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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things edit

Nominating edit

Guidelines for nominators edit

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents edit

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs edit

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio edit

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations edit

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users edit

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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination edit

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting edit

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Featured picture delisting candidates edit

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

Featured picture candidate policy edit

General rules edit

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules edit

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5. There is also a limit of two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite edit

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken.

See also edit

Table of contents edit

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

Refresh page for new nominations: purge this page's cache

Featured picture candidates edit

File:Kluang - waterfalls on Gunung Lambak May 2024 01.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 22 May 2024 at 10:21:53 (UTC)
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File:Trier, 07-12-2023 (actm.) 26.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 22 May 2024 at 04:17:50 (UTC)
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File:Residential by Carrer Sant Josep in Finestrat, Alicante, Spain, 2024 January.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 22 May 2024 at 03:34:58 (UTC)
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File:Moosheide im herbstlichen Morgenlicht (1).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 22 May 2024 at 03:34:59 (UTC)
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File:A Bonda tribe of Odisha drinking Mahua drink.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 21 May 2024 at 06:09:01 (UTC)
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File:Garo people at khagrachori 04.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 21 May 2024 at 06:00:11 (UTC)
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File:Oroville State Theatre during blue hour (2024)-L1005456.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 21 May 2024 at 05:46:05 (UTC)
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File:Scimitar Light Tank MOD 45149231.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 20 May 2024 at 23:14:40 (UTC)
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File:048 Lioness during golden hour of the morning at Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 20 May 2024 at 18:52:53 (UTC)
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File:Amazing Stories, November 1928.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 20 May 2024 at 18:22:17 (UTC)
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File:Folk Dance performance at Kerala School Kalolsavam 2024.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 20 May 2024 at 15:55:31 (UTC)
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File:Питкярантский район, Валкеалампи сверху (2).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 20 May 2024 at 13:04:07 (UTC)
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File:Porta de aço elétrica.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 20 May 2024 at 11:35:50 (UTC)
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File:Abacate.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 20 May 2024 at 11:35:47 (UTC)
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The guidelines say "A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject." and here neither the subject is very difficult nor the quality exceptional, compared for example to focus stacked fruits or vegetables in the same gallery -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Barque sur une mer de sel à Chott Jrid.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 20 May 2024 at 06:57:46 (UTC)
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File:Al Fahidi Bench.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 19 May 2024 at 19:42:07 (UTC)
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File:Beyond the Black, Dancing In The Dark Tour, Stuttgart 2024 (28) (cropped).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 19 May 2024 at 11:52:45 (UTC)
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File:2024-05-09 10-44-09 FortDeRoppe.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 19 May 2024 at 07:27:42 (UTC)
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File:2024-05-09 10-15-36 FortDeRoppe.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 19 May 2024 at 07:26:48 (UTC)
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File:Samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus) Mount Sheba.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 18 May 2024 at 21:42:58 (UTC)
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File:Plains zebras (Equus quagga) Maputo.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 18 May 2024 at 21:51:39 (UTC)
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File:Photographers in Rabat.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 18 May 2024 at 17:32:17 (UTC)
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File:Campamento de ganado de la tribu Mundari, Terekeka, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-28, DD 157.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 18 May 2024 at 12:59:53 (UTC)
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File:Theyyam of Kerala by Shagil Kannur 2024 (30).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 18 May 2024 at 10:07:14 (UTC)
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File:Aerial image of the Monte Rosa east face (view from the east).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 18 May 2024 at 06:42:59 (UTC)
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File:Tribu Laarim, Kimotong, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-24, DD 156.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 18:27:20 (UTC)
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File:Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha - João Paulo Marques DAndretta 17.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 16:53:52 (UTC)
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File:Generation III Extended Cold Weather Clothing System.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 15:05:09 (UTC)
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File:Scarlet Veil (51013483841).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 08:42:00 (UTC)
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  I withdraw my nomination Thanks for your comments. Yann (talk) 11:49, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I know I live in a hurry, but you should wait a little longer. ★ 21:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed; at least I can take over the nomination if you [Yann] want. --SHB2000 (talk) 13:06, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it has a chance now, but I am OK with you talking over. Thanks for offering. Yann (talk) 13:17, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Code fixed for SHB2000 taking over the nom. Good luck! --Cart (talk) 15:14, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Support No problems with two coexisting FPs of her. ★ 18:38, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Cart! SHB2000 (talk) 22:08, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) at Ichkeul NP.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 08:27:18 (UTC)
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File:Duisburg, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Hochofen 5 -- 2024 -- 4263-7.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 06:44:28 (UTC)
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File:Duisburg, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Erzbunker -- 2024 -- 4214.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 06:40:46 (UTC)
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File:Naaldvaren (Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen') 10-04-2024 (d.j.b.).jpg, featured edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 04:22:12 (UTC)
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Confirmed results:
Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 06:10, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Plants#Family_:_Dryopteridaceae

