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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. 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]

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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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, 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]

Image:Matsumoto Castle Keep Tower.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2023 at 15:08:03 (UTC)
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Matsumoto Castle in Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture, Japan.

File:Vue du château sur la plaine d'Alsace (au fond, la Forêt-Noire).jpg[edit]

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A view of the Haut-Koenigsbourg castle, with the Alsace plain in the background.

File:A foggy winter morning.jpg[edit]

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A foggy winter morning in Bangladesh

File:Berlin Sonnenaufgang am Drachenberg asv2022-08 img4.jpg[edit]

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Sunrise at Drachenberg

File:20191215 Camel-drawn carts, Pushkar 1207 8771 (cropped).jpg[edit]

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Camel drawn carts in Pushkar, India

File:Knightscope K5 and Ford Crown Victoria at gas station San Francisco dllu.jpg[edit]

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File:Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) Reunion.jpg[edit]

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Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

File:New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain with highlighted algae bloom, Louisiana - January 6th, 2020.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 31 Dec 2022 at 19:20:25 (UTC)
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Lake Pontchartrain

File:Berlin - Friedrichswerdersche Kirche - Apsis - Decke (9700).jpg[edit]

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Friedrichswerder Church

File:20191218 Mężczyzna z rowerem na ulicy Jaipuru 1121 9109 DxO.jpg[edit]

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Man with bicycle on a street of Jaipur

File:Flying Over Cappadocia 01.jpg[edit]

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  • Thanks for the kind words :) I just also found out someone transferred it from Flickr to here : File:Take_Off_(6998753990).jpg but I didn't put full size on Flickr at that time. Will dig my archives to see if I have the full size (doesn't look super sharp anyways...). - Benh (talk) 09:54, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Sorry, but the background suffers from extreme denoising which makes the landscape look as if it was made from plastic or sugar paste. --Aristeas (talk) 10:31, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Pictogram voting delete.svg I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 14:20, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Everest, Himalayas.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 30 Dec 2022 at 12:33:13 (UTC)
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View of Mount Everest from the south ridge of Mount Pumori.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Nepal
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Classic telephoto view of Mount Everest from the south ridge of Mount Pumori. Everest southwest face with its geological layers is in view. Everest West Shoulder and South Col (from where most overnight ascents to the summit start) are also in view. Created, uploaded, nominated by --Argenberg (talk) 12:33, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Argenberg (talk) 12:33, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Wow, great! Yann (talk) 12:49, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Karelj (talk) 13:17, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Poco a poco (talk) 14:01, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:39, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:47, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Great. (But isn’t the white balance a bit on the blue side? Maybe this could be improved …) --Aristeas (talk) 19:20, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    it's also underexposed in my view - Benh (talk) 22:30, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Aristeas, Benh, do you think the white balance should be changed? If you ask me it is almost spot on and true to life in this scene at this time of the day. I checked with other images in the series. The sun starts leaning towards the horizon leaving some bluish casts on the right Nuptse wall. The higher you go, the thinner and darker the air gets. The sky is always dark deep blue at these altitudes in late afternoon and early evening. Also the temperature on the surface of those ridges is already around −20 °C (−4 °F) and even lower (−50 °C (−58 °F)) high up in the sky. I guess it’s natural to have some coolness and coldness in that scene. What do you think? --Argenberg (talk) 22:41, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Well, we are used to see winter photographs and high mountains photos with a cold white balance, so you can keep it to give a cold feeling. --Aristeas (talk) 08:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I does seem very cool if you ask me. But I personally think WB is one of those subjective issues. A bit too cold or warm is for author to decide and there's no truth when it comes to WB. I'm more concerned when the snow renders almost grey though. - Benh (talk) 09:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Change the white balance in a natural scene is change the reality representation and transform it in a artistic picture out of commons scope. --Wilfredor (talk) 22:56, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I sympathise with your point, but the problem is: what is the right white balance? The camera just guesses it (depending on your settings) and can be wrong, so sometimes changing the white balance in post-processing is necessary just to achieve a realistic result. (This is a general remark, not related to this photo.) --Aristeas (talk) 08:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support out of curiousity, how hard is it to hike to the south ridge of Mount Pumori? --SHB2000 (talk) 08:10, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I would say it is easy provided you’re properly acclimatized to the altitude and don’t have any preexisting medical conditions. The hike usually starts from Lukla and most people need at least two to three nights at 4000+ m. And then it’s advisable to sleep two more nights in either the Everest Base Camp or Gorakshep. Once fully acclimatized to low levels of oxygen it is pretty easy to traverse that ridge up to about 5800 m., weather permitting. There are no technical difficulties. --Argenberg (talk) 20:36, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 11:02, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Sure, the mountain is outstanding, but the image is technically only average. --Milseburg (talk) 16:57, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Wieggy (talk) 20:51, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ermell (talk) 14:40, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Radomianin (talk) 17:23, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Per Milseburg. Actually it's below average, as the snow on the upper mountain looks like paint daubs, suggesting overprocessing. Daniel Case (talk) 23:36, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Breil-Brigels, Lag da Breil- Flem. 23-09-2022. (d.j.b) 04.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 30 Dec 2022 at 06:07:45 (UTC)
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  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Wieggy (talk) 20:51, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- NytharT.C 00:02, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support A bit more noise in the darker areas in the back than one would like, even given that this is a long exposure, but still not enough to oppose IMO. Daniel Case (talk) 03:33, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Garibaldi Lake seen from Panorama Ridge2.jpg[edit]

