Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Hong Kong Night Skyline.jpg

Image:Hong Kong Night Skyline.jpg, featured

•  Info created by base64 - uploaded by base64 - nominated by base64 -- βαςε_LXIV™ 08:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Info There are 46 segments in this image, each segments are from 3 exposures (+2 , 0 , -2 EV) exposure fusioned by TuFuse (making it 138 images in total). The images were taken with Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM @ 70mm. The horizontal field of view is about 100 degree, and it is a Cylindrical Projection.
•  Info The weather on that day was as follows: Visibility - 25 km, Clouds - Few at 2500 feet.
•  Info The current FP is here
•  Support The hill on the lower-right corner may give a more 3D-feel of the image, and a feel of looking down the mountain, but blocked some minor residential buildings. -- βαςε_LXIV™ 08:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Very nice, i like it. Know Nothing (talk) 12:14, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Amazing! Wow! An orgy of colors! Best picture I've seen in a long time. However, don't hesitate to upload at the highest resolution possible, from 46x10 mpx down to 9 mpx, there a large loss of information from the downsampling. --S23678 (talk) 14:34, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, segments overlap each other (1/2 horizontally, 1/3 vertically). Moreover, some flaws will be visible in the water (due to moving bright ships) when full resolution is uploaded. I think this resolution is enough for internet. --βαςε_LXIV™ 15:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Question It is great image! Still I wonder, if you believe we should have two FP images of the same place taken from the same place or in your opinion the current FP should get delisted? Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:40, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't think the current FP should be delisted. Two images are completely different, not just the camera location. I have seen your arguments in here . In Wikipedia, only one FP of same subject should be present because ONE is enough for the articles. In Commons, its a "a repository of free content images". 2 FP could be present as it is taken by different person, different camera, different time (mine is around 8:00PM). Again, this is my personal opinion only. --βαςε_LXIV™

•  Support Amazing picture! Personally I prefer the colour of this FP but I like your picture with more visibility of sky. The subject of two pictures are different in time. That FP is HK in Dec 2007 and yours is HK in Jun 2008, you may find sight changes at some buildings, too. Finally I would like to know how much time you spent on phototaking and stitching. Baycrest(Talk) 15:41, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

I went to the peak 3 times. The first time, clouds were everywhere. I monitored the visibility from HKO and cloud levels from Hong Kong Airport ATIS everday. Take a look at this. The second time, I went by private vehicle, unfortunately, there was a landslide. The third time, I went by Peak Tram from Central, spent 4 hours in total(including finding the best spot, wait until the sun drops, calculating Field of View and Overlapping, finding the best exposure...). For post processing, saved as TIFF from RAW, Merged 138 TIFF to 46, added 10 straight lines(control point) for every segments(46). Also, asked CarolSpears to clone some moving objects. And this image is the final product. --βαςε_LXIV™ 01:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for explanation. Baycrest(Talk) 17:55, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Support--Simonizer (talk) 16:41, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support--AngMoKio (talk) 16:56, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support A stunning picture, technically high quality - very very well done. —αἰτίας •discussion• 17:02, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Aqwis (talk) 18:01, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 10:32, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Great image Mww113 (talk) 12:44, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support -Theklan (talk) 20:47, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Beautiful. --Calibas (talk) 22:57, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Thermos (talk) 02:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Fabulous. --Xymmax (talk) 20:05, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Question This this FP is almost identical to the current vote? From the guidelines : "Normally there should never be two featured pictures that are just different versions of the same image, so if a better version exists the original version should be delisted". Is this guideline applies only to edits of the same photograph or does it include very similar photographs as well? --S23678 (talk) 03:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

depends on how you define "very similar". Two images were taken at different location, time, season, weather condition, subject(more visibility/with fog). Like tower bridge at twilight and tower bridge at night. Also, mbz1 already asked this question. --Base64 (talk) 10:31, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, seen, thank you. --S23678 (talk) 11:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Support ~ Idiot (talk) 14:30, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support--Mbz1 (talk) 20:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --.snoopy. 08:04, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Wow! Absolutely perfect! --Ukuthenga (talk) 14:05, 25 June 2008 (UTC) 14:03, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Info 9 complete days has passed. --Base64 (talk) 01:20, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => featured Simonizer (talk) 08:14, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Oppose I would like to have one of the editors be allowed to work on the edit a little more.... -- carol (talk) 02:13, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Alternative (Non-HDR), not featured

•  Info created by base64 - uploaded by base64 - nominated by base64 --Base64 (talk) 02:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Some people prefer the non-HDR version. The HDR might look too unrealistic for some people. Therefore, I proposed an alternative. --Base64 (talk) 02:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Info If you support, please choose only one of them.
•  Support Great Photo! --WiNG (talk) 12:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose For the rare excellent use of HDR. -- \mathbf{C} 00:48, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support If I have to select one, I prefer this one as more closer to real scene, you may find the colour of Victoria Harbour is more natural than the HDR version. Baycrest(Talk) 17:55, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support--Mbz1 (talk) 20:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support —αἰτίας •discussion• 20:23, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose, per MathbfC. --Aqwis (talk) 20:59, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support --Lestat (talk) 21:00, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

result: 6 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. (other versions has more support votes) Simonizer (talk) 15:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

•  Support Wow! Absolutely perfect!Digary (talk) 02:19, 28 June 2008 (UTC)