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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things edit

Nominating edit

Guidelines for nominators edit

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents edit

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs edit

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio edit

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations edit

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users edit

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Adding a new nomination edit

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting edit

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Featured picture delisting candidates edit

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

Featured picture candidate policy edit

General rules edit

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5)
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have no support (apart from the nominator).
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.)
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules edit

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5. There is also a limit of two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite edit

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember... all rules can be broken.

See also edit

Table of contents edit

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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Featured picture candidates edit

File:Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) Nusa Dua, Bali.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 13 Jan 2024 at 00:12:43 (UTC)
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File:Azumaya and Abeno Harukas in the reflection at keitakuen, January 2024 - 6585.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 12 Jan 2024 at 23:25:36 (UTC)
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File:Aux aurores sur la Cresta Signal.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 12 Jan 2024 at 20:07:48 (UTC)
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File:Santa Claus - Sunkist Ad (1928).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 12 Jan 2024 at 04:18:04 (UTC)
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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Non-photographic_media/Printed#Posters_and_advertisements
  •   Info created by Schmidt Litho. Co. - uploaded by SDudley - nominated by SDudley -- SDudley (talk) 04:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support In comparison to other works from the same category I recognize that it might not have the same inherent historical value. However, I believe it should be supported due to the artistry of the image which reflects a high quality standard of illustrative artwork from the 1920s. It is also a depiction of Santa Claus in advertising that predates even Coca-Cola's usage of the character. Furthermore, as a piece published in 1928 it has just no definitively entered into the public domain and can be utilized Finally, the file is of high resolution and quality.-- SDudley (talk) 04:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I would support a JPEG version. TIFF is fine for archiving purpose, but for displaying on Wikimedia projects, JPEG is better. Yann (talk) 19:46, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I have uploaded a jpeg version from the same source as this one. Is there anything else I need to do in regards to updating the nomination? Thank you for the suggestion of jpeg, and good to know file type preference for displaying! SDudley (talk) 21:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Hi SDudley, no there is nothing you should do with the nomination, I will take care of the rest for you. The nom and the code needs to be updated, and it is better if one of us regulars do that. Just sit back and enjoy the ride while I fix this. :-) Best, --Cart (talk) 23:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ok, all fixed. Good luck with your nom! --Cart (talk) 23:22, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! SDudley (talk) 03:51, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:White-lipped tree frog (Nyctimystes infrafrenatus) Daintree.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 12 Jan 2024 at 11:35:49 (UTC)
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  • And here I wrote on the dragon nom that I thought we could just let this slide this time since this wasn't Charles' fault, to avoid further confusion. Oh well, you do as you like. Or, perhaps someone can take over this nom? My quota is unfortunately full. --Cart (talk) 16:34, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Cart, I am very sorry again, but I did not see your notice before writing my own comment here. (If Commons is right, I wrote my comment first.) I would be happy to take this nomination but unfortunately I have two nominations right now myself. --Aristeas (talk) 17:05, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  I withdraw my nomination as requested. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:24, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Charlesjsharp Do you want me to take this nomination myself? I have one spare nomination as of typing this. --SHB2000 (talk) 02:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) fawn morph Esk Valley.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 12 Jan 2024 at 11:01:24 (UTC)
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  • Not sure I get your point, sorry. This is not a night picture; it is late afternoon in sunlight. Our guide knows where a family live (under a remote building). Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:26, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Ohh! From the long shadows and the dark sky, I thought the quoll was enlightened by a spotlight during the night. Thanks for the explanation. --Harlock81 (talk) 22:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Étéh-étéh Pénjor Galungan.png edit

