed field with the Jura Mountains background. Versonnex (Ain), France.
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Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus atlantica), Horsey Beach, Norfolk, England.
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Woman in a Chemise, by André Derain. 100 x 81 cm, oil on canvas.
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Female soldier standing guard onboard mine countermeasures vessel M77 Ulvön, moored in Lysekil, Sweden.
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"Sickle lake" and "Great Wörth Lake" geotope near Augsfeld (Haßfurt)
  •  Comment Thank you very much for the hint, Milseburg - I completely overlooked those two stitching errors in the clouds. @Plozessor, would you mind removing them? If you're short on time, feel free to use my retouch attempt instead (SwissTransfer link) for an update, if the result looks okay to you. I also adjusted the blue tone a bit in the sky to make it feel more balanced. Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 19:25, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Milseburg Oops, I checked for stitching errors in the lake and background but not in the sky. Thx for spotting, I think I fixed all of the issues you mentioned. Please have another look! Plozessor (talk) 19:26, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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House in the forest on the Zeilberg near Maroldsweisach
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An aerial view of Strumica Valley

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White Canon EOS R50
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Tractor New Holland T6.165 plowing (Zadobrova, Ljubljana)
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The special train pulled by JR Hokkaido's C62 steam locomotive
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White stork in bird park Vogelpark Marlow wading through a pond
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Macaca sylvanus in Michlifen
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Forest path through dense vegetation on the shore of Brofjorden at Lahälla, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden.
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Indian Peacock courtship display at Pench national park, Maharashtra.
thewanderersthirdeye, I forgot to say welcome to FPC. :-) I didn't realize you were new here. The easiest thing is to add it as an 'Alternative' to this nom. Because it's a reviewed QI, we can't simply upload the improved version over the old file per COM:OVERWRITE, that is otherwise an option for small changes. No need to withdraw and begin again. I will fix this for you, you can just look at my edits here on the nomination and remember how this is done for future references. You can also support the new alternative if you like, support both or strike the support for the original, it's up to you. --Cart (talk) 14:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Front view, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ooty
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Just noting that there may need to be a second set. Need to double check my book, but I moved recently. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:27, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor)

 I withdraw my nomination Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:21, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The Sanctuary of Phou Asa Mountain. The Lao consider it to be the ancient fortress of a king of the Attapeu (Ban Khiet Ngong). Laos.

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Ceiling of the Golden Hall representing the wisdom (Lat: Sapientia), with the motto "PAR ME Reges regnant" (my rule rule) .- City Hall Augsbourg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Field and Mühlenbach on the border between Börnste (Kirchspiel) and Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Wounded wrasse (Halichoeres chierchiae), La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
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A telephone booth in the village of Stinik
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DC3 (SE-CFP) at Skå airfield, Stockholm County.
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Golden orb-weavers
Yes, sometimes she does, but I believe not that often... Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:22, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Did you all notice the two tiny spiderlings on the web? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:44, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Charlesjsharp: haha yes I did! And also the flies stuck in the web. Looking a second time, I think there's even a second male spider on the left, but blurred/out of focus. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 22:55, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, there's definitely three little spiderlings! But the third one is out of the range of focus on the far left of the frame, as you say. Cmao20 (talk) 00:44, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Picture of the northern Indian subcontinent at night taken from the International Space Station.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Satellite images#Asia
  •  Info Picture of the northern Indian subcontinent taken from the International Space Station, showing the region between Agra in the east and Kabul in the west. Created by astronauts on the International Space Station, uploaded by Ras67 – nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 01:33, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support After spending a tense night with drone & missile attacks, and jets flying overhead here in northern India (since India and Pakistan are on the cusp of war), I'm reminded by this picture of how artificial this border that has consumed millions of lives really is. -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 01:33, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Impressive, but very noisy. I am unsure this counts as one of our best pictures of Earth from space when there is so much competition nowadays. Cmao20 (talk) 20:07, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I understand, Cmao20. It indeed is quite noisy, but we do have this FP which is similarly noisy. I can see the noise being a reason to oppose, but for me the numerous village, town, and city lights peeking through winter fog of the densely populated Indo-Gangetic plain, interrupted by the thinly populated Himalayas, Hindu Kush and Tibetan Plateau in the north and Thar desert in the bottom left corner, and the continuity of the landscape make it quite beautiful. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:00, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support despite the noise caused from ISO 10.000 --Ras67 (talk) 20:22, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Moral support for the very honourable reasons to nominate this photo, but mostly because of the good composition. Unlike some other pictures of Earth from space it gives me an imposing impression of the spherical nature of Earth, the lights of the big cities are placed in a harmonic way, and the green arc over the far horizon adds some “space feeling”. This and the very difficult circumstances (a night shot from space, ISO 10.000 despite ƒ/1.4) excuse the noise for me. – Aristeas (talk) 08:25, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support After having looked through the 1,507 photos from space of this region: Yes, this one is the best despite the high ISO. It has both good compo and the wow-factor, and it shows the region in a very illustrative way. --Cart (talk) 13:39, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support as per Aristeas and Cart. Special thanks to Cart for her extensive research and support. Your efforts in reviewing the extensive collection of photographs of the region were invaluable. -- Radomianin (talk) 14:50, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would also add that sometimes night photos reveal more about human activity than those taken in daylight, even though there are plenty of hints that photos for wikis should be taken in daylight. Here the borderline is clearly visible, and then there are also photos like this one where all the oil rigs in the Atlantic are clearly visible. They and other structures at sea don't show up on sites like Google maps, since they only service land and coastal regions. So for most people they don't exist, as in "out of sight, out of mind". --Cart (talk) 15:37, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you very much, Cart. Your words, as always, add depth and perspective. I really appreciate how you so often see what lies between the lines, and bring it to light, both in your images and in the way you speak about them. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:04, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Aristeas (talk) 15:31, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Toucan barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus)
So it is. An amazingly friendly family-run place. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:59, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Charlesjsharp, I see that you are having some trouble fixing the name of the file. Do you want me to rename it according to Poco's advice and fix the code so your nomination stays intact? I think you remember the bother you've run into before when moving files during a nom. (In case you are wondering: You didn't complete the correction with your move. It's "de" not "le", but I don't want to move the file without your permission.) --Cart (talk) 18:16, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please. I've been renaming lots of files and clearly made a mess! Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:32, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I'll fix it for you. Renaming a nom is a little different than renaming normal files. --Cart (talk) 20:40, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 01:20, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Blossom of an ornamental leek with water droplets. Focus stack of 6 shots. Photographed in a garden in Bamberg.
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 01:22, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 01:22, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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An aerial view of Novo Selo Lake
Please Kiril, I don't know how many times I've had to add basic categories, descriptions and full gallery info to your nominations. You are a senior participant here at FPC, so more is expected of you. When you create a nomination, please check that all the things mentioned in the FPC rules are met. Thank you, --Cart (talk) 20:17, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 1 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 01:23, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Info

  •  Info Now superseded by the 108 gigapixel File:Girl with a Pearl Earring - Hirox.jpg (Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring.jpg)
  •  Delist . The proposed replacement (a tile set at full-res) is the highest resolution image on Commons, AFAIK. The current image is about the size of one of the individual tiles. See Template:Tile set/Girl with a Pearl Earring - Hirox/grid -- JayCubby (talk) 22:32, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Keep I appreciate that Commons has always sought to host media in the highest resolution available, in order to provide maximum flexibility for reusers who might want to use our pictures for large prints or high-resolution displays. But I think there does come a point where this gets faintly ridiculous. Does anyone really need a 108,000 megapixel version of Girl with a Pearl Earring, showing details at a far, far finer level than the painter's original brushstrokes? What is that extra information useful for? By delisting the current one and replacing it with these tiles, we're saying that it isn't enough to have a 179 megapixel image (which is still extremely large and frankly already pretty absurd, but which can still be displayed as one file and which the average high-end computer has a decent chance of being able to display at full size). No, we need a 108,000 megapixel one, even though it can only be stored as a series of tiles (which are, even individually, impossible for most computers to display at full size) and thus has considerably less utility to end users than the current FP. Why exactly? Will we delist the 108,000 megapixel tiles when someone scans this painting at 200,000 megapixels? Where does this end? Isn't it just enough to have a good version of a painting at a sensible size that people might actually want to use? Why do I want to view a beautiful artwork at 500 times the magnification the artist intended, what worthwhile experience am I getting from this? Cmao20 (talk) 00:31, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cmao20,
    • What is that extra information useful for?
      • Why not? We host TIFF files which are ten times larger than JPEGs with little quality difference.
    • and which the average high-end computer has a decent chance of being able to display at full size
      • There's a much lower-resolution version, stitched from the 108 GP, at File:Girl with a Pearl Earring - Hirox.jpg, at 18,920 × 22,112 px. I forgot to mention that. I'll see if I can open it on my midrange computer.
    • Will we delist the 108,000 megapixel tiles when someone scans this painting at 200,000 megapixels?
      • Maybe. Would we delist a 5MP in favor of a 50MP scan? Probably. Why shouldn't the trend continue?
