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weak oppose I trully LOVE the picture, but I think is a copyvio. The lights of Eiffel Tower aren't free and I don't think they are "de minimus" here. If I'm mistaken, please let me know and I will change my vote.Béria Limamsg20:07, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The lights of the boats are ruining this very interesting picture (I don't like the fact they are cut at half of the picture). However regarding the Eiffel tower lightning, I believe the Eiffel tower would be de minimis if there was a copyright problem, but it's not even sure. For now most of the Eiffel tower picture by night have been restored on Commons. What do we know ?:
SETE has registered industrial property of the eiffel tower (mark) and the lightning system, but the day we will want to reproduce such lightning system for an Wiki monument we will pay a licence for sure, but that's not the point here.
The SETE won a court case on which they base their arugmentation. However this only court case was about a specific dynamic lightning show and not the regular lights of the tower.
So either we invent a jurisprudence here and delete everything, either we wait a judge to create a case law for this.
Comment – The graceful arc of the unseen ships is a key element of this picture's rich impressionism, and I don't think it would be nearly as interesting without them. SteveStrummer (talk) 04:37, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I dislike the "unseen ships", I see a lot of CA (pillars of the statues at right), and the gildened statues at right are completely unsharp, for instance. There is a slight perpsective distorsion of the left pillars of the Bridge, too.--Jebulon (talk) 17:01, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support This is the newly opened western concourse for Kings Cross station in London. See page description for more details. It was taken with a fisheye lens that has a stereographic projection, which causes a little distortion. This might upset those who like their lines straight and perpendicular :-). However, the advantage is the ability to capture a full-visual-field scene with one shot. I hope you enjoy the architecture and the rush-hour scene. Can you find Platform 9¾ without reading the description page?-- Colin (talk) 22:28, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support nice and impressive scenery, and I liked the Harry Potter fan :) A shame on the distortions and on some unsharpness. Tomer T (talk) 07:48, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry no. For my taste, the left part is too distorded, unsharp, with aberrations of perspective and overexposition of the screen (JCDecaux), etc. Il like the roof effect though.--Jebulon (talk) 16:47, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Jebulon. I've uploaded a new version where the JCDecaux sign has been recovered. Amazing what Lightroom can extract from a RAW file! "Your Fidelity ISA. Get it before it's gone." OK, you can't read the small print on the advert so don't blame me if you make an unwise financial decision after looking at this picture :-). Colin (talk) 18:51, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Colin, thanks for improvements. However, I cannot support cause my brain is not able to understand deformed panorama- or fish-eyed pictures. I need to see things as they look in real and in this case, I don't. Absolutely personal matter of taste, sorry again.--Jebulon (talk) 16:44, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Asymmetric crop. Not so much action. Please note, that only one hippo has the mouth open and the teeth are visible. The other hippo (with half head) has the mouth closed. -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 19:34, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Nice Atmosphere but a quite ordinary composition and to many disturbing elements in the foreground. A good image, but not an excellent one --Martin Kraft (talk) 08:14, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Not seeing anything featurable here. It isn't of "Of high artistic merit" because the description says it is a mass-produced item (albeit an old one). The photograph, while technically fine, is seriously let down by its barely more than 2MP dimensions. This restricts one's ability to examine the engravings. Colin (talk) 20:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I think that if I think this one is another picture and not an alternative version, then you have three active noms. But no matter. All the three pictures are very nice however, and deserve the label.--Jebulon (talk) 16:36, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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it's the decision of the photographer how many church and how many grassland he shows us,there is no disqualification for the aesthetic --Wladyslaw (talk) 13:13, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I sort of understand his point. I will add a close up version to this one so people can get the detail as well as the setting, as both are not possible in one picture. Saffron Blaze (talk) 18:30, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks, that's fixed it. I see this version is less vivid and the better for it as the sky and greens look more natural. Also a bit more shadow detail too. Colin (talk) 16:36, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: it is below the size requirements. —Bruce1eetalk15:03, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I like the scene, but the image quality is not the best. Sky is washed out and the boats, being the main subject, is not very sharp. --NJR_ZA (talk) 06:17, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I could support, but I have a doubt about the white balance. Seems a bit red/magenta to me, especially the background.--Jebulon (talk) 16:18, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info -- I have desaturated and increased the color temperature a bit. But white on the backgroung is not possible without burning it. Alvesgaspar (talk) 16:49, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
SupportPer Berthold Werner. A small lateral part of the pedestal is really white, so the balance is probably good. Nice details, nice image, seasonal, interesting topic and good work of art. Deserves the label IMO.--Jebulon (talk) 16:02, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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It's scientific name is Cygnus Loop, adding the word "nebula". @TomerT - This is space photography. Everything is not in our hands. And for a little empty space, you're gonna dismiss this beautiful picture from FP? Just can't believe it..... (No offend to you, Tomer T) Dipankan001 (talk) 03:49, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Very nice picture, but because of the empty black area, that Tomer T spotted, it cannot be featured. It also needs to be renamed to something more scientific. -- Achird (talk) 18:17, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I opposed that for the same reason, and it was not featured here. So I Oppose this. We have many featured space pictures which managed to point the telescope in enough places to make an aesthetically pleasing image. --99of9 (talk) 11:11, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That was done due to incomplete image, the black boxes at the top right. Are you trying to say that we should not accept space pictures as FP? They are the original beautiful one's capturing almost 40% of the featured images in Commons. Dipankan001 (talk) 11:26, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This one is incomplete too, that's the point. See the image annotation. Of course we feature lots of good (complete) space pics. --99of9 (talk) 12:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose nice view and composition but too dark IMO, the same picture a few minutes earlier would advance the light impression --Wladyslaw (talk) 09:29, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I'm not sure about the centered composition and the somewhat-disturbing sand on the foreground. I added an alternative crop below. Tomer T (talk) 21:17, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Info Because it meets the guidelines and is just a good portrait ;)
I raised that question in the vote bevor, because IMHO it's just a matter of fairness, to give reasons when you decline somebody else's work or nomination. --Martin Kraft (talk) 13:05, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Composition: the framing is not optimal, with building parts hanging in and the circular motive on the pavement being chopped. Would also be better to have the central column vertical to give it a sense of stability. Better composition is possible. --ELEKHHT20:38, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Bottom of wing obscured. We have some amazing butterflies - the standard is so high that one flaw is enough to make me oppose. Nice picture though. --99of9 (talk) 13:17, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I prefer to keep the camera inline with the cross-section of the horizontal and vertical centerlines of the subject while capturing a butterfly in closed wing posture. I can possibly include the bottom part of the wing in an inclined angle of view but think it is not beautiful due to a lot of reasons. So I’m on my knees with elbows on the ground in most of these shots; sometimes camera simply rests on the ground. :) Not arguing; just explaining why I prefer this angle of view. Jkadavoor (talk) 13:25, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Agree with 99of9, the standard is pretty high. Also I don't like the square framing. But still a good picture, I consider very valuable all pictures of identified animals which have good detail, light and sharpness. This is a good one, plus, it is in the wild.--Paolo Costa (talk) 18:30, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: It is way below the 2MP resolution. Dipankan001 (talk) 03:05, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support It's weird that no one supported yet, it is a very good picture. But even more weird are the parameters, with f/29 and speed 30 secs!!! what? --Paolo Costa (talk) 15:30, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I had checked it in full view while editing; sometimes there coulkd be an optical illusion on tilt. - A.Savin19:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The unusual angle of view lacks the dynamism you get from an angled pose, and it is upside-down for being able to read the writing. Colin (talk) 21:08, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - I think it needs to be tilted a bit clockwise. Then maybe crop out some of the sky. It's certainly very pretty. -mattbuck (Talk) 01:58, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - I think the perspective on the road, making it seem crowned, is rather unfortunate. Plus the overexposure. Nice idea, but not quite there. -mattbuck (Talk) 01:56, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I think the lower crop is not quite right, it should be just below the elbow to include the whole playing arm. --99of9 (talk) 07:24, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment IMO it doesn't make any difference, whether or not an image has been downsampled or deliveres the highest possible quality a Camera ist capable of. In the end every image stands for its one, regardless wich camera or postprocessing it has gone through. --Martin Kraft (talk) 16:06, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support nice composition, but insufficient use of the camera's native resolution due to either cropping or downsampling isn't important. Our rule is minimum 2MP not maximum camera resolution. Regards, --Alchemist-hp (talk) 13:09, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Some strange "stripes" in the colors of the background. Otherwise good. I'll promote if corrected. Agree with Alchemist-hp moreover.--Jebulon (talk) 16:02, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Super cute girls, and don't care about size. When people give things away for free, we shouldn't ask for more... - Benh (talk) 17:03, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support The Death. Anonymous alabaster statue. Ca.1530. Louvre Museum. Please see file description page for more informations.-- Jebulon (talk) 09:30, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It is described as a "shield". You may find the whole text in the file description page. It is old French. It means (almost): How strong you may be, remember I'll come, to provide something to eat to the worms. Pray God for the deads.--Jebulon (talk) 11:55, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
aaaargh ! Thanks for support, but please have a look to the file description page... Impossible to give more informations !! You know what ? It should be a good thing if all the file description pages of all the here nominated FP were so detailed, in two languages furthermore, with interlingual templates and so on !!--Jebulon (talk) 09:36, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I thought i was seeing jagged lines around the letters and at the edge of the sign. Looking at the file history, i'd say the picture's size have been blown, causing artifacts. --MAURILBERT(discuter)12:56, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support I don't mind the chromatic aberration in the bottom left part of the picture since it is just appearing in the uninteresting foreground in the left corner. -- Achird (talk) 09:56, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
SupportI'd like to see the CA corrected since it is visible even at medium res but overall this is a very interesting shot. My mind reacts strongly to the effect of the horizon and the land being in such discord. Saffron Blaze (talk) 11:56, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Kind of pictures which makes you want to look at the caption, which is a bit disappointing in that regard, I wish we'd know more about the different layers. Also would like to know what is leaning, the road or the layers ? Seems to be the road, if my understanding of Google Map 8 bit version is right. - Benh (talk) 15:12, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think the road adds to the photo. It provides scale to the image without being out of place. A photo of just the rock strata will be less useful without some artificial object of know size included. --NJR_ZA (talk) 19:45, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This depicted structure is known as "La Tarta". It shows only a small part of the whole, another view of the same place which shows more layers is here [1]. --Llez (talk) 21:13, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose too dark, too unfavorable light, too much sky, too much beach. A simply crop and you get a better image. But still not good enough for an FP image. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 14:47, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I like the mountain/mountain. But the trees are a little random and the foreground needs to be in focus too for this to work. Pick a smaller aperture next time. Colin (talk) 21:24, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - you've done a good job considering the circumstances of the shot, but this doesn't come close to professional art photography, of which we've got a fair amount of here. QI, yes, FP no. --Claritas (talk) 22:00, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Monumental stairs of the "Neue Burg", built in 1913, one of the building of the palace complex of the Hofburg, Vienna, Austria.-- Jebulon (talk) 17:45, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I can't understand the color of the sky: Oversaturated? Perhaps yes because to me the greens are oversaturated--Miguel Bugallo23:38, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Composition makes it fail as a featured picture. Both the plane tail on the left and the rotor being aligned exactly with the tree line in the back is problematic. A far better composition could easily have been achieved here --NJR_ZA (talk) 06:09, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I can't accept the judgement of the pidgeon defences as a valid argument. In fact, they are always on the column, they are not removable, so they have to be on the picture. -- Felix König✉ 13:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I know there's nothing you can do about it, but a featured picture of a monument shouldn't have something covering it that makes it unattractive. Colin (talk) 15:38, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Perhaps wov, not to me. Noise in the sky. I can't read the text of the sculpture. A bit too much like a tourist snap.--Miguel Bugallo23:32, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral I prefer the minimalism (distracting trees and background) and saturation of the current FP. This one is still very nice though (and far bigger). Vignetting should be fixed. Filename too :) - Benh (talk) 21:44, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I took a tall step ladder with me just so I could get high enough to demonstrate why the Tower was placed where it is... the view. BTW, sorry about the file name, name is now correct. Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:58, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sure but I can't help but preferring it... hope I have the right to ;), like the many people who promoted it POTY. We aren't on wikipedia FPC after all, are we ? - Benh (talk) 18:21, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I thought that the illumination (lightning or light) of the Eiffel Tower has all rights reserved. Is it so?--Miguel Bugallo11:16, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose the Heron is very cute (well I like thoses birds) but the overall quality is too low for a FP (not even talking about birds which have a bar that is very high). --PierreSelim (talk) 05:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Statue of Guillaume II (1792-1849) in the centre of Luxembourg City, erected in 1884. For the entire monument see 'Other version' in the file description.
