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OriginalLes cyprès à Cagnes, or Cypresses at Cagnes, 1908, by Henri-Edmond Cross
Reason
Is among the late works of the artist, after shifting his technique from Pointillism to "broad, blocky brushstrokes". Illustrates the "second generation Neo-Impressionism strategy" of keeping "the colors separate". Cross's paintings of this time were considered "precursors to Fauvism and Cubism". Also, at this time Cross was having trouble with his eyes. (per WP article on artist).
Articles in which this image appears
Henri-Edmond Cross, Neo-impressionism
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Henri-Edmond Cross
  • I'm surprised that you are so laid back about the copyright issue here when you were so punctilious (to the extent of nominating the image for deletion) about the issue regarding my Doha manuscript. It could well be, likely is, a Flickr upload. As for the camera, a Canon EOS 400D is an entry level camera simply not capable of providing the kind of image we ought to be featuring here.
    Some calculations might help here. The minimum acceptable pixel size of an image will depend on the canvas size. 36 inches by 48 inches is a pretty standard canvas size. That would be 1728 square inches. A scaled pixel version meeting the featured picture specifications would be 1500 by 2000 pixels = 3,000,000 pixels (i.e. 2.81 MP) in size. There are therefore 3,000,0000 / 1728 = 1736 pixels per square inch or, converting to metric, 269 pixels per square cm = 2.7 pixels per square mm. It's perfectly plain that this is a resolution that should bring out all but the finest brushwork in a canvas this size.
    In this case we have a painting 81 by 100 cm, a much smaller canvas, amounting to 810,000 square mm. The pixel size is 2517 by 2037 = 5,127,129 (i.e. 4.9 MP). This is equivalent to 6.3 pixels per square mm for this painting and we should be able to see fine brushwork at that resolution, but we cannot. The image simply isn't up to scratch. At 800 ISO there is indeed a problem with noise.
    Compare that with, say, Paul Signac's Canal of Overschie, which is a typical Google Art Project image of a pointillist painting. The image is of course in focus and the resolution adequate to render the texture of the canvas itself. The painting is 650 by 808 mm = 525,200 square mm and the pixel size is 3752 by 3022 = 11,338,544 pixels (i.e. 10.8 MP) in size. The resolution is thus 21.6 pixels per square mm. I suggest that 20 pixels per square mm is the standard we should ideally be aiming for a worthwhile Featured Picture of a 2-D artwork, adequate to render the finest brushwork in the case of a painting or every mark in the case of a graphic work. Marinka van Dam (talk) 14:26, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
    [reply]
Addendum: And in the case of the Paul Nash ink drawing below, where the nominating editor doesn't wish me to comment further, there's actually an implied resolution of 190 pixels per square mm, which the image is quite plainly not providing. It's in that sense that it's a poor image in my opinion, thus my oppose. Marinka van Dam (talk) 14:39, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is a difference between something being demonstrably a copyright issue, like your nomination below, and something being demonstrably not a copyright issue under current Commons policy regarding 2D works of art. The probable source image (which has had a free license attached for the photograph) is not being nominated here, and its copyright does not affect this nomination. That being said, unless you are accusing the uploader of faking EXIF data (a very bad faith accusation), all evidence points to the uploader being the photographer. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:59, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I wasn't accusing the uploader of anything regarding EXIF data, your projection. It doesn't matter what the evidence points to. It didn't have a valid copyright tag and that was all there was to it. The uploader has provided one now. But the issue here is the quality of the image, which isn't adequate for me to support. I will not support 2D images of artwork that don't meet the minimum criteria I seek: that it should show fine detail of brushwork in the case of the painting or the marks made in the case of a graphic work. The rules regarding minimum pixel size should ensure that for all but the largest works of art, as I show above. But the rule is not an end in itself, rather it is designed to ensure quality of end result and that is lacking in this case - noisy, out of focus and taken on a camera simply not up to the job. Even Google's robots make a better job of it. And it's not being "combative" incidentally, merely responsible about Wikipedia's relationship with museums. I supported thus your nomination of the van Eyk, but I won't support this. Marinka van Dam (talk) 13:56, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Henri-Edmond Cross, 1908, Les cyprès à Cagnes, oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:14, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Juvenile long-billed curlew at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes
Reason
Don't have nearly enough boids, and this one is fairly well shot.
Articles in which this image appears
Long-billed curlew
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Frank Schulenburg

Promoted File:Long-billed curlew at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:46, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Bangles on display in Bangalore, India
Reason
An interesting view of an Indian ornament popularly worn by women. Beautiful colors and good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Bangle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Promoted File:Bangles Ornaments.jpg --The Herald 06:34, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Red Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina in Bangalore, India
Reason
I've been trying to capture one for a very long time but they're just so fast. I think this is well composed and camouflage colors are interesting to look at. Naturally there are some parts out of focus but it's impossible to avoid.
Articles in which this image appears
Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Promoted File:Red Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina.jpg --The Herald 06:36, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTaj Mahal, one of the Seven wonders of the World
Alt-1Taj Mahal, one of the Seven wonders of the World
Reason
It think it passes the criteria. And so far the best quality image of Taj Mahal exists here.
Articles in which this image appears
Taj Mahal
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Yann
  • Taj Mahal does looks different in sunset, sunrise - at night, and so on - it is actually quite famous for it. It has a very special glow, so many different pictures about it is quite in order. Hafspajen (talk) 14:50, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yep dude, I know that. But I'll Support edited version (only if you make it Alt.1) because of the better lighting. The current candidate is far below the expected qualities of the Taj Mahal (poorest lighting)..--The herald 07:36, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Added Alt-1 @The Herald: Jim Carter 12:53, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Muhammad, since you took this picture so it is reasonable that you will prefer your image. And as for Sharpness and light, it is FP level (I think). In your image the marbles looks brownish whereas the original color is white (although it varies with time of the day, but the original color is white). Cheers, Jim Carter 12:53, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I think as a landscape architect, that in the composition, the garden shown is an asset. Hafspajen (talk) 14:23, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No more flogging Muhammad..There is nothing bad as so called domes... Perfect for my eyes which have seen the real one (though editing made it more perfect). Plus your Taj Mahal was no even was a substitute..--The herald 14:25, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nobody is flogging anyone. I love Muhammad, he is one of our most talented contributor, a truly good asset. He is a great photographer. We are only discussing an image - that's all. Hafspajen (talk) 14:28, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • The domes in the edit were indeed blown, any person can check that. Of course, I am biased for my image but it shows what is really possible in terms of sharpness. But enough from me, I will stop with my flogging ;) I'm amused to say the least. --Muhammad(talk) 19:44, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Taj Mahal (Edited).jpeg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:57, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Front facade of the Mysore Palace in the morning
Edit 1 Without dogs
Reason
A good quality, high resolution, well-lit picture of the palace with just one person in the frame for scale. While I'd have loved to get it dead center, the palace gates are closed early in the morning and by the time they open up, the sun is almost overhead and the light bland, hence I had to shoot from over the gate and be a bit off center while doing so. --Muhammad(talk) 08:09, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Mysore Palace, Wadiyar dynasty, Kingdom of Mysore, Mysore district
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Promoted File:Mysore Palace Morning.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:10, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Caspar David Friedrich landscapes show us a nature that has a metaphysical - transcendent character. His themes were often circulating around the questions of existence, destruction and creation.
Reason
Caspar David Friedrich romantic landscape painter, was one of the first artists to portray winter landscapes as austere, forbidding and dead. His winter scenes are solemn and still. According to the art historian Hermann Beenken, Friedrich painted winter scenes in which "no man has yet set his foot". Although based on direct observation, his landscapes did not reproduce nature but were painted to create a dramatic effect, using nature as a mirror of human emotions.
Articles in which this image appears
Cairn in Snow
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Caspar David Friedrich
  • Marinka van Dam is blocked indefinetly as Coat of Many Colours sock. See here. Disregard any comment per FP voting rules: Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-third majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. So now you know - WHY. Hello everybody else. Hafspajen (talk) 00:01, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Caspar David Friedrich - Cairn in Snow - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:16, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalRobert E. Lee in May 1869, photographed by Levin Corbin Handy
Reason
A high-quality Levin Handy image (and images definitely identified to him, not Brady, are surprisingly rare).
Articles in which this image appears
Robert E. Lee, Levin Corbin Handy. Note that Crisco and I have been talking about rethinking the images in Robert E. Lee, and this may go to a different section of the article, but, as one of only two or three high-quality images, and me being involved, it will stay in the article.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Levin Corbin Handy, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • It's fairly sharp for the period, but prints tend to be a little less sharp than albumen negatives. There aren't that many high-quality pictures of Lee to choose from, and this one is far more dynamic. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:04, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I still support it, even if only weakly...but I do know focus was possible even for that period. There are many photos of the period with sharp focus. I can't really tell if this was from the original photographer or the scan/digital photography to be honest.--Mark Miller (talk) 02:43, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looks like the image lost a bit of sharpness with the restoration and went a tad darker than the original. Still a very good image and one I support for FP. Nice work with the restoration by the way. I am working on restoring an image I already restored once but was not satisfied with the outcome. I am getting better with Adobe Photoshop more and more though.--Mark Miller (talk) 02:50, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, I didn't rotate it, but there's a colour box, so I did adjust the colours based on that, then adjusted contrast a bit. Since I haven't rotated it, all the pixels should be in their original places, and thus as sharp as the original, but perceived sharpness has a lot of factors. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:10, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • True. What I did here was to view both of the images side by side and I can only say that if you made some adjustments to color that might have some perceptible differences in sharpness as the original was sharper, but only by a small amount that others may not even see themselves. I tend to view things with, perhaps, too much of an artistic eye. Still a good image though and very good restoration work.--Mark Miller (talk) 05:52, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — Historical EV. (When this was taken, a year before his death, Lee was president of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University. His respected stewardship there reflected an era when military professionals might also be academics.) Sca (talk) 16:46, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Levin C. Handy - General Robert E. Lee in May 1869.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:27, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Revenue stamp for beer, used to seal the opening on a barrel. Opening the barrel would damage the stamp preventing its reuse.
Reason
Image offers definitive example of U.S. Revenue tax stamps used for beer in the 1870s
Articles in which this image appears
Revenue stamps of the United States
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
National Bank Note Company and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (edited by Gwillhickers)
No compression was employed when I saved this image to disk. Are we talking about something that actually compromises the appearance of the image when viewed in 'full view'? In any case, if you think it will help I have no issues with anyone who wants to perform a clean-up. As I said, I don't have sophisticated photo-editing software, so any help is greatly appreciated. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 02:00, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, we are talking about something that compromises the appearance of the image when viewed at full resolution. If you are using Microsoft Paint (apologies if I misremember), then compression is inevitable; the program automatically saves files at what, in Photoshop or GIMP (a free piece of software you may like) would be about 8 and 65, respectively - enough to cause compression artefacts to appear with just one or two saves. Take a look at the "B" in beer, for instance. Do you see the artefacts? Or along any thin lines. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:06, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Not trying to be difficult, but the entire image is composed of thin lines. I didn't see any that are distorted or otherwise compromised, but I'll take your word for it if you say so. Re: Freeware. On two occasions when downloading free software it came with 'Adware' and 'Malware', so I am really reluctant to download anything 'free' these days. Don't know if this is the place to discuss this, but if you know of a safe and secure cite to download a better editor than Windows' 'Paint', could you leave me the link on my user-talk page? I guess it's about time I come up to speed. In the mean time if someone could 'zap' these 'artefacts' that would be great. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 04:35, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Added note :The 'B' in Beer, or any other lines, doesn't look any different, at least to me, than the ones in the Smithsonian's image. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 04:54, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Then your eyesight is not as good as mine. <Grin> Lots of jpeg artifacts in the candidate image! --Janke | Talk 06:36, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
All lines are crisp and virtually solid, save maybe paper or printing imperfections. The image is in focus, details are defined, color and tone are fine, not too bright, excellent composition and design. I don't see any white specks on any of the lines, and the paper is white, so if the white specks exist in the white areas then they are not apparent. It seems you're judging the image with a microscope, not in terms of composition, color, clarity, historical value i.e. the usefulness of the image to the readers and to the encyclopedia. I'm hoping these near invisible "white specks" shouldn't be anything that overrides all other considerations. In any case, if these artifacts can be eliminated with software then can we simply do that? Meanwhile I'll look around for other software so I don't have to keep bugging other editors to do this. Though not in entire agreement, I do appreciate the feedback. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 16:14, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Additional : Okay, when I view the image in full view here at Wikipedia I don't see any artifacts to speak of, but when I look at my own image file and zoom in (+ + +) these white anomalies finally become apparent in the white areas. How much weight should we be giving this, all other things considered? Again, if this can be remedied could someone do the fix? -- Gwillhickers (talk) 16:27, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:12, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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Reason
a very good photo of high quality for a monument of high EV, linking to an article of FA quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Freedom Monument, Monuments and memorials in Riga, Victory column
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Poco a poco

