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Featured picture candidates

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

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

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

Formal things[edit]

Nominating[edit]

Guidelines for nominators[edit]

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photographs[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

Video and audio[edit]

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

Set nominations[edit]

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

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

Simple tutorial for new users[edit]

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}}

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

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

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

Voting[edit]

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

You may use the following templates:

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

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

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

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

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

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

Featured picture delisting candidates[edit]

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

Featured picture candidate policy[edit]

General rules[edit]

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

Featuring and delisting rules[edit]

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

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

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

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

Above all, be polite[edit]

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

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

See also[edit]

Table of contents[edit]

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

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

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Featured picture candidates[edit]

File:UBTZ 2TE116UM Tynh - Narst.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2024 at 08:48:58 (UTC)
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Train in Mongolia

File:Rear NW Basilica Francesco Assisi Sep23 A7C 07913.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2024 at 05:44:51 (UTC)
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Basilica of San Francesco (Assisi), view of side/rear from NW

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

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2024 at 05:33:38 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Florence from the Duomo terrace (61408p).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 22:36:25 (UTC)
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Southeastern Florence from the Duomo terrace (panorama)

File:Hell Gate Bridge (60275p).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 22:23:58 (UTC)
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Hell Gate Bridge panorama

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

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 20:40:24 (UTC)
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Hermann Schwarz

File:Catedral, Carcasona, Francia, 2023-01-08, DD 101-103 HDR.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 18:30:05 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Shell-HausBerlinmsu-2023-0I9A-8433-.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 18:29:56 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Faneca (Trisopterus luscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 43.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 16:38:59 (UTC)
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Pouting (Trisopterus luscus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Class_:_Actinopterygii_(Ray-finned_Fish)
  •  Info Pouting (Trisopterus luscus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. Poutings belong to the cod family (Gadidae) and are found predominantly in European waters, especially around the south and west of the British Isles and in Scandinavian waters, although they can also be found in the Mediterranean and along the north African coast. It's generally a small fish, seldom exceeding 30 centimetres (12 in) in length. They forage for any food source they can find with marine worms, shellfish and dead fish all making up their diet. It was previously ignored as a commercial fish. However, the decline in the stocks of whitefish species such as cod and haddock has seen pouting acquire a growing value as a commercial fish, and they are now available both as whole fish from fishmongers and supermarkets and are also used in fish products such as fish fingers and ready meals. Note: we have no FPs of the whole order Gadiformes. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 16:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 16:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Could maybe do with being a tiny bit brighter? but excellent composition and image quality Cmao20 (talk) 18:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Écomusée d’Alsace 53.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 09:45:00 (UTC)
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Mulhouse Fortified Tower (Building No. 41), Écomusée d’Alsace, Ungersheim, Haut-Rhin, France.
 Info The only information I got is, that the fortified tower was rebuilt in 1987 from fragments dating from the end of the 15th century. These come from the medieval ramparts of the city of Mulhouse. I added this information also in the file description. --Llez (talk) 12:14, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:View of Mount Phou Si and Mekong bank at sunset seen from Wat Chomphet in Luang Prabang Laos.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 01:50:40 (UTC)
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View of Mount Phou Si and Mekong bank at sunset seen from Wat Chomphet in Luang Prabang Laos
  • Thanks! Yes, these large boats are mainly intended for the transport of travelers -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:45, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Pirogue and boat on the Mekong with colorful sky at sunset in Luang Prabang Laos.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2024 at 01:48:06 (UTC)
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Pirogue and boat on the Mekong with colorful sky at sunset in Luang Prabang Laos

File:Rendering von Seite Sierpiński-Pyramide 20230513 002 RGB16.png[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2024 at 13:51:02 (UTC)
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Computer-generated image of a Sierpiński pyramid with a gold like shader

File:Jessie J 12 17 2017 -31 (39161794942).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2024 at 12:50:12 (UTC)
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File:John Everett Millais - The Blind Girl, 1854-56.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2024 at 12:13:26 (UTC)
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The Blind Girl by John Everett Millais.