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Oppose - irritating crop on the bottom and left, which detracts from the composition. Would probably pass QI, technically fine. --Claritas (talk) 18:54, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Per Claritas and, frankly, a boring picture.... Kleuske (talk)
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Comment - the ghost flag is a noticeable flaw in this otherwise excellent panorama. Perhaps, it should be fixed?.. Óðinn (talk) 07:25, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support sharp (because of downscaling, no lense is this sharp), nice timing, good stitch as far as I can see. - Benh (talk) 17:17, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - from a material science perspective, it would be useful to know what sort of polymer the rope is actually made of. --Claritas (talk) 22:52, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose technical flaws: shallow DOF (bottom half of the sculpture is out of focus) and bad exposure (lots of overexposed and blown white parts). I don't evaluate the content, but if I look at some older candidates, this image cannot be featured because of the motive (e.g. here). --kaʁstnDisk/Cat14:54, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OpposePer Carschten technical opinion. About content: older candidates? This one is dated 954 C.E. ! (lol). But not so "lol", in fact. All the difference is here, IMO. May we could re-discuss about the contemporary Funtanari artistic merits in a millenium and a bit more... ?--Jebulon (talk) 16:02, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't want to start a debate about erotic motives – I just want to say that images with such a content might (!) be problematic for some users here. --kaʁstnDisk/Cat16:57, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Opposing because of content is not acceptable. This is a UNESCO world heritage site. But quality is not the best. Yann (talk) 04:33, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I will try to upload another version as alternative. I agree that hate-content votes are should not be acceptable in FPC. Not only it is a UNESCO heritage site.. but this place is also a religious place and comparison with images like Funtanari may make some religious people of that culture upset. Ggia (talk) 06:59, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, images of zoophilia are abhorrent, because a) it's perverted b) it constitutes abuse of the animals, because they can't make informed consent. We can host this content because it's legal, but it would be inappropriate for it to be showcased in a FP gallery, per principle of least astonishment. I've removed the image from this page, because the Featured Picture Candidates page should be SFW. --Claritas (talk) 20:38, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Well, not necessarily worth FP to me (now Wow factor), but as it is a photo of an ancient statue (just showing this practice and no live act), removing the image from this page is clearly an overreaction. Following this logic we need to bannish every photo of statues and paintings of crucified Jesus, because they show a barbarous torture to death, "which may be problematic for some users". However we decide, we should at least be consistent and not tolerate representations, where men are tortoured to death in a slow and cruel way while at the same time we complain about representations where something is happening to animals without their informed consent. I re-added the image and recommend to keep it above the voting list until the voting period is over, for reasons of fairness. -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 18:58, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info It is a sculpture outside a religious temple. May-be you like may-be not. But has high EV as content, and there are a lot of scholars that are commenting about these kind sculptures in these temples. For example in this sculpture with the woman covering the face scholars are commenting that zoophilia was not something acceptable that time. If you look to it as a piece of art. it is not abusing animals (how art can abuse animals? - it is not a real video or whatever).. also everything in this sculpture are not well sized. The horse is too small.. each phallus too big.. etc etc. I plan to upload another version without the shallow DOF.. Ggia (talk) 21:34, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Funny one, but what should make it featurable? The composition is rather unpleasant with all the dirty dishes and the contrast between fore- and background, and the lighting not the best as well imo... - A.Savin14:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support My father's car ! I can't remember how many times I was ill inside because of the suspension... Very good technical work, the illustrated explanation of the HDR technics in the file description page is very useful. The "best "Commons" can offer", IMO.--Jebulon (talk) 10:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)--Jebulon (talk) 10:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral - only really has educational value as an example of wartime American propaganda - interesting but not really FP material for me. --Claritas (talk) 16:58, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good restoration work. High historical value. Far more interesting, to me, than a simple uploading of a "Google art" picture. We have here a real work of a "Commons" user, with an exceptional result. That's a FP ! (in my opinion).--Jebulon (talk) 19:46, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Claritas and Yann. Moreover I'm not impressed about the PD tag ... 11/1942 70 years doesn't make it PD unless it's work made by a US gov agent (which we can't know). --PierreSelim (talk) 12:36, 8 April 2012 (UTC)Neutral[reply]
Licensing seems fine by me, it's in a public domain collection in the US public archives, and it's reasonable to infer Federal authorship. --Claritas (talk) 21:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dear Pierre prepare to be informed: First of all a question: Why would you possibly add 70 years to the creation date of an image, in order to calculate its copyright status, that has been obviously been created and published in the US?! Anyhow, I've done some research and found additional information on the photo. The creator of this image was Alfred T. Palmer who used a floodlight for the effect we can see in this image. Palmer was working at the OWI during that time (compare: http://www.alfredtpalmer.com/history/ ); hence this image is in the public domain. The Library of Congress holds an own copy (?) of this image, which can be found here and which provided the necessary data I'm presenting here. Other images from the same series can be found here, here and here. I hope this information was convenient enough to convince you. Changes to the image description were made accordingly. Regards, PETER WEISTALK02:02, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support: It may be propaganda, but it's a good - no, a striking - example of it, and has human story behind it. It's also good to showcase the restoration work undertaken. Andy Mabbett (talk) 12:32, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Well, it could help demonstrate that when you throw a cobblestone into the pond, sometimes the pond wins (Jeter un pavé dans la mare in French means roughly to put a cat among the pigeons). --MAURILBERT(discuter)13:52, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Because it's a rectilinear projection, which stretches elements on the edges. But looking at it, I think I had room for increasing size. I used to provide downsampled version of some pics, also. Not anymore most of the time now (though I haven't uploaded for long, but this should change soon). - Benh (talk) 20:40, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Well, this image meets all the basic FP requirements. It's just nothing special, and suffers from a few minor technical issues. I can see it as a QI, but not a FP. --Claritas (talk) 15:37, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Sorry, there are notable technical flaws: although the image looks good in 800x516 view, you can see several unpleasant artefacts (JPEG compression artefacts??) in full resolution, just look e.g. at the facade of the castle, or at the spire where strange kind of halos all around are visible. Or have a look at the sky where it looks almost like upscaled because single pixels are visible as well (wtf?!). Also, similar artefacts and additionally some chromatic aberrations at the statue, and, finally, at the very right the image is tilted ccw (albeit this latter issue is correctible). All in all, it's a pity for the nice motive, but I wonder how could the image have become even a QI... - A.Savin16:01, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination I took out the QI label but after some improvements (CA, artifacts, distortion, sharpness,...) I allowed myself to restore it. Please, let me know in my talk page if don't share my opinion. The nomination for FP is withdrawn. Poco a poco (talk) 17:01, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral -- The idea of the composition is really great, apart from some color deviation (seen as chromatic aberration by others), and not enought HD definition.
