Wikipedia:Picture peer review

Picture peer review was a staging area for potential Featured Picture Candidates (FPCs).

This review was a useful "spot check" before making a formal FPC nomination – a working area where you can get some creative feedback, request help with useful pictures that might need minor editing, or advice with finding the best article that they illustrate – giving that nomination its best possible chance of promotion.

Note: "peer review" usually implies a group of authoritative reviewers who are equally familiar with and expert in the subject. The process represented by this page is not a formal academic peer review in that sense. Images that undergo this process cannot be assumed to have greater authority than any other.

For general advice on editing pictures prior to uploading, see Wikipedia:How to improve image quality.

For the specific criteria against which FPCs are judged, see Wikipedia:What is a featured picture?

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Suggestions for FPC

The Situation Room (photograph)

High resolution and the image is independently notable. However, I'm not sure if it's worth putting up for FPC due to the back of someone's head being in the way.

Articles this image appears in: The Situation Room (photograph) +10

Creator: Pete Souza

Suggested by: Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:29, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

FWIW, this was at PPR and at FPC. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:49, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Nadia Ali

High resolution, portrait image of a notable vocalist and woman in the Electronic dance music genre

Articles this image appears in: Nadia Ali

Creator: Tamara Susa

Suggested by: MHDH (talk) 04:37, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Lighting is too bright, blown highlights on her cheeks and most of her face. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:24, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty small as well, even if it does just barely meet the size criterion. Makeemlighter (talk) 01:46, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Syzygium malaccense

I think this turned out fairly well, but I'm not sure of the dark background (would be nice if I had a way to give it fill lighting...)

Articles this image appears in: Syzygium malaccense

Creator: Crisco 1492

Suggested by: Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:11, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Already been thru FPC here. --jjron (talk) 14:19, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Queens Window at Saint Hilarion Kalesi

High resolution and quality. Most of the photos of the Queen's window only show the window itself (e.g., [1] and [2]). This photo puts the window in context. I think that I have taken care of all the stiching errors, but would appreciate another set of eyes, as well as any other feedback. Thanks

Articles this image appears in: Saint Hilarion Castle

Creator: Ira Goldstein

Suggested by: Igoldste (talk) 19:44, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Didn't spot any stitching errors, but the distortion of the stones at left is a bit obvious. My concern is about the lack of EV: I think the picture is good, and it's usually beneficial to have context, but there is only a small mention of the window in the article, and it makes a reference to the great view of the coastline that can be seen from the window. Unfortunately zooming in on that view in this image is of little help because of the haze. Julia\^talk 18:43, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Belle & Sebastian

This rather charming photograph displays all seven members of indie rock band Belle & Sebastian. There aren't all too many FP of musical groups (just two, by my count), so I feel that this high quality image would be a good addition. The only problem I can see is the horrible, horrible colour of the backdrop - would it be a sticking point at FPC? Thanks again.

Articles this image appears in: Belle & Sebastian

Creator: Marisa Privitera

Suggested by: A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 21:44, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I don't mind the background, but there are blown highlights on the chair and one of the members is cut off. Also, before going to FPC all seven should be identified in the image description. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:33, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Frankly, I don't see the EV of band members lounging around. I'd much prefer a performance shot or, at least, one with instruments. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:07, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Self-Portrait of Carl Van Vechten Crisco edit.jpg

High quality, good pose. Wondering if the clean-up so far is enough.

Articles this image appears in: Carl Van Vechten

Creator: Carl Van Vechten, edited by User:jjron and User:Crisco 1492

Suggested by: Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:44, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I'd crop out the white lines visible at the edges of all four sides (most noticeable at left). Julia\^talk 09:46, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I'll get on that. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:38, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Millennium PBD

It's a photograph which shows the world's largest bus station, hence deserves a Featured Picture. However, I have a few doubts because the FPC states that licensing has to be "free", and I'm not very sure whether this photo meets that criteria.

I added a second alternative for pushing to FP status. Which one is more acceptable? ~*~Ankit Bhatt~*~ 17:37, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Articles this image appears in: Millennium Park Bus Depot

Creator: Ankitbhatt

Suggested by: ~*~Ankit Bhatt~*~ 05:23, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I think the licence is fine if it is on commons, however I don't think either image will pass FPC. The second's resolution is too low, so it is automatically excluded. Both need work on the composition. The field of view just seems too narrow. JJ Harrison (talk) 01:20, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Che Guevara

Extremely iconic image. Not quite sure if the quality is up to par.