Promoted File:Monumento a la Libertad, Riga, Letonia, 2012-08-07, DD 10.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:34, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Children of Israel Crossing the Jordan or Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant
Reason
Benjamin West (1738 – 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes. Following a loss of royal patronage at the beginning of the 19th century, West began a series of large-scale religious works. The success of the picture led him to paint a series of religious works. After this he became the second president of the Royal Academy in London. He is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Articles in which this image appears
Benjamin West
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Benjamin West

Promoted File:Benjamin West - Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:39, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalPortrait of a Carthusian is a painting in oils on oak panel completed by the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus in 1446. It is regarded as a masterpiece of Early Netherlandish painting and a prominent, early example of Trompe l’oeil.
Reason
High quality scan of a notable and dynamic image. Note that the apparent "frame" is not a frame. Rather, it's painted on.
Articles in which this image appears
Portrait of a Carthusian +6
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Petrus Christus

Promoted File:Christus carthusian.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:27, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalSan Francisco just before sunset. This panorama was taken at the Twin Peaks
Reason
A quality pic and an FP throughout many Wikis and commons.
Articles in which this image appears
San Francisco and San Francisco Bay Area
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Christian Mehlführer

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Eleanor Peale and Rosalba Peale
Reason
Leading 18th century American painter; the painting is of two of the artist's daughters. Image seems to be of good quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Rembrandt Peale
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Rembrandt Peale
Were they joined at the shoulder? Sca (talk) 21:14, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Scaffy, you bad boy.Hafspajen (talk) 15:07, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rembrandt Peale - The Sisters (Eleanor and Rosalba Peale) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:44, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]




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Original – European robin, Erithacus rubecula, in Lancashire, UK.
Reason
Attractive image of subject showing main distinguishing features
Articles in which this image appears
European robin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Baresi F

Promoted File:Erithacus rubecula with cocked head.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalPaulus Moreelse, a Dutch portrait painter from Utrecht, in a self-portrait
Improved version by Evil Adam - too much apples lately?
Reason
High quality scan of a self portrait, representing both the artist and his style
Articles in which this image appears
Paulus Moreelse
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Paulus Moreelse

Promoted File:Paulus Moreelse - Zelfportret.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:37, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalArchaeology Colombischlössle Museum is an Archaeology Museum in Freiburg im Breisgau in southwest of Germany. Prehistory inheritance are featured in there. It was founded as the Museum of Prehistory and Early History since 1983. The focus of the museum is on the human development of the High and upper Rhine from the Paleolithic Age to the Early Middle Ages.
Reason
High quality + EV
Articles in which this image appears
Archaeology Colombischlössle Museum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Volatus

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:29, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalJohann Zoffany's Self-portrait as David with the head of Goliath
Reason
A gorgeous, albeit somewhat strange image by a so-far-neglected artist.
Articles in which this image appears
Johann Zoffany
FP category for this image
These sort of paintings seem to be going into Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Artists_and_writers
Creator
Johann Zoffany

Promoted File:Johan Zoffany - Self-portrait as David with the head of Goliath - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:35, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSorrow, a drawing by Vincent van Gogh produced in 1882 which depicts a 32-year-old pregnant woman, Clasina Maria Hoornik. It is mentioned in a number of letters by Van Gogh, and he appears to have thought highly of it, considering it an important work and describing the drawing as "the best figure I've drawn".
Reason
It's been what, 4 months since our last van Gogh? And look, this one's not a painting! (High resolution, scanned by Wikimedian in residence at the museum, featured on Commons, etc.)
Articles in which this image appears
Sorrow (Van Gogh) +8
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Vincent van Gogh

Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Sorrow.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:44, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – the picturesque valley of Dovedale, in moonlight.
Reason
Dovedale by Moonlight is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 – 1797), which uses the picturesque valley of Dovedale as its subject. Joseph Wright of Derby was an English landscape and portrait painter. He is renowned for his landscapes but also for his depictions of scientists and masculine industrial workers of his time, painted with the same dramatic chiaroscuro for which Joseph Wright is noted. (If anyone wants a bigger file source is here Dovedale by Moonlight)
Articles in which this image appears
Dovedale by Moonlight
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Joseph Wright of Derby

Promoted File:Joseph Wright of Derby - Dovedale by Moonlight - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:38, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Rev. Richard Brown
Reason
Good quality image. Hesselius was a leading portraitist in Colonial America, and was the first painting teacher of Charles Willson Peale.
Articles in which this image appears
John Hesselius, Reverend
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Creator
John Hesselius

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:22, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSt. Michael Vanquishing Satan is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. Completed in 1518, it measures 268 cm × 160 cm (106 in × 63 in).
Reason
Extremely high resolution image of a painting by a very notable artist with its own article.
Articles in which this image appears
St. Michael Vanquishing Satan +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Raphael

Promoted File:Le Grand Saint Michel, by Raffaello Sanzio, from C2RMF retouched.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:28, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – William Fermor - This portrait of William Fermor demonstrates Batoni's ability to create a striking and memorable likeness - William Fermor was the eldest son of Henry Fermor (d.I746) of Tusmore, Oxfordshire.
Reason
Pompeo Batoni (1708 - 1787) was one the best portrait painters of his time in Italy - who introduced the portrait painting tradition to England. He was a highly-fashionable and celebrated painter of his time and among the luckiest and wealthiest painters in art history. The first major native portrait painters of the British school were English painters Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, who also specialized in clothing their subjects in an eye-catching manner, both inspired by Batoni's manner... people, art history, this is an important painter ...
As a painter living in Rome, Pompeo Batoni made a career of painting English noblemen on Grand Tour, and his paintings are among the best of portrait paintings of his time. The Grand Tour was a traditional educational trip of Europe and part of the Grand Tour was to bring home a Batoni portrait. His excellent production of paintings is indeed huge - and many young middle class and noblemen of his time owned a Batoni, but than - he was a very good painter too.
The red velvet coat lined with lynx is almost touchable. We have two paintings in art history of William Fermor. He was painted in Rome both by Anton Mengs and his rival Pompeo Batoni, and Batoni's painting is ten times better than Mengs's...
Articles in which this image appears
Pompeo Batoni
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Pompeo Batoni

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:55, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalPetrus Christus' Nativity
Reason
As you may have noticed if you read the Signpost, I do try to pair a good featured article with a featured picture where I can. Normally, this is a restoration, but, in this case, it's a painting that's already featureable. So, from WP:FAC, I bring you: The Nativity. Full of lots of little, odd details, it has the slightly surreal and deformed (but very pretty) look 15th century painting often has, has a very interesting layout, zooming from a church-like archway into the stable and through it to fields and cities. It's a gorgeous piece of art.
Articles in which this image appears
Nativity (Christus), Triptych of the Virgin's Life (Bouts)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Petrus Christus
Ah, that's good. Hafspajen (talk) 19:05, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Petrus Christus Nativité Haute résolution.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:31, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Self-portrait of Dutch Golden Age painter Gerard Dow.
Reason
How about a self-portrait by an important Dutch Golden Age painter? Gerard Douw specialised in dimly-lit scenes with strong contrasts between light and dark. He fell into obscurity in the late 19th century, but was rediscovered in the 1970s, and quite rightly. We have one other good image by him, but let's start here, with a nice, clear, interesting self-portrait with lots of well-done details, like the hint of shadow on his upper lip, the gorgeously detailed hair, and the subdued metal reflections. I'm tempted to praise him for the wonderful depiction of dim light, but experience says that I should not presume that's original.
Articles in which this image appears
Gerrit Dou
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Gerrit Dou
  • The artwork's nicked in the lower-left corner, so I couldn't remove it completely; hence I thought leaving a little bit of it all the way around was better than cropping tighter, losing the edges of the painting, but still showing some of the background without it being obvious what it was. I suppose we could do a transparency, but it hardly seems worth it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:38, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's actually a hidden message in white text below this line explaining that. Wanted to see if people would notice I used all the variant spellings. Though I didn't want to cause the closer trouble, so you'll notice the creator and article are spelt the same. Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:15, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Hafspajen: And they are lovely artworks, but my point was that this shows his face better than any of the others. I think we could feature other paintings of his, but wanted to start with a clear, detailed standard portrait, to show what he looked like. Then we can move to his other paintings, which are more interestingly composed, and possibly better artworks, but don't serve as well in the role this one fills. For example, File:Gerard Dou - Self-Portrait - WGA06660.jpg is a very good artwork, but doesn't fit into that niche as well, since his face is less detailed in it. This is admittedly, a very standard - but also a very well-painted self-portrait, and its detailed depiction of Dou is very useful to the article. The other self-portraits show his style and ability to create an interesting composition better, but we aren't limited to featuring or using only one self-portrait, when they are very, very different works that show very different things about Dou Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:26, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mmm, wish you could remove that gray plasterish plastic looking frame though, those edges are not so important... and they glow - and add an uncertain value to the colors that actually were not planned into this painting. Just Try - nothing will happen if you try. Artists generally count on that a bit of the edges will go under the frame. Would support an alt. Hafspajen (talk) 04:09, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:36, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Also, his name can be spelt multiple ways.


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From the article: "The Voyage of Life, painted by Thomas Cole in 1842, is a series of paintings that represent an allegory of the four stages of human life: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The paintings follow a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the mid-19th-century American wilderness. In each painting, accompanied by a guardian angel, the voyager rides the boat on the River of Life. The landscape, corresponding to the seasons of the year, plays a major role in telling the story. In each picture, the boat's direction of travel is reversed from the previous picture. In childhood, the infant glides from a dark cave into a rich, green landscape. As a youth, the boy takes control of the boat and aims for a shining castle in the sky. In manhood, the adult relies on prayer and religious faith to sustain him through rough waters and a threatening landscape. Finally, the man becomes old and the angel guides him to heaven across the waters of eternity."
Reason
Probably the best paintings FP set I can think of. All of them are in the same article, and they are meant to be seen together. Also, I'm not too sure we've got anything by this artist featured.
Articles in which this image appears
The Voyage of Life, and others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Thomas Cole

Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Childhood, 1842 (National Gallery of Art).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Ages of Life - Youth - WGA05140.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life, 1842, National Gallery of Art.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Old Age, 1842 (National Gallery of Art).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalView from the Artist's Window, a painting by Rørbye in 1825, depicting potted plants, a caged bird and a transparent curtain in his open window, the outside view showing Copenhagen harbour.
Reason
Martinus Rørbye (1803 – 1848) was a Danish painter, well known in Denmark both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century. (Yes there is something called Danish Golden Age...) He was the first Danish painter to paint in Skagen half a century before the Skagen Painters. This is a typical Scandinavian window - there are always things on display in those.
Articles in which this image appears
View from the Artist's Window - new; Martinus Rørbye and Danish Golden Age
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Martinus Rørbye
  • Would this do? National Gallery of Denmark: Around the mid-1820s Rørbye found himself in a time of transition on several levels. On a personal level he was about to leave his childhood home where this view from the drawing-room window was painted. ...These different aspects of transition left their mark on the scene. The familiar closeness of the drawing room is contrasted with the sailing ships in the harbour, bound for faraway destinations. The cage in the window occupies a transitional position between the indoors and the outdoors, thereby emphasising the symbolism of the imprisoned bird. ... On the windowsill, flowers in different stages of growth reflect the stages of human life: The small cutting to the right is balanced by the flowering hydrangea and the partially withered flower in the middle of the picture. Out in the harbour the flowers are matched by three warships: the middle ship is still under construction, the right one has no rigging, leaving only the ship on the left seaworthy. During the Romantic era, open windows and ships on the sea became popular themes with symbolic undertones Hafspajen (talk) 13:29, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Martinus Rørbye - View from the Artist's Window - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:28, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A company of Danish artists in Rome, painted by Constantin Hansen. Architect Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll is lying on the floor with a fez and pipe, Martinus Rørbye is sitting on the floor, beside, looking somewhat critical into his tiny coffe cup. Pet sitting on chair. The painter himself is sitting behind them in the other chair. Wilhelm Marstrand, Albert Küchler, Ditlev Blunck are on the balcony and Jørgen Sonne is sitting on the table. - Just click on the image - a yellow frame is coming up with the painter's name in enlarged version.
Reason
Rather high EV. This is the generation of Danish artists before the Skagen Painters. Danish are the most friendly of all Sandinavians, like to socialize and do things together, the Danish gemytlighet is an iconic notion, ( = friendly temperament and cheerful disposition). Well, not that these guys look very cheerful here, but it is probably the seriousness of Art Questions they debate.
Articles in which this image appears
Constantin Hansen; Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll; Martinus Rørbye; Danish Golden Age; Danish art; 1830s in Western fashion;
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Constantin Hansen
Painting by Jørgen Sonne - red link.

Promoted File:Et selskab af danske kunstnere i Rom.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:13, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A juvenile Long-tailed fiscal, Lanius cabanisi in the Mikumi National Park
Reason
Good quality, EV. Only picture of a juvenile. There is considerable difference between adults and juveniles so IMO there is place for both. Image has been stable in the article for over 2.5 years. [Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Long-tailed fiscal, Lanius cabanisi.jpg
Articles in which this image appears
Long-tailed Fiscal
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:31, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Illustration accompanying the Christmas Truce in The Illustrated London News: "British and German Soldiers Arm-in-Arm Exchanging Headgear: A Christmas Truce between Opposing Trenches".
Reason
This isn't perfect, but it's actually pretty good. Haven't touched this one: It appears to be from the original artwork published in the ILN, so the paper may genuinely have a slight colour. Not sure; don't want to change it without being sure. =) Crop is justifed compared to the original, so that's alright. Decent size.
Articles in which this image appears
Christmas truce
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
A. C. Michael in the Illustrated London News.

Promoted File:Illustrated London News - Christmas Truce 1914.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:34, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A view of the census-designated place of Nuremberg, Pennsylvania from the south
Reason
The image was just promoted to QI (it may take a few days for the bot to tag it as such, though), so it must have pretty good technical quality. The resolution is nearly 3.4 megapixels, easily enough for FP. It is one of only two photos of Nuremberg that is on Commons (as far as I know), and the other was taken with an old point and shoot camera, so it is reasonable to say that this is the best available photo of the subject. It's under the CC-BY-SA 4.0, so the free license requirement is met. A picture of a village naturally has encyclopedic value, especially if it shows most or all of the village at once, as this does. It's been in the article on Nuremberg for a week and no one has complained. For verifiability: the coordinates provided on the image description page to show that the camera was in the very close vicinity of the village it is a picture of.
Articles in which this image appears
Nuremberg, Pennsylvania
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
User:Jakec

Promoted File:View of Nuremberg, Pennsylvania from the south.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A man at a Newsagent's shop in Paris (notice the postcards)
Reason
Brought to my attention by Haffy. Lovely composition, shows just how cramped these places feel, and all of the covers overwhelm viewers (like in real life they can often overwhelm customers). Covers are all de minimis, so no copyright issues.
Articles in which this image appears
Newsagent's shop
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Florian Plag on Flickr

Promoted File:An old man in newsagent's shop, Paris September 2011.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:29, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – At far left is Michel Tsioui (Teachendale), war chief. Center is Stanislas Coska (Aharathaha), second chief of the council. At far light is Andre Romain (Tsouhahissen), first chief of the council. All three wear traditional leggings and beaded/quilled moccasins in the woodland style. The coats are symbols of power representing their importance as fur traders and allies to the crown.
Reason
High historic and cultural value. The image shows three Huron-Wyandot chiefs from the Wendake reservation in Quebec Canada wearing a mixture of European-influenced and traditional clothing. Images of people from the Huron-Wyandot tribe are rare, despite having a long and important history in North America. Images showing Huron people with traditional attire are especially rare and important.
Articles in which this image appears
Wyandot people, Wendake, Quebec, Quebec
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional
Creator
Edward Chatfield
  • Comment The images are definitely accurate and were painted from life when a delegation of Huron visited England in 1825. The image is 1,583 × 1,920 pixels which is within the acceptable range. MatGTAM (talk) 03:14 , 03 November 2014 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:33, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Theodor Heuss Bridge, Germany
Reason
High quality panoroma of the bridge.
Articles in which this image appears
Theodor Heuss Bridge (Mainz-Wiesbaden)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Arcalino

Promoted File:Mainz Theodor-Heuss-Bruecke blaue Stunde Panorama.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:30, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The boy looks up at his mother and she is absorbed in reading the open book. As a symbol of the Passion of Christ, the Christ Child is holding the three nails of the cross and the crown of thorns, a common representation in the Christian iconography. The fruits displayed on the plate have symbolical meanings: the cherries symbolize the blood of Christ and are an allusion to Paradise, the plums symbolize tenderness between the Mother and the Child, while the figs symbolize the resurrection
Reason
Sandro Botticelli is one of the greatest artists in Renaissance art history, also my very personal favourite. During his lifetime he was one of the most famous painters in Italy, later others were favored in the art history like Leonardo Di Vinci and Michelangelo. He was most succesful, (Citation:)
Botticelli's best known work
Sandro Botticelli

By the age of 15 Botticelli already had his own workshop and this helped form his distinctive artistic style. ... Whilst from the late 19th century, since his rediscovery as a titan of Renaissance art by the Pre-Raphaelites, Botticelli's work has been recognized to be among the most masterful of his time ... Looking back at history, he now has the respect he earned through a lifetime of achievement.

Articles in which this image appears
Madonna of the Book (Botticelli), Madonna (art), Sandro Botticelli
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Sandro Botticelli

Promoted File:Sandro Botticelli - The Virgin and Child (The Madonna of the Book) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:58, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Charles de Solier, comte de Morette (1480 – 1552), painted by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1534 - 1535. Charles de Solier was a French soldier and diplomat to Francis I. He was ambassador in England where he ordered a portrait of himself from Holbein.
Reason
Because it is great! Citation:

Aside from Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein the Younger is the most important representative of northern Renaissance painting. His outstanding talents as a portrait painter convincingly established his fame, and beginning no later than 1536, as the court painter of Henry VIII in England, he had achieved an enormous reputation that went far beyond the borders of the German speaking word. With his painting and drawn portraits of both middle-class and noble contemporaries, he influenced what has become our view of the face of the northern Renaissance.

Articles in which this image appears
Charles de Solier
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Hans Holbein the Younger

Promoted File:Hans Holbein the Younger - Charles de Solier, Sieur de Morette - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:32, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". Accompanies the phrase "And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/Shall be lifted--nevermore!"
Reason
Quoth the nom: Beautiful forevermore
Articles in which this image appears
The Raven
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator
Gustave Doré; restored by Durova

Promoted File:Dore raven shadow2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:02, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The new bells of Notre Dame de Paris on public display in the nave in February 2013, before being hung in the towers of the cathedral.
Reason
A quality picture with good ev and nice composotion
Articles in which this image appears
Notre Dame de Paris
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Myrabella

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:59, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Bathsheba holding King David's letter by Willem Drost. Willem Drost's Batsheba tries to depict a most sensuous and beautiful woman so attractive that even a king would sin for. The painting is in Louvre.
Reason
Once upon a time there was a King, who was powerful, handsome, and self-assured. He played the harp gorgeously, and and was very creative, composed music - even if he didn't gave out his own album, but that was only because in those times recording was not fashionable. His name was King David. One day he saw this young woman, Bathsheba, having a bath from his palace roof and he was lost. So he played a dirty trick on the husband - he was sending him to war, to the front line where he was killed. The King married the widow - and their son was King Solomon. Batsheba's romance had captured the different painters fantasy for long time, even the Dutch Golden Age painter Willem Drost's imagination. He was 21 when he painted this, a pupil of Rembrandt. The model is Rembrandt's second wife. (Hm? Is this painting telling suddenly another story here?)
Articles in which this image appears
Bathsheba, Willem Drost, Bathsheba at Her Bath (Rembrandt)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Willem Drost
Bathsheba: Bat 'daughter of', sheba 'abundance'. All in a bath. Hafspajen (talk) 00:33, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Willem Drost - Batsheba met de brief van koning David.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:22, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A waitress with Hacker-Pschorr, one of the traditional beers allowed to be served at Oktoberfest. She wears a dirndl, a traditional women's dress of Bavaria.
ALT Oktoberfest Girl (cropped)
Reason
Everything about Oktoberfest in just one picture.
Articles in which this image appears
Oktoberfest, Germany
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional
Creator
Przemek Jahr
Comment This would be a very good picture for Octoberfest, though. About crop - looser would leave the pole to deal with in the picture. Hafspajen (talk) 07:21, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Gulf Stream, an 1899 oil painting by Winslow Homer which shows a man in a small rudderless fishing boat struggling against the waves of the sea. It has been described as "a particularly enigmatic and tantalizing episode, a marine puzzle that floats forever in a region of unsolved mysteries."
Reason
High resolution, and a very dramatic work
Articles in which this image appears
The Gulf Stream (painting) +5
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Winslow Homer

Promoted File:Winslow Homer - The Gulf Stream - Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg --The Herald 09:52, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Twenty six republicans were assassinated at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War en 1936. They were all buried together in this mass grave which is in the small town called Estépar, in Northern Spain, 20 km far from the city of Burgos.
Reason
It is possible to see the limits of the mass grave. Undoubtly encyclopedic value.
Articles in which this image appears
Spanish Civil War
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
--Mario modesto (talk) 10:40, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Spanish Civil War - Mass grave - Estépar, Burgos.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:31, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLars Kruse (1828–1894) was a fisherman from Skagen in the far north of Jutland, Denmark. He is remembered not only for his heroic rescues but for his portraits painted by Michael Ancher and an account of his mistreatment by Holger Drachmann.
Reason
Good depiction of the individual; EV is derived from this as the individual is notable in part for the paintings by Michael Ancher.
Articles in which this image appears
Lars Kruse
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Michael Ancher

Promoted File:Michael Ancher - Chief lifeboatman Lars Kruse - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:25, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
A wonderful Northern Renaissance painting - with traces of the old way of painting. Look at the small people in right lower corner - at the feet of the bigger figures, those are the donators who by sheer respect didn't wanted to be depicted as big as the other figures. Albrecht Altdorfer (1480 – 1538) was a German painter, engraver and also architect in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is one of the main representative of the Danube School, who started presenting subjects against landscape backgrounds, and this was the beginning of Western landscape painting.
National Gallery Citation:

The subject of Christ taking leave of his mother derives from devotional, not biblical sources. It relates to the moment when Christ leaves for Jerusalem and anticipates his coming death. ... In this, as in other works by Altdorfer, the figures are elongated and their hands and feet enlarged. These distortions emphasise the language of gesture and stance, which Altdorfer uses so effectively.

Articles in which this image appears
Albrecht Altdorfer, Christ taking leave of his Mother
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Albrecht Altdorfer

Promoted File:Albrecht Altdorfer, Christ Taking Leave of His Mother (probably 1520).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:28, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Three Philosophers by Giorgione Citation:

In fact, the painting describes three stages: the Greek philosophy, that began science. The Arab-Persian culture, that continued it. And then Renaissance, that was continuing the process. Proof of this is that the Greek and the European have in the hands either a scientific document for the Greek, or tools (square and compasses) to measure for the European.

Reason
Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco or Giorgione's enigmatic masterwork. Nobody knows for sure who the men are. In Giorgione's picture the old man, the Arab figure and the young man could be depiction of the Transmission of the Classics from the ancient Greeks philosophy trough the Arab translations, that became actual again around the Italian Renaissance. The old man is representing a Greek philosopher, such as Plato or Aristotle, whose writings have been copied and transmited through the Arab philosophers to the Italian Renaissance. The Arab philosopher is possibly representing the polyhistor Avicenna or Averroes, Arab philosophers and Arab scientists from the Islamic Golden Age. The young man could be seen as the new Renaissance science with roots in the past, looking into the empty darkness of the cave, symbolizing the yet undiscovered secrets - or the cave is a symbol for the philosophic concept of Plato's Cave. Could be also a representation of man's ages.
Articles in which this image appears
The Three Philosophers, own article.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco
HOLY MOLLY -PEOLPLE - this truly a well know picture - why not make a google search? Hafspajen (talk) 15:48, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:43, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An Eurasian Eagle-owl in captivity. This is a mostly nocturnal predator resident in Europe and Asia.
Alternative

Reason
High resolution and quality depcition adding to the article
Articles in which this image appears
Eurasian eagle-owl
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Alvesgaspar (talk)
... or a bit surprised! 86.191.220.55 (talk) 04:32, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --The herald 12:23, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A panaroma of the ancient town Palmyra, Syria
Reason
outstanding photographic quality, evocative landscape, good quality image
Articles in which this image appears
Palmyra
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Zelidar

Not Promoted --The Herald 12:13, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – From NASA: "The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus spacecraft was filled with about 5,000 pounds of supplies slated for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions."
Reason
Amazing image, a once in a lifetime shot, with great EV and wow.
Articles in which this image appears
Cygnus CRS Orb-3
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA/Joel Kowsky

Promoted File:Antares Orb-3 launch failure (201410280009HQ).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:29, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGreat tit (Parus major), Lancashire, UK
Alt.1Great tit (Parus major), by Lviatour
Reason
Quality images of Great Tit
Articles in which this image appears
Great Tit
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Baresi franco & Lviatour
I'm not sure about atypical - the original just shows the bird with its crest raised, the alt has it flattened to its head.--Baresi F (talk) 14:05, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I have just checked dozens and dozens of pictures of great tits from Google image search, and I don't see a single one whose head/neck shape relative to body looks like the one here, so I'm sticking to my "atypical" claim. 86.190.50.223 (talk) 18:07, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Compare this blue tit to this blue tit. It's just to do with the pose. The feathers can be raised by the birds themselves for various reasons, or sometimes they appear raised just because of the wind. I'll leave whether to support or oppose up to you, but it's not like the photo is of a freak bird or anything. J Milburn (talk) 09:25, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's an interesting question as to whether, for a given species, there is such a thing as a 'typical' or best encyclopaedic pose that can be captured in vivo. Many good field guides use rather upright, stiff-looking drawings for small passerines - in fact, all of the tits in my Helm's guide show the birds with head proud from the body. Check out this 300-odd year old Great tit illustration - it's got its head/neck in a similar position to the original nom here, although its crest is frustratingly down :-) --Baresi F (talk) 14:24, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Great tit side-on.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:36, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Image of the left femur of an extinct species of elephant -- possibly a mammoth from the Pleistocene Ice Age
Reason
A very beautiful image, among Wikipedia's best work, and high resolution. We only have 2 anatomical images that are featured media on Wiki, and hopefully this can make it to 3
Articles in which this image appears
Bone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Wellcome images
  • "pseudo-dynamic"? Sounds a bit academic. Are you suggesting that anything done with a photo-editor is "pseudo ..."? If making visual adjustments improves the image and doesn't compromise details, clarity, EV, composition -- why not brighten a bit? We should a least see an ALT image before making blind judgments and placing all/most weight thereon. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 15:23, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Using shadows like this attempts to give the bone a dynamic look, perhaps for emotional emphasis, or to make it seem older or stronger than it actually is. Brightening the image will not fix this. It needs to be reasonably well lit, to avoid such harsh shadows... and that demands a retake. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:54, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Brightening would only do just that, brighten. No one is trying to add "emotional emphasis". Let's forego the speculation jousting here and at least look at an ALT image, if the nominator is so inclined, before we embark on any further speculations. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 23:39, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:22, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalToompea Castle, which is not only one of the main historical sites and tourist attractions in Tallinn, Estonia, but also the seat of the Estonian parliament, and a centre of political life in Estonia.
Reason
good photo of a place with high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Toompea Castle, Tallinn, Toompea, List of castles in Estonia
FP category for this image
architecture
Creator
Abrget47j
Less shadowy example from German WP
  • The slanting light & shadow of the nominated version make for an atmospheric composition, conveying the feel of Baltic winters (and aiding contrast). Note that pic was taken in mid-January, when at that latitude (same as Stockholm's), sunset comes about 3 p.m. Compare to less shadowy example at right, IMO less interesting. Sca (talk) 14:55, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh oh! — bleve envy is one of the seven deadlies. Sca (talk) 14:41, 11 November 2014 (UTC) [reply]

Promoted File:Toompea loss 2014.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:30, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalStill Life: Vase with Pink Roses is an oil painting on canvas completed by Vincent van Gogh in 1890, as he was readying himself to leave the Saint-Rémy asylum for the quiet town of Auvers-sur-Oise outside of Paris. It has been read as reflecting the artist's optimism about his future, both because of his choice of flowers as a subject and the colors used.
Reason
Absolutely beautiful
Articles in which this image appears
Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses (Van Gogh) +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Vincent van Gogh

Promoted File:Roses - Vincent van Gogh.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:25, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Tenderfoot (1900) by Charles Marion Russell
Reason
Charles Marion Russell, like Frederick Remington, shaped our views of the American West through art. This is a fine artwork - Watercolour if I'm not very mistaken, but I'm not putting that into the description without a source. I think it's part of a series, as there's another painting by the same name showing a cowboy shooting at what I think is the same tenderfoot's feet, making him dance. Was actually looking for that one when I found this - but I'll take this fine artwork.
Articles in which this image appears
Charles Marion Russell
FP category for this image
Either Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle, depending on whether this is considered for art or for influence.
Creator
Charles Marion Russell

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:26, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The lady from Mycenae, fresco, height: 53 cm. 1300-1200 BCE. From the acropolis at Mycenae.
Reason
good quality picture of a famous fresco
Articles in which this image appears
Mycenaean Greece, List of Aegean frescos, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
unknown artist

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:06, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Selfoss is a waterfall in the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum located in northern Iceland. It is part of a waterfall system along with Hafragilsfoss & Dettifoss in the river.
Edit – Cropped version to balance out the falls and the sky
Reason
High resolution, very updated
Articles in which this image appears
Selfoss (waterfall), Jökulsá á Fjöllum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Martin Falbisoner
  • Sounds a little overstated and like a personal opinion. i.e.There's nothing wrong with the quality that can be delineated in concrete terms, like focus, clarity, etc. BTW, the cropped image now looks a bit squashed and crowded. Original has much more depth -- and large sky areas are common place in many fine works of art. Original image puts you outside. Cropped image looks like you're viewing the falls through a window. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 00:09, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • The rocks and cliffs which should be sharp look like something a paintbrush may produce. The grass is not green because the time is all wrong for such a picture. The original has half of it with useless sky while the crop feels too cramped. IMO, it is not possible to accurately reveal the reality of such a scene in single exposure and perhaps a bit of post processing and NR has led to the softness in addition to the diffraction softening --Muhammad(talk) 06:01, 13 November 2014 (UTC) -- Gwillhickers (talk) 16:49, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Grass not green enough? Rocks not sharp enough? Right... You forgot to mention that the "uselss sky" is not blue enough. Image depicts mist around falls nicely, while details of the rest of the cliffs are clear. Let's not forget the EV either. Image accurately depicts falls and surrounding geology, regardless of the 'less than green' grass. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 17:01, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Even a rotten quality picture has EV in that it is better than nothing at all. Now this image shows the waterfalls and it does that ok. If the light were better, it would do a better job at that. Taking images just a few minutes after the solar noon when the light is harshest is not a good idea. See this image taken at a different time--Muhammad(talk) 16:52, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I guess this means there are some lush landscapes in Iceland? Well, I realize Iceland is warmed by ocean currents, and isn't as cold as Greenland. But I still like this image. Sca (talk)
  • Sorry, but with the bizarre lighting that one looks gimmicky to me (and has little EV). Sca (talk)

Promoted File:Selfoss July 2014.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:37, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), found near Mariazell, Styria (Austria)
Reason
We don't get enough plants.
Articles in which this image appears
Dactylorhiza, Dactylorhiza fuchsii
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Uoaei1

Promoted File:Dactylorhiza fuchsii Mariazell 01.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:01, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A woman dancing Legong Bapang Saba, a form of legong (Balinese dance)
Reason
High quality, very useful, very dynamic
Articles in which this image appears
Legong, Balinese dance, List of dance style categories
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 03.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:26, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
High quality set of a dance (all our earlier dance images are single shots). Depicts several aspects of the costume and dance.
Articles in which this image appears
Cendrawasih dance
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 44.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:39, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 42.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:39, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 05.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:39, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – $5 gold Canadian coin from 1914. Reverse side shown depicting a shield with the Arms of the Dominion of Canada. The coin weighs 8.36 grams and is 90% gold giving it 7.524 grams of gold. It has a diameter of 21.59mm and a thickness of 1.82mm at the rim.
An example of the 1968 version of the Arms of Canada that the coin depicts
Reason
This is a self nomination. I believe this image has very high encyclopedic value in that it depicts in great detail the appearance of a historic coin. It is high resolution(3,621 × 3,621 = 13.1 mega-pixels), sharp from corner to corner and has true to life colors. Fine details contrasted nicely due to my use of non-symmetrical flash lighting.

It is very tightly cropped but that was unavoidable as the coin fills my whole frame at 1:1 magnification, the coin was right next to the top and bottom of the frame. Left and right have been cropped for symmetry. My sensor is 24mm tall and the coin is being projected at 1:1 is 21.59mm in diameter so it took steady hands and lots of tries.

The subject itself is particularly interesting to numismatists such as myself due to its short run from 1912-1914 and the fact that many of them were never released into circulation until 2012 when a very large stash of them was discovered by the Royal Canadian Mint. Being one of the more visually appealing coins it has almost microscopic detail in the coat of arms, notice the water under the boat in the bottom right part of the shield.

The century old coin is in very good condition rated at ms-65, ms-70 being perfect. It has some light scratches and some small dents but there is no wear to the image itself allowing all detail to be seen clearly. These flaws are sometimes called bag damage as it happens in the mint when the coins are stored in bags. Since the damage happens in the mint the coin is still considered "mint condition".