File:Iglesia de San Agustín, París, Francia, 2022-10-31, DD 85.jpg, featured edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 01:29:53 (UTC)
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Confirmed results:
Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 06:11, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#France

File:Hinterstoder Schiederweiher-3187.jpg, featured edit

Voting period ends on 17 May 2024 at 01:29:51 (UTC)
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Confirmed results:
Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 06:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural/Austria#Upper Austria

File:T-7A Red Hawk over Edwards Air Force Base.jpg, featured edit

Voting period ends on 16 May 2024 at 23:08:02 (UTC)
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Confirmed results:
Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 06:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects/Vehicles/Air transport#Military jet aircraft

File:Paysage Oued Zen.jpg, featured edit

Voting period ends on 16 May 2024 at 21:11:08 (UTC)
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@Atef Ouni: J'ai corrigé les liens pour vous. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:16, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Support I forgot to officially support. --SHB2000 (talk) 06:46, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merci beaucoup@SHB2000 Atef Ouni (talk) 09:00, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. It looks like the weird things you sometimes get when you do HDR in Lightroom and the program doesn't really merge the exposures correctly. You get "blobs" with hard contours. If the "blobs" in the photo are the result of an HDR merge, you can't get rid of them by doing a new one. The only way is to use some clone correction tool or doing a manual partial merge/patch from one of the original photos. In any case, I don't think such flaws belong in an FP. Atef Ouni, can you please see what you can do about this. --Cart (talk) 22:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The 'Deghost' option may do the trick if the water was moving slowly. Click on 'Show deghost overlay' and check if the 'Low' deghosting amount masks the offending areas. If not, try 'Medium' or 'High'. After the HDR is generated, check if the masked areas look good and don't have excessive noise (a common side-effect of this technique). Julesvernex2 (talk) 08:34, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ermell @Cart@Julesvernex2 Thank you a lot for your helpful comment, you are absolutely right, I hadn't paid attention to this point, I will try to see if I can correct that, thank you again for your advice! Atef Ouni (talk) 08:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ermell @W.carter@Julesvernex2 I Updated the file after solving the blobs problem in the water, thank you all once again! Atef Ouni (talk) 09:47, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Support Awesome! Julesvernex2 (talk) 14:43, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 06:13, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural#Tunisia

File:Himmeldunkberg Gipfelkreuz II.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 16 May 2024 at 15:19:52 (UTC)
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  •   Info And just to explain this properly: Modern cameras are programmed to average the brightness of the scene to a middle gray, resulting in snow appearing dull and gray rather than bright and white. To correct this, the photographer has to dial in (some cameras have an extra wheel for this) a stop or so of exposure compensation to instruct the camera to increase the exposure, making the snow appear natural. Applying exposure compensation results in a well-exposed image where the snow retains its bright, white appearance without being washed out or appearing gray. Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:44, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment Thanks to Frank for the thoughtful review. I just opened the image in PS and noticed that the sRGB profile is not assigned. This can make a big difference in how the image looks in different browsers. @Milseburg: If you are going to develop the Raw file again with exposure adjustments, exporting it in the sRGB profile would be a good choice. Just my 2 cents to solve the problem. Best regards :) -- Radomianin (talk) 18:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment Good catch, Radomianin. I have taken the liberty to embed the sRGB profile with ExifTool. @Milseburg: This is just a little help, especially if you do not want to edit the image anymore; embedding a colour profile with ExifTool is a lossless operation and has no impact on the image data itself, so your image was not changed by this at all. – Aristeas (talk) 14:39, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hampi, India, Rocky landscape of Hampi, Granite rocks of Matanga Hill.jpg edit