Voting period ends on 12 Jan 2024 at 01:17:37 (UTC)
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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Computer-generated#Religious Art
  •   Info created by Eka343 - uploaded by Eka343 - nominated by Eka343 -- Eka343 (talk) 01:17, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Eka343 (talk) 01:17, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose I am sure this is a very useful and encyclopedic diagram but I am opposing it because a) its utility is limited by the fact that it is in Indonesian, a language I don't speak - it would be much better to provide a translation as well; b) given that I don't really know what's going on here I find it hard to judge how much 'wow-factor' this has i.e. how interesting the content is; c) the standard for work of this kind is svg, not png. Cmao20 (talk) 13:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thanks for the feedback, just to make some clarification it is not in Indonesian but Balinese, I'll try to make the translation in the language that you can understand. Eka343 (talk) 15:57, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose I don't think everyone has to understand the text, I actually like to see more languages on FI, but I don't like the colorscheme and the way the blueish orbs with the number are distributed. Sorry, to me this is not one of our finest images. --Kritzolina (talk) 19:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Should be SVG --Wilfredor (talk) 20:32, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Cynorrhodons sous la neige.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2024 at 22:20:05 (UTC)
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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants#Family : Rosaceae
  •   Info created by Baignette, uploaded and nominated by Yann
  •   Support I think we don't any FP of rose hips yet. -- Yann (talk) 22:20, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose The compo is interesting, but the left crop spoils it, and there is a DoF issue, with a lot of areas which are not in focus. --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 23:17, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Pretty picture and may have been FP a few years ago but only 4.7 megapixels isn't great and I miss an outstanding composition (agree about the crop) Cmao20 (talk) 01:17, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Regretful oppose It would have been a perfect FP were it not for the crop :-(. --SHB2000 (talk) 07:23, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Nice light, but the framing is totally off. Moving the camera a bit to the left would have been better, and the size is not what to expect now. --Cart (talk) 07:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  I withdraw my nomination Yann (talk) 11:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Gebänderte Prachtlibelle 2023-2.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2024 at 19:43:27 (UTC)
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File:Drinking games.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2024 at 19:23:33 (UTC)
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File:Pesona Kabut Bromo.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2024 at 17:40:16 (UTC)
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  • Almost right. This is in black & white so it goes with other B&W photos. Fixed. --Cart (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Ah, you are right, but I tried! Kritzolina (talk) 19:47, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Genevieve Clark (Thomson) - Bain News Service (cropped).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2024 at 17:09:25 (UTC)
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File:Saddhu at Durbar Sqare, Kathmandu (edited).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2024 at 15:12:17 (UTC)
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  •   Comment Good question. I guess that if he’s a real yogi, he may laugh at our material endeavours – or cry out of pity for our earthly delusions. --Aristeas (talk) 09:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I am not sure but I believe that the yogi's philosophy is to maintain a state of continuous meditation without exaltation, that is, crying or laughing are two extremes that distance one from the spiritual path. But maybe I'm confusing an Indian yogi with a Tibetan monk. Wilfredor (talk) 14:11, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Olivancillaria vesica 01.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2024 at 10:25:44 (UTC)
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File:Heilbronn - Kirchhausen - Dorfkern - Schloss - Ansicht von Westen (1).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2024 at 10:02:01 (UTC)
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File:Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica 01.jpg edit

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File:Quartier Saint-Sacrement, Quebec city, Canada.jpg edit

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  •   Info All by --Wilfredor (talk) 05:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support A good use of winter shot that makes the building in the middle stand out more than it would in a summer photo. However, could you please add some information on the file page of what the building in the middle is and its function. The category is for the whole neighborhood, so it's not very helpful. You have gone from too much text with the ChatGPT to too little info now, it would be great if you could please find a way somewhere in-between. --Cart (talk) 11:01, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Done Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 12:44, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Scuol-Motta Naluns, 15-09-2023. (actm.) 09.jpg edit

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  • Thank you for your support and your comment. The photo now has some supporters. Should I cut away the blue sky now, or is it better to leave it as is for now?--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 16:16, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Leave it as it is for now, and see what other voters say. They may see this differently. --Cart (talk) 16:42, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support An almost elementary scene, reduced to the max. --Aristeas (talk) 15:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Yann (talk) 15:30, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Something different Cmao20 (talk) 15:46, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Ermell (talk) 21:58, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Dull light, a large part ot the area of the picture is occupied by gray and white clouds and not by mountains. In addition, this is very noisy. No wow factor. Sorry. --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 23:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support What Aristeas said. --SHB2000 (talk) 07:25, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Dike - Lazaret 01.jpg edit

