Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:עץ על אי מלח באמצע ים המלח.jpg

File:עץ על אי מלח באמצע ים המלח.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural
•  Info created & uploaded by Eranrez - nominated by Tomer T -- Tomer T (talk) 09:18, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomer T (talk) 09:18, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment - Quite an unusual image, but I'd feel happier if the sky were de-noised. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:39, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Weak oppose Interesting image but there are question-marks over the quality, especially the sky as Ikan points out but more generally there's a bit of colour noise. It also looks to me like there's a bit of barrel distortion, with the horizon visibly curving up at one end and down at the other. Cmao20 (talk) 10:43, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose A very nice composition but the quality is not enough for such a small photo. A GoPro camera is not ideal for FPs. And as the description says, it's a tourist destination so not that hard to get to for someone with a fairly good camera. (I've been there myself but that was pre the tree.) --Cart (talk) 21:54, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Cart--Boothsift 23:26, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

• Moving to  Support now after I had a better look--Boothsift 04:27, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

•  Oppose per Ikan and Cmao20 – Lucas^T 07:38, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support I seldom see images as particular as this one here in FPC. Denoising would be good but the wow effect is compensating that. To be honest, I don't understand why this picture is not getting more support. Poco² 14:31, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Info Ok, I gave the file some TLC and removed some of the color noise and corrected the barrel distortion a bit, not all the way though since the shore curves slightly. Please revert this if you don't like it. 'Pinging' voters about the change: Ikan Kekek, Cmao20, Boothsift, Lucasbosch and Poco. Myself I'm changing to  Neutral after this. I hope Eranrez and Tomer T are ok with this, otherwise I apologize. --Cart (talk) 15:31, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

  Cart: Now that we're in the process to improve the image, don't you think that we should reduce the vignetting on the top left? I can give it a try if you like. Poco² 18:03, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

• Poco, I already did some vignetting adjustment in my edit, I think the gradient is due to natural light since it stayed after the correction and it follows the way the shadow of the tree points. I see such phenomena a lot in my photos taken on clear days over water. Let's leave it as it is now, I think it is acceptable. We should be as respectful as possible to the author. The dark sky matches the darker water on that side well. --Cart (talk) 18:52, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

•  Support.--Vulphere 17:39, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 17:43, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment - I don't know. I see the improvement, but the tree was sharper and bigger in the original, and the photo is still fairly noisy. I like the composition, though. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:18, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

• Like I said in the ice photo, you will always lose some sharpness with NR. That's the downside of it. --Cart (talk) 18:58, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

• Ok, second and final edit from me. I reverted only the tree since it didn't go well with the NR as Ikan pointed out. Cart out. --Cart (talk) 19:15, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

•  Support - Thank you, Cart. I wish it were less noisy, but I like it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:55, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

•  Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 16:47, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Rbrechko (talk) 23:52, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 03:30, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Not perfect but it's definitely got the wow. Daniel Case (talk) 00:59, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
• Weak  Support I wish the resolution and the sharpness would be better. --XRay ^talk 11:05, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Impressive landscape in my view, as we don't see often. Although the top of the sky could be cut and the quality better, it's ok for me. That's all in the subject : crystal water, floating island and striking tree -- Basile Morin (talk) 09:33, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 12 support, 2 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 17:50, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural