Commons:Featured picture candidates

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Shortcut
This project page in other languages:

Other featured candidates:

3D film 2.svg Media 

Skip to current candidates Skip to current candidates

Featured picture candidates

FPCandiateicon.svg

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 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. Over saturated 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]

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
How to nominate in 8 simple steps

STEP 1

  • STEP 1

    STEP 1


STEP 2

  • STEP 2

    STEP 2


STEP 3

  • STEP 3

    STEP 3


STEP 4

  • STEP 4

    STEP 4


STEP 5

  • STEP 5

    STEP 5


STEP 6

  • STEP 6

    STEP 6


STEP 7

  • STEP 7

    STEP 7


STEP 8

  • STEP 8 (last step)

    STEP 8 (last step)

NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

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}}

Strongly recommended: 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

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify him/her 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}} (Symbol support vote.svg Support),
  • {{Oppose}} (Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} (Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} (Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment),
  • {{Info}} (Pictogram voting info.svg Info),
  • {{Question}} (Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question),
  • {{Request}} (Pictogram voting question-blue.svg 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}} Symbol keep vote.svg Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture
{{Delist}} Symbol oppose vote.svg 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}} Symbol keep vote.svg Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}} Symbol redirect vote.svg 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 Symbol support vote.svg Support votes (or 7 Symbol oppose vote.svg 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, he/she 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.

Refresh page for new nominations: purge this page's cache

Featured picture candidates[edit]

File:Poster for Burnand and Sullivan's Cox and Box - Royal Gallery of Illustration.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2022 at 00:14:26 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Poster for Cox and Box

File:Anémona de mar (Heteractis crispa), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-29, DD 43.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 20:58:37 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Sebae anemone (Heteractis crispa), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class_:_Anthozoa
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info sebae anemone (Heteractis crispa) hosting a tiny Red Sea clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt. The sebae anemone is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coasts of Africa, Red Sea included, to Polynesia and from south Japan to Australia and New-Caledonia. The sebae anemone is characterized by a flared oral disc which reaches between 20 and 50 cm in diameter and with multiple and long tentacles measuring 10 centimetres (3.9 in) to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) cm. The sebae anemone has two ways to feed. The first one is through the inside via photosynthesis of its symbiotic hosts zooxanthellae, living in its tissues. And the second one is through a normal way by capturing its preys via its tentacles that allow it to immobilize its prey (small invertebrates, fry, or juvenile fish). Its reproduction can be sexual by simultaneous transmission of male and female in the water or asexual by scissiparity. Note: we have no FPs of the whole family Stichodactylidae. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 20:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 20:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support nice little clown fish. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:42, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support The background is a little distracting. Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 01:02, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok, will narrow the crop a little bit. Give me 6 hours Poco a poco (talk) 06:34, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agree, easy fix, will also darken the image a little bit, let me go for 2 dives now and I fix it in a couple of hours ;) Poco a poco (talk) 06:32, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Morena pimienta (Gymnothorax griseus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 185.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 20:56:12 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt
  • I've only seen this species indeed once and it was approx 20 m deep. I use no flash under water, just continuous lighting (see here) of 13.000 lumens. Poco a poco (talk) 06:38, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Speyerbachbrücke IMG 4298.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 16:52:30 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Bridges#Germany
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Fischer.H - uploaded by Fischer.H - nominated by Fischer.H -- Fischer.H (talk) 16:52, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Fischer.H (talk) 16:52, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Too much elements distracting the main composition, hole foreground --Wilfredor (talk) 17:21, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral Per Wilfredor, but I still like the scene. Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 19:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Good composition to me, though the picture isn't huge. Is there some purple CA on the branches on the upper right? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:27, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Certainly a nice scene, no doubt, and good light, but unfortunate composition IMHO. Assuming (from the title) the bridge to be the main subject, why is it squeezed into the left half of the frame and even cut off? Shouldn’t the main subject be entirely visible at least? The numerous foreground twigs are disturbing. Maybe a viewpoint at the rightmost pillar on the other side of the stream would have given a better composition. This is too unclear for me, I just don’t get the message what the author is trying to draw my attention to. Then, its soft. Very soft. In 2022, I’d expect an image of just 12 megapixels of a still object in good lighting to be crisp sharp and top detailed, and honestly, the 5D Mark II should be capable of that. --Kreuzschnabel 07:39, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting delete.svg I withdraw my nomination. --Fischer.H (talk) 12:44, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) underside Bled.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 11:45:51 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Owlfly (Libelloides macaronius) female Istria.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 11:32:43 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Owlfly (Libelloides macaronius) female in Istria

