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Goddess Durga and a pantheon of other gods and goddesses being worshipped during Durga Puja [[1]] Festival in Kolkata. This image was taken in Block - G.D, Saltlake Durga Puja 2018 in North Kolkata.
  •  Comment - I tried to redo the image from scratch and added a selective denoising(darker areas) and sharpening (highlights). Hope these changes addresses the issue. - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 02:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment My vote is not decided yet, but I think the sheet of newspaper at the bottom could be cloned out -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:35, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Specified portion Cloned out - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 02:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mild  Support per Cart. I'm unsure whether the sides of the photo are technically FP per FPC consensus, but it's a pretty compelling image, I think you did the best you could in low light, and I think the combination of a compelling image that's difficult to get a good photo of and sufficient quality, particularly in the center of the photo, is enough of a justification for FP. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:56, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Glossy surfaces are difficult to render, but well done here. --Yann (talk) 04:21, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support I might have opposed, but then I read all the other observations about the unsharp areas. Daniel Case (talk) 16:29, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per others -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:19, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 14:23, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regretful oppose I like the composition and color, but unfortunately the sides of this image are not in focus, and in this case that prevents me from supporting the image for FP. I encourage you to photograph this subject again and try to get the sides of the subject into focus. Best wishes, --Pine✉ 20:46, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment - Durgapuja is an annual Hindu festival where these elaborate decorations and sculptures are made and displayed for 10 days of celebration and post that they are dismantled and destroyed. So in a way this is a disposable art which is created and destroyed each year and simply do not exist anymore. More so Mandaps (temporary structures with elaborate decorations which houses the Gods and Godesseses' Sculptures) are dimly lit for which shooting at the widest aperture was non optional. Also there is a huge flow of tourists and devotees due to which carrying a tripod or monopod is also impractical. I am afraid retaking this picture is simply not possible. - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 02:06, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Subhrajyoti07 I'm not advanced enough as a photographer to be certain, but I would think that if someone took a photo of this in RAW format with a full frame camera and a good lens, they should be able to get the entire subject of the photo in focus. I have read reviews of modern full frame cameras such as the Nikon D750 and Sony A7 series which suggest to me that they should not have too much difficulty in this lighting situation. I could be wrong though, and if other more advanced photographers who are knowledgeable about modern FF cameras tell me so then I will reverse my vote. --Pine✉ 06:59, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pine while a modern full-frame camera can allow higher ISO photos to be taken with minimal noise, there was actually scope in this image to use a smaller aperture without increasing noise significantly even on this camera. The shutter speed 1/160s could be lengthened perhaps even to 1/30s (if a few shots were taken for luck). The ISO could be doubled to 200 without much trouble. This would all allow the aperture to be closed from the "wide open" f/2.8 to f/4 or f/5.6. On most lenses, shooting wide open is less sharp (particularly at the edges) than closing down a stop. Additionally, many lenses fail to achieve a totally flat focal plane (assuming this subject is actually in a plane, rather than the middle figure being a bit forward of the others). The EXIF suggests the lens used was an expensive one, though rather old and perhaps no longer the best optics. DXOMARK suggest that the combination of 17mm and f/2.8 is particularly soft, so perhaps stepping back a bit (if possible) and changing focal length to 24mm would have been sharper. But all these possibilities of lens, camera position, settings, won't help because the moment has gone and can't be taken again. Often at events we find ourselves using less-than-optimal settings, and don't have the time to check if a better combination of settings could be used. I think the main subjects are very sharp and the issues with the sides only really visible when pixel peeping. -- Colin (talk) 10:08, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ikan, is "my laptop screen's size" an SI measurement of pixel peeping? :-) I have no idea if you have an HiDPI 4K 17" display or 1024x768 10" display or anything else. And if you are on Windows, and have the display settings text size > 100%, your browser might be magnifying the image already. Seriously, though, it is hard to come up with a standard or yard stick for this. -- Colin (talk) 17:25, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have a 13" laptop (7"x12" if you prefer to measure height x width). 300% of my screen is still not pixel-peeping, which I interpret as looking at full size. Normally, I think things should be sharp up to 300% of my laptop screen. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:40, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Changed to  Weak support. Even if this particular photo couldn't be reshot, it sounds like one like it can be taken again in the future. However, there's something to be said for photos that are difficult to take well because crowds make it difficult to get set up well for a shot. I like the subject and colors a lot. My only problem is with the OOF sides, which I continue to find difficult to support at FP when a similar photo could be taken, but I won't oppose. I'm familiar with urban photography where getting shots set up as I would like is challenging because of people, vehicles, and other obstructions. --Pine✉ 06:15, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:53, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects
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