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  •   Info created - uploaded - nominated by me. -- Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:52, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:52, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Just a good QI, yet nothing featurable here, in other words -- no wow. --A.Savin 13:57, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Tomer T (talk) 15:19, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Per A.Savin. -- Karelj (talk) 16:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Per A.Savin. -- Jay.Jarosz (talk) 18:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Neutral Hmm, I see what you were going for here but I’m just not really sensitive to the mood in this picture. I feel like I’ve seen too much like it. Blurry long exposure water doesn’t appeal to me in general but my main criticism is that I think the composition needs some sort of counterpoint to the waves and the beach. It’s too static. If there were some kind of tower in the place of that tv mast (?) on the upper right, that’d provide the sort of thing I’m looking for. Cmao20 (talk) 22:01, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose There probably is an FP somewhere in the scene from that viewpoint, but this is not it. The composition just feels off, and the long exposure waves don't work for me here. Sorry. --Cart (talk) 11:16, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Yann (talk) 15:32, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Neutral I'm with the others regarding the composition, but I quite like the long exposure. --SHB2000 (talk) 07:26, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Leach's Storm-petrel Saint-Jean-de-Monts 01.jpg edit

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File:Eurasian wren 2023 12 31 02.jpg edit

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Great! :-) --Cart (talk) 12:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Stortinden and Valletindan behind shores of Forsahavet, Narvik, Nordland, Norway, 2023 September.jpg edit

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  •   Done Thanks for nomination! :) I stepped magenta a little bit up and temperature a little down. However, I want to keep it a little on the warm side because the blue mountains would over saturate for my liking. May it be a vintage postcard then heh. I don't want to crop the composition - I have a different motif here, and this would get very similar to it. Now going for holiday, so i'm unable to edit for awhile. --Ximonic (talk) 11:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Thank you for not cropping. The darkness is needed for the contrast IMO. It's like having Mordor and the Shire in one picture. --Cart (talk) 11:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • To be clear, my crop suggestion was not to crop out all the dark areas, just about half of it (see image note). But fair play if you prefer it like it is. FP anyway to me Cmao20 (talk) 16:56, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Yes, I saw the note. However, Stortinden (the mountain on the left) is rather well known for it's multiple peak that looks like a double peak with a saddle between them from this angle, and it would really be a shame to cut it in half. Besides I like the big looming dark to counter the brightness on the right side. --Cart (talk) 19:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Ah. I did not know that about the mountain. In that case yes best leave it as it is. Cmao20 (talk) 01:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Golden-shouldered Parrot 0A2A7450.jpg edit

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  • He has one that is even rarer, which I shall nominate very soon Cmao20 (talk) 15:41, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Which photo is that? (out of curiosity) --SHB2000 (talk) 03:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Ivar (talk) 08:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment It's a very special shot but very overexposed which is strange; perhaps some processing error. Easy to correct if JJ Harrison is logging on. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:00, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Your ability to be demanding when editing wildlife photos is always pleasantly surprising,... sadly much less surprising is your ability to ignore the same (and, sorry, sometimes worse) defects in your own photographs e.g. among many and many others, regards. Christian Ferrer (talk) 12:41, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • It doesn't look overexposed on my monitor. The background is certainly light, but I am not seeing any highlight clipping/loss of detail anywhere so I think it's a deliberate choice not to pull the highlights back any further. But I could be wrong. Maybe elaborate on why you think it is overexposed/add notes to show highlight clipping and I can drop JJH a note and ask him to fix? Cmao20 (talk) 16:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I see that both birds and branch are too bright. Reducing brightness by -70 in Photoshop CS6 is about right, though this introduces halos. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Gross Leuthen Dorfkirche 14.jpg edit