File:Owlfly (Libelloides macaronius) female Istria composite.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 08:30:08 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Composite of female owlfly (Libelloides macaronius)
individual version
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose composite nomination is not possible with individual image. This nomination is not valid. --Ivar (talk) 10:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

sinl;e image with open wings

Pictogram voting delete.svg I withdraw my nomination I'll start again! Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:30, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Portland Japanese Garden October 2019 005.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 03:36:32 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2022 at 20:12:10 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth
  • No. PNG and TIFF versions are useful as archives, but for display JPEG is much better. TIFF is not "more exact". This JPEG file is created from the TIFF. PNG thumbnails have some issues. Yann (talk) 07:41, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Perhaps you should take these issues to the nominator on en-wiki. I'm only the messenger here for what's going on with this image, and we often tend to have the same version as FP across wiki-projects. --Cart (talk) 16:31, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I will do. I requested a replacement. Yann (talk) 17:53, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Go-Ahead Norge El 18 2260 Herefoss.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2022 at 15:52:34 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Passenger train before arriving at Herefoss, Norway

File:Bloemknoppen van een Crocosmia. 10-07-2022. (d.j.b) 02.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2022 at 15:11:31 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • ✓ Done. Correction WB. reduction sharpness.Thanks for the review.--Famberhorst (talk) 16:53, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment imo contrast is still too high, I'm reading from the metadata: Tone Curve Name 2012 "Strong Contrast". --Ivar (talk) 20:12, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tartu asv2022-04 img22 University main building.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2022 at 12:49:48 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Tartu University Assembly Hall
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors#Estonia
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Assembly Hall in the Main building of University of Tartu, all by me --A.Savin 12:49, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --A.Savin 12:49, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question At the bottom left of the image, the floor appears to be blurry. Is that just the photo or the actual floor? Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 01:53, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment It's too dark IMO. Except the two windows at the left, the rest seems to be plunged into darkness -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:20, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I like how the image is near-symmetrical. The low brightness doesn't personally bother me so much. --SHB2000 (talk) 06:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support The subdued light gives the photo an interesting mood which makes it IMHO more likeable than some well-lit (and boring) high-gloss prints. The empty hall seems to dream of great times which have passed away or are coming. --Aristeas (talk) 12:48, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Tempered support due to the slightly noisy corners. (But I, too, second Aristeas's observation about the empty hall being a great touch. Daniel Case (talk) 02:07, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:01, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Female owlfly[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2022 at 10:24:34 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page

  • wings open

    wings open

  • wings closed

    wings closed

  • I read the rules carefully and I believe it is. The 'same subject' does not mean the same individual insect. And there are only two variations of how this insect rests. It qualifies under either type 3 or type 4. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:47, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment same subject means the same specimen according to your own point of view. Or did you forget? And insect variation is not how it rests, you should know better.--Ivar (talk) 19:17, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment this catepillar nomination is not about insect variation, this is the same subject from different viewpoints, rule nr 3. --Ivar (talk) 20:18, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Charles, I'm explaining again: that caterpillar nomination is the nomination of the same subject (or the same insect) from different viewpoints, rule nr 3. Your set has not the same insect. --Ivar (talk) 05:32, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol abstain vote.svg Abstain IMHO they are great photos but as I am fairly new to FP nominations I do not know about the background and previous examples for these sorts of images. Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 01:51, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Nothing extraordinary about this pic IMO. --SHB2000 (talk) 06:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question Do you have the wrong nomination? These are two pics, both extraordinary. I guess we need to clearly agree on the rules for sets. I think when it's obviously two different individuals, it doesn't look like a set. These two individuals look similar enough that I could think they were the same. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:51, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan Kekek: it's clear, that this set has different individuals and Charles doesn't deny it. For example compare the yellow dots on the back. --Ivar (talk) 07:22, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I just looked through the rules for set nominations. The relevant one appears to be "A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints". Your point is that this is not the same subject. That's a question of interpretation because depending on how one interprets "subject", it could mean individual or species (a species because a subject for a photograph, rather than literally the subject of a photograph, if that makes any sense), and we should establish consistency in how we interpret that if we have not already. But Charlesjsharp, why not nominate both images separately? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:33, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan Kekek: you did agreed already, that a subject is an individual specimen. If we do not agree on that, then the subject could be species, family, order and so on. The result is endless combination, that's why it has to be one individual specimen. --Ivar (talk) 10:51, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • When I wrote "we should establish consistency," I didn't mean you and me; I meant all of us. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:02, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pictogram voting delete.svg I withdraw my nomination I agree Ikan Kekek, but not worth fighting here. Have nominated the two images as one composite. I believe the EV is greater this way. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:30, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Annunciation - Jan van Eyck - 1434 - NG Wash DC.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2022 at 00:11:56 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Annunciation - Jan van Eyck
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Good question. Our other reproductions do not show more, and IMHO there is something like a border/frame/edge of the panel visible around the motif in this reproduction, even at the right, so I guess it’s actually the complete painting. Seems van Eyck was open to daring crops ;–). Or the painting has been cropped sometimes in its history – such strange things happen –, but even then the reproduction would show all which is visible today. --Aristeas (talk) 09:48, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pencari batu kali.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 19:25:05 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#People at work
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created & uploaded by Imadedana - nominated by Tomer T -- Tomer T (talk) 19:25, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Tomer T (talk) 19:25, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Striking image, but the lower woman could be sharper, so this might be more of a QI/VI than a candidate for one of the greatest photos on the site; I'll think about it. That said, though, why are they gathering these river stones? Regardless of what happens in this nomination, an explanation of that would improve the usefulness of the file. User:Imadedana, if you're still seeing pings here, consider adding that explanation. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:39, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Striking. Acceptable DoF in my view -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:56, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support as Basile. The photographer wanted to separate the subject nicely from the background (and to keep the noise low), hence opted for f/5, but this also made it impossible to get both women perfectly sharp. The focus is more on the upper woman and this is OK because she is the active one. All in all a good choice, IMHO. --Aristeas (talk) 09:53, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Yann (talk) 14:08, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral per others above. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 01:47, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Stepro (talk) 11:01, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 14:11, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 17:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:04, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Seattle (WA, USA), Museum of Pop Culture, Fassade -- 2022 -- 1588.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 19:21:44 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Sorry. I'll remove the dust spots tomorrow. --XRay 💬 16:36, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • ✓ Done Dust spots removed. Thank you for your hint. --XRay 💬 04:28, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Thymelicus sylvestris (female) - Kulna.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 18:40:18 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Small skipper
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment please add a note, where are they oof? I remind you, that small skipper has average body length 12–15 mm. --Ivar (talk) 06:46, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I marked the worst blurred hairs and a stacking error area, but there are several others. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:00, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment those ca 1 mm long hair are not oof, they were in the shade and the background is more hair. This is the best sharpness I could get with my old camera. As for small stacking error, it's fixed. --Ivar (talk) 14:53, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure which stacking error you fixed. The one I can still see is the leg in the background where I have put the note box back. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:49, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment did you empty the cache memory? --Ivar (talk) 19:14, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, I forgot, sorry. Leg is good now. By the way, do you use Helicon Focus Method A, B, or C as standard or test on every image? Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:46, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • imo I did not change default settings of the program. --Ivar (talk) 10:45, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Helicon Focus 8 has 3 options. I used Method B for my skipper above; the other choices weren't so good. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:21, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very detailed IMO -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:50, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Like Charles, I would have expected more of the wings to be tack sharp when 101 exposures were stacked, but the result is still excellent given the tiny size of the animal and the high resolution, and because Ivar has applied only mild sharpening in post-processing. --Aristeas (talk) 09:57, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Yann (talk) 14:11, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Basile. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 01:37, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:09, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 09:29, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Radomianin (talk) 10:51, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Stepro (talk) 11:02, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 15:41, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support, mainly for the parts in front of the wings (the eyes, etc.). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:33, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Gorges du Pont du Diable (63).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 09:54:51 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Gorges du Pont du Diable in commune of La Forclaz, Haute-Savoie, France
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment, you can see a block of wood in the background, it will let you imagine the scale. Tournasol7 (talk) 19:21, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support interesting place. --Ivar (talk) 18:45, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Tomer T (talk) 19:25, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 06:14, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I like the photo, but could it be a bit sharper, or would sharpening a bit make things worse? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:26, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sharpened version

