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

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

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

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photographs

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

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

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

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

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

Video and audio

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

Set nominations

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

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

Simple tutorial for new users

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Strongly recommended: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports

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

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for different crops or post-processing of the original image, if they are suggested by voters.

Voting

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

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} (Symbol support vote.svg Support),
  • {{Oppose}} (Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} (Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} (Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment),
  • {{Info}} (Pictogram voting info.svg Info),
  • {{Question}} (Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question),
  • {{Request}} (Pictogram voting question-blue.svg Request).

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

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

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

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

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

Featured picture delisting candidates

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

Featured picture candidate policy

General rules

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

Featuring and delisting rules

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

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

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

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

Above all, be polite

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

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

See also

Table of contents

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

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

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Featured picture candidates

File:Hemimorphite - Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.jpg

Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2021 at 17:00:19 (UTC)
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Hemimorphite

File:Bamberg Altenburg-20191015-RM-083640.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:HMS Northumberland MOD 45167777.jpg

Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2021 at 08:24:26 (UTC)
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HMS Northumberland at sea
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Vehicles/Water transport#Boats
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Lt Cdr Shaun Roster - uploaded by Fæ - nominated by Gbawden -- Gbawden (talk) 08:24, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Gbawden (talk) 08:24, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Gallery link improved. The gallery link should also include an anchor for the matching section on the gallery page. This is necessary to allow the FP bot to sort the photo (if it gets promoted) right in the correct section. --Aristeas (talk) 09:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I don't like the circular lens flares, but otherwise a beautiful picture, and I don't know why no-one else has commented yet. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:17, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Portrait of an Indian peafowl.jpg

Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2021 at 07:58:27 (UTC)
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Head of Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

File:Zaden van een Allium (sierui) die rijpen. 27-06-2021. (d.j.b) 01.jpg

Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2021 at 04:39:30 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Aristeas, sorry, but your suggestion is not correct. The subpage already exists. I have fixed the gallery link now. Check it out. :-) --Cart (talk) 11:18, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Ah, thank you! Now I see: the subpage is there, just the original link was wrong. I keep learning … --Aristeas (talk) 12:14, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg weak oppose I'm sorry, but chosen background color is not very appealing to me. --Ivar (talk) 10:46, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Blue jay fledgling (53513).jpg

Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2021 at 15:54:03 (UTC)
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Blue jay fledgling calling out for its parent
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family_:_Corvidae_(Crows,_Jays_and_Magpies)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info A fledgling blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata). I uploaded a couple other shots of this bird, but liked this one of it calling out to its parent. all by — Rhododendrites talk |  15:54, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support — Rhododendrites talk |  16:59, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:44, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question highlights are starting to blow up, is it possible to take the exposure down by one notch? --Ivar (talk) 18:41, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Not as sharp as usual except for the head (F5.6) and blown highlights on the chest you might be able to recover. Not sure I'd call it a fledgling. For me, portrait crop. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:43, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg New version uploaded - I brought the exposure down a tiny bit, but also lowered some of the highlights beyond that. Also went in to do some selective sharpening. Will have to think about a crop. I tend to prefer more space on either side in general. As for "fledgling," it's somewhere on the edge of fledgling and just "juvenile." I erred on the side of fledgling, despite it clearly not being fresh out the nest, because it still seemed dependent on its parents, based on its behavior. — Rhododendrites talk |  19:00, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Seven Pandas (talk) 19:54, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Axel (talk) 21:58, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ivar (talk) 06:13, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Aristeas (talk) 13:15, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Llez (talk) 15:45, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:50, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Khalili Collection Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage MSS 1288.jpg

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Chinese scroll with the text of surat al-Hajj, depicting Mecca, Medina, the Great Wall of China, the Kaaba, and a map of pilgrimage routes from China to Mecca.

File:Raja Ravi Varma - Mahabharata - Shakuntala.jpg

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File:Raja Ravi Varma - Mahabharata - Shakuntala.jpg

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  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --.245CMR.•👥📜 13:50, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I much prefer the other painting, but that aside, it looks to me like there's some uneven glare on the painting. Do you agree? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:12, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose Better than the other one, but still not above the quality bar set by other digitized paintings. Daniel Case (talk) 03:21, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

