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Original - Fluorite (yellow), calcite (white/grey) and pyrite(gold specs), El Hammon Mine, Morocco
Reason
An aesthetic and encyclopaedic combination of minerals.
Articles this image appears in
Fluorite
Creator
Noodle snacks

Not promoted MER-C 02:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A render of a few spheres, created in Rhinoceros 3D and rendered using V-Ray. This render features: Depth of field, hexagonal aperture (and consequently hexagonal bokeh), fresnel reflections, area lights, global illumination, diffuse interreflection, ambient occlusion etc.
Reason
The image quality is high, the resolution is a good 1080p, and the picture adds significantly to the article by demonstrating the capabilities of V-Ray at raytracing. In addition, the picture is very aesthetically pleasing.
Articles this image appears in
Ray tracing (graphics); V-Ray
Creator
Mimigu
  • Support as nominator --Mimigu (talk) 19:39, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Well executed, and quite encylopedic at the articles where it appears. Good job! DurovaCharge! 23:40, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I see neither the claimed aesthetic value, nor how this illustrates V-Ray particularly well. I understand that there is a tradition of using balls to illustrate raytracing abilities, but curved surfaces can be used to make far more interesting compositions. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 00:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above. Looks attractive, but the blurred effects and lighting is not the best for FP. ZooFari 02:08, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I like the way so many effects are demonstrated. I thought I was imagining a hexagonal aperture but that's labelled, so cool. I wish more of the image was in focus, but it's ok. Would prefer a slight crop off the left for balance (green ball is cut off, hence blue ball should be too). Stevage 02:21, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I probably lowered the f-number too much, causing the DOF to be too shallow. I had intended it to have a rather shallow DOF so that the hexagonal aperture can be observed. Also, the blur quality is rather low (meaning that blurred edges are slightly grainy), but if I had increased the number of samples further it would take much longer to render... this picture, as it is, took around 2 hours to render on my Asus M50VM-B1 laptop, and I don't have a faster computer.Mimigu (talk) 02:55, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, we're in no rush. Unless you're worried about your laptop melting, why not increase the quality and render overnight? 2 hours is nothing in render terms. :) Stevage 06:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Or give someone else the required files and instructions on how to render, then ask them to send back the finished product, if they have a faster PC. I can do it on my desktop (Core2Duo E6750, 2GB DDR2 PC6400, BFG/NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB) if you like, doubtless somebody around here has a much more powerful machine, mine's over a year old.Vanderdeckenξφ 11:12, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    If you don't have V-Ray license, that will set you back 250 USD, and that's just the educational discounted version, otherwise you're looking at a grand. Hopefully you wouldn't have to buy Rhino on top of that... Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:29, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah... I had assumed that V-Ray or an equivalent was freely licensed... d'oh. —Vanderdeckenξφ 12:14, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps I will re-render the picture again with higher settings (and possibly resolution, and I will reposition the camera so that the blue ball on the left is equally as cut off as the green ball on the right, or something like that. But not this week... I have exams. Mimigu (talk) 03:57, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Not an interesting picture. Sorry, but I don't think it would be possible to make a more clichéd 3D rendering than colored spheres on a flat surface. How about a fire-breathing dragon or something? Kaldari (talk) 17:26, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment A fire-breathing dragon may not show the features of 3D raytracing as clearly, because surely the focus of a picture of a fire-breathing dragon would be the fire effects and the surface of the dragon (e.g. scales). Fire is not generated using raytracing (and is in fact in some cases applied after the model has rendered), and the surface of the dragon would better exemplify techniques such as texture mapping rather than stuff like fresnel reflections... whoever looks at a fire-breathing dragon to notice subtle reflections on its scales? Moreover, a picture of a fire-breathing dragon probably cannot effectively demonstrate the depth of field in the rendered scene (We do want the whole dragon to be in focus), not to mention the shape of the aperture. As such, the fire-breathing dragon would fail to demonstrate the features of raytracing which I had intended to demonstrate with this picture. Spheres, on the other hand, though not necessarily as thrilling to observe, demonstrate, among other features, depth of field and fresnel reflections better than a picture of a fire-breathing dragon would. Thus the picture of spheres may be considered more encyclopedic, in my opinion, as it is more informative than merely entertaining. Also of note is that the spheres do not rest on a "flat surface" as you termed it. Each tile on the tiled floor is in fact slightly convex, with filleted edges. Mimigu (talk) 03:57, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I think you took my criticism a bit too literally :) How about a vase of flowers, if you want a realistic example of a scene that could be both interesting and demonstrate numerous 3D rendering effects. Kaldari (talk) 19:47, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, what's the deal with the weird doubling effect going on in the floor reflection? Is that a rendering bug? Kaldari (talk) 19:49, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Each tile on the floor is convex, so it reflects like a curved mirror. Mimigu (talk) 01:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Drawing a surface and spheres is very simple, even if the rendering took hours. I don't think it shows any optical effect simulated by ray tracing except reflection. Noodle snacks (talk) 05:22, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Look closer. The depth of field effects are obvious. The blue-purple ball left of centre, foreground shows the hexagonal aperture. There's two. Stevage 06:07, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Solar glory at the steam from hot springs at Yellowstone National Park.A glory is an optical phenomenon produced by light backscattered (a combination of diffraction, reflection and refraction) towards its source by a cloud of uniformly-sized water droplets.
Alternative 1
Reason
A good quality, interesting image that adds value to the articles it is used in
Articles this image appears in
Glory (optical phenomenon);Refraction;Diffraction
Creator
Mbz1
  • Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 04:03, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reluctant oppose photographer's shadow in frame. Otherwise a fine shot. DurovaCharge! 23:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose All these light effects like glories, sun dogs and the like leave me cold, I'm afraid. It's probably a good photo of a difficult-to-photograph phenomenon, but it's not very attractive. And the vast majority of the photo is trees, sky, dirt and smoke. Stevage 02:24, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose While this picture does significantly contribute to the article, the image quality is mediocre: In the background, there is considerable chromatic aberration and blurriness. Also, the position of the solar glory is rather awkward; usually the most important object should be in the center of the picture, but in the two photos the solar glories appear slightly to the side and nearer to the bottom of the photo. Whilst I am certain that such phenomena are hard to capture in photos, the FP criteria does not take into account the "level of difficulty in taking the photo" when addressing image quality. Mimigu (talk) 03:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • That's not strictly correct, perhaps it's not formerly defined in the criteria but it's commonly accepted that the difficulty of taking a photo is a factor. For example a building shot must be extremely well taken because a building is quite permanent and hence easy to revisit and reshoot. --Fir0002 10:04, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The shadow's too much for me (in spite of the apparent difficulty of doing this shot otherwise). Sorry Sasata (talk) 06:27, 23 February 2009 (UTC) Per Mimigu. Sasata (talk) 07:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Um, have people bothered to read about what this is meant to be showing? Wouldn't it be more like impossible to do this shot without the shadow? To quote the first line of the article "A glory is an optical phenomenon appearing much like an iconic Saint's halo about the head of the observer", and from further down in the article "The colorful halo always surrounds the observer's own shadow" (emphasis added). Can't exactly get a halo around the shadow if there's no shadow there. I'm just saying... --jjron (talk) 07:00, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you all very much for the votes and for comments. Special thanks to Jiron for taking the time to do my job and explain what is going on with the image and my shadow. Glory is an interesting phenomenon. Let's say two people are staying next to each other.Each of them will still be able to see a shodow of the other, but each of them will see the glory only around his own shadow. If one sees a glory around his head, he could be thinking that he's is very special. Not so fast. As you could see from this image File:Solar glory at hot springs moves after the camera.jpg I made an experiment and took the camera off my face. The glory on the picture moved to my camera shadow, but while my camera was taking an image of the glory around itself, I still saw the glory only around my head. Glories are more or less common from the air. It is quite rare to see a glory not from a plane. Yellowstone with its hot spring is the right place to try. I'm sure that 99.99% of the park visitors miss it because they do not know how and where to look for this. That's why I thought that it might be interesting to make FP from this image and to make more people learn about glories. Anyway... Thank you all again for the interest in the images.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:56, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Just to nitpick, the phenomenon must appear around the *observer's* shadow, but with creativity, that could be more interesting than merely the photographer's silhouette. If the photographer was standing in front of a statue, for instance... Stevage 00:08, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If a photographer was standing in front of a statue, the glory would not be seen. The only way to see a glory is to see your own shadow. The shadow of a statue will close your own shadow and the glory with it.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:25, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:25, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - North sidewalk of the Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, at dawn, featuring Christmas decoration lights.
Reason
Very high image quality, high resolution, and the artistic use of long exposure time.
Articles this image appears in
Champs-Élysées
Creator
Benh LIEU SONG
  • Weak oppose To me, the ghostly apparitions made this pic some kind of surreal art—which looks cool—but distract from the EV. Admittedly, it would be difficult to get everyone to step out of the way while you took a pic! Sasata (talk) 06:35, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose - with such a long exposure, it's sort of neither day nor night. The focus of this image is the footpath which is...not very interesting. Also not fond of the ghosts. Stevage 06:35, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Very sharp and detailed as are all of Benh's panoramas, but I'm not convinced about the exposure. As Stevage says, it is a sort of a wishywashy twilight image, lacking in contrast. It is an interesting view and good for the article, but not a stand out FP in my opinion. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:39, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Overexposed. Kaldari (talk) 17:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: I don't find the ghosts distracting. I think this really shows off Champs-Élysées; I have trouble imagining that another picture could do it much better. The amount captured here is great; plenty of scope. This place has obviously been lit to be glorious at night, which this photo captures. It's always going to be busy, in fact it would be ghostly if it wasn't, and the people present and there in ghost are evidence of that, and yet there aren't so many that you lose the street scene. I imagine that, in daylight, this would all look rather ordinary. Maedin\talk 18:02, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Ty Cobb safe at third base after hitting a triple, 16 August 1924.
Reason
Photographically a wonderful capture for 1924, and in terms of encyclopedic value North American reviewers probably need no explanation. Ty Cobb was one of the greatest baseball players of all time, with one of its worst personalities. Still a household name among fans of the game more than 80 years after his retirement. Restored version of File:Ty Cobb sliding.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Ty Cobb
Creator
National Photo Service
  • Support as nominator --DurovaCharge! 08:08, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional Support - once the caption includes a translation. —Vanderdeckenξφ 11:16, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I hope the wikilinks help? Cobb's foot must make contact with the padded object before the other player can catch the ball and touch him. So he drops in the final moment and slides to base while avoiding the other player. The ball is still in the air and the other player's foot is off the base, so Cobb is safe. The context of a triple means he is completing one of the game's more difficult plays. (Hope that's sufficient translation?--the game is ubiquitous in my part of the world and this is the first time I've attempted to explain sliding to third base to an adult). DurovaCharge! 16:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose Setting aside resolution this is the least compelling image in the article. Yes the high res is nice but it doesn't mitigate the fundamental deficiencies of this photo. Out of interest why is the stadium virtually empty? --Fir0002 12:06, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Possibly because this occurred during practice? I found a few shots of him with full stadiums, but none of the captures were nearly as good. The precise timing that's become commonplace in recent decades--ball in the air--was rare in professional sports photography in the first quarter of the twentieth century. DurovaCharge! 16:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Since the bleachers are the only part of the stadium shown, it is possible that it is just the beachers are empty (or nearly so). The bleachers would not necessarily have needed to be used if the attendance was such that all the patrons could fit in the other seats. I know that some teams closed down the bleachers at times when attendance did not require their use, but I can't speak for certain about this particular instance. Rlendog (talk) 20:39, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regretful Oppose I really wish we had more photos like this. Unfortunately, I think neither the quality nor the EV is high enough to feature this. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A typical window air-conditioning unit.
Reason
The image has a good compromise of simplicity and detail. I feel that it explains the subject pretty well.
Articles this image appears in
Air conditioning
Creator
Pbroks13
To fix it, you can:
- Take the bottom blue arrow in the front, reverse its direction, make it red until it gets to the coil, and move it up until it's pointed into the center of the fan blower. Label it indoor air.
- The blue arrow on top can stay where it is, but it should be all blue. This is the cooled air.
- The big red arrow on the bottom can be deleted, as it just doesn't work like that.
The condenser section looks ok to me. HowStuffWorks has a diagram here showing how the air does a U-turn in the evaporator side. Hope that helps. Fletcher (talk) 23:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted without prejudice against rerunning it later, once issues are dealt with. --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 04:40, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - The Sarus Crane, species Grus antigone antigone
Reason
High technical standards, high resolution, beautiful composition, adds EV to several articles; FP on wiki Commons
Articles this image appears in
Sarus Crane, List of birds of Western Australia, List of birds of India, Phnom Srok District
Creator
Luc Viatour
  • Support as nominator --Sasata (talk) 06:19, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Alright, I'll say something, since nobody else seems to want to bite. It's cut off. Yes, we all knew these words were coming, so I might as well get them out of the way. Photographically, it's good, as expected of the contributor, but not perfect - I'm sure the photographer would readily admit that the angle between the bird and the sun wasn't ideal - we're spreading the contrast rather thinly between light and dark, just as we're straddling between a full-body and head-only portrait here in a void filled but with trenches. I'm not even going to download this to confirm that the bright patch on the neck is burnt out - contrast issues, like I said. I'm sure it could be argued that this composition is better than a whole-body shot because the patterning of the neck and head provide the species ID. However, the detail of the collar tuft is what's suffered most from the lighting of the moment, and I find myself yearning for more detail of this intriguing feature, as well as some independent confirmation that this is a typical specimen - the wild specimens in the gallery of the same article look different enough for me to raise this issue. Finally, this is highly likely a zoo shot, giving not only a little push to my tendency to oppose, but also making a reshoot a much more plausible possibility for the future. Mostly oppose. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 03:26, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose as per Papa Lima Whiskey, if the lighting was right I'd change to weak support.Terri G (talk) 13:31, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 04:42, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Quartz crystal group from Tibet
Reason
A specimen with large clear crystals. I find the rainbow spectra produced by the point source back lighting interesting.
Articles this image appears in
Quartz, Mineral
Creator
Noodle snacks

Promoted Image:Quartz, Tibet.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 04:45, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - United States President Jimmy Carter greeting Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House shortly after the Camp David Accords went into effect, 8 April 1980.
Reason
One of the most significant accomplishments of Jimmy Carter's term as President of the United States was the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, which had several effects including Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula and the eventual assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Here Carter greets Sadat at the White House shortly after the Camp David Accords went into effect. Sadat was killed the following year. Restored version of File:Carter and Sadat White House.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Presidency of Jimmy Carter, Camp_David_Accords#Consequences
Creator
Warren K. Leffler or Marion S. Trikosko


Promoted Image:Carter and Sadat White House2.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:26, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - Schematic depiction of André-Jacques Garnerin's parachute used in the Parc Monceau descent of 22 October 1797. Illustration dates from the early nineteenth century.
Reason
A schematic for the first successful human descent by a frameless silk parachute. A bit similar to a current featured picture; this version has more than 10 times the resolution and illustrates both before and after deployment. Restored version of Image:First parachute.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
André-Jacques Garnerin, Parc Monceau, parachute
Creator
Unknown artist; comes from the Tissandier collection at the Library of Congress
  • Support as nominator --DurovaCharge! 22:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. The caption at the bottom presumably describes the three figures, but is in French. It should be translated into English on the image page as a matter of course, and because it's not entirely clear what each image is showing. I for one aren't too clear on the middle image for starters, as it looks quite different to the modern use of a parachute, it's not explained on the image page, and doesn't seem to be explained anywhere in the article/s. The articles suggest he jumped out of a balloon, by which I'd assume the basket, but this looks like the parachute was in some way cut loose or separated from a free floating balloon while he remained in the basket, which is clearly not the same as jumping from a balloon. Hmm, something needs fixing... --jjron (talk) 14:27, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Translation F1 Parachute canopy. F2 Parachute folded at take-off. F3 Parachute deployed at separation from balloon. (Could probably be improved...) Stevage 10:11, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks - needs to be added to the image page though, unless someone comes up with an improved version. Probably confirms what I thought I was seeing, but as I said above it doesn't gel with the mentions of this event in the articles, as he's not 'jumping' from the balloon. --jjron (talk) 13:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'll have a look at the article text and seek additional sourcing. Did about 350 miles of driving yesterday (500km) so have been pretty busy off-wiki. Thanks for your help, Stevage, and for your patience, Jjron. DurovaCharge! 23:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My reading of the caption is that the parachute was attached to the bottom of a balloon, then released. Stevage 02:12, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've found three sources that support this depiction as correct, and expanded the article citing the most detailed of the three. Also added English translation of the French captions to the image hosting page. DurovaCharge! 01:36, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Promoted Image:First parachute2.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:27, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - A photo of Victoria Crater, Mars - with colour adjusted to produce a more realistic image - based on the images from the older missions where real-colour cameras were used (ones that don't pipe through filters to create multiple black and white images which are later recombined) as this is a more reliable method. The ground now also matches recent photos of Mars taken from altitude.
Reason
It is high quality, high resolution and provides an accurate photo of mars
Articles this image appears in
Mars
Creator
Scottcabal using a NASA public image
if it was incorrectly calibrated can you explain why the ground pics with a dark red sky have a significantly different colour to the ones from above the ground? the sky should be a misty white/blue rather than just blue or dark red which is what i've tried to show in this pic, as well as showing the ground colour to be correct - just look on the page about the Victoria Crater on here... the ground in the pic I uploaded, and the aerial pic of the crater match. I guess If you were physically there it could appear slightly darker than I have shown due to the distance of the sun, but the colouration would be the same. Scottcabal (talk) 14:47, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As I said above, the aerial pics are not true color while the ground ones are. MER-C 00:23, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and the image no longer appears in any articles. Speedy close. (I feel a little too involved to nuke this myself). MER-C 00:36, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I think there is potential for improvement in the featured image. They should have calibrated these values before putting them on the guns. Once again, we have an example of a histogram with huge amounts of dead space, and I can actually get a version very close to Scottcabal's by executing an auto-WB command. If we're going to feature an image of Mars that isn't true colour, we might as well use the full dynamic range we have available in our output medium. At the very least, the contrast should be stretched. Oppose speedy at this point. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 04:36, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Color channels can be edited independently in GIMP without taking the image apart first, using curves for instance, or using the Color->Decompose/Recompose mechanism (which automatically creates the layers you're referring to). As it stands, the image seems very poorly calibrated since there's dead space both in the value view (i.e. all three "channels" have *some* dead space) as well as the blue gun specifically. Even if the blue gun were to carry a blue wavelength channel, and blue light were underrepresented on Mars, I'm not sure that's an excuse to consign the blue gun to being only 2/3 used, rather than compromising on the final image not having the correct hues as the human brain would reconstruct them (were a human observer actually present on Mars, without a color-filtering visor), but in return giving the user a contrast-rich image. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Wronkiew (talk) 18:23, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Citrus leaf showing details of pores and veins. The citrus tree is actually the green lemon tree.
Reason
High resolution, shows great detail on veines and pores (the bright dots which are pigments).
Articles this image appears in
Leaf, Citrus
Creator
ZooFari
Why would it violate the copyright law? I took it myself (see its camera details, which is the same as all my other images). ZooFari 02:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - "The Journey": illustration by Elizabeth Shippen Green for a series of poems by Josephine Preston Peabody, entitled "The Little Past", which relate experiences of childhood from a child's perspective. Poems and illustration were published in Harper's Magazine, December 1903. Restored digital file from original oil painting.
Reason
Believe it or not, the only example of illustration at children's literature was a small black and white nonfree image until this took its place. Elizabeth Shippen Green was a children's book illustrator and this example seems especially apt: a child peers through a train window and imagines palaces in the air. Scanned from the original oil painting and restored from File:The Journey.jpg. Lower resolution version for slower connections available at File:The_Journey2_courtesy_copy.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Elizabeth Shippen Green, Children's literature, Josephine Preston Peabody
Creator
Elizabeth Shippen Green

Promoted File:The Journey2.jpg MER-C 06:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The Rust Mite (Aceria anthocoptes), a potential biological control agent of the weed, Canada Thistle. Magnified 1,400X.
Reason
Good quality, good Ev and lots of wow. Image was previously nominated here as an alternative. IMO, the picture shows a different kind of mite than the featured one and deserves to be featured.
Articles this image appears in
Mite, Acarina, Eriophyidae, Eriophyoidea
Creator
Erbe, Pooley: USDA, ARS, EMU.