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Support -- I'd like to note that while it is somewhat noisy, I think this was pretty unavoidable given the circumstances (unlit track at night, cars approaching 200mph, the only reason the back of the car is lit at all is due to the headlights of another behind it!). Nave.notnilc (talk) 03:01, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I can't understand why this picture will be ignored because under the circumstances its superb. Little flaw: it's slight twisted and needs little cropping, that's why I give only neutral. • Richard • [®] • 16:58, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support - this image failed its first FPC due to lack of participation, but I think it's one of best reproductions of a work of fine art on Commons, so I think it should be given another chance. -- Claritas (talk) 18:00, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
CommentTo be clear: I think that uploading such pictures in "Commons" is a very good thing and very useful. The more nice pictures (like this one) are known around the world, the best it is. But I think that it has no place in the FP gallery, because it is the simple copy of the work of others than "us", without any "personal" work. However, I do not oppose, because it is not the place to use my vote to make a point : it is only my opinion, and I understand it could not be shared.--Jebulon (talk) 14:50, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment "Wat we are voting for" should be pretty clear. Again verdicts are returned based on the creator of the image, not the media file itself. Furthermore, I object your statement on the work invested in this reproduction: despite this being a reproduction by Google employees, their reproduction workflow is as time-consuming and difficult as it is for everyone else. Many of their reproductions are created using a Gigapan unit, a regular DSLR and lightning equipment. Maps, drawings, old photographies, paintings and other material that qualifies for 2D reproductions are "simple copies" as well. Getting this kind of material featured, and hence visible in articles and maybe into the POTD series helps to spread the word about the item. It's not about promoting the creator or the person who worked on the item, especially if he does not provide the image himself like in this case. If we continue judging images based on their creator, we will undercut the idea of free content and the cause of the Commons. Regards, PETER WEISTALK12:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It's not clear under which circumstances they got this result. In my opinion digital reproductions are very difficult to make. This picture offers no evidence (picture with gray card, color targets or a hint for the color management) which we can proove afterwards and a histogram is pointless without a reference. No proof no support. • Richard • [®] • 17:36, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
All I can say is that this sort of "verification" has never been demanded before at FPC, and would be detrimental to the image as a reproduction of the artwork. It's a professional reproduction, it's a good reproduction. Go and look at the painting in real life if you think it's wrong. --Claritas (talk) 18:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe it's a good reproduction I'm right there with you. But if one must have seen a picture in real-life to decide if it's color reproduction is excellent or not then you don't get a Quorum for this poll. I'am shure that some Wikipedians could do much better comprehensible results than a company which produces infinite masses of content. Once again, no proof (Reference) no support • Richard • [®] • 19:33, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
While opposing for any possible reason is fine, there is an argument against the logic of the point you are trying to make. Complaining is just the first step in order to get the desired information. If you are really that interested in the creation process of this image you might want to consider contacting Google. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't succeed in this endeavour. As for your argumentation: as a matter of fact you have to see the original if you aim for an excellent reproduction (dunno if you have any professional experiences on this topic). Evaluating digital reproductions amongst a group of people that is working with non-standardised hardware and software (and that's what FPC is) is bogus, when trying to determine the authenticity of the original work. We had numerous discussions on the question of white balance, histogram, etc. for similar items which were all more or less pointless, regarding the aforementioned condition of differnet hardware and software. Name one Wikipedian who creates gigapixel reproductions of 2D artworks - I can't think of one single person. It's a pity to notice that your argumentation degrades into evaluating the creator of the media file as well. Again: this comment is not about your opposition (I use the opportunity of opposing for "uncommon" reasons myself quite often), it is about the logic of your argument. Regards, PETER WEISTALK22:33, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It would be impossible for a Commoner to produce a reproduction like this, because they wouldn't be allowed access to such a valuable artwork and probably wouldn't have access to the equipment required to produce such a good scan of a large canvas. You really can have no idea of what the colours are like unless you've seen it in real life. --Claritas (talk) 02:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose The original does not feature this kind of brightness and neither does this edit. Obeying to the histogram won't lead you nowhere in this case. This is an unfaithful edit of the original. Yes it does look nice and shiny but it does not properly represent the original. Regards, PETER WEISTALK07:14, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose - don't guess the colours from the histogram. If you've seen the original artwork at the Freer you'll know that this is wrong. Whistler's painting is not gaudy like that. --Claritas (talk) 21:27, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Did you saw the "origanal" in 1863-1865? Yes? I think no! All the arts are aging. The colors too. The art will be yellowed. And the histogram says to me: the scan is simply wrong. That's all. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:01, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't. But we shouldn't try to replicate its original appearance unless there is an academic consensus that it looks like that. Thanks for trying to help, but the original colours (or the slightly brighter edit) are much better than this. --Claritas (talk) 22:24, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I can accept that as your opinion, although I would urge you to reconsider, seeing that this is a high quality professional scan done for the Google Art Project. --Claritas (talk) 22:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Alchemist, given your various statements, I assume you are not into conservation and restoration. It looks like you are trying to use a method of interpretation of histograms that works just fine for everyday photography, but most certainly does not for reprography standards. The idea behind reprography is to create a genuine copy of the object you are aiming to photograph/digitise. If that leads us to an histogram without a bell curve, that's perfectly okay. Ofc we don't know how the original looked back when it was created, but that's not our aim; otherwise we would be using crystal balls on the Commons. The changes you applied are based on a technical assumption without considering the actual ageing process of the image: the histogram represents an underexposed image, hence correcting it will improve the result. Unless the original painting gets restored, the Google Art Project reprography will remain a faithful reproduction of the original artwork - even with a misfitting histogram. Regards, PETER WEISTALK02:47, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Aha, "the histogram represents an underexposed image, ....", an underexposed scan is an FP image for you, but not for me. OK, I'm still learning ... --Alchemist-hp (talk) 09:07, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Alchemist, with all due respect, "fixing" the histogram is easy. Producing a scan of this sort of resolution is not easy, and there's therefore no explanation of why the professionals who created this reproduction would have left it with incorrect tones when it would be dead easy to sort out. --Claritas (talk) 23:16, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, sorry, but thinking these histogram games are more faithful than the professional work at the Google Art Project seems a bit... ...naive to me. --Dschwen (talk) 20:45, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Very slight red CA at left, but otherwise very good and impressive, composition and light especially. Great wow factor to me.--Jebulon (talk) 14:39, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral I agree there is no wow, but I think this kind of works are useful to Wikipedia and should be supported. The image has good quality, nice EV, colors look OK. What I don't like is that the reverse part of the banknotes is not shown. Also minor issues like tilt on some notes, and the 10 dollar bill not being as sharp as the others. --Paolo Costa (talk) 16:45, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Composition is straight out of a scanner. This can be recreated in 5 seconds provided you have $188. Composition matters. -- とある白い猫ちぃ？ 00:22, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Oppose I'd consider this if it was a set nom of higher-res individual notes with both sides shown. As others have pointed out the $10 is not sharp enough. --99of9 (talk) 13:14, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Excellent subject with encyclopaedic value, but that background really spoils it and makes it non-FP. Can it be retaken with better composition? --NJR_ZA (talk) 08:09, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No. It can't be retaken. This is a very rare opportunity to take these birds in the nest. Not only it is the only picture of vulture nest on Commons, but one of the best you can find on the whole Internet, with both adults and juvenile visible. Yann (talk) 08:18, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose bad light (all is shady), disturbing area on the right and in the background, sharpness could be better, boring and grey colours. --kaʁstnDisk/Cat13:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Both the white building in the background and the rock in the right can be removed by some editing work. This can yield a much better result. Gidip (talk) 08:22, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support It is one of the best photos we have on Commons of this helicopter. But this is not the only reason I decided to upload it immediately when I found it. --High Contrast (talk) 20:30, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose An interesting picture I guess but I fail to see why it would be featured - the person with the umbreela looks interesting I guess --Herbytalk thyme17:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support It could be a Supergigamega awesome picture if it would be possible to do a 3 picture stack, as it's now it's good enough. • Richard • [®] • 18:16, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It is specified on the file page: the japanese Tokina ATX PRO 100mm f/2.8 for Nikon. It is not exactly the cheapest of lenses, and has no VR, but it costs half what the Nikkor micro lens costs. It is very well built, is very sharp, has a very intelligent and fast autofocus, reaches 1:1 ratio, and has got many good critics. One thing I love about it is the "clutch" system that allows you to switch manual and autofocus modes very easily. Overall very happy with it, I recommend it as well. --Paolo Costa (talk) 04:21, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm... Jebulon, is that really an argument, the "just another xxx"? cuz I don't se your oppose on JJ's bird or Llez's shell. Not trying to be controversial but... --Paolo Costa (talk) 02:47, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Areas in the right head are not in focus. The damage to the wings is very disturbing. Need more luck to catch individuals with complete wings. User:Quartl has set very high standards for butterfly FPs. Unfortunately, this is not enough. Gidip (talk) 08:11, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
On second thought I think the quality is good enough with respect to sharpness. The colours are really beautiful. Only the wing damage is very disturbing to me. I am also Neutral. Gidip (talk) 18:58, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I got a bit confused because of no spacing, a number attached to the name, no country specification... it just says NegevWadi2009, it was not very clear to me what it meant. --Paolo Costa (talk) 12:21, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment It is a close up with a DOF of 5 cm (in this case, in other shells up to 15 cm(!), see [2] ). It is only possible with stacking. All my shell photos are stacked from 50 - 80 pictures (about 10 or more for each view) --Llez (talk) 09:43, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I should have guessed DOF would be an issue here. It looks very natural to me. I'm stubborn, so I don't support for reasons you know well... but I think it's nice job. Thanks for explaining :). - Benh (talk) 14:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Ciao Stefano. Se ti interessa il mio parere penso che il motivo principale dei pochi voti é che, pur essendo una foto abbastanza corretta, senza gravi difetti, é una foto che trasmette poco. Non sembra troppo interessante (c'é solo del gran verde e basta, a me é capitato con una foto dove c'era solo del blu, mare e cielo) e per questo motivo forse la gente non apre il file e non commenta. Un altro problema é l'illuminazione, dato che una buona parte del basilico é stata ripresa all'ombra. Spero ti serva da feedback, un saluto. --Paolo Costa (talk) 17:18, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm sorry toOppose Very nice colors but it's lacking quality and the composition could be better (the central motif should be moved more upwards). Well, the resolution isn't superb I have to say. • Richard • [®] • 16:34, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I have added the latin name. The sex of this species I can not identify. I you can can feel free to add it. I am no expert. Beside of this I don't know what this has to do with the picture itself. --Wladyslaw (talk) 19:20, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Different voters, different opinions. Different time, different result. No math, no logic, it's controlled by people, this is what makes it so appealing. ;-) Best regards • Richard • [®] • 14:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