File:School strike for climate in Melbourne 2018-11-30 (32313630908).jpg

Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2021 at 09:37:12 (UTC)
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School Strike for Climate Melbourne, 30 November 2018
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#Events
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Julian Meehan - uploaded by User:A1Cafel - nominated by User:Geelongite -- Geelongite (talk) 09:37, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- nominating this image as a featured image, as although it’s a few years old it’s in general, and technically speaking, a fantastic image that shows plenty of movement and action and highlights the passion of the participants in the School Strike for Climate. Furthermore, this image has been used numerous times both in Australian media and world wide since it’s been publishedGeelongite (talk) 09:37, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Gallery link improved. The gallery link should also include an anchor for the matching section on the gallery page. This is necessary to allow the FP bot to sort the photo (if it gets promoted) right in the correct section. --Aristeas (talk) 11:08, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support There are some technical shortcomings (leftmost head cropped, feet cropped, tight top/right crops, perspective leaning, sky overexposed). But the most important parts (the faces and the big banner) are crisp and sharp, and from a photo taken right in the middle of action we do not expect technical perfection, we expect that it documents and conveys an accurate and moving impression of that moment. Here this photo delivers: I feel like standing directly in front of the protest, I hear the voices, I sense the emotions. Shortcomings like the tight crops and the perspective even seem to contribute to that feeling of closeness and immediateness, so these vices become virtues. --Aristeas (talk) 12:15, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per nom & Aristeas. It's overexposed and distorted, but it succeeds where so many FP candidates of demonstrations have failed in the past. --El Grafo (talk) 12:32, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support perhaps my most predictable support. :) could it be FPC is ready to promote such an image? (oh, but it needs a rename afterwards) — Rhododendrites talk |  17:10, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per others. Distortion on the viewer's left is pretty weird, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:51, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • 1. {{Personality rights}} missing
2. Strong distorsions at the borders
3. Foot cropped
That being said, it's striking because the young ones seem totally in phase -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:24, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Also the file name doesn't comply with our guidelines -- Basile Morin (talk) 06:55, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I hope that I have done the renaming right and fixed all instances of the old filename. @Geelongite: When you want to nominate a file as Featured picture, Quality image or Valued image, please check the filename first. If it meaningless (like in this case) or plain wrong, please request renaming the file first before you nominate it – it’s way easier to rename a file before the nomination ;–). Thank you! --Aristeas (talk) 07:17, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support Although this image may not be the best within the category, it clearly illustrated the strikes made by the students and their wills of urging the government to focus on climate change more. IMO the COM:EV is high enough to override the technical problems occurred on this image. --A1Cafel (talk) 15:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)--A1Cafel (talk) 15:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support per Basile. Daniel Case (talk) 16:19, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --A.Savin 18:50, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Bir-Hakeim bridge, Paris 24 June 2021.jpg

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File:Koncert Kaczi Lysá hora 02-07-21 (14).jpg

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Performance of Czech singer-songwriter Kaczi
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info all by me -- T.Bednarz (talk) 22:15, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Somehow, I love her expression (and also her singing – the concert was perfect) combined with the rays of light in the backround. I didn't notice them there first, but know it's fascinating me. -- T.Bednarz (talk) 22:15, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question Possible to crop a bit more the black (boring) background? I've added a suggestion with a note -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:12, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • ✓ Done Cropped as suggested. --T.Bednarz (talk) 19:55, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Interesting live moment, although I find this smile you captured even more appealing -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:08, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment You have several good photos from this set, and I don't think this is my favorite (but possibly I could be convinced). May come down on the side of weak support in the end, but I think it's worth talking about other options. — Rhododendrites talk |  01:52, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The one Basile linked to is better IMO, and frankly I find this wanting ... all that dead space around the edges, and the uninteresting facial expression. Daniel Case (talk) 04:57, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Wooden boomerang asv2021-05.jpg

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Wooden boomerang

File:Eiffel Tower at night, Paris 24 June 2021 01.jpg

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File:Ravi Varma-Princess Damayanthi talking with Royal Swan about Nala.jpg

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File:Ravi Varma-Princess Damayanthi talking with Royal Swan about Nala.jpg
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Damayanti, the princess of Vidarbha Kingdom, talking with a divine swan, who tells her about Nala.
Reason
High quality, love the details of the dress, has historical significance.
Creator
Raja Ravi Varma
Date
1899
Note: This is my first nomination, your advice is required.
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support as nominator..245CMR.•👥📜 07:04, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Hello 245CMR, welcome and thank you for your first nomination! A little hint: Every nomination should include a link to the gallery of featured pictures to which the newly nominated image should be added. As a little help I have added that link for you above. All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 20:29, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Very nice painting, but it's apparently cropped, as we can see the signature and year cropped in the lower left corner. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:52, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
@Ikan Kekek: Well I just took a look at all the sources of the painting and the official site releases this much. Also, I could not find any criteria that image should be always full. Please inform if I am wrong..245CMR.•👥📜 03:58, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment It's rather unfortunate that the signature got clipped. I am sure improved quality Varma digital will be online soon, as they are celebrated works. Damayanti is the centerpiece in a recent "Mythology and Classical Drama" segment that gives a rather detailed layout of Varma gallery. Talk by Ganesh Shivaswamy. Aavindraa (talk) 05:28, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Yes, photographs of paintings should always show the entire painting unless they are expressly details. Moreover, this is Featured picture candidates. Featured pictures are classified as "one of the finest images" on the site. A photo of most of a painting with part of it cut off can't be one of the finest images on the site. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:52, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per others, plus based on our other featured painting digitizations I think this one really should be bigger. Daniel Case (talk) 14:52, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Walderdbeere Frucht-20210617-RM-124006.jpg

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Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) in a garden in Bamberg. Focus stack of 20 frames.

File:Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) adult feeding with juvenile.jpg

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Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) adult feeding with juvenile in the rain
  • As you can see, this was shot in the pouring rain. My camera was enclosed (with monopod fitted) in a ThinkTank Hydrophobia Rain Cover which worked well though it is tricky to change settings. The cover has access holes for both hands. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:58, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Banded demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) male 4.jpg

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Male anded demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx splendens)
  • Thank you. I have had some help from new technology. My new Canon EOS R6 has an inbuilt focus bracketing capability and improved Image Stabilization. That means that it is now practicable to use a monopod and a 100-500mm lens to take multiple images. The silent electronic shutter helps too. The camera still moves a bit during shooting, but Helicon Focus takes care of that as long as there is nothing distracting in the background to confuse it. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:49, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

File:El 18 2262 Ring - Brøttum.jpg

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Regiontog to Trondheim between Ring and Brøttum, Norway

File:Madonna and Child and Two Angels (Botticelli).jpg

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  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Yes, the frame of the picture is right above the gloriole, so there is no more (visible) space in the painting. --Aristeas (talk) 09:04, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 22:10, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 08:47, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Always loved Botticelli. Detail is better than in other reproductions and astonishing for f/1.8. --Aristeas (talk) 09:04, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Llez (talk) 15:37, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Front view of Seokguram from front chamber.jpg

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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Seok-Hong, Han - uploaded by 사도바울 - nominated by 사도바울 -- — 사도바울 (talk) 06:52, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- — 사도바울 (talk) 06:52, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Composition ... too many things distracting the eye from the subject. Daniel Case (talk) 14:32, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose While I don't have a problem with the composition, as all those things Daniel Case sees as distracting for me ARE part of the subject, I am unhappy with the lighting situation. I like a lot about this image, but it is not Featured Picture Quality for me because of the light issues. Especially the shadows underneath the Buddha statue and on the upper left and right are unfortunate. --Kritzolina (talk) 17:38, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose A wonderful subject, but besides the lighting problem there are also some irritating details, sorry. The dark area on top (the “sky” or whatever over the sculptures) is just plain dark grey without any structure and therefore appears artificial. The little table before the Buddha is also unfortunate. I understand that it may be used for candles, offerings or whatever, but it looks like a cheap IKEA coffee table or sideboard. This photograph seems to be arranged carefully, therefore that table should have been removed temporarily. Sorry again! --Aristeas (talk) 06:36, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Front view of Buddha at Seokguram.jpg

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  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose (Edit conflict) Contrast in background is just enough to be distracting but not enough to make the subject stand out. Daniel Case (talk) 14:31, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Image witn no FP quality, low contrast at first. -- Karelj (talk) 10:03, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support So that the discussion doesn’t end prematurely, I’ll try to give this photo a little love. The low contrast can also be seen as an advantage: it gives the photo a dreamy, meditative quality that fits very well with the subject depicted. The fact that the statue only delicately contrasts with the background also suits it: this leads to the meditating Buddha appearing to float. After all, a Buddha statue is depicted here and not a statue of some modern politician. ;–) (The ‘weak’ is because of the limited resolution.) --Aristeas (talk) 08:30, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Like Aristeas, I quote like the atmosphere this picutre conveys. I see the technical issues with the low resolution, but for me the artistic quality of an image has the higher priority and I see very high quality here. (also I either support or not, I don't do weak supports) --Kritzolina (talk) 17:32, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Frégate-Hermione-réplique-de-la-frégate-de-1779-en-aout-2014-DSC-5806-version-recadree.jpg