Promoted File:Rust Mite, Aceria anthocoptes.jpg MER-C 06:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - (None - used in a taxobox)
Reason
Found this while scheduling main page featured articles. I think it's a great image that deserves to be featured.
Articles this image appears in
King Vulture
Creator
commons:user:Ltshears

Not promoted MER-C 06:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A great example of Western Sushi bought from a local supermarket
Reason
Displays a variety of western sushi and clearly provides visual example of such.
Articles this image appears in
Sushi
Creator
Mrmcdonnell

Apparently this nomination was never listed. Adding it now. MER-C 05:52, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - Peruvian Terraced Farming
Reason
An interesting angle on beautiful peruvian terraced farms, where different crops and land uses can be seen. Accompanied by good information.
Articles this image appears in
Terrace (agriculture)
Creator
User:Jethrothompson

Apparently this nomination was never listed. Adding it now. MER-C 05:52, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted MER-C 06:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Folsom Lake as seen at "low-tide".
Reason
A photo showing a desolate landscape... in the middle of a very popular recreational facility. I love the conflict the image brings forth.
Articles this image appears in
Folsom Lake
Creator
User:J.smith

Apparently this nomination was never listed. Adding it now. MER-C 05:52, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose just for the sake of getting a vote down. Shows us the lake, yes, but composition is nothing striking, the left hand side just cuts out (maybe the shore's too far away?), the right side is clipped too tight at the bank, and there's not that much of particular interest in between. The lighting strikes me as a bit harsh - harsher at least than I'd expect of an FP standard image for this type of subject. And FWIW the photo does not appear in Folsom Lake. (And why's it a PNG?). --jjron (talk) 07:06, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I was going to take the leap too. I agree with Jjron, the composition is fairly ordinary. I think only an elevated position would really give you a decent view of the lake. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:16, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A mature Amanita muscaria, commonly called the fly agaric, as seen near Tyndrum, Scotland.
Reason
I think this is a fantastic image of one of the best-known mushrooms - maybe a bit more open and mature than the "classic" image used in a million 1960s images, but I don't see that as a problem, given that if we only showed the classic stage of development, how would people know what the other stages looked like?
Articles this image appears in
Amanita muscaria
Creator
Tim Bekaert

Not promoted MER-C 06:13, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Kishū kumano iwatake tori ("Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishū") from Hiroshige II's Shokoku meisho hyakkei ("100 Famous Views of Japan" or "100 Famous Views of the Provinces")
Not for voting - the unrestored original. The publisher's stamp on the left is actually incomplete - it cuts off with the left edge of the paper - and also unbalances the design a bit - so I cropped it out of the final version, though an uncropped version is also uploaded if anyone wants to play with it.
Reason
A very high quality Ukiyo-e print, historically, sociologically, gastronomically, and artistically interesting.
Articles this image appears in
Hiroshige II, Umbilicaria esculenta, Lichen.
Creator
Hiroshige II

Promoted File:Hiroshige II - Kishu kumano iwatake tori - Shokoku meisho hyakkei.jpg MER-C 06:13, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Reason
This picture is technically good, visually attractive and it has good EV in the articles it is currently used in.
Articles this image appears in
New York City Police Department, Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and Times Square
Creator
Massimo Catarinella
Since when are names of companies in pictures prohibited on Wikipedia? And every aspect of the car is visible...not every picture has to be a close-up. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 23:24, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I never said it can't. I simply said it shouldn't as a candidate of FP. Also, yes, on FP images should be cropped to the subject. ZooFari 01:21, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Although FP doesn't allow fair use, I'm not aware of any consensus against showing company signs, and many of our FPs have such signs visible (example: File:New York Midtown Skyline at night - Jan 2006 edit1.jpg). I would suspect textual signs fall more under trademark law than copyright, but I'm not sure. Regardless, you will have to substantiate the view that signs are not acceptable, as we have other FPs that have them. Fletcher (talk) 23:20, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I can't say for sure as IANAL, but I would expect that we would have no problem using photos that contain trademarks as long as they are incidental to the photo and not the actual focus of the photo. In any case, I disagree with Zoofari that a FP should be cropped to include only the subject. Often the surroundings are just as important as the subject itself, especially somewhere iconic like Time Square in NYC. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:15, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've created an edit to address this "problem". --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 18:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Easily reproducible shot? Good luck with that. It was taken at night in the poring rain in the middle of Times Square, which is always crowded with people. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 12:16, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: This doesn't work for me. I don't think it flatters the car, or Times Square. I would expect this sort of photo to do at least one of those things, if not both. The car is dirty, its markings are chipped in places, the City of New York sticker can't be seen in detail, and the detail and (interest) of all the various things on top of the car are lost by the angle and background. There are umbrellas around, but no people. I wouldn't go as far as Cacophony and suggest that this sort of shot should be flawless, but I think a whole lot more can be coaxed out of the subject. Maedin\talk 20:01, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I know that aesthetic images are nice, but sometimes you have to acknowledge that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and it has to reflect the truth, not an idealism. If NYC police cars are dirty, and Time Square is dirty, then that is reflected in the photo. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hi Diliff, and I agree . . . I found it disappointing that Noodle Snacks' dahlia graceland didn't make it because it had been enjoyed by a rather hungry insect. If anything, I thought that added encyclopaedic value, as I pointed out in my comments. As far as I'm aware, though, police services and fire services go to a lot of effort to keep their vehicles extremely clean. I assume that this is true in New York City, although it may not be as easy to catch the vehicles at their opportune moments. The car is probably only dirty because it's end of shift on a wet day, and if the other elements of the photo had been good enough, this wouldn't have been an issue. It isn't that the car has to be unrealistically clean. And sorry, I hadn't noticed your comments before, which is why my response is so late!  :-) Maedin\talk 08:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • No problem. I still disagree with the Dahlia nomination though. The difference between this image nomination and the Dahlia is that an image that illustrates a flower should show the complete flower IMO. A random visitor to the article might assume that all Dahlia's look like that, otherwise. But if the image was used in an article that related to bugs eating flowers, then it might be ideal, although even then you should expect to see a bug actively eating it, not just the leftovers! ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:45, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • That said, by the way, I agree that the composition isn't ideal. :-) It's just that I sometimes take issue when people want a photo to look prettier it simply isn't the reality of the situation. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:22, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • So, Diliff, where do you stand on this one then? :) Stevage 05:45, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • Okay okay. I Oppose. I disagreed with some of Maedin's justifications, but I agree with her conclusion. ;-) Compositionally, I don't think that side-on is the best view of a car, and I can imagine a busier but more interesting view of Time Square. It is a difficult location to shoot, but I'm sure it could be done. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:15, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • You and Diliff have a point about the dahlia, :-) Maedin\talk 09:36, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:13, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Las Meninas (Spanish for The Maids of Honour) is a 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The work's complex and enigmatic composition raises questions about reality and illusion, and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. Because of these complexities, Las Meninas has been one of the most widely analysed works in Western painting.
Flaw: Rectangles in image do not line up with jpeg frame. Badly distorted canvas?
Reason
High-quality reproduction of iconic artwork
Articles this image appears in
Las Meninas (via imagemap template, so it's not shown in file links), Western painting, Baroque painting, Diego Velázquez, Museo del Prado, Spanish art, several more
Creator
Diego Velázquez
  • I'm not sure. This comes direct from the Prado, and one would think they know what they're doing. Looking at the other versions of this on the commons, this is probably in the middle in terms of rotation (some are slightly clockwise of this, some are slightly counterclockwise). Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:18, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there a line that catches your eye as out of place, PLW? At far left that's a canvas on an easel, so of course it would be tilted. The rest seems fine, unless you've spotted something I haven't? DurovaCharge! 16:59, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're right, Durova, I apologise for my mistake. "The ceiling and picture frames on the rear wall" should of course have read "easel". It's the same thing, after all, and "easel" is a much more professional way to say "ceiling and picture frames on the rear wall". Unfortunately, wiktionary doesn't have a reverse look-up. Which brings me back to my other fault, that I make very exact statements when they aren't really required, so I use technical phrases like "reverse look-up" and "ceiling and picture frames on the rear wall". At yet other times, I can be overly sarcastic. I'll work on it, I promise! Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 21:10, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The gallery below demonstrates the effect of rotating the image so that the left edge of a background picture frame is vertical: doors, door frames, and floor boards end up slanted. Three factors might account for this: the canvas might have might have gotten slightly loose over three and a half centuries, the original artwork might have been a couple of tenths of a degree off, or else Diego Velázquez accurately depicted a frame in the background that was hanging incorrectly on the wall. DurovaCharge! 15:30, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Promoted Image:Las Meninas 01.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 08:07, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - The promenade along the beach in Brighton features a wide variety of shops, cafes, art and seafood stalls.
Reason
A detailed and interesting view along the promenade in Brighton, a popular seaside city in the south of England. Admittedly, this is a busy composition, but I think the scene is interesting and manages to show a lot of activity and sights within the frame (best viewed at full size obviously).
Articles this image appears in
Brighton
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:40, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The blonde woman by the Brighton's Smoked Fish Shop apparently has a massive hole in her back through which the pavement is visible. Also, a lot of the promenade is in shadow-- would a shot a few hours earlier in the afternoon been lit better? (I've never been to Brighton, so I have no idea what would be the best time of day to shoot). Is this shot less encyclopedic due to it being taken during the "off-season"? (Again, I have no idea whether that's true). Spikebrennan (talk) 15:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Haha, I don't know how I managed to miss that, as I had a good look at it to make sure there were no faults. The panorama blender has obviously decided to make it look like a window into her soul or something, as it has a definite rectangular shape to it. :-) I will endeavour to fix that issue. I guess voting should be held off on voting until this is corrected, to confirm I can definitely do it without causing other stitching issues as it is quite a serious fault. As for it being less encyclopaedic, I wouldn't say so. It probably has slightly less people walking along the promenade, but other than that it doesn't change significantly. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 16:05, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Okay, I've just uploaded a replacement over the top of the original that addresses the stitching fault. It also happens to be slightly higher res (no significant change to the detail visible though I don't think). I also forgot to respond to the issue you raised of the shadows. It is pretty difficult to take any photo in winter that far north without shadows of some kind, as the sun is never directly overhead. I don't personally see them as distracting, and the elements in shadow aren't particularly dark. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 19:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Interesting photo, it's a bit like a where's wally: what's going on in that first boat on the left? What *is* that girl doing with that anchor? Does that man on the right have a dog between his legs? What is a "smoke house"? etc :) Stevage 03:34, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Composition lacks focus, leading the viewer to wander around aimlessly, much like the people in the photo. And unlike the beach photos cited above, the "Where's Waldo" aspect isn't as interesting (for better or worse!) when the people are wearing all their clothes.  :-) Fletcher (talk) 00:00, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I would argue that the lack of focus is the point though. The promenade isn't one single object/concept. It is a number of different things (people, shops, the pier in the background, the random boats and artwork etc) all combined in a (relatively) compact composition. But I accept your reasoning. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:22, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support There's nothing really happening in the image; yeah, people are wondering around aimlessly, going about their daily lives, meandering and such, but I think that's one of the reasons I like it: it makes me a bit homesick. I agree with Diliff that the prom is made of a number of individual things, and so there isn't really one thing to focus on. Matthewedwards (talk contribs  email) 18:36, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suport Personally I love this type of picture - most pictures I take tend to be of "random" scenes like this... I hate posed pictures of people so much prefer to take a pic of people doing their normal thing - seems more interesting to me... Gazhiley (talk) 09:35, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I like it as welll...it's a normal scene, not looking staged or anything. Per nom. SpencerT♦C 00:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose, there is nothing technically wrong with this image (although the writing on some of the signs seems odd). I just don't think this is the best way to represent the promenade. It shows a tiny portion and doesn't seem to be a very good way to represent it. I'm thinking what is really needed is some kind of aerial shot. gren グレン 23:38, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • What exactly do you find odd about the writing? There has been no photoshop trickery.. The writing's as-is. And yes, an aerial shot would be interesting, but completely unrealistic to expect of a FP! ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 23:57, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Shadows of the boat is a bit distracting but overall lighting is good. --Muhammad(talk) 04:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Promoted Image:Brighton Promenade, England - Feb 2009.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 08:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - It's a pharyngeal jaw
Reason
Brilliant illustration, high res, might need minor editing (watermark remove?).
Articles this image appears in
Jaw, Moray eel, Pharyngeal jaws
Creator
Zina Deretsky, US National Science Foundation (after Rita Mehta, UC Davis)
I have removed the border and watermarks. I have requested conversion at the graphics lab for png or svg. ZooFari 17:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
PNG conversion will only give a smaller file if you flatten the gradients, and I'm not sure that that would make a better picture. The same comment goes @SVG conversion. I predict it will look a lot less appealing, and at 230kb, this is already a slim JPG file considering its dimensions. You can try PNG conversion for yourselves to see if you can come up with a smaller file without loss in quality. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, converting won't help in the direct sense... it's remaking as a PNG / SVG. Mostly so it will scale well, I thought that was the main reason we only really promote diagrams in PNG or SVG. gren グレン 01:29, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SVG version Moray eels have a set of second jaws, the pharyngeal jaws, that help move their prey past the eel's oral jaws and down into their esophagus for swallowing.
  • New Version Thanks to Pbroke13 for rewriting it as SVG. What do you think? Adjustments can be made by the way. ZooFari 00:25, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment In my opinion a fun picture of the day, however, the illustration is poorly colored, making it seem as if the muscles are the primary feature of the second part of the illustration. Needs work. Strong oppose A featured picture should feature what it is featuring, and this image does not, and this whole board now seems to be a private club with only input from the regulars welcome or dealt with. This image will not be seen on the main page by the experts here alone, it will be seen by a general audience, and this image gives misinformation by labeling what is primary in a manner that recedes it into the background, according to the caption, at least. --KP Botany (talk) 07:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • First of all, what do you mean by "private"? This is a very open discussion; anyone is allowed to put in their input. And, all input is used to make a decision, so I'd have to say that this is not private by any means. Secondly, just because the background is blue and the font is a different shade of blue does not mean it doesn't feature what is trying to be described. Besides, do you have a better color scheme in mind? I feel that if you are opposing, you should bring in a suggestion to fix the problem described, especially if it is a strong oppose. --Pbroks13talk? 00:38, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • I posted this five and half days ago, the first time. You ignored my comment, and a color change (my suggestion) would have helped me to make a decision. I oppose because the feature of interest is lost in the color scheme. I strongly oppose because of this. If a featured picture does not feature what it is supposed to feature it loses encyclopedic value. --KP Botany (talk) 00:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • I'm sorry if you feel that I ignored your comment, but as you can see, my first time commenting on this page was today (yesterday UTC). ZooFari gave me requests, I just did them. But now, I've decided to get involved in the discussion. What I was trying to ask you is what color scheme would you suggest? I'm no color expert, so I look to you guys for specific suggestions to make the image better, not just a general "color needs to be better." --Pbroks13talk? 01:23, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment FP criterion 7: "Has a good caption". Also, does "Moray eels" really need to be in the picture? It seems superfluous since the file name, the picture description, and the caption in the article list the species. Makeemlighter (talk) 04:38, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It is better within the image, as people who may want to use images on Wiki will already have a title and captions. ZooFari 00:28, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
How hard is it to change three pages? Removing it will allow you to crop out the negative space, meaning the thumbnail will contain more pixels of the actual jaw. I'm not a fan of the the blue fading to white background, either. HereToHelp (talk to me) 03:22, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps you are right. I have asked the SVG uploader to do the removal and crop, and the new version is now update to the right. ZooFari 00:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • (edit conflict) Good points, the labeling is just not useful. However, the muscles and oral jaw should all be labeled, as the pharyngeal jaw does not work without them, yet, somehow it is not what is emphasized in the illustration. I think if the coloration is improved and the labeling changed the image will be improved as well, or its value as an encyclopedic illustration. --KP Botany (talk) 19:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good to me. If I was quibbling, I'd avoid the lines actually crossing the jaws themselves, and I'd use the text "pharyngeal jaws" rather than "jaw", but not important. If KP Botany really wants the muscles labelled, I'd suggest using a more specific term than "muscles" (ie, what muscles are they?), and a smaller font than that used for the jaws. Stevage 02:16, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Smaller font would be good. I don't quite like the first labeling of the pharyngeal jaws location. You know, now that you bring it up, they're technically pharyngeal jaw bones and pharyngeal jaw muscles. I don't understand how that would enhance an otherwise good illustration for the laymen. Maybe you could elaborate? --KP Botany (talk) 02:30, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So I looked it up, just at onelook.com, and it says in the medical dictionaries that it is just the bones, so I suppose just the bones is okay. It seems less encyclopedic when the muscles are so involved. Still don't understand why it has to be all the muscles for a general pictures for the layman. It should say Moray Eel, though, because their pharyngeal jaws are very unique. If it's labeled just "pharyngeal jaw" it should be a typical one, not a unique one. I like the coloration as redone as I think it puts emphasis and is cleaner and clearer than the prior. Support when Moray Eel added back to illustration. What's the caption, though? --KP Botany (talk) 05:35, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, "Moray Eel" is now labeled. There's a caption for it (what do you think?). Also, the lines aren't over the jaws. Now, I'm a bit confused. Are the bones and muscles to be labeled? If they are, smaller text would be good; however, should there be lines pointing like the pharyngeal jaws are? --Pbroks13talk? 18:54, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pharyngeal jaws of moray eels.svg MER-C 07:20, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - "'One More Step, Mr. Hands,' said I, 'And I'll Blow Your Brains Out.'" Jim Hawkins, the young protagonist and narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, threatens pirate Israel Hands, with two pistols. Illustration by N. C. Wyeth for the 1911 edition of the book.
Reason
As promised, another hi-res scan of a PD children's book illustration. (Yes, earlier generations considered Treasure Island a kids' book). A propos of nothing, see here [3] for the 1885 edition's illustration of the same scene in the book. Besides-- we need a good POTD for September 19.
Articles this image appears in
N. C. Wyeth, Treasure Island
Creator
N. C. Wyeth, illustration for a 1911 edition of Treasure Island

Not promoted MER-C 07:20, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The shipwreck from Act I, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, in an 1797 engraving based on a painting by George Romney
Not for voting - The original showing the severe damage that was fixed.
Reason
This one was a fun one - heavy damage to the left side, including some sort of mold. Luckily, I was able to fix it all. Mwahaha! Anyway, high-resolution, Shakespeare, major artist - what's not to love?
Articles this image appears in
The Tempest
Creator
George Romney (painter), B. Smith (engraver), etc.

Promoted File:George Romney - William Shakespeare - The Tempest Act I, Scene 1.jpg MER-C 07:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Poster for a 1908 production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida in Cleveland, Ohio.
Alt 1 - Restored image with colors corrected, edges sharpened
Not for voting - The original. Note the damage right down the centre which has disappeared in the restoration.
Reason
I think this poster - almost certainly showing the triumphal march in Act II, Scene 2 - is one of the best images we have for Verdi operas. A rather nice, detailed lithograph, as well, if not, perhaps, the most delicate. If I missed anything, just tell me and I'll do my best to fix it up.
Articles this image appears in
Aida. Could reasonably go in others, but this will do for now.
Creator
The Otis Lithograph Co

Promoted File:Aida poster colors fixed.jpg MER-C 07:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Cover art for the original incarnation of Life Magazine, 27 January 1910 issue, illustration by Coles Phillips.
Reason
Coles Phillips was a U.S. illustrator whose most influential innovation was the "fadeaway girl", in which foreground and background color match to create an impression of negative space. Cover art for an issue of Life Magazine, his principal publisher. Digitized from the original artwork. Restored version of File:Coles Phillips Life.jpg; smaller size version for slow connections available at File:Coles Phillips2 Life courtesy copy.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Coles Phillips, Life (magazine)
Creator
Coles Phillips

Promoted File:Coles Phillips2 Life.jpg MER-C 07:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Short video of a plasma ball/lamp in action
Reshot - Short video of a plasma ball/lamp in action
Reason
Self nom but I feal it is a good video that shows the movement aspect of a plasma ball better than an image could. It is nominated here because featured videos (unlike featured sounds) dosen't appear to have got off the ground.
Articles this image appears in
Plasma_lamp#History
Creator
Myself user:geni
currently haveing camera issues bot once sorted yes I can give it a go.Geni 02:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That being the case could this be withdrawn for the time being (not quite sure how that works here).Geni 18:31, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okey I've reshot. I can't get the resultion any higher without loseing FPS.Geni 22:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to have fallen off the nomination pile. Relisting it. MER-C 05:59, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They make a quiet hum, but only if you put your ear right up against them. For the purposes of the video, cutting out the sound channel completely and having it totally silent is the best way to go (does it actually have no sound channel or is it just a silent one? Removing the channel would shrink the file a little). We should add on the description page though, "This video intentionally has no sound" so people don't think their soundcard's bust or something. And for the second one, maybe emphasise that the video is not sped up in any way - someone could assume it was from the fast motion. —Vanderdeckenξφ 12:06, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Plasmaball vid2.ogv MER-C 07:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - A mounted samurai with bow and arrows.
Alt 1 - Reduced red-tint, less contrast on paper
Reason
An illustration (c. 1878) of a samurai archer on horseback.
Articles this image appears in
Yabusame
Creator
Unknown

Needs further input as to which version and enc. MER-C 02:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 07:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - Original cartoon of "The Gerry-Mander", this is the political cartoon that led to the coining of the term Gerrymander. The district depicted in the cartoon was created by Massachusetts legislature to favor the incumbent Democratic-Republican party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists in 1812.
Edit - Removal of stray specs and spots
Reason
This is an iconic image of American history that most American citizens should recognize from middle and high school history classes. It is a political cartoon that depicts a bizarrely shaped congressional district in Massachusetts in 1812 created solely to keep the incumbent congressmen in office by "rigging" (if you will) the election by having a significant majority of same-party voters in the district. US congressional districts change every 10 years after the US Census finishes its work (hence the action taking place in 1812). The governor at the time was named Gerry and eventually, the animal in this cartoon (a dragon) was likened to a salamander, giving way to the term Gerrymandering. The term is still in common use in the American vernacular today.
Articles this image appears in
Gerrymandering, Essex County, Massachusetts, Portmanteau, Elbridge Gerry The image was just added to Elbridge Gerry
Creator
Elkanah Tisdale (1771-1835) [References: D. C. O’Brien, “Elkanah Tisdale: Designer, Engraver and Miniature Painter” Connecticut Historical Bulletin, Vol. 49 No. 2, 1984, 83-96. Kenneth C. Martis, “The Original Gerrymander” Political Geography, Vol. 27, No. 4, November 2008, 833-839.] (uploaded by Chowbok)

Original reviewers please comment on edited version. Wronkiew (talk) 06:19, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Gerry-Mander Edit.png MER-C 07:22, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The opening of Act III in the original production of W. S. Gilbert's Tom Cobb: Tom Cobb smokes on the balcony while the intense, romantic Effingham family form a group inside. Created by D. H. Friston for the May 15, 1875 Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.
Reason
One of W. S. Gilbert's most successful non-musical plays. Tom Cobb, a hilarious little farce, wowed reviewers and the public alike, but, like many of Gilbert's non-Sullivan works, it faded into obscurity in the early 20th century. This is, perhaps, the only major contemporary illustration for the play, as there were only a few newspapers doing illustrated reviews at the time.
Articles this image appears in
Tom Cobb
Creator
D. H. Friston

N.B. This was nominated before, but... It's probably one of the only, or one of very few historic images of one of Gilbert's major non-musical plays, and wonderfully illustrates its article. So I'm going to ask for reconsideration.


Opening of Act III:

SCENE.--A drawing-room, shabbily furnished, in MR. EFFINGHAM's house. COBB is discovered smoking a pipe on balcony with CAROLINE. The EFFINGHAM family is discovered grouped:--MRS. EFFINGHAM seated; old EFFINGHAM leaning on her chair, with his arm round her neck, and BULSTRODE standing moodily behind. As curtain rises CAROLINE enters from balcony, and throws herself at her mother's feet.