Articles this image appears in: Che Guevara, Guerrillero Heroico, and dozens more

Creator: Alberto Korda

Suggested by: Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:25, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I checked this one out myself with an eye on nomming it about 6mths ago and concluded no. --jjron (talk) 09:58, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I was leaning that way as well. 200kb is not exactly the size you'd expect for a file of that resolution. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:05, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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John Juanda

Good quality, fairly sharp. Interesting pose

Articles this image appears in: John Juanda

Creator: Matt Waldron

Suggested by: Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:28, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

White balance and background noise need fixing. I think people won't like the headphones though. JJ Harrison (talk) 11:46, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The headphones were one of the reasons I considered this first (the other was the water bottle). No information in the article if it's a habit of his or not. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:07, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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KitchenAid Pro 500 Stand Mixer

Found this image on Flickr whilst trawling for images to improve the KitchenAid article with. Was surprised to find such a high quality image, and I'll freely say that I know next to nothing about the FP process, but thought that this might be suitable.

Articles this image appears in: KitchenAid

Creator: g2boojum on Flickr

Suggested by: Miyagawa (talk) 19:39, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

People are usually pretty picky with static objects in a studio setting. I don't think the lighting is good - the front is dark. The background is distracting. I'd probably leave it. JJ Harrison (talk) 23:40, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Arizona (BB39) Port Bow, Underway

High EV and good quality, we can also use an alternative crop instead, whichever suits better.

Articles this image appears in: None atm, could be used in USS Arizona (BB-39)

Creator: Unknown

Suggested by: ■ MMXX ^talk 23:55, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/USS Arizona (BB-39) ■ MMXX ^talk 01:22, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

Batasia Loop, Darjeeling N.F.Railway, Photograph by Vikramjit Kakati

Picture is very good. I think it has good EV. Please evaluate this and make this a candidate for FPC. Note; I'm not the creator of this Pic. I'm merely submitting it here.

Articles this image appears in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Frontier_Railway_Zone_%28India%29

Creator: Vikramjit Kakati

Suggested by: Vijayrajah (talk) 08:12, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I think that the train is a bit too incidental to the photograph to have the required EV (encyclopaedic value) in most articles. It is a pretty picture though. JJ Harrison (talk) 23:41, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
~~By the way, the photo has a fairly large digital watermark.~~ O.J. (talk) 22:37, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Watermarking issue resolved thanks to Jbarta. O.J. (talk) 10:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
After some further investigation I noticed that the photo originally comes from Panoramio, where it is copyrighted by its creator. So this might be a copyvio. O.J. (talk) 22:45, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Kirchner marzo 2007 Congreso

I want to know if there is image noise or some other problem with this file, before actually nominating it

Articles this image appears in: Néstor Kirchner, Presidency of Néstor Kirchner (and others)

Creator: Víctor Hugo Bugge

Suggested by: Cambalachero (talk) 18:22, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Shot at ISO 1000 there may have been some inherent image noise, but the main issue is that it's been overly compressed leading to some pretty visible JPEG artifacting; that's probably mixing with the original noise to make it look disappointing at full res. You can't access a less compressed version can you? --jjron (talk) 17:03, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- No, this photo was taken from a web page that released their photos under a free licence, I did not take it myself (it is not inside my camera). Do you think I should ask for help at the Photography workshop? If the noise is too much to fix, I may drop the issue, I don't want to bother anyone with impossible tasks Cambalachero (talk) 21:22, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - A bit of noise you can often work with, though often with the side effect of losing detail, which is why people will often do a selective noise reduction on the background only where the details aren't important. The problem here is twofold or even threefold. The issue is more artifacting than noise; this means that through excessive compression when this was saved some of the original detail the image would have had has been lost - there is no way you can get this back other than going to back to the original and starting again. The other problem is that it is perhaps most significant on the subject of the image, the man himself (check his suit coat for example); applying any sort of 'correction' to that will therefore remove even more detail, and I have to say that for whatever reason - could be to do with slight focus issue, lower quality lens, difficult lighting, or the ISO and compression settings, or possibly a combination of these and more - I don't think he has a real lot of detail even now, like in terms of the detail on his face, so I don't think it can afford to lose any more. You could get someone to give it a try, but I don't really like the chances of seeing much improvement. Alternatively you could try nomming as is at FPC and just see how it goes. Or email the site if they have contact details and ask if they could provide a higher res version. --jjron (talk) 12:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Integrated circuit

Wonderful pictureof high ev

Articles this image appears in: Integrated circuit

Creator: TenIslands

Suggested by: Extra 999 (Contact ^me) 04:44, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

To be honest this doesn't do much for me; I mean it's quite nicely done, but looking at it larger it has issues. The image quality itself isn't terrible, but it's pretty unexceptional (i.e., it's not that good). The samples illustrated are also pretty scuffed. Furthermore I don't really think the DOF really works for this image as it's been arranged - illustrating the three facets of the IC you'd really want them all in focus, not have the DOF trailing off as it does here (it would probably need a focus stack or combination of several images to do this properly); generally that's not such as issue, but just the way this has been set up I feel it's created this as an issue for itself. I also can't help feeling that after all that we're really not seeing an actual 'circuit' itself anyway. --jjron (talk) 13:47, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Princeton University Class of 1879

High resolution scan of an old photograph. I rebalanced the shadows to make it less washed out and removed the yellow. Even if this doesn't make it through FPC I'd like to know how else I can improve it. Thanks.