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French frigate Hermione reproduction

File:Domiporta filaris 01.JPG

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Shell of a File Mitre, Domiporta filaris

File:Vietnamese Dragon blue.svg

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Depiction of the Vietnamese dragon, as used on flags and emblems.
  • Your description was added to the entry for mouseover text; it's there if you hover with the mouse. But thank you for adding it to the info too. --Cart (talk) 20:28, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Nice, but not so amazing to me that I think we should feature it. Might be a useful VI, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:40, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:32, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Per ikan,sorry --Commonists 18:38, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Ikan. -- Karelj (talk) 10:00, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question What does "Per ikan" mean, I don't understand? --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:26, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Eopsaltria australis - Brunkerville.jpg

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Eastern yellow robin
  • Ikan Kekek: imo you can't take it over like that, since nobody voted for original version. --Ivar (talk) 08:47, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment (1) Yes they did, though many people suggested a square crop. (2) So what? You were precipitous in withdrawing the nomination. There's no rule I can't take it over. Oppose and move on. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Ikan Kekek: no, they did not, they did vote for first crop. Please check file history. --Ivar (talk) 08:57, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I don't need to. Comments like "Support But I also think that a square cut is better" speak for themselves. Good night. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:02, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • OK, I get you on the first crop. I notified everyone, so I think this is legitimate and is a nomination of the file in question. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:03, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Ikan Kekek please remove this nomination back to log, since nobody voted for this image. You can start new nomination with original version separately. --Ivar (talk) 09:22, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Ivar (talk) 07:43, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Have suggested a further crop. Subject doesn't seem to suggest landscape style. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:03, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support But I also think that a square cut is better.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:33, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

*Symbol support vote.svg Support but a square would be better --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 16:07, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --GRDN711 (talk) 16:19, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info square crop uploaded. --Ivar (talk) 16:49, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Ivar, I think the square crop should be uploaded to another file and then made an Alt. You may own the nomination but you don't own the image. COM:OVERWRITE only permits minor crops to fix mistakes or remove something unwanted from the scene. I think JJ Harrison is an experienced enough photographer to judge their own preferred crop at upload. While a wide crop may seem weaker or unnecessary, it can increase the utility of the image for re-users, who are then free to crop any way they like or to add text on the featureless parts of the image. -- Colin (talk) 21:01, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • I actually agree with Colin. I don't like people cropping my images. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:49, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Ivar, I'm a bit frustrated there was no response to this. This is an official guideline on Commons, not just my personal opinion, and should be respected. I've reverted the edit to the file per COM:OVERWRITE. I see elsewhere at FPC also, we seem to have got into a bit of a habit of mucking about with other people's photos when making nominations, either without asking, or in conversations off-wiki unknown to other revewers. A free licence allows one to make one's own derivative work or a crop elsewhere. Overwriting is too much like altering an author's own work and then claiming that's what they should have uploaded instead if only they'd had your talent/software/eye. It's a bit rude. Please create another file for the square crop (using the lossless crop facility on Commons) and alt for this nomination: the guideline does not permit further reverts as contested alterations must be done on another file. -- Colin (talk) 07:39, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Colin @Colin: I agree with you points on overwrites, but please don't repeat the unfounded accusation that I have had conversations off-wiki. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:57, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 18:10, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:24, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 18:59, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Axel (talk) 19:41, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Lmbuga (talk) 21:17, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support square crop, Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose this one as it includes too much blank space in my opinion. Buidhe (talk) 04:48, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support both versions. --Aristeas (talk) 05:57, 1 July 2021 (UTC) Striked out because now we need exact votes for a specific version. --Aristeas (talk) 12:20, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --IamMM (talk) 14:21, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 14:41, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting delete.svg I withdraw my nomination, since nobody has voted for last version. --Ivar (talk) 08:18, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Stiked since Ivar withdrew the double nom. --Cart (talk) 11:09, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Unwithdrawn. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:35, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment And I had to move this back from the archive. I'm sorry if I made any procedural error. I'm shocked it was moved so quickly. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

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Eopsaltria australis - Brunkerville2 - crop.jpg