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  • J.-H. Janßen I see that you have specified that you would prefer to make fixes to your images because you would prefer to work from the original RAW data. If you are currently around on Commons, please could you perhaps find the time to have a look at the tilt issue Basile Morin mentions as an obstacle to this photo gaining 'Featured Picture' status? I think a tiny perspective correction may be the solution. All best wishes, Cmao20 (talk) 16:59, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Yeah, that's what I meant. It's only the right part, not the whole image -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tripterygion delaisi edit

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    Female
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    (Territorial) male
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family_:_Tripterygiidae_(Threefin_Blennies)
  •   Info Female and territorial male of a black-faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. It lives at depths between 3 and 40 metres (9.8 and 131.2 ft) but is most common at depths between 6 and 25 metres (20 and 82 ft). It inhabits 2 disjunct areas: 1. the western Mediterranean Sea and adjacent parts of the Atlantic Oceans from north to the British Isles and south of Casablanca and Morocco, 2. western tropical Africa north to Senegal and the Macaronesian islands. On average, territorial males 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) are slightly larger than non-territorial males 4.7 centimetres (1.9 in) and females 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in). Note: there are no FPs of the genus Tripterygion. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:02, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:02, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Very good work Cmao20 (talk) 21:18, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment I agree, but might you be able to sharpen the head of the male? Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:29, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Artemis 2 Crew Portrait.jpg edit

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Btw, I can't help feeling we've got Ripley, Rhodes, McKay and Sheridan all in one photo! :-D --Cart (talk) 13:15, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Trier Stadtansicht Nordost Hubert Clerget.jpg edit

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File:Hestskjær fyr i storm fra Nordvest.jpg edit

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Towers#Norway
  •   Info This is the WLM winner from Norway. I love how the muted color palette gives a feeling of calm that contrasts with the force of the storm. And of course I always love lighthouses in storms. Created and uploaded by Marianne Johnsen - nominated by Kritzolina -- Kritzolina (talk) 09:22, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Kritzolina (talk) 09:22, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment Is this the version that won? It's very noisy. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Yes, it is the winning picture Kritzolina (talk) 08:55, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Yann (talk) 10:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Definitely support! I'm actually impressed with the quality, considering that it is taken from about a kilometer away (the land closest to the island) in one of the worst weather conditions on the planet. With all of the North Atlantic pressing down on you, blocking the light with clouds and saltwater flying everywhere in the air, it's a struggle just to stand upright, let alone handling a camera. You can't compare the noise level with a photo taken on a calm, warm day down south. Attempting to reduce the noise here will get a loss in details and you lose that authentic gritty feel the photo has. --Cart (talk) 10:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support ★ 15:54, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support per Cart. Atmospheric and beautiful Cmao20 (talk) 21:16, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Ivar (talk) 08:20, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Milseburg (talk) 08:58, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 10:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 11:55, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Neutral -- difficult to assess this one for me. On the one hand, dramatic scenery, and Cart has a valid point. On the other, it's really very grainy. Additionally, the camera coordinates are false, it's the location of the lighthouse instead. --A.Savin 14:05, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Fixed, coordinates given by the author converted to 'object location'. Camera location is estimated by the angle and this photo taken a few minutes later, where you have a skerry in the foreground. Re the quality, I can only refer to the time I took this photo, and you can see how blurry it is from all the noise reduction, even though the object was right in front of me, not 1 km away. Taking photos like this, is like being inside a saltwater fog and they get noisy because of that. --Cart (talk) 15:01, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Great scene, certainly one of the best of the WLM 2023 winners. Personally I prefer a little noise by a large margin to smushy photographs damaged by hefty noise reduction. --Aristeas (talk) 15:30, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose I think it has been sharpened too much. Too many artefacts. --Njardarlogar (talk) 15:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Llez (talk) 09:10, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Great cormorant at Tennōji Park in Osaka, December 2023 - 5515.jpg edit

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File:Monumento a Silvia Marini Rogati, 1948, Firenze, cimitero delle Porte Sante - Opera di Mario Moschi.jpg edit