CommentAs a "contra" voter changed his vote in "neutral" without explanations, the count is still 7/3, and the suspense is hitchcockian I may say...--Jebulon (talk) 17:45, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I agree with Alchemist-hp, even if I also agree with Wladyslaw, that a lot of images in the FP list doesn't have excellent compositions, too. --kaʁstnDisk/Cat20:57, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose No wow. A common species like Branta canadensis needs to pack a lot more punch to be featured. Composition, composition, composition.... พ.s.05:45, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Nice motive, but the overall athmosphere somehow does not convince me. Maybe a different light constellation (sunset?) would have made it more impressive. Also, not very sharp. - A.Savin17:38, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The head is not in focus at all, and so is a major part of the wing. The resolution of the entire animal is low. The flowers are also very blurred. Gidip (talk) 19:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So? DOF issues are always a variable in real life photography. DOF is a resource to attract attention, or distract. Opinions are ok, especially when well founded, if not, silence is a better critic. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 22:07, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment While I respect Richard´s opinion, even though I may not like his vote, it is an oppose vote based on a qualitative appreciation of a concrete technical aspect based on photographic criteria, however, Archaeodontosaurus and Gidip´s vote stating low quality is really a low quality vote itself in my opinion, for they do not offer a valid technical or aesthetical reason, or even an opinion. What constitutes low quality or far from FP quality? Such statements never come from knowledgeable critics. FPC can really do without this type of voting. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 02:46, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not satisfied with the composition as well but I hope you admit that I'am not able to write an essay for every candidate (diction). Best regards • Richard • [®] • 09:15, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment My opinion does not in any of the esthetic, but on the technical weakness of this picture. Much of the animal (the wing, the head) is blurred, the flower on which it is blurred. The upper flowers in a red color fringe. This aberration that found on the leaves on the right side of the image. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 17:13, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Did you know that the human eye only sees in complete sharpness about 1% of the field of vision? Whay do you think that is? To selectively focus and make sense of the world... if we were to see everything is sharp focus the world would be a complete visual confusion... so in photography. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 22:07, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree (only) with this point; wonder why people always demand everything in focus by using small aperture. For me, this means less details overall where as big aperture means much details on the focal point neglecting other areas. Jkadavoor (talk) 05:20, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Why people demand extreme DOF? Simply because sometimes people do not know better. It is like asking that every note in a musical piece be played with the same intensity, duration or volume. Music is the interaction of notes, with different volumes, duration, etc., etc.... photography is visual music. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 18:08, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Our internal competitions intended to us progress. There is no controversy in my remarks or personal attacks. I sincerely regret your attitude. « Ira furor brevis est ». --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:49, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I too; just responded while seeing a discussion on DOF. Sorry if I hurt you.(There are so many images (not only of me) rejected in QIC by saying the extreme body parts like the wing tip of a dragonfly are out of focus.) Jkadavoor (talk) 07:03, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Perhaps Tomascastelazo, which undoubtedly is an experienced photographer, should tell us what he thinks is so special in this picture of a butterfly and what makes it so much worthy of a FP status unlike the so many other butterfly photos in Commons. Gidip (talk) 07:13, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good try, but that is not the way it works. Creators do not need to explain, critics, on the other hand, need firm ground to support their statements. General statements from critics that stand on comments like "far from FP quality" are unaceptable. A critic supports his opinions on more or less objecive grounds that have to do with observable characterictics based on their knowledge of the media and universal principles, not on their subjective appreciation that come fron an innate sense of aesthetics. Part of the problem in modern times is that anyone with a camera calls her/himself a photographer in the same manner that anyone with a computer or typewriter would call himself a writer or a poet. Now, on the other hand, if you oppose this picture on solely on your opinion, I would have nothing to say about that. My specific problem with your oppose is that you declare it to lack quality as if that were true. That I challenge, your opinion I do not. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 18:23, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think it would only benefit the discussion if you explained what you think is so good in this image. You dismissed the sharpness criterion, suggest other criteria which make it so special. I don't see any. And I'm a bit ashamed of myself that I am carrying on this stupid, useless discussion. Is this a hoax? Gidip (talk) 19:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that I uploaded the image and proposed it for FP is in fact proof of my opinion that it is good enough, not needing any additional explanation. I then put it up for evaluation, with the hope that it would be qualified according to well established photographic criteria, which has really rarely been the case here in my years of participation. There is a well established methodology for evaluation of photographs which has historically been ignored here, whether people know it or not, like it or not, do it or not. Suggest other criteria? How about knowledge of the subject matter? Stupid, useless discussion? If you make it so. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 21:30, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Info “Male danaines have a number of secondary sexual characteristics. In the case of the Plain Tiger, these are: The male has a pouch on the hindwing. This spot is white with a thick black border and bulges slightly. It is a cluster of specialised scent scales called androconia, used to attract females. The males possess two brush-like organs which can be pushed out of the tip of the abdomen. He dips his brush into the pheromone reservoir and flicks it into the air; this hopefully encourages an amorous response in the female.” Created, uploaded, and nominated by -- Jkadavoor (talk) 08:21, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Info The "extreme chromatic abberation" is just a greenish piece of glass, AFAICT. Not uncommon in leaded windows. It does disturb the composition, though. Kleuske (talk) 12:11, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination I withdrawn the nomination... you are not ready for this yet.
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Comment I thought an exact ID is not necessary for FP status. I have already attempted identification and consulted the diptera.info site, but the best ID level possible is tribe Bombyliini. Better ID requires capturing the insect or at least seeing the wing venation. Regarding the lighting problem - is this something that can be fixed? Gidip (talk) 09:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gidi, that's not the correct way to start a new vote. You should open it in a new page, otheerwise the bot will keep closing it. Tomer T (talk) 11:17, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: copyright violation - Paris 16 (talk) 20:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support It is very useful for the people like me without special studies in architecture but having an eye for the mathematical beauty. --Hkoala (talk) 09:45, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There is no puppeting here. This image is soon to be featured on huwiki and supporters support it here as well. What's corruption in there? We all voted based on the quality of the image. Teemeah (talk) 11:20, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Before speaking about meat puppets you should check the contributions of the respective users. As for me, I have been an editor on the huwiki since February 2006. --Hkoala (talk) 12:02, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Dear nominator and supporters, think about this: Let's suppose you are part of a community. You post pictures to see if they are selected among the best content of commons. You work hard to make photos/images/diagrams and then wait for people's votes. Sometimes your pictures get featured sometimes they don't. Images are selected over a consensus of many users who regularly come and vote and somehow set the standards to define whether the pictures should be featurable or not. You have to wait for more than a week, in order to see if your picture gets featured, having to deal with people who are very demanding (that's the whole point on selecting the best content). Then one day comes a person who told other users to support his image, and gets enough supports to be featured in less than a day. I'm not even saying this person forced anyone to vote. But this guys who supported haven't even been active on this forum, don't know the regular standars, nor have they posted many pictures. Do they have the right to vote? yes. Are they doin' it out of any personal interest or as a favor? Hmmm. If you really think it was featurable, then that's ok to feature it on Huwiki where you all are active and have been active for a while. But to come here and vote all at once without having been active is suspicious no matter what. So, think about this, how would you feel, seeing this person get its photo featured with no effort? Would you feel he cheated (be honest with yourself on this point)? How do you think the members of the community would take it? Do you really think this is ethically correct? My personal opinion is, of course everyone on FPC is gonna think "hey, not so easy" and are going to oppose. Before giving any vote myself I want to see if any of you would reconsider your support vote, and what does the nominator have to say about this, as well as other users. This is a good diagram, in my opinion, it would have been featured anyway. But now I'm not so sure: Wiki projects are based on voluntary work and ethics should always be kept high. I think this kind of behaviour should be punished. --Paolo Costa (talk) 12:59, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Pardon me, but you are talking as if this were some kind of a conspiracy. Do these people come over to vote for other pictures? maybe not. Then again, it's not in their interest and not many photos have ever been nominated from a huwiki user because no one bothers to nominate them, or the uploader doesn't know how to nominate them. I have been asked to nominate this work because the huwiki community thinks this is really an exceptional work of art in quality and the people who voted here voted for it in huwiki as well at the local featured process. They did not vote out of favour or personal interest. Simply when they got to know that it is also up on commons, they voted for its quality. What the hell is wrong with that? Are we not valuable contributors? hell, you are making it look like a bunc of kids are playing around. All these people are long time valuable contributors to wiki, check their contribs yourself, most the of these people have several featured articles and some of them also work with photos on commons, including myself. I am also an OTRS agent and an image patroller on my wiki. So if we are not spending 100% of our time on Commons, then we are morally ineligible to vote on a work of art transferred from our home wiki? Are you friggin' serious? You know what? I start to believe that Commons is becoming an elitistic circle where local users and admins decide on what is right and what is wrong and deny a piece of true artwork and quality image its right to get featured based on nonsense reasoning. You know, this is exactly why most of our users are not keen on uploading anything to Commons anymore, or work with images here, because you guys make everyone feel like a criminal. As a regular contributor of 7 years to Wikipedia, with over 80 thousand edits and 24 featured articles, I REFUSE your accusations and find this utterly disgusting and ridiculous. Why you people can't talk about the picture at a procedure about a picture?! Teemeah (talk) 13:41, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As expected, you did not read from a neutral point of view, only focused on yourself taking it as an accusation and "REFUSING" and finding "disgusting" etc etc. Can't have an adult conversation like this. --Paolo Costa (talk) 14:15, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Paolo, you make it sound as if featuring is some sort of reward for enduring the hardships of the featuring process. Ideally, it should be be about the hardships of creating the image - if the featuring process itself is also hard, that's just an unfortunate byproduct, not a value that should be defended against all the villains who are unscrupulous enough to mention on their home wiki that they made a nomination. The image itself seems to be on par in quality and difficulty with other featured vector images like [5] or [6]. If there is any problem with it should be explained (opposing without explaining how the author/nominator/reviewers could do better is, as the voting guideline points out, quite unhelpful); if it is of sufficient quality, then what exactly is all the drama about? Opposing an otherwise worthy image out of jealousy that the author would get the star easier than others did is not exactly what I would call higher ethical standards. -Tgr (talk) 13:50, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