  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Created by JJ Harrison - cropped & uploaded by Ivar
  • Ivar had the good manners to withdraw the extra nom for this photo, but since a lot of the voters expressed a desire for a crop, it's only fair that it is added as an alternative. I'm 'pinging' previous voters so they have a chance to vote on their favorite version:
Charlesjsharp, Famberhorst, Martin Falbisoner, GRDN711, Daniel Case, Michielverbeek, Axel, Lmbuga, Buidhe, Aristeas, IamMM, Agnes Monkelbaan and Ikan Kekek. --Cart (talk) 11:09, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question Cart, I like each of them for their own reasons, can I add my support for the alternative without striking my support for the other picture? --Axel (talk) 19:36, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Axel: Yes, of course you can. I think some other voters have done that already, and it often happens on nominations with 'Alt'. In the end, the one with the most support votes win. --Cart (talk) 20:15, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Buidhe (talk) 12:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 12:54, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ivar (talk) 13:06, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:05, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support But also the photo above.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:25, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 16:44, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 17:27, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose - give the poor little fella some room to breathe. I do not understand the preference at FPC to trim away everything that's not the subject (for some subjects anyway). — Rhododendrites talk |  17:43, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ermell (talk) 19:57, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I prefer the original but see no reason to oppose this version. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:42, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Ikan has well stated my sentiments. Would suggest that an extraction statement be implemented in the image description of the square version to connect the two images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GRDN711 (talk • contribs)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support It's a small bird; it fits this shape better. Daniel Case (talk) 03:31, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Llez (talk) 19:39, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Rhododendrites: If you're looking for an infobox image for Wikipedia, this one certainly has some advantages. But as a photograph, the original wins hands down for me. --El Grafo (talk) 09:05, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support ×Elvorixtalk 10:22, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Ikan. --Cayambe (talk) 10:57, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Lmbuga (talk) 12:37, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Prefer this one RolfHill (talk) 18:03, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Swayambhunath temple - an ancient religious architecture of Nepal.jpg

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  • That’s great – thank you for this hint, Charles! --Aristeas (talk) 09:07, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The lack of symmetry is disturbing, could have been avoided moving 1 step to the left RolfHill (talk) 18:05, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Gostiny Dvor Gallery SPB 3.jpg

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File:House sparrow feeding behaviour.jpg