Obviously, there was either a slight change made to this in the original production, or the artist mis-remembered when trying to work from his sketches. But it's pretty clearly this scene, and shows the much-praised Effingham family of the original production. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:28, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tom Cobb.png MER-C 01:04, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - This Red Fox was found in the yard of a Evergreen, Colorado photographer. The fox is seen in its winter coat.
Edit 1 Increased saturation, made a little lighter.
Reason
This picture of a wild fox (nicknamed Freddy by the photographer) was taken in the middle of the winter in the photographer's yard. I think it meets the FP criteria as it a) has high EV, in the article Red Fox, b) is of sufficient quality, and c) is of a sufficient resolution. (It's also hella cute!)
Articles this image appears in
Red Fox
Creator
Rob Lee


Not promoted MER-C 01:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Ernst Haeckel's "tree of life", Darwin's metaphorical description of the pattern of universal common descent made literal by his greatest popularizer in the German scientific world. This version, one several trees of life designed by Haeckel, comes from his 1879 book The Evolution of Man. "Man" is at the crown of the tree; for Haeckel, as for many early evolutionists, humans were considered the pinnacle of evolution.
Alternative 1
Reason
This is a cleaned-up version of an evocative and well-known design by a significant historical figure.
Articles this image appears in
History of evolutionary thought, Tree of life (science)
Creator
Ernst Haeckel. Nominated version restored by User:Ragesoss, further adjustments by User:Durova in alternative.

Promoted File:Tree of life by Haeckel.jpg MER-C 01:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Russian ice hockey player Pavel Bure with the Vancouver Canucks during the 1997–98 NHL season.
Reason
High quality sports photograph, a rarity on Wikipedia.
Articles this image appears in
Pavel Bure, Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, Calder Memorial Trophy, etc...
Creator
Hakandahlstrom
I don't mean how well the man is known. What I mean is that where is his notablity shown in the photo? It only shows that he is a hocky player. An image with his actions should be included. ZooFari 01:45, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 01:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Lithograph print showing the exterior view of the state capitol building c1896 by Geo. R. Mann.
Reason
High resolution chromolithograph print. Unique historical depiction of the building; very good EV. Restored version of File:Montana state capitol.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Montana; Helena, Montana; Montana State Capitol; Montana State Legislature; List of Montana-related topics
Creator
Geo. R. Mann

Promoted File:Montana state capitol 2.jpg MER-C 01:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A poster from a c. 1896 American production of Georges Bizet's Carmen.
Reason
Continuing my current opera kick, I found this excellent poster for Bizet's Carmen. I actually ended up having to restore it twice, as I discovered a better version after doing the first. Ah, well!
Articles this image appears in
Georges Bizet, Carmen
Creator
Liebler & Maass Lith.

Promoted File:Rosabel Morrison - Carmen poster.png MER-C 01:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Statue of Pierre Cambronne in Nantes
Reason
Good details and exposure, used in several wikis to illustrate Pierre Cambronne, French general of the Old Guard at Waterloo.
Articles this image appears in
Pierre Cambronne
Creator
Eusebius


Not promoted MER-C 01:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - "Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house). Drawing by French science fiction writer Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième Siècle, a nineteenth century conception of life in the twentieth century. Depicts a dwelling that can rotate on a post with an airship in the distance. Ink over graphite underdrawing, c. 1883.
Reason
Old conceptions of the future often look quaint, and this one is downright charming. Notice the couple flirting through the rooftops at lower left. Restored version of File:Aerial house.jpg. Reduced size version available at File:Aerial house3 courtesy copy.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Albert Robida, History of science fiction, Scientific romance, Steampunk#Proto-steampunk
Creator
Albert Robida

Promoted File:Aerial house3.jpg MER-C 01:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The "wolf lichen", Letharia vulpina, photographed on Pseudotsuga macrocarpa at Mt. Gleason, San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA.
Reason
High quality, with fantastic contrast and colours. Looks great at high resolution, and is highly encyclopedic as a great illustration of a specific species. Most of the objections in the previous nomination should be addressed by this crop.
Articles this image appears in
Letharia vulpina (current version will be replaced if promoted)
Creator
Jason Hollinger
  • Support as nominator. Thanks to J Milburn for the first nomination, which is mostly copied here. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 02:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - most of the opposes of the last nom had to do with things now cropped out. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 17:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - The crop still doesn't address Mfield's oppose from last time: "suffering from some pretty unpleasant halation and chromatic abberation, especially on the branch and the bits of the fungus/lichen itself that are on the edge of the DoF. Either way it is distracting. At F8 on a Casio EX-Z1080 I am not sure whether it is purely the lens or if it is compounded by diffraction on a sensor that small. It is obviously not well suited to plant photography at this distance/magnification though." SpencerT♦C 22:40, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm afraid I've not yet been able to see that flaw, maybe due to the technical language used by Mfield. Where is it? I understand the first part of the comment is about haloes, but I don't see any. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 12:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Halation is blurring of light around the out of focus areas - it causes that vaseline on the lens look, where the out of focus areas themselves blur into the in focus areas so you don't get a clear delineation. It is what you can see where the out of focus background seems to melt into the edges of the plant itself and most notbly the branch at the bottom (which is itself out of DoF, but not anywhere near as much). I think the bit on the branch is more acceptable than the soft focus result on the top extremities of the plant, being the subject. At any rate halation is very unpleasing to the eye - it is commonly found in primes like cheap F1.8 primes wide open but I would imagine that the cheap lenses in P&S cameras exhibit a lot of it, its just that normally they aren't operating at such wide apertures and narrow dof and the effects are less often observable. Mfield (talk) 18:44, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Not knowing the definition of halation either, I decided to look it up, but your description of it doesn't seem to match what I've found from other sources. Essentially a number of them describe halation as specifically being an issue of the emulsion used in film (not digital). (Source 1, Source 2 and Anti-halation backing). That said, I understand the issue you're describing and I have seen it on my cheap 50mm f/1.8 lens... I guess the thing is, it might not technically be halation? Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 00:22, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • The lens effect I am describing is quite separate from film halation, but it is the only term I have ever heard used to describe the out of focus smearing at wide apertures as I and you describe. Here a and section 2 of hereare references which link it - incorrectly or not - to axial chromatic abberation. Mfield (talk) 01:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Halation/inadequate DOF, per my comments above and on original nom. Mfield (talk) 18:47, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I am the original nominator, and I maintain that this is an excellent and striking illustration of the species. The tightened crop has improved the image (especially when viewed as a thumbnail) and I have replaced it in the article. J Milburn (talk) 18:49, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for inadequate depth of field to capture the subject. Wronkiew (talk) 04:48, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose, mainly for DOF.--ragesoss (talk) 18:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted MER-C 01:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - The emerald cockroach wasp Ampulex compressa, pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The wasp is known known for its unusual reproductive behavior, which involves disabling a live cockroach and using it as a host for its larvae.
Edit 1 Rotated
Edit 2 Roated Edit 1 90°
Reason
IMO, wasps are much harder to photograph than bees and flies as they hardly stay in one place for a long time. I found this wasp near a cockroach and thus it was more cooperative. This picture is of good quality and good EV. The foreground may be distracting to some, but it is unavoidable. The image is the only decent image wiki has of any member of the family, genus and species of the wasp! The wasp was on a cement sprayed wall looking down.
Articles this image appears in
Emerald cockroach wasp, Spheciformes, Ampulicidae, Ampulex
Creator
Muhammad
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Promoted File:Ampulex compressa.jpg MER-C 01:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - "Oh, don't hurt me! cried Tom. I only want to look at you; you are so handsome" A charcoal, watercolor, and oil painting by Jessie Willcox Smith. Published in The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916, p. 140.
Reason
Scan of an original illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith for the children's book The Water-Babies. An unrestored version can be found here.
Articles this image appears in
Water Babies, Jessie Willcox Smith
Creator
Jessie Willcox Smith (Illustrator)
Discussion concluded
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
  • Oppose this crop - cuts off some of her signature, and a fair bit on the left. With art it's always better to include all of the image, rather than to cut bits off. I will, of course, support a better crop, or, hell, the uncropped image as shown on the LoC page. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 06:11, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This doesn't crop out the signature. The end of the box where the signature is written is gone, but her full name is there. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 17:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Even still, it looks untidy, and there's a good percentage of the image missing on the left as well. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:26, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Erik got all of the signature box that was available. He can't be held responsible for slightly tight framing on the original. DurovaCharge! 19:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Durova, look at the original on the LoC. There's a good chunk more picture that was cropped off on the left, and the entire "H" of Smith - plus a little space right of it - appears there, unlike in this one, where part of the H is cropped on the right side. I presume Erik did his restoration before cropping it, so this should be relatively trivial to fix. If not, that is... really unfortunate, and maybe I could reconsider, though if he at least has a version prior to adjusting the levels and so on, I could probably paste what he's done into the original for him, so he'd just have to fix the edges. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:37, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Per above discussion, and some followup, the crop is a reasonable choice if no border of blank paper is to be allowed. That said, it worries me that, in order to crop it without a border, part of the art was lost. Even if the borderless version is preferred in Wikipedia articles, the lack of an alternate uncropped version means that anyone using the restoration in future will, by necessity, have to leave a small part of the artwork out. No vote. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 07:47, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above. No issue about the signature. Atlantic Gateways (talk) 21:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I think this is a beautiful and interesting image. However, picking up from where Shoemaker left off, I'm wondering if there's some tiny rotation or negligible stretch that could be performed on this image to put all of it in the rectangular frame. In my mind, it would hardly affect the rest of the image, but be a lot more professional. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:18, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Most likely not. Stretches usually end up being pretty messy. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 00:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And why is that? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • [Off-topic discussion moved to WT:FPC]
  • Comment in the "off-topic discussion" (err, not really...), Shoemaker offered to upload a crop with the picture fully preserved, along with a bit of frame. This might be helpful. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:25, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I'm also uncomfortable supporting this excellent image because of the crop. Nothing wrong with leaving a border of blank paper when images aren't precisely rectangular. I hope it's possible to get a wider crop to vote on.--ragesoss (talk) 18:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 01:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - American Revolutionary War captain John Paul Jones, contemporary engraving after his victory at the Battle of Flamborough Head in 1779.
Reason
The most successful US Navy captain of the American Revolution, and the only one daring enough to raid British home waters. From a high resolution etching made during Jones's lifetime after his victory at the Battle of Flamborough Head. Restored version of File:John Paul Jones.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Battle of Flamborough Head, John Paul Jones
Creator
Carl Guttenberg engraver. From a drawing by C. J. Notté.
I've attempted to circle some of the stuff in white

Not promoted --SpencerT♦C 17:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, as viewed from Greenhithe, 2.5km east of the bridge in Kent. The bridge provides the most easterly crossing of the River Thames, as part of the M25 orbital motorway which encircles London.
Reason
It is a high resolution panoramic image of virtually the entire span of the half mile long bridge and the night time lighting provides an aesthetic view (it tends to be quite hazy during the day due to the significant industry in the area) in which the bridge is able to stand out.
Articles this image appears in
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge and Dartford
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:24, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It doesn't add anything particular to the article beyond aesthetics. Considering the nominator removed this image from the bridge article, the replacement night shot shows comparatively little, I think that article is now in a poorer state in terms of using images to convey educational value to the reader. If the idea of this shot is to convey span, this image that the panorama has replaced did a passable job in my opinion without needlessly taking up the entire width of the article. I think the width also induces an uneccessary break of flow in the dartford article, and is of questionable value there, considering the view of the bridge from that far away is not synonymous with Dartford at all. This is Wikipedia not Commons, where featured images are intended to significantly inform the reader about the subject, which this just doesn't. Having said that, it is a visually nice image. MickMacNee (talk) 05:34, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think you're a bit confused. I never removed this image, and it is still in the article now. I removed this image, which is a poorer quality view from practically exactly the same angle as the panorama and therefore a bit redundant in the article. And I completely disagree that it doesn't add anything particular to the article. None of the other images show the entire length of the bridge from Kent to Essex. If that doesn't make it a useful image, I don't know what does. And I also disagree that the view from Greenhithe makes it unsuitable for existing in the Dartford article, as the bridge itself is in Dartford on the southern side, and is therefore relevant to Dartford and nothing says the bridge has to be taken from Dartford. The image that I replaced in the Dartford article was also taken from Greenhithe (a different location) anyway. The only point that I can appreciate the merits of is one of aesthetics in the article, although I personally disagree that it significantly breaks the flow of the article. I think quality encyclopaedic panoramas add visual flair to an article, but I know that a number of others disagree and I am obviously biased towards them, so it isn't a black & white issue really. But please reconsider its validity on the basis of adding to the article, as I think a full view of the bridge is about as encyclopaedic as you can expect of a bridge photo. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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      • Hmmm, don't know what happened with that image. In light of that, I have no particualr objection then, although I still question the value to the article you put on displaying the entire span at night. It doesn't particularly impart anything, other than it's a long bridge. That's pretty much a given from other smaller images (and in the long bridge stakes, this bridge is nothing really). MickMacNee (talk) 11:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • I still disagree that it doesn't impart anything. If I tell you the bridge is 800 metres long, the distance may not register, but showing the full width of the bridge gives you a better sense of scale. If I tell you it is a Cable-stayed bridge, that may not mean anything to you, but seeing the design of the complete bridge from end to end aids your understanding of it. A picture speaks a thousand words, but an incomplete picture speaks only 500 and leaves you to guess the other 500 IMO. You and I are likely quite familiar with the bridge, being editors of the article, but a casual reader is often learning about it for the first time, so we should not assume any prior knowledge of what the bridge is. That is why I think it is important to show the entire length of the bridge. Besides, are the surroundings of the bridge not relevant to the bridge itself? I'm also not putting particular value on the bridge at night. It could just as easily be taken during the day if it was a view that didn't show it disappearing into haze, as the previous one did. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 11:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • If your caption was clearer about what part is 800m/half a mile, you might have a point, but the entire length shown in the image is well over 1.5 miles. There are three lengths - main span, total suspended length (also partially supported beneath), and total road length including approach viaducts. Granted, this panorama includes the approach viaducts, but as it can be debated as to whether these constitute a significant part of the bridge length or not (again, in the long bridge stakes, this one is not spectacular, and the use of long approach viaducts is also not particularly unique), then I think for example the current infobox image does just as good a job, without taking up the width of the article. That images haziness and the fact that this nominated image is a night shot are both negatives in my opinion, if we're talking education merit. Essentially, the precedent this sets is that any decent night panorama shot of the 34 cable stayed bridges longer than this one can all become FPC's, which does not leave a lot of room for other subjects on the main page. If the role of the FPC is to draw people from the main page to the article, at the very least the caption needs to include the only unique thing about the bridge, that it was the longest cable stayed bridge in Europe at the time of its opening, in 1991. (and it didn't even hold that as a record for very long). MickMacNee (talk) 14:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
            • I had a quick estimate of the distance shown in the image based on the objects visible at either corner, and Google Maps says 1.2 miles, so yes, over 800m but not quite 'well over 1.5 miles'. I would argue that the approaches are relevent to a photo of it, whether they are technically considered part of the actual bridge or not. And yes, any decent shot of a bridge, taken in such a way as to be educational, detailed and ideally aesthetically pleasing, should in theory be able to become FPs. We don't discriminate on the basis of notibility or how interesting the subject, although the standards do vary (unofficially, we can't escape individual bias, despite trying to make the criteria as objective as possible) depending on whether the type of photo is common or well represented amongst existing FPs. As such, it doesn't matter that it isn't a uniquely long bridge. And why is the fact that it was taken at night make it less educational? All the important parts of the bridge are visible, and I believe more so as a result of the lighting, which allows it to stand out more. The current infobox image is very hazy and blurry (when viewed at high res, which is important for FPs), so it would likely fail miserably if nominated here, but I'm not sure if that is what you were suggesting or not. In any case, I could probably improve greatly on the infobox photo given the right weather conditions (shame we didn't have today's weather over the weekend, or I might have attempted it). Regardless though, I still believe a panoramic image is the ideal way to show this bridge, and indeed most bridges. I guess if you want to discuss this further we should do it on our talk pages, or the article talk pages, so as to not dominate the nomination. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 15:23, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
              • I meant that in terms of imparting knowledge, a night shot from far away is just as poor as a closer but hazy one. And the distance between the two pylons is 450m, so the length of your pic is definitely over 1.5 miles by my thumb calculations. On encyclopoedic usefulness, if you actually re-examine the removed image that made way for this one, you actually lose the ability in the article to show that the cables are not a parallel harp design, but are also not a true fan design either (I never did confirm the technical name for this, commons would have it that this is a "tuftform"). I am indeed worried by the idea that any half decent picture of the full length of a bridge can be an FP, merely by virtue of being a good pic of a bridge. If you take that to its conclusion given Wikipedia's scope, we could very rapidly run out of slots for daily main page candidates. I doubt people browse Wikipedia through the FP categories. To go to the heart of the issue, the opening statement is "Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article". Well, for the first part, I believe it is only a decent caption that would mean this imparted any particular knowledge (and as said, information has actually been lost by removing other images). I also strongly believe that having to use a horizontal scroll bar is actually a negative for good article illustration (I view on a narrower than usual screen due to a vertical taskbar, but the difference is not much), it would be better imo to crop it to allow a fixed rendition on the page. On the second point no doubt, people will probably be moved to look at the article due to the pic being on the main page, but as said, this is hardly a good criteria if it means FP can be over populated by pictures of numerous good pics of otherwise unremarakble bridges - c.f. the commons idea that there can only be so many featured sunsets. MickMacNee (talk) 01:32, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
                • I do fail to see how you cannot see from this image whether it is a fan or harp design or in between. Sure, it isn't possible to tell from the thumbnail, but if you wanted to know something such as that, you would view it at 100%. Yes, I agree that a a close up, hazy image imparts roughly the same information as a distant high resolution night shot in terms of actual detail. But you're completely discounting the benefit of this image showing the entire length of the bridge from Kent to Essex, including the approach, when you narrow the comparison down as you've done. I'm not sure why you're worried about having too many bridges as Picture of the day. As I mentioned, it doesn't matter if the bridge is notable or not. Have you noticed how many unnotable articles are featured on the front page as Article of the day? As long as they are written to a high encyclopaedic standard, who are we to say they're not interesting or important enough? Likewise, as long as the image is of a high encyclopaedic standard, there should be no reason not to feature it. As I said, unofficially, the more FPs of a particular type or subject, generally speaking the higher the bar is set for further nominees, which does put a practical limit on the number of bridges that would be featured. I can't say that there is a huge waiting list full of bridges though. It isn't really fair to oppose one FPC on the basis that it could potentially open a floodgate in future. It just isn't likely to happen. If you feel strongly about the width of the image on the page, you could reduce it slightly. I do think that it views okay for the vast majority of people, though. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 12:00, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support MickMacNee's arguments are a little unusual here. "Cut-off" compositions are usually not given favourable reviews. Noodle snacks (talk) 08:47, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • To be fair, whenever a new image is added to an article, it tends to polarise the article regulars who either love it or hate its presence, and tend to navigate their way to the nomination as a result. :-) It seems that his interest in this nomination stems from his involvement in the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge and Dartford articles, rather than FPC, and his review doesn't necessarily correspond to our usual criteria and expectations... Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 11:30, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Guilty, never been in a Wikipedia FPC before, but as I read the rules, this is not merely the same as a Commons one, featured images need to dovetail with and complement article content, and not merely be a nice picture. In my initial oppose I had made a mistake misreading what images had been added/removed, and if it had been the case that the image showing for example the concrete supports had been removed in favour of this panorama, that imo would have been a net negative to the article. MickMacNee (talk) 14:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes you're right, English Wiki FPC is different to the Commons one in that encyclopadic value is a significant portion of the criteria. You seem fairly rational so I don't doubt that you are able to make an objective decision on the nomination, and indeed the criteria is written to allow the uninitiated to get involved without too many teething problems, but it is still inevitable that without the participation, you won't have a full grasp of where the bar is set and what sort of images we're trying to feature. No problem though, you're still entitled to your opinion and no disrespect intended. :-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 15:23, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. Excellent twilight panorama. DurovaCharge! 20:04, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Nice image, good enc., high quality. SpencerT♦C 20:39, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. Jenuk1985 | Talk 23:43, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment On the monitor I'm using (not necessarily good) I find it very dark in the "thumbnail" version, which obscures the detail. Perhaps a little earlier in the day would have been better. I'll try to take a look on another monitor so I can vote one way or the other, but at the moment I agree with MickMacNee. Terri G (talk) 11:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support tending to 'Weak'. I've said before that while these twilight/night-time shots look nice, I think they compromise EV (I realise you justify the choice of time above for this one). Concerns from 'article regulars' always worry me a bit as well (which is why I'm not usually a fan of fast-tracking noms) and EV for Dartford does seem limited. Still it does seem to have value showing the whole bridge in good detail and has a certain 'wow'. --jjron (talk) 13:53, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom and convincing reasons above. ~ ωαdεstεr16kiss mei'm Irish 19:02, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford, England - Feb 2009.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16kiss mei'm Irish 19:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Arches of the southern aisle of Nantes cathedral
Reason
Gives a nice view of typical 15th century gothic arches.
Articles this image appears in
Creator
Eusebius

Not promoted MER-C 00:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The Brighton Marine Palace and Pier and Brighton Beach on the south coast of England, as viewed from the west.
Reason
Shows a complete and very detailed view of the Brighton Pier along the coast on a clear sunny day.
Articles this image appears in
Brighton and Brighton Pier
Creator
User:Diliff

