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Camas pocket gopher

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Dec 2014 at 12:29:46 (UTC)

Reason: high resolution, high quality, photo taken by a regional rodent expert, exciting and representative pose
Articles in which this image appears: Camas pocket gopher, could be used in Aggression
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Ian Silvernail, Institute for Applied Ecology

Support as nominator – Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:29, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Disclaimer: I uploaded this image. It is a dynamic photo, well composed, high resolution and highlights soe This image and the associated image of mounds built by the gopher would be useful on the Gopher page as well. Perhaps also Incisor and rodent —Gaff ^ταλκ 15:18, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Poor lighting, IMO. 109.156.52.192 (talk) 14:00, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Regretful oppose I like the animal and the pose, but the light and the background just kill it. --Ebertakis (talk) 22:11, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Ebertakis. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:38, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Very good, but too much shade in the animal's face for a Featured picture. Hafspajen (talk) 03:47, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments There are two other shots from the same series https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thomomys_bulbivorus up at commons. All suffer from lighting issues to some degree. As far as the complaints about the background, this is an accurate depiction of the animals natural setting: dug up disturbed grassland. —Gaff ^ταλκ 04:50, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Yes, you are right, Gaff, all suffer from lighting issues to some degree. Great pity. Hafspajen (talk) 18:40, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:29, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Montfort Castle

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Dec 2014 at 13:34:33 (UTC)

Reason: Great aerial view, high quality and good EV, first place in WLM 2014 Israel. Shows well both the castle and its surroundings.
Articles in which this image appears: Montfort Castle
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Eran Feldman

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 13:34, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very useful — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:26, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hafspajen (talk) 18:43, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Well shot, award winning. Jus da fax 02:36, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Jusdafax. --///EuroCarGT 04:20, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support I agree. gazhiley 10:32, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice. Well exposed, shows all of the fortifications and the landscape in which they sit, and in a sharp and large enough resolution to make out individual features in some detail. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 19:46, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 14:13, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:מבצר מונפורט בזריחה.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:35, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Los Angeles International Airport Aerial Photo

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Dec 2014 at 17:17:37 (UTC)

Reason: Exceptional shot of the entire facility from a perspective few ever see. I as a pilot think that it is important to have photos of the airports on pages about them from a pilots perspective. It is helpful to other pilots in more ways then I can explain here.
Articles in which this image appears: Los Angeles International Airport
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: WPPilot

Support as nominator – talk→ WPPilot 17:17, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak ~~support~~ oppose - Very useful, but a bit blurry. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:35, 22 November 2014 (UTC) (Changed to WO because I see you can do much better). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:10, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose. Very useful and interesting, but simply too poor image quality. Featured pictures must be useful and high quality IMO. Was it taken through a perspex window at an angle or something? That's the only thing I can think of to explain the image quality. I can't imagine it's camera shake at 1/1000th of a sec. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:59, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want to like this, as I am a bit of an airport geek, and it has planes on the runways etc etc. But the blur is just a little too much. gazhiley 10:31, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:18, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Samtavro Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Mtskheta

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Dec 2014 at 18:17:44 (UTC)

Reason: 1) I am not well informed in technical standards but I think it's quite good. 2)high resolution 3)Is among Wikipedia's best work: impressive 4)Has a free license 5)Avoids inappropriate digital manipulation
Articles in which this image appears: Samtavro Transfiguration Orthodox Church
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator: Stefano Bolognini, uploader Giorgi Balakhadze

Support as nominator – g. balaxaZe ✰ 18:17, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Composition is weak. Why are the nun's feet cut off? Why are we shown almost exclusively the wall? If the nun was the focus of the shot, why is she all the way at the bottom? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay it shows that you don't like my caption of the photo, my only will was to show symbolism of care. I don't know, I don't exclude the focus of the shot was the wall of the 11th century church and at this time nun appeared on the photo, but this makes it more interesting and impromptu, what actually not bad. --g. balaxaZe ✰ 10:59, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - If you'd only gotten a little bit lower, this would have probably been quite good (as an image, not for the church article). With the feet cropped off, the scene isn't conveyed as well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:46, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think the composition is actually only a fraction off being good, but unfortunately a miss is as good as a mile in this case. 109.156.52.192 (talk) 20:21, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Precisely. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:35, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Although it's a pretty picture, I think the EV is troubling low. You can't be able to tell whether it's a church or not just from this view. I would much rather see a full view of the church to understand fully what the Samtavro looks like. Étienne Dolet (talk) 20:06, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is a photo in the article that does show the full church. The photo here is good for showing the scale of the building against a human figure, and for showing the typical masonry with its varied sizes of blocks, and the weathering on them in places, and the various restorations. But it just isn't good enough for a featured picture, I think. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 17:16, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose While superficially attractive as an image, especially at first glance, it has flaws that make it fail as an ideal photograph for an encyclopedia entry, and thus unsuitable to be a featured picture. The overly-cut off foreground has been mentioned, but more importantly (since it is an architectural subject) is the cut-off apex of the arch of the blind arcade on the left side, and the cut-off top of the hooded moulding over the large window. Also, this church has a very symmetrical facade, which would have been better revealed by having the center line of the large window in the exact middle of the photo, and not offset to the right as it is. I think the photographer has been more intent on recording the old woman sweeping than the architecture (which is fine, if the photo was on Wikipedia to illustrate old Georgian matrons who lurk in churches and graveyards rather than an article on medieval Georgian architecture). Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 17:02, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:06, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kebyar duduk

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Dec 2014 at 10:14:28 (UTC)

Reason: Quite simply put, I think it's brilliant: good technical quality (the little motion blur on the fan can be accepted, as I was shooting at night with stage lighting and he was spinning in circles), shows the costume and position well.
Articles in which this image appears: Kebyar duduk, Gamelan gong kebyar
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator: Chris Woodrich

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:14, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Nice shot and the DyK hook. But the spotlight is distracting...The Herald 16:32, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- If nobody else minds, I can probably clone it out. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:29, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please - I already let one of those slip by... Hafspajen (talk) 03:45, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit added. I still prefer the original. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Get rid of the blue reflection that is left over from the removed spotlight, and also the blurry figure in the audience, and the vertical pole. And why not crop the photo to a square? (looks better that way, and horizontal space on Wikipedia is more precious than vertical space, so the narrower the photo the better.) Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 17:24, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hence why thumbnails are formatted to be horizontal based. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:03, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Nice one - Bellus Delphina ^talk 02:20, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - any - prefer alt. His movements are much more clear and elegant without lamp. Hafspajen (talk) 06:28, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support either, preference for edit with removed light. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:44, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt--Godot13 (talk) 04:03, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt Yann (talk) 14:07, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 64 edit.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:38, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is a clear consensus that the alt should be promoted. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:38, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Dec 2014 at 12:40:16 (UTC)

Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as used by Queen Elizabeth II from 1953 to the present
Scotlandic Version

Reason: Quality SVGs of UK Royal Heraldries.
Articles in which this image appears: United Kingdom, Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, Scottish Parliament + 100+
FP category for this image: No idea
Creator: Sodacan

Support as nominator – The Herald 12:40, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support I Think Sould Be Put In Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Drawings To Think How It's Done.National Names 2000 (talk) 02:59, 27 November 2014 (UTC)National Names 2000[reply]
Support - How come that we just jump over some nominations, weird, nothing wrong with this either. Hafspajen (talk) 19:02, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose While this is an original version of the Coat of Arms it is not Feature quality in my opinion. There are a number of editors that object to the use of these COAs on some of the articles they are being placed on as not at the same level of work as other heraldry SVGs.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:27, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:40, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Modi at the 69th UN general assembly

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Dec 2014 at 16:22:24 (UTC)

Reason: High resolution and quality image from the Govt. site of a remarkable event
Articles in which this image appears: Narendra Modi, Foreign policy of Narendra Modi, India and the United Nations and 3+
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Press Information Bureau

Support as nominator – The Herald 16:22, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. We can argue about composition and colour, but the quality really isn't there. Just doesn't compare with our portrait FPs. J Milburn (talk) 17:01, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks J. But I have go through all our political FPs and could find only File:John Edwards Pittsburgh 2007.jpg, File:Javier Solana (2007).jpg and File:Saddam Hussein at trial, July 2004-edit1.JPEG in interview or a stage. When I compared it with mine nom, I feel that this is more fitting an FP quality than them, specially more deserving than Saddam's. So can you make me convince why the quality is down? Its of more ev than any other Indian political pic now. Would like to get it passed. Can you please find me an Alt. for him if you disagree? Thank you. --The Herald 12:34, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The focus has completely missed the subject and it's very noisy. Saddam has a bit of noise in the hair but he's dead so we cant get another; with Modi that's not the case --Muhammad(talk) 14:37, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@J Milburn:,@Muhammad Mahdi Karim: Could this or this make the Alt.? The Herald 17:15, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Are either of them freely licensed? J Milburn (talk) 17:22, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Better than this one for sure but I doubt they'd be free. --Muhammad(talk) 18:24, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per J. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:59, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment See DR. J e e 02:50, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support I Really So Classy And It's Like a Bit Shake National Names 2000 (talk) 03:18, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:10, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yule log cake

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Reason: So delicious and sweet pic, not to forget quality and EV.
Articles in which this image appears: Lead image in parent article itself
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator: Jebulon

Support as nominator – The herald 15:02, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Not really all that pleased with the paper or whatever, but useful, and not too distracting. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:14, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Bellus Delphina ^talk 02:20, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - ^{what paper?} Hafspajen (talk) 03:44, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- That background thing. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:31, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Ah, just a minor issue. Hafspajen (talk) 06:24, 24 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

^{May be this Christmas' POTD..Isn't Chris? The herald 13:47, 25 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Next year, maybe. Adam Cuerden was thinking of the Christmas truce. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:47, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could always go in week of Christmas, though. Sorry, but the 100th anniversary of an event only happens once. =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:50, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:56, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 14:04, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Copyright wise this is kinda messy. We could do with confirmation that Jebulon made the bûche de Noël and that still leaves the question of the plastic decorations.©Geni (talk) 18:38, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I agree with Geni- there is definitely an open question concerning copyright. I'm not really concerned about the cake itself, but, given that the decoration exists specifically as decoration (see this) it's at least plausible that there's a derivative work issue. J Milburn (talk) 19:40, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Geni and J Milburn. Regarding the creator of the cake itself, Jebulon stated to me some three years ago that the yule log was "Home made". In the Commons FPC in January 2012 Jebulon also stated after promotion: "Many thanks for Mrs Jebulon, she will surely be very proud !". -- Slaunger (talk) 20:02, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm that would technically mean we need a release from Mrs Jebulon. The try we can perhaps argue as a useful article but I'm not sure which way we should call it on the plastic decorations.©Geni (talk) 21:46, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bûche de Noël chocolat framboise maison.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:03, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

1)-I thank you very much for this nomination, and the unexpected success of this image.
2)-I thank you very much for this promotion I am very proud of.
3)-I am sorry, but please notice I philosophically disagree with the concept of FP in wikipedias. I think it is just confusing with "Commons" FP.
4)-Mrs Jebulon cooked this cake, but I participated, I'm for part owner of the copyright of this cake (eaten since years...)
5)-Actually, the taste was far not so good as the look, it is now a family joke.
6)-The decoration is an industrial product you can find by hundreds in many shops. I don't think the "toy copyright" example works in this case. I feel very cool in case of a trial. I'm confident in the justice of my country...
7)-The background is just a white tablecloth.
8)-I still enjoy the same problem with this f@&€?#¥ login in the english wikipedia (and only here), but I swore the truth, all the trouth, nothing but the truth that I'm your very favorite, very distinguished, and very grateful Jebulon, unique and for real.--92.128.100.124 (talk) 01:20, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Palm Beach County Park Lantana Airport

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Dec 2014 at 15:40:57 (UTC)

Reason: Aerial photo of Palm Beach County Park Lantana Airport that features entire airport
Articles in which this image appears: Palm Beach County Park Airport
FP category for this image: WP:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: WPPilot

Support as nominator – talk→ WPPilot 15:40, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very useful. Not blurry, at least compared to the earlier nom. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:59, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Shame there isn't activity apparent (Would have looked excellent to have included a plane on the runway taking off! But beggars can't be chosers), but otherwise an excellent photo. gazhiley 09:58, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 14:05, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hafspajen (talk) 19:10, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Palm Beach County Park Lantana Airport photo D Ramey Logan.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Downtown Miami Photo

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Dec 2014 at 00:46:32 (UTC)

Reason: Great color and contrast in this post card view, from Biscane Bay of Downtown Miami
Articles in which this image appears: Downtown Miami - Miami-Dade County, Florida - Biscayne Bay
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: WPPilot

Support as nominator – talk→ WPPilot 00:46, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Tilted. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:31, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Agree, tilted... Otherwise a nice shot... Will change vote if this is corrected... gazhiley 09:54, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I rotated the Alt. almost 1 degree CCW talk→ WPPilot 23:36, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Support Alt Thanks for that gazhiley 09:18, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - A little bit of lean left. Check out the buildings. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:43, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:25, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)

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Reason: Vincent usually gets such a good reception, so why not Paul? This is one of his more dynamic images, from the Tahitian period. Obviously, it's a very high resolution and faithful scan.
Articles in which this image appears: Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Paul Gauguin

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:05, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - we don't have much Gauguin yet - and he is about the same class as van Gogh. Hafspajen (talk) 06:26, 24 November 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Support His Tahitian paintings are perhaps classical, I haven't seen this one before. Brandmeister^talk 10:39, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Unusual, almost surrealistic. Sca (talk) 13:55, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support I really do favor the Van Gogh's, but this Gauguin is equally exquisite! WordSeventeen (talk) 18:17, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 14:02, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Paul Gauguin - Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:29, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Byodo-In Template, O'ahu, Hawai'i

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Reason: Excellent exposure, subject is clear and fully pictured, photo is of high quality and compelling to a viewer.
Articles in which this image appears: Byodo-In Temple
FP category for this image: Religion and mythology
Creator: Puneet Abbott on Flickr

Support as nominator – v/r - T P 20:30, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Couple issues with this HDR: Noise, ghosting on the hills, and considerable CA. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:59, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Gorgeous picture. 86.169.36.214 (talk) 01:55, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose gorgeous pic as what the IP said, however the HDR is highly visible in this image and the more you zoom in, the noise becomes more and more seen as what Crisco said. ///EuroCarGT 02:27, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- It is pretty. I see the things Crisco mentioned, now, but I just absolutely love it zoomed out. Perhaps I can speak to the author about the originals that he took and see if he can address the concerns.--v/r - TP 04:25, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Looking at his photostream, I see this on Flickr is something better, no noticeable HDR and more details, unfortunately it's copyrighted and the composition isn't same as your nom. ///EuroCarGT 05:12, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - The copyright isn't a problem, I'm in contact with the author on reddit. He gave the HDR another go, see this one. That one you picked is also a great alternative. He's got some great stuff.--v/r - TP 05:48, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - A bit more conservative, yes, but I think the CA is still quite noticeable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:39, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:43, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Interior During Service, Vilnius, Lithuania

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Dec 2014 at 09:38:06 (UTC)

Reason: It's a very detailed view of an interior that is actually very very difficult to photograph. The room's dimensions are very small (My camera was positioned almost out the window of the chapel, which stands above an arched gateway into the city of Vilnius). In addition to the physical difficulties, the chapel is also very frequently used for services and for praying at the altar, which makes it difficult to capture all the details of the chapel without people obscuring them. This view is similar to the nominated image but shows how it is often used outside of services. I think the nominated image is better though, because it shows the priest active in service, but he does not obscure the architectural details. It's an important chapel in Lithuania, a country that is currently underrepresented on Wikipedia, but hopefully my photo trip can go some way to addressing this.
Articles in which this image appears: Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: User:Diliff

Support as nominator – Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:38, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Just wow. This is bugging me though: how did you manage to HDR and get the priest without any ghosts (assuming this is HDR like the others). Leaves are driving me crazy. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:52, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, I got lucky really. He was praying, so he stayed still just long enough to capture the bracket. There were 5 bracketed exposures ranging from 1/400th of a sec to 0.6 seconds. Because there's a big wide open window directly behind, it's actually not that dark inside. With many of my cathedral interiors, the longest exposure can be as much as 20-30 seconds which really makes ghosts a problem (although if they're moving fast enough, 30 seconds is actually long enough that you hardly notice them all - at most just a slightly darker or brighter smudge where they had been) so I generally try to wait until there's nobody in the frame. This has its own problems though, because a bracket of 5 images with the longest exposure of 30 seconds means waiting almost a minute in total, and what starts as a frame devoid of people doesn't necessarily stay that way for a minute. I often have to re-shoot ground level frames a number of times until the bracket is devoid of people. I try to be as efficient as possible though so if there are lots of people wandering around, I start with the ceiling first and hope that by the time I get to the floor, they will have gone elsewhere. If the floor is quiet, I'll start there instead. It's tricky, but it's just part of the job. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:09, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - easy - there are no ghosts if you pray - Hafspajen (talk) 13:22, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Superb depiction of Aušros Vartų, a stunning religious shrine.

