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Panorama of Grand Coulee Dam

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2013 at 05:48:51 (UTC)

Original – 120° panorama of the Grand Coulee Dam
Reason
Good quality, high EV and better than the lead image in the article.
Articles in which this image appears
Grand Coulee Dam, List of conventional hydroelectric power stations
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Farwestern

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:04, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Moshe Ya'alon

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jul 2013 at 11:54:58 (UTC)

Original – Current Defense Minister of Israel, Moshe Ya'alon
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Moshe Ya'alon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Reuven Kapuscinski

Promoted File:Moshe Ya'alon.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:01, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Inca Tern

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jul 2013 at 16:13:36 (UTC)

Original – Inca Tern at Walsrode Bird Park, Germany, 2012
Reason
Quality image, good angle.
Articles in which this image appears
Inca Tern, Tern, List of Charadriiformes by population
FP category for this image
Birds
Creator
Fiorellino

Promoted File:Larosterna inca (Inca Tern - Inkaseeschwalbe) Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2012-015.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:14, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Cardinal Richelieu

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jul 2013 at 15:54:59 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu, 1637, Philippe de Champaigne
Reason
High Resolution, Excellent Color balance; a highly inferior scan was being used on almost all of the pages involving Richelieu, so I've replaced them with this version; it has great encyclopedic value.
Articles in which this image appears
Cardinal Richelieu, Cardinal (Catholicism), Crown-cardinal, Luxembourg Palace, Protestant Reformation, Philippe de Champaigne, Académie française, Collection of the National Gallery, London, Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 9
FP category for this image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political
Creator
Philippe de Champaigne

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:14, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Emperor Peter the Great of Russia

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2013 at 13:05:44 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of Peter I of Russia (1672-1725), by Jean-Marc Nattier ca. 1717
Reason
At 1,200 × 1,687 pixels, this image is on the small side; however, there are several reasons why I have come to the conclusion that this image of Peter the Great is without doubt the best choice for FP status. If the size is too much of an obstacle, fine; but I feel the worth and encyclopedic value of this image easily overrides that, so I decided to bring it here. These aforesaid reasons are:

1.) This portrait, unlike the many others of Peter the Great that are of similar, though ubiquitously lesser, technical acumen, was actually painted during his lifetime, circa 1717. Its colors and contrast are excellent, especially when one looks at the other versions and scans of this painting. This particular portrait has been duplicated in paint, but this is clearly the best and most balanced version. One looks at the others and readily sees this shine above. Besides, even if these other versions and scans were equal to this in composition, they are all of lower resolution on Wikipedia. Larger scans of the inferior versions can be found, but they are not drastically larger, and, regardless, pale next to this piece.

2.) Another portrait of Peter the Great, perhaps famous, is the one executed by Paul Delaroche in 1838: [1]. However, besides being painted around 113 years after Peter the Great's death, the better version of this painting, (still, I feel, plainly inferior to Nattier's) which is the one I have linked to, can only be found in a small size. The larger version, here: [2], --still smaller than the scan of Nattier's portrait-- seems as though it is actually a copy of the original, and has a rough, unfinished look, negating its encyclopedic value and making it, in my opinion, even a tad cartoonish. Nattier wins again, easily.

3.) This portrait is an excellent illustrator of Peter's personality and governmental philosophy; he wears handsome western European style armour, signifying his place as the Russian ruler who officially displaced 'Tsar' as the monarch's title in favor of 'Emperor.' Upon his pauldron over his left shoulder, is emblazoned the star of the Order of St. Andrew, the first and most illustrious Russian chivalric order, established by Peter the Great himself to inculcate a sense of loyalty and pride, save land and money, and further adopt the ideas and customs of western Europe, all of which are representative of his approach to ruling. His sword is prominently featured, just as in the Delaroche portrait, but in this portrait there is a significant addition: the Tsar wears a flowing white sash about his waist that is far more prominent than the similar sash in the Delaroche portrait; in the Russian context, the white is essential, as it symbolizes both divine right monarchy and divine purpose. Similarly, the blue sash of the Order of St. Andrew is a reflection of state legitimacy, and, combined with the red plumes, comes together to a white, blue and red, signifying the Russian flag that Peter introduced as one of the main points of his reign. Once one focuses on this painting, one sees that it really is far superior to not just many historical portraits, but most portraits in general. It adds immense value to its articles, is very illustrative, and, notwithstanding its smaller size, is a very fine image in many regards.

Articles in which this image appears
Peter the Great, History of Western civilization, History of Russia, Treaty of Constantinople (1700)
FP category for this image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures#People
Creator
Jean-Marc Nattier
  • Support as nominator --Indefatigable2 (talk) 13:05, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose While I agree that this is probably the right portrait if one were to be featured, it's not up to snuff size wise. Firstly, I expect that this, like most portraits of royalty, is quite large and we should expect the resolution of the reproduction to reflect that. Secondly, if you compare it to the other paintings of royalty already featured, it's clear that the image is well below those standards. So while it's valuable for illustrating the article, it's not feature-worthy until a better quality scan becomes available. Cowtowner (talk) 18:45, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • WITHDRAW I wish to withdraw my nomination. This scan is not up to par, and this painting isn't going anywhere. We can wait for a better one. Indefatigable2 (talk) 17:56, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:15, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



The Ninth Wave

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jul 2013 at 23:34:09 (UTC)

Original – a caption for the image, providing adequate context for voters on WP:FPC
Reason
The painting is a one of the most prominent marine paintings of all time. Note that it was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons on August 18, 2010 and is a FP on Tamil WP.
Articles in which this image appears
The Ninth Wave, Ivan Aivazovsky
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Ivan Aivazovsky
Edit – Desaturated.
I added an edit using the museum photographs as a guideline. I cannot guarantee my colors are correct (I could not gauge the yellows properly), unfortunately, as I've never seen the painting, but looking at an Aivazovsky gallery, I don't see anything extremely saturated as the original image is. Also, it's pretty well known that sometimes my uploads have issues when the original image doesn't have an embedded color profile, so if my edit (sRGB) looks absolutely bizarre, let me know. I desaturated reds, yellows, cyans. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 01:36, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think you've gone substantially too far, unfortunately. Compare http://www.artsstudio.com/reproductions/paintings/aiv_9thwave-000-0.jpg - probably the site I'd trust most on the colours. Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:53, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree completely and opposed below. I uploaded the image with reservations. I despise the original image, it looks like it went through a digital fire and any information is irrecoverable. I was trying to make more of a point and should've just left my original statement stand. However, I'm crossing my fingers that these gorgeous paintings get scanned properly someday. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 18:08, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support edited version. I agree with the above statements regarding the color. The edited version is more aligned with the actual painting. Proudbolsahye (talk) 09:39, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Both The original is too saturated, and I think the colour is out of wack on the edit too. It is too purple for a start. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:47, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose both The original is VASTLY over saturated, and any attempt to "fix" it will never result in an accurate color rendition. This is a picture of the actual painting, as you can see nether of these pictures comes close to the correct colors. — raekyt 15:56, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose both Even my own :) I agree completely with JJ Harrison and Raeky. I tried my best but I also don't like the original scan at all, the image just seemed destroyed, either by the over saturation or over contrast or maybe jpg artifacting and graininess, and I did upload the image not with a smile on my face but wondering if I should have even been doing that at all. This painting (actually most of Aivazovsky's paintings) need an extremely high-resolution professional treatment. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 18:04, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose both per above. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 18:33, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose both per above -- mcshadypl TC 02:28, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:37, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Rufous-throated Partridge