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I might have overdone it with saturation. Following your suggestion, here is a new version with less saturation in red channel and tweaked temperature/tint. I don’t want to go any further as it will make it look bleak. I specifically reprocessed this file in newer version of Lightroom to get more true to life appearance. To me it looks golden/orange to match the last moments of the golden hour before sunset. I think it is closer to the original light as the sunset colors can be intense. Also newer versions have more detail and dynamic range. The original is 10+ years old and was batch-processed with older software and original temperature settings that may be wrong. --Argenberg (talk) 22:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Gray espresso cup with amaretto.jpg edit

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Thanks! I'll fix this for you. :-) --Cart (talk) 11:55, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just a language note: This model of small cups are called "espresso cups" even if they are empty. It's a name for the cup size. (example) --Cart (talk) 10:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Thank you. Many thanks for the review and the tips.
Unfortunately, the EXIF data has been lost due to the export from Lightroom. F. Riedelio • 💬 11:54, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you have some info about how the photo was made, even if the EXIF is lost, you can use the Template:Photo Information to add info to the file page. Just add it after the "Summary" section and fill in the parameters you want to display. --Cart (talk) 12:04, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done
  Thank you. for the the tip. F. Riedelio • 💬 11:18, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  I withdraw my nomination Thanks for your comments. Yann (talk) 12:33, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dust and scratch improved, generative filling. F. Riedelio • 💬 14:19, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
F. Riedelio, do you want to take over the nomination from Yann? You don't have any current nominations yourself so you can do that and let the nom continue until the end of the voting period if you like. If you say yes, I'll fix the code for the takeover for you. Also, you should not have uploaded the cup with coffee over the original photo, but instead uploaded it as a separate new file especially since the empty cup file has been assessed as a QI. This is a too big change. The empty cup image is valuable for the wiki project too, we need both. The filled in cup should have been offered as an 'Alternative' on this nom, or perhaps as a completely new nom. This needs to be sorted out, I can help you if you like. --Cart (talk) 15:20, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to continue the nomination. After this extensive discussion, I am looking forward to the outcome. Thank you in advance for your support.
I have restored the older version of "Gray espresso cup with amaretto.jpg" and uploaded the modified photo as a new file "Gray espresso cup with amaretto 1.jpg". F. Riedelio • 💬 17:45, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that, you are now in charge of this nomination.
You might also want to take a look at the coffee in File:Gray espresso cup with amaretto 1.jpg, the right side of the coffee looks like it's not totally ok. Good luck with your nom! --Cart (talk) 18:16, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:022 Brown-throated wattle-eye at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 15 May 2024 at 08:48:11 (UTC)
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  •   Support The larger crop nicely shows the context and hints at the habitat. – Aristeas (talk) 16:28, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 17:24, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:25, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose Only 2,797 × 1,865 pixels and the bird in this image is very small. The background is too dominant in my opinion. Useful document, but not all the useful images on Commons should be featured. For a FP of a bird, you need at least to be able to see some fine details of the animals at full resolution, not only the branches where it lives. Sorry -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your review. In my opinion it can not be expected the same level of detail for a small and shy bird where there is only a few seconds window to take a picture of it without possibility to go closer to it compared to pictures of still objects. Also, we have FP pictures of birds that have the same if not less definition than this one : 1, 2. I actually think this picture has enough level of detail compared to the bird size in real life and to the possibility to get close to it. -- Giles Laurent (talk) 13:57, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • When comparing the size in pixels of the two images you give, the first one is 3 times larger, and the second one 2 times. So both may actually have more definition. Moreover, almost all the birds in the FP galleries are much larger than this one. The possibility to get closer is also very subjective. The more time you spend to capture a specific animal, the more opportunities you get. But this same day you also captured photos of Chimpanzees. Useful photo for Wikipedia, but when zooming in, it's not a FP in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Small passerines like this one are among the most difficult subjects for bird photographers. They're skittish and notoriously hard to photograph. A big thank you to Giles for taking this excellent image and sharing it under a free license! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 05:18, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's a matter of resources. Harrison's lens costs about ten times more than Giles's. I think it's a bit unfair to other bird photographers that such expensive equipment should set the "standard" for FPs. We can only be grateful that people with very high-end cameras and lenses donate some photos to Commons, but I don't think they should set the bar for all the FPs in their special fields. Sometimes FPC can be a tad too elitist. --Cart (talk) 13:48, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Lamp post in Schwerin (2).jpg edit