I do have a question: Having been there once (15+ years ago), I seem to remember that the background of the famous icon was black or maybe very dark brown. I've seen photos online that support this memory. Is the mocha-like color in the current nomination perhaps a result of cleaning? Sca (talk) 13:35, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Answer - Yes. It was cleaned. Hafspajen (talk) 14:09, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. Sca (talk) 14:31, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Is it normal if I'm turning green with envy looking at this? --Muhammad(talk) 15:07, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(I think I passed green about 4 hours ago). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:46, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I rather think that (Oh, I got the joke side) - it is better to be happy about each and every valuable editor to tries to contribute with their own special talents - than being envious - envy is not constructive. Hafspajen (talk) 13:33, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support-Wow--Godot13 (talk) 04:00, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - "Cloker" shoes? Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 15:06, 26 November 2014 (UTC).[reply]

I thought maybe they were Vans. Sca (talk) 18:24, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Haha - there is one thing priests never think about, so it seems - shoes. But when they are all dressed up, the only personal belonging that is left visible - it is actually the shoes. Hafspajen (talk) 03:45, 27 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Support Yann (talk) 14:02, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Absolutely stunning. It is a little odd to lead an article on a painting with the context of the painting, rather than the painting itself, but, in this case, it seems appropriate. J Milburn (talk) 19:35, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Interior During Service, Vilnius, Lithuania - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:42, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ophiucus Set

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Infrared light veiw of Rho Ophiuchimolecular cloud complex (By NASA)
Rho Ophiuchi, a multiple star system in the constellation (By ESO)
The Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex (By Rogelio Bernal Andreo)

Reason: A quality set of astro images used in Ophiucus.
Articles in which this image appears: Ophiucus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: Please see file desciption

Support as nominator – The Herald 13:56, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Hafspajen (talk) 20:59, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:01, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:00, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nativity at Night

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Original – Dimensions - 34 × 25 cm (13.4 × 9.8 in). Depictions of the Nativity changed significantly in European art following St Bridget's visions of the event, many depictions reduced other light sources in the scene to emphasize this effect, and the Nativity remained very commonly treated with chiaroscuro through to the Baroque. They all look like Christmas tree decorations. And a nice pyramidal composition too, with angel on top like a Christmas tree...
ALT, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c 1490.

Reason: CHRISTMAS SOON An EV-ish, (used in 9 articles) according to The National Gallery, London: charming, lovely, enchanting small Nativity. An early treatments of the Nativity as a night scene. According to The Independent [1]
Yet what makes Geertgen's image so delightful, to our eyes at least, is precisely that we can't quite get a grip on its dense, multicoloured, weightless, jumpy confusion of bodies and space. The scene is lost in decorative effect. It has a festive spirit " and that may not be wholly unintended. The birth of Jesus is its subject, after all.
Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c. 1465 – c. 1495), was an Early Netherlandish painter, who died, probably still in his twenties. This depiction is influenced by the visions of Saint Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373), a very popular mystic. In accordance with St Bridget's vision, the sole source of illumination for the main scene is the Infant Jesus, while the rest is dark. The light emanating from the infant lights up the scene in the foreground, while he shepherds' fire far away is visible just as a small dot on the hill with the angel floating above them to bring the happy news.[2]
Articles in which this image appears: Nativity at Night (own article), Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Jesus in Christianity, Manger, Marian art in the Catholic Church, Nativity of Jesus, Nativity of Jesus in art, Night in paintings (Western art), Chiaroscuro,
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator: Geertgen tot Sint Jans

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 15:23, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Holy crap, a York scan - and it is not even a York, but something different - what a talent I am in finding problematic files. Hafspajen (talk) 22:30, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FORGET NR 1: ALT. Hafspajen (talk) 23:47, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support ALT - Provenance is much clearer, colours liable to be more correct. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:00, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Hurray, 1 support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hafspajen (talk) 04:06, 28 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

This is different, but before everybody rejects it please read the links at least provided in the text. This is not crap, it is owned and it is in The National Gallery in London. Hafspajen (talk) 14:18, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT Ceoil (talk) 15:49, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT; given the clearer (and clearly reliable) provenance, it should really replace all uses, regardless of whether it is promoted. This would be a good MP image for Christmas day, if we don't already have one lined up. J Milburn (talk) 19:30, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Yeah, will be a lot of work, this is used all over the place. Hafspajen (talk) 23:55, 1 December 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Support ALT SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:45, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c 1490.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:24, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Placed it in the Artwork category, as there is an article about the painting. --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:24, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Catawissa, Pennsylvania

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Reason: Was recently approved for QI status on Commons, has a resolution of over 3 megapixels. As far as I know, it's the best image that shows a significant portion of the borough of Catawissa. The license is CC-BY-SA 4.0. It has EV by depicting what a large portion of Catawissa looks like. Admittedly, it doesn't show the whole borough, but I think it shows enough to give people the general idea and it has the added bonus of depicting some of the local geography. The fact that this is a picture of Catawissa can be verified by checking the coordinates. An accurate file description is available. No digital manipulation was done except for minor things like sharpness and saturation. In short, I think it checks all the boxes for FP.
Articles in which this image appears: Catawissa, Pennsylvania
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Jakec

Support as nominator – --Jakob (talk) 01:17, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Possible to get higher up? Can't really see much of the borough. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:22, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Technically, the image is fine, but as Criso mentioned, the town is pretty much obscured by trees. Compositionally, it's just not featured picture worthy IMO. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 01:53, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Diliff + the large shadow part in the foreground is a no go for a featured photo. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 08:44, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Yes, the large shadow it is the main drawback. The foreground should be interesting or just clear. Hafspajen (talk) 15:16, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose — Lacks focal point — no visual 'hook.' Sca (talk) 18:31, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – I agree with Sca about the lack of a focal point and with Diliff regarding the composition. The photo doesn't show enough of the town to make it valuable as an illustration of the town. CorinneSD (talk) 17:13, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Crisco 1492, Diliff, Alchemist-hp, Hafspajen, Sca, and CorinneSD: Is the fact that there probably isn't any publicly accessible spot from which more of the borough could be seen a mitigating factor? --Jakob (talk) 22:37, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Jakec: And how about an aerial view? --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:44, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Jakec: I see that you took the photo, and I guess you'd like a photo to go with the article. I'm not an expert in judging images; the others are, and they said the shadow in the foreground is a problem. If you want a fall scene, maybe next fall you could go back to this same spot and take a photo at a time of day when there would be no shadow, and then re-submit your nomination. Maybe then it would pass. Maybe also you could look around for another vantage point. Just a suggestion. CorinneSD (talk) 23:18, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you've got the money, a drone may be a good investment, if you want to take images of towns. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:48, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have nowhere near the amount of money needed to rent a plane or purchase a drone. --Jakob (talk) 00:05, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pity, because the scenery is very nice, - and we can't crop out that shadow, because the file will be not big enough after the crop. It's only 2,256 × 1,504 pixels, how unfortunate. Hafspajen (talk) 12:24, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's a mitigating factor to be honest. Not every subject can be photographed to a FP standard using regular tools/viewpoints. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 22:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:24, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Port of Singapore

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Reason: I Think It's Sould Be HQ Photo
Articles in which this image appears: Port of Singapore
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator: Kroisenbrunner

Support as nominator – National Names 2000 (talk) 03:56, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose it's a nice picture of the port, however it is poorly stitched, the width is a bit low, outdated and since according to the few year old Google Streetview imagery, there seems to be minor construction and additions to the area. ///EuroCarGT 04:54, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose Really bad stiching - sorry to harsh about it, but this is far from FP standard. gazhiley 09:55, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Agree with above, I've never seen stitching that bad before. Also the reason isn't particularly persuasive.... Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:07, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose --Per above. Plus the pic is of 2007. The panorama must have changed in 7 years. The Herald 14:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:39, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

William Lane Craig

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Reason: A high quality, high resolution photo of the subject in the picture. EV is also there for it too.
Articles in which this image appears: William Lane Craig
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator: ReasonableFaith.org, Uploaded by User:TMDrew