Promoted Image:Brighton Pier, England - Feb 2009.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16♣TC♣ 07:05, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - An aerial panoramic view from the The Columbus Monument (Monument a Colom in Catalan) across Port Vell in Barcelona, Spain.
Reason
A very high res, detailed view of Port Vell from a good vantage point overlooking the harbour on a clear sunny day. Good enc value.
Articles this image appears in
Barcelona and Port Vell
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:00, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose The port building at the bottom - I am weak opposing for composition with it being cut off as it is quite distracting and given what it is is pretty relevant to the port itself and thus the EV in Port Vell - I would guess it is just not possible to include it all from that vantage point without too much distortion? Mfield (talk) 22:14, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • To be entirely honest, I cannot say for certain why I was not able to include the entire building at the bottom, as it was taken about 2 years ago! You could well be right that it would not be possible to include it for reasons of distortion, but it could also have been for compositional reasons (I know it isn't ideal to have cut the building off in this way) as there may have been distracting elements that including the entire building introduced. If I had to guess, I would say that it was because I was shooting this through the very cramped and restrictive lookout of the Monument a Colom, and if I remember correctly, it didn't allow much vertical panning. I had a quick google search and did find one photo that managed to squeeze a bit more of the building into the frame (not all of it) but had a bit of the monument in the frame, so I'm not sure if it is possible - didn't find any other images that were able to capture the full building. I usually have a pretty good eye for composition so I'm sure I had a good reason at the time, anyway. ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Port or not, this is still a stunning panorama. It could be better, but if you were to try to crop the bottom portion out you would lose the whole dock. Teque5 (talk) 04:55, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support IMO, EV is good in the articles it appears in. Quality is good and I could not see any stitching errors. --Muhammad(talk) 10:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support--Avala (talk) 13:25, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for composition. The subject of the panorama is the harbor, which feels off-center. The port building, being an interesting feature in the foreground, is frustratingly cut off. Both are problems you would not see in a professional encyclopedia, except in historic photographs. Wronkiew (talk) 04:45, 6 March 2009 (UTC) After further reflection, I think I'm out of my league on this one. Wronkiew (talk) 22:33, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Sometimes the subject has to be off-centre in order to show it relative to its environment (Barcelona city, on the left). Also, the key word here is 'professional'. If I were paid lots of money for this shot, I'd probably hire a helicopter and get a professional quality image from the air, letting me choose my composition precisely. But I'm not and I was forced to get the best possible view from the vantage points available to the public. ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      I doubt professional encyclopedias are hiring helicopters to get photographs for their articles, but I see your point. I still think the composition leaves something to be desired. The panorama should extend more to the right and to the bottom for balance and to capture the building in the foreground without cutting it off. I am open to changing my opinion if my assessment of the composition is incorrect or if this is a minor issue that should not disqualify the photo. Wronkiew (talk) 06:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well, composition is inherently subjective, so I cannot tell you that you are absolutely wrong. Obviously the composition isn't perfect, and compromises are necessary to avoid certain elements, include certain elements, etc. I personally think this is pretty close to the best view available of the port though, and I challenge you to find a better one anywhere on the internet, if you're think a professional encyclopaedia could do a better job (Here is a starting point: iStockPhoto, Getty Images, Flickr, Pbase, Google Image Search). I had a look when responding to Mfield and all were inferior in some way (IMO) so honestly, I feel this could literally be the best image available on the internet, whether free or for sale. But as I've stated before, not all subjects have images that are capable of meeting the criteria necessary, so if you still feel it isn't up to scratch, I won't argue any further. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:57, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom and discussion above. ~ ωαdεstεr16kiss mei'm Irish 20:16, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose per Mfield. It's a valuable image, and does a great job of illustrating its subject in context, but that cut off building just pokes me in the eye.--ragesoss (talk) 21:14, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain - Jan 2007.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 14:23, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - The Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Reason
Good quality and EV. Similar colour with that of ground where it is usually found may also illustrate camouflage.
Articles this image appears in
Hypolimnas, Hypolimnas misippus
Creator
Muhammad
It's camouflaged, Noodle. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 17:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Promoted Image:Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 14:23, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - Austrolestes annulosus.jpg
Reason
There is a FP on this species, but its beginning to show its age. This one is reasonably high quality and clear.
Articles this image appears in
Austrolestes annulosus
Creator
Noodle snacks

Promoted Image:Austrolestes annulosus.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 14:23, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Bronze sculpture in Calne celebrating the town's best-known industry
Reason
This image illustrates and memorialises the most important industry in the small Wiltshire town of Calne, i.e. bacon production; I think it is well-composed and lit, and has good colour-balance; in particular, the highlight on the tiling behind the mother pig emphasises the sculpture to good effect. I'm not a professional photographer, probably not even a good one, but I like to think this is amongst my best work. Taken with Canon Sureshot Zoom XL.
Articles this image appears in
Calne
Creator
Rodhullandemu
  • Support as nominator --Rodhullandemu 00:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Hello, here are some of my "inspections" (analysis):
    • Improper lighting The lighting isn't equal, which makes the reflections behind the pig bothersome. The pig is also too dark to distinguish the details of it. The corners are dark as well, which contributes to improper lighting.
    • Tilted Somehow the image appears to be tilted to the left. It annoys me seeing it like that. The tiles to the right-top corner also contributes to this conflict.
    • Composition not good The posture and composition isn't good either. There is more left than there is right. Perhaps the photographer could have moved along to the right a bit more to center the subject. It could have been better if the photographer took the picture at a higher altitude to prevent unwanted bothersome background (extra tiles, wall, etc.)

This has good value and recommend nominating at Valued Picture if consensus is to not promote. ZooFari 02:09, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I'm not up with the grammar of photography, and the lighting is what was there at the time, but "Valued Picture"? I've never seen an analogue of a WP:GA for images. --Rodhullandemu 02:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Valued Pictures is a project similar to Featured pics, but focuses more on value for its articles than quality. You can nominate here. Note: The image must be in an article for atleast 1 month.
Not loving; producing. How many bacon-loving-towns are there? My count is 12,417. Bacon--producing; much fewer. --Rodhullandemu 00:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 01:42, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Baseball team composed mostly of child workers from a glassmaking factory. Indiana, August 1908.
Reason
Lewis Hine was a photographer who worked during the early twentieth century to effect social change by documenting conditions, particularly among factories and child laborers. It's unclear whether this was a really tough baseball team, or a street gang that played some baseball: the long object at left is a firearm, not a bat. Yet each boy's face shows a different personality. An unusually good group portrait.
Articles this image appears in
Lewis Hine, Timeline of young people's rights in the United States
Creator
Lewis Hine

Promoted File:Baseball_glass_workers2.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:21, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - Babe Ruth in 1920.
Reason
Baseball player Babe Ruth in 1920, shortly after he joined the New York Yankees. Found a high resolution portrait in public domain with his signature. Restored version of File:Babe Ruth unrestored.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Babe Ruth, New York Yankees, History of baseball in the United States
Creator
Irwin, La Broad, & Pudlin.

Promoted File:Babe Ruth2.jpg MER-C 06:50, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The USS Texas, commissioned 1892, was the first Battleship of the United States Navy. Photochrom print c. 1898.
Reason
The first battleship of the United States Navy. Restored version of File:USS Texas.jpg. Very high resolution; smaller version available for viewers with slow connection speeds at File:USS Texas2 courtesy copy.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
USS Texas (1892), Pre-dreadnought battleship, Battleship, History of the United States Navy
Creator
Detroit Publishing Co.

Promoted File:USS Texas2.jpg MER-C 06:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Reason
Because of a lack of images depicting the Russian space program in the Aeronautics and aviation section. This image depicts a historic event, the first docking of a Space Shuttle to a space station (Mir), and is a one-of-a-kind because this is the only time that a manned spacecraft was undocked from a space station while a Space Shuttle was still docked to the same space station. (The current mission rules of the International Space Station make this type of image impossible to obtain)
Articles this image appears in
International Space Station, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Spacecraft, Mir, Russian Federal Space Agency, STS-71, Shuttle-Mir Program, Space rendezvous, List of spacecraft and crews that visited Mir, and numerous others through Template:Shuttle-Mir
Creator
Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin/NASA

Not promoted MER-C 06:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Frontman Shane Told of Silverstein goes into the crowd in Melbourne, 27 February 2009, to a fan's delight.
Reason
possibly the best band photograph I've ever taken, slightly cropped from the original for effect. That kid just so makes that shot.
Articles this image appears in
Silverstein (band)
Creator
Wehwalt
Comment my first try at a FP, and I see this is not going to win, but the people "jerking his trousers down" are actually security stopping him from falling into the crowd. I'll try again with another shot.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I should have guessed. In another shot, try to get him performing onstage, without all of the excess people in the photo (other performers in the group would increase enc., though). SpencerT♦C 21:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not a problem. I just felt this one was exceptional because of the kid. They rarely perform outside and when it is inside, the lighting can make it tough to get really good shots. Still, I will look through my band picture archives and see what I have.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Incidently, it is incredibly hard to get five performers clearly showing their faces. I kinda cheated with the article's lead picture and got them during soundcheck; still it was not quite what I wanted. Will keep trying and bring back one when I have one.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:40, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Boysenberries in various stages of ripeness (black is fully ripe, green unripe, and red is almost ripe)
Reason
High quality image with good EV. I'm probably going to get some flack for the blown highlights but like most berries a ripe boysenberry is very shiny - matte ones are usually overripe and have begun to decompose.
Articles this image appears in
Boysenberry
Creator
Fir0002

Not promoted MER-C 06:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Yellow Grapefruit and cross section
Edit 1 - fixed issues pointed out by NS
Edit 2 - added scale as per Spikebrennan
Reason
High quality + high ev
Articles this image appears in
Grapefruit
Creator
Fir0002

Not promoted MER-C 06:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - White nectarine and its cross section on a white background
Edit 1 - Black point and levels
Reason
Very good technicals + good ev
Articles this image appears in
Peach
Creator
Fir0002

Promoted File:White nectarine and cross section02 edit.jpg MER-C 06:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - False-colour scanning electron micrograph of the coccolithophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica, showing the calcerous coccoliths on the surface that give the group its name.
NOT FOR VOTING Version before coloring, with stripy artefacts.
Example edit: Brighter, not directly prepared from original
Reason
I'm pretty sure it's obvious: A stunning scanning electron micrograph of an interesting representative of a fascinating class of unicellular organism
Articles this image appears in
Alga, coccolith, coccolithophore
Creator
ja:User:NEON, with colour by User:Richard Bartz

Promoted File:Gephyrocapsa oceanica color.jpg MER-C 06:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Humorous woodcut of the Russo-Japanese War by Kobayashi Kiyochika. Depicts Russian Tsar Nicholas II waking from a nightmare of battered and wounded Russian forces returning from battle. Created 1904 or 1905.
Reason
High resolution Japanese woodcut about the Russo-Japanese War. Good ev at the article about the war and the artist's biography. Restored version of Image:Forces returning.jpg. Restored by User:Jake Wartenberg and translated by User:Mantokun. Translation available at the image hosting page.
Articles this image appears in
Kobayashi Kiyochika, Russo-Japanese War
Creator
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Ok. I've never restored prints, honestly, so that comment was more of a question than a concern. Ceranthor 20:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's perfectly normal for a ukiyo-e. The paper - washi, I believe - has a somewhat fibrous grain. Have a look at any of the reasonably large Japanese FPCs and you'll see similar. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:12, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment As Shoemaker affirms, this has paper grain and natural effects of the woodblock printing process. I'll recuse from reviewing because I reviewed and advised on this work before the nomination went up. DurovaCharge! 23:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Forces returning 2.jpg MER-C 06:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Tadrart Acacus desert in western Libya, part of the Sahara.
Reason
High resolution featured picture on Wikimedia Commons that I believe meets the requirements and adds encyclopedic value to the articles.
Articles this image appears in
Sahara and Desert
Creator
Lucag

Promoted File:Libya 4985 Tadrart Acacus Luca Galuzzi 2007.jpg MER-C 08:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A mature Amanita muscaria near Wellington, New Zealand, with a distinctive ring
Edit - Downsample (no loss due to the diffraction softening), Curves, Sharpen, Selective NR on background
Alternative edit Sharpen on stalk only, no other changes.
Reason
Currently a featured picture candidate on Commons, and will almost certainly be listed. High resolution image of a distinctive mushroom, particularly useful for showing the ring. Displayed as it actually looks, rather than as it looks on when fairies are sitting on it. Looks great at high resolution, clear shot of the fungus itself and looks very natural.
Articles this image appears in
Amanita muscaria
Creator
Tony Wills
  • Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 18:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Looks very real. Lighting is also quite good. I wanted to nominate this myself but felt too lazy. --Muhammad(talk) 04:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It has blown highlights (not severely so), a noisy background (not to bad), chromatic aberration (mostly in the background), lacks contrast and is soft all over. I don't really understand why stuff like this passes commons QI. More aesthetically speaking, the background very distracting. Most of these problems are caused by stopping down too much on a point and shoot. The edit helps a couple of the problems, but I've often seen images that size opposed on size grounds. Noodle snacks (talk) 05:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • IMO the background is quite informative. If I am correct, it shows ferns which require soil rich in organic matter and shady areas, conditions which are also required by mushrooms. --Muhammad(talk) 19:14, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose foreground and background objects distracts very much and mushroom is torn. Lee2008 (talk) 11:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support We have very few good fungi pics, and this is amongst the best of what we have. When standards are raised by people going out and showing us what they are capable of, it would be reasonable to delist this one, but I think it reasonablew to accept this as amongst the best we have, then seek to improve the situation. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:45, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose per Noodle Snacks. SpencerT♦C 20:50, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose A good contribution, but I don't think the quality and composition are up to snuff. Fletcher (talk) 00:01, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment IMO the only thing that needs sharpening here is the stalk, so that's what I've done in the alternative edit. Feel free to re-apply any other changes that you feel are necessary. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:03, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I was pleasantly suprised to find this had been nominated here :-). I took this photo to give as detailed a view of the classic features of this mushroom as I could. Starting at the top we have the white universal veil remnants, and small bits of debris from the forest floor on the slightly glutenous (when wet) bright red cap. Under which you can clearly see the gills, then the partial veil which has dropped away from the gills and clings to the stalk. And below is the white stalk. The only major visual feature missing is the bulbous 'root' which is in the ground. Surrounding the mushroom can clearly be seen the pine-needles from the pine tree in the background - a very common association of these species. As usual under pinus radiata there is little undergrowth, just a few very small plants.
@User:Noodle snacks the time of the year is right, you are just in the wrong hemisphere ;-).
@User:Lee2008 Yes the partial veil is 'torn', it may well drop off all together just leaving a ring - my intention is to depict real mushrooms :-).
There are technical compromises in the background, but the background is for context not the main subject of the photo.
I see the Amanita muscaria article is currently a featured article candidate, I will try and provide a photo of a mature mushroom as well (I'll go check if there is already a good one available). --Tony Wills (talk) 11:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted MER-C 08:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - United States President Woodrow Wilson's first posed photograph after his stroke. He was paralyzed on his left side, so his wife Edith holds a document steady while he signs. June 1920
Reason
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, the wife of President Woodrow Wilson, was arguably the most powerful First Lady in United States history. President Wilson suffered a stroke in 1919 and remained disabled for the rest of his life, although he also remained president until his term ended in 1921. After the stroke his wife Edith filtered the information that she deemed necessary to bring to his attention. Here, in his first posed portrait after the stroke, Wilson signs a document while his wife holds the paper steady. He was paralyzed on his left side.
Articles this image appears in
Edith_Bolling_Galt_Wilson#Acting_Presidency, Presidency_of_Woodrow_Wilson#Incapacity
Creator
Harris and Ewing

Not promoted MER-C 08:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A breeder, a type of cellular automata found in Conway's Game of Life. The breeder (red in final frame) creates guns (green) behind it, which in turn continuously create streams of gliders (blue). This is by no means the most complex pattern devised: Conway and his students devised a pattern with 1013 cells that acts as a Turing complete computer.
Reason
Conway's Game of Life is really quite fascinating, and I'm not sure our current FP quite captures the complexity possible with it. I think this animation helps rectify that problem. As Conway's Game of Life is based around squares, this image is infintely scalable.
Articles this image appears in
Conway's Game of Life, Breeder (cellular automaton), Cellular automaton
Creator
User:Protious after User:Hyperdeath's original still image.

Promoted File:Conways game of life breeder animation.gif MER-C 08:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Proposed architectural design for a French military aviary to house swallows as messenger birds, based upon a scheme by Jean Desbouvrie, 1889.
Reason
A serious plan for an aviary which, upon further research, absolutely demanded a new article about the man who proposed it. Possible April Fool's Day material here: Jean Desbouvrie received international attention for his efforts to train swallows when he persuaded the French government to study them as an alternative to war pigeons. The experiments didn't go very far. He also received press coverage for one other reason: the Paris Academy of Medicine published a report on a preventive cure he claimed to have found for hangovers, which he had tested on himself.
Articles this image appears in
Jean Desbouvrie, Aviary#History
Creator
F. Meriy

Promoted File:Military aviary2.jpg MER-C 08:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - White peach and its cross section on a white background
Edit 1 Black point adjustment/curves
Reason
Very good technicals + good ev
Articles this image appears in
Peach
Creator
Fir0002

Promoted File:White peach and cross section edit.jpg MER-C 08:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A poster from the original production of John Philip Sousa's operetta, El Capitan (1896).
Alternate 1: Selective brightness adjustments, creases and spots removed, depigmented areas repigmented, histogram adjusted and colors balanced. Outer edge partially desaturated.
Reason
An amusing, cartoonish poster from its original run, which gives a good flavour of what the production would have been like. Eye-catching and interesting. The original image, pre-restoration, can be seen at File:John_Phillip_Sousa_-_De_Wolf_Hopper_-_El_Capitan_unrestored.png - given the aspect ratios, I think that I'd best just link.
Articles this image appears in
El Capitan (operetta), DeWolf Hopper. (John Phillip Sousa used a different image already, and I decided to leave it to the editors there what to do)
Creator
Metropolitan Job Print, 222 West 26th St., New York, NY.

Promoted File:John Phillip Sousa - De Wolf Hopper - El Capitan1.png MER-C 08:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The wedding of Don Cæsar and Maritana in the original production of William Vincent Wallace's 1845 opera, Maritana, as illustrated in the Illustrated London News.
Reason
Heh. God, I haven't used this source of images in ages, but remembered them when dealing with the call for opera-related images. While not, perhaps, what you're used to me doing nowadays, it's impossible for me to get these originals to a scanner (they are not mine) but I can get quite good photocopies, so this is the only way forwards.

By the way, if you're wondering why I'm so active all of a sudden? It seems that when I'm really ill, image restoration is therapeutic. Oh, well, convenient for Wikipedia.

Articles this image appears in
Maritana, William Vincent Wallace
Creator
Unknown Engraver.

Promoted File:Maritana - Nov 22 1845 Illustrated London News.png MER-C 08:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The flower of Lomatium parryi plant, native to west North America. Native Americans used to consume these (read Lomatium). Image was shot in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Reason
Acceptable DOF, high quality macro, and distinguishable foreground.
Articles this image appears in
Lomatium, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Flower
Creator
ZooFari

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Thanks for letting me know. I did further research and it appears to be that you are right. Just in case, I communicated with a tourist and requested varification. As soon as I get a reply, I will add it as a source. ZooFari 22:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously, did anyone review this one at full size? If you did, you would see that it's full of JPEG artifacts, which were made worse/more apparent by the edits (also not mentioned here). Not promoted MER-C 08:27, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


The behaviour of do the original votes count yes-no-yes-no has ruined any chance of this having a fair run anymore. Per talk page, provisionally promoting per original votes, but listing as a delist nom. Promoted File:Lomatium parryi.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please play fair. wadester16 | Talk→ 16:53, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Original - Bareina is a Bedouin town in Mauritania with a population of approximately 15,000. This is a view of the town minutes before a rainstorm began.
Reason
A well-composed, atmospheric image depicting a part of the world that is neglected in our featured pictures. The sharpness is not perfect, but the photo is well above the resolution requirements (so to the extent that sharpness is a problem, just imagine that it is downsampled a bit...).
Articles this image appears in
Bareina
Creator
Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland
  • Support as nominator --Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support - I thought this picture was brilliant when I originally added it to the article. The contrast in my view between the dark sky and the light send as well as the subject of the photo in my view is quite special. I didn't propose it myself as I usually get it wrong and propose photos which are too dark for "professional" eyes but I think the image is quite something, The dead football seems very out of place to, adding to the character of the image. Its probably not quite sharp enough or technically sound enough though for featured but it certainly has many good points, Dr. Blofeld White cat 16:35, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Full disclosure: I alerted Blofeld to this nomination bc I knew he had previously considered nominating it. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:58, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support For people who look at blown whites and crushed blacks, this is a wet dream come true, right? Apart from the histogram, I also looked at the flickr gallery, and saw that he has a lot of amazing photographs. Hope someone is on the job. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:58, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suppport per nom. DurovaCharge! 01:53, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. High EV, good quality. Mostlyharmless (talk) 06:56, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Let me commit sacrilege against the photographer's composition (certainly it's a pretty image) and suggest a crop of a portion of the sky-- it's so striking that it could be seen as detracting from EV (one might think that the sky typically looks that way at that location). Spikebrennan (talk) 20:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - no crop needed. The sky provides a striking entry point for your eye, leading down to the dry dusty foreground. - Peripitus (Talk) 21:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Excellent work. Might benefit (slightly) from a minor tweak to the sky, which is maybe a little grainy, but I don't think it's necessary. By the way, doing some tests, I think that cropping the sky would probably remove the the rather nice "wide open" feel of the image, hurting composition. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: Are we certain that this image is ok to use? I'm not au fait with licensing, but the photographer's Flickr profile says all rights reserved, and that he must be contacted for permission. Perhaps he's mistakenly applied the wrong creative commons licence? Could someone with a clearer understanding explain the contradiction? Thanks, :-) Maedin\talk 19:03, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Bareina, Mauritania.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16♣TC♣ 19:15, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Mango and its cross section on a white background. From the left: common form of eating a mango ("hedgehog"), mango fruit, mango fruit, mango cross section
Edit 1 cropped down to only a full fruit and cross section
Edit 2 No more blown reds
Reason
Hyper product shot - a lot of views but I think it balances out well. Very good technicals + good ev
Articles this image appears in
Mango
Creator
Fir0002

Promoted File:Mango and cross section edit.jpg MER-C 03:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The Ceriagrion glabrum damselfly. About 3inches long. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Edit 1 Cloned out streaks above wings
Edit 2 Cloned in small part of missing leg
Edit 3 Cloned out streaks below; edit of edit 2
Reason
A very old picture taken by my old Nikon coolpix. It shows the specie quite well and DOF is good. Its the only image of the specie that Wikipedia has.
Articles this image appears in
Ceriagrion glabrum
Creator
Muhammad

No consensus MER-C 03:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to no consensus as that's a more accurate description. MER-C 09:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Currier and Ives print of the Democratic party ticket for the United States presidential election, 1864. Lithograph with watercolor.
Reason
Currier and Ives print of United States Presidential candidate George B. McClellan and Vice Presidential candidate George H. Pendleton for the election of 1864. Restored version of File:Democratic presidential ticket 1864.jpg. Smaller version available for slower connection speeds at File:Democratic presidential ticket 1864b courtesy copy.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
United States presidential election, 1864, George B. McClellan, George H. Pendleton
Creator
Currier and Ives