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  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Caught in just the perfect moment --Kritzolina (talk) 07:09, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
I am confused - which version are we voting on? I love the composition and was happy with the original, but really want to be sure that what I am supporting is the image that will be promoted and not some other version of it. --Kritzolina (talk) 07:28, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Dispensable
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Nirmal, this is FP quality, but you need to ask Prasan to correct small cloning error on the barbed wire (I've marked it up). I will then run it through my software to sharpen it up for you. If you like the cropped and lightened version I have uploaded, then you can replace. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:12, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • support vote withdrawn until cloning error sorted. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:49, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Charles, perhaps you should take it a bit easy with these unsolicited major changes that you upload on other peoples' photos. A simple dust spot or CA removal is fine, but this is changing the whole appearance of the photo. It would be better if you made the change on a separate file in your Dropbox and let the author/nominator decide if they want to use it. (Like I did here for example.) I know you mean well, but even if you revert your edit and say that the choise is the authors, it's still there and it's usually only a matter of time before someone gets a funny idea about the photo and re-revert the edit. Just look at the mess in this file's history where you are overwriting the author's edits. This acting is irresponsible and counter the good you are trying to do. Please ask first! I don't think you would want this on one of your photos. --Cart (talk) 19:47, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I am trying to help a good friend. We have spent good times together in Kathmandu. Following my suggestion, Nirmal asked Prasan to upload a new cropped image which he did. I then edited it. I assume that Prasan flipped his image by mistake. You may not like the edit, but it is certainly not unsolicited or irresponsible. Sorry, Nirmal, I tried to help. I've reverted back to the original version, Ivar and Ikan Kekek. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:55, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I understand, Charles. I'll wait a little longer to see how things develop, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I'm afraid I'm not as understanding as Ikan, Charles. If you are helping and communicating with someone through other channels, you should say so here on the nom. The rest of us have no way of knowing what you are up to. All we can see is that you are doing unexplained things on someone else's photo. You did a similar thing, unbidden and unwanted, on one of my most cherished photos and I'm still mad at you for messing with that. I don't want you doing the same mistake to someone else. --Cart (talk) 22:09, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • No, you are not understanding. Or rather, you choose not to understand. I AM NOT COMMUNICATING THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS. Everything I do is visible to all. Please cut out your unwarranted busybody accusations, snide insinuation and apologise. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:47, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I don't get what you're so angry about. Cart's point was that you should have stated this here when making the edit, that's all. Seems like a good suggestion for the future. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:01, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Cart's point about editing FP noms is valid Ikan Kekek, but her accusations and attitude are not helpful here at FP. Goodness knows what they think of this in Nepal. And Colin has not unreasonably taken her insinuation of off-wiki discussions as true and mentioned it on another nomination. I am sure he will remove his comment soon. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:23, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • You need not worry, Charles, my bad attitude is reserved exclusively for conversations with you. You have been using these master suppression techniques on me for years now, to get me to quit FPC, and I’m getting really tired of it. I have apologized like you wanted, but you are ignoring that. It’s all in the textbook for these techniques. --Cart (talk) 21:50, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol delete vote.svg Nonsense Pretending Charles tries to make W.carter quit FPC is false accusation. This subjective claim comes up regularly with different people. Regrettable feeling of persecution -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:26, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • It's really best not to say that other people's feelings are nonsense or pretending. If you are unable to put yourself in her shoes, that's OK, but you seem to be acting on the false basis that there's something called The Truth, which you are privy to, and anything or anyone who deviates from it is wrong or a liar. Best to have more humility than that. I'm really sorry I'm the one making these remarks to you, but it really bothers me to see men gang up on a woman to try to shout her down because her feelings somehow have to be declared false and ridiculous by acclamation or something. It's not an accident that few women are regulars at FPC. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:42, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Females are not represented on the wiki projects, this disparity is not about FPC, not even about Commons, it's everywhere. Talking about "men gang up" is wrong, guy Kekek. Also saying there's a league or an effort to chase W.carter is completely absurd. Any truth is subjective here, that's obvious for who is used to participate. I repeat Charles doesn't act the way is claimed above, in my view. Nonsense for me Kekek -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:37, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Your opinion is noted. Talk to people like Granada about that if you ever care to. I don't think men are good judges of what is not a hostile atmosphere for women (and note how I phrased that). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:32, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Cart's "my bad attitude is reserved exclusively for conversations with you. You have been using these master suppression techniques on me for years now" would be a case of sexual harrassment if I was a woman and she was a man! Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:00, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Do you guys know what sexual harassment is? Have a good time justifying yourselves, guys. I'm outtahere. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:53, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • False accusations are not more acceptable because worded by a female -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:53, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol delete vote.svg Nonsense I've never heard of "Master suppression techniques". Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:36, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Drop it... Imagination 🔮 Your improved version was uploaded here. Thanks for your valuable improvement 🐤 ♪ -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:55, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • And ✓ Done The author Prasan Shrestha has uploaded a new version that is also very nice, brighter with the cloning issue fixed. Thanks! -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:20, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Ok, I have no problem with apologizing for assuming that you communicated through other channels. My mistake. But that makes your actions even more confusing since no explanation for the editing was given when they were made. I'll back out of this discussion now. --Cart (talk) 08:57, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
As a woman who was not involved in most of this exchange, I want to thank Ikan Kekek for his thoughtfulness and understanding. --Kritzolina (talk) 07:15, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • To be clear, I agree with you, but in this case, I'm OK with reading the explanation after the fact. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:28, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Sorry Charles, Sorry to Cart, Ikan Kekek and Basile Morin. It making me feel that I brought controversy and conflict among friends. In my opinion we are all contributing here for good faith, That's why every Wikimedia contributors are friends for me and I never wanted this among my friends. Prasan just solved the cloning error and uploaded it. If you all are not okay with this nomination I can withdraw my nomination too. Best -- Nirmal Dulal (talk) 04:57, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Don't withdraw, it's on the way to promotion. Thanks for the nomination -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:44, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • No reason to apologize or withdraw. You are not a party to this dispute. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:46, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Nice birds 🐥 and there are not many like these in this category. Then quite an exceptional behavior IMO -- Basile Morin (talk) 06:04, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I am striking out my vote because I am confused by the quick changes and restorations of versions which do not (always) improve the quality. Please decide on which version we should vote ;–). (And the cloning error should be fixed, it’s so simple.) --Aristeas (talk) 08:22, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --IamMM (talk) 18:16, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose oversharpened now. --Ivar (talk) 18:17, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I think I agree. I'm also confused, in that the photographer uploaded this version which reversed the positions of the sparrows, prior to Charles' edited version being uploaded. I think we should let Prasan Shrestha be in charge of their own photo, and I can't see voting on this nomination now. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:54, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 20:09, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Lmbuga (talk) 22:11, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --GRDN711 (talk) 22:43, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support To fix the cloning error, shouldn't be a big deal IMO. --A.Savin 22:44, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
    Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The cloning error is gone, but the new version has lost sharpness IMO and background turned posterized. Sorry. --A.Savin 01:46, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support But do fix the cloning error. Daniel Case (talk) 03:55, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral sharpness ok now, but imo it's underexposed. --Ivar (talk) 05:12, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:43, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I would support Charles' version. When I first opened this I thought "oh, it's good, but a little off-balance and could start to be lightened a bit" -- that edit fixed it. For the sake of pushing towards a conclusion here, oppose current version, but please ping if the better version is restored. — Rhododendrites \talk |  18:13, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Thanks. I still prefer the crop of the other version but Symbol support vote.svg Support — Rhododendrites talk |  16:13, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Please correct the cloning error --Llez (talk) 19:34, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Now the cloning error has been fixed – thank you! --Aristeas (talk) 06:57, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very happy with this version --Kritzolina (talk) 07:15, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Good now. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:42, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support ×Elvorixtalk 10:20, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Commonists 11:05, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --RolfHill (talk) 17:59, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Killdeer chick