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2013 at 09:37:01 (UTC)

Original – Rufous-throated Partridge (Arborophila rufogularis), Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Reason
High quality photo taken at the top of Thailand's highest mountain, Doi Inthanon. The tail behind the tree evinces the shy nature. I took this photo by waiting strategically in freezing-19-°C temperatures with a hide after spotting a small flock.
Articles in which this image appears
Rufous-throated Partridge
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 09:37, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose While the quality is good, ultimately the bird is missing a tail and its feet, which is too much in my mind to be featured. Also, the shy nature of the bird isn't discussed in the article and even if it were, I'd be inclined to say that this would still be a bird standing behind a tree more than hiding or exhibiting some sort of self-evident behaviour. Cowtowner (talk) 10:33, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Prefer a picture that shows the full bird. Feet still acceptable, but tail part is totally missing in pic. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 15:21, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Call me nuts but I get to claim righteous ignorance here. I like birds and most of the time, I don't give a damn about the tail. Perhaps EV is hiding behind the tree, but perhaps not. Until a better picture comes along (good luck), I find this photograph to be eye-catching and kind of cool. I don't get the "shy" feeling from this image either, but the bird appears to be on its way to work, unlike other photographs where they're just sort of staring like they're in a coma. So the subtle sense of action kind of makes up for the lack of tail. As a bird layperson, I think this has EV. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 06:37, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You might not give a damn about the tail, but the encyclopedia does. In a photograph like this not showing the whole animal inevitably diminishes the EV. It leaves the question (and it sounds ridiculous) "How does the bird end?" unanswered. Cowtowner (talk) 23:05, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The pedant in me feels the need to point out that no photo can show more than 50% of an animal. Anyway, why is it that the parts obscured in the 'bird on stick' case are rarely worried about? The person likely to be reading the article would be most concerned with plumage features used to identify it. The tail is not important to differentiate it from other members of the genus. JJ Harrison (talk) 02:57, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd point out in reply that most animals are pretty symmetrical, so 50% is sufficient. If by bird on stick, you mean perched, I'd say (and having looked through your FP uploads) that they're usually much less obscured than this one. 99% (if not all) of your previous bird FPs and the ones in the gallery purporting to be body shots have their tails. As for the person reading this article, they'd firstly be likely frustrated by the fact that it is rather stubby and then maybe kind of concerned that the bird is missing its stub. The gist of this is that I think a bird missing its tail is diminished in its EV and out of line with the standards that have been established for this kind of picture, in part due to the fact that your other contributions have set an exemplary and high standard. Cowtowner (talk) 04:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:38, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Chestnut-tailed Minla

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2013 at 09:40:18 (UTC)

Original – Chestnut-tailed Minla (Minla strigula), Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Reason
High quality, easily the best availible image.
Articles in which this image appears
Bar-throated Minla
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Minla strigula - Doi Inthanon.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:41, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Hooded Pitta

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2013 at 09:43:03 (UTC)

Original – Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida), Sri Phang Nga National Park, Phang Nga, Thailand
Reason
Another colourful Pitta. I got seriously lucky with some of these a while back. High quality, sharp image. The two second exposure is mostly a fluke!
Articles in which this image appears
Hooded Pitta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Pitta sordida - Sri Phang Nga.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:43, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Ekaterina Skudina

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2013 at 12:48:42 (UTC)

Original – Russian sailor Ekaterina Skudina, 2009
Reason
High EV and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Ekaterina Skudina
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Platon Shilikov

Promoted File:SkudinaEkaterina5.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:01, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Ethel Waters

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2013 at 12:55:12 (UTC)

Original – Ethel Waters, between 1938 and 1948
Reason
High quality and high EV. Notable person, photograph by notable photographer.
Articles in which this image appears
Ethel Waters, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
William P. Gottlieb

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:08, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Hexaplex cichoreum

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2013 at 13:05:05 (UTC)

Original – Hexaplex cichoreum found in Cagayan island, Philippines, 7.6cm.
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Hexaplex cichoreum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator
Archaeodontosaurus
  • Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 13:05, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment from a member of WIkipProject Gastropods: It's a nice shell and in good condition. One problem is that the black background makes it hard to see where the black spines end. I might suggest a different color background. Invertzoo (talk) 22:59, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment from a member of WIkipProject Gastropods: Looks good, but I have a suggestion. Both shell views are somewhat misaligned vertically. Try following this featured picture's example [3]. Black background is OK for me, it's the usual background for colored plates in scientific papers... You could try grey or navy blue too. Daniel Cavallari (talk) 18:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:09, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



John Herschel

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2013 at 13:20:06 (UTC)

Original – John Herschel, 1867 photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron
Reason
The picture doesn't excell quality-wise, but is a highly valuable document: a picture taken in the early days of photography, which depicts one of the most important figures of the time - John Herschel, who also contributed to the beginning of photography. Shot by one of the most important photographers of the time - Julia Margaret Cameron.
Articles in which this image appears
John Herschel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Julia Margaret Cameron (edit by MichaelMaggs)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:25, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Royal Navy F-4K Phantom II FG.1

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2013 at 14:15:42 (UTC)

Original – F-4K Phantom of 892 Naval Air Squadron aboard Ark Royal
New Image -take-off - F-4K Phantom of 892 Naval Air Squadron aboard Ark Royal, during takeoff
Reason
High resolution image of aircraft; best available image of Royal Navy Phantom
Articles in which this image appears
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in UK service, Fleet Air Arm
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
US Navy

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:28, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin Photograph

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2013 at 03:25:24 (UTC)