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Garibaldi Lake
✓ Done: on closer inspection, it was; fixed. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 03:09, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • This is very similar to a previous nomination you made. Was the lake all that color? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:44, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes, I've applied different post processing to address the camera's technical limitations. This is a glacial lake with significant rock flour influx, so the colour is accurate. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 03:09, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support you can never say no to a BC mountain /s --SHB2000 (talk) 06:58, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Wieggy (talk) 20:51, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • BA candidate.svg Regretful weak oppose I supported the earlier one, and I am glad that you have tried to improve it to meet the objections raised to it, but this goes too far—the far ridgeline looks oversharpened, and the mountainsides in the foregound just look overprocessed. Daniel Case (talk) 03:29, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Мал полуостров во Дебарското Езеро.jpg[edit]

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A small peninsula in Debar Lake
Yes.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 06:31, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Aristeas: I like that version too. I'll nominate it as an alternative to see what people think.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 09:14, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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A small peninsula in Debar Lake
Much better, but what about the colors? It seems to me like it has a bit of a magenta tint? El Grafo (talk) 09:39, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Good hint. I noticed it, too, but did not correct it because I assumed (maybe by mistake) that this could be the real colour of the ground at the shores. In the Category:Debar Lake, some photos show a yellowish colour, some a reddish colour of the shores. @Kiril Simeonovski: Can you clarify which is the real colour of the shore: is it really that reddish, or is it more like in this photo, or …? When I know this I can further improve the photo. Thank you, --Aristeas (talk) 10:49, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Some parts of the shore are yellowish, while some are reddish due to the red tide in the shallow waters. Please see this image for further details. You can notice that the shore to the left is reddish and the red tide is even visible, but the shore in the background is more yellowish. I'd see that the natural colour of the shore on this image is a bit more reddish.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 12:08, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you. I am sorry to say so but I have big problems to find a satisfying correction of the colour balance for the photo. It certainly has more colour shift than a simple magenta tint. When I try to correct the colour so that the shore get’s right, the lake gets unbelievable colours. I assume that in reality this must be a great photo with astonishing colours, but I am not able to find out which. Maybe somebody else with more skills (El Grafo?) can help here. Sorry, --Aristeas (talk) 14:31, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Symbol support vote.svg Support But maybe it is just good as it is. At least the comparison with the other photos show that the reddish tint is not unrealistic … --Aristeas (talk) 20:59, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support This version is OK for me. Yann (talk) 19:24, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I thought the filename was in Bulgarian ... I knew the two languages were close but I didn't realize they were that close. Daniel Case (talk) 19:57, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Wieggy (talk) 20:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I don't understand the glassy, rippled surface of the water that's only where it is not in shadow. Please explain. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:14, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    That's because the lake isn't wave-free on that part of the image. It has really nothing to do with the cloud reflection. However, it's a very good example of how clouds reflect on a surface of a larger body of water. In order to see a full reflection, it's necessary to have a crystal clear water surface, but that's impossible in practice (unless it's a very small pond).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 09:45, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Zoutelande (NL), Strand, Blick auf die Nordsee -- 2022 -- 4984.jpg[edit]

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View from the beach to the Westerschelde, Zoutelande, Zeeland, Netherlands

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Old Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg, Germany

