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OriginalLilly Walleni, Swedish mezzo-soprano, in the title role of the opera Daria
Reason
The Swedish Performing Arts Agency has kindly done quite a huge release to Commons; this is the first of an exploration. High resolution, which does show off some of the flaws from film grain size, but allowed some pretty precise work in the restoration. Opera's rarely performed nowadays - it's by Georges Marty, but in discussion with Ipigott, we decided that the quality of the image in depicting her more than made up for that. I also did a second (and much easier!) restoration of her in La Navarraisse, but I'd say this is the one to look at.
Articles in which this image appears
Lilly Walleni
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Anton Blomberg, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Lilly Walleni in Daria at Kungliga Operan 1907 - SMV - NV059.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:58, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalEdinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket
Reason
Quite a nice photo of Edinburgh. The Black Bull pub is still operational, and most of the buildings are still similar. They paved it, though. Quite a nice photo for the era.
Articles in which this image appears
Edinburgh#19th_and_20th_centuries, George Washington Wilson, Grassmarket
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Urban, unless I'm missing something
Creator
George Washington Wilson, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edinburgh Castle from Grass Market.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:58, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), Temple, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously. (This nomination has a (2). The original was File:Maxima clam on a dome coral.JPG which still illustrates a different species. This image is better but does not illustrate that species.)
Articles in which this image appears
Maxima clam
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator
Diego Delso

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:47, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) male, Yala National Park Block 5, Sri Lanka
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC this month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Malabar pied hornbill
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charles J Sharp

Promoted File:Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) male.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:55, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Entrance hall of the central branch of district court of Berlin
Reason
High quality photo of Berlin's central district court building. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Landgericht Berlin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Ansgar Koreng

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:37, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalMagna Lykseth-Skogman as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Kungliga Operan, 1909
Reason
A fantastic in-costume photo of one of the leading Swedish opera singers. Forgive the speed of nominations: I usually have a few things I'm working on at once. Sometimes, they all finish at close to the same time.
Articles in which this image appears
Magna Lykseth-Skogman
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Atelier Jaeger[sv], restored by Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:38, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalJasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 – June 22, 1900) was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.
Reason
A nice photograph of a notable landscape painter, and hey, Napoleon Sarony!
Articles in which this image appears
Jasper Francis Cropsey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Napoleon Sarony restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Jasper Francis Cropsey by Napoleon Sarony.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:32, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Opacity of the Earth's atmosphere for different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. The atmosphere blocks some wavelengths but it is mostly transparent for visible light and a wide range of radio waves.
Reason
A valuable and easy to comprehend depiction of an atmospheric property with applications in astronomy and radio/satellite communication. The image is widely used in many of our articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Astronomical spectroscopy, Radio astronomy, Radio telescope, Radio window, Optical window, Visible-light astronomy, Electromagnetic radiation, Electromagnetic spectrum, + 9 more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
NASA (original), SVG by Mysid

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:28, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh, India, designed by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (better known as Le Corbusier).
Reason
The image is widely used across wikipedia, and in general across wikimedia projects, is of a good quality and adds encyclopedic value to many articles. Among them, it especially enriches articles Araldo Cossutta (where it illustrates Corbusier’s—and particularly of this building’s—influences on Cossutta rather convincingly) and to cubism (where it perfectly complements the text that it appears along), and obviously to the article on its subject and the ones on its designer and on the city of its location. The image has been on commons for a long time, and its addition to the many articles has been organic and over time.
Articles in which this image appears
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Araldo Cossutta, Cubism and others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
duncid

Promoted File:Palace of Assembly Chandigarh 2006.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:48, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Poster (well, that's what Gallica calls it (well, "Affiche", but same thing) for Il trovatore, showing the end scene where de Luna (centre) learns the person has just sentenced to death, and whom Leonora (lower right, dead[1]) was in love with instead of him... was, in fact, his long-lost brother whom he had been looking for the whole opera. Oops!
Reason
Honestly, I think this is a gorgeous image for the opera. Part of a very small series - you may remember File:Cavalleria Rusticana - Santuzza and Turiddu outside the church.jpg from 2019.
Articles in which this image appears
Il trovatore
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Luigi Morgari restored by Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:04, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Adult northern mockingbird, New York City
Reason
Quality lead image of this bird. FP on Commons. If this passes, we can delist This older smaller FP.
Articles in which this image appears
Northern mockingbird
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Rhododendrites

