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•  Info Algar do Carvão (in Portuguese Blackened Crease), Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal. The image shows the aprox. 50 metres (160 ft) long Boca do Algar (in Portuguese "Mouth of the Cavern") viewed from the bottom of an ancient volcanic vent. The site located in the center of the island has become a peopular touristic magnet. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 11:48, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 11:48, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Good quality and has the wow effect --Aloxe (talk) 10:30, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Question Definitely has wow. Have you tried denoising the dark areas more? It makes sense to brighten them to get the geological details, but at full size (and somewhat below), the noise/banding is pretty distracting. If denoising affects the detail too much, the top could possibly withstand a small crop? It has enough wow that I'm undecided even with the noise. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  12:49, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

• Rhododendrites you were right, noise was too visible, I reduced it and opted also for a slight crop at the top, what do you think? --Poco a poco (talk) 20:09, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Support, noise notwithstanding, although if you can reduce it more go right ahead. Was it raining when you took this? Because I can't imagine any other explanation for those short radial light-colored lines throughout the image.

  This looks like one of those "portal to another dimension" shots in sci-fi movies. Daniel Case (talk) 17:04, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Comment The sky in the middle looks unnatural, as it is a featureless greyish white but not completely blown out. Could you perhaps reprocess the HDR to make it look more natural? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:37, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

  King of Hearts: I've uploaded a new version to address that issue, what do you think? Poco a poco (talk) 16:03, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Support for the big “wow” effect and the good quality (given the extreme contrast of this scene!). I would like to second King of Hearts’ suggestion. --Aristeas (talk) 10:39, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment something went wrong with postprocessing. Photo has significalntly lost the sharpness on the foreground and there are artifacts on the highlight areas. --Ivar (talk) 16:48, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

  Ummh, yes, you were right, Ivar, I improved the denosing mask so that no areas with detail are affected what resulted in some strange spots (you call them artifacts) and unsharp areas, better now? --Poco a poco (talk) 18:04, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Weak support better yes, but the overexposed sky is quite dominant. --Ivar (talk) 10:18, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

•  Support Needs a bit more love. Definitely has the wow-factor for FP Cmao20 (talk) 21:38, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 00:46, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Weak support I wish the white sky wasn't bleeding into the surrounding foliage as much, but I do keep coming back to this … --El Grafo (talk) 07:51, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Weak support for the overall wow factor — Rhododendrites ^talk |  12:27, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
•  Support. Meiræ 13:39, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 21:56, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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