Gorges du Pont du Diable

  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info After Ikan Kekek comment, I made this image a bit sharper. It's better? Tournasol7 (talk) 12:57, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support The sharpened version is much better than the original. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 01:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Still not tack sharp, but I think this is an FP. Thanks for offering this alt. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Water is noisy. And frankly the image doesn't wow me. Daniel Case (talk) 15:38, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Paul Nadar - Henri Becquerel.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 09:53:50 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Henri Becquerel

File:Massif du Mont-Blanc from Lac de Joux Plane 03.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 09:52:50 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Massif du Mont-Blanc seen from Lac de Joux Plane in commune of Verchaix, Haute-Savoie, France

File:Aus dem Darßwald zur Ostsee 1.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 09:40:07 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Darß Forest, looking to the Baltic Sea

File:PuckMagazine13Oct1909.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 06:03:02 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

"Friends, farewell!" / Frank A. Nankivell.
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Thanks. That's a big improvement. I'm thinking that for FP, there should be more explanation in the file description than there is. For example, what does Lost Lenore - Poe have to do with Peary's expedition? Who's the Man with the Iron Mask? And how does "Honest Graft" and so forth relate to this event? Ideally, everything that could possibly need explanation should be explained. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:46, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Ikan Kekek: It's kind of in the caption: "The North Pole leaves the ranks of the undiscovered". Everything else is things unfound or unfindable (or buying into a stupid conspiracy theory, but no-one's perfect. To whit:
  • South pole: Wouldn't be reached until 1911.
  • Fountain of Youth - famously searched for by Ponce de Leon
  • Lost Lenore: Reference to Edgar Allan Poe, specificially The Raven which describes the narrator's "sorrow for the lost Lenore". (Also, arguably, his poem Lenore about mourning the dead, though the exact phrase is from The Raven).
  • Universal Peace: World Peace has been sought for years, hasn't been achieved yet.
  • Captain Kidd's Treasure: Famously lost pirate treasure.
  • Something for nothing/Shares: Reference to expression "You can't get something for nothing" Basically, a working get-rich-quick scheme.
  • The Great American Novel: One of those things that's always discussed in American literary circles, never had a universally-agreed candidate
  • Honest graft: Using one's political power to take advantage of opportunities without corruption. Probably not possible.
  • Perpetual motion: The idea that a machine can be built that generates power without cost.
  • The Man who wrote Shakespeare: Reference to the conspiracy theory that Shakespeare's works were written by someone other than Shakespeare.
  • The Man in the Iron Mask: A prisoner in 18th century France forced to wear an iron mask. There's a Dumas story about him, but his actual identity is unknown. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:18, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks. It would be great for all of that to be spelled out so clearly in the file description. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:20, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Added! PDMagazineCoverUploading (talk) 00:26, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Favartia salmonea 01.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2022 at 05:44:44 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Shell of a rock snail, Favartia salmonea