File:Flock of American wigeons in flight at Llano Seco (2023)-104A0879.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2024 at 04:13:29 (UTC)
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A flock of American wigeons (Mareca americana) in flight at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex south of Chico, California
Thanks, Basile. I've literally tried getting a shot like this for years. Then, on Christmas Eve, without any other of the usual photographers at Llano Seco, these wigeons come directly towards me and I start firing… knowing immediately one of my exposures was a money shot. – Look at how funny they are. I'm very thankful to watch this playing out at one of the prime birding spots in California :-) --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 02:54, 26 December 2023 (UTC) Reply[reply]
Well done. My favorite is number 2 from the left :-) Basile Morin (talk) 12:04, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Pez murciélago orbicular (Platax orbicularis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 01.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2024 at 22:29:09 (UTC)
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Orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis), Red Sea, Egypt

File:Alpstein from Schellenberg (3).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2024 at 10:47:47 (UTC)
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Alpstein seen from Schellenberg, Unterland, Liechtenstein

File:British singer and songwriter Dua Lipa at the SWR3 New Pop Festival 2016.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2024 at 09:25:55 (UTC)
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British singer and songwriter Dua Lipa at the SWR3 New Pop Festival 2016
  • @W.carter and Cmao20: I removed the blob of light near her hand. IMO this was the most disturbing. I hope it is OK. Yann (talk) 19:57, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Паук Xysticus за завтраком.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2024 at 17:33:26 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
Just like Cmao20 correctly said below. I thought it was obvious that I meant that the subject in the photo is horrifying and creepy. The photo itself is good except for the small things I mentioned. --Cart (talk) 22:33, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Can you indicate where exactly you saw the stacking errors? Because I can't see anything. Looks like everything has been removed. Shapomacro (talk) 06:18, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Most of them are right in the middle of the photo, on the back of the beetle. Water drops and ridges on the back shield are double, and there is an unsharp murky area just below the beetle. --Cart (talk) 11:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support I think Cart meant the creepiness as a positive. Not all images have to evoke pleasant emotions. This is certainly striking enough to pass. I agree about the stacking errors and worth contacting the nominator about that Shapomacro, your pic is great but would be likelier to pass if those could be improved. Maybe others in the community could help if they could see the original files, I'm afraid I have no experience with focus stacking myself. Cmao20 (talk) 22:24, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Unfortunately, the author of the photo is unlikely to appear on Commons ever again :( JukoFF (talk) 22:30, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Yes, the stacking is poor but the source images are not sharp enough (1/160 sec - presumably on a tripod). It is oversaturated, possibly because of use of flash. I cxan't work out what's going on with the beetle's legs. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:44, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 10:55, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support ★ 11:43, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 09:26, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Laitche (talk) 11:18, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Aerial view of the Cape Mramorny, Sakhalin, Russia DJI 0407-2.jpg[edit]

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  • Re. the composition my point is that it's the kind of scene that either cries out for a wider panorama, although that would obviously be tricky, or for a narrower and more focussed crop that gets rid of the parts of the frame with nothing interesting to see - I added a crop suggestion but the issue is that we don't really have the resolution to crop much, so I fear it is a non-starter. Totally agree about the processing unfortunately Cmao20 (talk) 22:01, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Stari železnički most nad Savom, Beograd.jpg[edit]

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Old Railway bridge over Sava river, Belgrade
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Bridges#Serbia
  •  Info Old Railway bridge over Sava river, Belgrade. My shot. --Mile (talk) 09:47, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Mile (talk) 09:47, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support At first I was not sure about some of the crops but thinking about it I'm not sure there's a way to do this any better. Good striking photo and excellent image quality Cmao20 (talk) 13:50, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support ★ 16:02, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Good quality, but nothing special about the composition and the bridge itself. Poor and wrong categorization, too. Really a 360°panorama? --A.Savin 16:43, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    A.Savin probably mistake when i put with others which are 360°. Error corrected. --Mile (talk) 17:24, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
A.Savin: On quesiton what is special: its nice composition, very good quality, natural colors. Here is your for comparison, its already FP: 1. --Mile (talk) 17:46, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
COM:OVERCAT, and several relevant categories (such as "Aerial photographs of...") are missing. But that's only a side-note. --A.Savin 18:25, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
(Meanwhile correctly fixed by others.) --A.Savin 16:16, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:President Barack Obama.jpg[edit]