Articles in which this image appears
Canadian dollar#Coin_history, Arms of Canada
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Currency
Creator
Chillum
  • Support as nominatorChillum 03:33, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I had this coin in very good condition(ms-65) so I figured I would document it for Wikipedia. I shot it hand held using a Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 Di SP A/M 1:1 macro lens at 1:1 on a Canon 5D Mark III body using a MR-14EX ring flash. It took me a lot of attempts but I finally got one that was clear end to end and actually in frame. I am new to this equipment and I was surprised at how well it turned out. Chillum 03:33, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note Does anyone think I should re-crop it to be exactly square? It is 1.2% off square right now. Chillum 03:58, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • You don't really focus this kind of lens, you just move the camera forwards and backwards. Until I get a nice set of focusing rails I need to go hand held. Thankfully the ring flash can stop motion at 1/4000th of a second so motion blur is not an issue. Framing and focusing it through a dark viewfinder is an issue. To focus I rock back and forth past the focal length and hit the shutter at just the right timing in the rocking motion. Chillum 3:17 pm, Today (UTC+7)
  • "You don't really focus this kind of lens"? But even Tamron should have both manual and auto focus. If you are aiming to shoot at exactly 1:1, yes, that's an issue, but we don't need 1:1... 0.9:1 works just as well. Not like there's much detail being lost — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:21, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • True, though changing focus does alter that size of the object which is annoying. Yes it is doable on a tripod and I am trying to get a stage set up. Even on a tripod I will prefer a focus rail as moving the camera actually alters the position of the target less than using the focus ring. I have a Canon MP-E on the way, for that I will need a tripod.

    Autofocus bugs me in close up work, I prefer using the focus confirmation beep. Chillum 08:29, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The distance isn't importand, use f/16 with no flash, "long" exposure time, better light, the function "mirror lock-up" from your 5D Mark III, also my camera :-) and manual focusing. Best regards, --Alchemist-hp (talk) 08:27, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • At f16 I get diffraction effects reducing sharpness. F11 is my sweat spot for clarity vs DOF, the surface is thin anyways. Natural lighting will be nice when I get my focus rail. Chillum 08:29, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Haven't had a chance to look at the full res, which is why I'm not opposing yet. However, since you mentioned having issues with needing to retake images, I suggested this to make it easier on you. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:34, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see. I am happy to re-take if that will improve it. I can't do much to improve the light, I did 75% from the right and 25% from the left for contrast. Lesser ratios left it flat and higher created too many highlights. When I get my focus rail I can play around with natural light but now I just have a flash I can set left/right from 8:1 to 1:8. Chillum 08:40, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I developed it for high contrast of the details. I may have been too aggressive on the lower end of the tone curve but it really did bring out the details. It is late here but in the morning I can fiddle with the raw file. The original is brighter so there will be no problem making a brighter version. Chillum 08:43, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • The coin is sealed in a container, taking it out would significantly effect the saleability of the coin. I only own these things for a short time before I have to sell them. Chillum 08:57, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I'm really happy to see this nomination, as I'd love to see more coin FPs. If I can introduce another issue, though, I'd like to see more in the image description about why the design of the coin is not under copyright. J Milburn (talk) 10:22, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think it should meet c:Template:PD-Canada-Crown. ///EuroCarGT 16:48, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My first assumption is that since it has been 100 years since being published it is okay, but the PD-Canada-Crown template seems to indicate that it is even further out of copyright. I will add the template to the image. Thanks. Chillum 17:06, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:34, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A man performing the Baris Tunggal dance, the solo and profane version of the Baris family of dances
Reason
High quality, interesting setup, good composition. I bypassed the seven day wait because this article wasn't previously illustrated.
Articles in which this image appears
Baris (dance)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 11.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Church of St. John at Kaneo is a Macedonian Orthodox church situated on the cliff over Kaneo Beach, overlooking Lake Ohrid in the city of Ohrid, Macedonia.
Reason
Absolutely lovely look at the church and its grounds.
Articles in which this image appears
Church of St. John at Kaneo, Ohrid
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Diego Delso
Alt 1 – Example of tighter crop: 1280 X 732

Promoted File:Iglesia San Juan Kaneo, Ohrid, Macedonia del Norte, 2014-04-17, DD 19.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:29, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalJack Johnson performing at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 1, 2014.
Reason
Image meets the Wikipedia:Featured_picture_criteria listed. It is of high quality and is amongst the best concert photos on Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
Jack Johnson --- List of University of California, Santa Barbara alumni --- Commons:Quality_images_candidates
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Peter Chiapperino a concert photographer known as Photocyclone in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:39, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Lophyra sp. Tiger beetle pictured in Kibaha, Tanzania.
Reason
Dynamic high quality macro with good lighting and composition. Already featured on commons
Articles in which this image appears
Ground beetle, Tiger beetle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Promoted File:Tiger beetle Lophyra sp..jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:11, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – English stage actress Ellen Terry at age sixteen. At the time she had already become known for acting, but she left the stage soon after for married life... only to return less than a year later. Eventually she became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.
Reason
Previous nomination fell flat, but this is really a striking photograph and should have a second chance.
Articles in which this image appears
Ellen Terry
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Julia Margaret Cameron

Promoted File:Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India - Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:05, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Damn good quality image set of Morpho species.
Articles in which this image appears
Please see the captions
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Didier Descouens

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:17, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalMunicipal Theatre of São Paulo is a theatre in São Paulo, Brazil. It is regarded as one of the landmarks of the city, significant both for its architectural value as well as for its historical importance, having been the venue for the Week of Modern Art in 1922, which revolutionised the arts in Brazil.
Reason
Is of a high technical standard, Is of high resolution, Is among Wikipedia's best work, Has a free license, Adds significant encyclopedic value to an article...
Articles in which this image appears
Theatro Municipal (São Paulo), Central Zone of São Paulo, Palais Garnier, São Paulo
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Wilfredor
Thanks @Crisco 1492: your comments have helped me some time ago. Thank you very much, in this case, I have not applied any filter, it was a mistake to recall very strongly edges (especially in the statues), at this time I solved the problem. Please let me know if everything is okay. The problem is fixed. You can download RAW file too --Wilfredor (talk) 10:57, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Teatro Municipal de São Paulo 8.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:58, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – From the file description: "Baroque pipe organ of the XVIII century by the Spanish Gómez Herrera, Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra, Portugal"
Reason
How about this nice picture as an illustration of a pipe organ? High EV, article GA status.
Articles in which this image appears
Pipe organ, Monastery of Santa Cruz (Coimbra)
FP category for this image
possibly entertainment (for music) or machinery (for the object as such)?
Creator
Jebulon
  • You're right, there's something odd with the picture. It seems its a version of an original by Poco a poco. There are number of very fine candidates, I think, but this one is the best of the ones in the article IMO. Yakikaki (talk) 20:17, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:33, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Mosaic of four images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera (NAVCAM) on 19 September 2014 at 28.6 km from the centre of comet
Reason
The best image of this now famous comet
Articles in which this image appears
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, Comet, List of Solar System objects by size, Discovery and exploration of the Solar System
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
European Space Agency

Promoted File:Comet 67P on 19 September 2014 NavCam mosaic.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:41, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A dancer from Sanata Dharma University's Sekar Jepun dance company performing condong, a Balinese dance which depicts a palace servant and often (but not always) precedes legong performances.
Reason
High quality image, very useful for illustrating the dance, will be featured (in... 2 or 3 days, if I'm not miscalculating) on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Condong
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 72.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:38, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Quality images of the Church from a quality editor. You know it!!
Articles in which this image appears
St. Paul's Cathedral
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diliff
  • For me, personally, a set should be in the same article (as the images included have EV on the same subject). All of the sets I've nominated were like that, and it appears that our banknote sets etc. are in a similar position. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:28, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure that it's a requirement for all images in a set to be used in the same article though. It is important that they are homogenous of course, but there's not really any documentation on sets. Perhaps something to discuss further. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 16:38, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:St Paul's Cathedral Interior Dome 3, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:St Paul's Cathedral Nave, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:St Paul's Cathedral Choir looking west, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:St Paul's Cathedral Choir looking east, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:St Paul's Cathedral High Altar, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:St Paul's Cathedral Chapel of St Michael & St George, London UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalRathgall Hillfort or Ring of the Rath is a large multivallate hill fort near the town of Shillelagh. Dating from the Bronze Age, it consists of three roughly concentric stone ramparts with a fourth masonry wall dating from the Medieval period at its centre.
Reason
Impressive and dramatic picture of Rathgall Hillfort, with high encyclopedic value, winner of first place in WLM 2014 Ireland
Articles in which this image appears
Rathgall Hillfort, List of National Monuments in County Wicklow, List of National Monuments in Leinster
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes (?)
Creator
Simon.dowling1
I see what you mean ... I assumed from the name that being on a hill was an essential aspect of this fort, but it seems that "hill fort" may be a misnomer. 86.190.48.52 (talk) 04:53, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:00, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – St. Pierre Cathedral, Geneva, front side
Reason
good quality picture of the front side
Articles in which this image appears
St. Pierre Cathedral, John Calvin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Yann
  • Honestly, it has been a while since I have been there last, and I am not sure. However I do remember that the place before the front side is not so big, and it was a challenge to get a picture with the whole building. And I had to heavily correct the perspective. Regards, Yann (talk) 00:11, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I checked on Google Maps, and no, it is not possible to get this without a shadow. If taken at noon, there will be less shadow, but the light will be harsh, so not good. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:48, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the viewpoint chosen is distractingly off-center (door not aligned in the middle of the columns), not off-center enough to show more of the ensemble, or the full frame and top to the doorway on one side, or to reveal more depth to the buildings, but just enough to be annoying (and failing as an architecture photo). Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 17:38, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:34, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation is a gilt-bronze statue of what is believed to be the Maitreya, the future Buddha, in a semi-seated contemplative pose. It is commonly referred to as the Contemplative Bodhisattva or Gilt-Bronze Seated Maitreya in English. It is the National Treasure of Korea No. 83.
Reason
Very strong image, with an article on the statue, and the image used in a bunch of related articles. Besides, we have too few statues
Articles in which this image appears
Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 83) +5
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
National Museum of Korea

Promoted File:Pensive Bodhisattva 02.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:28, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Courtyard of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque at night. Completed in 1616, the mosque (perhaps better known as the Blue Mosque) is about as large as the courtyard. It can hold 10,000 worshippers.
Reason
High quality, very attractive view of the mosque and its courtyard at night.
Articles in which this image appears
Sultan Ahmed Mosque+2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Benh LIEU SONG
Comment, Gaz, that was smart. Hafspajen (talk) 15:50, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Not entirely sure what you are meaning, but thanks? gazhiley 11:22, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Anyone who has ever seen pictures of large buildings in single pictures will have seen this effect before" - you won't see such photographs in textbooks on architecture, they would be discarded as trash (in fact, they would not even reach that discarding stage, no professional photographer would dare present them at all). Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 20:08, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Blue Mosque Courtyard Dusk Wikimedia Commons.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:29, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLeotia lubrica, commonly referred to as a jelly baby, is a species of fungus in the family Leotiaceae. The species produces small fruit bodies up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) in height, featuring a "head" and a stalk. Ochre tinted with olive-green in colour, the heads are irregularly shaped, while the stalk, of a similar colour, attaches them to the ground.
Reason
Sharp, good composition, good lighting, high illustrative value
Articles in which this image appears
Leotia lubrica
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi
Creator
Dr. Holger Krisp

Promoted File:Grüngelbes Gallertkäppchen Leotia lubrica.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:29, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – View of Pulteney Bridge in 2014
Reason
Good quality and high EV, the article is GA
Articles in which this image appears
Pulteney Bridge
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Poco a poco
  • Whatever it's called, to my eyes (good quality monitor, fairly new and thus current prescription glasses) it seems blured. If nothing else, look at the greenery above the furthest left archway - heavily pixalated when you zoom in. The whole image could be a lot sharper which, from my experience, is the downside of shooting with this light level. gazhiley 13:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Apologies for imprecise language, I am not a native English speaker. Lets call them gray stones then. Still their texture looks odd to me. -- Slaunger (talk) 16:21, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Puente Pulteney, Bath, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 51.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Male nilgais fighting (Boselaphus tragocamelus), Lakeshwari, Gwalior district, India.
Reason
good quality picture of male nilgais fighting
Articles in which this image appears
Nilgai, Madhya Pradesh
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Yann