One clear point was made. People never participating on FPC, suddenly give 8-9 support votes to a candidate. Does not seem fair to the rest of nominators. No drama to me. --Paolo Costa (talk) 14:15, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How the hell is voting for a featured-quality image to be featured unfair? What is unfair is opposing a perfectly good nomination just because you suspect that the supporters gave the right vote for the wrong reason. You are basically threatening to use your vote to disrupt the quality standardization process COM:FPC is meant to be, just to spite some of the other voters. That is petty behavior, and hugely disrespectful to the author, the nominator (who probably should have known better than to make an announcement on the local wiki, but that is no reason to treat her as if she tried to cheat or something) and all the supporters who actually took the time to read up on COM:FP standards and compare the image to other featured vector images (and I'm fairly sure there were a few). I do respect that you at least took the time to explain what your problem is, and did that in a friendly and constructive tone; and I do agree that inviting the friends and co-contributors of the nominee might bias the process, but trying to correct it by "tactical voting" is horribly misguided; especially since you yourself agree that the result is, in this case, correct anyway. --Tgr (talk) 14:40, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I might be wrong, I might not. So far I have my personal opinion. I understand yours, but don't share it. Let's see what other voters think about this situation; there's still more than a week left. --Paolo Costa (talk) 14:48, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The texts seem to be given as paths, which makes localization hard. It would be better if those could be replaced with <text> elements (probably not that important for the numbers, but e.g. the N for North might not be obvoius in all cultures). --Tgr (talk) 13:50, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose now; agree with Paolo Costa and other opposers. There is no meaning in repeating the same opinion at huwiki or any other place here. Here people from all locations are participating so you will get a global feedback. So it is better to keep sitlent after the nomination so that you will get an unbaised review. Here you ruined the chance. -- Jkadavoor (talk) 15:28, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral Thank you, Tgr, these are really objections that can be corrected or modified. For the debate: I – as the creator of the picture – really do not miss that star, I will not be more or less as a consequence of getting it or not. From a certain respect I am happy that I or the community of the huwiki is accused of being meat-puppets because of a picture that is approved even among the editors of huwiki. It can be seen from the lot of votes that the community is glad to bear the fate of the work of one of their associates. If the too many voters of huwiki disturb you in judging the quality of the picture (in fact it would be unethical to prevent someone from _this_), object. I would have been happy if the quality of the picture had been discussed on this page, and I am still embarrased. Ogodej (talk) 15:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think you didn't understand the point we raised. There is a rule "Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes"; so we just tried to block it and make enough time for a real review. Now you can see some constructive comment below. But my advise is to withdraw and make a fresh nomination even though I'm nobody to advise. (There may be a chance of language problem too for these heated arguments; I afraid.) Jkadavoor (talk) 05:33, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
*Neutral Thank you for all the opposers for not talking about the merits of the picture but mentioning unbiassed arguments such as "meat-puppeting", "should be punished", or "ruined the chance" instead. Csigabi (talk) 16:00, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"Neutral" is a vote. If I'm not wrong, you have already voted "pro" (see above). You can't vote twice, sorry, that is the common rule here in FPC page (where you are obviously welcome...).--Jebulon (talk) 17:33, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't think it's very clean job (among the most visible issues, the supposedly right angles don't seem soo right, same for parallels lines). There's no point in vectorizing something if it's to end with so many inaccuracies (since zooming only emphasizes the flaws). I'd be happy to see the source (of the jpeg) to compare and eventually prove myself wrong. - Benh (talk) 18:13, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reflection, this picture is a composition from multiple sources issued in the description, cannot be uploaded here because of copyright law. Ogodej (talk) 19:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The description only mentions one source though. The (now deleted) jpg version on huwiki said it was a composition from multiple sources but did not name those sources (just pointed to the sources section of Hagia Szophia article, which is completely useless for identifying sources). Ideally, the image description should list what information has been taken from which sources. --Tgr (talk) 08:39, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As for the copyright, scanning book pages and mailing them to someone is legal in Hungary as long as you don't scan the whole book. Scanning and uploading to some non-Wikimedia hosting space is technically not legal, but I doubt anyone would care. --Tgr (talk) 08:47, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Let's talk quality first: The transparency of walls and floors renders the image unusable on all but the palest backgrounds. There is also an inconsistency in the shading on the roofs (direction of the light). These flaws are of course not helped by the vote pushing. พ.s.05:42, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The canvassing that was done on the local wiki was unfortunate, but I do not think it was done as a bad faith action. So let us be a little welcoming here. All the Hungarian editors voting here are well estalished on Commons, most of them for years. They may not be frequent visitors at FPC, but we have no requirements for voters in the guidelines, which says you need to have that. Having said that, I found it very discouraging to see the foul language and angry reply to Paolos "Dear nominator/voters..." comment. (I hope I will not be met with such hostility when I come to Hungary later this year to participate in a concert in one of the churches in Budapest.) The comment was an invitation to reflect, and not intended to harass Hungarian users in my opinion. But opposing to counterbalance canvassing is equally bad style IMO. --Slaunger (talk) 11:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for expressing a balanced view. I agree that people should vote on the merits of the picture and not based on whether or not they like the author or the actions of others. --Malatinszky (talk) 17:13, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Ignoring all above. It is a good attempt at producing an SVG version of an existing jpg, but in photos we require technical quality for FP and we should look for the same in SVG. (A) This SVG fails validation (See w3c validation results). (b) The fonts have been converted to paths while Commons:SVG specifically asks that it not be converted. (c) The image is not categorised within the Category:SVG tree. --NJR_ZA (talk) 12:32, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Good attempt, but has many major issues: (1) the rendering of flat surfaces is similar to that of the domes and therefore confusing; (2) there is an inconsistency in explaining the spaces: two labels on the drawings, the others as numeric keys; (3) no scale bar; (4) North sign incorrect; (5) windows are not represented correctly and appear as entrees; (6) File name is wrong (should be "section" not "segment"); (7) In the file description English and Hungarian should be separate not mixed. There's more but I stop here. --ELEKHHT22:27, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed the description. North seems to be a different direction on pretty much all Hagia Sophia plans (the exonarthex faces west on the current image and here (I think - the compass is hard to make out), north-northwest on yours, west-northwest on this and this one, northwest here etc). Google maps shows northwest but I'm not sure how accurate their projection is. --Tgr (talk) 08:30, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Google maps is fairly accurate, so all maps point towards north-west (with small variations) except the drawings which indicate west, which appear to be a gross simplification. Thanks for fixing the description. --ELEKHHT20:54, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for the help, I wasn't sure what's the best way to technically handle it, but in the end is the same result. --ELEKHHT20:24, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment A pity... Carschten is right, could be sharper. Please try to re-shot if possible, because the subject is FP, to me.--Jebulon (talk) 10:14, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support weak support. Could indeed be of better technical quality in several ways, but fascinating, dramatic and puzzling scene (could almost be a "story" photo by David Drebin). A lot of animals on the scene (not only elephants). What is going on? Is the elefant herd dividing? Some elephants veer away to the left, others to the right. Will the cow with the baby accompany the left or the right group? What about the elephant in the far back? A bull elephant outside the herd? Is it a single herd which was just confused by the car and re-united 5 min later? -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 19:29, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - that's a good panorama with a high resolution, but some notable unsharp areas throughout the picture make it non-featurable imo. Also, I find the hars shadow in the background disturbing. - A.Savin11:52, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Otherwise very interesting picture and candidate but for me it falls short of the overall sharpness I was expecting. Some parts of the picture are very good while somewhere else there seems to have been an error with focus. I like the cloudy but dry weather. --Ximonic (talk) 18:41, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Interesting and rare sample of french Renaissance funeral sculpture. Charles de Maigny, the dead man, is represented sitting, asleep. Ca. 1557, Louvre Museum. The background color was selected from the original one.-- Jebulon (talk) 16:06, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, post processing only for background (masking, selection of part of the real color of background for the mask). Usual slight level improvements for the object itself. The statue is now very close to a window, and it is very white and clean. Better view and details (see all the engravings) in full resolution indeed--Jebulon (talk) 10:03, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support ; thanks for the info. I already downloaded and compared both images(quite usual if similar images exist) and noticed the extra details in your work; only doubtful regarding the colors. -- Jkadavoor (talk) 05:48, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Chromatic aberration, definitely not sharp focus, and considering that this is a studio shot it is a serious photographic quality issue. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 05:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Even if you honestly believe what you said, by including it here, after what happened in your nomination, does a real disservice to your reputation. Saffron Blaze (talk) 09:28, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What I said is true, look at the image. What hapened to my nomination is just that it got voted down. My reputation? It stands on its own, on my work, not on somebody´s saliva. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 04:25, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Truth can't be a matter of opinion. Your opinion here appears influenced by the result of your nomination. I don't know if that is the truth; if it is, then your actions are just wrong as your opinion on the quality of this image, as evidenced by all these other people's votes. If it is not the truth, then you can proudly hold your head high as you use that saliva to spit into the wind. Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:10, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Per Archaeo. Also purple fringing and red/cyan CAs. The roof looks very unsharp in relation to the lower part. Top crop could be better. Too many details which make it not suitable fo FP imo. --Paolo Costa (talk) 17:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info To commet on your points (thanks for the review) : oversexposure of central window and roof unsharp is a simple choice not affecting the overall composition effect I intended. Good exposure of central window would have been either darker image OR real overtreatment. For the chomatic aberrations, it come from the low light interpretation by the sensor, and maybe a bit of treatment. It could be remove artificially and eventually I will propose another version. I agree on the stiching errors, CA and per fe will remove the nomination. --Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:47, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nomination denied. Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines because only two active nominations per user are allowed.