Original – This is the actual photograph as exposed on the moon by Armstrong. He held the camera slightly rotated so that the camera frame did not include the top of Aldrin's portable life support system ("backpack"). A communications antenna mounted on top of the backpack is also cut off in this picture. When the image was released to the public, it was rotated clockwise to restore the astronaut to vertical for a more harmonious composition, and a black area was added above his head to recreate the missing black lunar "sky". The edited version is the one most commonly reproduced and known to the public, but the original version, above, is the authentic exposure. A full explanation with illustrations can be seen at the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.
'Publicity Version' Currently the featured picture
Reason
The famous Apollo 11 photograph of Buzz Aldrin taken by Neil Armstrong, with Armstrong and the Apollo 11 lander visible in Aldrin's visor reflection, and one of the lander's legs partially visible in the foreground
Articles in which this image appears
1960s, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Cold War, Examination of Apollo Moon photographs, Extra-vehicular activity, History of spaceflight, History of the United States (1964–80), Human spaceflight, List of spaceflight records, Moon landing conspiracy theories, Of a Fire on the Moon, Omega Speedmaster, Space exploration, Terrestrial Analogue Sites
FP category for this image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Others
Creator
Neil Armstrong

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:49, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Pedro II of Brazil in 1887

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jul 2013 at 16:08:49 (UTC)

Original – Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
Reason
The high quality of the photography is clear, as it portrays the soon-to-be-dethroned monarch looking tired and resigned to the end of the monarchy,
Articles in which this image appears
Pedro II of Brazil
FP category for this image
History
Creator
Lucien Walery (1863-1935) Lecen

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:54, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Lee Ann Remick

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jul 2013 at 06:48:51 (UTC)

Original – 1974 portrait of American actress Lee Remick, who starred in films like Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder.
Reason
High quality scan of 1974 portrait photograph of American actress Lee Remick, photographed by Allan Warren. (Thanks to Cowtowner for introducing me to these photographs.) Not as large in size as some of his other scans, but I chose it as my favorite portrait of his. Spots/stains and hairs were removed from entire photograph. No color profile added, but please let me know if image appears bizarre or vastly different from the original to you. I replaced the same image in her article.
Articles in which this image appears
Lee Remick
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Allan Warren, photography; Keraunoscopia, clean up
  • Crisco 1492, updated, can you check and see if I got what you were referring to? Tip of nose especially. Nose glare wasn't really blown out, but I diminished it a smidge, but this was a separate layer so I can easily remove it if it's unnecessary. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 18:06, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lee Ann Remick, London, 1974.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:29, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Portrait of snow leopard

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jul 2013 at 07:21:42 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of a male snow leopard (Uncia uncia) of the Rheintal zoo.
The Original Original - The image before it was unnecessarily and detrimentally edited. Portrait of a male snow leopard (Uncia uncia) of the Rheintal zoo.
Reason
Good quality and high EV for the description section.
Articles in which this image appears
Snow leopard, List of Indian state animals, Wangchuck Centennial Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Tambako The Jaguar on Flickr from Switzerland and edited by Niabot
  • Support The sharpness! --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 18:12, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support unedited original Excellent portrait, beautiful animal. Cowtowner (talk) 17:56, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support UNEDITED Original, Strong Oppose Edited The change in background is needlessly artificial, and, regardless of that, the edit removes essential definition around the edge of the leopard, especially at the bottom around its neck and at the top across its crown, where the fine and encyclopedically valuable, especially for those studying the animal, outline of fur has been corrupted into a nondescript grey-beige blur and cut off, respectively. I understand that the editor desired to take the animal out of the zoo and place it in its natural habitat, perhaps in a spirit of adding relevancy and value to the image, but this is far too drastic, and, as aforementioned, needlessly and arbitrarily robs the image of far more encyclopedic value than it could ever hope to add. And all that for a white background of snow. This is not the image that was taken; it was never a scene in reality. The background in the original zoo image, as such, is too unremarkable to make any detraction; it's not as if there's a handler or steel cage distractingly juxtaposed there. On the contrary, the original version is more defined, more truthful and sincere to its viewers, and, in my opinion, makes the snow leopard stand out more in definition; the original pulls attention more, looks cleaner, and exudes a certain kind of class that the edited version does not. I sincerely hope others follow my lead here. However, if you were to place the original original image, which I find both dazzling and savagely beautiful, in place of this art project of the digital age (and I am sincerely sorry if I offend the editor; this just has to be said), you will then have my unadulterated Support. Indefatigable2 (talk) 05:08, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have replaced the edited image with the unedited original in all the pages where the edited image was being used. – BNK(talk) 01:36, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good catch. I was actually writing a reply thinking that the only alteration had been the addition of space to the bottom and I ECed with this. I'm rather glad I did now. Loss of detail doesn't justify the gain; I also don't think the tightness at the bottom (in the original original) is a major concern. Cowtowner (talk) 05:26, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes! Actually, the tightness could be considered a benefit; it frames the animal's face very nicely, and draws the viewer in more. Nothing is lost from tightness on this photo, but much is lost from amending and doctoring it. The image with the white background is two photographs arbitrarily melded into one; it is a visual lie of sorts. Indefatigable2 (talk) 05:35, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't get me wrong. I think a little more space under the chin would make for a better picture, but the condition of the rest of the image negates that value. What I mean to say is that I don't think the framing is so tight as to be reason for opposing the image. Cowtowner (talk) 10:04, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral I prefer the original original, but I want to know what the creature looks like apart from its head. A photograph of the mountain lion's head could possibly give the wrong impression of what the cat looks like since its head is so teeny-tiny compared to its immense body. I would argue the same thing here. Plus its fur patterns is extremely important. Nice picture, but it's a floating head. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 20:11, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support unedited original Tomer T (talk) 21:26, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Snow leopard portrait.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:43, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Ugandan Coat of Arms

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jul 2013 at 16:46:30 (UTC)

Original – The coat of arms of the Republic of Uganda
Reason
I feel heraldry and vexillology is a underrepresented topic at FP.
Uganda, Religion in national symbols
FP category for this image
Diagrams, drawings, and maps
Creator
Sodacan
  • Support as nominator --QatarStarsLeague (talk) 16:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment That's way too many articles to list for anyone to make any sense of it. Please list the very top article this image has the most EV in, or two articles. More articles does not equal excellent EV, and can apparently sometimes diminish EV. But the image seems fine to me. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 18:38, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment AFAIK for the reasons of fair representation we don't feature modern emblems and flags - nearly all of them pass the size requirements and it's only a matter of personal taste rather than EV (but historical insignia are welcome). Brandmeistertalk 10:26, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It depends, surely. Generally speaking, I'd say we should go with a minimal-level-of-artistry criteria. Something like the Japanese, Swiss, or English flags (simple red and white designs) couldn't pass; something like this should, at least in theory, be eligible.
Now, whether we should promote it depends on a lot of things, such as fidelity and artistry of the reproduction. Although, in theory, coat of arms can be drawn a lot of different ways and still be valid, that also rather behoves us not to promote a reproduction unless it's particularly good. I'm not entirely convinced by the fur shading (particularly on the rear leg) of whatever the antelope-like creature on the left is (There's a lot of animals that look a bit like that). I'd also say this needs far better documentation - the full listout of the arms grant should be included in the image description. As such, I lean oppose, but am open to arguments for why the shading is valid, such as demonstrating it's how the stylization is near-inevitably realised. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:47, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:09, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Canary Wharf skyline