File:Santa1902PuckCover.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2022 at 23:45:49 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Тычинки клена американского.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2022 at 18:09:31 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Manitoba maple
  • It is, but the image doesn't look great close up, which is how you expect to look at this sort of image. Unless there are technical limitations I'm not aware of. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:02, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Exactly. You would expect viewers to look at microscope pics at full size. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:47, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences - Lab.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2022 at 13:34:25 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

360° panorama of the fire safety and chemistry lab of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created & uploaded by Lauri Veerde - nominated by Kruusamägi (talk) 13:34, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Kruusamägi (talk) 13:34, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment The subject matter of this photo doesn't seem as visually interesting as the others, especially with the man looking down (at first, I thought at his cellphone) and the woman looking at whatever he's looking down at. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:51, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose per Ikan. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:41, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Ah, I've always liked that so many of these Estonian interiors with people often look like scenes from old sci-fi movies. I like that that this one in particular shows that, yes, in the real world people do wear brightly-colored jumpsuits, not just in the James Bond movie villain's secret base in the volcano. (Though of course if you apply Star Trek reasoning here, some of these people will get killed before the episode is over). Daniel Case (talk) 02:14, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support (First time voting for one of these) I haven't seen that many indoor panoramas that look as good as this one and I really like how this captures the entire room in one apparent moment which panoramas of dynamic scenes of people often don't do, and how the people are absorbed in their work, giving everything a really grounded feel despite how this room almost almost seems like a movie set. DogsRNice (talk) 22:25, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Another great 360 image. :) Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 01:09, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per above: not that interesting visually, IMO. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:04, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ibex-on-Hyundai-with-Tritram'sGrackle.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2022 at 20:23:08 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Nubian ibex on Hyundai I20 with Tristram's grackle at Ein Gedi, Israel

File:Portrait of astronaut Tom Marshburn wearing EMU.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2022 at 10:42:45 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Astronaut Thomas Marshburn

File:Glaciers of Scoresby Sund, Greenland (51966500298).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 Jul 2022 at 19:42:09 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Scoresby Sund

File:2022-07-03 Basketball, Männer, European Qualifiers, Deutschland - Polen 1DX 1281 by Stepro.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 21 Jul 2022 at 12:39:51 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Basketball, Men, European Qualifiers, Germany - Poland, from left: Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann (GER, 18), Aleksander Balcerowski (POL, 2) at Tip Off
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Other team sports
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Basketball, Men, European Qualifiers, Germany - Poland, from left: Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann (GER, 18), Aleksander Balcerowski (POL, 2) at Tip Off. Created, uploaded and nominated by -- Stepro (talk) 12:39, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Stepro (talk) 12:39, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Like the high-quality image. --SHB2000 (talk) 14:47, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support That's quite a tattoo and could be said to distract from the rest of the scene, but I think it's fine. Good shot, good composition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:35, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Poco a poco (talk) 20:37, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I don't like the heavy crop of the players' bodies. It takes your eye to the crowd. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:20, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Ikan Kekek --Sandro Halank (talk) 15:50, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Yes, the crop is heavy, but at this moment all action and thrill is in the triangle between the heads and arms of the two men and the ball, and this triangle is well-framed here and gives an interesting composition. --Aristeas (talk) 07:21, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per other supporters. -- Radomianin (talk) 08:22, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 09:19, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Gildir (talk) 10:45, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Seems to be too bright, and per Charlesjsharp. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 23:47, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support But I wonder if we could crop out the empty left (see note). Daniel Case (talk) 05:50, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Daniel Case: Thanks for the tip. I tested the square cutout in Lightroom, and I think that the effect Charlesjsharp mentioned would really occur: the audience in the background would be more noticeable than it is now. Stepro (talk) 16:55, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose per Urban. Nice moment captured, and faces are impressive. But then, the brightness bothers me as well, it looks overexposed altogether. Not sold on the crop either. --Kreuzschnabel 06:25, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 09:59, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:46, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:02, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Giant Trevally, Christmas Island.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 21 Jul 2022 at 04:24:55 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Giant trevally in the clear warm tropical ocean around Christmas Island National Park