Voting period ends on 14 May 2024 at 14:58:52 (UTC)
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  •   Comment This is probably the work of the architect Georg Adolph Demmler, probably made in 1845 during the reconstruction of the castle and bridge. However, it is difficult to find information about the lamp post. Maybe someone knows something more?. --Tournasol7 (talk) 20:15, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:St Julian church in St-Julien-de-Toursac (6).jpg edit

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File:Passo delle Streghe - Monte Titano - San Marino - GT 05 - 2024 04 30.jpg edit

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File:Government office in The Hague housing the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security (2019).jpg edit

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Users who are logged in and have at least 50 edits and 10 days on their account on Commons can vote. Just make sure you haven't told them to come and vote for your photo, since that can be seen as canvassing, and that's not allowed. --Cart (talk) 17:27, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, okay! Good to know! This is my first time nominating an image or being here at all. So that's why I didn't know! Kind regards, S. Perquin (talk) 17:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Support Geweldig mooie foto! 2001:1C03:B02:3D00:2D42:C1F3:6627:6F74 15:28, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Support Great picture 2001:1C03:B02:3D00:2CFA:DA6B:546C:7894 15:32, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment Thanks Yann for fixing the name of the file, just please remember that you need to change to the new file name in all places of the code on the nom page, otherwise the FPC Bot will not be able to do what it's supposed to do. I have fixed that for you now. All the best, --Cart (talk) 18:16, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment By the way, the photo has been taken with a Samsung Galaxy S9 and has not been cropped, nor has it been edited or adjusted. No filters have been used either. Just to let you know! Kind regards, S. Perquin (talk) 02:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Support het is goed, de formaat is goed, alles is juist goed, ik zal het goed rekenen Zozo7077 (talk) 16:46‎, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bedankt voor je reactie! Ik denk dat jij helaas ook niet mag stemmen... Je moet namelijk 50 bewerkingen hebben gedaan om te mogen stemmen, zie ik nu! 😕 Groetjes, S. Perquin (talk) 17:03, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Info Welcome and thank you for your review, Zozo7077. Unfortunately, you only have 4 edits, which is not enough. According to the rules, you need at least 50 edits to vote: "Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everyone can vote for their own nominations". But the photo community appreciates your interest and would be happy to have you back as a reviewer after the 50th edit. Best regards :) -- Radomianin (talk) 18:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
why? is there a reason??? Zozo7077 (talk) 09:23, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Zozo7077, you need at least 50 edits to vote. Je moet 50 bewerkingen hebben gedaan om te mogen stemmen. Met vriendelijke groet, S. Perquin (talk) 09:25, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
50 bewerkingen EN 10 dagen op Commons, je account hier is op 5 mei aangemaakt. --Cart (talk) 10:00, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Uptown Charlotte 2018 taking by DJI Phantom 4 pro.jpg edit

Voting period ends on 13 May 2024 at 13:10:58 (UTC)
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Alternative edit

 


Timetable (day 5 after nomination) edit 

Wed 08 May → Mon 13 May
Thu 09 May → Tue 14 May
Fri 10 May → Wed 15 May
Sat 11 May → Thu 16 May
Sun 12 May → Fri 17 May
Mon 13 May → Sat 18 May

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting) edit 

Sat 04 May → Mon 13 May
Sun 05 May → Tue 14 May
Mon 06 May → Wed 15 May
Tue 07 May → Thu 16 May
Wed 08 May → Fri 17 May
Thu 09 May → Sat 18 May
Fri 10 May → Sun 19 May
Sat 11 May → Mon 20 May
Sun 12 May → Tue 21 May
Mon 13 May → Wed 22 May

Closing a featured picture promotion request edit

The bot edit

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure edit

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/May 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request edit

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/May 2024.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination edit

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/May 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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