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Comment Funny view of Manhattan, but relative little historical value: it is 1916 design, not a 1660 one. Confusion is possible.--Jebulon (talk) 10:00, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support -- Very sharp and interesting moment. I would have 'digitalized' the shaddow on the background of the image to enhance the balance of the picture.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:56, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OpposeAgain butterflies mating...--Jebulon (talk) 22:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC) Not a very good argument, per Paolo Costa's nomination below. I was a bit angry, probably... But here I think there is a green cast, so I don't remove my oppose.--Jebulon (talk) 16:15, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How could one be angry because of a nomination? This isn't a entertainment channel for long-stay residents so I expect a constantly neutral point of view - everybody should have the same chances regardless of the subsequent topic. Best regards • Richard • [®] • 17:09, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Who was angry "because of a nomination" ? Did I wrote this ? I think I don't need lessons, furthermore, about the constantly neutral point of view you expect. It is valuable here in FPC to oppose only because of the topic. But yes, everybody should have the same chance, because everybody has the right to nominate any picture he wants. Best regards.--Jebulon (talk) 22:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Tighter crop at bottom is as advised by reviewers in QI to remove unfocused leaf part as much as possible. I tried my best to avoid overexposure; but some light was falling on the wings of the female. Jkadavoor (talk) 05:41, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support I love nature scenery. A nice pic, with EV (annotated), interesting light and colors. Also sharp enough for me. Featurable. --Paolo Costa (talk) 14:07, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose impressive scene and I wish I could be there, but it's simply not sharp enough and I'd prefer an increased panoramic crop (too much boring space at top and possibly at bottom). --kaʁstnDisk/Cat12:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose difference between sky colors divide the picture in 2... passed this impression, globally low definition. The scene is still great, but image quality is missing.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 16:31, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Composition and colors are fine, as for my part the picture should offer more sharpness (ironed by denoiser) to raise it into the FP catalogue. • Richard • [®] • 16:42, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment What has the Flickr photographer done to the image? I suspect that this image has been processed by the Flickr photographer and as a consequence this image should not become an FA, because of excessive processing. The same Flickr photographer seems to modify a lot of his images; see this highly processed image of a car. Snowmanradio (talk) 13:01, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that he does processing in many images (that shouldn't disqualify all his images). I don't think the processing in this image is so harsh. After my edit, I don't think color manipluation is signifcant. Tomer T (talk) 13:14, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I know, I have nothing against you... I didn't see comments referring specifically to the edited version. What do you think about its colors? Tomer T (talk) 13:31, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As I understand it, we're voting on the first image, not the alt. My position is quite clear to anyone who counts the vote. --Claritas (talk) 10:09, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support This image is excellent. If you look well, the animal has two options, both open wings the color is very bright and it is a call to the watch. If the upper wings are closed, it will blend into the background and it is very hard to see. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The insect looks magnificent! The crop is too tight though. I also think that some lines and other elements behind the creature are somewhat distracting to my eye. --Ximonic (talk) 21:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Tighter crop is an issue for works from Flickr. What we can do? Satisfy with the available or request the author for a better version? Jkadavoor (talk) 05:59, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Geoff Gallice replied to my flickr mail that he is ready to send a better file and I replied: "You can create an account at commons.wikimedia.org and upload the image by clicking on the link 'Upload a new version of this file' under 'file history' at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phrictus_quinqueparitus_(Puerto_Viejo,_CR).jpg; alternately you can make a fresh upload by clicking on 'Upload file' from the commons home page and let me know." Am I right? Or you can contact him directly. Jkadavoor (talk) 05:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Sorry, but great composition, appart from the head not in focus and the shadow too much prononced (i oppose mainly for the first reason)--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, certainly no FP. Focus on the tail instead on the head, white balance problems, but first of all this extremely disturbing shadow are no-go. - A.Savin18:01, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support This version has not DOF, it is not overexposed and being more panoramic gives better overview of the sculpture (comparing to the previous nomination). Please no-hate content (censorship) votes. This image has high EV, dating from 954 and it belongs to Khajuraho UNESCO world heritage site. It is a sculpture.. and it obvious that it does not abusing animals or supports the abuse of animals, neither represents some sexual preferences of the uploader or somebody who will support it. As far as I know in FPC there is no censorship and this image is not related to Futanari or any other similar. IMO it has more EV and more reasons to be featured (UNESCO heritage) rather than Futanari if this is the question. Ggia (talk) 11:36, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support High quality picture, interesting and unusual topic. Far much better than the previous nomination. High encyclopedic value. FP to me. My previous hesitations were only due to lack of technical quality, which is not the case here.--Jebulon (talk) 14:16, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral It is certainly a worthwhile picture, but the information provided on the page is rather sparse, to say the very least. Basic things are omitted: Whose temple is it (I guessed Lakshmi, but i'm not sure)? Who are depicted? What is the significance, the story behind that sculpture? Especially in images like this, context is as important as te image itself. Without it it's no more than "sculpture of guy fucking a horse"). Kleuske (talk) 12:22, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info the image has detailed gps information.. you can see that it is south of the Lakshmi Lakshmana temple (read also the description it is mentioned that).. the link [9] has some more info.. if you want read more about this sculpure from other sources and give more details in the description.. this image is also in books about the sculpures of Khajuraho. The word "fucking" is not a word that it should be used in the description.. my description is more neutral and encyclopedic. Ggia (talk) 17:44, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The story behind these sculptures: "The Khajuraho temples do not contain sexual or erotic art inside the temple or near the deities; however, some external carvings bear erotic art. Also, some of the temples that have two layers of walls have small erotic carvings on the outside of the inner wall. There are many interpretations of the erotic carvings. They portray that, for seeing the deity, one must leave his or her sexual desires like these outside the temple." I prefer the image of File:Khajuraho-Lakshmana_Temple_erotic_detal1.JPG than the current nomination. Jkadavoor (talk) 06:33, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The image that you are talking about is another image.. it can be another nomination.. the quality is not so good but why you don't try to nominate it as FPC? What is the connection of the other image with this one - why do we discuss it here? it is a comlete different image. The sculptures of Khajuraho have a lot of sexual behaviour (in all kinds).. have you been there? who says that they are not containing erotic scenes? Ggia (talk) 10:07, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The above quote is from the wiki page as reply to Kleuske; if it is wrong, the page should be corrected. Further, it says no such arts inside the temple; only outside walls. We are only featuring one best image of similar arts; so I mentioned the other one. And I said photo of that art; not that photo. ( I have no oppositions but advised to learn more about the subject before making a nomination.) Jkadavoor (talk) 15:18, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As I wrote "Erotic detail (zoophilia) from the base of Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho (India)" in the description page.. it is outside the temple. Look also in the GPS info - it is very clear that it is in the south part of the temple, in the basement outside. This image is unique, due to the time that it is made, very eccentric with a lot of EV. Ggia (talk) 15:46, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm entitled to think that we shouldn't disseminate pictures of zoophilia. This sort of behaviour should be stigmatised as unethical, please do not describe my vote as a "hate content vote". --Claritas (talk) 18:06, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Do you believe that I am a person that support zoophilia or abuse of animals? Of course I am not. If you like this kind of censorship in the content please go ahead, discuss with the community and make new rules in the FPC. Ggia (talk) 18:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support High encyclopedic value. Erotic sculptures of Khajuraho temples are ones of the most astonishing works of art.--Vassil (talk) 18:48, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – It's pretty much a snapshot, not an exceptional photo at all for illustrating Khajuraho art. Its sole claim to featurability rests on its unusual content, but that has limited illustrative value. I agree with Claritas: it's unnecessarily objectionable. SteveStrummer (talk) 05:33, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose -- Good, it passes W3C Validation, but the text have been converted to paths and that will make localisation hard (See Commons:SVG). Image should also be included somewhere in the Category:SVG tree. My main reason for opposing though is that there is no WOW factor and only limited educational value here. It is a relatively simple rendering of a relatively well known object. --NJR_ZA (talk) 13:25, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info I tried to fit the SVG-citeria of WP, which suggest to convert al texts to paths. Although I see the benefits plain text has for auto translation, I doubt that it leads to the same typographic quality. For legibility reasons I aligned the texts and lines, which might be doomed during auto translation, due to the different text lengths. Also there are sligtht differences in structure and names between the languages. That's why I prefer a manual translations, like this:
Yes, I included it in the SVG tree after writing my comment. I think it would be more valuable if it was more detailed, with tuning pins, bridge pins, sharping levers included. As I said, not a bad SVG, but personally I just don't think it is FP material. --NJR_ZA (talk) 11:34, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The tuning pins are already labelled. But this pins, the bridge pins and sharping levers are so tiny and so close to each other, that it might be hard to keep them appart, if they were all illustrated and labelled in an illustration of this size. IMHO the tuning mechanic of an harp is so komplex and divers, that it's better to illustrate it with another close up garphic or (as in german Wikipedia) a series of photographs. --Martin Kraft (talk) 15:10, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral Very good image quality, but the persons standing there are disturbing, see annotations. Dipankan001 (talk)
Comment I had only a few minutes to make this image. It was taken after the evening mass. I tried to get the shot without anybody and waited for some more time but as soon as the scene was cleared of people the church authorities began switching of the lights! I dont find the people really disturbing because, firstly: they are all praying, secondly: nobody is facing the camera, thirdly: There is no motion blur or ghosting despite a 1.3 second exposure. --Jovian Eyestorm13:37, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Because they are praying and therefore are part of the scenery, the few people don't disturb me... except the one with his head over that of the woman at right. That one should be removed imo. Support nevertheless.--Cayambe (talk) 21:47, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support My first thought was: what an idiosyncratic composition with much water and a truncated pylon but the more I look at the picture the more I prefer this kind of framing. --Wladyslaw (talk) 16:22, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Info This picture, for the proposed 'featured part' I intended, aims to capture several components of architecture at once. In this sense, it does not pretend to be a landscape.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info It is not overprocessed , it is wide angle with polarizer filter. For the underexposed, it is on purpose, and if you take time to look at the composition, right side does not need light in my lense it would be a multiple FP issue then. For the noisy part, it can be corrected for the sky.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 16:16, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like it. At pixel-peeping magnifications, there are flaws, which should be correctable. There's a lot of noise. Did you sharpen this, which amplifies the noise? Is it getting sharpened when you "save as jpeg"? I know in Lightroom you can apply a mask to the sharpening tool to avoid creating noise; don't know about Photoshop. Also there is CA in the corners that Photoshop should be able to deal with. Colin (talk) 11:40, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: the size is far below 2 megapixel • Richard • [®] • 06:52, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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could any make a vote. what happened to you people! Do I have to be your friend to vote for me!