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And this one much cooler. ;-) --Cart (talk) 13:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --XRay 💬 08:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment I think still isnt up to WH photography. A bit overexposed and Souza could clean those dust spots from cloth. 1,22 MB on 9 MPx - large compresion. ★ i think wont be even near. --Mile (talk) 10:03, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Why is it overexposed? ★ 10:38, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Since it look better. +Vibrance, +Contrast, -Brightness --Mile (talk) 17:36, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Giles Laurent (talk) 15:27, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Well-done official portrait. The traditional aesthetics are typical and appropriate for that genre. Note for geeks: Pete Souza intentionally included the background, i.e. the flags, to clarify the message of the photo. And what did he do to achieve this? He closed the diaphragm to ƒ/7.1 on his 85 mm lens. And the result is fine. What a contrast to the idea advocated by many users in photo forums that you always need the fastest lenses you can get – they say “a ƒ/1.8 85 mm lens is too slow”, “don’t buy brand x, they do not even have a ƒ/1.2 85 mm lens”, etc. ;–) Well, if the background is ugly, it makes sense to throw it out of focus with an extremely fast lens, then ƒ/1.4 or ƒ/1.2 makes sense; but when the background is beautiful and/or important, even a ƒ/2.8 lens is more than fast enough at 85 mm. --Aristeas (talk) 16:59, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support I see no reason to have most official portraits as FPs, but this is a really good one. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:15, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 10:55, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support A good photo where he breaks through the fourth wall in a way most official portraits don't do. And it's great if we can get another Souza photo to FP. He is an intuitive photographer with a sense of capturing moments; that doesn't always go down well here at this strange forum called FPC. --Cart (talk) 13:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 15:10, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 18:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --GRDN711 (talk) 15:20, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Poco a poco (talk) 20:40, 26 December 2023 (UTC) PD: Thanks, Cmao20Reply[reply]

File:Crâne de smilodon exposé au Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.jpg[edit]

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✓ Done Thanks Cart, please let me know if its the right way to do it --Wilfredor (talk) 18:08, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ok, nice try, but that is not the data box I was talking about. Under each image the is a box which (in English) says "Captions" and "Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents". That is the box that should be filled in too on each file. It's just below the image; click on the "Edit " and add the info. --Cart (talk) 19:24, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ce sont deux créatures différentes Basile! alors, tu te rends compte que le sang d'un Xénomorphe est un acide incroyablement puissant, n'est-ce pas ? Et le smilodon était une créature qui dépendait d'attaques physiques pour tuer ses proies. Même s'il infligeait une blessure mortelle à un Xénomorphe, l'acide le détruirait complètement. De plus, le Xénomorphe est un superorganisme génétiquement modifié, conçu pour être efficace dans le meurtre, et il est dit dans l'univers qu'il est aussi intelligent, sinon plus, que les primates non humains. Le smilodon, en comparaison, n'était qu'un grand félin avec une force de morsure bien moindre et des canines plus longues que la moyenne, qui, pour autant que nous le sachions, n'était pas plus intelligent qu'un tigre moyen. Il n'y a vraiment pas de match. Les Xenos remportent celui-ci, sans conteste. --Wilfredor (talk) 17:46, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --XRay 💬 08:23, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Could be, background is helpful here, crop work. --Mile (talk) 09:53, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment White borderlines caused by cutting in several areas around the skull, very well visible e.g. at the canines --Llez (talk) 14:25, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
This was not cut, the background was the natural background of the Museum. You can see this by looking at this same skeleton behind the giant sloth on the right here. --Wilfredor (talk) 14:28, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
But where do the bright halos on the canines come from? It should be possible to remove them. --Llez (talk) 17:46, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
✓ Done Llez I don't know where it comes from, maybe a backlight effect? Anyway, I've already eliminated it. Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 17:56, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
 Support OK now --Llez (talk) 06:10, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Golden Chapel, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.jpg[edit]

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Golden Chapel, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
✓ Done --Wilfredor (talk) 12:06, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
✓ Done Thanks, I don't know how no one here saw that, including me. --Wilfredor (talk) 16:27, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Underside of expanded bluefire jellyfish in Brofjorden at Sandvik 57.jpg[edit]

