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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2018 at 16:40:45 (UTC)

Original – Closeup head shot of large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim
Alternate Image 1 – Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim
Alternate Image 2 – Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim - Front Telephoto Shot
Reason
Detailed and high resolution image of the given statue of Gautama Buddha situated in Ravangla, Sikkim
Articles in which this image appears
Buddha Park of Ravangla
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Subhrajyoti
New versions not FP quality. You need a nicer day! Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:41, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I actually like Alt. 2 - the overcast lighting prevents blown highlights and sooty shadows. The sky could be better, admittedly. Some careful levels/curve editing could improve this one quite a bit, though - as is, it's too dark IMO. --Janke | Talk 11:03, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I have made levels/curve editing and some other minor adjustments as advised above. The edited photograph has been uploaded as a new version on the same image (Alternate Image 2). Pl share your views on this latest version. -Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 12:31, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely better now. Suggest you ask for this nom to be closed, and nominate the edited Alt 2 as a new nom. --Janke | Talk 13:50, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Janke.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:22, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose would be nice to have the whole statue in frame, not just a part from strange angle. Mattximus (talk) 03:09, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I am submitting two alternate images of the same statue taken from a different position. Alternate Image 1 is in wide angle covering the entire statue and portion of the compound in which the same is situated. Alternate Image 2 is taken in telephoto from the front covering the entire statue in line with what is advised by Janke. Pl share your views on the alternate Images whichever one is more appropriate. - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 07:52, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 14:35, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Sarawak state legislative assembly building. It is significant as the landmark of the capital city Kuching and the place where all state assemblymen from all over Sarawak come here to debate and passing state laws. The roof of the building is similar to "Terendak", a hat specifically made by the ethnic Melanau group in Sarawak.
Reason
The image is clear at depicting the state assembly building which has a unique architecture and its landscape . It is also an icon of the state of Sarawak.
Articles in which this image appears
Sarawak, New Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building, Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas
Thanks for the feedback. Added this image to other articles. Cerevisae (talk) 09:47, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kuching Sarawak Dewan-Undangan-Negeri-Sarawak-01.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:33, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalBosc's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) love bite as part of courtship ritual; Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
Reason
Valuable illustration of behaviour in a high quality image. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, Courtship display
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Bosc's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) love bite.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:29, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Male palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea osea) in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
Reason
High quality image of a bird that barely stops while feeding. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Palestine sunbird
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:32, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Joan of Arc chapel. A church from the 15th century, initially built in France, moved to New York in 1927, and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1964.
Reason
high quality image as lead image
Articles in which this image appears
St. Joan of Arc Chapel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Leroy Skalstad

Promoted File:Joan of Arc chapel-2290483.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:37, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalBillie Holiday at the Downbeat Club in New York City. Photographed by William P. Gottlieb.
Reason
High resolution photograph of iconic singer by a famous photographer, fully restored
Articles in which this image appears
Song, Feminism, Billie Holiday, Women in music, 20th-century music, Billy Paul, Billie Holiday discography, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, Something About the Night
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
William P. Gottlieb

Promoted File:Billie Holiday, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947 (William P. Gottlieb 04251).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:27, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2018 at 14:44:07 (UTC)

[2] Original – Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim

Edit 1 – Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim
Reason
A high resolution image of this land mark Large Gautama Buddha statue in Ravangla, Sikkim
Articles in which this image appears
Buddha Park of Ravangla
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Subhrajyoti
  • Oppose agree with Chris and Charles. I would change my vote to Support if saturation, and perhaps even contrast, are reduced. (the clothing of visitors at the base of the statue are too colorful, not real) Bammesk (talk) 02:20, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak opposePer previous two. Colors look over-manipulated to me. Saturation has been toned down but to me it still seems rather too pronounced. Sca (talk) 13:08, 5 June 2018 (UTC)Sca (talk) 13:41, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Thanks for the feedback received till now. I have created a slightly different version of the original uploaded picture as Edit 1. In this version the saturation and the global contrast has been dialed down a bit in line with the feedback. Also the sky looks more natural. The new version has been uploaded along with a link to the original image (at the top). Pl share your views - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 14:20, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – better now, I struck my oppose. At full size the bright boundary around earlobes is distracting, especially on left side, can it be improved? Bammesk (talk) 01:54, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Thanks for identifying. I have made some changes on the edges of both the ear lobes and some body part edges to rectify the issue. Pl check and let me know if the same has been resolved. - Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 02:44, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:29, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Lede image for the article HMCS Saskatoon (MM 709) with interesting action. The image is used in seven articles.
Articles in which this image appears
HMCS Saskatoon (MM 709), Royal Canadian Navy, Kingston-class coastal defence vessel, AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant, and four more.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
Rayzlens
  • Nick-D while it had crossed my mind that this could be a Canadian government photo, my quick Google search does not show this in top results which would be surprising if this is an official Canadian government photo. There are alternative explanations that would make sense, such as the photographer being a Canadian Armed Forces person or the employee of a government contractor who took this photo in a personal capacity. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I think that AGF should apply here. --Pine 18:28, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't see how anyone could take this image in a personal capacity, and the pattern of a single-use account posting a professional-grade image on Commons which has no metadata is almost always associated with a copyright violation. Nick-D (talk) 22:21, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • (That said, if it can be established that this is PD - for instance a US military image - then I'd definitely support it, as it's an excellent photo). Nick-D (talk) 23:12, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:46, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – St Wilfrids Church
Reason
A masterpiece of a beautiful church in england
Articles in which this image appears
St Wilfrid's Church, Preston
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Mdbeckwith

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:28, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Statue of William Henry Seward in Madison Square Park
Reason
I'm happy with the sharpness of the monument itself, the colors of the plants/trees, and the park scene in the background. Technical quality and EV seem worth a shot at FPC.
Articles in which this image appears
William H. Seward, William Henry Seward (Rogers), and a cropped version of the same image is in Randolph Rogers and Madison Square and Madison Square Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Rhododendrites

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:39, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Dark purple Trichoglottis orchid
Reason
Nominated recently (here). Updated based on feedback, but uploaded the new version shortly before the nomination period ended. I should've just opened another nomination at that point, probably. Alas. On the advice of someone who abstained last time, and since there were no opposes, I'll give this another shot.
It's a dark purple Trichoglottis orchid (Trichoglottis atropurpurea) at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Articles in which this image appears
Trichoglottis atropurpurea, Trichoglottis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Rhododendrites

Promoted File:Dark purple Trichoglottis (70213s)c.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:21, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A marble bust of Sir Redmond Barry, . This bust was sculpted by the English-born Australian sculptor Charles Summers in 1860
Reason
Good quality marble bust, contemporary with the subject. Illustrates both the subject and the sculptor.
Articles in which this image appears
Redmond Barry, Charles Summers
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Bust: Charles Summers; photograph: Chris Woodrich

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:30, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Antonin Artaud
Reason
high quality image of a famous artist, used a lead image
Articles in which this image appears
Antonin Artaud, List of atheist authors
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
unknown; uploaded, stiched and restored by JLPC
  • Support this photo is almost 90 years old .... it is a rare document for me the quality for a photo of 1926 is good .... I do not think it would pass as an image of quality but as a cultural document is more than enough for me --LivioAndronico (talk) 20:10, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Er, make that 92 years old. Sca (talk) 14:14, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
you're right Sca,sorry ... I meant AT LEAST 90 --LivioAndronico (talk) 18:00, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:14, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Battle of Dreux, France, was fought on 19 December 1562 between Catholics and Huguenots
Reason
high quality image used as a lead
Articles in which this image appears
Battle of Dreux
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Perrissin and Tortorel
  • The background (in the drawing area) [6] has a fine shade, that shade is too muted in the restoration IMO. Also the physical paper (the border) has a texture, I think retaining some of that texture could be an improvement. Bammesk (talk) 01:54, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Nice. Better than grayscale. (sidenote: FYI, I would also support a brighter version, somewhere between the initial nom version and what you have now. Also would support less color saturation.) Bammesk (talk) 13:20, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:10, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – During the last manned lunar mission, geologist Harrison Schmitt (the first scientist-astronaut) poses with the American flag, with the Earth as a backdrop.
Reason
High resolution, unique photograph, taken while wearing awkward and unforgiving equipment in an unforgiving environment. Has a free license. File has description.
Articles in which this image appears
Harrison Schmitt
FP category for this image
Space
Creator
NASA/Eugene Cernan

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:46, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalPyrosoma atlanticum, a tunicate, or colony of zooids, in a tide pool in California
Reason
When I came across this in a tide pool near Monterey, California, I had no idea what it was. In fact, it is a pyrosome, a colony of little creatures that floats around the ocean, connected by a gelatinous "tunic". Strange things. I think EV is the main thing here -- we have very few pictures of these, and this one depicts its unusual form/texture pretty well, I think.
Articles in which this image appears
Pyrosoma atlanticum, Pyrosome
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Rhododendrites
  • @Bammesk: FWIW that picture in the pyrosome article may not actually be a pyrosome. The file name called it a comb jelly, its description called it a salp, and it was in the pyrosome article. :) Still there because I'm not 100% certain but see this thread for more. This of course does not change that this picture is indeed by a tidepool and not a living specimen out in the open ocean. :) — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:13, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand. I checked some google images... About "a tidepool and not a living specimen": is the nom image a good representation of a living pyrosome? (as opposed to a dead pyrosome) If you think it is, then this is a Support vote. Bammesk (talk) 14:40, 16 June 2018 (UTC) Bammesk (talk) 15:07, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:26, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Troop B of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Washington National Guard pictured at a parade in Tacoma, Washington, United States in 1907. An advertising sign for Coca-Cola is visible in the background.
Reason
This 1907 photograph is a stunning image that, in a single frame, captures the transition from pre-consumer to consumer culture; from the American Old West to the American modern era. Prominently seen behind a troop of horse-mounted cavalry on the western frontier is an advertising billboard for Coca-Cola. The subjects of the image are in focus (there is some slight blur in the guidon where the wind has caused it to flutter as well as the rearing heads of horses, however, I think that's ameliorated somewhat by the fact this is a 1907 un-posed photo taken outdoors) and it is of greater than 1500 pixels; it is freely licensed; it is present in five articles, forming the infobox image of one; it is verifiable (both the image and its caption originating from the official state archives of Washington state); aside from some slight leveling, it has not been manipulated. (As an aside, this is my first FP nomination so please bear with me if I've made any errors.)
Articles in which this image appears
Troop B, Washington Cavalry; Foster & Kleiser; Cavalry; Coca-Cola; Washington Army National Guard
FP category for this image
History
Creator
Chetsford

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:28, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]