Maybe you didn't understand what Richard wrote. The guidelines require that a featured picture's size will be at least 2,000,000 pixels. This picture is 819 × 525 (429,975 pixels overall), so this can't be featured. Tomer T (talk) 16:27, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose - nothing special, pretty much like any other 19th century biological drawing. Resolution good, but not exceptional. --Claritas (talk) 17:59, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: below 2 mega pixels Tomer T (talk) 17:10, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: far below 2 megapixel Regards • Richard • [®] • 16:34, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Info created by Rog01 (Flickr) - uploaded and nominated by Paris 16 (talk)
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Info Okay, so... This is a picture of a fjord with the Lyngen Alps in moonlight with a Jupiter-Venus conjuction with the Northern Lights with a random man with a flashlight on the right. Taken around midnight in 2012 March. I don't know if this could be a featured picture but the scenario sure was pretty difficult to capture and the epicness of the moment almost ridiculous. Cheers =) ! Provided, uploaded and nominated by Ximonic -- Ximonic (talk) 16:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support very difficult to take a photo of a non-lighted place and so there have to be quality issues (in this case f/3.5 and ISO 640 are concealed by stitching and scaling – but ok). The scene is wow, really... A nice one, needed in the FP gallery. --kaʁstnDisk/Cat18:31, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don't want to sound too much like the nitpicker (which I am for sure) but I can't help but thinking the wide angle shots (with extreme distorsion) adds more drama to the northern lights kind of shots (something closer to a worm view). Footprints are a bit of a mood killer too, it almost looks like a very common and busy place... Now the WOW factor remains for sure, especially for me, who never have witnessed such things. - Benh (talk) 22:41, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure. It is bit risky and I often notice repeating patterns from cloning quite easily so I usually don't want to do that to a photograph. I think the car probably belongs to the man with a flashlight. During the spent time in Troms I found out that I wasn't alone photographing the places since many foreigners seemed to have come looking for the northern lights. I also got photos of much brighter Auroras but maybe I wasn't in as good spot as here and maybe the overall quality is not as good as here. (Taking good photos of Auroras is not very easy as they move quite fast and appear suddenly! But I think it's always worth trying.) --Ximonic (talk) 16:20, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Question Very nice. What is the strange object in the foreground at the waterfront (Please have a look, I added a note to the object position) ? -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 20:29, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The ”strange object” is a man with a flashlight. I don't know what was he looking for there but he was scanning the place with the light quite some time. Probably looking for himself in the darkness. --Ximonic (talk) 22:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose An amazing landscape, but an unexceptional shoot with curious colours and lacking sharpness (look at the gras and the foreground) and a poor light situation. It's a pity. Sorry but a EOS 5D Mark II with this lens can make much more better pictures. Look at the pictures of Miguel Bugallo, he has the same camera. --Wladyslaw (talk) 22:22, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Only because I prefer the other one, which should be featured. This one gives me a feeling that something is missing on the sides, I think a panoramic image would have been better. --Paolo Costa (talk) 14:59, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment According to the descriptions, these are different lakes, so I don't think the images should be compared and examined according to a comparison between them. Tomer T (talk) 17:31, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
weak support I like the overall effect. The featured content, too. I don't like some background features if we zoom => reduce resolution, maybe ?--Telemaque MySon (talk) 16:34, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
weak support sharpness is not too good at this shot, yet i like the mood. "reduce resolution"... what an outstanding remark. Regards, PETER WEISTALK10:56, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This image isn't synthetic sharpened. This is a true tripod made image from three exposures combined via photomatix to the visible one. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 15:23, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose For composition reasons like Herbythyme . --Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:56, 15 April 2012 (UTC) Maybe you could test a new crop without the first band of grass at the bottom and remove also some trees in the left.[reply]
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Porcelain centrepiece for dessert creams, 1851 Great Exhibition in London, gift from Queen Victoria of Great-Britain to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria. Please have a look to the file description page for precise informations.
Comment You know better than me what a photostudio shoot is. This is not. This is a picture taken in a museum, with museum lighting conditions, through a glass, without flash nor tripod...--Jebulon (talk) 17:04, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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weak support Basically I would say 'Cut the tree in the right'. Maybe you can enlighten digitally this tree. Also several minor catchy details that bother me. Good picture still.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:53, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral -- Ok you got it, the bird attitude, and the sharp eye, very good focus point. But to me the composition is average. Upper left bokeh is too much eye catching to me. The crop on the left part of the image too.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 16:50, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't know, where it comes from, perhaps the light conditions? I tried already to correct, with little success. Any idea how to correct or can anyone correct these parts? --Llez (talk) 07:04, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info (Done) I uploaded a new version over the image with a slight reducing of chromatic noise and CA. I think it's better, isn't it? --kaʁstnDisk/Cat13:39, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I could have withstand the light strong balance and the composition, but the image is definitely low def per lack of sharpness, noise and focus.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 16:53, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Weak oppose The subject is interesting, but the composition is too extensive for its lights and shadows distribution... Also think to reduce it to 1000 pixels or less, the over definition is not a good feature.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 16:27, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support...but in my opinion, it is not an alternative version, but really another picture than the above one !! I think there is a real problem with the rules here.--Jebulon (talk) 19:16, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I personally like the light, it gives the sea a nice colour, and there's good contrast between the dark interior of the windmill and the exterior. --Claritas (talk) 19:41, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support The sky and water are rather naturally polarised as a consequence of the photogrpaher's positon relative to the sun and subject. -- Saffron Blaze (talk) 15:00, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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weak support I have been in front of my screen with my two hands for nearly 1 minute to try to simulate another cut... but I am still unsure. To me the composition can be seen as dual circular guiding lines. The rest is good photography.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 16:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm not sure but I think blood doesn't stay as red as here for a long time. That's why I guess it's something else. --Ximonic (talk) 12:45, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral Interesting , but I would have cropped in order to remove the darky rock on the left and a bit of the bottom. Then It would also have a more 'featured' sense for the beaches part becoming FP (on the right) rather an artistical one at the moment .--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:41, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Love this kind of long exposure wide angle shots (I often refer to JJ's page when I want to explain what kind of shot I'd like to invest myself into, not very easy when you live in Paris ...). Support despite the tilt. - Benh (talk) 18:24, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
One is free to find this kind of picture boring, and oppose for that reason. Sorry no, the Paolo Stefano's comment (I was involved in) is not really suitable for this situation, IMO... Any opinions should be free here, could be expressed (if polite), and could justify an oppose vote.--Jebulon (talk) 16:47, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I mean this is too abstract to represent 'Friendly Beaches Reserve'. The word 'sunset' is just a quote from 'Guidelines for nominators' : "almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others". Further, "beautiful does not always mean valuable." It is beautiful; and not opposing you, only the comparison. Unfortunately I can't see a single picture of that place in the page too. Or I visit a wrong page? Jkadavoor (talk) 05:41, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
True, but also I try to judge each image on its own merits. This is a wonderful picture in its own right. Moreover I try to remember this is Commons not en:Wiki. Saffron Blaze (talk) 17:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - A very nice picture, I agree. But after a while we feel a bit tired of the cliché and require something better. In this case, the composition would gain from a crop on the bottom. Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:03, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Who are "we"? This cliché is maybe only known to devoted constant FP reviewers. We don't choose those images to be featured for us. It is meant for Commons visitors and general Wikimedians. FPs suppose to show the best Commons can offer, and this picture is still among the best we can offer. Commons visitors and "ordinary" Wikimedians will never think looking at this image, that it's boring because it's from a "cliché" member. Tomer T (talk) 21:36, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I personally feel more flooded by the birds than this (they are great, but just personal tastes). And I believe the opposers' argument are a bit over the top. We don't have that many wide angle long exposure shots. Who else but you submit them over here? Hope you'll change your mind. - Benh (talk) 22:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It was more that I got sick of taking this sort of shot, rather than anybody else getting sick of them. I even sold my ultra wide lens quite a while ago (year?). JJ Harrison (talk) 00:11, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm not that worried about the clichés. This is kind of a picture which would be a nice wallpaper for desktop for example after shaping aspect ratio. But I don't suggest cropping as a necessary act. A fine picture as it is. --Ximonic (talk) 10:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support I'm in too for that alternative. Composition is a biiiit spoiled by unevenness of the sides, but it's great nonetheless. Lighting looks good too. - Benh (talk) 17:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support This crop is better composition. Very strange design that sunken space, I wonder if ever used in any way. Does it even have a name? Nevertheless a good quality image. --ELEKHHT21:53, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral I can't oppose this NASA picture for its uniqueness, but there are some flaws in definition thought.
Comment I was hoping I would love this even more when I opened it but alas I was sorely disappointed by the quality of the image. Moreover, I think the photographer had the focus point on the solar panel. Saffron Blaze (talk) 18:41, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
does not seems the focus but the motion of the ISS.