Support as nominator – GamerPro64 07:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'd really like to support this, but it looks awful at full size. Has it been upsized at some point? J Milburn (talk) 11:54, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Definitely. The good news is that 1500px on the small side is more or less fine. (Uploading now). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:04, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - That's great, thanks. J Milburn (talk) 22:21, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There is nothing distinctive in the image - (double-breasted blazer aside) it is just a typical carefully-posed force-smiled corporate-style portrait photograph. It might be the best available such corporate-style image of the person who is the subject of the BLP article, but I don't think something just so specific is meant by "is among the best examples of a given subject that the encyclopedia has to offer" guideline for featured picture. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 15:18, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — Ditto, ditto, ditto. Sca (talk) 18:29, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. An excellent portrait, for my money. @Tiptoethrutheminefield: @Sca: Craig is an academic; unlike sportspeople and singers, academics don't so much "perform" or have a uniform. Even compared to other academics, philosophers are "unrecognisable"- he can't be pictured in his lab, or on a dig, or interviewing someone. He's a philosopher, pictured at a table (philosophers sit around tables- honestly, that's what a typical philosophy conference looks like). He's a philosopher of religion, photographed in a church. He's a philosopher of time, photographed with his watch carefully angled towards the camera. As far as metaphysicians go, this is pretty damn close to an action-shot. J Milburn (talk) 22:21, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By your reasoning, every perfect portrait photograph of every person covered in a blp article is suitable for FP. I would say that for FP success there has to be something individually distinctive about the nominated portrait photo. Something that makes it, as a commercial portrait photograph, rise well above the level of the rest of all the other commercially perfect portrait photos. This photo does not have that: it is just a typical photo of its genre, nothing more. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 16:52, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"By your reasoning, every perfect portrait photograph of every person covered in a blp article is suitable for FP." Well, no, that doesn't follow from what I said, but I think I may be more open to that line of reasoning than you are. Let's try this: What would you be looking for in an FP of Craig? Or do you think that some topics are inherently unsuited to FPs? J Milburn (talk) 18:50, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Giving this photo a FP status would be like giving a photograph of a rose (or a cabbage) FP status not because it is the best photograph possible of a rose or cabbage anywhere, but because it is the best photograph possible of a rose or cabbage growing in William Lane Craig's garden. Something that specific is not what FP is for, I hold. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 17:39, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I do not follow. Let me ask again: What would you be looking for in an FP of Craig? Or do you consider some topics (EG, "William Lane Craig") inherently unsuited to FPC? J Milburn (talk) 19:00, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Indeed, an excellent portrait. If only they'd donated the actual size JPG, rather than something that had been blown up. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Point of information: Are wide ties & lapels back 'in' among analytical philosophers? Sca (talk) 00:16, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~Scare quotes? Are they back in among 'Wikipedians'?~~ J Milburn (talk) 10:41, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is that less scary, J? Sca (talk)

I don't really know why you want to use scarequotes at all. I can assure you that Craig is a philosopher- no scarequotes are required. J Milburn (talk) 18:50, 27 November 2014 (UTC) [reply]

OK, I withdraw the sardonic quote marks. But I still don't like his outfit. Sca (talk) 21:37, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I was looking for- you're certainly welcome to object to his choice of clothes if that's how you feel! J Milburn (talk) 01:40, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, there is received wisdom that philosophers are bad dressers. Make of that what you will. J Milburn (talk) 11:08, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Literary critics too. The first time my wife met my (full professor) teacher, she mistook him for a 60-something homeless man. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:56, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Why not. I know also about the conference look, even if my choice of tie would have been less colorful, but what can we do. Minor issue. Hafspajen (talk) 03:27, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support The photo is clear, especially the face, which is important. The stained-glass window in the background is perfect; it gives a clue to Craig's work but is not too obtrusive. My first reaction to the photo was that the smile was forced and artificial, but upon studying the photo a little further, I changed my mind. I think, while perhaps brought forth for the photographer, his smile is genuine and reflects his real personality and character. CorinneSD (talk) 16:37, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose nothing featurable here: artificial facial expression. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 20:46, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:39, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is only a 62.5% support, which isn't enough for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:39, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Miami Skyline Panorama

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Reason: Wonderful photo of the Miami Skyline
Articles in which this image appears: Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: WPPilot

Support as nominator – talk→ WPPilot 14:42, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Watermark. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:45, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Too fast for me. Watermark was removed moments after the photo was listed here. talk→ WPPilot 15:23, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Still oppose... quality. Don't know what is wrong here, but there are essentially no new details past 50% resolution. CA on the speedboat too. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:26, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. I shot this in Raw, but Wiki will not Thumbnail a Tiff @ 61mb for some reason. talk→ WPPilot 16:42, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- There should be no reason for so much lost detail... what kind of post-processing did you apply? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 20:11, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - I use a few native PS filters, equalize and auto contrast, I see it too. Need to dig back up the original and review. I can always reshoot it, gives me a reason to go to the Rusty Pelican again, its only short drive away. talk→ WPPilot 02:20, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Shooting RAW or JPG? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:38, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I shot this raw, and am in the middle of a project, but, when I am done I am going to dig up the original and see what the story is. talk→ WPPilot 04:14, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have a question that might shed some light on this image quality problem you have here WPPilot.... Is this a stitched panorama, or did you just crop the top and bottom of a regular 3:2 aspect ratio image? I noticed that the horizontal resolution of the image is 8972 pixels, but the Nikon D7100 has a resolution of only 6000x4000 pixels. So if it isn't stitched, you have obviously upsampled the image to get 8972 pixels wide. It certainly appears upsampled based on the very poor sharpness, but as Crisco mentioned, even at 50% size, the image quality issue is apparent. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:48, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Good Eye, and it looks like you are correct. The original is only 6000w, it was not stitched, its a single pic that must have been resampled in some post process. Trying to finish a film project before I redo this, but I am going to delist this, so as to correct and resubmit. Please do not add any additional votes at this time. talk→ WPPilot 19:11, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, image quality is severely lacking. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:48, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose zooming into the buildings, the quality is not good. ///EuroCarGT 19:10, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:11, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:11, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Variable neon slug

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Reason: Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug, is a species of colorful sea slug, image used. Lead pic in own article.
Articles in which this image appears: Nembrotha kubaryana, Nino Konis Santana National Park, Coral Triangle,
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator: Nhobgood

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 13:52, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Some noise, but considering the challenges of uw photography, acceptable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:35, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The sea slug itself seems quite clear and is spectacular. The colors in this image are amazing. The picture makes you look at it to figure out what's going on. CorinneSD (talk) 16:20, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support J e e 06:44, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Hmmm..Wait..a slug?? --The Herald 11:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - So Creative National Names 2000 (talk) 14:24, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Nembrotha kubaryana.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:58, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Beautiful fusilier

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Reason: Used, good quality, FP on commons. Caesio teres, the yellow and blueback fusilier or beautiful fusilier or blue and gold fusilier
Articles in which this image appears: Caesio teres
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Nhobgood

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 14:15, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I don't mind the cut off fish, as it suggests that this school is much bigger. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, a fish cut in half. Hafspajen (talk) 01:11, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support as earlier. J e e 02:58, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great shot. Jim Carter 19:25, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I agree. The colors are beautiful, and the two or more shades in the background make the picture even more interesting. CorinneSD (talk) 16:09, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Caesio teres in Fiji by Nick Hobgood.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:16, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Zugersee

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Reason: A quality image of a romantic sight in Switzerland.
Articles in which this image appears: Lake Zug
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Simonizer

Support as nominator – The Herald 16:16, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Hey, I like that. Hafspajen (talk) 17:00, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Nice atmosphere — nette Stimmung. Sca (talk) 18:26, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Question - Am I the only one who feels that this is a bit dark? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:00, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is kinda dark — that's part of its charm. Sca (talk) 00:18, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support I agree with Sca, it with the weather would seem that it is dark, by design. Nice composition.talk→ WPPilot 02:38, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 13:56, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Soooooooooo many halos, it's almost like looking at a picture full of Angels... This is horrendously dark for me, with the side effect being the halo visable around all foreground objects. I don't particularly care what "atmosphere" was intended - this is supposed to be a collection of Wikipedia's best work, and this is far from it. Needs to be lighter, focus needs to be sharper, and it needs to have any notion that "romantic atmosphere" is a way of waiving the need to be a well taken photograph. And what is a "romantic sight" anyways?! This is a bench by a lake... Unless you have a fetish for benches, and dark gloomy lake scenes get your motor running, then this cannot be described as romantic... Any above supports really need to re-assess what this forum is about... gazhiley 14:31, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Oh, but that is exactly the point. I do particularly care for "atmosphere", whatever sort. Atmosphere is a tricky thing, it's not for free and indicatives that there is something in the picture. Hafspajen (talk) 15:06, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Each to their own Hafspajen, but for me I understand this forum to be about quality pictures, which this is not. There's virtually no detail on the water, the leaves on the trees are out of focus, there's a large shadow in the foreground of the bench and tree, it's so dark and lacking in detail you cannot tell what the bench is made of, etc etc... Need I go on with this list?! Each one of the issues I have just listed are echo'd in many many FP failures, some of which are in this current selection of nom's... I'm absolutely flabbergasted that this has had even one single support (beyond the nom) and yet other nom's get blasted for such things as "little specs of pixilation", or the face of a person in the background being out of focus etc... Farcical... gazhiley 15:35, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hafspajen please either explain the relevence of this additional picture to this nomination, or remove it. It has no connection to the nominated picture that I can see. gazhiley 11:04, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Each to their ow, Gazzy. I think it is

. There are details in the foreground - there is a bench also in the foreground - not only a shade, like in the other picture, where it was a problem. There it was nothing BUT a shade in the foreground. Here you have an object you stand behind. I think the composition rocks, it is a very clever composition. It resembles a window opening towards a perspective. Also it is well balanced and the small details respond to each other harmoniously. I know about the lightning issues, and so on, but not all pictures has to be perfectly up lighted like on a dissection bench. Life gives us such moments, why not a picture of it? Hafspajen (talk) 15:37, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also - one more thing - please restrain from this kind of expressions: flabbergasted that this has had even one single support (beyond the nom) and yet other nom's get blasted - and - Farcical- and such. One editor ( and it's many socks ) were blocked for such use of language. Try to add neutral comments. This should be a nice amicable place kept in a companionable, comradely, cordial spirit. Hafspajen (talk) 15:51, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

'Comradely,' eh? Hafs, you Bolshevik!