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Original – Canary Wharf skyline, viewed from the west
Canary Wharf skyline, option 2
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Canary Wharf, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Diliff

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:07, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



F-14 Tomcat and F-4 Phantom

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Original – F-14A Tomcat of VF-32 Swordsmen in formation with F-4M Phantom of 19 Squadron.
Reason
Size criteria; clear example of two generations of US interceptors; clear resolution; high contrast between background colour (blue) and subjects
Articles in which this image appears
No. 19 Squadron RAF, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in UK service, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II non-U.S. operators, F-14 Tomcat operational history
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Camera Operator: LCDR Dave Parsons, US Navy
  • Support as nominator --Hammersfan (talk) 13:15, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments Still trying to wrap my head around this one. There is the vignetting (likely from the window from which the picture was taken) that I don't like and feel should be removed. I'm not too sure on EV here; to me, the image does not represent either aircraft too well, and only marginally better at showing both. The F-14's tail covering part of the F-4 is not ideal. Also, the picture having been taken from the side, there is not a lot of depth, making it hard to compare the aircrafts' size relative to each other. I am leaning towards opposing right now, but would like to know what others think first. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 18:09, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I agree with clear contrast, good exposure, etc, but image is just soft and subjects still seem tiny within the frame. Too much dead space. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 20:04, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:22, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Medea Statue In Batumi

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File:Batumi,Medea-fleece2.jpg
Original – Medea statue holding the Golden Fleece in the center of Batumi (one of the major cities of Colchis), Georgia.
Reason
1)It has high resolution. 2)Has a free license 3)Is among Wikipedia's best work. (Historical image, making the viewer want to know more)
Articles in which this image appears
Order of the Golden Fleece
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Bertramz

Deleted MER-C 06:36, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Eastern pygmy possum

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Original – The eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus) is a diprotodont marsupial of south-eastern Australia, occurring from southern Queensland to eastern South Australia and also Tasmania. It inhabits shrubby vegetation in a wide variety of habitats, from open heathland or shrubland to sclerophyll or rain forest, at elevations from sea level to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft).
Reason
High EV showing the eastern pygmy possum in its natural habitat.
Articles in which this image appears
Eastern pygmy possum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Photo by Phil Spark
Yes, is different. --ELEKHHT 13:17, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:00, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Comparison of planet sizes

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Original – Solar system planets size comparison. Largest to smallest are pictured left to right, top to bottom: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury.
Reason
Though not of the minimum size required, but highly encyclopaedic illustrating the sizes of the planets with good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Earth, List of examples of lengths, Solar System
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Lsmpascal
Apparently there are only five of them (I didn't know), so I agree and think this is feasible and even interesting. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 01:01, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This sort of thing is better illustrated with a drawing that doesn't pretend to be anything else. This image, which appears to be digitally rendered with shadowing, artificial background, etc. just doesn't make sense to me. Why go through all that work to make it look like a photo of a plastic model? Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 10:28, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:27, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Gemsbok

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Original – Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) near Nebrownii, Etosha
Reason
Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Gemsbok, List of even-toed ungulates by population
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Hans Stieglitz

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:49, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



A female lion (lioness)

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Original – Lioness at Okonjima Lodge, Namibia
Reason
Good quality and high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Lion
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Falense
Changed to weak, I do agree it's not the most amazing portrait of a lioness in the entire world but it's not awful either. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 04:44, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:55, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Muammar Gaddafi

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Original – Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan head of state and dictator from 1969-2011.
Reason
High quality, high resolution image. Easily the best available non-propaganda image where he is not wearing sunglasses, or having his head caved in (which incidentally means we won't be getting any more pictures). Definitely better than our FP of Saddam.
Articles in which this image appears
Muammar Gaddafi and 30+ others.
FP category for this image
People - Political
Creator
U.S. Navy

Promoted File:Muammar al-Gaddafi at the AU summit.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:15, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Älvkarleby

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Original – Älvkarleby hydroelectric power station
Alt – Älvkarleby hydroelectric power station
Reason
High quality, high resolution and high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Arild Vågen

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:23, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



The Pearl and the Wave redux

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Original – Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry's The Pearl and the Wave, described by Kenyon Cox as "the most perfect painting of the nude". Oil on canvas, measures 83.5 by 178 centimetres (32.9 × 70 in)
Reason
High quality scan of a notable artwork; image is from museum so presumably colours are accurate (was a point of contention at the first nomination)
Articles in which this image appears
The Pearl and the Wave +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry
  • That is true, but this was also painted with intent and the artist wanted it to look a certain way. Museums are lit accordingly. While there is no perfectly accurate rendition, there are some that are better than others, and versions can vary considerably. We should strive to find the best/most faithful/accurate one. Cowtowner (talk) 10:38, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question Crisco 1492, I went to the source page and I can zoom in much farther on the painting, which would allow the painting to be (I presume) tiled and pieced together to be larger. But is this a digital zoom and therefore not accurate? Is your large upload the largest the image can get without falsifying pixel information? – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 19:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Baudry paul the wave and the pearl.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:09, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Nicola Peltz

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Original – American actress Nicola Peltz who will be starring in the upcoming fourth Transformers film.
Reason
High resolution portrait photograph of the budding American film actress.
Articles in which this image appears
Nicola Peltz
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Justin Campbell (photographer); Keraunoscopia (derivative)
Alt 1 – Original background color.
Original background color (blue) was involved with sockpuppetry (User:MyCanon). That, plus I nom'd the original (blue) image on Commons FPC and someone pointed out pink "ghosts" behind her hair near her neck. So I changed the background color as a sort of "can't beat 'em, join 'em" decision to hide the pink ghosts... which don't bother me. I wasn't able to get in touch with the original photographer. (Just an extra note, I did confirm the OTRS email is valid.) – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 18:07, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The pink version has obvious and poorly done colour masking. There's a pink tinted edge in the middle of her hair at the top. I would guess therefore that the blue is the true 'original' but even so, the blue version has a strange blotchy pinkness to the background, tends to get more pink the closer to the hair it gets, and is pretty badly posterised (I guses that's what you were describing as ghosts). Ðiliff «» (Talk) 20:30, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:27, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Armenian General Benevolent Union

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Original – The AGBU's first European branch, founded in Manchester in 1909.
Reason
Great EV. Good quality. Historical significance.
Articles in which this image appears
Armenian General Benevolent Union
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Proudbolsahye

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:28, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