      • Why do I want to view a beautiful artwork at 500 times the magnification the artist intended, what worthwhile experience am I getting from this?
        • You don't have to zoom down to the micron-level. But at a high resolution, the brushstrokes can be analyzed, etc.
    Also, the proposed replacement image's colors seem more natural to me. JayCubby (talk) 01:16, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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Result: 1 delist, 5 keep, 0 neutral => not delisted. /--Cart (talk) 07:56, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Interior of the oldest Chinese temple in California (Weaverville, Trinity County)
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Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 07:54, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Just talk about how to re-name files
  •  Comment So we've got a drake, hen and youngster as a set. Well that works for me. Nice and sharp photos. However, the file names are all over the place and none of them meet the general Commons naming guidelines. They are more like some sort of code that only bird-people can understand, they need to be more general. If you can suggest better names for them here, I will gladly help you renaming them. Also the name of the location (including the country) should be in the description too. These photos will be seen by people all over the world, so please make it easy for them to understand which English-speaking country Barnegat Inlet is located in. --Cart (talk) 18:20, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry! You are absolutely correct. RBME (Red-Breasted Merganser) BIF (Bird In Flight). I will gladly rename them and I can do it in a way that helps with language barriers. Mergus_serrator_Drake/Hen/Immature Do those work? And I can add Barnegat Inlet_New Jersey_USA a suffix. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 19:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That sounds much better. The four capital letters are especially bewildering, since the British have similar four-letter abbreviations for their bird sanctuaries (RSPB). Do you have file mover rights or do you need help with the renaming? If you want to see correct naming of files, take a look at how Poco a poco names his photos. They have among the clearest names here on Commons and you can get some tips from those, like his nom here at the moment. Btw, good call to add the genus section to the bird gallery, you did that right. I'm just going to add that since you are nominating a set, there is less trouble with re-naming files during a nomination, we usually never recommend that otherwise. I'll keep an eye on this so that the code doesn't break anywhere. --Cart (talk) 20:35, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! I have been contributing for some time, but it wasn't until last year that someone nominated one of my images for Featured Picture that I learned about these processes. Despite 17 years using wikipedia, I am still a novice. I am not a file mover. What is the best method for me to rename the images or request that the images be renamed? Needsmoreritalin (talk) 21:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The easiest and fastest way for these, is if you just write the exact new names you want for the photos right here in a reply to my post, and I'll fix it for you. --Cart (talk) 21:50, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow, it doesn't get easier than that! Thanks again.
    How about:
    Red-Breasted Merganser Hen (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
    Red-Breasted Merganser Drake (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
    Red-Breasted Merganser Juvenile (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:13, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Okey-dokey, done and fixed. Please also take a look at how I added the info to the 'Description' box on the files, that info should also be in good shape for an FP. --Cart (talk) 22:38, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support These are very nice, well done Cmao20 (talk) 11:16, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 15:36, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't understand what kind of set this one is. The closest is probably #4 A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that). I'd accept a set of 2: in flight + swimming or a set of 2: adult and juvenile, but this fulfil no valid set IMHO Poco a poco (talk) 17:18, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Poco a poco, we have been bending the rather short-sighted and rigid rules of sets before. I have no problem with allowing this. And technically speaking, Needsmoreritalin only has this nom of three photos up and running, so given your definition of sets, he could withdraw this and nominate the drake adult and juvenile as one set, and then nominate the hen in a normal separate nom (or any other combination that would fit the set criteria you outline more perfectly). The three photos are great, so I think the outcome would be the same as if we allow this nomination to proceed. To placiate you, perhaps Needsmoreritalin could refrain from making another nomination until this one is over? It's easier to keep this one running instead of going through all that bureaucratic rigmarole. In another current set nomination, Adam is admitting to finding more images for his "complete set of illustrations" saying there might be need for a second set, and no one is getting upset about that. --Cart (talk) 18:04, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I will not nominate any additional images for Featured Picture consideration until this set is approved or rejected. This was the first time I submitted a set and I appreciate your feedback. Thanks Cart for the support and the suggestion!
    I submitted this as a set because the drake Red-breasted Merganser is very unique in its appearance, the hen and immature Red-Breasted Mergansers look the same. However, when the juvenile male gets a little older it starts wearing eyeliner. There are no Featured Pictures of any species in the genus, Mergus. I thought submitting the three "types" of Mergus Serrator would be a good start.