Sca (talk) 15:51, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Bolshevik! I expressing my shock, comrade Sca!!! Hafspajen (talk) 14:53, 28 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Just expressing my shock - no issues with that Hafspajen - I'm certainly no sock. And I have no issue with pictures like this, but FP is no place for them. gazhiley 16:35, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly. Yes, I know that!

Hafspajen (talk) 18:06, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Gazhiley, you took the words out of my mouth --Muhammad(talk) 14:56, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support While I agree it is a bit dark but the picture is about the dark weather itself. I don't see any issue other than the darkness. Jim Carter 19:34, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm sorry that I don't see the flaws in this photo as gazhiley does. I see some detail in the water. I'd just like to mention two things I like about this picture: 1) Most photos of lakes and mountains are taken on a beautiful, sunny day. It's unusual to see a photo of a beautiful place like this on an overcast day. I think the lighting in the sky is quite interesting. 2) I also think the green of the leaves on the blue-gray background is quite beautiful. I'll let others decide whether this photo rises to the level of a featured picture. CorinneSD (talk) 01:20, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. For me, this is more "tasteful postcard" than "encyclopedia article". It's a very emotive picture, but I'm not convinced that it actually shows the lake in the way you would want it to be shown for an encyclopedia article. J Milburn (talk) 12:08, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I understand J's logic, but would suggest that not all illustrations in encyclopedia articles need be staid portrayals of the subject — especially with the capacity the digital age offers for images. Sca (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - This image has a lot of feeling/atmosphere, and as an artistic photo has strong merit (probably why it’s featured on Commons). However, between the empty bench (first thing to grab my attention), the cloudy sky, mountains, trees, and foreground, the main subject of the photo, the lake (for which this image is supposed to be providing featurable EV) seems to account for maybe 15-20% of the composition. IMO, while contributing artistically, this image is not adding to to the article's encyclopedic value, the primary purpose of the image here.--Godot13 (talk) 03:38, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:21, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Monkey selfie

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Reason: After the dust-up earlier this year, the image has enough EV to be featured (a previous nomination failed, though that was a different version). Whether or not to feature this on the MP could be discussed at a later date.
Articles in which this image appears: Monkey selfie, Animal-made art
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator: A monkey

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:45, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I had supported it before and still feel this is a wonderful and creative one of a kind photo that now considering the courts ruling it surly belongs as a featured photo. talk→ WPPilot 02:31, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose.~~ Animal-made art is a work of art created by an animal. To consider something as a "work of art", there should be some minimum level of creativity. But according to David Slater's earlier comments, it is only the reflection on the lens that attracts them. And an accidental click made the sound which made them curious to repeat further clicks. ""They aren't known for being particularly clever like chimps, just inquisitive." So I don't think it is an "animal made art"; just the center of attraction in a cheap copyright controversy. (I read later somewhere that Slater tried to reword his argument that he had intentionally set up this scene to make it happen this way. Nobody believes it; but if true, then there is some level of creativity from his side which may attract copyright. But again, no creativity from the animal.) J e e 02:55, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Crisco, a new article? Hafspajen (talk) 03:19, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We could essentially split off what's already there, I think. Jee, how would you feel about this having its own article? It wouldn't necessarily need "art" in the name (though 'creativity' is a difficult argument, as paintings by animals have been made by a variety of species, both intelligent and not). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:10, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Split. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:38, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's OK if Monkey selfie notable enough; so Neutral. :) J e e 05:53, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Darn, the monkey shoots better than me and pulled out a featurable image :) Brandmeister^talk 14:23, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My own selfies are far below this standard. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:27, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - They were humans too.. --The Herald 12:57, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 13:56, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Because the face reminds me of a certain slotman on a certain copy desk, long ago. Sca (talk) 14:36, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support What a Monkey, is it a Monkey? Jim Carter 19:21, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Only in the Old World. Sca (talk) 21:42, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support I love it! KDS4444^Talk 06:49, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I love this picture! Such beautiful eyes! Such even teeth! I think the macaque was admiring herself in her reflection in the camera lens, but that's O.K. CorinneSD (talk) 17:02, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is the fun part with Corinne, she always discovers things one never notices - indeed this monkey HAS beautiful eyes - NOT THAT I USE TO GAZE MONKEY IN THE EYE OTHERWISE! Hafspajen (talk) 19:44, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Corinne's remark. Hafspajen (talk) 09:45, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support The image is unusual and the circumstance of how the image was captured is interesting in itself but the image really has a great quality and a lot of EV.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:34, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Surprisingly good image, considering, and the historicity is indisputable. Jus da fax 20:56, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wonderful in every way. High EV and historicity. Yakikaki (talk) 23:25, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Macaca nigra self-portrait large.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:48, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Roque de Agando

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Reason: This is A Very Cleaver Image Sould Be I In This Places In Spain and The Canary Islands.
Articles in which this image appears: Garajonay National Park , Roque de Agando
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – National Names 2000 (talk) 03:16, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:48, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 13:54, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent photo. Bloody Germans tho, eh? Pffft... gazhiley 09:06, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's taken from a good angle so both the rock formation and the background are clear. CorinneSD (talk) 00:40, 28 November 2014 (UTC) June Cleaver would approve. CorinneSD (talk) 00:41, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A good candidate. It could probably be a little bigger, but bonus points for being outside the anglosphere. J Milburn (talk) 12:11, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Roque Agando, Parque nacional de Garajonay, La Gomera, España, 2012-12-14, DD 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:17, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tree frog Congo

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Reason: Image is 2,400× 3,200 pixels. It is a high quality image and I didn't found any issue.
Articles in which this image appears: Amphibian and Common reed frog
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator: Nick Hobgood

Support as nominator – Jim Carter 18:26, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Unsharp (camera jitter) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 21:26, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It looks clear to me. Crisco, where does it look unsharp to you? In the leaves, or in the frog? Some of the leaves look a little unclear, but the frog looks clear to me. Do they both have to be sharp? CorinneSD (talk) 00:30, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- At full resolution, the camera jitter is quite clear (see, for instance, at the head and back; the crackleature [for lack of a better word] of the frog's back is fuzzy). Tough to shoot at 1/50; if Nick had gone up to ISO 200, he'd have gotten 1/80 or 1/100 and probably a sharper shot. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:45, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Camera shake --Muhammad(talk) 03:41, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose That Camera Is Too Shaky. National Names 2000 (talk) 05:12, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I see what you mean now, Crisco. It's especially noticeable on the head of the frog. CorinneSD (talk) 16:05, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:36, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Caravaggio - The Crowning with Thorns

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Reason: Because it is a Caravaggio. Own article, Google art file this time, and Caravaggio is considered as a minor genius in the art history, striking and innovative. His influence created the Barock style, and influenced generations of painters of the Baroque style - as I said before, like Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and yes, even Rembrandt.
Articles in which this image appears: The Crowning with Thorns (Caravaggio), Baroque, Chronology of works by Caravaggio

FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator: Caravaggio

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 20:33, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:31, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Stunning. Great painting. Does anyone know what the two men on the right are doing? CorinneSD (talk) 00:12, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Comment Probably, torture, not nice. Hafspajen (talk) 01:05, 28 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