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  • ArionStar I did not vote for that picture either, but the one you link is a very abstract photo, and pixel-level detail is less important than the overall composition. In this photograph, the detail on the statue absolutely does matter. The correct comparison in terms of image quality would be something like this which is clearly far superior. Cmao20 (talk) 17:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:A heap of shrimp shells on a plate in Tuntorp 1.jpg edit

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  •   Info For those who are not so familiar with cooking, shrimp shells are used for making prawn stock the same way you use bones to make beef or chicken stock. To a cook, a pile like this is gold; there is so much taste concentrated in what is left once you've eaten the shrimps.
The white linen tablecloth with its fold creases, is a nod to the old painters who often used creased tablecloths like this to show off their painting skills. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 12:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • No, sorry. My stacking didn't start any closer than that, so I don't have any more frames for it. Did some light sharpening of the shells down there, but the cloth is what it is. --Cart (talk) 17:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • No, this from last winter. I just have a huge backlog of photos to edit now. ;-) My little town is one of the main shrimping towns in Sweden, so we buy the shrimps directly from the boats down at the quay whenever we like. --Cart (talk) 10:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Oh, that's nice. If we had these towns where I live, everyone would be rushing to get these prawns in December ;-). --SHB2000 (talk) 07:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes but not the heads!!![3] --Wilfredor (talk) 02:17, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Okay, I will remenber that :) --Laitche (talk) 03:24, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Tortuga carey (Eretmochelys imbricata), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-28, DD 56.jpg edit

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File:New snow on birch crowns in Tuntorp 3.jpg edit

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File:Serra do Papagaio - Acauã Cabral (01).jpg edit

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File:Tunnel View, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite NP - Diliff.jpg edit

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File:Saint Lawrence church in Schaan (6).jpg edit

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File:Landscape in Schellenberg (3).jpg edit

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  •   Info all by Tournasol7 -- Tournasol7 (talk) 20:05, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Abstain As author. Tournasol7 (talk) 20:05, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Thi (talk) 22:14, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Enthusiastic support I really love this composition. Please don’t crop this photo even if you get criticisms about including too much foreground. The square framing is really striking and unusual, and for me the foreground provides a nice contrast in terms of colour with the rest of the photo and leads the eye gently along the road up to the house. One of the nicest compositions I’ve seen in a while. Cmao20 (talk) 02:35, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Adorable! ★ 04:08, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Unappealing weather, sorry. Boring trees in the foreground, characterless modern building. Overall it lacks wow in my view -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:10, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:51, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Wieggy (talk) 18:08, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Unattractive weather can also have its charm.--Famberhorst (talk) 05:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support per Famberhorst. The photo has a certain something that you can't ignore. --Cart (talk) 10:55, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose I've to agree with Basile Poco a poco (talk) 18:09, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Poor technical quality with obvious halos around all the tree's branches that are against the sky. Surprised that supporters haven't noticed/don't mind. Charlesjsharp (talk)
  •   Neutral the idea/composition is somewhat good, but the two shadowed trees are a bit too prohiminent IMO, and there is something somewhat unbalanced. A crop at bottom would not help as this will makes the trees even more prohiminent. I think a wider crop (in the extand there is no disturbing elements in the reality), i.e. more space on the both sides would have been better. Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:32, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Per Basile. -- Karelj (talk) 16:36, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Per Basile. -- Jay.Jarosz (talk) 18:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Very interesting photo and educative discussion, thank you! My personal result from weighing up the arguments is   Weak support. --Aristeas (talk) 09:35, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Per Basile. Good QI, but not FP. --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 23:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Ibiza San Antonio sunset at Café del Mar asv2023-04 img2.jpg edit