File:Petra Martic Portrait, Wimbledon 2013 - Diliff.jpg

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Original – Petra Martić smiling after winning her first round match at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
Reason
It's a very high resolution (for a portrait) headshot of Petra Martić, a Croatian tennis player taken at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. It's a natural and candid photo of her taken directly after her first round match. All the important details are in clear focus (you can even see the drops of sweat on her face). There's a little noise on her forehead under the hat but at reasonable viewing distances, this isn't an issue IMO.
Articles in which this image appears
Petra Martić
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Let me get a toothbrush. I do kid, support. I imagine if I were to have played a professional tennis match, my oral hygiene would not be in a condition that I'd like Diliff pointing his camera at me, either. Cowtowner (talk) 05:39, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion about the ethics of digitally removing dental hygiene issues from the photo
  • It's not ethical to 'fix' any issues with her teeth digitally. In any case, she's not being personally subject to ridicule. Unless she actually visits her profile, clicks the picture and follows the link to the FPC page, she'll never know. It's a moot point and certainly less important to the discussion than potential digital manipulation of a subject. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:26, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually, my comment was simply that I got the sort of close-up view that typically only her boyfriend and dental hygienist experience. I do feel a bit bad that everyone is focussing on that. There's nothing wrong with her teeth. As for ethic of alteration, I don't think there's an ethical problem with cleaning a little food/stain -- would there be an issue if there was a distracting stain on her t-shirt? This is far less than the perfection alterations any studio or publicity shot might have done to it. -- Colin°Talk 14:29, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think it is actually a stain/food on her teeth, it's discolouration of the tooth. I'm no expert on dental issues so I could be wrong, so I don't know precisely what's caused it. Yes, publicity shots might have been photoshopped to remove imperfections, and when someone is a 'product' in some way, I don't have a problem with FPs of them portrayed as such, but this is a photo of a tennis player in a natural environment, not a publicity shot, and there are different standards that we should expect. Her good looks are incidental and her imperfections are part of her reality. For that reason, I still think alterations would be unethical. It's not that I specifically want the photo to retain her dental imperfections, I just find it wrong to want to make the change in the first place. Reality should record imperfections along with beauty. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 15:15, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The standard should be only using images of identifiable people that don't lead to embarrassment. You want to make an embarrassing picture FP. That is unethical. Saying only she would find it that way is not a defence for violating someone's dignity. Anyone that opens that image, as the lead image in the article, will note the issues whether they are natural or not. Saffron Blaze (talk) 15:55, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I didn't say I want to make an embarrassing photo a FP, I said I don't want a photo which claims to show reality to be digitally manipulated. I also don't think it's up to someone else to decide what the subject might find embarrassing anyway. And where do we draw the line? Some people might find a mole embarrassing, some people would consider a mole to be a beauty spot and find it offensive that you'd want to digitally remove a feature of the face. She could well find her freckles more of an embarrassment than her teeth for all we know. Should we not feature a photo of a dwarf at all just in case they're embarrassed about their stature? I think we should let reality be reality, flaws and all. Wikipedia is not censored. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:09, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, because all those things you identify would be natural. Would we accept this image as FP if she had a booger hanging out her nose? That you can't see the difference between someone having gunk in their teeth and a mole is puzzling. Saffron Blaze (talk) 19:43, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • But as I already said earlier, I don't think think it is gunk in her teeth - it's a discolouration of the tooth itself. Maybe due to bad dental hygene, maybe a crack in the tooth, maybe root canal work. I really don't know, but I know it's not gunk. That you can't see it is equally puzzling. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 21:12, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, including this one, because there is no gunk in her teeth. You can see the same discolouration in her teeth in this photo. Show me a high resolution photo that shows her teeth clearly which doesn't have the same dental issues. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 22:46, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agreed. I've collapsed the discussion beyond the votes. Saffron, if you want to take it further, you can comment on my talk page, but we're clearly going around in circles here and I'd prefer to let the community decide whether it's appropriate. So far, you're the only one who is objecting. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:59, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sample Edit- Selective Shadows adjustment
  • Support Fantastic portrait. Great work. Jujutacular (talk) 07:02, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Nice job, Diliff. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 19:30, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as it meets criteria. Great image. On the context of her dental hygiene, I would just point everyone to WP:MUG. The discussion on whether or not this image should be used should be held in her article's talk page. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 23:30, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Very detailed, but the lighting is poor and could have been easily fixed with fill flash. It is way too dark around the eyes and forehead. JJ Harrison (talk) 01:29, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • But that's like saying your bird photos aren't detailed enough because you didn't get close enough and had to crop it, so therefore you should have used a bigger lens. ;) This was not a planned, posed portrait - it was taken at a sporting event and flash photography is not allowed. Sometimes you have to deal with the conditions as they are, not as you'd like them to be ideally. I don't think the darkness around the eyes and forehead is a dealbreaker anyway. It's normal for caps to shade the eyes. You can still see the detail and colour of the eyes and there's a subtle transition due to the diffused overcast lighting. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:11, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support edit The lighting fix really makes a big difference. upstateNYer 02:17, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree. The edit itself is drastically reduced in size for sample purposes, but I would support an edit. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 02:33, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I think if the full resolution sample edit image was uploaded, you'd really see just how bad the noise is in the shadows though. It was already at the limit of what I'd call acceptable, but lifting it further just doesn't work IMO. I've done a similar thing to what Muhammad has done and at 100%, the noise is just awful and uncorrectable (it becomes banded and blobby, as most shadows do when approaching the lowest values the sensor could capture). Muhammad has done a good job but he's hidden the noise considerably by downsampling it. So the question is, do we want a portrait with shadow adjustment just barely at the minimum resolution, or do we want the full resolution version with heavier shadows...? I don't think we can have both resolution and lighter shadows, realistically. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:50, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • In this case the down sampling is well justified and the need for the full resolution is debatable. Saffron Blaze (talk) 11:00, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • I don't see why downsampling is "well justified" unless we're back to the teeth thing again. Thanks Muhammad for uploading the high-rez. I compared the two. While I really like the lightened shadows, I'm not a fan of the amount of noise reduction. Maybe a compromise between the two—less brightness, but less NR. I'll stick with my original vote though. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 16:49, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • High res edit uploaded over the old edit. --Muhammad(talk) 13:10, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support any version --Muhammad(talk) 19:01, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose edit the NR is too strong and the lightening too much and not even -- if you want to simulate the effect of a fill-light, then her neck needs lightened too. Her forehead is just a bit too light now. But also importantly, the colourspace has changed form sRGB to AdobeRGB, which should never be used for JPGs on the internet. If you want to use AdobeRGB, use it for tiffs when sending files to a print lab and nowhere else. It will nearly always produce the wrong colours for people with dumb browsers/tablets and will produce colour banding for everyone else. Colin°Talk 19:22, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Petra Martic Portrait, Wimbledon 2013 - Diliff.jpg -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:39, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Emperor Paul I of Russia