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Planet Neptune and seven of its moons, most prominently Triton in blue, together with galaxies and stars. Infrared image.
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Naomi Rowe-Gurney (NASA-GSFC) - uploaded and nominated by Habitator terrae -- Habitator terrae 🌍 20:53, 19 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Perhaps not so clear cut impressive as images of nebulae, but stunning because of the content wise contrast between the galaxies and Neptune (with rings, which is pretty rare for images of neptune).
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Habitator terrae 🌍 20:53, 19 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting question.svg Question I am tempted to oppose this as it seems to be an image created from data and bears no relation to what you would 'see' in a telescope. But I am no expert. It just looks so false. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:07, 19 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Not expert either, but I can tell this much: most of the light wavelengths can't be seen by the human eye. JWST's sensors can catch these, so mapping to visible wavelengths can be necessary. This can be a calculated (like when the light have traveled for so long it's shifted toward the reds / invisible infrared, so we just "shift back") or just arbitrary. This photo is probably the later case (it's not far enough so that the infrared light is shifted from visible light). Hope it's not too much bullshit that I said... - Benh (talk) 08:25, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Follow-up Pictogram-voting question.svg Question Does this mean that we should understand and handle this rather as some kind of Computer graphics than as a photo? --Aristeas (talk) 09:36, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    It's signal processing, so yes to me. But it's real stuff, just we must bear in mind the colors are mapped because the camera used is NIRcam (near infrared, so I assume it's not visible light). I guess they use a mapping which makes sense. But I think I've said too much and I hope some astronomer corrects me. - Benh (talk) 13:00, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    @Benh: For the mapping and the filters click on link and scroll to "About The Image". Habitator terrae 🌍 16:46, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    (Edit conflict) Just because we now have instruments that detect things our human eyes can't see, doesn't make the image any less real. Look at it this way: A digital camera's sensor records photons of certain wavelengths. It does some very fast calculations with the software in the camera and the result is an image of pixels we can see. JWST's sensors does the same thing. It records photons of other (non-visible) wavelengths, software does some calculations (although way more advanced than in a normal digital camera) and this results in pixels that we can see. Yes, the colors are added/enhanced and not exactly what our eyes would see, but in early B&W photography when colors were not rightly represented (like the blue-yellow switch), people still didn't think the photos were 'fake'. Our everyday phone cameras can now record IR light, from say a remote control, process it and give it a color we can see, and we don't hesitate to call that a true photo.
    A computer generated image is an imagined picture, with user and AI extrapolating and guessing how things might look. JWST's images are not made up or imagined, they are very exact representations of what is out there. We are just not used to seeing it so clearly yet. Imagine how the Lumière brothers would react to seeing an IMAX nature documentary, they would probably also think it looked false.--Cart (talk) 13:53, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thank you for your explanations, Benh and Cart! I did not want to devalue the image with my question, it was just a question. --Aristeas (talk) 14:53, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    That's why I didn't nominated this image, with artifical AI-noice-reduction. Habitator terrae 🌍 16:48, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    @Charlesjsharp: By that standard you would be forced to oppose many pictured in Commons:Featured pictures/Astronomy like File:Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color TXT.jpg or File:Jupiter Showcases Auroras, Hazes (NIRCam Closeup).jpg. It has many relations to what you would "see" through a telescope. Fully red objects don't go to fully blue and vice versa. This comes from the fact, that green is a not existing color for stars. Therefore the basic colors don't fully negating themselves. Furthermore: From a technical point of view, this sensor uses the same process as normal cameras: The only difference is, that it doesn't uses the anthropocentristic filters red, blue and green, which evolved to life on earth and not to view stars, but some infrared (which might find their equivalent in some other species than human). Habitator terrae 🌍 16:26, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    OK, so if it is imagined that's fine as long as it is described as such. And the image of Neptune itself is ground-breaking. My problem with it is the whole image, which must be a composite. The planet and one nebula are illustrated with the same brightness; not to mention Neptune's moon Triton with its six-pronged reflection. The two FPs you link to are fine. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:00, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    @Charlesjsharp: Why do you think this is a composit, or what do you mean with this? This "six-pronged reflection" isn't to the infrared light or some composit, but because of the form of the mirror (which is needed in normal telescopes) and the high light concentration at one point. See for this en:Diffraction spike. Habitator terrae 🌍 17:20, 20 December 2022 (UTC) PS: Do you mean with "composit", that this is a composit of the different reflection of the different parts of the mirror??Reply[reply]
