Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Dead Vlei Tree.jpg

File:Dead Vlei Tree.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural#Namibia
•  Info created by Domob - uploaded by Domob - nominated by Domob -- Domob (talk) 08:06, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Domob (talk) 08:06, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Vignettage could be corrected but I love the colors and composition --Dinkum (talk) 15:01, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:12, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Cmao20 (talk) 16:13, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose This may be one of the most exciting photography spots on earth but this composition doesn't work for me, sorry. --Basotxerri (talk) 16:29, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Nice, but the plants in the back ruin it for me. It would have been somewhat better with only the trees and the dunes. Also, the ground in front is not that appealing--Boothsift 16:45, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Neutral I love this composition, but I don't like the right crop. I would like to see the whole shadow and please place the tree in the center of the photo --Michielverbeek (talk) 17:50, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

I actually had the tree in the centre of the original shot, and then cropped it like that because it seemed too central to me. You can take a look at the original version of the image to see what it looked like. If you prefer that one, I'm happy to provide it (or a similar crop) as alternative. --Domob (talk) 08:21, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment Here's the thing: we have a surprising number of very similar FPs from the same area: 1, 2, 3, 4. I do rather like this one, and like the striking colors, but when comparing, the colors do look much more orange in this one. Might it be a different spot with a different mineral composition? Was the light that different (looks to have been around the same time of day as #3/4)? To be clear I'm neutral-leaning-support at this stage. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  23:04, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

I know, but I personally think that this shot looks much better than at least 3, 4 (who look rather bland to me). I like the other two (1, 2) a lot better, but still think that my nomination has more "wow" at least to me. That's why I nominated it. But of course all this is purely subjective, and I'm probably less experienced as a photographer than most of you. --Domob (talk) 08:21, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Oppose Yellowish, and per Rhododendrites -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:07, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

It was early morning light, but I agree that it was too red/yellow. Corrected the WB. --Domob (talk) 08:26, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Weak support per my comments above. Thanks for editing. I do think the sky is rather still too saturated fwiw. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  12:45, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose - Composition isn't really working for me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:30, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Alternative

•  Comment Here's an alternate crop, which is slightly wider on the right. The tree is more central here and the shadow visible. --Domob (talk) 11:50, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Weak support I like the other crop better personally, but also support this one. --Domob (talk) 11:50, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 04:57, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - This composition works for me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:30, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 17:50, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 21:12, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 04:35, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 15:27, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Weak oppose If only the sky wasn’t that filled up with sharpened noise. The purple clouds don’t look too real to me either but maybe that’s due to the morning light. --Kreuzschnabel 13:18, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

 Comment I agree the noise in the sky is a bit annoying. I did not apply any sharpening to it, though. --Domob (talk) 05:00, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Oppose There is partially too much noise in the sky, I'd also reduce the contrast and the top left corner is too dark, it looks unreal Poco² 18:57, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

 Comment I've made the top-left corner a bit brighter now, so it matches the overall sky more evenly. I tried to reduce the noise in the sky, but unfortunately that always also hurts legitimate details in the picture, so I didn't do any noise reduction in the end. --Domob (talk) 05:02, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

 Comment - Domob, that's probably an improvement, but ping everyone now. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:45, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Kreuzschnabel, Poco², Basotxerri - please take a look at the new version and the alternative crop. I may have some time on Sunday (but not before) to give the noise in the sky another try as well. --Domob (talk) 16:29, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

I would really prefer you to withdraw this nomination and place a new one so all users voting do so on the same image. You never get a clean voting with umpteen alterations through the period. --Kreuzschnabel 19:08, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

An improvement, but half the way IMHO Poco² 20:44, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Poco², there's a new version now with reduced noise in the sky (the rest of the picture is not affected at all). --Domob (talk) 11:48, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Noise is still there but it looks better, will now move to  Neutral Poco² 14:34, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Support.--Vulphere 04:43, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:07, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural#Namibia

The chosen alternative is: File:Dead Vlei Tree central.jpg