    This is only my rationale, and you must support or oppose based on your own standards. I respect and accept your decision. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:21, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sets are always tricky since they rely so much on interpreting the rules, and if one photo isn't good the whole thing falls. I've made a couple of sets early on here at FPC, but I have since given up on them, and I prefer to make noms one at a time just to keep things simple. Slow and steady wins in the long run. --Cart (talk) 22:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Very good photos. Regarding the set question, I just think of this one as “Mergansers family”: mother, father, child ;–). But if this argument is too lax and risqué (the two adults are probably not the parents of that juvenile, although I could not tell the difference ;–)), I second Cart’s pragmatic argumentation.Aristeas (talk) 18:09, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:26, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Would support 1st,2nd, but 3rd not so much. This should go one by one, since 3 differnt birds. --Mile (talk) 18:29, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 7 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 07:57, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The pomegranate flower in the stage where it transforms into fruit

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Great green bush-cricket on a red engine bonnet
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Snowy morning in Sangla, in the Baspa valley of Kinnaur district of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Settlements#India
  •  Info created, uploaded and nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 22:01, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 22:01, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support Nice landscape, I love the splashes of colour provided by the houses amidst the snow and the mountains. Not sure the image quality is FP though, there's not a lot of detail at full size. I added a couple of categories, btw. Cmao20 (talk) 00:21, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sangla is a really beautiful place, and I loved the previous one from it, but here the detail that was just enough in that, doesn't catch up in this. It's also taking in too much and therefore letting the wow-factor slip away. Look at what would happen if you had used just a portion of the image, see note. --Cart (talk) 11:09, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the review, (and also re:Cmao20 above) unfortunately I can't do much about the detail--of all the pictures I took that morning, this shows the largest portion of the town of Sangla, but was taken from some distance and slight elevation from the actual town. I'm unable to see your note for some reason, but if it's regarding a crop, the original had more orchards at the bottom, under shadow like the bottom right, which I thought best to crop without having to crop out the building in the bottom left corner. Then also cropped some sky at the top because a panorama made sense to me at that instance. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 00:28, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It's strange that the note keeps disappearing, I've tried to add it twice. Hmm ... Anyway, it was not for a crop, the detail is not good enough for that, only generally indicating the top left part that I think would have been better to focus on. The oppose for this lovely place pains me, but the quality just isn't there, sorry. --Cart (talk) 01:02, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination UnpetitproleX (Talk) 14:10, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Autumn-red aspen leaves (Populus tremula) on a branch in contre-jour by Myrstigen track, Brastad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden.
It's the same here, usually they just turn yellow. The ones shielded in forests can turn these colors. --Cart (talk) 15:38, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Aristeas (talk) 15:26, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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People praying inside the historic w:Queen Arwa Mosque in w:Jibla, Yemen
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Sorry, this is an old photo and sadly not up to the quality of FPs today. --Cart (talk) 09:55, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.
@W.carter oh :(. I thought that it is of a high enough quality 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 18:54, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry but no. If you open it at 100% (which is the level we usually judge photos at) and compare it with for example this photo from a mosque, you will see the difference. If you want to test your photos before nominating here, you should try COM:QIC first. Best, --Cart (talk) 19:19, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Low quality, sorry. No chance to succeed at FPC -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:13, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose - Low quality image. -- ERcheck (talk) 01:53, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Seems the discussion is going on despite of the {{FPX}}. Well, then please let me add that this is actually a very nice photo, Abo Yemen, with beautiful soft light and an intense atmosphere; the people with their different poses and gestures are arranged similar to a painting. You have a good taste. And we would have welcomed a featured picture from Yemen. It’s just that the photographic technique has made a bit progress since 2013, and we have a very high standard of technical quality with featured pictures. Take a look at the images in this category and its subcategories. All the best, – Aristeas (talk) 09:03, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
+1. The composition is very good. If only there would be much less noise... Yann (talk) 14:39, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I got rid of some of the JPEG artifacts at https://postimg.cc/2V1MLjMX (ImgBB didn't like the size) JayCubby (talk) 18:55, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Very good. I would support this. Yann (talk) 16:12, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann -- it's now at File:Devout, Yemen (9849350914) (deJPG).jpg. The tiny bit of Exif that was on the file to begin with got stripped, so perhaps someone with more ffmpeg experience could fix that. JayCubby (talk) 20:17, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Warbling vireo singing
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Algerian women wearing traditional Berber clothing
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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:04, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, 1884.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Himalaya, Indian Atlas, sheet 66. Scale 1:253,440.