    @Charlesjsharp I just got from Habitator's reply that "six-pronged reflection" means diffraction spikes. If you look closely, there are 8 spikes (two verticals as well). It's probably because the primary mirror is made of smaller hexagons and because the secondary mirror is held by three tubes. I think we can safely say these are acceptable tradeoffs given all the constraints that come with sending such an incredible telescope so far. You can't review these like you'd review a photo taken with a "regular" camera. - Benh (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thanks for the explanation. I still can't understand why some of the planets/moons/stars have the refraction and others don't. But I'm not opposing this anyway; just saying I am not that impressed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:22, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    The reason is the concentration of light. Stars often have disffractions, because the source of their brightness come from one "small" source, while galaxies (often) have a more scattered type of brightness. The reason for Triton to be so bright, is that is an big icy moon, which reflects a lot. Habitator terrae 🌍 19:23, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    The same can be seen in this image of an airport at night: The point-shaped light sources have diffraction spikes (what photographers like to call "starburst"), but the large rectangular ones don't. --El Grafo (talk) 09:24, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    No pb with that. But I'd like to underscore that sometimes the context and meaning of the photo outweights the rest. A bit like photos of animals are better when taken in the wild instead of a zoo... don't you think? Anyhow. Enough digression, apologies for that. - Benh (talk) 20:59, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    It's a composite in the same way as HDR and focus stacked images are composed of a number of photos. I guess you could call it an "Astro HDR" if you like. --Cart (talk) 17:27, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I don't think so. HDR and focus-stacked images are taken at (almost) the same time from (almost) the same position. A composite is a selection of different images combined into one. That's what this looks like. You are suggesting that they extracted the Neptune image from this 'wide angle' shot. That would surprise me. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:22, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    In fact the different frames were tacken at almost the same time (all on 12 July 2022) at almost the same position (L2 of Earth-Sun with the move of less than one day). I furthermore remind, that this is a considerable shorter time compared to e.g. this image. This short times are a feature of JWST. Of course, this is a image of a solar system object and not of galaxies. Habitator terrae 🌍 19:20, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    (Edit conflict) I think you've misunderstood what this image is. This is not Neptune and bunch of images of other galaxies thrown together in one picture, it's what the sky looks like from that point of view when all the stars and galaxies are brought up to the same visibility/brightness, like you do with HDR. They are there all the time, but we have not been able to see them this well until now. Have you seen how big the Andromeda galaxy would look in the sky if you just bring up the light with HDR? You talk about the image of Neptune and its rings being 'extracted' from this, like this was just an ordinary photo. The photos we get from NASA are only what they release. My guess is that this was originally an extremely large image. The part with Neptune and its rings was released as one photo, then the whole wide view was downsized by NASA to fit being shown over the internet and that is what we see here. I also suspect that the JWST sensors can, in simple terms, to a degree zoom in and out on objects they want it to record. You have to let go of thinking about this extraordinary machine in terms of normal cameras and telescopes. --Cart (talk) 19:50, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    just to get you an idea, how the raw data looks like: Here an raw image (which is part of the image in green), with an exposure of 7515.740 seconds. This was parallel taken, by what is shown in blue, starting on 2022-07-12 06:28:25.913 (with perhaps, I don't know filtering the noise out with parts of the exposure). Red and orange hat an exposure of 1878.935 seconds, starting with 2022-07-12 06:52:35.448. Habitator terrae 🌍 20:03, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    In Addition, perhaps, that's what's the problem for some, the exposure was more like a "scanner" and didn't all the time viewed the same region of the field because of the size. That's why they end up with different intensities, as shown, if you automatic put all the raw data for one wavelength together (as linked). I presume for the processing of this image they used the original "small" exposures to remove all the noise and different intensities across the image. But all of this seems to be pretty standard for most JWST images. Habitator terrae 🌍 10:54, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thank you for the link to the raw data example. This makes me much more confident of the final result. --Aristeas (talk) 08:12, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I think this needs to be featured and explained, so the knowledge has more opportunities to be spread. It's fascinating how we can see Neptune's rings. - Benh (talk) 13:04, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support This is impressive for a space photo. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:03, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Thank you for all the explanations, Benh, Cart and Habitator terrae! --Aristeas (talk) 08:12, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Neptune and Triton in the center are interesting, but compared to the Hubble Deep Field image the wide field is not outstanding. -- IamMM (talk) 09:11, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support The wow takes a while to materialize in this one, but it's there. --El Grafo (talk) 09:32, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ermell (talk) 11:26, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per El Grafo. -- Radomianin (talk) 15:31, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:29, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Wieggy (talk) 20:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Kloster Seligenstadt.jpg[edit]