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Underside of expanded bluefire jellyfish in Brofjorden
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class : Scyphozoa
  •  Info Not a view you usually see in photos of jellyfishes, but this bluefire jelly is showing its pretty frilly "petticoats" in such beautiful way. You can also see three of the four prominent mouth arms well. The fourth arm is ("modestly") folded down over its mouth. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 11:35, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Cart (talk) 11:35, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support The other one looks more like a jellyfish, this one looks more like an abstract artwork. Both good candidates. Cmao20 (talk) 18:43, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Thanks! Can't say I "like" them either, they are either yuckky and slimy or they sting like hell when you swim into their threads by mistake. :-/ But they are fun to photograph. --Cart (talk) 19:30, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --XRay 💬 08:26, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Mile (talk) 09:56, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Giles Laurent (talk) 15:02, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:09, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Extremely doubtful quality, biological species is almost impossible to determine, not a jellyfish or a piece of fishing net with foam plastic, in the background you can not see anything at all, this grayness does not allow you to concentrate on the main image. This is a very weak shot. JukoFF (talk) 22:02, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I urge all those in favor to look at this photo more objectively. JukoFF (talk) 22:08, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you, I'll take your very honest critique to heart, but at least I can assure you that this is indeed a jellyfish. :-) You can even compare it with the photos of half-turned jellies in the category. --Cart (talk) 22:14, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It's nothing personal:) JukoFF (talk) 22:17, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes in this category, according to the trends of this vote, 2/3 of the photos should be favorites, they at least show something related to jellyfish:) JukoFF (talk) 22:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Well, this sort of comments always pop up when you try to show a new angle of something, that people in general aren't used to seeing. And you are wrong about the percentage; about 90% of the photos in that category are far below FP quality. But it was a rare event to get this species in camera range, and I wanted to make the most of it, even though the overall light was not good at that time. I only dared to make these nominations because of the FPC rule about hard-to-photograph subjects/events can excuse a lower technical quality of the photo. I'd call a species that only shows up once in 8 years a bit difficult. People here have no problem making exceptions for rare birds that are hard to find, I don't see why underwater creatures should be treated differently. --Cart (talk) 22:50, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Do you have a single nomination where your photos don't get status:). I have the utmost respect for your contributions, you are doing a great job. I am only against the fact that we here are afraid to vote against, because a person has a reputation and gradually after really great photos he nominates photos that are not the best quality, but the community can not vote against. JukoFF (talk) 23:02, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
"Do you have a single nomination where your photos don't get status" - I'm sorry , but that comment is just too funny!!! :-D I try to photograph new and/or different things/angles/views/scenes, and because of that I've had my ass kicked more than most regular nominators here. Even on some of the noms that were promoted, I walked away bruised and battered. So yes, I know how it feels to have my photos rejected. If you want some sort of hard statistics, you can read this table and see that about half my noms "don't get status". Trust me, the community has no problem with voting against my photos. The latest one was the nom just before this one. --Cart (talk) 23:15, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment Hold on a sec! I think I've figured out what's going on here, and why JukoFF is so outraged when a normal "oppose" would have been enough. I read things like "honorable photographer", "really great photos", something about me being a photographer of reputation who people don't dare to vote against, and that weird thing about me not having lost any noms. These things are usually not remotely associated with me. I think you, JukoFF, has me confused with some other photographer with a similar name, like Code or Colin, both more in line with your high thoughts. And yes, it would be out of character for one of them, with their superior equipment and expertise to nominate a photo of this quality. That would justify your outburst. Me, I'm nowhere near their standard, and I'm as surprised as you are of the warm reception these jelly photos have received. But it's been amusing to be mistaken for one of the "big guys" for a while. :-) I hope this clears things up. --Cart (talk) 03:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Sideview of contracted bluefire jellyfish in Brofjorden at Sandvik 2.jpg[edit]