Promoted File:Mockingbird in Bay Ridge (85082).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:10, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalDetour is a 1945 American film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. The screenplay was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney (uncredited) from Goldsmith's 1939 novel of the same title, and released by the Producers Releasing Corporation, one of the so-called Poverty Row film studios in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
Reason
Arguably the most famous Poverty Row film made and a National Film Registry inductee, its another movie I am nominating that has a real nice print to use.
Articles in which this image appears
Detour (1945 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Edgar G. Ulmer

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:25, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalWilliam Harvey Carney, who escaped slavery, joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and, for his actions with recovering the American flag during the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863, was (37 years later) awarded the first Medal of Honor ever awarded to an African-American.
Reason
Sharp, high quality, especially for the early 1900s, and a very notable subject.
Articles in which this image appears
William Harvey Carney
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Military
Creator
James E. Reed, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:William Harvey Carney by James E Reed - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:34, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalParo Taktsang, also known as Tiger's Nest, a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan
Reason
The best resolution image on commons of this well-known monastery which is associated with Guru Padmasambhava, and is a specimen of the Buddhist architecture of Bhutan.
Articles in which this image appears
Paro Taktsang, Paro, Bhutan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Gerd Eichmann

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:47, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Rough leather coral (Sarcophyton glaucum), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheij, Egypt
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Sarcophyton glaucum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria
Creator
Diego Delso

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:48, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Panorama of Udaipur from the Jag Mandir Island in Lake Pichola
Reason
Good resolution panorama of Udaipur from the Jagmandir Island of Lake Pichola. Shows all of Udaipur's old city's Pichola lakefront, prominently showing the City Palace and the Lake Palace.
Articles in which this image appears
Udaipur, Lake Pichola, Lake Palace +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Sballal

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:49, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Striped bug (body length 12 mm); Kulna, Estonia.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Graphosoma italicum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Graphosoma italicum - Kulna.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:07, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalJohn Milton Brannan was a career United States Army artillery officer who served in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Most notably, he served as a division commander of the Union XIV Corps at the Battle of Chickamauga. Brannan was scandalized by the highly publicized disappearance of his first wife, Eliza Crane Brannan. Initially presumed to be suicide or murder, it was later discovered that she had secretly fled to Europe and married another United States Army artillery officer, First Lieutenant Powell Wyman.
Reason
A really nice image. At some point, I'd like to have a featured picture for everyone important in the American Civil War; practially speaking, that may never happen, but we can try. And I think there's almost extra value in not just doing the really really famous ones: I'm sure a thousand people have cleaned up an image of Grant or Lee or Sherman. But if you want a good image of Brannan? We're your best choice.
Articles in which this image appears
John Milton Brannan and a bunch of more trivial uses
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Mathew Brady's Studio, restored by Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:36, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A physician closing a wound on a person's thumb with sutures
Reason
This is a high quality image of a basic medical procedure. This image was previously listed and was not promoted, in part due to failing criterion #5 at that time.
Articles in which this image appears
Surgical suture, Wound
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
Jake Wartenberg

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:57, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalKey Monastery under snow in winters, in the Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh, India
Reason
Good quality image of the monastery in winter. Was featured on commons recently. The monastery is the largest in Spiti valley, a remote valley lying in the shadow of the Himalayas formed by the Spiti river.
Articles in which this image appears
Key Monastery, Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Ksuryawanshi (edited by Aristeas)

Promoted File:Kee monastery Spiti Valley (edited).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:54, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalLunch atop a Skyscraper, 1932
Alt 1 - Grabbed from the Washington Post
Reason
Iconic picture from the 1930s. High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Lunch atop a Skyscraper, others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Charles Clyde Ebbets

Promoted File:Lunch atop a Skyscraper - Charles Clyde Ebbets.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:08, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalAlfred Buckham's c. 1920 "Aerial View of Edinburgh".
Reason
A stunning photo by a daredevil pilot. Gives a stunning overview of Edinburgh in 1920 which, because it's Edinburgh, is still pretty darn accurate to this day. Bit of mist around Arthur's Seat, which is typical enough. This is facing roughly east.
Articles in which this image appears
Alfred Buckham, Edinburgh
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Alfred Buckham, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Aerial View of Edinburgh, by Alfred Buckham, from about 1920.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:49, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A resting male rose-myrtle lappet moth, Shoushan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Reason
High quality and large image. Used in infobox.
Articles in which this image appears
Trabala vishnou
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Tiouraren