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Former Benedictine abbey in Seligenstadt, view from the garden

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Filipendula vulgaris

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Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus)
  • Thanks. Being an admirer of Gerald Durrell, I'd known about his involvement for some years, so it was nice to get to the island (and search for three days!). Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:32, 19 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Post-processing is a contentious subject with no 'right' answer. When I have submitted images with less denoise (which includes less sharpening) there have been objections of a lack of sharpness. I try for a balance between on-screen appearance and suitability for printing, where sharpening artefacts don't seem to be such an issue. With the RAW file, we can always reprocess when new software is developed. 16:47, 24 December 2022 (UTC) Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:48, 24 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Castle ruins of Aggstein, Wachau, Lower Austria

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Detail of the sculpture “Silberne Frequenz” (Otto Piene, 1970/71, redesign 2012/14) at the LWL Museum for Art and Culture, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Santa Francesca Romana belltower.
I agree, it's a bit tighter than ideal. Unfortunately, after correcting geometry, this is all I have. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:05, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for the answer! Well, the crop has its advantages, it really concentrates on the tower. --Aristeas (talk) 18:59, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Llez (talk) 15:19, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 10:47, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral I like it but personally this strikes me more as a Quality Image candidate than FP - a technically very good photo of a not particularly interesting building. BigDom (talk) 17:44, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Basílica de Santa María la Mayor, Roma, Italia, 2022-09-16, DD 12-14 HDR.jpg[edit]

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Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy
  • I was certain there was a reason. But the in the end, we're looking at a non centerd architectural shot. - Benh (talk) 08:29, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting question.svg Question Can you do something about the bluish fringing around the muntins in the upper window? Daniel Case (talk) 22:01, 19 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 18:11, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Basílica de San Pedro, Ciudad del Vaticano, 2022-09-14, DD 19-21 HDR.jpg[edit]

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Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
I am extremely respectful, but I am not blind! -- Karelj (talk) 08:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You are extremely tactful, too, right? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:11, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sure. -- Karelj (talk) 08:30, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support High quality and a definite “wow” photo. Taking a look at our other photos of that famous place shows that the foreground is almost always crowded or blocked. Therefore the existing FP has just cropped the foreground, but that looks unbalanced and in the end even worse to me. --Aristeas (talk) 09:49, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Radomianin (talk) 10:38, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 16:29, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --XRay 💬 19:58, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Very noisy sky and a strange horizontal line in the sky at the level of the cross. And also an unsuccessful foreground, unfortunately --George Chernilevsky talk 02:01, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose the sky could be fixed, but the foreground is a fly in the ointment. -- Ivar (talk) 06:12, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose the mentioned horizontal line, also looks titlted. No problem with the foreground --Lupe (talk) 12:01, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment The sky remains not excellent. Also as noted above, it looks tilted clockwise. Maybe still too much perspective correction, but the geometry is not too good, unfortunately. --George Chernilevsky talk 19:23, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @George Chernilevsky and Lupe: I've applied a slight tilt and improved the crop to increase symmetry. I also reworked the sky a bit, although I only see a difference increasing exposure not like this. Thank you! Poco a poco (talk) 12:27, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Symbol support vote.svg Support okay, thank you --Lupe (talk) 15:27, 22 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Symbol support vote.svg Support Fixed now --George Chernilevsky talk 01:23, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Massís del Casamanya seen from Ordino lookout, Canillo/Ordino parish, Andorra

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View of Pyrennes seen from Canòlic in Sant Julià de Lòria parish, Andorra

File:Dish with fruits.jpg[edit]