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Oppose Composition is fine, quality (sharpness, color development, contrast) is far from excellent. I miss all the fine details on the animals which are possible to capture. Regards • Richard • [®] • 09:16, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose chromatic abberation, odd pixelation in shadow areas, unfortunate composition. nice mood and subject though - looks worthy for a retry. Regards, PETER WEISTALK
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Oppose Sorry to say but this picture offers only mediocre composition, quality, light & size. To pick one out: the light is much 2 harsh, look at the legs they are partially overexposed, or the shadow - he has absolutely no tracing or the leaf which looks unappealing because of the disturbing & overexposed reflections. Best regards • Richard • [®] • 09:14, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support - major issues with this image are the harsh lighting, with overexposure on the leaf, and relatively low resolution. Good focus and composition though, and perhaps a FP. Please edit out the distracting white speck I've flagged in the image notes, and I will support.--Claritas (talk) 17:29, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The white speck is a piece of spider web. A request is raised in the 'Commons:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop' for these changes. Thanks for the suggestions. Jkadavoor (talk) 14:12, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Would happily support a version with the overexposure on legs reduced: it's important to show the most details possible (e.g., you certainly know that some species have patterns that differentiate males from females on the front legs). --Paolo Costa (talk) 19:09, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Could you (or anybody) help me on this; I've little knowledge in edits. The strong sunlight of Asia is always an issue in my works. Jkadavoor (talk) 05:24, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Of course I can help you, but only if the original file is not showing 100% blown parts, or at least it holds some info on those apparently white pixels. Sometimes parts seem to be blown but are not. If you send me the original un-edited file, I can see what I can do for you and also try to denoise it to reduce artifacts. I totally understand you with the camera issue. I also have many problems with the unsharp nikkor lenses, and standards are very high with the Canon cameras and lenses around here. But don't give up taking pictures, I would recommend you to use this page to get some awesome feedback as I have got (and actually it's free!), and when you buy a better camera in the future, you'll be an ace, that's the idea. For now, your contributions are very important. There are more than 10.000 known species of day butterflies, thousands of insects and birds, and so on: we need people like you and Archaeo, Llez, JJ Harrison etc. around here :) Just send me the original file, I'll check it out. [email protected]. Regards --Paolo Costa (talk) 02:47, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sent Original file to through email. Thank you and thanks all for your kind words. I'm not taking much photos now; but not because of the comments. My last work on Flickr was on 22 Non 2011; after that I only uploaded from the archives. And the plus point is that I'm much active here after that. Hope to get back to the rhythm and will try to find new species in my surroundings soon. Thanks. Jkadavoor (talk) 06:22, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose because of the quality, which is really not good enough here. Not your fault, but the camera stretches to its limits (?) and the result are strong JPG artifacts (including a loss of details). Lighting could be better, too, as mentioned above, sorry. --kaʁstnDisk/Cat19:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I definitely need a better camera. :( Not taking any photos now because I lost the enthusiasm with that little toy; just transferring (after uncropping) old works from flickr. Jkadavoor (talk) 06:01, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't stop. Your images have been wonderful additions to the Commons. They might not all be FP but they are beautiful and quite valuable as well. Saffron Blaze (talk) 14:31, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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weak oppose -- I would crop the lateral right part to remove the far right ship that currently create a distortion in the composition of the picture. --Telemaque MySon (talk) 16:52, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose -- Sorry but I can't see anything featurable here. The presence of the photographer (anyone notable?) adds some ambiguity to the nomination as we are no longer sure of what the subject of the photo is... Alvesgaspar (talk) 18:03, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - nice photo for illustrating the topic of botanical photography, but no "wow". Technically fine, and certainly a QI. --Claritas (talk) 19:44, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose I think the informative value is quite good in this picture and the textures and surfaces on the rocks are very interesting. Something in the overall composition makes me hesitate... Therefore I think it's quite not a FP. I believe I saw some white fringes caused by sharpening at some edges too. Usually photograph editors want to avoid the kind of fringes. --Ximonic (talk) 13:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose -- There is a lack of depth, which makes it difficult to differentiate the front wall from the rest of the building. I also find the crop a bit too narrow. --Christoph Michels (talk) 09:08, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Info created by Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA - uploaded by Yjenith - nominated by Claus
Comment leg exposure is a necessary, not a sufficient condition. Limited EV for articles on legs, perhaps good for exposure of legs in sport. --Claritas (talk) 19:47, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
please would you explain about legs, polo shirt, education and EV relation if any? Thanks.
Sorry, the "leg" thing is just a joke. I genuinely feel that a featured picture of a golfer should show them wearing a golf shirt. It's the uniform of the game. --Claritas (talk) 10:12, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I also apologise. In the previous nomination of this individual the shirt she was wearing (same one actually) had an emboidered polo player displayed prominently on the front, which seemed rather odd and amusing. The leg bit just became a running joke poking fun at ourselves not the player. I can see though how it could be construed otherwise. I deleted my comment here while leaving the support vote as the polo player isn't a distraction. Saffron Blaze (talk) 15:35, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Saffron and Claritas: Please consider striking or removing the objectifying leg jokes, they are unbecoming of the FPC review process. --99of9 (talk) 06:10, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Just a note to say the above reply was added by an IP, not by me. Although I suppose I do agree with the sentiment, I can also understand Claritas taking more liberty since she is also a woman/girl. --99of9 (talk) 04:06, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent composition of a notable sportswoman. Technical quality is sufficient, but not outstanding. Certainly amongst our best sporting shots (we don't have many featured). --99of9 (talk) 06:10, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Weak support The thumb looks great. Very nice light, expression, composition, colors. A real pity for the cropped finger and the face which could have been a little sharper. But yes, totally featurable imo. --Paolo Costa (talk) 15:03, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm not sure, therefore I'm not opposing, but I got that impression. I wanted to know if you have a less zoomed-in file, to see if the blue comes from the nebula material. Because space background usually looks more blackish. Blue is really intense here, that's why it looks O.S. to me. --Paolo Costa (talk) 12:43, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well I think you've a misconception - Stars which are very hot, especially near Nebulas shine brightly and give out blue light. Small stars, like our star, is not that hot and does not give blue light. Dipankan001 (talk) 11:58, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose Interesting coincidence between the clouds and the tower scene. The picture seems to be underexposed and tilted towards right however. --Ximonic (talk) 13:19, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support -- I don't know if low light head is intentional, but it gives some dynamic to the picture, and therefore the composition becomes greater even .--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:01, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice pose and good quality. I like the whole composition too. Top foreground branch was close to ruin it ;) - Benh (talk) 17:39, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Someone has changed the colour during the nomination process. Now it appears cooler. Any opinions on that? I would think that since the museum has released the best possible version it has, the image should not require alterations. --Urbandweller (talk) 13:18, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted the good faith edit as it was not provided with any rationale. It is just my opinion, but images under FPC should not be changed unless the change is requested by the author/nominator. Saffron Blaze (talk) 15:55, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Neutral-- QI for me. For FP, I dont know... Composition crop at the left vs right... Multiple features (bridge, boat and skycrappers) but their relationship is not obvious.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 17:19, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Support Excellent value. It illustrates a concept that most people find hard to visualize and challenges a common misperception. Reaction of most people will at first glance be "Huh? That's not right". The description on the image page can however be improved with a brief definition of the physics behind the action as well as interwiki links. --NJR_ZA (talk) 06:38, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Really? I don't get that impression. As well, the graph on the top right shows that the acceleration is decreasing and the velocity becoming constant, as s is arc length and becomes linear with time. InverseHypercube16:22, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I found the acceleration vectors interesting. I would not remove them. It adds a lot to the file. Now, for FP I'm not sure, it's really kinda little sized. --Paolo Costa (talk) 05:56, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose current version for low resolution. The sudden end is a bit jarring too. I think a version showing them carry on up the continuation of the cycloid (i.e. adding the mirror image of what's there already), and even showing them roll back to the start, would be more appealing visually. --Avenue (talk) 23:08, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I like the idea, it is well illustrated, but I have a problem with the acceleration vectors, as this vector only shows the tangential component of the acceleration. The normal component is missing, and since it is shown as a vector I find it misleading that the component which results in a curved trajectory is not shown. From the figure you get the impression that the time derivative of the speed (the magnitude of the velocity vector) is the magnitude of the acceleration vector , i.e.,
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but that is not correct when the direction of the velocity vector changes as here. Really,
(as vectors), and that is not what is illustrated: A normal component to the acceleration is missing, otherwise the trajectories would not be curved. Take the more familar example of uniform circular motion as example. Here the speed is constant, and naively you could think that the acceleration is zero, but no, because the direction of the velocity vector changes over time, we a have a centripetal acceleration towards the center - as that is the acceleration needed for the motion to be circular. --Slaunger (talk) 07:02, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It wouldn't require more arrows. A single acceleration vector (incorporating both tangential and normal components) for each ball would be enough. --Avenue (talk) 08:59, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly, no need for extra arrows, just mame the ones there complete by adding the normal component, which will be proportional to speed squared. -Slaunger (talk) 12:08, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The acceleration is due to the gravitational force that does not change. It is meaningless to show a constant vector. The component illustrated is that which causes the motion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.144.75.151 (talk • contribs)
The gravitational force does not change, correct, but that is not the only force acting here. If it was, all the balls would fall straight down and not follow the curve at all. --Avenue (talk) 03:45, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, of course, but taking into account the normal force we see that the balls land with an arrow pointing upwards, which is odd to explain if the curve degenerates in a straight line with a discontinuity in the radius of curvature...--93.144.75.15114:28, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose nice atmosphere, good quality. Perspective distortion on the left and composition problems on the right (crane and the very disturbing handrail don't fit into the image). --kaʁstnDisk/Cat23:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info I cropped away the handrail and most of the crane. I didn't cut away the whole crane because I think it's not really disturbing this way, and I preferred leaving room to the fortress. If you think otherwise, let me know. Tomer T (talk) 13:59, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose not really better. Crop at bottom not the best because of the cut off bridge and church spire; on the right still a part of the crane; still distorted on the left. --kaʁstnDisk/Cat14:40, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose all buildings on the left side fall leftwards which affects the overall balance. The cut-off spire is not so disturbing to me, but the bridge part and the hanging in crane with the light are a minus. --ELEKHHT19:44, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great composition and amazing quality, great pano overall. Time of day (just enough dusk to show lights, enough brightness to show surroundings) is really good as well. Also, note the metaphotography, as a person on the bridge on the very bottom left of the photo appears to be takings photos as well ;) Freedom to share (talk) 23:44, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Info Unattractive composition (Original nomination)
Delist -- Tomer T (talk) 17:36, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Support -- HernandoJoseAJ (talk) 14:27, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Neutral NIce and useful, but missing that extra something. Little detail overall for FP imo. --Paolo Costa (talk) 12:27, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Comment - It is beautiful, but I do share Beria's concerns. I have nominated it for deletion. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:33, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Weak support nice and impressive scenery, and I liked the Harry Potter fan :) A shame on the distortions and on some unsharpness. Tomer T (talk) 07:48, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination --Paolo Costa (talk) 12:33, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
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Done I thought that was moss or algae! Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:36, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
chromatic aberrations--Miguel Bugallo 13:16, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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Question What's its cientific name? Cygnus Loop, Veil Nebula, Cygnus Loop Nebula? I think it should be renamed. --Kadellar (talk) 17:49, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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Strong support --SteGrifo27 (tell me) 20:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Légèrement capillotracté, mais pourquoi pas...--Jebulon (talk) 14:52, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Strong oppose The original does not feature this kind of brightness and neither does this edit. Obeying to the histogram won't lead you nowhere in this case. This is an unfaithful edit of the original. Yes it does look nice and shiny but it does not properly represent the original. Regards, PETER WEIS TALK 07:14, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
. I added this info to the image too. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 00:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
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Weak oppose - I'd like it if there weren't grills. --SteGrifo27 (tell me) 18:21, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
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