Promoted File:Democratic presidential ticket 1864b.jpg MER-C 03:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson: candidate poster for the United States presidential election, 1864. Lithograph and watercolor by Currier and Ives.
Reason
Currier and Ives print of incumbent United States Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln and Vice Presidential candidate Andrew Johnson for the election of 1864. Restored version of File:Republican presidential ticket 1864.jpg. Smaller version available for slower connection speeds at File:Republican presidential ticket 1864b courtesy copy.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
National Union Party (United States), Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, United States presidential election, 1864
Creator
Currier and Ives

Promoted File:Republican presidential ticket 1864b.jpg MER-C 03:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Original - "Oh, don't hurt me! cried Tom. I only want to look at you; you are so handsome" A charcoal, watercolor, and oil painting by Jessie Willcox Smith. Published in The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916, p. 140.
Alternate
Reason
Scan of an original illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith for the children's book The Water-Babies. Second nomination. This nomination has a different crop, which only cuts out a very small portion of the upper-right of the image. The alternate image is only rotated, but not cropped at all, so there is a bit of white space at the top and on the sides.
Articles this image appears in
Water Babies, Jessie Willcox Smith
Creator
Jessie Willcox Smith


Promoted File:Water Babies(Restored, Alternate crop 2).jpg MER-C 03:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Brand new locomotive 60163 Tornado recreates a scene in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, not seen since the 1960s, of a southbound Peppercorn A1 class steam locomotive on the ancient Royal Border Bridge, albeit 'under the wires', the East Coast Main Line route having been electrified here in 1990.
Reason
high resolution image of an historic scene
Articles this image appears in
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Steam locomotive, Overhead lines
Creator
MickMacNee (User:Ultra7 on Commons)
  • Support as nominator --MickMacNee (talk) 14:39, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, possibly speedy close Lighting is poor, not bright enough. Very noisy, quality is low; looks like a snapshot. Compositionally it's a nice shot, though. If only it had the quality. ~ ωαdεstεr16♣TC♣ 16:41, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • What can I say, it was a snapshot with a relatively cheap camera. Certainly in UK rail photography, those who do have the skill and equipment to do better, never upload to Commons, so on that score, it really is this or nothing as far as I can see. Not a single picture of the reverse journey has even been released on a usable license, let alone of any quality. As for not being light enough, it was obviously subject to the weather on the particular day, it can't be deferred to a sunnier day - as this is a late afternoon shot in March in Northern England, you are lucky it wasn't raining or even snowing given the temperature and clouds on the day. MickMacNee (talk) 17:38, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yea, photography in the winter sucks. This image is very replaceable; take another during the summer when the weather's nicer. Happy snapping! ~ ωαdεstεr16♣TC♣ 18:54, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • The shot is of the *first* southbound journey of this class over that viaduct for 50 odd years. A shot in the summer won't be the same in that respect, and in any event, Tornado isn't currently down for any runs to Scotland for the rest of the year. MickMacNee (talk) 20:33, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Seems like the image is trying to do to much -- if it's EV applies to the locomotive, I don't think it's sharp, close and detailed enough. If it's trying to show the viaduct, better lighting and perhaps showing a wider view would be desirable. In either case better quality is needed. I don't think it's a speedy close, though -- it seems like a valid nomination despite its faults. Fletcher (talk) 22:05, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Not particularly aesthetically pleasing, and a little lacking in EV, as mentioned before. — neuro(talk) 00:10, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose with friendly encouragement. The ev is there. As Fletcher states, the photographer needs to prioritize which element is most important and focus on that, preferably with better lighting. DurovaCharge! 00:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – I was confused as to what I was focusing on till I read the caption, which is bad for an FP. Jerry teps (talk) 01:58, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above: It's a lovely picture, but it's not really featurable. J Milburn (talk) 20:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 03:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Coal miners' children cross a footbridge into Hazard, Kentucky, July 1940. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott.
Reason
One of the most isolated communities in Appalacia: until the twentieth century, "the only ways in or out of the valley were 45 miles down the North Fork of the Kentucky River, or a 2-week trip over the surrounding mountains." The town's name was popularized by the Dukes of Hazzard television series and film. Restored version of File:Hazard Kentucky bridge.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Hazard, Kentucky
Creator
Marion Post Wolcott

Not promoted MER-C 03:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Local transport conditions in Appalachia during the mid-twentieth century. Cattle rest on an unpaved mountain road in Breathitt County, Kentucky, 1940. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.
Reason
Maybe it's the approach of April Fool's Day that made this a must-restore image. Two cows rest in the shade of an unpaved mountain road in Kentucky. Restored version of File:Cattle call.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Appalachia#Highways, Road_traffic_safety#Defining_the_problem
Creator
Marion Post Wolcott

Not promoted MER-C 03:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Illustration of the photographic technique of panning, in which the moving subject is kept in the centre of the camera framing, causing the background to blur. In this photo a low shutter speed of 1/40 s was used, making the body and legs of the hen blur too, which adds to the feeling of motion (and panic of the hen).
Reason
Illustrates panning clearly using an original subject. The motion blur in most of the hen's body and legs adds to the feel of motion
Articles this image appears in
Panning (camera)
Creator
Alvesgaspar (talk)
  • Support as nominator --Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:38, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good EV and very nice shot. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 17:22, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. DurovaCharge! 19:17, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, there have been a number of credible attempts at panning shot FPs, but this one is the most appropriate I've seen for that panning article.--ragesoss (talk) 21:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This is actually quite a poor example of a pan - the head of the chicken should have been much sharper (everything in this shot is more or less blurred). I don't think it's a very good subject to illustrate panning since so little of the chicken could be kept sharp by panning because the chicken is moving up and down at the same time as it's moving to the side. Cars and other vehicles are much better subjects as you can get the main subject really quite sharp whilst motion blurring the background. Finally a higher contrast background would have enhanced the visual appeal of the panning - eg the background here has many sharply defined motion lines. --Fir0002 22:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support per Ragesoss and nominator.--mbz1 (talk) 01:23, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose There are better examples such as this featured picture --Muhammad(talk) 02:55, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Fir and Muhammad. There are many better examples of this technique. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:17, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Per nom WiiWillieWiki 15:28, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Actually I disagree that the others are better examples of panning. I think all (Fir0002's and Fcb981's included) complement each other quite well. Fir's truck pan shows that in wide angle shots, diferent parts of the subject move at different speeds (Relative to the plane of the camera, that is. Obviously all of the truck is moving forward at the same actual rate). Fcb981's motorcycle shows how panning separates the subject from the background well, and this nominated image shows how panning with a relatively long exposure allows the actual elements of movement within the subject to blur while keeping one part of the subject sharp. Each shows a different technique/result from panning. I'm surprised that Fcb891's image was removed from the article actually as I think it illustrates panning better than the racing car (although that is obviously a high quality image too, so we're spoilt for choice). Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 17:45, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. A very good illustration of the subject involved. Spinach Dip 20:58, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - While the motorcycle is also valuable, I think we need to see something running if we're going to see all aspects of panning, so it has high EV. This is about as good as such a thing could be. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 22:54, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Oppose per Fir. With all the photographers around here, I'd think we could find a much better picture to illustrate Panning (camera). Makeemlighter (talk) 00:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Per the article "used to suggest fast motion, and bring out foreground from background", I only see the former, not the latter, in this example. It is a good photo nonetheless. Noodle snacks (talk) 00:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • The article is a bit misleading though, as panning doesn't always bring out the foreground from background, it is just a side effect that is sometimes used creatively by photographers. I think it is a bit harsh to judge the image on the quote which you and I know to be a minor misrepresentation in the article. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 11:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose - IMHO this does a much better job of illustrating that ability of chickens to keep their heads still while moving. I don't know what it's called, or whether we have an article on it. For panning it's weak: "When you pan with a subject, the subject stays sharp. Unless it's a chicken, in which case you get a blurry mess." Stevage 01:13, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yeah I'm actually considering replacing this shot in the article with File:2007 swifts creek lawnmower races05.jpg or another of my lawnmower series as I think it's a much more effective pan --Fir0002 09:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • You're right that the lawnmower pan is a good shot and should be in the article. As I said, we're spoilt for choice as far as images go, but I still think that the chicken illustrates a creative use of panning that the others don't. Obviously if you only have one or two images in the article, a naive viewer might assume that the chicken shot is typical, but as I mentioned in my original vote above, if a variety of images (the lawnmower, the chicken, your [[:File:Truck with motion blur.jpg|truck, and perhaps Fcb981's motorcycle) illustrating different creative uses of panning also included good captions to explain them, then I think a greater understanding would result than just one or two textbook examples of panning that are technically very good, but don't show the full gamut of panning possibilities. Just my opinion. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:09, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Maybe this image would find a better home at Motion blur? Noodle snacks (talk) 12:06, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted MER-C 03:21, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - A wasp of genus Polistes and its nest.
Edit 1 - Cloned antennae from another picture of the wasp from similar angle.
Reason
Good quality, EV and a naturally clean background.
Articles this image appears in
Polistes, Polistinae
Creator
Muhammad
  • Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 12:59, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support either I'm not convinced with the unified antennae and the out-of-focus abdomen/wing. Composition isn't the best either. You also mentioned "naturally clean". Do they nest besides walls or trees? It seems too much grey and doesn't look that natural. ZooFari 15:58, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I can upload an edit that fixes the unified antennae. To have the abdomen and wings in focus as well is not possible as is illustrated by the other wasp featured pictures. Actually, I was very pleased with the composition. Regarding the nesting, I found 4 nests in a small area of around 10m2, all made on a wall. --Muhammad(talk) 17:18, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • I didn't mean that type of composition. The composition you are talking about is great on this photograph (good posture, not tilted, etc.). I ment environmental composition. Since you said it you find these near walls, then I will let that pass.

Now, I was going to change to support, but you never mentioned the species. You only mentioned its genus. I know, it can be a pain in the neck trying to find the species ID, but I think I've seen these before and should not be that hard to research. I'll work on the Species ID and hope to find it. Once there is an ID and a fixed antennae (unless I change my mind and let that pass), then I will support. ZooFari 22:37, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately the species id is not possible because according to the expert, "The only available key is from 1936 and it does not work." Hence "...future study and for taxonomic revision" is required. --Muhammad(talk) 06:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Polistes sp wasp.jpg MER-C 03:21, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The nave of Nantes cathedral
Reason
Obviously illustrative of the inside aspect of the building, "Valued Image" on Commons for the scope "Cathédrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Nantes (interior)".
Articles this image appears in
Nantes Cathedral
Creator
Eusebius

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Perspective distortion => Not promoted MER-C 03:33, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Reopened and relisted: Perspective distortion is easily fixable, closing an image 24 hours after an easily fixable problem is brought up as an overrule-not promote is simply unforgivable. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 11:09, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]


The behaviour around "do the original votes count yes-no-yes-no" has ruined any chance of this having a fair run anymore. Per talk page, provisionally promoting per original votes, but listing as a delist nom. Promoted File:Cathédrale de Nantes - nef.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please play fair. wadester16 | Talk→ 16:53, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Original - Dendy Street Beach and Middle Brighton Beach in Brighton, Victoria on a summer's afternoon, featuring the colourful Melbourne tourist icon of the Brighton Bathing Boxes. In the background can be seen the Middle Brighton Baths, the Middle Brighton Pier and Breakwater, and boats of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. In the far distance is the Melbourne City skyline, some 12km away.
Reason
Diliff's recent nominations from Brighton Beach in England reminded of my own Brighton images from the other side of the world. High quality and well composed image of one of the tourist attractions of Melbourne with lots of interesting action to boot.
Articles this image appears in
Brighton, Victoria, Beach hut
Creator
jjron

Promoted Image:Brighton Beach, Vic Pano, 10.01.2009.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 03:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A mute swan with its nine cygnets.
Alt1 - more realistic contrast levels, uncropped.
Reason
High resolution, adds greatly (I think) to the article, and lastly: I really don't think it's legal in most US states, as well as the majority of overseas countries, to vote against a photo this cute.
Articles this image appears in
Swan, Mute swan, Wikipedia:Advice for parents. :-)
Creator
S Sepp
Whichever, they're both cool. 74.47.114.74 (talk) 20:18, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, that was me. ;-P WiiWillieWiki 20:18, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Original, Support Alt 1 - Original is over-processed, Fails FIC8. Compare to Alt1. Swans that are swimming through eternal darkness do not glow with holy light. Kaldari (talk) 19:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose both. Not loving the colours on the new one, either- the first looks more realistic to me. The plant life looks too green and bright, not to mention the fact the body of the mother is now blindingly white. J Milburn (talk) 20:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose both The photo could use some sharpening and the lighting is not pleasant. It has a dark background and a blown highlight on the mother's body. ZooFari 01:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose alt 1 Looks unrealistic, especially the whitened neck which really should be brownish, as should the cygnets, plus the background looks weirdly fluorescent. Narayanese (talk) 14:37, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:29, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Tsūjun Bridge, the largest stone aqueduct in Japan
Edit 1 - Cropped and sharpened
Reason
A beautiful, crisp picture of the largest stone aqueduct in Japan.
Articles this image appears in
Tsūjun Bridge
Creator
creator: Masamic, editor: Laitche
Ha, you're right. There were a few versions floating around and I messed up. I edited this nomination to include the CORRECT version. Sorry! --TorsodogTalk 20:18, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted MER-C 09:29, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - New Norfolk, Tasmania, from the Pulpit Rock Lookout
Crop
Reason
I happened to click over to Noodle snacks' gallery page, and I thought this image was amazing.
Articles this image appears in
New Norfolk, Tasmania
Creator
Noodle snacks

this discussion. ZooFari 01:14, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:11, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:New Norfolk from Pulpit Rock Lookout crop.jpg MER-C 09:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Cobbe portrait, possibly showing William Shakespeare, and publicly announced in 2009
Reason
Newly discovered portrait which may be of William Shakespeare from life.
Articles this image appears in
Cobbe portrait, Portraits of Shakespeare
Creator
Anonymous12345

Support. Honestly I thought I supported directly after my comment (ooops!). Wonderful image. Synergy 00:30, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cobbe portrait of Shakespeare.jpg MER-C 09:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Embden Goose Chick
Reason
Complements the Adult picture nicely.
Articles this image appears in
Embden Goose
Creator
Noodle snacks

Not promoted MER-C 09:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Kitesurfer on the Columbia River
Reason
I ran into some kite surfers a week or so back whilst walking on a beach. The weather (and hence lighting) wasn't that great, and I'd been out classed by some guy with a 1D and a 400mm F2.8 anyway. I was reminded about this by jjron's pano. Yes, the kite isn't shown in the frame, but if you do show it, you only get a little speck of the kitesurfer, and the associated equipment.
Articles this image appears in
Kitesurfing, Columbia River Gorge, Kitesurfing locations
Creator
Jim Semlor
  • Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 22:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Obviously, some version of this should be promoted, but would it look better with the light bit at the bottom cropped, d'ye think? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I also think you could stand to crop the bottom a bit. It's not at all clear that that's water, hence not really worth preserving. But the image itself is gorgeous. Stevage 01:09, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I did some kitesurfer shots around the same time I did the pano below. Wasn't sure any of them were FP quality, but I did put quite a bit of effort into getting both the kite and surfer in frame which I thought had higher EV - you can do it, but obviously you don't get the same close up detail something like this gives for just one component. I won't offer them as alts as don't want to interject on the nom, but I would like one thing clarified - you talk about taking some shots yourself then nominate this with you as creator, but I don't think this is your photo; I'm guessing that was just a reflex listing cos you're so used to doing self-noms? --jjron (talk) 07:09, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support It's a dynamic picture and I agree that we could easily have two FPs of this, but the sharpness lets it down (didn't quite nail the focus) --Fir0002 09:46, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The crop is too tight. I'm also not getting a good indication of the height above the water. Is it possible to work the kite in there somehow? It's kind of crucial to the concept it's illustrating. - Mgm|(talk) 20:13, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Brilliant action shot --Childzy ¤ Talk 21:06, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. After mulling on this for a few days. I understand the argument you've given above about not showing the kite, and you're probably right that this subject may be open to two FPs. But the composition of this has been bugging me (since I first looked at it about 2 months ago in the article). For mine there's too much happening at the top of frame and parts of the grip are cutoff, with little reason for it below (given we can't actually see the surface of the water below him it doesn't really convey information about how high he is). So maybe I could let that slide, but the focus is also out - focus is closer to the feet/board than the harness etc that this meant to be illustrating, or even his face. There's just too many issues to me. --jjron (talk) 07:03, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per jjron. This is a photograph of a popular sport; this wouldn't be difficult to take again with better composition. -- AJ24 (talk) 16:48, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't miss the kite as much as I miss the water. It's not clear enough what's going on here. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:27, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A collection of dried mushrooms. Edible mushrooms are often dried after being gathered so that they can be easily stored for long periods of time or used as a seasoning.
Reason
Nice shot of a collection of dried mushrooms. It would be hard to do the "single fruit and cross section" shot for a dried mushroom, as they are already sliced, but this does well illustrate dried mushrooms, and looks good at high resolution (even if the resolution isn't massive). It's already featured on Commons. Also, while I'm here, I'll just slide in some spam- valued picture candidates could do with more nominations and comments, so feel free to head over there, comment and nominate.
Articles this image appears in
Edible mushroom, drying (food)
Creator
Aka

Do we need a species ID here? I notice that this was from the time COM:FPC wasn't too rigorous on these things. MER-C 06:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I would personally guess they were Boletus edulis, but I'm certainly not an expert. A few people seem to think they are chanterelles on Talk:Cantharellus, but I doubt that myself. I have contacted the author on Commons, and will leave a message at the fungi project. J Milburn (talk) 17:36, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm now fairly sure they are Boletus edulis- there aren't many species that would be available commercially, and these are clearly pored (rather than gilled) and in the traditional mushroom shape. That would seem to rule out chanterelles or the button mushroom, which are an unusual shape and gilled respectively. Also, top center would suggest the stipes are thicker at the bottom, which would be consistent with a Boletus species. Briefly looking through the species we have listed on edible mushroom, there doesn't seem to be much else it could be... However, I would reccomend waiting for someone more knowledgable than myself to take a guess. J Milburn (talk) 17:44, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Also take a look at this. Admittedly, they are fresher, but the shapes are very similar. J Milburn (talk) 17:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - The famous Anne Frank House alongside the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Edit 1 - Perspective fully corrected, converted from AdobeRGB to sRGB
Reason
The EV is high and so is the quality. I nominated a picture of the Anne Frank House before. I've tried to resolve the problems of the old nomination with this picture. There are no exposure problems anymore, the perspective has been corrected and there are no leaves blocking the view. The composition has changed due to the fact, a change has been made to the layout of the other quay I took this shot from. I find this view of the house to be better, but you can be the judges of that. I've included the old nomination for comparison.
Articles this image appears in
Anne Frank, Anne Frank House and Amsterdam
Creator
Massimo Catarinella
Old Nomination - Not for Voting

the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam,the Netherlands.]]

  • Support as nominator --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 19:37, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose this is exactly the kind of subject where we need a historic picture. There are plenty of them. GerardM (talk) 20:53, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Why would we need a historic picture? Nothing really has changed over the years. There aren't a lot of historic pictures of this structure available. Wikipedia hasn't got one at least. This building only became famous after the WW2 (>1960's), so not a lot of people would have photographed the building before this war. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 21:04, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • The character of the building has changed significantly because of the restauration. The building was thought to be largely abandoned, this is why it worked for so long. The fact that Wikipedia does not have a historic picture (yet) does not mean that they do not exist. Thanks, GerardM (talk) 08:25, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • The reason why they could hide there for so long without being caught, was because the building functioned solely as a office/warehouse. The "achterhuis" in which the family lived was totally shielded of from the outside world and almost nobody knew it existed. The fact that the building was run down had not a lot to do wth it. Most buildings in the historic center of Amsterdam were run down during that period due to neglect. Beside this point, Wikipedia isn't allowed to only have one FP on one subject. We could for example have a FP of how it looks now and how it looked back then. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 10:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • I would like to reiterate one of GerardM's comments. The fact that Wikipedia does not have a historic photo of the house does not mean that this photo should be promoted to FP status just because it's the best we have on Wikipedia. -- AJ24 (talk) 13:20, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
            • The comment of the historic picture just doesn't make any sense. A historic photograph will not contain a lot of crucial information over a modern version. The only difference is that you will see a not restored building. If this is the main argument, then we should not even bother promoting modern pictures of buildings, since most have been restored to their original state in the last decades. Until a decade ago, cars were allowed to park in front of the house, so a historic picture will not be better in the sense that, these cars will obscure the lower part of the buildings. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 16:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This picture is perfectly fine. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 21:41, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support--mbz1 (talk) 01:23, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support A historic photo would compliment this, but we'd probably want an image of how it looked now even if we had an earlier photo. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 13:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I agree that a historical photo would be much better here. And if we really want a modern photo, how about one with better composition? The branches and shadows are quite distracting. Maybe valued pictures for this; it's just not an FP. Makeemlighter (talk) 00:37, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Shadows and branches are a significant distraction. Calling the neighborhood lumberjack is not the only option for correcting this problem: a better angle, perhaps? The photograph is nice, but certainly not FP quality due to distractions and poor composition. -- AJ24 (talk) 13:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Taken a picture without the trees in front of the buildings is impossible, since they block the view from every angle. The shadows are minor and you can still see a lot of detail through them. Again, shooting an image without shadows cannot be done. For instance, the trees will always drop a shadow one them. This is also the best composition possible. I've dealt with all the reasons for which you can oppose this image (see earlier nomination). I've did a quick scan of images available on the internet and this one is frankly the best picture available of the Anne Frank House. If you oppose this image, that means that it just isn't possible to take a FP of this building. This means the composition just isn't compelling enough for you to support. A historic image by the way will be even worse. It not only has trees blocking the view, there will be cars parked in front of the building, which block the view of the lower halve of the buildings. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 16:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm afraid your statement that it is impossible to take a photograph of the house without shadows is not true. Just browsing through Google Images easily disproves your assertion. Almost every photograph I've seen of the house taken from directly in front of the house are without shadows. Even with the problem of the shadows being ignored, the overall composition of the photograph is not visually appealing at all. -- AJ24 (talk) 15:41, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. While a taking a featurable picture might be difficult, I do think that there are too many shadows in this picture, and that this is an addressable concern. Shooting in diffuse light would eliminate or significantly lessen the sharp shadows. I'm not convinced by the composition either. Mostlyharmless (talk) 06:12, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Considering the constraints of the site and the high ev, I think this image is a success. Maedin\talk 18:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per the perfectly fine comment. This is FP and the image should have something special about it. Photographically there's nothing eyecatching about it, something that may be remedied by a different time of day, slightly different angle. I don't like uncorrected perspective in any building shot. Mfield (talk) 23:46, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • If you would have taken the time to read the reason above for nominating this image, you would have known that I have corrected the perspective. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 09:41, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • I don't think you need to be snarky, I did you read your comments and I don't need a lesson on perspective correction thanks. You corrected the vertical, but not the horizontal - see Edit 1 which has also been converted from AdobeRGB to web standard sRGB so the colors will now appear correctly in most browsers. Mfield (talk) 16:56, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - It is an average photo and it can be retaken my many millions of people, subsequently there is very little special about this photo --Childzy ¤ Talk 21:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regretful oppose If I were going to support an FPC on this building it would have been the earlier nomination, which had better composition. There ought to be a featured picture associated with Anne Frank, but perhaps that featured picture isn't possible as this building's facade. It's a sad thing to note that her diary will enter public domain in 2016: I would gladly support a text FP from a page of her handwriting when that becomes possible, and wish that public domain date were much farther away. She should have had a longer and better life. DurovaCharge! 23:12, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think this picture is in need of some horizontal perspective correction like Mattbew Field suggested (though not as much as in his example). That will improve the composition :). I also think that you just can't take a FP of this building. When the weather becomes better (still grey skies...), I'll try and make a panorama of the Merwedeplein. She used to live there before the family moved to the Prinsengracht. The store were she bought the diary is also located there. Yes, she should have had a longer and better life, and so should 6 millions others. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 10:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Thos. W. Keene in MacBeth, c. 1884.
Reason
One of the rare cases where a crop improves an image's encyclopedic value: by cropping the actor's name, this image gets a focus on MacBeth itself, the important element to us. (File:Thomas Keene in MacBeth 1884.png includes the banner with Thos. W. Keene's name; and File:Thomas Keene in Macbeth 1884 unrestored.png is the original)
Articles this image appears in
MacBeth
Creator
W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith.