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Dish with fruits
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Renomination, dish of fruits. My photo. --Mile (talk) 10:29, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Mile (talk) 10:29, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting question.svg Question Would fruit normally be presented like this? Not in the UK. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:46, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Not sure why this has been nominated again, having failed last time (not a close decision) and no improvements have been made. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral the apple almost in a state of decomposition makes the composition ugly --Wilfredor (talk) 15:30, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Kruusamägi (talk) 20:25, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Wieggy (talk) 22:00, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I do wish the apple had been fresher, though. Daniel Case (talk) 06:16, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I think Wilfredor is right. Charles, fruit would be presented similarly to this in the U.S., but probably not as crowdedly. However, from my viewpoint, this is a still life, so the artist can make it look any way they want. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:38, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment imo the apple is still fresh, but it's infected with a disease like apple scab (caused by the fungus). -- Ivar (talk) 07:49, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Like Ivar, I think the apple is OK; the scars on the surface are a common apple disease which does not impair the apple’s taste. At least this fruit looks more interesting than the common over-perfect apples from the supermarket (which look only that perfect because they have been treated heavily with pesticides ;–). The rest of the arrangement is flawless. Small improvement to the gallery link made. --Aristeas (talk) 10:49, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I would have halved the apple like all the other fruits. Or is there a special reason for this? --Llez (talk) 15:03, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 16:45, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 18:49, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I'm failing to make much sense of this arrangement - what is the intention here? It is certainly not how I would arrange fruit for people to eat - partially prepared but not entirely ready for snacking (and who would snack a lemon?). I wouldn't store it like this either, for obvious reasons. Nothing suggests it's being prepared for cooking either - like a knife or a cutting board. So surely this must be a purely "educational" shot - no, wait, why is the apple not cut? And why so many citrus fruits instead of something different like a banana? Is it art then? It a rather crowded arrangement, as Ikan already pointed out above, and if you ask me, the busy tablecloth does not help at all. Excellent food photography requires more than QI quality photography (which is certainly the case here). It requires a solid concept about choice of subject, a setting, and how to arrange the subject(s) within that setting. This one is halfway there, but there's a reason it was rejected in the 2017 nomination. --El Grafo (talk) 09:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Just for your information, I usually eat lemons even with their shells, it has a strong and acidic flavor that is especially dangerous for dental enamel and for this reason I drink a glass of water immediately. It is not something common but it is not completely unreasonable to think that this is a common breakfast somewhere in the world --Wilfredor (talk) 04:43, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Fair enough - if my drink or dish comes with a slice of lemon, I'll typically eat that too. I might have gone a bit over board there. Still, it does not feel like an attempt to illustrate a particular part of a local eating culture either. --El Grafo (talk) 11:03, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The Transfiguration Cathedral in Tambov, Russia.

File:Himalayas, Cholatse, Nepal.jpg, featured[edit]

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View of Cholatse, Ama Dablam and other peaks to the south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal.
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info View of Cholatse, Ama Dablam and other peaks to the south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal. Shot on a location in Chola Valley at around 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) a. s. l. in good weather conditions with some high clouds being formed. Created, uploaded, nominated by --Argenberg (talk) 11:00, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Argenberg (talk) 11:00, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Yann (talk) 11:08, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 13:21, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Impressive in full screen. -- Radomianin (talk) 15:17, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Wow! --PierreSelim (talk) 17:46, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Ermell (talk) 19:50, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Awesome, in the original meaning of the word! Is that black thing in the center of the right side some kind of bird? I can't figure out what it is. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:26, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Ikan Kekek, looks like it is a bird. I’m not sure but it’s probably crossing the ridge between Chola Valley and Ngozumpa Valley and the lowest point in that ridge is 5,400 metres (17,717 ft). Or maybe it has just crossed the Great Himalayan Range (6800+ m). Maybe somebody can explain what bird can fly so high and what is it doing there. --Argenberg (talk) 11:57, 16 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Schnobby (talk) 08:20, 16 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 10:55, 16 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Striking image --Tagooty (talk) 12:47, 16 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Sorry, find the light not so pleasant. --A.Savin 14:16, 16 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose Please remove the one-pixel large white border at the left, at the bottom, and at the right, that were certainly not there originally -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:02, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thanks for noticing. It has been corrected. --Argenberg (talk) 14:53, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 18 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 14:40, 24 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural#Nepal

File:Wien Zentralfriedhof Allee A 20221111 01.jpg, featured[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 24 Dec 2022 at 09:19:07 (UTC)
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Avenue in the old Israelite section of Vienna Central Cemetery
Confirmed results:
Result: 9 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Aristeas (talk) 14:39, 24 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Other#Austria


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Mon 19 Dec → Sat 24 Dec
Tue 20 Dec → Sun 25 Dec
Wed 21 Dec → Mon 26 Dec
Thu 22 Dec → Tue 27 Dec
Fri 23 Dec → Wed 28 Dec
Sat 24 Dec → Thu 29 Dec

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

Thu 15 Dec → Sat 24 Dec
Fri 16 Dec → Sun 25 Dec
Sat 17 Dec → Mon 26 Dec
Sun 18 Dec → Tue 27 Dec
Mon 19 Dec → Wed 28 Dec
Tue 20 Dec → Thu 29 Dec
Wed 21 Dec → Fri 30 Dec
Thu 22 Dec → Sat 31 Dec
Fri 23 Dec → Sun 01 Jan
Sat 24 Dec → Mon 02 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 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/December 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/December 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/December 2022), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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