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Original – Portrait of Paul I of Russia (1754-1801), by Vladimir Borovikovsky
Reason-and some History
An excellent and encyclopedically valuable image of Emperor Paul I (1754-1801), painted ca. 1800 by Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (Владимир Лукич Боровиковский), the principal Russian portrait painter of the turn of the 19th century. The portrait shows Paul I characteristically himself, as he was known for his high enthusiasm for military pageantry and pomp. It also shows him wearing the famous Imperial Crown of Russia, and, even more significantly, shows him wearing the robes of the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, a position he was elected to in October 1789 after Napoleon seized Malta from the knights in June of that same year. His membership was a notable element of his reign. The Priory of St. Petersburg had declared in September 1789 that the former Grand Master had betrayed the Order by selling Malta to Napoleon, and thus decided to elect the Emperor Paul I as their new leader. Thus was born the Russian tradition of the Knights Hospitaller. This image of Paul I also shows him wearing the collar of the Knights Hospitaller and the collar of the Order of St. Andrew, the highest order of chivalry of the Russian Empire and also, after being reinstated, of today's Russia. Paul I strove to make the government meet his ideals of knighthood. Such ideals are reflected in official art, of which, for Paul I, this painting may be the most exceptional representative. He wanted to form the Russian nobles into a sort of loyal chivalric class, an ideal which he almost seems to demonstrate here with his elevated posture and gesturing with the scepter of state. This image is of a good quality, and does an indispensable job of illustrating this interesting ruler and his singular character.
Articles in which this image appears
Paul I of Russia, List of Russian rulers, List of rulers of Estonia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Royalty
Creator
Vladimir Borovikovsky
  • Support as nominator --Indefatigable2 (talk) 07:54, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - This is below the minimum size requirements (not by much though) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:18, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Agreed, but it's probably of sufficient quality and sharpness not to be a major factor. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • What's the size of the painting? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:37, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • The best I can guess is something larger with the proportions of 49x33.8 cms, as Borovikovsky did a similar portrait of Paul I with these dimensions. This portrait is currently at the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, I believe, but I cannot find enough information on it. Indefatigable2 (talk) 14:06, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Not, in the end, that I think it really matters, as this is definitely the most descriptive and well-executed portrait of this figure that exists, in what is most probably its highest definition and best color balance to be found on the internet. Indefatigable2 (talk) 16:02, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
            • It does matter, in the end. The original size of the painting is proportional to the resolution we should expect. Also, merely being the best available on the internet does not automatically equate to being of FP quality. Cowtowner (talk) 18:34, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
              • Thank you, Cowturner. Precisely my point. If the original painting is like 10*6 cm, okay this resolution is certainly nice. If the painting is life size? The resolution isn't up to par. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:01, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                • You are of course both right, "best on internet" is by no means a criterion for an FP; that would make for many poor FP's. However, in saying "not that I think it really matters," I was echoing Diliff, in that this image's color balance has been made effectively as best as possible and has been improved drastically over its former version; the image is very sharp with no artefacts that I can see, unlike the Horatio Nelson portrait that was just made an FP about a day ago, which, although of a higher resolution than this image, had some noticable digital artefacts when viewed on full size. Even though it is on the small side, I feel this image is sharp enough to pass muster, and is definitely large enough to make out the fine details. Even if the portrait in person were a larger one, I feel it should not be disqualified for this reason; if a better scan comes up in the future, we can, just like the voters on the Horatio Nelson portrait, agree to replace it in the future. But on its own I feel the color balance of the painting and the sharpness of the digital image negates the small deficiency in size. This was my thought. For me, this particular image left a significant impression, as it illustrates its subject in a way that is rare among portraits; it makes it 'fine' and a 'significant' contribution. That was why I felt it had high EV. Indefatigable2 (talk) 02:15, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                  • I don't think anyone is doubting that this is a good picture and of high EV. We're concerned about the resolution. My experience with portraits of nobility (say, Napoleon) is that the portraits are generally a little larger than life. If that's true, this resolution (although quite sharp) is on the low side. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:28, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                    • Good point Crisco. It could be that I'm having a lackluster moment (always a possibility), but I can't find dimensions for this painting... They're just not coming up in any of my searches on the Russian government art databases, so we may have to go by what we have here. In my opinion, I think this image meets the checklist. Consider this: hypothetically, would you prefer a larger image (like the Nelson one you put up) with some artifacts, or one that is smaller with less artifacts (such as this, it seems), the sharpness being the same on both? What would make the more worthwhile image? On another note, consider what user 'Stigmatella aurantiaca' said when voting on Nelson, it is 'good enough and the best for now.' Would you think that that is the case for this one, or do you believe it best to wait it out and see? I for one think we'll be hard pressed to see a scan as good as this anytime soon, and that this deserves an elevated status. Indefatigable2 (talk) 03:04, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose: Good reproduction, beautiful painting. But considering the actual size of the painting (looks to be close to 2m tall) the lack of resolution is just too offputting. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:25, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Good reproduction. Colour balance and blacks seem accurate. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Basically on the grounds of the resolution (and the supposition of its size as well as the standards of the gallery). It's the best for now and valuable, but not good enough. Cowtowner (talk) 05:37, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above discussion on resolution. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 19:25, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Cowtowner and Keraunoscopia--WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 23:25, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:00, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



European wildcat

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Original – European wildcat, Rochefort, Belgium
Reason
Great photo, high quality and showing the whole body of the cat. Probably better than the current FP of European wildcat.
Articles in which this image appears
European wildcat
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Lviatour

Promoted File:Felis silvestris silvestris Luc Viatour.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:06, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Chat Flycatcher

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Original – Chat flycatcher in Etosha National Park, Namibia
Reason
Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Chat Flycatcher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Yathin sk

Promoted File:Bradornis infuscatus.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:28, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Volkswagen Plant, Wolfsburg

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jul 2013 at 13:51:33 (UTC)

