Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:BlesiStrokkur.jpg

Image:BlesiStrokkur.jpg, Not Featured

Hot spring "Blesi" in Haukadalur, in background geysir "Strokkur", Iceland

• Self- Nominate

Andreas Tille 16:45, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

•  Neutral changed my vote - The geysir and the blue spring look awesome, but what about sharpness? Could you please sharpen it (just a few klicks)?! --SehLax 19:01, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Sparpening the steam of the hot spring??? BTW, please sign your vote. Andreas Tille 06:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Please reconsider the newly uploaded image and don't forget to sign ... Andreas Tille 21:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

No, not the steam, why such sarcasm ;-) ? The composition and the colours are really outstanding. So at e.g. a width of 800px it looks really great, but in the fullsize, it still looks kinda unsharp or blurry or it's just wiggly, this can happen to anyone. I also tried to use a sharpening filter on your pic, but it didn't work. It's a pity for this really outstanding composition. --SehLax 18:18, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

 Support many of other featured pics aren't better so why shouldn't this be featured. Maybe my criteria on sharpness were just too high. After the downsize and the resharpening, it seems to be ok. --SehLax 21:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

•  Neutral -- The whole picture needs sharpening. It looks much sharper when sized down a little. It is way too soft at 100%. ADSR6581 11:31, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Please have a second look: I did "Unsharp mask" and sized the image down now. Andreas Tille 21:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

•  Oppose - spoilt by the intrusive boardwalk at the right - MPF 14:39, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Support It's a pity this one did not get one supportive vote till now. Exposure of the geysir is perfect, composition with the two lakes and the geysir builds an optical triangle. The broadway is part of the reality so don't hide it. --Ikiwaner 19:16, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, you are right it is just reality. But more than this: I adjusted these "lines" in the direction of the motiv of the image on purpose. Andreas Tille 21:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

•  Oppose -- Urban 05:27, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Oppose -- Get_It (Talk) 14:12, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Support. great picture. villy ♦✎ 08:26, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Support Fine picture LoopZilla 11:47, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Oppose - Janek 21:45, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Support - Tbc 23:54, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Support - I've been there and this image does a great job of showing Geysir and the surrounding area. —Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 23:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Support - Godewind 08:25, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Support --FML ^hi 17:09, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
•  Oppose blurry, composition is good norro 19:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

8 support, 5 Oppose, 1 Neutral => Not Featured--Shizhao 02:18, 23 December 2005 (UTC)