^{Comment I found a painting by a follower of Caravaggio, the Dutch painter Hendrick ter Brugghen, that shows this scene from a different angle, revealing more clearly what the two men are doing with the sticks. It's called "Christ Crowned with Thorns" and it is the second painting in the gallery in the ter Brugghen article at Hendrick ter Brugghen#Chronology of Major Works. CorinneSD (talk) 01:12, 29 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Holy .. what a gallery. Yes. Hafspajen (talk) 03:06, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Excellent scan, quality artwork with good EV. SagaciousPhil - Chat 11:12, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Exceptional.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 16:02, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio - The Crowning with Thorns - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:34, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Phelsuma grandis

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Reason: High EV and very good quality
Articles in which this image appears: Phelsuma grandis
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator: Dr. Holger Krisp

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 21:13, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hafspajen (talk) 22:06, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It's a very nice photo, very clear. The only thing is that the flat white surface gives no clues to the animal's size or habitat, so it's a bit staged-looking. But for certain purposes I guess it's all right. CorinneSD (talk) 00:22, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Gecko's live in the houses too They also inhabit human dwellings due to the number of appropriate basking spots, and the level of insect activity which these dwellings attract. - they even climb on the walls and the real small ones on the ceiling. It is a portrait, like the monkey. Hafspajen (talk) 04:16, 28 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Comment. I feel disappointed that I can't see the whole animal. For me, this kind of spoils it. 86.155.135.140 (talk) 12:22, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Whole animal or not, it is a beautiful image and worthy of featured picture status. KDS4444^Talk 06:47, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm wondering whether the original photographer managed to get a picture of the entire gecko that is equally as clear as this one. If that could be found, it would be a really wonderful picture. CorinneSD (talk) 16:50, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Little chances for capturing the whole animal in same quality as it requires more subject distance. J e e 06:38, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Phelsuma grandis, Stuttgart Zoological Garden.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:15, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Panaeolus semiovatus var. semiovatus

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Reason: Good quality and high EV, both in describing the species and the concept of Coprophilous fungi
Articles in which this image appears: Panaeolus semiovatus var. semiovatus, Coprophilous fungi
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi
Creator: Jörg Hempel

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 21:38, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very nice photo. It's clear, and it shows the color and sheen of the mushrooms/fungi. CorinneSD (talk) 00:19, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Agree, very well done. A little critter is saying hi, too. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:46, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hafspajen (talk) 15:13, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. ///EuroCarGT 04:03, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nice colours and composition. I will say that the two variety articles should probably be merged into one species article, but this would remain a lead image. J Milburn (talk) 09:37, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Panaeolus semiovatus LC0334.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:40, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Leonel Manzano

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Reason: Geez, our last sports nom was ages ago. This is a good action shot, freely licensed, and shows the subject clearly and in an interesting manner.
Articles in which this image appears: Leonel Manzano, DécaNation (newly added)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:39, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment A crop like File:2014 DécaNation - 800 m edit.jpg would be even better. Yann (talk) 17:30, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Agree with Yann. Hafspajen (talk) 18:38, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks unbalanced to me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:45, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Well maybe, but that's the idea. Try to make it a balanced crop. Hafspajen (talk) 00:45, 29 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

At most one could take 200 pixels from the top and 250 from either side (or so). The bottom is already about as tight as one should go, especially since the finish line is right there. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:31, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and the top is fine as it is. Hafspajen (talk) 08:08, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support alt Yann (talk) 16:01, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose alt... Balance is terrible. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:48, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:38, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fried Chicken

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Reason: Quality pic of Chicken cuts
Articles in which this image appears: Fried chicken & 3+
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator: Evan-Amos

Support as nominator – The Herald 12:58, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The lighting is rather uninteresting. Actually, even allowing for the subject matter, the picture as a whole is rather uninteresting, in my opinion. 86.155.135.140 (talk)
Oppose — Ditto. Sca (talk) 15:21, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I agree. To illustrate cuts of chicken, the chicken doesn't need to be fried. In fact, the frying in batter obscures the shapes of the pieces, minimizing any educational value. Fried chicken is a dish -- part of a meal -- and should be presented as such. CorinneSD (talk) 16:46, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:32, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hermia and Lysander

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Reason: A take on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by a less known artist. The digitization looks adequate for a 89×74 cm painting.
Articles in which this image appears: A Midsummer Night's Dream, John Simmons (painter, born 1823)
FP category for this image: ~~Artwork/Paintings~~ Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator: John Simmons

Support as nominator – Brandmeister^talk 16:58, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - lovely. Very fine, sensitive work. ^{(hope no technicality will came up...)} Though, category should be illustrations, since it is watercolor heightened with gouache. Hafspajen (talk) 17:45, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very nice. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:45, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Beautiful. CorinneSD (talk) 01:05, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The original painting appears to be of high artistic merit, and this electronic version of high quality & accuracy/ fidelity to the original. (I am especially fond of the crazed rabbit in the lower right corner— striking!) KDS4444^Talk 06:43, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Another romantic hero falls victim to the wiles of the Eternal feminine. Sca (talk) 15:20, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{How's your Shakespeare? It's the other way round... Hermia is chasing him in the forest. Eh, actually it is a bit complicated.}

Hafspajen (talk) 17:57, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it always is. But ... he's falling for her, right? Sca (talk) 18:09, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, he starts chasing Hermias friend instead, shockingly. Hafspajen (talk) 19:26, 29 November 2014 (UTC) [reply]

What's shocking? Boys will be boys. Sca (talk) 20:57, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support – The painting sold for £42,470 in 2012, apparently a record for Simmons work; what a fab painting, I'm surprised it didn't achieve a higher price! SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:27, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support – watercolour with gouache is illustration? Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:40, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Xanty, the references say that this is illustration, in this case, read his article. B^{ut generally - yes - even if I jumped over a couple of line of thought's - because you paint with oil on canvas - or some prepared surface - tree is OK, sometimes metal. Canvases can be really big, usually called painting though. Tempera mixed with egg is often will be called painting. Watercolour is (Swedish akvarell) is made on wet paper with watercolour - (or sometimes wet paper with gouache) - that will be an aquarelle - a watercolor. Often smaller size too, big sheets of watered paper doesn't manage well, goes into pieces. But might be that in English it is called painting too. Either way, it is rarely that an artist paint illustrations. They generally use paper and watercolour.}
AHA: article: Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth and Ireland), also aquarelle from French, is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle. The term "watercolor" refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork. Hafspajen (talk) 19:13, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, right- it was just that I've come across watercolours with body colour (gouache) which are definitely paintings, e.g. William Henry Hunt (painter) Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:54, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, now we got an other complication - this is watercolor heightened with gouache - meaning - wet paint - let it float and dry and than go over with gouache, when paper is dry. On wet paper the colours float, and are misty - like the background, - on dry paper with gouache (often you use gouache on dry paper rather than wet) you make precise, fine lines - (that is no way you can do that with watercolors), like - - like her bracelet, rings, the pearls in the fairy's hair and the water-drops, for example. It is very smartly done. Hafspajen (talk) 20:11, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support beautiful. ///EuroCarGT 05:45, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Now I can count the fairies here..The herald 07:03, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How many? Hafspajen (talk) 12:34, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes they are 25 and sometimes 27. Hafspajen (talk) 02:58, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fairy nuff. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:13, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well..26..midway Hafs..The herald 11:26, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Yann (talk) 15:59, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Simmons-Hermia and Lysander. A Midsummer Night's Dream.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:59, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese invasion money of the Netherlands Indies (gulden, 1942)

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Reason: High quality, high EV (presented as a set). A complete set of Japanese-issued gulden (1942). First denominated in gulden, and later in roepiah, Japanese invasion money circulated in the Netherlands Indies from 1942 through the Surrender of Japan in 1945. In fact, Japanese printed gulden and roepiah remained in use (by the post-occupation government) through 1948–49 due to the economic chaos caused by the Japanese occupation (and a significant hoard of notes recovered from Japanese-controlled banks in the region as well as the Java-based printer responsible for local note production).
Original: An seven-note complete denomination set of Japanese-issued gulden invasion money.
Articles in which these images appear: Japanese government-issued currency in the Netherlands Indies (all), Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (1), Japanese invasion money (1)
FP category for this image: Currency
Creator: Empire of Japan
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.