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Sideview of contracted bluefire jellyfish in Brofjorden
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class : Scyphozoa
  •  Info The bluefire jellyfishes are smaller and much rarer than the usual ones you see here in the fjords. I have only seen them once in eight years, when a flock appeared in Brofjorden. The blue jellies are streamlined when contracted, and the rim of their top is very lobed so when they expand to get ready for a "swim stroke", they get little resistance from the water until they are fully expanded and ready to contract again. That makes them more agile, quicker and faster swimmers than Cyanea capillata and Aurelia aurita. Their darting movements in the water are more resembling that of dragonflies than other jellies.
I admit I went a bit overboard in photographing them when I finally saw them, but there were very few good photos of them at all and none of them with a free license. It proved to be a good move, since the next day, nearly all of them lay dead and beached on the sand. As the jellies grow weaker, they lose their deep hue and the purple "fire" inside them is extinguished, and they become paler. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 11:35, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Cart (talk) 11:35, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 12:05, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Laitche (talk) 17:13, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Good to see you nominating photos here again, always liked your work even on occasions I didn't support. This one is a great composition and captures the colours v well Cmao20 (talk) 18:42, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks! I got new eyes now. Always easier to nominate stuff when you can see. ;-) --Cart (talk) 19:26, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Many congratulations, glad things went well on that front! Cmao20 (talk) 19:31, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • There is no hypocrisy. I have opposed this author's photos more than once and judge all pictures on their merits as I see them not on the identity of the creator. Cmao20 (talk) 22:36, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    And you really think this is a feature photo? If so, please explain to me why. I've been here 15 years, maybe I'm stereotyping, but this is the most common photo. Why is it worthy of status? Off-center, chaotic. Why do you vote? :) JukoFF (talk) 22:48, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Re the "off-center" comment, it's called Lead room. It is common on this forum to use it in photos of things or creatures to indicate movement. --Cart (talk) 22:58, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for clarifying. So you're sure the jellyfish's next move will be forward:)? JukoFF (talk) 23:04, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes, it moved forward and I was tracking it. Remember, I was there and actually saw these creatures. FPs can also be cropped if another framing is desired for an article or something. That is what we have the {{Extracted}} template for. --Cart (talk) 23:23, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Why would you want it centred? That would harm the composition in my view. As it is we have a sense of movement in the frame. I supported the photo because it is beautiful and carefully composed. Basile's support argument is really interesting too. Re. 'this is the most common photo', there are only 6 FPs in the category and none of this species, so no it is not. If it is a common image it is certainly not the kind of photo commonly presented on this forum. Cmao20 (talk) 02:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:ISS-66 Atmospheric plume from 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption.jpg[edit]

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Volcanic ash in atmosphere
I have no problem with that. Would you able to exchange it? Not sure how to do it. If you fix that, I'll glad.--Phoenix CZE (talk) 10:44, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Now fixed. Best of luck with your nom, --Cart (talk) 12:01, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Oppose this version in favor of the edited alternative. --Cart (talk) 12:01, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Alternative edited version[edit]

  •  Info Edited and cropped version.
  •  Support per my comment above. --Cart (talk) 12:01, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support ★ 12:39, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment Ok, something went wrong here since the nominator just revived an old FPD-ed nom instead of making a new one. I'm not too familiar with how to to fix the dates here. Asking kindly if A.Savin can help with this. I think you have fixed issues like this before. --Cart (talk) 13:15, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • The show can go on now thanks to the work of A.Savin. :-) --Cart (talk) 13:37, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Maria Gern mit Untersberg.jpg[edit]

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Pilgrimage church Maria Gern in the near of Berchtesgaden. in the background the Untersberg
I can recognise the problem. Clone stamp or desaturation would be possible here. --Ermell (talk) 18:05, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Common kingfisher in Japan, December 2023 - 4925.jpg[edit]

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A kingfisher rolling and slamming a small fish onto a tree.
  •  Support Shot is interesting, teling a story. So its beating that fish by the wood. Maybe video. --Mile (talk) 13:58, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Great action shot! I haven't seen any like this here on Commons before. Capturing motion blur in good way is also about getting some good lines into that photo or it will not work. Here you have a circular motion that is very pleasing. This could also be a candidate for the new gallery Commons:Featured pictures/Photo techniques/Styles and Techniques#Intentional motion blur if you prefer that. It's up to you. --Cart (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support as per Cart. -- Radomianin (talk) 17:28, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support ★ 00:15, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose It could have been amazing if the bird had been frozen at high speed. But here the fish is difficult to discern. Precisely because of the blur, the bud of the branch can be assimilated to an extension of this fish. This nomination had the same settings (1/60 sec) thus I suppose the effect (blur) was more unexpected than "intentional". The background seems cluttered and the two blurry branches behind are very distracting, in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:42, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @Basile Morin: Thanks for the comment and thinking carefully. Yes, that two shots are same shutter speed, but what if I was aiming this shot first? :) --Laitche (talk) 01:56, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Can't prove the contrary of course, the only sure thing in that case is that this one is unexpectedly a success :-) -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:03, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Sure, only the camera you can control. Low speed definitely allows you to lower the ISO, but perhaps in this situation another view point would have been preferable, or a quicker shutter speed -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:23, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment I think that every photographer has to rely on sheer luck and serendipity to a certain extent. Sometimes we get good shots that we weren't expecting.;-) The "intentional" can also be seen as the choice to keep and display a photo with motion blur (or some other chance thing that improves the compo), rather than just deleting it from camera. --Cart (talk) 10:18, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Yes, I totally agree with what you're saying. And in that case, if the goal was to capture an "intentional blur", then the other picture, sharp at relatively low speed + high distance + low ISO, is an incredible (unexpected) success. That's maybe why photography is an activity full of surprises / discovery. But at the same time, some distracting elements also enter in the composition, where a painting / drawing would have been spared. I think the bud, and the vertical branch behind, are really misplaced, it is bad luck. I have no personal conviction on the idea of deleting this type of image or not. Some participants seem to be more tolerant of the flaws highlighted. These differences in judgment can constitute indicators. The motion blur may not be trash, it's just not the best example in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:12, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment Everyone has their own opinion so vote is yours, of course :) --Laitche (talk) 11:36, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Gorgeous action pic. The motion blur is beautiful, giving the real feeling of the movement. --Selbymay (talk) 11:45, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Just fuzzy image of some bird, no any reason for FP nomination, IHMO -- Karelj (talk) 16:12, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak oppose I think my problem with it is that it's too blurry for me to be able to tell what's going on without the caption, but not blurry enough to be fully an abstract artwork as opposed to an illustrative photo. I think it was a really good try though and I'd love to see any future shots that use a similar idea Cmao20 (talk) 18:39, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Royal-clipper.jpg[edit]