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSelf-Portrait with a friend is a painting by Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael which dates to 1518-1520 and is housed in the Louvre Museum of Paris, France.
Reason
For the first time in a while we don't seem to have any paintings up for discussion. Gotta fix that! (Of course, the quality of the scan, the renown of the artist, etc. don't hurt!)
Articles in which this image appears
Self-portrait with a friend (Raphael) +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Raphael
Or he say - Raffy, that haircut and beard doesn't really suits you. It was much better before...File:Raphael missing.jpg, Raffy, go and shave. Hafspajen (talk) 14:45, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Portrait de l'artiste avec un ami, by Raffaello Sanzio, from C2RMF retouched.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – US Navy Rear Admiral Michelle J. Howard, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Two, uses the public address system to address the crew of USS Wasp (LHD 1) in 2009.
Reason
Encyclopedic illustration in multiple articles
Articles in which this image appears
Public address system, Rear admiral (United States), 1MC, Personnel of the United States Navy, Rear admiral, Michelle J. Howard, Now hear this (nautical command)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andrew McCord

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:32, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An evening panorama of Kongensbro gravel pit near Ans in Denmark
Edit 1 by Diliff - Reprocessed. All adjustments made in Lightroom prior to exporting and stitching in PTGui
Reason
Visually attractive illustration of a gravel pit with many identifiable sub-systems (see annotations).
Articles in which this image appears
Gravel pit
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Slaunger
  • Support as nominatorSlaunger (talk) 15:39, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Not convinced that the sky is realistic looking, particularly on the left side. To my eye, it looks like the tonality is too compressed, a typical issue when reducing highlights too far. Looking at the file description, it's helpful to see your processing workflow, and I'm not sure that it was the best way to do it. I wouldn't rate PTGui's ability to tone map to be honest. I use PTGui to create an HDR file but I always re-import the HDR file back into Lightroom to tone map. Lightroom is better and gives you much more control over things. Given that this isn't true HDR, I don't see any need to use PTGui for anything other than stitching. All tone mapping processing can and should be done in Lightroom prior to stitching. Other than that though, the composition has merit and I don't want to oppose when an improvement in processing could be achieved. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 19:17, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks, Diliff for your always very insightful reviews and I acknowledge the critique of workflow. Just some details though: The sources images looked very dull at default import settings, and I was very pessimistic regarding the potential outcome. The sky was much more exposed than the ground, which was mostly in shadow, and there was very little structure in the sky and hardly any details in the vegetation, and colors of the gravel were dull. I therefore elaborately and dramatically pre-processed the images prior to export in 16-bit tiff to PTGui Pro to basically spread out the histogram instead of having it piled up at the ends. (Highlights: -100(!), shadows: +40, contrast: -30 (yes, negative, to get midtone tails into the middle), increased clarity +30 and vibrance +15. In addition, I applied a graduated filter in the sky to further increase the contrast here and bring the exposure down). Not an optimal place for the graduated filer as it were handheld photos. Thus, the alignment from picture to picture was not perfect, but I prioritized this to feed in the most optimal dynamic range in the stitching process. I had exhausted my adjustment possibilities in the source images in Lightroom, which is why I then used the pseudo-HDR tone-mapping in PTGui to further bring out some details. Yes, I could maybe have skipped this in PTGui and have waited with the final stitched tiff and do another cirle in Lightroom. I did some final minor tweaks in Lightroom, such as quite aggressively denoise the sky with an adjustment brush leaving out the, I think, seven flock of migrating birds and also downsample some to get rid of some pretty severe noise. It was a long, iterative process of re-exporting the source images, stitch, twaek the PTGui HDR, tweak further in Lightrrom again, and I am very hesitant to give it another go. So, yes, maybe the sky to the left has too compressed colors due to dramatic lowering of highlights if viewed at full resolution. My main priority has been to give it wow and impact, not to make a color-calibrated representation of the photos that scattered on my sensor that evening:-). And if reviewers find I have been bending reality too much, I certainly respect if this leads to an oppose. -- Slaunger (talk) 20:28, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not sure what the problem is with the sky being much more exposed than the foreground. This is normal. ;-) I think you could have rescued the highlights in the sky without making them as murky as you did. I appreciate that you don't want to start the processing again from scratch. I've been there, done that, and it's not fun. Especially when you fix one problem and accidentally introduce another! It's images like these that I'd love to get a hold of the original RAW files and see what I can weave out of it. Perhaps I'd end up with an image no better than this one anyway, and I also appreciate that photographers can be a bit possessive with their images (not to mention their artistic decisions). Ðiliff «» (Talk) 23:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • Diliff: I do not mind giving access to the raws, if you or someone else wants to give it a try;-). Let me look into that tomorrow. Is there a recommended way to share raws for Commons files? I seem to recall Dcoetzee setup an archive server at some point... --Slaunger (talk) 23:35, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • I usually just use Dropbox or something. It's easy enough to just zip them up and send a Dropbox link (by email if you prefer). Ðiliff «» (Talk) 23:54, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
            • Diliff Dropbox it is then! You or any other Commons user may give it a try. Please read the text file for conditions of use and some practical information. It is actually dng files (Digital Negative) (raw + metadata of my pre-processing edits in one file, instead of separate raw and xml sidecar files), so remember to reset the Develop settings if you want to start out with a clean sheet of paper. Looking forward to hearing what you can get out of it. -- Slaunger (talk) 17:18, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
              • OK, I've had a go and although it was a challenging image to work with (you're right, the final image is significantly different to the 'raw product'), I think I've managed to improve the tonality while remaining reasonably faithful to your original artistic intention. There are differences though, and I'm not sure whether you will consider them improvements. Significantly, the sky is crisper and lighter and with a cooler white balance (I felt this was looked more natural but as I wasn't there, I can only guess). The forest in the background is less contrasty and greener. The gravel pit itself is fairly similar, although less saturated and again with a cooler white balance. The gravel seemed very pinkish in the original. The foreground bushes are a bit darker, greener and more contrasty. I didn't intentionally make them look greener, but I felt the original was a little washed out and the colours of the bushes suffered as a result. Finally, I was able to (with a bit of content aware fill) recover a more of the sky which reduced the aspect ratio a little (which is why it looks less wide). I usually try to maximise the height of panoramas when possible because a very wide panorama can be awkward to view and use. Slaunger, let me know if there's anything you're not happy with. I still have everything set up and ready to make minor adjustments if you think it could be improved. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 19:19, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                • Diliff: WOW, just WOW! This is a significant improvement, and I am impressed, considering the not so promising source images. The color is better on the gravel. The content aware fill is an improvement to the aspect ratio. The colors and texture of the fore- and background vegetation is improved. The sky is good. You have even managed to get out, I think, most of the many flocks of migrating birds in the sky. Your sky is more realistic than mine in the left side, although I think my more yellow right end gives a more cool gradient in the sky. Thanks, Thanks, THANKS! -- Slaunger (talk) 19:43, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                  • Glad you liked the processing! I wasn't sure if it was going to be to your tastes. I realised that I didn't mask the blurry frame as completely as you did, so I might upload a new version over the top of it with the blurriness minimised as much as possible. I could easily adjust the white balance of the sky on the right side of the frame if you prefer, but it would also have the effect of making the blue sky a bit less accurate. I'm not sure what this means for the image in terms of your featured/quality pictures on the original image though. If you're happy with my version then it would make sense to overwrite the original, but the evaluation of the FP/QI was done on the older version. How do you feel about that? Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:28, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                    • If Slaunger agrees it is an improvement then I don't personally see any merit in retaining two separate files on Commons, nor for Commons FP to refer to the weaker one (should everyone agree on that). You could post on the talk page of Commons FP to see if this has community approval without the hassle of a full delist/replace. -- Colin°Talk 08:40, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                      • True. I suppose it's up to Slaunger as for how he wants to handle it. It's his image and his FP/QI, I just made some adjustments. Also, I've just uploaded a new version of the edit 1 image over the top of it. It contains a number of improvements (including a warmer sky on right side as per Slaunger's suggestion). Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:32, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                        • Personally, I would not mind simply overwriting my original nomination with Diliffs edit. It is potentially controversial though according to Commons policy on overwriting files with FP status. I have therefore requested permission over at COM:FPC to get a few nods. Else, I do not think it is a big problem to keep both either, as the preferences for featured status varies a bit between EN:FPC (faithful-oriented) and COM:FPC (wow-oriented). It is seen before. -- Slaunger (talk) 17:10, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                        • Diliff and Colin After thinking about it and also seeing the reponse on Commons, I do not think you should overwrite my original. Just keep them separate. It will help maintain transparency in seeing the sequence of events with my original followed by Diliffs edit being linked together as 'other versions'. Also, I will follow the replace and delist process on Commons to see if there is consensus there to switch over to the edit. From the very positive response on the edit that seems likely for the time being. -- Slaunger (talk) 21:50, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I agree with Diliff that the sky processing isn't ideal (per my Commons review) but not troubling enough for me to oppose a scene with such wow. Btw, Diliff did you mean to write "All tone mapping processing can and should be done in Lightroom prior to stitching." (my emphasis). I worry that since the global adjustment sliders are in fact content-aware tonemapping controls, there is a risk of tonal variation among segments even if settings are sychronised -- though whether this happens in practice I don't know. Not sure there is a huge difference to delaying tonemapping till afterwards if one is dealing with 16-bit tiffs as intermediate files. Can't comment on PtGui vs Lightroom's tonemapping abilities, though. -- Colin°Talk 13:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
A technical discussion about the fidelity and dynamic range in raws vs 16-bit tiff files not strictly related to the nomination
    • Colin, I suppose I should clarify, I meant specifically in situations where you're not working with a 32 bit HDR file, the processing should be done in Lightroom prior to stitching because all processing should be done in a file that contains the most fidelity. Because Slaunger exported the files from Lightroom to a 16 bit TIFF, he lost fidelity (dynamic range) prior to tone mapping, which I suspect has caused the problems. Tone mapping from a low fidelity image is usually going to be inferior to higher fidelity images (eg a single RAW file, or 32 bit TIFF generated from multiple exposures). In situations where you want to do true HDR tone mapping from multiple exposures, it's best to stitch first and output the panorama as a 32 bit file, then do the tone mapping afterwards because there is no loss of fidelity prior to tone mapping. Lightroom might be content-aware but I've never had any significant differences between component images in a panorama when using that workflow on a RAW file in Lightroom. I've only had issues when tone mapping individual segments of a panorama in Photomatix, but since Slaunger was not using Photomatix, I didn't think to mention the exception. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:31, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not sure I'd class a 16-bit tiff as "low fidelity". It should have sufficient dynamic range to hold the output from a ~12-bit raw file. The major difference I believe is that the tiff/jpg has a gamma applied to award more bits to the tonal range the eye can see (mid tones) rather than shades of blinding white, and it has a standard colourspace applied. But those 16-bits are loads compared to the 8-bit JPG we're all viewing -- if 16-bits was considered greatly inferior to raw for post-processing purposes, then Lightroom would have an "Edit in Photoshop - export as 32-bit tiff" option. It could in principle be weaker than the source but whether the difference is visible I don't know. I'm more tempted to pin the blame on PTGui's tone mapping being not as good as Lightroom at sensitivity rescuing highlights. Or, cough, weaknesses in Canon sensor dynamic range :-) -- Colin°Talk 20:50, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • I've just noticed Slaunger's reply above. That's a strange mix of settings/steps for sure. I wonder if you've adjusted the histogram rather than the image, if you follow what I'm suggesting -- so tempting since the histogram is just above the sliders. But if a compressed tonal range is what you artistically aimed for then that's your choice. -- Colin°Talk 21:05, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • A 16 bit TIFF is still potentially lower in fidelity than a 12 bit RAW file because all the processing settings are 'locked in' (white balance, colour space, contrast, etc). Also, as I understand it, exporting a RAW file to 16 bit TIFF crops the dynamic range, so what you see as black in Lightroom equals a value of 0 in the TIFF, and white equals a value of 65536. Unlike a RAW file, there is no extra dynamic range 'hidden' beyond what is viewable on screen (assuming the screen is capable of viewing the full range, of course), so unless you convert to 16 bit TIFF with a gamma of 1 (truly linear), you will either be compressing the dynamic range or cropping it. Realistically, this means that a 'regular looking' processed 16 bit TIFF file does not contain as much actual information as the RAW file that it came from, even if 16 bits per colour channel should in theory be capable of holding all the luminosity data of the RAW file. Anyway, we're getting pretty academic at this point. My point still stands though, processing from RAW is better than 16 bit TIFF. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 23:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • On reading a bit more, it appears the tone-curve applied (the gamma), is the biggest factor limiting the ability to recover highlights from a 16-bit TIFF, as it moves so much precious information away from the white end. I have stitched image with challenging DR that I plan to rework anyway so I will this time apply my global adjustments prior to export to see if the highlights and shadows are handled better. -- Colin°Talk 08:26, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
            • Having also thought about it a bit more, I've reached the conclusion that losing highlights/shadows is unavoidable with a 16 bit TIFF because unlike RAW, it's a file format intended to be directly viewable on screen. It may have the bit depth to in theory store the data of a wide dynamic range but (assuming you did store the image luminosity linearly without gamma applied) it would not contain the requisite instructions for an image viewer to convert it into a gamma and luminosity range that is viewable on screen. An image viewer/editor assumes the gamma has already been applied, so in a sense, it is a high fidelity but low dynamic range viewable format - not an archival format like a RAW file. I suppose it therefore was wrong to call it low fidelity when it is actually the dynamic range that limits the format, not the fidelity. In practice, the fidelity is lower, but not because of its bit depth. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:27, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
              • The question isn't whether a 16-bit TIFF can represent wide dynamic range or not since DR is independent of bits. One could have a 4-bit format with huge DR but terrible precision. An 8-bit JPG can represent more than 8-stops of light, because of the gamma. The question is whether the format stores that range with fidelity. There's nothing built into TIFF that knows the brightness of white or the darkness of black -- that depends on the settings on your monitor and brightness of the LCD backlight. I think, for the purpose of highlight recovery, it is the gamma that reduces the fidelity of a TIFF at the white end. But also, the magic that Lightroom can do to recover highlights provided not all the channels are blown -- that may well rely on Bayer pattern demosaicing -- once you transform that pattern to a solid pixel and apply a colour temperature and smaller colourspace, you've lost the ability to do that magic. But I'm guessing here. -- Colin°Talk 11:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                • The question absolutely is whether a 16 bit TIFF can represent a wide dynamic range though. Not theoretically, but in practice. I have already accepted that a 16 bit TIFF has the same fidelity as a RAW file, it's the dynamic range that suffers. That's the reason why I've been suggesting all along not to export from Lightroom prior to tone mapping. In practice, it cannot have a high dynamic range, because it's got a fixed gamma and is tied to fixed luminosity values. A RAW file does not, and is not limited in the same way. I'm not talking about the blackness of black and the whiteness of white, I'm saying the maximum value of luminosity in a 16 bit TIFF is 65536. This value does usually correspond roughly with the whitest white that your monitor can display when calibrated properly (which is 255 given that your video card downsamples it to 8 bit when sending it via DVI/Displayport anyway). If it didn't, your images would have inappropriate areas of overexposure. I think the confusion here is that while RAW and 16 bit TIFFs can in theory contain any dynamic range that you care to feed it, 16 bit TIFFs are not viewed or processed in that way and are mapped to the luminosity of the display via gamma correction. The dynamic range is clipped when a RAW file is converted to 16 bit TIFF because it is given a tone curve and gamma that is standardised. It's not possible to have a 16 bit TIFF that contains as much dynamic range as a RAW file while still looking 'normal', except of course via tone mapping which of course creatively compresses it. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:32, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                  • See Gamma correction. Gamma is a curve rather than a straight line but it still goes from 0 to 1. The luminosity of 1 is still "max" as it was on the sensor as it is in your JPG and on the whitest pixel the monitor can display or the pure white of your paper. TIFF knows nothing about lumens so there's nothing fixed. The reason I say the curve is the problem is that with a linear encoding we may have 500 values between "extremely white" to "blindingly white". Once you apply a curve and generate an 8-bit JPG, all of them get compressed within the values 254-255, say, and it looks awful. On a 16-bit TIFF it might be 65520 to 65535. So those 15 integers have to represent all tonal variation in your brightest clouds. This still looks bad on your 8-bit display so you decide to reduce the highlights. Once you crank the slider down, the curve is adjusted so the pixel that was at 65520 is now 65000 and the 15 shades above are represented by 535 shades but with huge gaps and with a stubborn blob in the middle of the cloud that remains 65535. This isn't really "clipping" as nothing was tipped "over the threshold" but simply that lots of useful information was compressed into a small number of integer data values and this loss can't be recovered. As the Gamma correction article says, if the TIFF was floating point, this wouldn't be a problem as FP represents numbers in a way that is independent of their magnitude. -- Colin°Talk 13:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kongensbro gravel pit 2014-09-17 Diliff Reprocess.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:40, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a set). First issue of the Confederate States of America dollar under the Act of March 9, 1861 (and amended August 3, 1861). Notes are printed on the front only.
Original
A six-note set of the first issue of Confederate banknotes.
Articles in which these images appear
Confederate States of America dollar (all), John C. Calhoun, Edward C. Elmore, Minerva, List of United States Presidents on currency
FP category for this image
Currency
Creator
Ordered by the Confederate States of America; Engraved and printed by the National Bank Note Company (T1-4) and the Southern Bank Note Company (T5-6)
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.