  • Yes, you are right. Map sheets are usually divided in several parts. I don't know the reason why the borders do not align. It is not mentioned at the source. Yann (talk) 18:48, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you! Well, as I said above, most of the actual map is aligned very well at the borders of the parts, so it does not hurt that the margins are not perfectly aligned. – Aristeas (talk) 19:52, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Crimson-rumped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus sexnotatus)
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View of the Upper Rhine Plain from Battenberg Castle, Germany
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Common wood pigeon on Norderney, Germany

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motor sport, DTM, Norisring Nürnberg 2024: Award Ceremony; Nicki Thiim (DEN, Lamborghini, SSR Performance); celebration, Champagne shower
  • Of course I don't want you to freeze them with a short exposure time. That would ruin the photo. I just mean that the image is not sharp. There is no fine detail, either on the droplets or on the man in the background. It's like everything is out of focus. Cmao20 (talk) 00:38, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, but I'm with Cmao20 on this. It's great that the champagne splash is not "frozen" that brings life to the photo, but I'd like the guy to be sharper, like you managed to do in this photo. I'd choose that photo over this. Apart from that, the file name is not describing what's in the photo. We are always telling new users to follow the Commons naming policy, we "oldies" should do that too. --Cart (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • When I look at the vast quality difference between the picture you link (which is excellent and I'd vote for as FP (Edit: amusingly it appears I opposed this picture in 2019. I've changed my mind, it should have become FP)) and this one, I almost wonder if Stepro even uploaded the right file here. This picture is poor quality and looks almost upsampled. Cmao20 (talk) 00:40, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have at least nominated the photo that I intended to nominate. ;-) For me personally, it's one of my photos from last year that conveys real emotion. Of course, I could also nominate other super-sharp photos, but they wouldn't have that wow effect that was at least once demanded here. (On the grounds that FP is not QI.) The other photo mentioned is less emotional for me, that's how different perspectives can be. In my opinion, the big difference in terms of sharpness is not that it is present there and missing here, but that in the other photo the people are not standing behind the champagne shower and are therefore naturally in focus. In this picture, the focus is clearly on the champagne splashes, but they have a motion blur. As the name suggests - a blur. One that I wanted. Stepro (talk) 00:56, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, as I say I think the composition of this picture is very good, but I don't know why you think I have a problem with the motion blur. The motion blur is absolutely necessary for the picture to work. It conveys a dynamic impression. But the focus isn't 'clearly on the champagne splashes'. I don't think the focus is anywhere. Nothing in this picture is really sharp, and I don't mean this in the sense that the subject is blurry, I mean that the subject is badly focussed and the image has no detail. Cmao20 (talk) 12:47, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, but I can just second Cmao20’s comment. Somehow this photo looks like a smartphone shot – no fine details. Even falling splashes of liquids can look more detailed (e.g.). In addition, I also cannot find any “wow” in the subject of this photo: it just shows a perverted waste of luxury foods. Using champagne as a fun shower is tasteless and stupid, it’s typical of the hollowness of our affluent society, which doesn’t know how to express pleasure other than through senseless exaggeration and waste. Yes, you can call this an odd comment, but everyone can make an odd comment from time to time, and at least this is a honest one and not a revenge vote. ;–)Aristeas (talk) 08:11, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Bolhão Market - market in Porto, Portugal
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:22, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Morning in Zyndranowa, Poland
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The sun setting behind clouds, creating illusions of landscapes in the sky above Brastad, Sweden.
This will be the last photo experiment nom for a while. ;) Getting this photo, I was inspired by another photographer whose work I really like, Rachael Talibart. She takes thousands of photos of waves, searching for those that look like entities. I don’t get those waves here by the fjord, so I go for the interesting clouds we get here instead, often trying to capture some that looks like landscapes. There is really no special trick to doing it, you use a telephoto lens for your camera and point it at the sun through a cloud and take lots of photos. No filters and very little post processing; you get these contrasts when you shoot directly at the sun, and sometimes you get lucky. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 10:57, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Definition of a radian


  •  Comment Hello User:Aristeas, you're right, I didn't know there was a Featured Media.
Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: This file is now nominated at FMC where it belongs. --Cart (talk) 16:14, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

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Hochries, Chiemgau Alps, Germany
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CH-47 Chinook at RIAT 2015
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motor sport, DTM Classic, Norisring Nürnberg 2024: Stefan Mücke / Peter Mücke (Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse DTM); panning shot
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Azure damselflies (Coenagrion puella), focus stacked image
Thanks for fixing. My vote is changed per above. --Cart (talk) 12:42, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The listed timber-framed house Dorfstrasse 20 in Ochsenbach, Sachsenheim, Germany
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Low-key photograph of light bulb, Straume, Øygarden, Norway
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Eastern wood-pewee
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Result: 10 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 20:32, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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