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The 200 passenger sailing ship Royal Clipper - as seen on the Mediterranean in spring 2018.

File:View of Pfronten 03.jpg[edit]

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View from the Breitenberg to Pfronten, Bavaria, Germany
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/Germany#Bavaria
  •  Info created by Llez - uploaded by Llez - nominated by Llez -- Llez (talk) 09:08, 19 December 2023 (UTC); See also the annotations on the nimonation page.Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Llez (talk) 09:08, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Laitche (talk) 02:40, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support ★ 00:47, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Dull light, sorry. Very high resolution and spectacular view point, but all over the colors are bland, the background is hazy with blue mountains, and the sky is gray. Useful document, but not one of the best images of the website in my opinion, because the overall appearance is too unattractive. Incidentally, there's a weird dark thing in the sky in the middle right, that does not look like a cloud -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:23, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    •  Info "...weird dark thing in the sky..." removed. Remark: Mountains in a distance of 10 to 25 km (see annotations) have mostly a bluish tint. --Llez (talk) 06:22, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Your photo was taken from the Hopfensee (you can see the Hopfensee on my panorama in a distance of 10 km!), this is only half the distance of the viewpoint of my panorama. The mountains in a distance of your comparing foto look like you describe it (see for example the "3. Pfrontener Berg", "Eselsberg", and "Reuterwanne") --Llez (talk) 11:47, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • The main difference lies less in the distance than in the moment of shooting, and in the direction of the light, in my opinion. The example given above was photographed at 6:39 p.m., with a cooperative sun, and this image here at 12:09 p.m., that is to say in the middle of the day, when the sun falls sharply with a harsh light -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:18, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Good quality, impressive panorama that is fun to scroll through but sadly I do find the light very dull Cmao20 (talk) 18:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 14:08, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:023 African pygmy kingfisher at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg[edit]

