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File:Reynisdrangar basalt rocks.jpg

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/Iceland
•  Info created & uploaded by JakubFrys - nominated by Tomer T -- Tomer T (talk) 06:13, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomer T (talk) 06:13, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose Good picture with nice light but I don't see anything special about the composition or subject to make it FP. It looks like it might be tilted, although that's hard to tell given that there aren't really any points of reference here. Cmao20 (talk) 10:54, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Looks almost like a fantasy land, definitely special enough for me. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:04, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Fine for me (not perfect technically, but certainly good enough especially with this composition and light). --Domob (talk) 05:46, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support - I love the warm light, the textures and shapes of the rocks, the ice. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:12, 29 January 2020 (UTC

I'm quite sure there is no ice there... --The Cosmonaut (talk) 22:39, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Oppose Strongly tilted, nothing is sharp. Not that special either. —kallerna (talk) 11:56, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose per others. --Milseburg (talk) 14:20, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support per King. Daniel Case (talk) 15:40, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 17:58, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Question: what prompted the choice of such a long exposure (8 seconds)? It made the sea look very weird and unnatural, especially the strange lines on the bottom. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 22:36, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Question - That's not ice? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:44, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

The south coast of Iceland doesn't freeze even in winter, and this was taken at the end of May. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 23:18, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Yep. The white is guano, bird droppings. Bird colonies in places like this always "paint" the rocks white. Like in this case. Category added. --Cart (talk) 23:38, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

I thought I was seeing streaks in the ice. Oh well. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:38, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

This is a long exposure photo (8s) so the "streaks in the ice" are just birds flying, illuminated by the low rising sun. They become "bird streaks", same as light streaks in other photos. Things always get a bit strange at long exposure. --Cart (talk) 05:18, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment - With that not being ice, I feel like the photo has a misleading appearance and I'm not that happy about it anymore, so I've crossed out my previous supporting vote and will consider whether to vote against or not. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:16, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

• I've decided to  Oppose on this basis. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:13, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment - Hi there and thanks for the nomination and the discussion. All the white spots in the picture are actually seagulls and a few other kinds of birds. I chose longer exposure because some of them were flying all around the frame of the photo, even quite close to the lens. Having shorter times, there were many visible trajectories and wierd blurred spots. So just 2 clarify :) -- Jakub Fryš (talk) 13:23, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too irritating with the bright streaks (even on front of the rocks). Contrast too harsh. --Kreuzschnabel 21:34, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose Don't understand, why it was really needed to expose 8 sec. Also (or therefore) nothing really sharp. Halo around the right rock. -- -donald- (talk) 07:46, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose per kallerna -- Fischer.H (talk) 15:40, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

 I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 20:50, 31 January 2020 (UTC)