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  •   Info Sunset at the Café del Mar, Ibiza -- a famous place to spot sunsets. All by me, --A.Savin 16:35, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --A.Savin 16:35, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support JukoFF (talk) 19:33, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 20:11, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Neutral Nice enough and the sun is expertly handled, but if only the boat wasn't almost merged with the land. I think you should have taken the photo a little bit sooner. ;-) (per "almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing" I think I can be picky). --Cart (talk) 20:57, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support More than just another sunset to me, good composition and I love the trail of light the sun leaves on the water. Cmao20 (talk) 02:32, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Overprocessed in my view. Excessive blacks, not enough whites. Moreover, yes, "almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing", and it is an ordinary sunset in my opinion. The boat is too far, and its silhouette almost impossible to distinguish in the darkness. In addition, it is an unappealing motorized boat with no particular charm + seen from behind. The dark sea is flat, and the foreground blurry, sorry -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:54, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support per Cmao. --SHB2000 (talk) 07:46, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support ★ 10:01, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:49, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Wieggy (talk) 18:09, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Well-balanced composition. --Aristeas (talk) 20:10, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose It's a nice sunset, but it doesn't reach the FP bar. Means not enough WOW. --Laitche (talk) 00:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Nice but I agree with the comments above, not outstanding Poco a poco (talk) 18:09, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose per Basile, it is a bit too black. And, as per others, though the composition is nice there is nothing exceptional that makes the photo outstanding. Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose I love everything about this shot except the boat. It's too close to the mountains and I even thought it was a rock at first. If the boat would have been closer and more clearly the subject then I think it would have been a winner. -- Jay.Jarosz (talk) 18:30, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:El Descendimiento, by Rogier van der Weyden, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg edit

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  •   Info Rogier van der Weyden: The Descent from the Cross. High resolution file. Uploaded by Dcoetzee - nominated by -- Thi (talk) 10:17, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Thi (talk) 10:17, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment Really giant resolution – so giant that even on machines with much RAM browsers often display just a low-resolution preview. The same applies to each of the single tiles. Use the zoom viewer (if it works) or download the file in order to appreciate the details. However there is a little problem: The file does not contain a colour profile (not even a colour space hint). I wanted to add it, but before doing so one would need to know the correct colour space – and in this case it is hard to guess it; with sRGB the colours look very faded and greenish, with AdobeRGB they look better, but still too dark, etc. The same problem applies also to the single tiles. This version is scaled down, but still big, and offers a defined colour space and better colours, but I wonder whether they are accurate. Could anybody who knows this paining himself (or owns a good reliable reproduction) comment on the colours and brightness of the original painting? Thanks. --Aristeas (talk) 15:09, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The bright version shows the details well, but the red and blue clothes are too pale. [4] --Thi (talk) 15:41, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Eva Nogales in 2023 02.jpg edit

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In favor of the alternative version. ★ 17:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC) Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Overprocessed. What happened to the bottom right corner? -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:47, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment Oops. Thank you for pointing this out, Basile! There is a strange border, similar to a tear in paper, around her knee, as if somebody had combined two photos without proper stitching. @Cmichel67: Could you please have a look and remove, if possible, that patch? This photo really deserves improvements! --Aristeas (talk) 14:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    You are right -- I've updated it here: File:Eva Nogales in 2023 06.jpg.
    And thank you Cmichel67 (talk) 15:07, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi Cmichel67, thank you very much for the other version! To avoid confusion, I have taken the liberty to change your link to a simple text link and to add the other version as an “alternative version” below. This helps voters (and our FPCBot) to distinguish between both versions and to make clear which vote and comment belongs to which version. Hope it helps, best, --Aristeas (talk) 15:15, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
thank you. i'm not really an expert at wikipedia so grateful for all your help. Cmichel67 (talk) 15:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Alternative version edit

 