Promoted File:CSA-T1-$1000-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T2-$500-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T3-$100-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T4-$50-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T5-$100-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T6-$50-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A barn owl landing on its falconer's hand
Reason
Very useful and well shot photo. Featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Falconry, Barn owl
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport, probably
Creator
Carlos Delgado
Comment- I wouldn't call this a tight shot. Hafspajen (talk) 11:39, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Each to their own... I do... I'd like to see the actual falconer in shot if this is a demonstration of falconry... gazhiley 13:19, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's a compromise no matter how you look at it. The photographer can either shoot from a bit further back (or with a shorter lens) and lose detail in the bird and glove, or shot from close in and lose information on the falconer. I tend to fall on the "closer" side of that compromise, but I understand that not all people do (and to be honest I can't see the glove as anything other than a glove). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:24, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh I agree it's a compromise. If this was nominated purely for the Owl, it'd be a full support all the way. However the nom is about falconry, and you can't see the falconer. Hence Weak Support. gazhiley 15:28, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tyto alba - Cetrería - 01.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:22, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919 is an oil-on-canvas painting by Irish artist William Orpen, completed in 1919. It was one the paintings commissioned from Orpen to commemorate of the Peace Conference at Versailles in 1919. The work is held by the Imperial War Museum in London." (From article)
Reason
High quality scan of a notable painting, useful for Armistice Day celebrations
Articles in which this image appears
The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors +8
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
William Orpen
  • Support as nominator –  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:31, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment — A bit on the small side? Sca (talk) 14:17, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Badly photographed. There are lots of scattered reflections on the glaze, especially on the right side of the photo, and on the left side is a vertical shadow (from a frame?). If images of the signing are needed, surely there are plenty of photographs around? Also a ghastly amateurish-looking painting imho - faces look like they are stuck on and copied directly from photos (and the architecture too - look at the slight curve in the horizontal of the architectural moulding under the "le govern...", suggests it was copied directly from a photo in which a wide angle lens has imparted a slight curve to horizontal features). Artist's reflection isn't even depicted in the mirror (maybe he too didn't like the painting). A modern artist would have made something more with those mirrors: a fractured post war reflection of a pre-war establishment trying to shape the future, a future now mostly out of its hands. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 18:00, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a photo, it's a painting. Hafspajen (talk) 20:38, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think he/she means that the painting is badly photographed, but anyway ... there's something funny going on for me with this. When I click on the image here I am taken to the file page here, and when I click again on that image to go to the full-size view I get taken to a completely different and degraded rendition which has lots of white speckles all over it. 86.169.36.214 (talk) 21:58, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's been badly lit when photographed and the speckles are tiny reflection spots caused by whatever lighting was used. The speckles are so small they disappear when the full size image is reduced in size. There is a thin shadow along the right side of the painting as well - suggests that two overly-strong floodlights or flashlights have been placed at each side of the painting. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 13:42, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:33, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Meandrina meandrites, commonly known as maze coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae, found primarily on outer coral reef slopes in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Reason
A Meandrina meandrites, commonly known as maze coral, a colonial stony coral that forms massive hemispherical heads or develops into substantial flat plates and can grow to nearly 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. Used, sharp, crisp (for an underwater thing) and big enough.
Articles in which this image appears
Meandrina meandrites, Meandrina, Coral reef
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator
Nhobgood
Withdraw. Hafspajen (talk) 15:37, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:16, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Red Weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda in Morogoro, Tanzania
Reason
We recently featured the other species of this ant. This one is also visually appealing and of good quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Oecophylla longinoda, Weaver ant
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Promoted File:Red Weaver Ant, Oecophylla longinoda.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:17, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Native American warriors: Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees, 1821
Reason
It is a clear, good quality image with glowing colors and interesting detail, and is important to the cultural history of North America.
Articles in which this image appears
Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees; Charles Bird King and The West as America Art Exhibition
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Charles Bird King
Comment Good idea. Hafspajen (talk) 01:58, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We have one! Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees Hafspajen (talk) 16:33, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Charles Bird King - Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:58, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A dancer from Sanata Dharma University's troupe Sekar Jepun performing panyembrama, a secular Balinese dance created to perform in front of tourists and thus protect the sacral dance forms.
Reason
Shows the dance and the flower dish very well, representative of the dance
Articles in which this image appears
Panyembrama
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Chris Woodrich
Perhaps given the ambiguity of "sacral" (these dances don't just involve the lower back), that could be changed to "sacral (sacred)". Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:39, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
In the spirit of cooperation, not aggressively pushing a point of view, I'd like to point you to the first two definitions of "sacred" on Wiktionary. These definitions make it clear that in these senses, "sacral" and "sacred" are synonyms. Thus, in order to avoid the confusion with the other definition of "sacral", I think "sacred" should be used, plain and simple. Another thing we could do is find the person who wrote this article and ask him/her for his/her opinion. CorinneSD (talk) 17:46, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, we could indeed ask the article creator who is ... Crisco . I think sacral has a slightly different meaning to sacred so I would be inclined to stick with sacral. SagaciousPhil - Chat 18:01, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 48.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:56, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A Triptych of Epilobium hirsutum seed head
Reason
A fine quality Triptych of Epilobium hirsutum seed head.
Articles in which this image appears
Seed dispersal, Triptych, Epilobium hirsutum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others (for triptych)
Creator
Colin
NOTE: The original nomination also had the three images as separate files but since they aren't used on English Wikipedia, that isn't valid. So I've removed them and kept just the triptych. -- Colin°Talk 15:08, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't think we should force people to see all three at once; they can be inserted into the article using a multiple images template. Regarding the DOF, I'm curious what it looked like with greater DOF. The wow is there, of course (it is a Colin photograph), but I don't know how useful this is in the Epilobium hirsutum article. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:59, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I think it is very useful. I don't know about the display, but this is quite an interesting botanical photo. It is only a second it is all about, when the plant is expelling all the seeds. Ping botanist, Sminthopsis84 for second oppinion. Hafspajen (talk) 11:50, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - well, I'm not very familiar with this plant or with the others in the genus. I *think* that the images aren't really catching a rapid explosion, but that the fruit sit around in those positions for a while, with individual seeds blowing away in the wind at intervals, as I think this image suggests. I do like the middle image! Sminthopsis84 (talk) 14:34, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am rather familiar with it. What makes me think that it is in the middle of the explosion, because the seeds are floating around, wich usually doesn't happen after. Also the seed head **leafs** are curved, while in the other image it is strait, folding outwards... Hafspajen (talk) 15:02, 20 November 2014 (UTC).[reply]
I believe you. My thinking would be influenced by being more familiar with Asclepias, which opens along only one line with little potential for explosion. I tried to find a citation to support that the fruit open explosively but failed. It seems that writers are content to say that it is a weed that disperses lots of seed. So in that case, I agree that photos like these would be difficult to get. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 18:51, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, they do, even if nothing is written... Just now I have a very large flowerbed full of these seeds where an ignorant worker left them to grow and put seeds - it was just impossible to do ANYTHING - they just exploded all over the place, as soon as anybody touched them... Hafspajen (talk) 19:26, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Eh, Support. They are interesting. Hafspajen (talk) 20:06, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for the triptych in the triptych article. I've just noticed that someone had removed it claiming unsourced which is a little irritating when (a) the rest of the article is unsourced and (b) a quick google search would confirm. I've restored it with a handful of sources. Fine Art America have nearly 2000 triptych photos for sale, and most photo magazines have regular features on creating your own. So I think this seed head triptych is a good example for that article. The EV for the Epilobium hirsutum article is weaker since these are closely cropped to the point of abstraction and clearly the above discussion shows some confusion about what people are seeing. I didn't witness any explosion of seeds, but I'm no botanist so perhaps this does happen sometimes. I think they just catch the wind and gradually disperse. I don't know why mine were curved and the other picture straight. A natural variation or perhaps they curve over time? Ping Crisco 1492 on the artwork-article. -- Colin°Talk 21:26, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Deals with my objections, yes (not enough info for POTD, but let me worry about that). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:05, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • While an image is nominated and it does not have enough for a POTD blurb, does it really significantly add to the article? This is such a subject, that any number of pictures could be merged to illustrate it. --Muhammad(talk) 00:41, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • Muhammad, the point of a triptych is that the images are deliberately composed/taken to make a natural set. This image has the same subject, lighting, size and proportions, but three angles of view. To take three random pictures from Commons and construct a triptych would be original research just the same as if you took three random paintings and constructed a triptych. I took these photos deliberately to make a modern photographic triptych. If you look at Commons:Triptichs you will find no other examples, despite this being a hugely popular form of modern photographic artwork. The issue of whether the article itself does the subject justice (photographic triptychs) isn't really a concern for FP -- we aren't here to write the article text -- so that, and any POTD blurb, isn't a valid reason to oppose. -- Colin°Talk 08:40, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • IMO, the images appear as randomly selected. I find the third one without any merit at all; it's mostly out of focus and the parts in focus dont appear to have much value. I'd want something that makes sense to be put together and I'm afraid I dont get that feeling here. Colin, wouldn't you say that File:Focus stacking Tachinid fly.jpg makes a better triptych. I dont mean to offend you so pardon me if I did. --Muhammad(talk) 08:54, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
            • Muhammad, the fly focus stacking examples are a set of three related images that are of interest to someone learning about focus stacking (and useful stuff for encyclopedias). They don't represent an a triptych, which is an artistic presentation, not just three images in a row as an educational presentation. You wouldn't hang it on your wall. I accept not everyone has the same artistic taste but I thought they were beautiful (all credit to nature). -- Colin°Talk 17:44, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
              • Just a note about POTD blurbs: I generally require 500 characters of text in the article for writing such blurbs (otherwise we end up with single-line stubs on the MP). Here, the text is not doing the image justice. Fixing that is not a matter of not promoting the image, but rather expanding the text in the article. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:28, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Weak EV IMO, barely used in either article. --Muhammad(talk) 00:02, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I think these picture well explained how seed are prepared for wind dispersal and IMHO a better alternative for the current fp which only shows how the seeds travel in air. I see related article like Pappus (flower structure); but all are "too scientific" for me. Sminthopsis84, could you look into it? Jee 03:39, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I concur with Muhammad, broadly. I think these images have a lot of potential EV, but mostly for the species article. I don't see why all 3 are necessary to illustrate it, though. As it stands their usage is quite marginal. As a triptych I think they would need to be displayed as a single file, not just arranged as a gallery to have more EV; additionally, there needs to be a better explanation of the work they're doing. TownCows (talk) 07:20, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • TownCows, the triptychis displayed as a single file: File:Epilobium hirsutum - Seed head - Triptych.jpg. For the "triptych" article, this is necessary. I think this nomination has got over-complicated by the inclusion of both the triptych image and its component parts. In fact, I'm confused why the individual images are nominated at all, since they aren't used on English Wikipedia. Would it help to reboot this nomination with triptych as the primary article? -- Colin°Talk 08:40, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • It's definitely better in triptych as one article, but I still think it's underused. I think the real issue is that there's two different valuations here, and the three as a whole don't seem like a great compromise. In the seed dispersal article I think the third image is the only one which really shows the seeds being released clearly, and is probably the only one that has sufficient EV to be featured. As a triptych, I think to some degree it will always amount to a kind of OR (don't misunderstand me, they are beautiful). as you noted above, Colin, it is a common photographic display -- which leads me to think that we could probably find a work of art from a researched artist that does the same thing and more encyclopedically. TownCows (talk) 17:21, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • TownCows, by "work of art" do you mean photo or painting? There are countless triptych paintings to choose from but that's not the aspect of the article this is illustrating. This one illustrates the kind of contemporary photo art one might see in a shop. You really aren't going to get that kind of modern photo style by a notable artist that has a free licence: if it is for sale, it won't be free! -- Colin°Talk 17:44, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - It is lead pic now at Seed dispersal - just splendid. I am sure Sminthopsis84 agrees. Hafspajen (talk) 12:22, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - The limited depth of field and close cropping gives it little EV for Seed dispersal or Epilobium hirsutum. I would prefer a single, less 'artistic' photo for those articles. It's use in Triptych seems more suitable, but not especially valuable (there are only 3 sentences about photographic triptychs there). It may have better luck as a Commons featured image (which doesn't require EV). Kaldari (talk) 22:00, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Epilobium hirsutum - Seed head - Triptych.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:54, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalFrederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was a British soldier who served in the Indian rebellion, the Expedition to Abyssinia, and the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War
Reason
High quality scan of a good painting by a notable painter, depicting a notable individual. Best illustration of him in his article.
Articles in which this image appears
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts +3
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
John Singer Sargent