Promoted File:Thomas Keene in Macbeth 1884 Wikipedia crop.png MER-C 09:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



A girl of the Oglala Lakota in front of a tipi in the Black Hills. With a puppy.
Reason
High resolution encyclopedic picture of a tipi. Added bonus: cute girl. Added added bonus: puppy. Restored Library of Congress image.
Articles this image appears in
Tipi, Indianentent
Creator
John C.H. Grabill

Not promoted MER-C 08:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - A 9mm long Camponotus sp. ant. Pictured in Kibaha, Tanzania.
Reason
We don't have many ant FPs. This one has good DOF, lighting, EV and shows good details of the body including the hairs. The ant was about 9mm long.
Articles this image appears in
Ant, Formicinae
Creator
Muhammad

Quick question: is this one of the cases where the species could not be identified? MER-C 03:07, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While I've got your attention, same goes for Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Tachysphex specie.jpg and Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Graphium Caterpillar. MER-C 03:49, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In all the cases species could not be identified because not much research has been done about these species. Those who identified them to this level, even asked me to send them samples of the species so they could further their research. SO IMO this is as good as it gets, and EV is definitely there. --Muhammad(talk) 06:58, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
OK, fair enough. Returned to nomination list for further input. MER-C 08:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Camponotus sp. ant.jpg MER-C 08:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Randy's Donuts of Inglewood, California, constructed in 1954.
Edit 1 - sRGB conversion, color balance adjusted, selective NR.
Reason
After scrounging the Library of Congress archives for cultural icons of Southern California, heaven help us--this turned up. Edited from the original slightly damaged scan, per upload notes. Somewhere there's got to be a good shot of a Frank Lloyd Wright building to balance out the karma. Until then, have a laugh.
Articles this image appears in
Randy's Donuts, Novelty architecture
Creator
Carol Highsmith
Yeah, but this is an old photo from the NPS.
I don't know what the NPS is, but the photo was (apparently) taken in 2005. Maedin\talk 17:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
According to this edit it dates from 2009-03-12 (personal grumble on continuing misinformation on image pages). And even if it was old - so what? Maedin's point was basically that the building still exists in this same form and could easily be retaken, so we don't need an old photo of it. --jjron (talk) 10:54, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well that is just the date of the derivative work as uploaded by Bilderbot. The original is a film scan and only has a digitization date. Mfield (talk) 15:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Original image page clearly says "Donut sign from 1954, photo taken in 2005". Given the photographer was born in 1946 according to the same image page, I doubt she took it when she was 8 (yet more grumbles about misinformation on image pages). --jjron (talk) 08:03, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yea, these image pages were in rough shape. I've cleaned them up, but I don't know the source. No link on the page sent me explicitly to the source of the image. Does anybody know? ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 16:32, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support Edit1 It's a beautiful picture, but too bad a small part of the building on the right is cut off. This could have been easily corrected by the original photographer. The edit is nice, but there's still some vignetting in the upper corners. I don't find the shadows to be distracting, since they don't obscure a lot of detail and are not abundant. It comes to my attention that a lot of users on FPC are "over obsessed" with shadows... --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 23:37, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support edit 1 per Massimo. Would be a full support if the corner wasn't cut off. Matt Deres (talk) 00:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Randy's donuts1 edit1.jpg MER-C 08:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    • I was about to oppose this, but got an edit conflict. It needs vertical perspective correction and there is a lighter band down the LHS for some reason. The photoshop-applied graduated ND effect has left banding in the sky too (fairly subtle). Noodle snacks (talk) 08:47, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Himalayan design is used to construct the bridges in such places, where building the foundation in the water is often impossible because of deep gorges, and/or strong currents. It was used in India since about 1940. In 2007 this design was also used in France for the construction the bridge over Drac at the Lac de Monteynard Avignonet
Reason
Good quality image of uniquely designed and very unusual bridge. The image has great EV.
Articles this image appears in
Lac de Monteynard Avignonet,Suspension bridge
Creator
user:Herbythyme
  • Support as nominator --mbz1 (talk) 01:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose Nice picture, but would be support if I could see the anchors on the land - the picture has no way of showing how the bridge is supported - as far as we know there could be a huge suspension bridge style fixture behind the camera... Would be better taken from further back showing entry onto bridge... also picture seems to be slightly off centre which is distracting, but this is only a small issue... Gazhiley (talk) 11:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your vote, Gazhiley. I partly agree with you, but IMO you still are able to apretiate the design of the bridge because you could see that there is not a single foundation used to support the bridge.--mbz1 (talk) 12:23, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
how? You cannot see the whole bridge? For all we know this could be taken from the mid point of the bridge and directly under the cameraman/woman could be a huge pillar support... Unless you can see the whole bridge side to side there is no definate way of proving that there are no foundations on this bridge... Gazhiley (talk) 13:18, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your question,Gazhiley. Himalayan design of the bridges has two major characteristics: The bridges are cable-supported and do not have the foundation. Now let's say that you are right and the image was taken from the mid point of the bridge.You still could clearly see the cables (most on the left-hand side of the image), and you still cannot see a foundation. I hope you would agree with me that, if a suspencion bridge has foundations there should be at least two of them in the beginning and in the end. If we see no foundation neither in the middle nor in the end, it is reasonable to assume that the bridge has no foundations at all. I believe that the nominated image might be the only image we have of such design. Thank you.--mbz1 (talk) 15:22, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I do not disagree that this bridge in real life is not as it is described, but for it to be a featured picture, it should show how the bridge works... The only way of doing this is taking the picture further away, showing the conections to the land, and proving the lack of foundations... In this picture we can only take your word for it that there are no foundations, and that this is a Himalayan design... I don't doubt that you speak the truth, and that there are no foundations under the bridge, but this does not show those facts... This just shows a bridge with wires running along it... Gazhiley (talk) 19:18, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The main concern, Gazhiley, should not be whether or not the photograph authentically shows a himalayan design bridge. The concern should be that it does not even show the Himalayan design. We see an off-center photograph of the bridge's span, and can vaguely see cables in the distance. Also, the photograph does not add value to the articles in which it appears in, as there is only a small, paragraph-long sub-section on Himalayan design. A better angle and better view of the actual Himalayan design would be much better. -- AJ24 (talk) 16:05, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot agree that the image does not add value to the articles it is in. Article Lac de Monteynard Avignonet is more about the place than about specific design of the bridge, and it is nice to see how the bridge looks. IMO the image is also good for article Suspension bridge. I had a very hard time figuring out what exactly "Himalayan design" means, and IMO the information and the image I added to the article Suspension bridge will make it easier for others to understand. I've already said that the image is not perfect to show the bridge design, but IMO it still gives the impression of what the bridge and design look like. Thank you.--mbz1 (talk) 19:49, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Ignoring the misleading title for a minute, this isn't in the article for this type of bridge anyway... Noodle snacks (talk) 02:54, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for your comment, Noodle snacks. It is in the article Suspension bridge. I added it to the article 2 days ago before nominating the image. I agree that the image is not perfect to show this particular design, but I believe it is the only image of this kind of bridge that we have now.--mbz1 (talk) 23:29, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - the value here seems to be in illustrating "Himalayan design", but there's very little information on what that is. It seems to mean "no pilons, cables are attached directly to the ground" - this discussion about "foundations" is a bit confusing. IMHO, this is a good picture of this particular bridge, and an ok picture of that *type* of bridge. Stevage 02:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment This photo is also part of a DYK nom. The "no foundations" claim is misleading; the bridge has no piers and no towers, but it does have at least one foundation. That is evident because there is a low upright at the far end. You can see it if you zoom in the photo. The bridge is not purely supported by anchors. "Himalayan design" may be a neologism, a literal translation of a description in a French popular article about the bridge; I am searching for the English term for this specific type of bridge. --Una Smith (talk) 18:19, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your comment, Una Smith. The bridge has no single foundation.--mbz1 (talk) 19:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Not promoted MER-C 08:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Saint Nicholas' Church in Ghent (Belgium) before the adjacent houses were demolished. In the background: belfry with cast iron spire (placed in 1851, removed in 1911).
Reason
Rare colour image of a church that has changed a lot since the time of the photo: the image shows the state of the church just before before the houses in front of the church were demolished, and before the church was thoroughy restored.

Added bonus: a UNESCO World Heritage site as it looked for only about 60 years, between 1851 and 1911. The belfry in the background is shown here with the cast iron campanile which replaced the medieval wooden spire in 1851 (and which was itself replaced by a stone bell tower in 1913).

Articles this image appears in
Fotochroom, Sint-Niklaaskerk (Gent), Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent, Église Saint-Nicolas de Gand
Creator
Detroit Publishing Company

Promoted File:Sint-Niklaaskerk, Gent2.jpg MER-C 08:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - "Tameing a Shrew; or, Petruchio's Patent Family Bedstead, Gags & Thumscrews", an 1815 cartoon by "Williams", which shows a horrific incident of spousal rape, based on an exaggeration of The Taming of the Shrew. The sign above the bed reads "Love, Honour, and OBEY".
JPG version - not for voting.
Reason
I find this picture deeply disturbing, particularly that it was meant to be funny. However, I think that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and such views should be exposed and pointed out as awful. It also has uses in textual criticism of the play it's based on, as the article has lengthy discussion of the disturbing side of the Kate/Petruchio relationship.
Articles this image appears in
Spousal rape, The Taming of the Shrew, and a previous low-res version was in use at Bondage bed, which I replaced with this.
Creator
"Williams"
  • Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 01:16, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Unfortunately, some aspects of your handling of this leave something to be desired. First, since PNG thumbnailing on Wikimedia software pretty much sucks, substituting a PNG for the original JPEG on article "Bondage bed" pretty much does nothing except significantly increase image download time for those reading the article (your "low-res" snobbery is rather out of place here, since the JPEG's alleged "low-res"ness is not visible in an article thumbnail, while the suckiness of PNG thumbnailing will be evident to anyone who doesn't have a broadband connection). Furthermore, I wonder why you replaced the reasonably accurate contextual-historical comments on File:Taming-shrew-1815.jpg with your own personal inaccurate guessing -- such as that it depicts an incident of "rape", when in fact no act of rape is shown as taking place or proximately alluded to. In any case, a husband had a pretty much unquestioned right to sex with his wife according to the Common Law of 1815, and husbands really didn't need any bondage equipment whatsoever to perform spousal rape. Also, the bed itself does not particularly appear to be constructed to facilitate rape, but instead is similar to the traditional stocks that people in 1815 would have been rather familiar with. Furthermore, if you think that the main intended reaction among those who viewed the caricature in 1815 was loud haw-haw guffawing, then I would doubt whether you really have much understanding of it. AnonMoos (talk) 02:40, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Furthermore, the caption you supplied to this image on article Domestic violence was seriously inaccurate, and actually missed the whole main point -- which is that "Petrucchio" here is a coldly calculating type who has been plotting systematic methods to get absolute obedience from his wife that will probably involve less violence than the typical louts who pound on their wives in fits of drunken rage. AnonMoos (talk) 02:56, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Does anyone actually agree with this person? "Threatening someone with thumbscrews isn't domestic violence! Nothing sexual about strapping your wife to your bed against her will!"
Oh, and let's not forget "Higher resolution is bad, and a good reason to remove images." Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 08:03, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There may be arguments against this, such as worry that someone might think it was a good idea, and act on it. But to say that it's not abuse, that it's not sexual, and so on... What the hell? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 08:25, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, you had no real idea what this originally meant to people in 1815, and instead basically made stuff up about what it might should could ought to have meant. I didn't say it wasn't domestic abuse; however, your assertions on the image description page, and in captions to the image when included in articles, were almost entirely wrong. Furthermore, high image resolution may be useful for storing faithful archive versions of an historic picture (assuming that the higher resolution actually captures meaningful detail present in the original), but high resolution actually has very little to do with how useful an image is when displayed as a thumbnail in an article. Usefulness as archival copy and usefulness as article thumbnail can actually be two quite different things, which need to be considered and judged separately. AnonMoos (talk) 15:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Tell me, I have a book describing it as misogynist. Where are your claims coming from? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:38, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Really, what book is that? In any case, misogyny does not necessarily translate into "advocacy of spousal rape"... AnonMoos (talk) 00:35, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hang on, I suggest both of you calm down a little, I can see exasperated tempers flaring on both sides. Neither of you are above reproach in this situation. Firstly, the question of image format and resolution: the JPG version (File:Taming-shrew-1815.jpg) is not "alleged" to be lower res than the PNG (File:Tameing a Shrew; or, Petruchio's Patent Family Bedstead, Gags & Thumscrews.png) - 1,024 × 1,477 pixels is a lower number than 2,436 × 3,440 pixels, therefore the JPG is lower resolution. Resolution is not a qualitative property, there can be no debate over it in this situation.
Secondly, the image format itself. Consensus has shown that images such as this would be better stored on Wikipedia as JPG, not PNG - partially because of the thumbnailing, but also because JPG is a more appropriate format - PNG should only really be used for diagrams and files which need lossless compression or transparent backgrounds without being SVG. However, in this case the PNG version of this image is indeed higher resolution and has a much better constructed image page. All one needs to do (and what I might do in a minute) is to convert the PNG to JPG, edit it for colour (neither have a perfect white balance for example), upload it to Commons and then merge the information from both of the existing image pages.
Thirdly, there is the issue of the 'rape' accusations and captioning. At the moment, the caption's description of 'horrific rape' is simply POV. Try more neutral synonyms such as severe. In addition, AnonMoos has a point here - the image does not specifically show any sexual act. It could be construed that the man is about to rape his wife, but that is an assumption for the viewer to make which we cannot promote lest we fall foul of WP:OR. It seems supposed to make the viewer give a wry smile about the different interpretations of the story about 'taming a woman'. By all means show commentary on the reaction the piece elicited, but don't force the view that something horrible and inhumane is about to happen - this was originally meant to be humorous, even if it falls short of that mark for us today.
Finally, I suggest you both cool it - AnonMoos with your borderline uncivil tone in criticising Shoemaker originally, and Shoemaker with your sarcastic rebuttals. This image can go through the normal FPC process and has, I believe, a good chance. Let's leave it to consensus. —Vanderdeckenξφ 12:08, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's quite true that the 1815 caricature author -- and most of the caricature's original viewers -- would have shared in a basic assumption that, overall and in general, wifely obedience is a good thing in most circumstances. However, just about everything else that Shoemaker's Holiday asserted about the meaning of this image in its original context was quite wrong. Some men would have sniggered at the caricature on first seeing it, but the main purpose of the caricature was to hold up a kind of distorted mirror to the society of its time (like most caricatures), and not to directly advocate for or endorse domestic violence or spousal rape. There was a lot of spousal abuse going on in England in 1815, but a large majority of it was inebriated louts crudely pounding on their wives in a fit of drunken rage, as opposed to the coolly calculating discipline practices depicted in the caricature. Gazing on the caricature for a while might have raised some uncomfortable questions, such that as most husbands in 1815 would never do what "Petruchio" in the caricature did, but if they've slapped their wife around a little when enraged, are they in fact any better than "Petruchio"? It's by no means as simplistic as one might assume based on 2009 sensibilities. The fact that in many past cultures very few questioned basic assumptions of male dominance doesn't mean that everybody always wished women to be unthinkingly obedient Stepford wives, or approved of everything that men did to enforce such obedience -- already in Chaucer, the whole Griselda thing was a little too extreme to take take too seriously, and had to be "balanced" by the Wife of Bath's tale... AnonMoos (talk) 15:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
First off: PNG is the only lossless format supported by commons. Serious restoration work requires PNG. JPG is not preferred by any serious resorationist, as it creates artefacts where none existed before. When you've worked very hard to create an image that looks good at 200% resolution, there's no point in saying Hmm, looks good, but whatit really needs is JPEG artefacts." Secondly, uou can increase the blue content until the paper is white, but paper ages yellow, and this image is nearly 200 years old. I've reduced the yellowing until it still showed some signs of age, but did not affect the image's colours.
Thirdly, oh, screw it, I don't want to deal with any of this right now. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 15:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You need a cup of tea. Please consider taking a short break, it doesn't help anyone editing while you're distressed. Bear in mind we're not trying to create a perfect archive of historical documents here - just an encyclopaedia. We're not proposing to delete the PNG or anything like that - just that the best version to be featured should be a more accessible one. The PNG can stay on Commons and there will always be a link to the LoC's source page with the 35MB TIFF. —Vanderdeckenξφ 16:16, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First off, I spent 4 hours removing dirt from the image, which you are throwing out in favour of working from the original tiff again. I would be happy to upload the cleaned version, but now there's three versions on commons, only one of which has been cleaned, and no indication that one has had hundreds of time more work put into preparing it.

...I'm sorry, but it's very clear that this whole thing just shows that noone cares about getting a good image of this. It's completely disrespectful to restorationists to complain about the resolution, to complain about them using a lossless medium to upload their work, and to have the ONLY reaction to their work be lengthy public sniping and attacks. Perhaps you'll understand, then, why I was so upset.