Articles this image appears in: List of Princeton University people

Creator: Lagrange613

Suggested by: Lagrange 613 00:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I personally don't think it's suitable for FP - beyond anything else, EV is pretty dubious. Perhaps if you could identify some notable alumni in the image, EV would be better. TBH, I also doubt you'll get image quality high enough. In terms of improving it further, the first step would be to remove that big dark smudge on the left-hand side; getting rid of it would require a bit of work, but would be a big positive. Additionally there's a heck of a lot of dust and scratches at fullsize that could pretty easily be removed with a bit of casual cloning and healing in Photoshop. Also strikes me as having a very minor clockwise tilt (probably only 0.1° to 0.2°) which could also be pretty easily fixed. Regards, --jjron (talk) 10:46, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with jjron. Even if some of the people in the image are notable, the image quality isn't high enough for any of them to be identifiable. Makeemlighter (talk) 20:07, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with jj and Makeem. Pteronura brasiliensis 17:14, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Sunset across the Ryogoku bridge

High resolution and quality. High EV as it is part of a notable series by a notable artist. Visually appealing.

Articles this image appears in: Manji (era), Sumida River, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Creator: User:Petrusbarbyger

Suggested by: Extra 999 (Contact ^me) 03:46, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I was considering nominating this. Pretty clear how I'd vote (although I suggest waiting for another opinion before nominating) Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:27, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 17:30, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Semar Puppet

Striking colours and high resolution

Articles this image appears in: Semar

Creator: Crisco 1492

Suggested by: Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:41, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Personally I find this disconcerting as a cutout - I'd rather see it in some sort of context of a shadow puppet. Additionally the cutout needs work; it's a little rough. IQ isn't great either. --jjron (talk) 15:47, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As a shadow puppet, by definition the colours would not come through, and thus would have lower EV. Perhaps a side by side comparison, shadow puppet and cutout? Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:46, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Cumulonimbus calvus

High resolution and a very attractive shot of the cloud. The contrast between the bright sky and foggy land is striking.

Articles this image appears in: Cumulonimbus calvus

Creator: Crisco 1492

Suggested by: Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:38, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I think that the top cloud is in focus more than the rest and the ratio of how much of the picture the cloud takes up compared to how much of the rest of the picture there is leaves the balance a bit off. I'd want to see the bottom cropped a bit more, I think. Pteronura brasiliensis 17:17, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Arizona meets New York

The image is of high EV and is visually stunning. Between Cenpacrr and myself I feel that it has been well restored.

Articles this image appears in: USS Arizona (BB-39)

Creator: Original picture: US Navy. Restoration: Centpacrr and Crisco 1492

Suggested by: Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:24, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I really like this one. Possible issues - a bit soft at full-res, but having said which, there's plenty of resolution to spare. The buildings in the background have a definite clockwise tilt, but it doesn't seem consistent (seems to get worse working from left to right), so it could be partly an element of lens distortion; this could be improved a bit pretty easily. An unfortunate overlap of those masty things on the top of the ship (whatever they are, I know bugger-all about ships) with relatively similar background items; nothing you can do about it, and it's not so bad when viewed full-res, but even at image-page size it's a bit off-putting. Just for the record, was the restoration strictly a dust and scratches thing? I'd say give it a try at FPC. --jjron (talk) 11:01, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, there's a few aspects I'm a bit hazy about on further thought. I'm thinking it seems to be a pincushion distortion causing that tilt on the buildings, but as I said it's quite noticeable on the right, almost non-existent on the left; I'm wondering if this image has undergone a significant crop at some point for composition reasons, taking off the left-hand side? I'm also trying to work out why that little boat furthest left is so blurry; DOF shouldn't be an issue, I guess it could be a motion blur, but it would have had to been fairly hiking along. BTW, could I suggest you give it another quick once-over for scratches. --jjron (talk) 11:14, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How would one correct the "pincushion distortion"? The image was cropped and tilt corrected from its original TIFF. I could try and give it another look for scratches later today. Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Original file on-Wiki here.

I've updated it; Now with fewer scratches! Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:47, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, that distortion is a funny one, you could try a bit more rotation, but not sure that would help overall. Other than that you could do some distortion transforming, or even try a lens correction tool in Photoshop. I'm not sure how important it is. I'd have a play with it, but unfortunately my main computer has ceased to be, and I'm restricted to pretty limited equipment atm till I get the chance to buy a new machine. Just noticed there looks to be something seriously strange going on with the water between that front and centre boat and the main ship; not sure if that was introduced with the latest edit, but I didn't notice it before. --jjron (talk) 14:34, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are right about that; it may have been introduced through compression or something... odd. I will have another go tomorrow; already late here. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:17, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've uploaded two different versions over each other, here, I tried to fix the distortion, please check both of them and let me know how are they. ■ MMXX ^talk 00:58, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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