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African pygmy kingfisher at Kibale forest National Park
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
  •  Info No FPs of this genus (Ispidina) and of this species (Ispidina picta). Created by Giles Laurent - uploaded by Giles Laurent - nominated by Giles Laurent -- Giles Laurent (talk) 08:31, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 08:31, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 10:26, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose We don't have feather definition and if cropped would be too small. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:52, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thank you for your review. You probably have the old file in cache, please refresh the image with F5 key (windows) or Command+R (Mac) on the full size picture page as the feathers have enough definition on the reworked version. This is a very small and shy bird that is not easy to find and photograph. You will not find a picture of this bird with better definition of the feathers on commons. Giles Laurent (talk) 21:06, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I suggest a crop, see note. Yann (talk) 21:33, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thank you for the suggestion ! I just uploaded a new version of the file with a slight crop still giving context of the bird habitat. What do you think now Yann ? Giles Laurent (talk) 21:58, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Better, but there is still too much space on the right with disturbing elements. Idem for the upper left corner. Yann (talk) 21:59, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    New crop uploaded. What do you think now Yann ? Giles Laurent (talk) 22:53, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
     Support Very well. Yann (talk) 23:01, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
     Comment I still oppose. Being the best on Commons means nothing. That's the case for thousands of animal images. Doesn't make it FP, I'm afraid. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:27, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    In my view this image is not only of good enough quality of a small and difficult bird to photograph but also benefited from a good lighting situation which highlights the beauty of the beautiful colors of this wild bird. The green background also creates a perfect contrast with the orange, purple, blue and red colors of the bird making it stand out even more. The combination of these elements make this of FP level in my opinion. Giles Laurent (talk) 12:43, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- -donald- (talk) 08:29, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support ★ 00:47, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support I would like more feather definition, too, but considering the bird’s small size and after looking at Ispidina picta photos on Flickr (almost all are inferior) I think the picture deserves the star. --Aristeas (talk) 08:59, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak support A bit small for a bird FP in 2023 but am overall persuaded by the author's points Cmao20 (talk) 18:28, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 13:21, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 16:38, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 19:55, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 10:55, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 08:02, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Olive Groves Fields Spello Umbria Sep23 A7C 07785.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 28 Dec 2023 at 06:13:50 (UTC)
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Olive groves in the foothills of Umbria, Italy
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Agriculture#Italy
  •  Info View of olive groves and fields in the foothills and valleys of Umbria, SE of Spello. Created by Tagooty - uploaded by Tagooty - nominated by Tagooty -- Tagooty (talk) 06:13, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Tagooty (talk) 06:13, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Didn't expect to be taken in by this, but the landscape is very pleasant, and the composition with layering diagonals in the cool light works perfectly. --Cart (talk) 10:20, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Like Cart, I am really impressed when viewing it in full size. Very typical view and atmosphere for that lovely region. I would try to tweak the white balance – a little bit warmer and a little bit more magenta. But that’s a matter of taste. --Aristeas (talk) 08:46, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:2023 Grindavik eruption.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 28 Dec 2023 at 01:56:59 (UTC)
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Icelandic volcanic eruption
Charlesjsharp, that doesn’t matter for featured pictures as multiple pictures of the same event can be featured pictures. That only applies for Valued images, which is the best of a specific category and/or event. WeatherWriter (talk) 23:13, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
We should never promote a low quality image of a live event like this. If, in a few months time, it turns out to be the 'wow!' image of the volcano, then it can be nominayed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:18, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 05:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Indeed even better photos may follow, but IMHO this one is already very impressive. Quality-wise it has a little smartphone touch, i.e. strong sharpening of contours, but this may be just due to the high contrast. --Aristeas (talk) 08:41, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Wow indeed! ★ 11:13, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose The photo has "wow" in spades, but the quality is just too low for me, too "smartphone-y". There is also that distracting lower left corner thing. I'm not using a crystal ball comparing this to other photos that may follow (although I'm sure they will since Iceland is becoming a magnet for volcano photographers), but with other photos of volcanic activity we have here. --Cart (talk) 13:01, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose per above, sorry. --A.Savin 16:22, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose per Charles. I think that after an event like this it's always better to wait a while and see what photos turn up than just promote the best one we have right away. Cmao20 (talk) 18:26, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Quality issues: high JPG compression rate and distracting structure at the lower left corner.  Question Is this version upsized? Can you provide the source where this resolution (4500px large) appears? On the file page, the only source indicated is Twitter, where the resolution is low (only 2000 px large). It may also explain the artifacts visible when we zoom -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:23, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose per Basile. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:02, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Per others. --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 09:46, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Szénrakodó-esztergom.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Dec 2023 at 13:02:29 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Fri 22 Dec → Wed 27 Dec
Sat 23 Dec → Thu 28 Dec
Sun 24 Dec → Fri 29 Dec
Mon 25 Dec → Sat 30 Dec
Tue 26 Dec → Sun 31 Dec
Wed 27 Dec → Mon 01 Jan

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

Mon 18 Dec → Wed 27 Dec
Tue 19 Dec → Thu 28 Dec
Wed 20 Dec → Fri 29 Dec
Thu 21 Dec → Sat 30 Dec
Fri 22 Dec → Sun 31 Dec
Sat 23 Dec → Mon 01 Jan
Sun 24 Dec → Tue 02 Jan
Mon 25 Dec → Wed 03 Jan
Tue 26 Dec → Thu 04 Jan
Wed 27 Dec → Fri 05 Jan

Closing a featured picture promotion request[edit]

The bot[edit]

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

Manual procedure[edit]

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/December 2023), 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 2023.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/December 2023), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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