I spent hours working on something, and got nothing back but lengthy attacks, having my much better version replaced with a low-res one, because of arbitrary dislike of PNGs and so on. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:34, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you'd be willing to resave your restored version as a high quality JPG - a 100% quality setting is completely fine - then just upload over my one, please. —Vanderdeckenξφ 09:56, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As part of making my JPEG, I generated a 2450x3399 pixel 17 megabyte PNG file, which is still present on my hard drive. The reason I haven't upload it at that resolution is that I wasn't too sure that I was really capturing any great amount of meaninful detail from the original caricature (as opposed to paper imperfections and ink imperfections), and the reason why I uploaded a JPEG (instead of a PNG) was that a JPEG would be more useful in thumbnails displayed in articles (since the file sizes of JPEG thumbnails would be much smaller than those of PNG thumbnails), while the additional details in a PNG would not be too relevant for that purpose (as opposed to archival image conservation/storage). I'm sorry if I betrayed excessive annoyance, but your comments in edits connected with your image upload combined ignorance about what the caricature actually meant to people in 1815, together with a drive-by-sneer at my JPEG, as if I never thought about the issues of resolution, PNG vs. JPEG etc. (when in fact I had). AnonMoos (talk) 15:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -GerardM (talk) 18:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC) When you are consider restorations, JPG is actually not appropriate. The problem is that JPG brings artefacts into the picture that destroy the value of the restoration for others. Given that Commons is also the home for the best practices of restorationists, the current notion against PNG needs to be reassessed. Thanks, GerardM (talk) 18:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support PNG Great job. One day Wikipedia will handle PNGs wonderfully, but a JPEG is going to be lower quality forever. Chillum 15:59, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Request please correct for the staining at the upper right corner and sharpen. This file was scanned from a slide film copy of the original artwork, and like a number of others of its type it's slightly out of focus. DurovaCharge! 05:03, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Concur with Durova. Great image but its a bit out of focus. Synergy 00:40, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've uploaded a new version per concerns. As the edits are fairly minor, I just uploaded over. I just gave it a light sharpen, as it's so easy to over-sharpen if you're not careful, and tweaked the black point up which makes it look sharper anyway. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:29, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Much better. I love the image. Synergy 23:33, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suggesting new edit? DurovaCharge! 23:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've had to undo your edit, because the PNG and JPEG being the same is currently used in the bug report on the problem with PNG display - evidently JPEGs get an extra sharpening that PNGs don't. But it's really going to confuse the issue if the Bug report says to compare these thumbnails of identical images, when the images are not, in fact, identical.
Durova edit (alt 1) as JPEG which (for the moment, but I am told not for much longer) are sharpened more than PNGs when thumbnailing.
That said, I honestly can't see any difference between your version and mine, even when rapidly flicking between them. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 00:07, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • This is a surprise. But I have placed an alternative restoration up for consideration at this nomination and it has been from the page, not by me. Perhaps there was some miscommunication. Shoemaker, if you wish to rename a file then do so. Please restore my work so the other reviewers can evaluate it. DurovaCharge! 05:58, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • Durova, I'm happy to have your version up, but if I upload it, it gets credited to me, not you. This is why I specifically told you that that wasn't a good place to upload it, because the thumbnail of that image is being used in a bug report, and asked you to upload it elsewhere. I'm sorry that you made an incorrect assumption about the JPEG, but you having done so, there's very little I can do that maintains the chain of credit, other than ask you to upload it again, under a file name that is not in active use, and that will not cause confusion by having multiple restorations using the same filename except extention. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • It's the work that matters more than the credit. You did most of this anyway and deserve sole credit if it gets promoted. Please put the alternate version back up for review. DurovaCharge! 15:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
            • Uploaded. However, looking at it again (I think that the cache hadn't cleared when I looked at it last, hence why I said it looked identical) I don't like the very, very white paper replacing the yellowed original - it just seems a bit too much. It's something I consciously rejected in my restoration. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:29, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


There is no shortage of filenames folks. Chillum 15:07, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment and Support So I'm probably going to start a small war with this comment, but when I looked at the original and the Jpeg version image pages, the Jpeg was much sharper, so I would have voted for that. But then when I clicked on the full resolution link they looked the same. Now I know we vote on things at full resolution, but I would have thought that using the image that looks sharper on the image page in the articles would be sensible, but assume that that's not necessarily the case. I think using a caricature in the spousal rape article is probably downplaying the seriousness of the act and I would remove it if it were up to me. I read the picture along the lines of the medieval devices reputedly used to stop wives nagging and so on, and in no way sexual.Terri G (talk) 17:12, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've been assured the PNGs-looking-blurrier problem will be fixed within a day or two. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:16, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tameing a Shrew; or, Petruchio's Patent Family Bedstead, Gags & Thumscrews.png MER-C 09:26, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Ayyavazhi Thamarai-Namam
Alt2 Simplified PNG
Reason
This is the religious symbol of Ayyavazhi, a South Indian Dharmic belief system. This Image, I feel, the best, and of highest-resolution among all the similar Ayyavazhi symbol images uploaded here in Wikimedia. It was also used in a large number of articles and forming the conceptual centre of many Ayyavazhi articles; It looks good too. So i feel better to nominate it to FPC.
Articles this image appears in
Ayyavazhi series. (In Infobox)
Creator
Vaikunda Raja
Sorry, I don't understand "to show an image of this symbol in use to help provide context?" Can you please reword the contents?. And there are paintings of this in worship centers; and was also worn in jewellary. And for the SVG issue, I tried but failed.- Vaikunda Raja (talk) 00:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Part of the problem, I believe, is vectorizing it, the actual making of the file. However, with so many paths, rendering also becomes an issue. Can we use gradients and such to come up with something simpler?--HereToHelp (talk to me) 01:39, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What I was meaning was that I don't know what context the symbol would be used in- I was trying to understand the significance by seeing a picture of it in use. For instance, if File:Christian cross.svg was the candidate, you could show me File:Normandy cemetery.jpg to provide some context. J Milburn (talk) 17:23, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Yes, I understand; Following are some images which could be examples as you told
  • On building structures
  1. At Nizhal Thangal of Attoor, File:Thiru Nizhal Thangal of Attoor.jpg
  2. At Nizhal Thangal of Nelli-ninra Vilai, File:Nelli Nintra Vilai Thangal.png
  3. At Swamithope Pathi, religious head quarters, (flagmast) File:Flag mast of Swamithoppe.jpg
  • On wall painting from worship centers
  1. Painting from a road-side wall at a worship center near Kanyakumari, File:Madhavapuram Ayyavazhi lotus.JPG
  2. Painting from a Nizhal Thangal (worship center) at Nagercoil, File:Ayyavazhi lotus painting1.JPG
  3. Painting from the same Nizhal Thangal File:Ayyavazhi lotus 3.JPG
  4. Another painting from the same Nizhal Thangal File:Ayyavazhi Lotus Namam Painting 2.JPG
  5. Light illumination of the symbol from a Nizhal Thangal near Thiruvattar, File:Ayyavazhi Light lotus.JPG
  • From Akilathirattu (Holy book) Cover
  1. The Image from the cover of a DDP version of Akilam; File:DPV Ayyavazhi lotus.JPG (In the same image, notice the building (Detchanathu Dwaraka Pathi - an important worship center) below the main lotus - the symbol is sculptured over the top of the structure.
No, The emblem includes only the Lotus and the Namam(White flame shape). - Vaikunda Raja (talk) 15:32, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Then for the sake of encyclopedic value, why should it be part of the nominated image? Spikebrennan (talk) 23:34, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, But I feel, it depends upon how much priority we give for the image 'as a emblem' in relation to 'as a religious art'. The more we consider it a emblem the more the designs in the background be omitted. Myself like to prefer it a religious art rather than something like a logo, though it is the 'symbol of Ayyavazhi'. And on using it as a symbol (not logo) where ever multi-color prints and paintings are made people use to draw something like light rays etc in the background around the image(lotus and Namam).
And if needed we shall remove the long green line which distracts the attention when it is viewed as a 'logo'. I like to know the views of other users too - Vaikunda Raja (talk) 06:16, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's pretty clear to me that this image is currently used in Wikipedia as an emblem, not as religious art-- for me, the distinction is that this image was created _for Wikipedia_. In contrast, the architectural motifs that are shown in the images that you cite above can also be seen as religious art (the architectural motifs weren't created for wikipedia). In my view, since the image is to be used as an emblem (representing Ayyavazhi) rather than as a photograph or reproduction of a specific, tangible work of religious art, the encyclopedic value would be highest if the image were limited to the features that are commonly recognized as part of the religious symbol-- see image to right: . Spikebrennan (talk) 14:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Firstly, this should be svg. Secondly, while I appreciate the idea of art vs. emblem, I think the green spikes go too far. (The black and white goes to far the other way.) Cutting it off in a clean circle would draw focus to the important parts of the image, especially because they will be larger in thumbnail.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 01:17, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is this Image [Alt 2] Ok? The distractions were removed and the resolution too was increased. - Vaikunda Raja (talk) 06:18, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt2I would prefer SVG, but the new image is very large nonetheless.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 23:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on the alternates please. MER-C 06:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Thamarai-Namam2.png This does not constitute an endorsement of the Ayyavazhi religion. MER-C 10:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Mission San Juan Capistrano in California as it appeared in 1899, photochrom by William Henry Jackson
Reason
Mission San Juan Capistrano was one of the most ambitious of the Spanish colonial missions in California, and also underwent repeated damage and rebuilding. This is a high resolution photochrom print of the courtyard as it appeared in 1899 after two earthquakes and nearly 7 decades of neglect. Restored version of File:Mission San Juan Capistrano unrestored.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Creator
William Henry Jackson

Is this part of the mission still standing? Further input re: enc please. MER-C 08:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 10:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - This paper clip is under the water level, which has risen gently and smoothly. Surface tension prevents the paper clip from submerging and from overflowing the blue glass.
Edit 1 - Desaturation of yellow
Reason
Inspired by a recently delisted image. The lighting perfectly allows the person viewing it to see what the surface of the water is doing. It also demonstrates There are also some interesting optical effects going on. This is a focus stack, there is an alternate on the image page that isn't stacked, and another with different lighting. It was a bit of a pain to get the paper clip to float, and the glass was not perfectly level, so it floated to one side, but the surface tension is also shown on the edge of the glass as a result. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:02, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in
Water (molecule)
Creator
Noodle snacks

Promoted File:Paper Clip Surface Tension 1 edit.jpg MER-C 10:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Winter's Tale, Act II, scene 3, from a painting by John Opie commissioned and prepared for engraving by the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery.
Not for voting - Unrestored. The paper around the border was, annoyingly, the hardest part to fix, because it's simply filthy, with a lot of the dirt and stains overlapping text - which is exceptionally fiddly restoration - but the image itself, the fun part of a restoration, was in decent condition. Had to carefully clean everything and reconstruct most of the paper around the borders to get an even tone, and it took hours.
Reason
It's a high-resolution Shakespearean artwork with a fairly interesting history, if one that can be explained briefly (see caption, and linked articles). Also, look at that use of lighting to emphasise the main characters - the window drawing the eye to Antigonus; the shining armour - so well done - emphasising Leontes and pulling him out of the dark in the middle, and Perdita in a pool of white cloth surrounded by dark soldiers. Do look at this one at full size - there's a whole lot of detail here. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:56, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in
The Winter's Tale, Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, John Opie.
Creator
Painting by John Opie, engraved by J.P. Simon

Promoted File:John Opie - Winter's Tale, Act II. Scene III.jpg MER-C 10:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - Austroicetes vulgaris at Risdon Brook Dam, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
High quality in a natural environment. Good DOF considering the 1:1.4 mag or so. Only was 5-6 cm from the bug (don't get much working distance with my setup)
Articles this image appears in
Bandwing
Creator
Noodle snacks
On second thought, It's better this way. ZooFari 03:56, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I am pleased with the composition. Rotating it to make the ground flat would lose it. ZooFari 16:04, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The bug was on a slope, the camera was level. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:36, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but — how do I put this tactfully — who cares? With such a narrow shot, you can't tell whether the ground is flat, sloping, upside down etc, so imho, we're pretty free to rotate the image arbitrarily. Like that wasp image recently, which ended up being rotated 90 degrees. Stevage 01:56, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you wanted to be anal about it the stress from gravity would cause strain in the legs etc, changing things with angle. The insect would probably alter the angle of it's legs a bit with orientation too. Noodle snacks (talk) 02:01, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Quite nice, but again wish it was illustrating an article more specific to the species (as per the damselfly above). Re the slope, in my experience these type of bugs have a tendency to more often than not orient themselves on slight inclines, often blades of grass or similar, so it looks quite natural this way. --jjron (talk) 07:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support Blurred foreground quite distracting, but the insect just about free of blur.Terri G (talk) 16:45, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: As Muhammad said, good quality, DOF, and environment. Maedin\talk 20:28, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Austroicetes vulgaris.jpg MER-C 10:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Eastern billabong fly (Austroagrion watsoni) (female), in Tea Tree, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
Clear, and good background separation (but it still clear that they are big blades of grass). I did a white balance fix after a comment by fir ages ago. There was a lot to juggle taking these damselfly photos. I had to set two flashes manually.
Articles this image appears in
Coenagrionidae
Creator
Noodle snacks

Promoted File:Austroagrion watsoni.jpg MER-C 10:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original Chromolithograph of the Brooklyn Bridge in the City of New York, New York, United States, by Currier and Ives. Original caption: "The great East River suspension bridge: connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn, looking west"
Reason
Chromolithograph of the Brooklyn Bridge shortly after construction. Engineering specs in caption. Very high resolution. Restored version of File:Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge.jpg. Smaller version available for viewers with slow connection speeds at File:Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge2 courtesy copy.jpg
Articles this image appears in
Brooklyn Bridge, History of Brooklyn
Creator
Currier and Ives

Promoted File:Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge2.jpg MER-C 10:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Farmer and two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, 1936. Picture by Arthur Rothstein, for the Farm Security Administration.
Not for voting - Alternative version without global & local histogram changes.
Reason
Classic picture: a farmer and his two sons walking in the face of a dust storm during the Dust Bowl in Cimarron County, OK. Picture taken in 1936 by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
This was a difficult one. Lots of dust, lots of pretty annoying small scratches. It would've been easy to just take a 100 pixel clone stamp to the sky or the ground but I didn't: it's an iconic image, so you want to do as little as possible to it. It would also have been easy to just up the contrast, but it's a dust storm so that's not really what you want. The edit I'm proposing is one where I did jiggle the histogram just a bit and (more importantly) where I removed some vignetting (+the usual: dust, scratches, stains).
Articles this image appears in
Farm Security Administration, Cimarron County, Dust Bowl
Creator
Arthur Rothstein, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke
Thanks for the support! I uploaded a courtesy low res version here. -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 10:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Farmer walking in dust storm Cimarron County Oklahoma2.jpg MER-C 10:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Close-up of a very large male Saltwater Crocodile's head
Reason
I think its a good quality image that shows the subject's head features well. Also the subject is an exceptional one in that it is a very large male saltwater crocodile up close in natural looking surroundings. I therefore think its a valuable contribution to the Saltwater Crocodile article.
Articles this image appears in
Saltwater Crocodile
Creator
djambalawa

Nomination withdrawn. MER-C 12:55, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - 1905 poster for Victor Herbert's The Fortune Teller (1898), in an evident revival of the original production.
Reason
I've applied every trick in the book to this, and I think I've managed to get around some flaws in the original scan, to bring out an image from the original production of this opera. I hope you agree.
Articles this image appears in
Victor Herbert, The Fortune Teller
Creator
The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York.
  • I'm sorry, but what "serious problems with uneven fade"? If you point to them, I'm happy to work on them, but I think you may be exaggerating slightly, as the paper looks pretty consistently even-toned, to me at least. Shoemaker's Holiday 09:41, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Paper typically dries and darkens more at the edges than at the center, as it ages. When I worked on El Capitan for you it was actually more work to correct for that than for the color balance. If I recall correctly, it was one of the issues I discussed when you asked me to sharpen a really unsharp image a couple of weeks ago (which might have been this one). Blogged about the fade issue recently while I was helping another restorationist.[11] Unsharpness and uneven fade are problems that affect a lot of your poster restorations. After a few times raising these points and not getting a reaction (or the needed changes) I usually abstain from the nominations that are objectionable, but this time it's really too much. DurovaCharge! 14:59, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
But uneven fade is such a useful and not too noticeable sign of age - I think it's authentic. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:51, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:15, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Although native to Africa, the Horned melon is now grown in California and New Zealand.
Reason
My first attempt at a featured picture (Fir0002 style). Constructive criticism welcomed. Original photo here.
Articles this image appears in
Horned melon
Creator
Kaldari

Not promoted MER-C 09:15, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Archimedes' screw was operated by hand and could raise water efficiently. - Taken from Archimedes' screw This is one of the most important early machines and this image is a representation of how it works.
Large Version - The larger version of the above image with only one ball.
Reason
This picture is well made, and adds immesurable value to the Archimedes' Screw article. It aptly demonstrates the action of pulling water from the source
Articles this image appears in
Archimedes' screw, Archimedes, Civil engineering, Ready-mix concrete
Creator
Jahobr
Can we get it in PNG or SVG? Mostlyharmless (talk) 00:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
An animated PNG or SVG? --jjron (talk) 01:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There's a bigger version as File:Archimedes-screw one-screw-threads with-ball 3D-view animated.gif at 505 × 365px. Seems slightly different, only one ball. It's a 3.48MB download though which is why I think they've used the small one. --jjron (talk) 01:33, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I used the smaller one 'cause the larger one uses only one ball, and the edges are pixelated and I thought that would be a point of contention. Maybe the bigger one would be better - The Talking Sock talk contribs 21:51, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Mediterranean beach in southern turkey, near Kaş
Reason
nice composition, good colors.
Articles this image appears in
beach
Creator
Yosarian

Not promoted MER-C 09:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), Mexico
Reason
This file is currently used at American Crocodile and is remarkably clear and detailed in its portrayal of the crocodile. The clarity of the scales and outer skin adds to this picture's credit, and the quality of the image is in no way diminished at high resolution.
Articles this image appears in
American crocodile
Creator
Tomás Castelazo

Not promoted MER-C 09:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Augustine Volcano erupting on January 12, 2006. This eruption occurred simultaneously with several other eruptions at the time, including one at Mount Cleveland
Reason
Once again, colossal EV. It is currently a valued picture, but the Redoubt picture managed to pass so I have confidence that this can, too.
Articles this image appears in
Augustine Volcano
Creator
Game McGimsey (edited by Ceranthor
Hold on... the Redoubt picture was way grainier than this and wasn't that much compositionally better. Alas, oh well. Ceranthor 00:32, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Midnight at the glassworks: child labourers in Indiana in 1908. Photo by Lewis Hine for the National Child Labor Committee
Alternative - Contrast enhanced less, more of the original colour kept.
'Not for voting - Unrestored original for comparison
Reason
Encyclopedic (not to mention poignant) image of child labour, taken by a Famous Photographer. Had quite my work cut out to restore the image, too: loads of dust & scratches, part of the image peeled off, wear & tear.
Articles this image appears in
Lewis Hine, National Child Labor Committee
Creator
Lewis Hine, photographer. Restored by mvuijlst.
Support alternative. Chick Bowen was right. -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 20:07, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This photograph has tremendous EV. The obvious quality issues, such as what appears to be vignetting on the left side of the photo, should be overlooked considering the photograph's age and encyclopedic value. The visage of the boy on the left is particularly engaging, making this a unique photograph. -- AJ24 (talk) 03:11, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. DurovaCharge! 04:14, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Excellent. Maedin\talk 16:39, 14 March 2009 (UTC) I've decided to Support alternative. Thanks for uploading this version, I think it's a small improvement. Maedin\talk 13:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for encyclopedic value for child labor images. Oppose Support alternative. I don't think I'm too talented at examining featured pictures, but, yes, per comment below, why were the background people removed? If they are removed to make it look like there are fewer people it removes the historical value, and, therefore, the encyclopedic value, if the image was shot with the intention of social reform by a photographer noted for that. --KP Botany (talk) 23:27, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ack! No! Don't do this! I've really work long and hard at this with the utmost respect for both subject and image. :)
No background figures were removed at all. Everything that was in there, still is in there. This may be a monitor contrast issue. I've uploaded a non-colour corrected version for comparison, a difference mask (which shows the differences between the unrestored and restored versions -- white is more difference) and a TIFF version with restored and unrestored layers and proposed/used histogram adjustment layers so anyone can see there's no figures removed at all.
-- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 11:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I considered whether it was a monitor issue, but, realize, most computer users have no idea you can color-correct a monitor for greater accuracy in rendering images.
An editor below notes that the amount of detail in the background on the left is reduced signficantly. This, as this Chick Bowen points out "makes the foreground figures more prominent relative to the background." It excludes a number of the background figures, reducing one aspect of the abhorrent working conditions faced by the children of the glassworks in the image. Also the figure whose appearance is reduced could be a guard, better clothes, a light.
Hines was a sociologist, by the way, although our Wikipedia article just says he's a photographer. Photography was his tool.
Losing the background figure on the left detracts from the image. --KP Botany (talk) 11:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
To me there's a world of difference between "a background figure / detail was lost" and "on my monitor it looks as if a background figure / detail is lost" (and that's why I thought the "is my monitor calibrated correctly?" doohicky is at the top of the WP-FPC page, but still).
The "is my monitor calibrated correctly?" is no good to most of the people who will be viewing these images as featured pictures on the main page. I work in a production image lab and would never judge them on their perfected view. Still, I think the other user brought this up, and I think he was correct. I loved the image because of the looks of the two boys in the front; but I see the EV of the image more in the less contrasty version, and it makes me more interested in the photographer. --KP Botany (talk) 20:24, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I modified the histogram. Would you support the alternative edit? -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 11:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As I wrote above: I respectfully disagree. Alternative histograms could be applied, but none of the information was lost. -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 11:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
...but I'm nothing if not flexible.:)
Added an alternative edit with less contrast and more of the original colouring. -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 11:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Changed to support alternative. Thank you for your flexibility. You were right that no information was lost in your original version, but contrast isn't about information, it's about prominence. So, thanks again. Chick Bowen 16:59, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Midnight at the glassworks2b.jpg MER-C 09:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Poster for a c. 1884 American production of Shakespeare's Richard III, showing many key scenes.
Reason
Shakespeare. Only large-size image we have for the play. Pay attention to the lower right image in reviewing - that had the most severe damage, and I'd expect any problems with the restoration to concentrate there. If it turns out that more work is needed, let me know. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 01:36, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in
Richard III (play)
Creator
W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith. of Cleveland, Ohio.

Promoted File:Thomas Keene in Richard III 1884 Poster.png MER-C 09:17, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Leaving the opera in the year 2000, hand-coloured lithograph by Albert Robida (ca. 1882)
For comparison - unrestored version
Reason
As with the other Robida image recently promoted to FP: it's a lovely image. And this one does an even better job of illustrating early science fiction: we're talking 1880s, before zeppelins or other dirigibles, before automobiles, and here's Robida imagining all sorts of airships large and small, with steering wheels, headlights and even horns. There's women driving, there's chauffeurs, there's bus-like airships, and there's helipads: amazing, really.
Dust and scratches, stains and tears removed. Top left corner and part of legend recreated. Colour adjusted.
[Note: LoC lists the date as "1882?", but there's a charming little Eiffel tower in the image, so it may be from the late 1880s.]
Articles this image appears in
Albert Robida, Science fiction (nl), Future, Eiffel Tower in popular culture
Creator
Albert Robida, restored by mvuijlst
  • Support as nominator --Mvuijlst (talk) 03:30, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, with a few recommendations for further improvement: It'd benefit from about half a degree of clockwise rotation. A little more work on the slight staining down the middle could also pay off, particularly the top half of the image, where it's particularly dark. Finally, the image goes to the edge of the paper, which is a little awkward for you: See if you can rotate it in such a way that you can crop it without losing any details (remember you can fill in any missing slivers with the clone stamp) that'd probably be better than the current situation. Do that last, though, and I'd suggest uploading an alternative where you don't go down that somewhat extreme route. Finally, for archival purposes, it's best to also provide a PNG version. Your restoration is very good - hence why I'm supporting - but I do think just a tiny bit more work could make it incredible. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 04:08, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the kind words. I was wondering about the rotation: the image as cropped now is was the way it was printed on the page, wonky legend and all, and I'd opted to keep it like that. Version 2 is I've now rotated and cropped it to the drawing content (the top left is not the end of the drawing, there's a pinkish wash covering all of the page except for the Seine), and I had a stab at removing the discoloration in the center. Ah, and there's a PNG version too, which of course won't thumbnail, but oh well. :) -- Mvuijlst (talk) 05:14, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Darn. I meant to upload a 2b version, ended up uploading the new version over the old one. Sorry -- Mvuijlst (talk) 05:24, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That looks great, though it does lose a few details on the far right - And yes, I know this crop is particularly difficult. Try a teensy bit more on that side. Otherwise, pretty much spot-on perfect.
If it can't be cropped to the image edges due to them not being even, there's more on the right than the left, so I'd favour it, then create new paper on the left to balance. Alternatively, just upload File:Sortie de l'opéra en l'an 2000-2 uncropped.jpg
Hope I'm not being too difficult! Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 11:50, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not a problem. Tried a slightly different rotation/crop: no loss to the right, cloned in a sliver of background along the right hand side at the bottom and on the left edge. -- Mvuijlst (talk) 13:39, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect: Full support, once this is in some articles. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 22:03, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. This needs to demonstrate encyclopedic value on English Wikipedia before it is eligible for featured picture status. It's an interesting image, but it needs to be placed in an article or three.--ragesoss (talk) 20:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done! -- Mvuijlst (talk) 01:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sortie de l'opéra en l'an 2000-2.jpg MER-C 09:17, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Caterpillar of Graphium sp. of family Papilionidae
Alternative
Reason
Both are of good quality, DOF, and EV. Original is a focus stacking under natural conditions and natural lighting. Alternative is fill flash picture taken during a light rainfall, with a towel covering the camera and lens :) The only images of the caterpillar avaiable on wikipedia.
Articles this image appears in
Swallowtail butterfly, Leptocircini, Graphium
Creator
Muhammad

Promoted File:Graphium caterpillar.jpg MER-C 09:17, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Salted roasted Pistachio isolated on a white background.
Edit 1 - Masked from the original unedited image. Edit by User:Noodle snacks
Reason
Good quality and EV. Not as easy as it seemed ;)
Articles this image appears in
Pistachio, Pistacia
Creator
Muhammad

Promoted File:Pistachio macro whitebackground NS.jpg MER-C 09:17, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Patrick Street, Cork. Photochrom print c. 1890-1900.
Reason
A fitting nomination for the date. The article needed an illustration. Restored version of File:Patrick Street Cork.tif.
Articles this image appears in
History of Cork
Creator
Leprechauns. No, not really. It was the Detroit Publishing Co.

Promoted Image:Patrick Street Cork2.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 04:15, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Robert F. Kennedy as United States Attorney General, speaking to a rally in support of civil rights in front of the United States Department of Justice headquarters in 1963.
Reason
1963 was the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the United States. This photograph shows Robert F. Kennedy speaking to a rally in support of civil rights at the Justice Department steps in Washington, D.C. Restored version of File:Robert Kennedy CORE rally speech.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Robert F. Kennedy, African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955–1968)#Kennedy_Administration.2C_1961-1963
Creator
Warren K. Leffler, for US News and World Report

Promoted Image:Robert Kennedy CORE rally speech2.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 04:28, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:2006 Hyundai Getz (TB MY06) 1.6 3-door hatchback (2009-03-15).jpg

Original - Fruit bowl containing pomegranate,pears, apples, bananas, an orange and a Guava
Reason
good picture of nice fruit bowl. colorfull and neat.
Articles this image appears in
fruit
Creator
Yosarian

Not promoted MER-C 08:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - An 8mm Tachinid fly, pictured in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Iridescent colors are formed on the wings due to the surface structures.
Edit 1 - Cropped original to a square
Reason
Good quality and DOF (due to focus stacking). The fly is not identified to species because nobody has enough experience to identify Tachinidae of Africa from pictures only. Further id would require catching the fly, slicing genitalia, and other stuff of which I am not ready to do. The picture has strong EV because, due to the large DOF, it shows the distinctive bristles of the fly and the well-developed subscutellum. De to natural lighting, Iridescence is also illustrated. This is probably the most difficult picture(s) I have taken.
Articles this image appears in
Tachinidae, Iridescence
Creator
Muhammad

Promoted File:Tachinidae.jpg MER-C 08:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Indian female hand putting flowers on a Lingam in a ghat in Varanasi, India
Reason
good shot: clear, colorfull and has a nice angle.
Articles this image appears in
not in use in English Wikipedia (maybe should be added to Lingam).
Creator
Yosarian

Not promoted MER-C 08:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A Honda Fit and a Toyota Platz are involved in a side collision in Tokyo.
Edit - Both license plates are blurred
Reason
A great, clear image of a car crash. Composition is great, IMO.
Articles this image appears in
side collision, car crash
Creator
Shuets Udono
Why do people seem to be hung up on the severity of the car accident? How would a more severe accident make it MORE relevant? A car accident is a car accident. --TorsodogTalk 20:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Because even at full resolution, you can hardly see a crash at all. It would have been equally as effective to line up two vehicles side-by-side and take a photo of it. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 15:57, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm worried about the fact that the license plates and one of the people's faces are clearly visible. Spikebrennan (talk) 20:32, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I strongly suggest blurring the plates FP or not, as it can lead to law enforcement based on Internet regulations. ZooFari
I don't know how relevant this is here on Wikipedia, but on the commons this picture is alright per Commons:Photographs of identifiable people. --TorsodogTalk 20:35, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with blurring the license plates. DurovaCharge! 05:15, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am utterly confused by this oppose. VP is for cases where encyclopaedic value > technical value (not the other way around), and I don't see how you consider there to be no EV in this image. Could you expand, please? — neuro(talk)(review) 04:40, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose A striking composition but I just don't think it's very educational. I note if one thinks this image deserves recognition, it is already featured on Commons. Fletcher (talk) 00:05, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 08:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - : A Tachysphex sp. of family Crabronidae. The wasp was about 20mm long. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Edit1 Cropped parts of blurred foreground
Reason
Good quality, EV and DOF.
Articles this image appears in
Crabronidae, Tachysphex
Creator
Muhammad

Please comment on the edit. MER-C 09:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tachysphex specie edit1.jpg MER-C 08:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A map of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, showing the original bridge and proposed eastern span replacement. The bridge is a multi-structure toll bridge complex that spans San Francisco Bay and links the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States, as part of Interstate 80. It carries approximately 270,000 vehicles per day.
SVG Alternate: Kmusser's English version
Reason
High-quality, high-resolution, good detail and enc.
Articles this image appears in
San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge
Creator
Alexrk

(unindent) Uploaded. SpencerT♦Nominate! 02:15, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Concerns seem addressed, further input please. MER-C 03:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 08:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - McCain giving an interview to the press on April 24, 1973, after his return from Vietnam. Photo by US News and World Report.
Reason
A year ago we had a featured picture candidacy for John McCain at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/John McCain and I opposed, citing the formal portrait as competent but not spectacular formal portraiture. Here's wishing we had noticed sooner that this alternative is in public domain. The eyes are much more expressive; note the tension in his hands, with cigarettes and coffee both within close reach. Coming from the time when McCain first gained public attention as a former prisoner of war, this is worth a look. Restored version of File:John McCain 1974.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
John McCain, Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain
Creator
Thomas J. O'Halloran, for US News and World Report

Quality is indeed a concern, even for a photo of the time. EV, on the other hand is not really an issue (well used in both articles). But the consensus is not clear. After 10+ days, supports make up less than 75%, so therefore, this image is Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 14:57, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - An off-shore wind farm in the North Sea off Belgium
File:Windmills D1-D4 (Thornton Bank) edit1.jpg
Edit1 Noise reduction
Reason
High quality image that displays a number of wind turbines in a wind farm off shore
Articles this image appears in
Wind turbine, Wind farm
Creator
Lycaon
  • Support as nominator --~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 23:01, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Technical quality may not be as sharp and noiseless as some images submitted around here, but EV and difficulty of shot compensates. There seem to be a few dust smudges in the sky that could be cloned out (upper right, at least that's where I was looking.) Fletcher (talk) 00:12, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - for the shooting conditions this is very sharp, clear and high resolution. The image page is a model of good image description page construction, and it's an FP on Commons already. —Vanderdeckenξφ 11:59, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Um, a wide angle shot on a clear blue day is about as easy as it gets for shooting conditions. Does anyone have idea as to why there is such a huge tilt? Noodle snacks (talk) 05:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well, easy is a big word here ;-). Ships cannot come close to these things (to windmills at sea in general actually), with only a few exceptions. We are carrying out research on the influence of this these turbines on the environment, so we are allowed to fish (beam trawl) there and haul our nets just before we reach the line of windmills (about 800 m). Then we do a quick transit in between two turbines (6-7 knots). This whole exercise happens twice yearly, so timing is crucial whether for position as for weather. But this said, these are just the circumstances and it is indeed the result which counts most ;-). Lycaon (talk) 05:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • BTW, We had 8.8 m/s (5 Bf) wind that day from the NNW, air temperature was 14.6 °C and solar radiation 427 W/m² ;-) Lycaon (talk) 15:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment needs a better caption. What make and model are the turbines, who buys their energy, etc. Otherwise I think I'd lean support on this... it's pretty impressive even if not as crisp as it could be (for the reasons you mention). gren グレン 12:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above, M.K. (talk) 13:25, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Maybe they can be beautiful afterall.Terri G (talk) 18:31, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Windmills D1-D4 (Thornton Bank) edit1.jpgFile:Windmills D1-D4 (Thornton Bank).jpg MER-C 02:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to original on discussion with the photographer. MER-C 12:17, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey mock punching Harry Houdini, who is held back back by lightweight boxing champion Benny Leonard.
Reason
I find this just a delightful picture. The heavyweight boxing champion (Jack Dempsey) mock punching Harry Houdini, who is held back back by the lightweight boxing champion (Benny Leonard. Part of a series including pictures of the same men with Commissioner Daly, Jack Kearns, Billy Gibson. Date unknown, but looks to be early 1920s -- any additional details more than welcome.
Restored version of file:Jack Dempsey, Harry Houdini and Benny Leonard.jpg, dust and scratches and scratched-in legend removed, global and local contrast adjusted, cropped. The image is quite heavily vignetted; I think this actually adds to the image so I did not try to remove the vignette -- only reduced the blown out highlights in the center of the image. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mvuijlst (talkcontribs) 21:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in
Jack Dempsey, Harry Houdini, Benny Leonard
Creator
Unknown photographer (Bain News Service, publisher). Restored by Michel Vuijlsteke
  • Support as nominator --Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 21:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reluctant support If it weren't for the fact that this is such an old image I'd immediately oppose since the quality is awful but considering the time period and the technology available (not to mention the age of the image itself) not to mention the encyclopedic value this definitely meets my standards. Cat-five - talk 23:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Publicity photo with virtually zero EV. Image page doesn't even say what it's publicising. I've read a Houdini biography and Dempsey was never mentioned; for someone that famous that indicates how much they had to do with each other. The only reason any of them are mentioned in the other's articles is through this image that you've just added, and I question its value to any of them. --jjron (talk) 12:32, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose without more information on context It could have EV if the date, location, and context was known. Houdini was known for taking punches, and this looks like it was shot at a military base. So, more information? Could a news archives search of a data base pull this image and give us a context? --KP Botany (talk) 20:12, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I have no further information about the setting. Shame. Any ideas where to go to for more, anyone? -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 12:43, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:43, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



File:Casa print4.jpg
Original - Three color X-ray image of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, the rightest astronomical radio source in the sky, taken at the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
File:Casa print4(crop).jpg
Alt. 1 Cropped out words.
File:Casa print4(clone).jpg
Alt. 2 Cloned out words.
Reason
High quality image of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant.
Articles this image appears in
Cassiopeia A
Creator
Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA
In other words, it's upsampled. MER-C 06:22, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if this is state of the art, this is state of the art. I think that's an obvious exception to the "sufficiently high resolution" criteria. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 07:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I would have to agree. I also think that that the upsampling was done well enough that it is better to have this upsampled version than a lower resolution image, as we can do more with it. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 00:48, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's only state of the art for X-ray imaging. The image File:Cassiopeia A Spitzer.jpg, for example, combines X-ray and infrared data with a high-resolution Hubble image. It's not as shocking, but it shows more detail. Wronkiew (talk) 06:16, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:45, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A Eristalinus megacephalus hoverfly. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Edit 1 Left side cropped out by Lycaon
Reason
Good quality, EV, and IMO aesthetically pleasing.
Articles this image appears in
Eristalinus megacephalus, Eristalinus
Creator
Muhammad

Please comment on the edit. MER-C 07:58, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Eristalinus megacephalus.jpg MER-C 02:43, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Mintz-Plasse in Barcelona, 2007
Reason

 Done Is of a high technical standard - there are no artifacts and has good color balance, light, focus, or any other technical imperfections.
 Done Is of high resolution
 Done Is among Wikipedia's best work - It is a photograph which is among the best examples of a given subject that the encyclopedia has to offer. As a portrait in a BLP, it is a standard to emulate.
 Done Has a free license. It was released to the public domain.
 Done Adds value to an article and helps readers to understand an article - As a portrait it perfectly and singly illustrates the subject of the BLP.
 Done Is accurate. - trivial to verify that this is indeed the subject using non-free images in reliable sources.
 Done Has a good caption The picture is displayed with a descriptive, informative and complete caption. It has a succinct caption that properly identifies the subject and describes the context of the photograph with the most relevant meta-detail: date and location.
 Done Avoids inappropriate digital manipulation. there is no such manipulation.
Articles this image appears in
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Creator
Mutari (commons)

Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 23:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - Trellick Tower and the Grand Union Canal, west London, as seen from Westbourne Park tube station.
Edit 1 Edit to address noise, CA, shadows, white border at top right
Reason
Both subjects (the tower and the canal) are in focus and the image meets (AFAIK) all the technical and composition requirements. It adds to both articles in which it's currently used; Trellick Tower in illustrating both the design of the tower, and its extreme height in comparison to surrounding buildings, and Grand Union Canal by showing the width and tight curvature of the canal
Articles this image appears in
Trellick Tower, Grand Union Canal
Creator
Iridescent
  • Support as nominator -- – iridescent 18:08, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Image had some obvious technical problems which I addressed with Edit1 - the image has presumable been rotated and had a white border as a result. Also, image was noisy and had some CA. Lifted shadows, sharpened and + a little saturation. Photographically I think the image is well composed with the canal leading the eye. Not sure about enc for the tower as we can't see it all. Mfield (Oi!) 18:51, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for that – yes, I forgot that I'd rotated it a couple of degrees (this was uploaded a couple of years ago now). I semi-agree about not showing the complete tower in that it only shows it from the side – but in defense, because of the way the tower is positioned there's no camera angle that would show the whole building face-on (see the images on the Trellick Tower article in which the building is partly obscured in every shot, to see what I mean). In any event, the primary purpose of this was to illustrate the canal, hence the "GU Canal Westbourne Park" filename (I haven't actually yet written the Water transport in London article it was meant to illustrate, although some of its sub-articles such as Hammerton's Ferry and Serpentine are finished) and I do think it serves the purpose in illustrating the canal. (The pedestrians on the canal's edge are intrusive but deliberately left in to give a better sense of scale.) – iridescent 19:26, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment (moved to oppose) looks very, very grainy. Could use another edit.  GARDEN  22:12, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I saved it as a progressive jpeg by mistake, did you wait for it to fully load? Mfield (Oi!) 22:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I did, still looks like a watercolour or something...  GARDEN  19:58, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As does the original, so I'm going to have to oppose based on that. (If you could upload as a normal jpg I'll relook if you ping me.) Sorry.  GARDEN  20:00, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I see yes the original that I edit here already had a that artifacting, but as the uploader mentions he had rotated the image before uploading so there may have been more loss than necessary in that edit and resave. Maybe Iridescent could replace the original with the actual out of camera original and I could redo the edit from that to see if it improves. I haven't actually supported either version myself at this point partly because of the quality, I added the edit to improve the original as best as possible. Mfield (Oi!) 20:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No progressive JPEGs please, they don't thumbnail reliably. MER-C 09:28, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 23:54, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Original - A phylogenetic tree of life, showing the relationship between species whose genomes have been mapped. The very center represents the last universal ancestor of all life on earth. The different colors represent the three domains of life: pink represents eukaryota (animals and plants); blue represents bacteria; and green represents archaea, with dark and light distinguishing one phylum from the next. Note the presence of homo sapiens (humans) second from the rightmost edge of the pink segment.
Reason
Super high resolution, extremely informative, beautifully intricate even if you don't know what it means.
Articles this image appears in
Tree of life (science), phylogenetic tree, cladistics, last universal ancestor, The Ancestor's Tale
Creator
Iletunic (retouched by LadyofHats)
I think these are the species for whom the total genome has been mapped. DS (talk) 04:54, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Taxonomic levels, like family, are sort of falling out of favor now, and are ill-defined for microoganisms anyway. Dragonfly is right, this looks like a tree of fully sequenced species, for which we are no where near completion. de Bivort 21:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I still don't know what the different color lightness means. Dark pink is different from light pink how? Same goes for blue and green. As for the three domains themselves, it would be much more helpful if they were labeled on the image itself. I also rewrote the caption to read better and be a bit more concise and clear. Also has been wikified substantially.~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 16:08, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ah! I've read through ITOL again -- and if you're concerned about copyright, notice that ITOL is run by Ivica Letunic, and that the original image was uploaded and released into PD by Iletunic -- and it seems that dark and light are just used to distinguish one phylum from the next. There are seven phyla shown in the eukaryotic segment, nineteen in the bacterial, and three in the archaean. DS (talk) 19:15, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of these species don't have common names. From the rightmost edge of the pink segment: chimpanzee, human, rat, mouse, chicken, zebrafish, pufferfish, anopheles mosquito, fruit fly, nematode, another kind of nematode, yeast, another kind of yeast, another kind of yeast, slime mold, thale cress, rice, algae, malaria parasite, cryptosporidium parasite, another kind of algae, leishmaniasis parasite, giardia parasite... beyond that, all they have are Linnaean names. E. Coli is in there, so is the Black Plague and Salmonella and Cholera and the bacterium that causes ulcers and the bacterium that causes strep and various multi-drug-resistant bugs... DS (talk) 12:43, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, but noting those that do would actually make the image usable for someone who doesn't know the Latin Binomial for any of those species. Noodle snacks (talk) 04:35, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Really? My copy of Firefox handles .svg just fine. In the meantime, you might want to look at [[File:ITOL_Tree_of_life.jpg]]. DS (talk) 18:49, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Most image editors are capable of rasterizing SVGs (I know you can open them in GIMP, for example). If you want to edit them, use Inkscape. MER-C 10:38, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately we don't have anything much better than the usual Paint and so on you'd usually find on a work computer and no permission to add anything else, so I suspect I'll have to live without seeing it in all it's glory. Terri G (talk) 18:21, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This graphic is seriously nifty! Sophus Bie (talk) 02:29, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose attractive in its way but not typical and or really that informative. A phylogenetic tree should be something that people can gain information from, and in my opinion the way the text circles round makes that unnecessarily difficult in this example. The Latin names and to a lesser extent svg format make it less accessible than would be ideal for featured content. In addition this similar image seems to be used in a lot more articles, could it replace the instances where this image is used in the future? Guest9999 (talk) 21:04, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Yes, it should have English common names for use on en:wp, and it should be more accessible at thumbnail size. Quoting from the image description: "pink represents eukaryota (animals and plants); blue represents bacteria; and green represents archaea." This information should be in the image, and visible and readable at thumbnail size. Like other commenters above, I find the light and dark shades confusing, especially since they could have been on the tree itself to make it easier to visually disentangle the branches. Finally, nothing has been said about which metric was used for computing branch lengths. Samsara (FA  FP) 23:01, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:28, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Informative and visually appealing. –Juliancolton Talk · Review 20:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. A striking image which illustrates the subject well. Mostlyharmless (talk) 00:46, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: How is it decided which organisms are put on the image? I've looked up some, and some (but not too many) don't have Wikipedia articles (example: Pyrococcus horikashii). SpencerT♦Nominate! 20:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • INFO hello everyone, sorry that i couldnt see this before becouse i was out of the country for quite some weeks. i would like to explain some things about this image. in reality i DIDNT do it myself, this image, as far as i understood it, was generated by a program, and i was only asked to retrace it as vector. so i didnt chose the colors, nor the names, nor the format. actually i didnt made any changes to the original image, and i wouldnt wish to change it without the agreement of Ivica Letunic, since he is the actual author of it. -LadyofHats (talk) 07:08, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Per high quality, unique image. MBisanz talk 23:47, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A number of issues bring me to not promote this. 73% support is just shy of 75%, but the EV of the image in thumbnail is indeed questionable; the lack of common names keeps from potential informational value; each color should be labeled on the image itself, and I'm still unsure what the different shades mean. Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 00:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - (l. to r.): unknown man, Military aide to President Taft Major Archibald Butt, founder of the scout movement Robert Baden-Powell, President William Taft, British ambassador James Bryce (1912)
Not for voting - unrestored original, for comparison
Reason
A grown man in shorts and the vast expanse of William Howard Taft: what's not to like? Baden-Powell's description of the event:
"Then I went to Washington — the capital of the United States — and was received by the President, Mr. Taft, who spoke very kindly about the Boy Scouts. He is a great, burly man, cheery and kind-hearted, and he believes in the Scouts as manly and chivalrous fellows who will make the best of citizens when they grow up. The Scouts of Washington — and they number about five hundred-paraded before the President and the British Ambassador in America. They gave demon­strations of various kinds, such as signalling, first-aid, and bandaging, but those which attracted most attention were the wireless telegraph and fire-lighting."
The caption in the Library of Congress catalog reads "BADEN-POWELL, SIR ROBERT, [WILLIAM H. TAFT], BUTT, ARCHIBALD WILLINGHAM FOUNDER OF BOY SCOUTS [WITH TAFT]". Reading Boy Scouts Beyond the Seas. My World Tour (Sir Robert Baden-Powell, London, 1913) and comparing photos of the people mentioned leads me to identify the people in the photo as (l. to r.): unknown man, Archibald Butt (who died on the Titanic a month or two later!), Robert Baden-Powell, William Taft, James Bryce.
Also, the date is listed as 1911 at LoC. Based on the work mentioned and the article in the New York Times I believe the date to be 3 February 1912.
Articles this image appears in
Archibald Butt, Robert Baden-Powell, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
Creator
Harris & Ewing, photographers. Restored by Michel Vuijlsteke.
Done! -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 21:42, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Good enough for me! =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 22:05, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Butt, Baden-Powell, Taft, Bryce2.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 00:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Original - Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene II, engraved in 1795 by Luigi Schiavonetti (after a 1789 painting by Angelica Kauffmann) for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery's edition of Shakespeare.
Reason
Woops, kinda missed this the first time. I believe this image meets the criteria for an FP due to its high resolution and obvious encyclopedic benefit. It helps identify the subject of the article it depicts brilliantly and is of a very high technical standard.
Articles this image appears in
Angelica Kauffmann, Troilus and Cressida, Luigi Schiavonetti, Troilus, Boydell Shakespeare Gallery
Creator
Angelica Kauffmann, restored by Garden under the excellent guidance of Shoemaker's Holiday

Promoted Image:A Scene from Troilus and Cressida - Angelica Kauffmann.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 00:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]