Japanese invasion money of the Netherlands Indies
Japanese gulden issue (1942)

1 cent
5 cents
10 cents

one-half gulden
1 gulden

5 gulden
10 gulden

Support as co-nominator – Godot13 (talk) 20:50, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support as co-nominator — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:42, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Excellent images. They have high educational value, and they are clear with good colors. CorinneSD (talk) 01:03, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Very high EV; nice set. SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:20, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Money money money, wish you come to me... Support. Hafspajen (talk) 17:49, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:NI-119b-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-1 Cent (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:NI-120c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-5 Cents (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:NI-121a-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:NI-122b-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-half Gulden (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:NI-123-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-1 Gulden (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:NI-124c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-5 Gulden (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:NI-125c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-10 Gulden (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Antares launch failure video

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Original – a caption for the image, providing adequate context for voters on WP:FPC

Reason: This is an HD video of high encyclopedic value. Even though there is an FP on this, the video adds further detail of the whole sequence of the launch and the subsequent failure.
Articles in which this image appears: Cygnus CRS Orb-3
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – Nergaal (talk) 22:44, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Shouldn't it be "Antares launch failure video" rather than "Antares launch video failure"? CorinneSD (talk) 01:01, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It's a notable and fascinating video. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:54, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. High value video. --Ras67 (talk) 17:36, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:45, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Russian assignat-50 Rubles (1807)

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Reason: High EV, high quality (very high grade/condition). A third issue 50 assignation ruble note from 1807 with three autograph signatures. Paper watermarkings are clear around the edges. The reverse upper and lower left corners still have small pieces of mounting adhesive. Assignation rubles of this denomination in this condition are very rare.
Articles in which this image appears: Assignation ruble, Assignat
FP category for this image: Currency
Creator: Assignation Bank, Saint Petersburg.
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 21:40, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - White speck north of the note, and a hair or something in the top right corner of the upper note. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:51, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- White speck removed, not sure if the "something" (circular, just above the impressed of the adhesive on the reverse?) is on the surface (foreign) or embedded on/in the paper.--Godot13 (talk) 00:21, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Obverse. Kinda looks like a hair. But don't worry about it. Support. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:31, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Crisco - Tweaked. Better?--Godot13 (talk) 06:03, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yes. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:08, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hafspajen (talk) 19:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 78)

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Reason: Another high quality statue photograph. Note that this is a different statue than Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 83), which was already promoted.
Articles in which this image appears: Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 78) +1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator: Sculpture: Unknown; photograph: National Museum of Korea

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - while writing a bit of Signpost content, realized how rare this kind of Buddha depiction is. Hafspajen (talk) 09:40, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. While the article could use some love (and this probably shouldn't hit the MP until it has) and I am unable to confirm the license (due to the curse of the monolingual), this is a very solid photograph with bags of EV. J Milburn (talk) 19:24, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- The copyright notice states (according to Google) that this is under the first type of Korean Open Government License. The Open Government site isn't loading for me, though. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Crisco 1492: If it still doesn't work, try [3]. It's similar to CC-BY. ///EuroCarGT 01:20, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks. So, yeah, free license. Squee — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:18, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support ///EuroCarGT 22:42, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 15:57, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Nice to see more good photos of statues. P. S. Burton (talk) 18:46, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pensive Bodhisattva (National Treasure No. 78) 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:12, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Venus Consoling Love, François Boucher, 1751

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Reason: François Boucher's Venus, the beginning of Fairy painting style, maybe? Boucher (1703–1770) was the central figure of the Rococo, and excels in depicting the eternal feminine. There is more behind Boucher that it reveals at first sight, he was actually a very good painter, he handles his brush with great knowledge, creating exquisite details with fast, flying brushstrokes ^{(if you take the trouble too look close, will notice it)}. Considered more robust than Watteau, the other leading Rococo painter, Boucher is noted even nowadays for his limitless veneration of the timeless feminine beauty.
"Boucer is approaching his subject, the feminine body with real respect and esteem,' he is not a bit frivolous in that sense."^{(Beckett 1994, p. 128)} He was court painter and the personal favourite of the French king, Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. His voluptuous depictions of mythological themes were much appreciated. Rococo was a free, playful, decorative, and ornamental style.
Articles in which this image appears: Venus Consoling Love, François Boucher,
FP category for this image: Artwork/Paintings
Creator: François Boucher

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 11:02, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very interesting painting. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:35, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 15:56, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support – excellent quality; interesting artist. SagaciousPhil - Chat 14:45, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support National Names 2000 (talk) 01:15, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Venus Consoling Love, François Boucher, 1751.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:08, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Flageolet Player on the Cliff

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Reason: Another high quality scan of a painting by Gauguin. He could use a bit of love. Also compositionally and thematically quite different than Gauguin's Tahitian period.
Articles in which this image appears: The Flageolet Player on the Cliff +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Paul Gauguin

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:25, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - very dramatic and original painting. Paul Gauguin is a great artist, whatever he does. Hafspajen (talk) 13:38, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 15:56, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - He's playing a bombard- must be Alan Stivell's grandad. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:28, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well the source used for the article says flageolet, but if it's supposed to be a symbol of Breton life it's a bombard, and he's a talabarder. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:35, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - very good detail, and it does have its own article.--Godot13 (talk) 08:34, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Gauguin, Paul - The Flageolet Player on the Cliff - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:26, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is my first mobile promotion... BTW. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:26, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:European Parliament Strasbourg Hemicycle - Diliff.jpg

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Reason: It's a very notable subject: the European Parliament during a full plenary session in Strasbourg. The structure of the room and the arrangement of seating is clearly shown, as is the conduct of the parliamentarians. It'salso well captured given that it's also quite a difficult subject to shoot because it's a very wide angle view (it's not possible to get further back because the glass barriers would obscure the view). The image doesn't quite capture the entirety of the parliament, but it's about as close as is practical.
Articles in which this image appears: European Parliament and Strasbourg
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: User:Diliff

Support as nominator – Ðiliff «» (Talk) 15:57, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, quite interesting due to plenary session, although two folks at the entrance on the upper deck in top left corner look hilariously flat (probably because of stitching). Brandmeister^talk
- Yeah, it's an extremely wide angle view, so there is bound to be some distortion at the edges. I've tried to keep it under control but if I compress the edges too much, the hemispheric shape is lost. This projection is the best compromise I could achieve. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 23:07, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support great photo. ///EuroCarGT 22:54, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very strong image. Just a stitch this time? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:50, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, I did try HDR (to try to recover more of the texture in the backlit white panels around the sides), but the problem was that the parliament was in the middle of a voting session and everyone was moving so much that there was a lot of ghosting. I decided to scrap that idea and use the single exposures and just stitch them. It's not really a scene that needs HDR anyway. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:48, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Agree. HDR would be more of a headache than it's worth. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:53, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is an amazing photograph! chsh (talk) 20141204060620 — Preceding undated comment added 06:06, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Bellus Delphina ^talk 09:19, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Great image...--Godot13 (talk) 20:07, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Striking, well framed, good subject. Jus da fax 21:02, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well done gazhiley 12:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great picture, high EV. Yakikaki (talk) 23:19, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:European Parliament Strasbourg Hemicycle - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:04, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fresco of Sermon on the mount

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**Original** – The Sermon of Jesus on the mount. Fresco by Franz Xaver Kirchebner in the Parish church of St. Ulrich in Gröden

Reason: Hy resolution image of a 18th century fresco
Articles in which this image appears: Parish church of Urtijëi
FP category for this image: Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Wolfgang Moroder

Support as nominator – Moroderen (talk) 17:05, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment What is for That Artwork or Celling? National Names 2000 (talk) 03:25, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The Sermon of Jesus on the mount. Fresco by Franz Xaver Kirchebner in the Parish church of St. Ulrich in Gröden-in Italian - Ortisei. Or you mean it should be architecture? Hafspajen (talk) 05:11, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It'is a fresco on the inner side of a dome about 15 meters wide Moroderen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.161.144.16 (talk) 10:16, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:10, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Snow Storm

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Reason: This is a most well known, famous and iconic painting of a great iconic painter, William Turner, (1775 - 1851). Think about that this was painted in 1842, it was absolute revolutionary. Turner means the savage grandeur of a natural world, unmastered by mankind. A most original painter. Hope the file is big enough. If not - hope for a solution...
Articles in which this image appears: Snow Storm (painting), William Turner, Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, Tate Britain
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: William Turner