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  • Killdeer chick bobbing (down position)

  • Killdeer chick bobbing (up position)

  • Nice pair of images, but it's not head-bobbing. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:44, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Thanks. what is the term for it? "Hiccup" is the most common descriptor I've seen (dozens of sources seem to use that, but none give a scientific term). — Rhododendrites talk |  13:05, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • I've not heard of a proper term other than bobbing. It might be an intermediate 'attention-seeking' stage between a chick's bobbing demanding food and an adult craning its neck for a better view. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:55, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support — Rhododendrites talk |  23:13, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support as a set. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:16, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Background is disturbing IMO. Overexposed areas IMO--Lmbuga (talk) 02:51, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
    • @Lmbuga: I've uploaded a new version which brings the highlights down a bit. Not sure how to (or whether to) address the background, though. They spend a good amount of time in these muddy areas, and the conditions were such that I couldn't get any lower to the ground. — Rhododendrites talk |  04:23, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Just looking at the chick's camo coloring, you can tell this is (one of) their preferred environments and that's where you could photograph such a young little bird. --Cart (talk) 11:08, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Not at all. It is at greater risk of predation when in the open. It takes that risk in order to feed. We try to take a bird photographs with a pleasing background and appropriate point of view. Birds are, of course, much more easy to find on mud and sand. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:40, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • If these birds go to the mud and sand to feed, I'd say it's one of their natural places to be. --Cart (talk) 13:22, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Of course, but not 'their preferred environment'. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:21, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg weak support --Lmbuga (talk) 12:34, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Not so good back, also disturbive reflextion. I think S isn't neccessary, at least 1/800. Second option should be croped vertiacly. Quality could be better too. --Mile (talk) 15:46, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
    • I'm not sure what you mean S not necessary. Shutter priority mode? Are you saying it should be faster or slower? I suppose it could've been faster, but if you compare the first one (when it was nearly still) to the second image (in motion), the sharpness is not very different, so I don't think the shutter speed was a problem here? I understand the request for a crop if that image were on its own, but I feel like keeping the same perspective makes it clearer that these two images are less than a second apart. If this doesn't succeed and anyone thinks it's worth nominating one of them separately (or joining them as a composite), I would be open to a crop. — Rhododendrites talk |  19:23, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose quite harsh light and sharpness is imo not at FP level, sorry. --Ivar (talk) 18:20, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment In trying to find out more about this "bobbing"/"hiccupping" behavior, I found this post, which sheds some light: [1] (on facebook). — Rhododendrites talk |  18:13, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • as I thought; the view she must get when 'erect' must be 50%+ better. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:03, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Per Ivar and down/put doesn't justify a set IMHO --RolfHill (talk) 17:58, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Marsh wren at Hammonasset Beach (12893).jpg