Original – The power station of the Volkswagen factory, Wolfsburg, Germany
Edit 1 – Cooler white balance
Reason
Excellent picture, with high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Wolfsburg
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Richard Bartz
I've been there and the image does not strike me as unnaturally warm, although in cloudy weather the building appears much darker. --ELEKHHT 12:50, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not saying the building looks off-colour (it's already warm coloured so it's much harder to judge), it's the rest of the scene that is warm tinted. Look at any of the whites in the scene, they're all skewed towards the red. I'm loathe to upload over the top of it as it's already featured elsewhere, but I think a colour correction would help. I don't know whether uploading an edit is the answer either though. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:11, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Whites appear white on my screen but you're more than welcome to upload and nominate a corrected version under an Alt name. --ELEKHHT 13:15, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done. I used the white of the VW logo on the side of the building as the guide for the WB correction as some of the other whites may have been a bit creamy or off-white to begin with. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:07, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks, I can see the difference now. --ELEKHHT 23:26, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Scaffolding is normal, hardly distracting on a factory. In this case it obscures 0.1% or so of the image. I don't see how that's an argument enough to oppose....--ELEKHHT 12:50, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This image and the article don't really mesh. The article is about Wolfsburg. The article makes it note that the VW factory is the most notable part of the city. But the VW factory isn't the city. At the same time, the image shows only the factory's power station, not the factory. It's also a wide photograph of a square subject, therefore I have to also mention that I think the crop on the right is poor. The image should be on an article about the VW plant... or it should show the city. Not just a part of the factory which is a part of the city. Does this make sense? I also find it a touch contrasty, but that's a personal thing (I find a lot of FPs to be too contrasty). – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 20:19, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • At first, I was going to argue that Harescombe has a section devoted to the church, whereas Wolfsburg merely mentions the VW factory almost in passing a couple of times, but then I looked at the article more closely and it's obvious "Volkswagen" plays a major role in the city—something I should've checked first instead of skimming the topmost part of the article. So I'll change my vote to Support Edit 1. Thanks for bringing to my attention. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 00:21, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:56, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



R. V. C. Bodley

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jul 2013 at 17:07:36 (UTC)

Original – R. V. C. Bodley, approximately 1914
Alt 1 restored and levels slightly tweaked.
Reason
Has lots of pixels and the man is handsome. If you read the Flickr page, there is a very interesting effort by the IWM to release photos and get the public to research the histories of some of the men from WWI. This guy is not just some person in people's families, but a fellow that we have a Wiki article on. And his one book that I have read (Wind in the Sahara) is very cool: imagine Richard Halliburton crossed with T. E. Lawrence.
Articles in which this image appears
R. V. C. Bodley
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
unknown, placed on flickr by IWM, uploaded to Wiki by TCO.

Thanks Adam, he looks even prettier now.TCO (talk) 22:56, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:R. V. C. Bodley restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:08, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, by Titian

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Original – Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, Titian, 1548
Reason
One of best executed portraits in all of history, painted by the great Titian in 1548, of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain; perfect color balance, very high resolution (it is available in a set of scanned tiles), very high encyclopedic value, without doubt this should be a featured picture.
Articles in which this image appears

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, Titian, Battle of Mühlberg, Habsburg Spain, List of works by Titian, Pedro Muñoz, Schmalkaldic War

FP category for this image
People-Royalty
Creator
Titian

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:21, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Buland Darwaza

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2013 at 09:59:58 (UTC)

Original – Buland Darwaza gate to Jami Masjid mosque, Fatehpur Sikri, India.
Alt - color adjustment
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, Architecture of Uttar Pradesh, Tourism in Uttar Pradesh, List of World Heritage Sites in India
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Sfu

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:23, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Stamens of a Hippeastrum flower

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2013 at 10:34:49 (UTC)

Original – Stamens of a Hippeastrum with white filaments and prominent anthers carrying pollen.
Reason
Has high EV, visually appealing, and every other criteria. Only the shorter length, is below 1500 meters, however, given the quality and uniqueness of the photo, I feel we can ignore it.
Articles in which this image appears
Stamen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
Creator
Aka

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:27, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Alaska Purchase

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2013 at 12:22:33 (UTC)

Original – The original check used for the Alaska Purchase, in which the US purchased Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million
Reason
Highly significant document, high resolution, quality scan, well-used
Articles in which this image appears
Alaska Purchase, History of Alaska, Russian America, 1867
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Signed by Edouard de Stoeckl and William H. Seward (if I'm not mistaken), scan by US Government

Promoted File:Alaska Purchase (hi-res).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



File:Kei Nishikori 1, Wimbledon 2013 - Diliff.jpg

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2013 at 15:15:36 (UTC)

Original – Kei Nishikori lunging for the ball in his first round match at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships against Australian Matthew Ebden.
Reason
It's a quality action photo of Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori at Wimbledon. All important details of the player are in focus. Also, please, any issues or complaints relating to Kei Nishikori's teeth should be directed to his dentist! ;-)
Articles in which this image appears
Kei Nishikori
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 15:15, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on condition you update his retro hairstyle. But seriously, fine photograph. I would've preferred the racket to be separate from his body, but I'm not going to complain. I only got to watch Bobby Reynolds vs. No Joke Djokovich over the weekend. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 20:24, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think that's a fantastic photo, and I'm pleased to see that you uploaded a lot more of them to Commons. I don't suppose you have a zoom lens and a burning desire to watch cricket? Our articles on cricketers would really benefit from some action shots like this. Nev1 (talk) 20:51, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm happy to do more sports photography, but cricket is another game entirely. The fields are often very large and all the action happens in the middle, a long way from the boundaries. The lens I used at Wimbledon is a 70-300mm lens - the perfect range for the intimate outside courts, but the sort of lens you need for cricket is something like this. Very large (almost 50cm long), very heavy (4kg) and very expensive (£10,000 / $15,000)! Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:13, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I went to a test match between India and England with my gear but was stopped at the security check and told to leave the stadium or leave my camera :( --Muhammad(talk) 09:24, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Every sporting venue and/or organisational group seems to have different rules on what you can bring. I looked up what Cricket Australia's rules are and apparently anything longer than 200mm is not allowed. Wimbledon's is pretty camera-friendly, I think it's anything that you can fit into a bag (but the bag limits were more strict than an airline's carry on policy)... It's a shame that events feel so threatened by amateur photographers. I've often wondered what the reasoning behind it is... They obviously let news organisations' photographers in with whatever gear they want, but I assume there is some arrangement where they pay for 'press access'. What that arrangement is or how much it costs, I'm not sure. I looked at some of the professional photography from Wimbledon and I don't think my photos were significantly worse than the pros. They had a slightly more suitable lenses (300-400mm f/2.8) though which help to get closer and separate the background, and a camera with faster shooting speeds, but the results weren't much different. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:06, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Saffron Blaze (talk) 22:59, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support It is always great to have photos of players in action.– BNK(talk) 01:45, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Laitche (talk) 15:59, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, excellent action shot, used appropriately in the article. J Milburn (talk) 18:50, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 23:11, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kei Nishikori 1, Wimbledon 2013 - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Katie Green

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2013 at 19:07:35 (UTC)