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 03:48, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support - The resolution is a bit on the low side. With good art reproductions becoming more common, not even having a pixel every millimetre is a bit weak IMHO. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:30, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{You wouldn't believe how bad the files on Turner are... File:Joseph Mallord William Turner 053.jpg, File:Joseph Mallord William Turner - Fishermen at Sea - Google Art Project.jpg - none of the good paintings files are bigger, blast them all. I tried to find something both used and a classical Turner, you know. Something that really is good of of him. I want this one because this is really TURNER at his best.} Hafspajen (talk) 00:31, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Good art reproductions might becoming more common, but not this one. I went through all kinds of image search, sorry not ONE that is bigger anywhere on internet.
This is the biggest, 2,510 × 1,879 pixels, 6.57 MB. Hafspajen (talk) 02:55, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Per: Drmies edit 2:[4] - More recently, art historian Alexandra Wettlaufer wrote that the painting is one of Turner's "most famous, and most obscure, sublime depictions".^{Wettlaufer, Alexandra (2003). In the Mind's Eye: The Visual Impulse in Diderot, Baudelaire and Ruskin. Rodopi. pp. 278–79. ISBN 9789042010352.} Hafspajen (talk) 03:15, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is a very good painting! Can't anyone find a better scan?- If anybody can come up with any bigger on this... tried to fix an other scan - but it's not available. It's in the Tate, does anyone have access to Tate? Hafspajen (talk) 03:15, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Adam, what's with the Tate? Hafspajen (talk) 03:08, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support I usually don't feel I'm qualified to vote on art nominations, but I happened to be familiar with Turner, and when I saw the pic, before reading anything else around the picture I thought "hey this looks just like the landscapes that English dude used to paint; what was his name again?". Of course, if any larger versions come up, please consider my support for them as well, but this one is still above the "official" limit and it would be a pity to drop this nomination because of it. You can always delist and replace later. --Ebertakis (talk) 23:19, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:49, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Moros, Zaragoza

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Reason: High quality, attractive, shows the whole village.
Articles in which this image appears: Moros, Zaragoza
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:48, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It's awfully cloudy in the photograph -- only thing holding me back from supporting it. chsh (talk) 20141204060746
Support - what's with the clouds? Clouds are fine. Is there any rule that say only pics on sunny days may be featured? Hafspajen (talk) 15:52, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - A fine image, well shot and framed. Clouds don't bother me either. Jus da fax 20:50, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great quality, well lit, and interesting how they are closely gathered given the large amount of space available around them. FWIW the cloud issue is more because traditionally there are light issues (often resulting in reduced level of detail) when so much cloud cover is there - this doesn't seem to be as much of an issue on this picture though. There is no rule, it's just usual for a picture to fail due to the effects of the cloud, but not neccessarily because of the cloud itself, if that makes sense? gazhiley 12:32, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - It makes sense, yes, explained like that ... Hafspajen (talk) 20:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support The current lighting (with or as a result of the clouds) adds feeling/depth to the image (IMO)...--Godot13 (talk) 02:31, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Moros has a population of 478- one person per house? Can't see any TV aerials or satellite dishes. The church looks like a fortress. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 23:38, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be amazed if they even had electricity! Some of the houses look fragile enough that one swing of a hammer to knock a nail in holding a satalite wire, and the whole house would come down... gazhiley 12:08, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Because the houses are almost the same color as the soil, they appear to have grown up out of the ground. Seems like an ancient village in a somewhat isolated, wild place. CorinneSD (talk) 21:52, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Coment - Actually - this is what in the architecture called the ideal placement of a site - the mountain in the back, the water in the front, the mountains surround it as protection. Many great cities are placed like this. Hafspajen (talk) 03:06, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support great photograph! I don't often see photographs of cities being nominated for featured picture, and since this is high quality and captures what appears to be all of it, I'm happy to support. Mattximus (talk) 04:23, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, stunning. I've dropped a note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spain to ask if anyone can look into expanding the article a little. Anyone here read any Spanish?! J Milburn (talk) 22:46, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Moros, Zaragoza, España, 2013-01-07, DD 11-13 HDR.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:32, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bharata Natyam - Male

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Reason: Good quality, ev and proper lighting. I think the first male dancer FP created.
Articles in which this image appears: Bharata Natyam
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator: Augustus Binu

Support as nominator – Bellus Delphina ^talk 09:15, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support (though it's the first male Indian dancer, and not first overall) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:52, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I'm not sure about this one. Compositionally it's not as good as the previous Indian dancer images nominated. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:50, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ðiliff if you can explain me in what aspect you are feeling so, I would be happy to explain it or correct it - Bellus Delphina ^talk 16:51, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bellus Delphina, sure. OK, well I think compared to this image, it is not as expressive. Because his foot is crossed in front of his body, the details are less visible and it's harder to see the position of his limbs. Also, he doesn't quite stand out as much from the black background as she does (you can hardly see his hair at all) because the light is less bright, and the two bars on the right side are a bit distracting. Compared to this image, his body position is not as dynamic or impressive. I can't say whether he is as good at his dance as the women are in, but my impression from the image is that I'm not as impressed. I'm not saying it's a bad image, I just don't think it's as good as your others. Hope that helps. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:03, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments. Body is not matter but the performance and he do it. Anyway, if others also having the same opinion, I have to see another one...lol Bellus Delphina ^talk 17:26, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's ok. Perhaps he's a great dancer, I just don't get that feeling from seeing this image. Maybe you just captured him at a less impressive moment in time. Anyway, just my opinion. Nobody else has agreed with me yet. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 19:20, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I agree with some things User:Diliff said but not with other things. Diliff wrote, "Because his foot is crossed in front of his body, the details are less visible and it's harder to see the position of his limbs." I would say, "Because his foot is crossed in front of his body, it is difficult to see the exact position of his left foot in relation to his right leg," ie. how far his left foot is from his right leg, but I don't find that a major problem. Also, like Diliff, I find the vertical orange streamers on the right distracting. However, I disagree with Diliff that the moment captured in the photo of the dancer is less impressive than the other two. The other two photos were of female dancers, and while I may be wrong, I think the movement and position of a male dancer has got to be different from those of a female dancer. I think the projection of strength and balance in this photo are appropriate for a male dancer. Also, the black and gold trim and other details of the costume are both clear and dramatic. If another attempt at a photo is made, it should be made without the vertical streamers, and perhaps better lighting could help make the distance and position of the dancer's limbs clearer. CorinneSD (talk) 21:35, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I think the only problem is that the background and his trousers have the same color. Hafspajen (talk) 03:54, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the reviews CorinneSD & Hafspajen. I would love to hear from other too, therefore, I am not withdrawing my nomination but I will definitely go for a better shot for making male dancer FP keeping in mind all the comments. Bellus Delphina ^talk 12:47, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support --No concerns for me --The Herald : here I am 14:28, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:35, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Worcester College, Oxford (Porter’s Hall)

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Reason: High EV, high quality image
Articles in which this image appears: Worcester College, Oxford
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Godot13

Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 04:04, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support good picture, one can even see the coat of arms clearly on the windows. Hafspajen (talk) 05:05, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Agree with Hafspajen - can even make out the shadowy figure of a person on a bike through the main doorway - and some union jack flags! Very good quality. Horizontals and Verticles seem perfect to me too. gazhiley 12:21, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good detail and composition, but there is some chromatic abberation visible around the pillars which should be fairly easy to remove. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:50, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support (though I'd be even more happy if the noise in the shadows could be reduced a little; also, why F16?) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:52, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- He was shooting with a medium format camera. The larger the sensor, the smaller aperture required to achieve an equivalent depth of field (conversely, for the same reason, a camera phone has a huge depth of field). Also, the larger the sensor, the better it can handle diffraction at a given aperture. The sensor that Godot13 was using is 56x36mm (a full frame DSLR is only 36x24mm) and is probably not affected by diffraction at f/16. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:14, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oh, alright. Thanks for the info. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:22, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support- can partially read the legend on the war memorial. Colour fringing as per Diliff's comment to the left and right (seems to be more noticeable on the left) Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 14:10, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Thank you Hafspajen, gazhiley, Ðiliff, Crisco 1492, and Xanthomelanoussprog for your support. I have made the slight corrections noted above (CA, NR) and overwritten the current file.--Godot13 (talk) 18:35, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Should've picked up that bit of orange peel before you took the photo

Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Xanty that is the couleur locale... Hafspajen (talk) 02:44, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support nice photo. ///EuroCarGT 19:07, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:UK-2014-Oxford-Worcester College 02.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:07, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

American Badger (Taxidea taxus)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Dec 2014 at 04:31:25 (UTC)

Reason: High quality daytime photograph of a primarily nocturnal mammal. Photograph taken in natural habitat (not a zoo). Provides a full face on view, which highlights that the eyes both face directly forward, which is important for binocular vision in carnivores
Articles in which this image appears: List of mammals of Oregon, English language and several foreign language Wikipedia articles on Taxidea taxus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Nick Myatt, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Obtained off Flickr and uploaded by Gaff

Support as nominator – —Gaff ^ταλκ 04:31, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Nice, but the crop is very tight – I think a little breathing room around the ears would be better. —Bruce1ee^talk 04:48, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Agree with Bruce. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:10, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Also agree, the crop is just too tight. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — Ditto. Too bad, cute critter! Sca (talk) 14:38, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment from nom If that is the only apparent concern, I can email the image creator through the ODFW website and request a wider shot. —Gaff ^ταλκ 15:10, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Noise is really heavy in the shadows, probably from lightening in post-processing. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:22, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:32, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]