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Marsh wren at Hammonasset Beach
Yep, this is me, as non-birder as you can get, nominating a bird photo (obviously not my own). I do it simply because I think it's a great capture and a strong photo. It's a bird situation photo, not a species identify photo (I leave such nominations for the real birders), along the same line as an illustration that got the ravens all the way to POTY a while back. The colors are also harmonious and the leaves create a little canopied stage for this guy and his(?) arias. -- Cart (talk) 19:30, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • You are not the first to imagine that those of us who photograph birds must be birders. In my case, definitely not! Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:17, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Of course there are always exceptions. Even I photograph birds when I can get them to sit still long enough. (Like Bernie, named after you-know-what meme, local guests and other. :-) --Cart (talk) 20:36, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol abstain vote.svg Abstain as nominator. -- Cart (talk) 19:30, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Thanks, cart. — Rhododendrites talk |  19:37, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Axel (talk) 19:40, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Probably too late, but a set nomination with this photo would be better for me. Both cropped square. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:27, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • They don't need to be a set nom if you have an extra FPC slot to spare, as I happen to have. ;-) --Cart (talk) 20:41, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Lmbuga (talk) 21:12, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support. Add a category for the tree? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:16, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I find the background kind of distracting. Daniel Case (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --IamMM (talk) 14:20, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 14:48, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Daniel Case. -- Karelj (talk) 16:39, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Daniel. --Ivar (talk) 18:22, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support Per Daniel...But is a special moment! --Commonists 18:34, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support-- Indication of the scientific name and link to the wikipedia article of this species would be useful Llez (talk) 19:26, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support ×Elvorixtalk 10:19, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Interesting but per Daniel --RolfHill (talk) 17:56, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

File:St. Johannes XXIII., Cologne, June 2021 -2.jpg

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St. Johannes XXIII., Cologne, Germany
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#Germany
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Another shot at brutalism. St. Johannes XXIII., a church erected in 1968/1969 for the catholic community of the University of Cologne, is a controversial landmark - as pretty much all brutalist buildings are. It is tightly squeezed in between a couple of rather uninteresting buildings, making it extremely diffcult for the photographer to capture the whole structure in good light. This nom was taken in the morning, an alternative taken in the afternoon failed recently. All by me --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:39, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:39, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose Not a bad pic at all, but doesn’t wow me too much either. Maybe it’s the foreground railings which are too dominant. Hard to avoid, I know :( Edges of the concrete structure look oversharpened. --Kreuzschnabel 13:35, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support This difficult object is well photographed for me. Perhaps it can be cut at d sides slightly.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:26, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose per Kreuzschnabel. I like the light and I like the angle, but the railings are just too distracting. Is it possible in some way to get a slightly elevated angle here? Daniel Case (talk) 15:33, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
Ah. I was going to suggest you get on top of a van or something, but then it occurs to me that under German law you'd lose your FoP if you did that. Daniel Case (talk) 18:12, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
FoP would be one thing... but it's also technically impossible to park anything there. ;-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:31, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Have a look at File:St._Johannes_XXIII.,_Cologne,_June_2021.jpg. IMHO the light is by far more striking there, with the sun reflection giving a nice counterpoint to the structure, and I added a crop suggestion to feature :) --Kreuzschnabel 12:26, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestion! The bottom crop would appear a little bit awkward, I'm afraid, too much of the church would get lost. And lots of people would complain about the "tiny resolution" anyway. But you're right, I do like this picture, cropped or uncropped. The pronounced chiaroscuro and the reflection add something special. The nom didn't meet with much applause, sadly. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 12:45, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Why don't you make it an almost 16:9 crop? I think that could bring out the church itself better. Just a thought. --Cart (talk) 20:06, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I like Cart’s 16:9 crop; for me it even seems to reduce (can’t explain how) the distracting effect of the railings. --Aristeas (talk) 05:59, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • If you can make one major line of a disturbing element end in a corner of the frame, it will trick the mind into thinking it is "disappearing". --Cart (talk) 09:09, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Ah, that’s the trick! Thank you very much, Cart, for your enlightening explanation! Everyday one learns new things on the FP page … --Aristeas (talk) 16:56, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Probably the best solution. It’s a pity that the railing and the mediocre surrounding buildings still weaken the effect of the brutalist church, but it is impressive enough for me. --Aristeas (talk) 08:11, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Kreuzschnabel. -- Karelj (talk) 16:36, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Per Aristeas --Llez (talk) 16:58, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Useful but doesn't work for me on this level, due to the architecture and plain sky. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:55, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Per above and compo doesn't work for me RolfHill (talk) 17:55, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Parlement européen - hémicycle - plafond (Strasbourg).jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Pity. I would support if it's decided that the photo doesn't have to be deleted. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:29, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
  • I don't know too much but this is a detail of the ceiling, we mainly see the lamps. See for example Category:Views from the Louvre Pyramid, these are details of the pyramid, it's authorized/tolerated ? Gzen92 [discuter] 08:43, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
  • OK, I'll Symbol support vote.svg Support, then, and let this be sorted out elsewhere. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:49, 2 July 2021 (UTC)


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Closing a featured picture promotion request

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  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
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    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
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Closing a delisting request

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Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

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  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
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