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:38, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Mango fruits – single and halved
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC a week ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Mango
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Mangos - single and halved.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Illustration of scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddygore (later renamed Ruddigore) in the original 1887 production.
Reason
Really good documentation of the original production, including scenes cut later on in the run (and occasionally restored today). Doing great on Commons. Shows a lot of information in a compact way. Hopefully we're through the dead spot as regards voting on here, but I think I have a little time as my wrist was hurting after my last restoration (I'm like five behind on nominations here), so I'm going to stop restoring for a week.
Articles in which this image appears
Ruddigore, Amédée Forestier
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Amédée Forestier, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Amédée Forestier - Illustrated London News - Gilbert and Sullivan - Ruddygore (Ruddigore).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:06, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Phyang Monastery in Ladakh, India
Reason
A great composition and good quality image of the Phyang Monastery, showcasing both the Buddhist architecture of Ladakh and its rugged landscape, as well as how these two interact with each other such that buildings almost become part of the landscape.
Articles in which this image appears
Phyang Monastery
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Bernard Gagnon

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:50, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalKinnaur Kailash range and the town of Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh
Reason
Majestic view of the Kinnaur Kailash range of the Greater Himalaya, and the town of Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh at dawn. Rare picture on commons showing a panaroma of the whole range.
Articles in which this image appears
Kalpa, Kinnaur district
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Anubhav Agarwal
Unrelated to nomination; tangential commentary
*:‘’’Comment’’’ I only recently became aware of the nominator when they appeared on the Talk:Delhi page politely but insistently preferring what I thought were certain types of pictures of Delhi in the info box. They argued their points reasonably well but I had the sense that they preferred pictures where the poverty, the littered streets, the crowds, the filth were not visible. India ‘’is’’ a poor country. As someone who has been editing the FA India for nearly 16 years, where we generally prefer FPs, but ones that have encyclopedic information over vanilla prettiness of the long view, I would like to suggest that these pictures not be cut extra slack because South Asia is under represented in Featured Pictures.
  • You may also view other India-related FPs on my user talk page. I am not here vote, and I understand that FPC like FAC has its rules, but am concerned that the featured pictures be representative, that the nominator not appear at the India page tomorrow making the case that these pretty Himalayan or panoramic pictures are better representatives of India as a result of being featured than the more realistic ones, whether featured or not that are in place.
    You must know there are editors such as Yann or Muhammad Mahdi Karim who have taken beautiful and encyclopedic pictures. Summing up standards here should not be lowered because South Asia is underrepresented or that a nominator (not necessarily the nominator of this picture) has seemingly boned up on Wikipedia rules and are prepared to argue their point. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 01:51, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • So your point, if I understand correctly, is that the pictures be judged by FP standards, right? I fully agree with you, and in none of my nominations have I argued that standards be lowered for my nominations due to underrepresentation or any other reason. You can look at all of my nominations to confirm (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and the current). I do know Yann and Karim, or for that matter also Tagooty, Satdeep, Subrajyoti and others, all of whose works I admire. I wish to one day emulate it and possibly have FPs of my own.
    Also, It’s getting a bit absurd now. Stalking my contributions and then reverting them, now coming here on FPC, assuming motivations and making accusations based on that. What’s next? This obsessive policing bordering on harassment is not appreciated. And I would highly recommend using FPC talk page for discussions unrelated to the nominations. UnpetitproleX (talk) 11:14, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I’m not following you from page to page. You yourself mentioned the FPC submissions and came here to your work. My concern is genuine. Yann’s submissions don’t veer away from poor people or the disregarded such as tribals. We have his pictures on the India page for that reason. We had his picture of children eating puri and kheer in school on the India page for years; we still have his pictures in politics and sports, of girls playing hopscotch; they expose the reality, not cover it. It is the same with Karim he finds beauty in many forms and sizes from the three-striped squirrels to the Lucknow imambara. In your instance, though, from my brief experience with what you prefer in pictures, there seems to be a bias away from the nitty gritty reality to the broad vistas in which details can’t be seen.