File:Château Frontenac in Quebec city, Canada.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2022 at 11:21:24 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Château Frontenac in Quebec city, Canada.jpg
✓ Done Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 02:03, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I liked the color photo of this motif. I don't remember whether the composition is much different. Would you consider offering it as an alt? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:32, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

alt colorfull[edit]

Château Frontenac in Quebec city, Canada.jpg

  • Per Ikan Kekek comment. Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 02:03, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Thank you. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:07, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Nice subdued atmosphere. – In the colour version there is a little halo around the top needle of the topmost roof; could you remove/reduce it, Wilfredor? Thank you! --Aristeas (talk) 09:55, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Aristeas I cant see it, please add a note. --Wilfredor (talk) 10:34, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wilfredor, I can’t see it anymore, too. Sorry for the confusion! Somehow the Mediawiki software did show me the old (first) version of the colour photo. Now in the 2nd version the halo is gone. --Aristeas (talk) 14:19, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I like to see the colors. It's quite pleasing to my eyes in general. There may be a place for slight perspective correction though. I don't think the halo is too strong. --Ximonic (talk) 11:24, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Beautiful winter atmosphere with appropriate colours. The perspective with the retaining walls in foreground emphasizes how brave it was to build the Château on that hill. --Aristeas (talk) 14:19, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Actually this is the middle of spring when that picture was taken --Wilfredor (talk) 14:56, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, right. Well, this shows nicely how much our visual habits are shaped by our experience ;–). The photo immediately evokes a winter day for me, because where I live this would be a respectable winter day (we almost never have more snow here). --Aristeas (talk) 16:40, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As someone who comes from a Caribbean island (Margarita Island) I understand you very well, 30 C was the constant without variation throughout the year. Here for more than half of the year there is always snow and very harsh temperatures. The heat and the sun favor a lot to go out to take pictures at any time. Thank you for your comment. --Wilfredor (talk) 19:33, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Krajina s kvetmi - Zolo Palugyay.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2022 at 09:51:09 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Zoltán Palugyay: Landscape with Flowers

File:Buddha Sculpture In Kritipur-9750.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2022 at 09:38:37 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Buddha sculpture in Kritipur
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Sculptures#Sculptures outdoors
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Bijay Chaurasia - uploaded by Bijay Chaurasia - nominated by Bijay Chaurasia -- Bijay Chaurasia (talk) 09:38, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Bijay Chaurasia (talk) 09:38, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question Beautiful sculpture and a good photo of the sculpture. What's the rectangular object up high on the left? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:02, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose The light switch high up on the left is a little too prominent. --SHB2000 (talk) 10:16, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment IMHO this photo shows rather a sculpture than architecture, therefore I have changed the gallery link. --Aristeas (talk) 09:51, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Bijay Chaurasia: It should be easy to clone out that light switch from the background. I can do it for you if you want – just ping me. --Aristeas (talk) 09:48, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Aristeas: , @Ikan Kekek: , @SHB2000: I have uploaded new version with some correction as Ikan and Aristeas suggested, Please have a look, Thank you -- Bijay Chaurasia (talk) 17:50, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support We'll see what other people think: It's possible to nitpick about the upper reaches of the statue maybe not being pinpoint sharp or just slightly grainy, but it's unclear to me how much of that is the stone itself, and the main point to me is that this composition is peaceful, the sensation a statue of the Buddha should produce. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:57, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Ikan. The top seems a little grainy, but this is certainly also due to the structure of the stone (cf. the lower part). --Aristeas (talk) 07:16, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Llez (talk) 10:04, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I tried viewing this image on my phone this morning and it was still very obvious. Not so much on my computer, but FPs need to be impeccable, so my opinion stands the same. --SHB2000 (talk) 10:52, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question SHB2000, what was still very obvious? Just asking because I really do not understand. At least I do not see the light switch anymore you referred to in your first comment. --Aristeas (talk) 15:25, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Zoom in (if you're on desktop) to the left and you'll see a very noticeable black panel. SHB2000 (talk) 00:03, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you, now I know what we are talking about. I would not call it very noticeable – it’s almost invisible on my (calibrated) monitor. But if it irritates you, you oppose rightly, of course. --Aristeas (talk) 17:05, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Technical issues noted above, and really rather unexceptional to me. The lit area at the bottom is distracting. Daniel Case (talk) 17:59, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Daniel Case. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 23:31, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose While it’s not bad, it’s not a great composition either, and rather noisy. --Kreuzschnabel 06:04, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Shlomo Hillel 1970.png[edit]

Voting period ends on 19 Jul 2022 at 19:36:11 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

Portrait Of Shlomo Hillel
Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Scatch over the head removed Ezarateesteban 22:51, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I'm seeing other scratches, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:36, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
More scratches removed Ezarateesteban 16:39, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Better. Not perfect, but I will cross out my opposing vote. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:39, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Yann (talk) 16:35, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose It's a good picture, but not oustanding for me. --Stepro (talk) 21:38, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Stepro. Also, the slight pinkish tinge to the background compared with the grayscale portrait makes me wonder if the former is original or if something was switched during the restoration. Daniel Case (talk) 01:28, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Gildir (talk) 10:54, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral I like it, but it does have some issues (See above.) — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 23:23, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Good pic but not a breathtaking photograph. The colour cast should be fixed at least. --Kreuzschnabel 08:39, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment colour cast fixed Ezarateesteban 19:58, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Oil shale - from research to reality 03. Enefit280 plant, view of the plant.jpg, featured[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 19 Jul 2022 at 10:11:40 (UTC)
Visit the nomination page to add or modify image notes.

SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Industry
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created and uploaded by User:Veerdelauri - nominated by Benh (talk) 10:11, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I think all of these 360° deserve nom. Let me use my quota to help. -- Benh (talk) 10:11, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Same remarks as for the other oil shale nom. I think in a few decades, when this industry no longer exists, these will be great historical documents. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:34, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --SHB2000 (talk) 10:39, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Alex Florstein (talk) 06:57, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The garbage disposal candidate really wowed me for being so much more than a 360° view of a place I'll never be able to visit. Compared to that, this one feels more like a VI candidate to me. --El Grafo (talk) 07:45, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    while the Wall-E candidate is incredible, I'm finding opposing that one a bit extreme. The execution is like flawless, and the composition is also pretty good with all the shadow patterns, how the sun was handled. One can easily tell this was carefully planned, shot and processed. Not sure we can say the same of some other FP here. And VI sounds more like "unique, but crappy pics" to me, which clearly isn't the case here. - Benh (talk) 08:04, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Side point, but I have to object to your take on VIs. They are best in scope, which can often mean an FP, if there is one. In fact, I'd urge more people to nominate FPs when they are also the most useful images in a given scope at thumbnail size. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:40, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support One of the first of these panoramas I've seen here where more than one view would by itself be a good FP candidate. Daniel Case (talk) 17:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Benh, we don't have many 360° images on FP. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 23:20, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 09:04, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Unconfirmed results: (info)
Result: 7 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]



Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Thu 14 Jul → Tue 19 Jul
Fri 15 Jul → Wed 20 Jul
Sat 16 Jul → Thu 21 Jul
Sun 17 Jul → Fri 22 Jul
Mon 18 Jul → Sat 23 Jul
Tue 19 Jul → Sun 24 Jul

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

Sun 10 Jul → Tue 19 Jul
Mon 11 Jul → Wed 20 Jul
Tue 12 Jul → Thu 21 Jul
Wed 13 Jul → Fri 22 Jul
Thu 14 Jul → Sat 23 Jul
Fri 15 Jul → Sun 24 Jul
Sat 16 Jul → Mon 25 Jul
Sun 17 Jul → Tue 26 Jul
Mon 18 Jul → Wed 27 Jul
Tue 19 Jul → Thu 28 Jul

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 an 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.
    • 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/July 2022), 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/July 2022.
  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 shots, 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/July 2022), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Featured_picture_candidates&oldid=666790855"