Promoted File:Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts by John Singer Sargent.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:26, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Painting depicting fireworks. Middleton Manigault was a visionary artist with an the eclectic, highly personal style. Hope scan will go, no google scans on this guy.
Reason
Edward Middleton Manigault (1887 – 1922) was Canadian and American Modernist painter, a rather excentric and interesting one. Manigault is believed to have destroyed as many as two hundred of his paintings; consequently, few paintings by Manigault survive.
Articles in which this image appears
The Rocket (painting); Edward Middleton Manigault
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Edward Middleton Manigault
You always make me work so hard. The Rocket (painting). Hafspajen (talk) 17:52, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Middleton Manigault - The Rocket (1909).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:36, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – This Tromp-l'oeil still-life represent the backside of a painting or canvas used as a letter-rack with leather strips where various objects are are stored. An art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. (from article)
Nowadays we usually see Tromp-l'oeil paintings like these painted windows, that actually are not there, just painted for fun.


Reason
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627–1678) was a rather fascinating Dutch painter of the Golden Age, who was also a poet and author on art theory. He was skilled in painting Tromp-l'oeil paintings - or so called Cheat the eye - still-lifes. Those are paintings made in the way to create an optical illusion - giving the impression that the depicted objects actually exist in three dimensions. Citation:

This is one of the deceptively realistic still-lifes by Van Hoogstraten. The objects the artist depicted in his trompe-l'oeil still-lifes reflect his life and social standing. ... .

Articles in which this image appears
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten

Promoted File:Tromp-l'oeil Still-Life 1664 Hoogstraeten.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:51, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalCitation:

A pleasant sense of ease and harmony pervades this landscape of almost photographic clarity. The large areas of brilliant sunshine and cool shade, the rambling line of the fence, and the beautiful balance of trees, meadow, and river are evidence of the artist's creative synthesis of the actual site.

Reason
Rather EVsh, this painting is well kown and much admired. John Constable is an English Romantic painter, who is known principally for his landscape paintings, and sometimes mentioned as inspire and early influence the impressionism. His paintings are now considered among the most popular and valuable in British art. The NGA holds this painting as one of its highlights. National Gallery of Art, Wivenhoe Park, Highlights (citation)

... It is easy to imagine oneself on this quiet summer afternoon, under the shady tree just out of sight of the painting’s foreground, where the painter may have set up his easel. All is placid and in place—contented cows graze or snooze, fishermen drag their nets in the pond, and a kitchen garden and domestic animals occupy the space beyond the trees on the right...

Articles in which this image appears
Wivenhoe Park (painting); ‎ John Constable, Wivenhoe Park, Locus amoenus, Wivenhoe House, John Gurdon Rebow, Wivenhoe
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Claude Monet - The Beach at Sainte-Adresse - oh, same sky !!!
Creator
John Constable

Promoted File:John Constable - Wivenhoe Park, Essex - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:24, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A volunteer being subjected to high wind speeds (a maximum of 457 miles per hour (735 km/h); local wind speeds along the subject's face reached 720 miles per hour (1,160 km/h)) at the Langley Research Center, under the guidance of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and at the request of the US Navy. These 1946 tests were intended to measure the effects of bailing out of a high-speed aircraft on the human body. The tests showed that "Effects of the wind stream on clothing and gear were in many ways more pronounced than on the subject. Even at low speeds, loose clothing flapped and fluttered violently. The helmet and chin strap needed constant readjustment, and the helmet's seams began to tear during exposures to 400-mile-an-hour winds."
Reason
Very interesting video, not too long, well documented. Useful in several articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Human subject research, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Wind tunnel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others, maybe?
Creator
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Promoted File:National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics wind tests (1946).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:13, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLewis Carroll was enthralled by this painting - he counted 165 fairies in it! Every time you look at it, you find extra details
Reason
High quality image by a Scottish pre-Raphaelite artist, Joseph Noel Paton, on display in the Scottish National Gallery, depicting a scene from the well known Shakespeare comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream; just teeming with beautiful fairies - what more could you ask for?
Articles in which this image appears
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (brand new article still very much being developed); A Midsummer Night's Dream; Joseph Noel Paton; Scottish National Gallery plus 5 others.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Joseph Noel Paton
Fairies don't wear much clothes.Hafspajen (talk) 00:17, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Put some clothes on then, Crisco. BencherliteTalk 00:47, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hafspajen (talk) 01:06, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I told her that fairies don't wear clothes. She said "What about those two, in the armor? Me, Bencherlite? I wear clothes even when I don't. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:57, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Anyway, this is one of the most terrible and most amazing painting I have ever seen in my life. Even Mona Lisa fails (When I saw it in Louvre, I was dumbstruck). I too want them to be clad, but Paton don't want that. Plus, it took me more than an hour to count the fairies (I got 124 fist, then 132, 145, 101 and then finally 142 and I left!!). Better not to be a critic and counter. Can any of you could count and beat Carol?? --The Herald 15:09, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
110, 111, 112 ... ... drat ... 1, 2, SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:01, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sir Joseph Noel Paton - The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania - Google Art Project 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:20, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Rock Pigeon, Columba livia, Bangalore India
Reason
Good quality, Ev, resolution. The depth of field is not too deep to make the background distracting, keeping attention on the main pigeon while also showing some of the different behaviours of the pigeon by the out of focus birds in the background. Featured at commons
Articles in which this image appears
Feral pigeon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Promoted File:Rock Pigeon Columba livia.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:27, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]