    I’m not suggesting there is anything wrong with your pictures; they have their place; but if other editors are giving easier passes to these pictures because the region is underrepresented, then they should be aware that generally unrepresentative pictures, which such pictures become in large numbers, don’t make a region better represented. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:30, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Fowler&fowler: A picture of a heap of garbage is not going to become FP unless it is exceptionally high in encyclopaedic value. For Commons:FP it will need to be artistically exceptional, and be among the best of pictures available there. In a recent nomination, trash flowing in a moat had to be cloned out for it to become FP. Such clean-ups are routine. My nominations so far have been of buildings and landscapes, I have yet to get to people or street photography. Please understand that everything need not have an ulterior motive. Do you realise how out of place this whole discussion looks to any uninvolved editor? I’m willing to cut you some slack given your circumstances at the moment, and I really do sympathise with you, but there is a limit. I am collapsing this wall of text. I will recommend you copy-paste it to FPC talk if you wish to continue. And you are welcome to vote here on this or any other nomination, based on its individual merit, support or oppose, or even comment—if the comment is about the actual nomination. UnpetitproleX (talk) 19:42, 14 May 2022 (UTC) @TrangaBellam: Thank you for your support, it is appreciated, but could you strike out the latter part of your comment? I would like for this nomination to still stay on track and not become a debate on things unrelated, thanks UnpetitproleX (talk) 19:50, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Adam and in part, due to F&f's ridiculously orientalist arguments — lacking basis in any policy — which would have put Naipaul to shame. TrangaBellam (talk) 18:47, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I note that at the moment of writing TrangsBellam supports the picture in part they say because they oppose my arguments, but I have not voted Fowler&fowler«Talk» 23:13, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 04:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This picture has been edited from another one, apparently to remove some text naming the peaks. I find that unobjectionable. But there are other editing artifacts that show up as well. The one it was edited from had what looks like a stitching artifact where the mountain background was brighter on one side of a pole in the lower left than on the other side; this has been reduced but not eliminated. And all of the mountain ridgetops have heavy black outlines, probably from too much unsharp mask. The nominator speaks above about blithely cloning out objects visible in scenes (unobjectionable when the subject is a person and the cloning is something irrelevant in background, but more problematic when the subject is the scene itself). Some odd bright red stains on the lower left edge have been replaced with odd grey-brown stains that are harder to spot. It makes me wonder how much more manipulation there is that I am not seeing. But it also makes me skeptical that this image is GA quality. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:07, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the input. The image has also had some red and blue chromatic aberrations removed, all edits performed by me. I’d just like to point out that removing objects that distract from the scene, correcting stitching errors, etc are routine, uncontroversial fixes. Especially in FP nominations, such fixes are frequently requested by the voters themselves. I can point to several nominations on both Commons:FPC and here where this is the case. UnpetitproleX (talk) 10:18, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, the cloning out remark was in reference to a particular previous nomination, not a “blithe” suggestion to indiscriminately clone out objects visible in scenes. :) UnpetitproleX (talk) 10:36, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Sorry but the composition doesn't work IMO. With all the sky on top, the village looks squeezed in the bottom (the framing looks unbalanced). The lighting and the bright sky makes everything look dark. Also, I am not sure about the pinkish sky, it looks a bit overdone or unnatural. Bammesk (talk) 02:35, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:05, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Sagittarius A* imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2022
Reason
Nothing to see here, move along.
Historic image of an important astronomical object. We already have an EHT image of a black hole. Both are notable in their own right: the other is the first image of a black hole, this one is in and a key part of our Galaxy.
Articles in which this image appears
Sagittarius A*, Milky Way etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Event Horizon Telescope

Promoted File:EHT Saggitarius A black hole.tif --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:30, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalBrooklyn Navy Yard in 1918
Reason
Just a gorgeous aerial photo, and I'd say quite an achievement for 1918.
Articles in which this image appears
Brooklyn Navy Yard
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Navy Yard, Brooklyn. New York. 1918 - NH 117794.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:10, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Stellate puffer (Arothron stellatus), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Arothron stellatus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Pez globo (Arothron stellatus), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 119.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:37, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalSödermanland Runic Inscription 113, during the time it was owned by runologist Otto von Friesen
Reason
I think this is a fine image. High quality, attractive background, and rather easier to read than the modern photograph.
Articles in which this image appears
Södermanland Runic Inscription 113, Otto von Friesen
FP category for this image
It doesn't have an obvious category. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others? Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture?
Creator
Otto von Friesen, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Otto von Friesen - Runsten Sö 113 Kolunda, Stenkvista socken - Alvin record 110815.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:20, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Two-page spread in The Sphere of the first revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore


Reason
Some theatrical works have their reputation focus on their première. Ruddigore, however, was a relative failure on its first run, and then entered the canon on the back of the first revival (which started as a touring production in 1920, and then had its London run in the 1921-22 season (pictured). This also has a lot of other strengths. I believe this is the highest-resolution image I've ever restored, and it's a compelling, full colour image. It's by a notable artist, and one of only two of his illustrations in his article, and far more detailed than the, admittedly iconic, but relatively simple poster for The Sorcerer. Not to say you won't see the other eventually.
Articles in which this image appears
Ruddigore, H. M. Brock, Geoffrey Toye
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
H. M. Brock, restored by Adam Cuerden, with stitching assistance by Colin

Promoted File:H. M. Brock - Gilbert and Sullivan - D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Ruddigore revival 1921.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:16, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalWestern Ghats near Matheran in Maharashtra, during the dry season in late May (above) and during peak monsoon season in late August (below)
Cropped AltWestern Ghats near Matheran in Maharashtra, during the dry season in late May (above) and during peak monsoon season in late August (below)
Cropped to remove the un-fixable cloning and stitching errors
Reason
What happens when the monsoon hits the Western Ghats? Well, this. Good quality and very high EV when seen side by side.
Articles in which this image appears
Monsoon of South Asia, Monsoon, Season
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
Arne Hückelheim
Support AltUnpetitproleX (talk) 22:56, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support While the quality of it isn't perfect, the comparison between them is fantastic. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 01:10, 18 May 2022 (UTC) Sorry, MER-C is right. The top one isn't too bad, but the bottom one is really quite appalling in the lower left corner and less so (but stil bad) in the lower right, with some very bad stitching (?) errors on top of it. Reluctant oppose. Perhaps we could crop the sides? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 21:26, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Since you did a great job so far, can you look at the lower left corner of the rain season one, where where's still a small stitching error? Support alt otherwise. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 22:04, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done :) UnpetitproleX (talk) 22:52, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I stuck my support vote. I had not seen the stitch lines on the bottom image. Also the top image has dark patches along its top and bottom edge (artifact of stitching). These can be fixed/improved with some careful cloning, and I would support if that's done. Oppose as is (i.e. the original nominated versions). Bammesk (talk) 13:14, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bammesk: Could you please strike out the now redundant oppose, so that it isn’t accidentally counted? UnpetitproleX (talk) 11:31, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:MatheranPanoramaPointDrySeasonCrop.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:19, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:MatheranPanoramaPointMonsoonCrop.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:19, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A section of the Large Hadron Collider
Reason
Quality image of the Large Hadron Collider, actually a section of it, because it is 17 miles long and in an underground tunnel. "The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle collider. It lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres (17 mi) in circumference and as deep as 175 metres (574 ft) beneath the France–Switzerland border near Geneva." [1] The LHC was built approximately 20 years ago, it's currently operational and is used for making discoveries in particle or subatomic physics.
Articles in which this image appears
Large Hadron Collider
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
Maximilien Brice, CERN
  • The only way to get more DOF is focus stack (this is already at f/16 and a very high quality lens). Not sure focus stack should be the norm at FPC. And not saying DOF isn't a criterion. Bammesk (talk) 12:51, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • True, but the focus is also quite close, roughly around the ring at the back of the nearest blue section, so most of the image is quite a bit out of focus. Nearer the middle would have let it fall off more elegantly. (and it puts the visual emphasis on the least interesting component). Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 07:14, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • When the main subject doesn't fit in the DOF, the rule of thumb is to focus the lens for a sharp nearside, and let the far side drift out of focus (and into the bokeh). The opposite isn't the norm and the opposite generally looks terrible. Same with the mid-section being sharp and the nearside being out of focus. The camera used and the lens tells me the photographer is most likely a pro. IMO this is as good as it gets focus-wise, absent of focus stacking. Bammesk (talk) 02:56, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Views of the LHC tunnel sector 3-4, tirage 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:27, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ It's an opera. What did you expect?