  •   Support This is the alternative version mentioned by the photographer Cmichel67 in the comment above. It fixes the problem at the knee (mentioned by Basile) and IMHO also has better/more realistic colours. We should discuss if cropping a bit at the bottom would further improve the photo, but IMHO it’s already a solid improvement. --Aristeas (talk) 15:19, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support This version has natural colors. --Thi (talk) 15:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Moved my support to this version, thanks everyone for the effort of fixing this nomination. Normal DoF for a portrait, and I really like the "Sassy Scientist" play this photo has, upturned collar and all. It's time to dust off the old stereotype of how scientists are and should be photographed. --Cart (talk) 15:48, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Kadellar (talk) 15:51, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Ermell (talk) 17:44, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support ★ 17:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Great contribution!! --Alu (talk) 19:13, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support We need more portraits like this! --Kritzolina (talk) 19:33, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Ivar (talk) 20:14, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Yann (talk) 20:41, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Knees decide! JukoFF (talk) 21:31, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support It was striking enough to make me look her up and find out what her research is about, so I think that’s a success Cmao20 (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support--Laitche (talk) 08:30, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:44, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Llez (talk) 15:32, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Wieggy (talk) 18:09, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --XRay 💬 07:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --BigDom (talk) 09:26, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Poco a poco (talk) 18:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Zanana Kund Aur Galta Ji Ka Mandir.jpg edit

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  • Thi, you must sign your vote to make it valid. Done, thanks! --Cart (talk) 10:47, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment This is indeed a beautiful scene, but since it is an awarded photo, we can't touch it. However it would be a shame to lose it due to such a simple thing as perspective, so now there is a version with perspective correction. Dialing down the contrast was done in a separate step so you can reverse it. You could add this as an 'Alt' if you like. It's not the first time we have different versions of a photo, going with different criteria in different competitions/assessments. --Cart (talk) 12:57, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment Thank you very much, Cart – in my eyes your version looks much better, I would vote for it. I wanted to try to correct the photo, too – now I’m happy to see that you have already done that ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 14:15, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose this version in favor for the edited one. --Cart (talk) 19:40, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Alternative version edit

 

  •   Oppose per XRay. I did not notice at first sight there are still perspective issues. The top of the building is not horizontal. An inclination of about 2 degrees cannot be explained by the depth of field in this case, and I don't think this old architecture is naturally leaning that much. I can fix it if necessary -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • XRay, Basile Morin, Ermell: This version of the photo is not restricted by the rules of not altering an assessed photo. If anyone can fix it up further, please do so carefully and overwrite my edit. --Cart (talk) 11:28, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @W.carter my edited version is here, modified from the original on Lightroom (transformations: vertical -7, horizontal -19, rotation -0.4), format 3:2 kept. Can't overwrite your file with my subsidiary account (not enough edits apparently) so instead of creating a third alternative... -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:21, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Thanks Basile, I understand. I downloaded it and checked it. There was a tiny (0,6 deg) tilt still on the left side. I fixed that and uploaded the new version. So 'ping' Ermell and XRay that this is done now. Hope this is ok. --Cart (talk) 12:40, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you all for the care you took with this nomination! --Kritzolina (talk) 08:21, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Boyd's forest dragon (Lophosaurus boydii) Daintree 2.jpg edit

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I thought that this shows so much more detail that people would prefer it. 20:32, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
  •   Support JukoFF (talk) 00:28, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment Category is a red link -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:56, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment I miss the tail. an important body part when climbing.--Famberhorst (talk) 05:49, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Compared to the the photo of the whole, I appreciate more the first proposed one. --Harlock81 (talk) 10:03, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Both photos are good in their different ways, but from a purely photographic/compo standpoint, this one is much better. We have 1/2 and 3/4 photos of people, why can't we have the same of animals? Sometimes long tails (or other long parts of animals) are not important for a good frame of the animal. --Cart (talk) 10:55, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support [Edit: I forgot to sign.] --Thi (talk) 22:18, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Again, please Thi, you must sign your vote to make it valid. Thank you. --Cart (talk) 12:59, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Alternative version edit

 

  •   Info version of the whole reptile. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:33, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Jay.Jarosz (talk) 16:19, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Ermell (talk) 17:56, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support JukoFF (talk) 19:33, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support --Aristeas (talk) 20:16, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support ★ 21:38, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support I disagree with Cart here, from a purely photographic/composition standpoint this one is better too. I love seeing the lizard in the context of its surroundings, the bokeh is really nice, and I like that we have some space on the left hand side of the tree trunk. Plus it just looks a little strange IMO to see a lizard without its tail. Cmao20 (talk) 02:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Cluttered background but it's nice to see the long tail, and the way the animal climbs up on this trunk. Ideally a stitched photo with multiple frames showing the same resolution as the picture above and the tail would have been fantastic. Next time? :-) Basile Morin (talk) 03:11, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • It would have been possible in theory as the dragon remained motionless for several minutes, thinking that it was hidden. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:58, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Dead Sea salt crystals.jpg edit

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Rocks_and_minerals#Na→
  •   Info Dead Sea salt crystals. My shot. --Mile (talk) 18:55, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support -- Mile (talk) 18:55, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Sorry, but I opened this and excepted the usual very high "Mile-quality" you have in your photos, instead it turned out to be ordinary smartphone quality with low detail and DoF. --Cart (talk) 19:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support Wow is certainly there. The short depth of field is probably intentional. Yann (talk) 20:15, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose per Cart. --SHB2000 (talk) 20:27, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment Cart I think its sharp enough. Part of the stone and salt are out of water (sea) while around the stone water is floating, so you cant have it so sharp. Check where air bulbs are made. Phone can capture good shots. Sensor is around 1/1.47 on 12 MPx. --Mile (talk) 20:55, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes, some phones can make good photos of certain objects, but I don't think this one is good enough. It has a lot of those weird big artifacts you so often get with phones. Sometimes the phones have huge resolution that makes up for the lack of quality, but this file is not one of them. Wet salt crystals are hard to capture, so they need a better camera. Sorry. --Cart (talk) 21:08, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose per Cart. --GRDN711 (talk) 03:10, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support per Yann. The quality is sufficient and the scene and composition are wow enough. --Jay.Jarosz (talk) 06:25, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Weak oppose Regretfully per Cart, the composition is there but the image quality IMO is not. It’s all a bit smudgy and undetailed at full size Cmao20 (talk) 02:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Bloemknop van een blauwe knoop (Succisa pratensis). 29-08-2023. (d.j.b).jpg edit

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  •   Weak oppose sorry, but I see no improvement. -- Ivar (talk) 12:12, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Oppose Much of the top is out of focus. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:06, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Support JukoFF (talk) 14:50, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •   Comment Grade would be easy to put if i would know how big this circle is ? Also hope, not to go this kind of synthetical backgrounds some already do. --Mile (talk) 19:03, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • There is an annotation on the photo saying that the main flower bud is 11 mm in diameter. (Now added to the description.) Perhaps you don't have the annotations enabled on your device. --Cart (talk) 19:23, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Note: The background is live grass from the lawn in our garden.--Famberhorst (talk) 05:26, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • OK, i was saying if its above 1 cm quality is so-so. Neutral. --Mile (talk) 10:05, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Hermann Amand Schwarz (1843-1921) by Louis Zipfel.jpg edit

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Timetable (day 5 after nomination) edit 

Sat 30 Dec → Thu 04 Jan
Sun 31 Dec → Fri 05 Jan
Mon 01 Jan → Sat 06 Jan
Tue 02 Jan → Sun 07 Jan
Wed 03 Jan → Mon 08 Jan
Thu 04 Jan → Tue 09 Jan

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting) edit 

Tue 26 Dec → Thu 04 Jan
Wed 27 Dec → Fri 05 Jan
Thu 28 Dec → Sat 06 Jan
Fri 29 Dec → Sun 07 Jan
Sat 30 Dec → Mon 08 Jan
Sun 31 Dec → Tue 09 Jan
Mon 01 Jan → Wed 10 Jan
Tue 02 Jan → Thu 11 Jan
Wed 03 Jan → Fri 12 Jan
Thu 04 Jan → Sat 13 Jan

Closing a featured picture promotion request edit

The bot edit

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure edit

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/January 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request edit

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/January 2024.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination edit

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/January 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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