Original – English model Katie Green at a photo exposition
Reason
High resolution portrait photograph of English model Katie Green.
Articles in which this image appears
Katie Green +1 other
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others (or /Entertainment?)
Creator
NGUYEN DINH Quoc-Huy, photography; Keraunoscopia, derivative
She's also notable for her height. Should I add a scale to the image? :) I'd see your point if it were illustrating an article on large-size models, but my experience is that full-length portraits aren't usual for lead images. This is what she looks like; the article expounds on how others wish her to appear. There is another image on the article, a little lower, that shows more of her body, but it's still difficult to really see that she's "larger" without her standing next to a size zero model, imo. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 03:10, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Then it's poorly captioned (which technically is a criteria...go look). Better to just say "Kate Green". And yes, if the caption mentioned how tall she was and showed a head shot, it would also be poor information design. It's not rocket science. Basic concept.— Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs) 13:11, 2 July 2013‎
Ah, thanks, I'm still learning here. I saw on the Gaddafi nom that the caption should be more neutral for the main page so then I started wondering if captions here are used on the main page. I didn't realize that, I was just throwing out information. The template says "for context" but I didn't know how far that carried. Updated caption to be standard-fare stuff. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 19:17, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Looks good. Brandmeistertalk 09:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I tweaked the caption, just a bit more, because I was honestly curious if it was a wedding pic. (Seems she is still on the market...purely editorial interest of course...)— Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs) 13:14, 3 July 2013
  • Support. A model modelling- a nice dynamic portrait, as you'd expect from a professional photographer with a professional model! I agree with Keraunoscopia about a full-body shot- I think demanding we see the body of a model because we need to see how thin she is(n't) is patronising, even offensive. J Milburn (talk) 13:20, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Katie Green, Nikon Solutions Expo, 2008 (crop).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:11, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Tilework on the Dome of the Rock

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2013 at 20:19:22 (UTC)

Original – Mid-16th century Ceramic Tilework on The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
Reason
High Resolution image, good colors, several applications
Articles in which this image appears
Ceramic, Dome of the Rock, Tile, Turquoise
FP category for this image
Artwork-Others
Creator
Godot13

Promoted File:Palestine-2013-Jerusalem-Temple Mount-Dome of the Rock-Detail 01.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:28, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Cardinal Richelieu redux

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2013 at 00:30:59 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu, 1637, Philippe de Champaigne
Reason
The last nomination was withdrawn due to a scanning error being discovered. Luckily, the error was of a type that I know how to fix invisibly with no loss of data: the flaw is a repeated section, so, presuming the original crop is good, you can just delete the repeat and have a perfect image.

Some JPEG artefacting is noticeable at 400% zoom, but that's normal. It's a good scan overall.

Articles in which this image appears
Cardinal Richelieu, Cardinal (Catholicism), Crown-cardinal, Luxembourg Palace, Protestant Reformation, Philippe de Champaigne, Académie française, Collection of the National Gallery, London, Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 9
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator
Philippe de Champaigne
  • Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:30, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Again As the previous nominator, I renew my support for this very illustrative, very handsome painting, in this (now) excellent scan. Good show, Adam Cuerden. Indefatigable2 (talk) 01:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Looks gorgeous (and fine) to me. One of my favorite paintings of this man is Richelieu au Siège de La Rochelle (Siege of La Rochelle) but nothing that would hold up to FP standards, I don't think (can't see his face). I only know the man through Dumas, but he scares me anyway. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 03:19, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • It was mentioned in the previous nomination that he has a pinhead/voluminous robes. I could be wrong but I believe he would have been standing on a stool or ottoman or something to enhance his height and therefore intimidation factor, am I right? The portrait does its job well. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 03:21, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • No, it seems, alas; you can see His Eminence's shoe peeping out from under his robes... Indefatigable2 (talk) 03:42, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Wild, it's like an optical illusion. I can picture him as a tiny man on a stool or a normal sized man; all thanks to the robes. I couldn't find any height information in the article. That's a dark(ly positioned) shoe, I never saw it :) – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 03:51, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Dumas' treatment of Richelieu does not really fall in line with the real man (in several ways). He is portrayed as extremely powerful in fiction, whereas in real life (where he was only highly powerful), he indeed depended on the king for his position, as this: Day of the Dupes, may illustrate. I admittedly know relatively little of the Cardinal myself, but Richelieu could be quite ruthless, and was, as a matter of practice. To be referred to as the "father of the modern nation-state, modern centralised power [and] the modern secret service," as Canadian historian and philosopher John Ralston Saul did, he had to be quite ruthless... Indefatigable2 (talk) 03:58, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cardinal de Richelieu.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:55, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Official Apollo 11 Crew Photo

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2013 at 05:19:16 (UTC)

Original – The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission crew, pictured from left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.
Reason
The official NASA crew photograph. All three men of the Apollo 11 crew in the highest quality of studio photographs.
Articles in which this image appears
Apollo 11, Apollo Program
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Science and Engineering
Creator
NASA
The "Infobox space mission" is to blame. They've set the size to 200px. Don't know why they don't use the default thumb size. Suggest you take this to the template talk page. Colin°Talk 19:07, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Apollo 11 Crew.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:19, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Abraham Ortelius' 1570 world map, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2013 at 16:56:33 (UTC)

Original – In 1570 (May 20) Gilles Coppens de Diest at Antwerp published 53 maps created by Abraham Ortelius under the title Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered the "first modern atlas". Three Latin editions of this (besides a Dutch, a French and a German edition) appeared before the end of 1572; twenty-five editions came out before Ortelius' death in 1598; and several others were published subsequently, for the atlas continued to be in demand till about 1612. This is the world map from this atlas.
Reason
A high resolution scan of the famous world map from the first true modern atlas, created by Abraham Ortelius and published May 20, 1570 in Antwerp
Articles in which this image appears
Abraham Ortelius, Age of Discovery, Commercial Revolution, Early world maps, History of cartography, Prime meridian, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, World map
FP category for this image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Diagrams,_drawings,_and_maps/Maps
Creator
Abraham Ortelius

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:58, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Irfan Kolothum Thodi

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2013 at 18:42:18 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of 22 year old racewalker Irfan Thodi, who set the Indian national record at the London 2012 Olympics for the 20 km walk.
Reason
Nicely done, high resolution (meets size requirements) portrait photograph of the athlete.
Articles in which this image appears
Irfan Kolothum Thodi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Promoted File:Irfan Kolothum Thodi 2013.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:44, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Viele Map

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2013 at 18:38:48 (UTC)

Original – The "Sanitary & Topographical Map of the City and Island of New York", commonly known as the Viele Map, was created by Egbert Ludovicus Viele in 1865
Alt 1: Loads more resolution.
Reason
high quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Egbert Ludovicus Viele, Manhattan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Egbert Ludovicus Viele

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:10, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Birds eye view of Detroit

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jul 2013 at 05:26:17 (UTC)

Original – Birds eye view, showing about three miles square, of the central portion of the city of Detroit, Michigan, circa 1889
Alt 1 Restored version.
Reason
An interesting old image of Detroit. Perspective map not drawn to scale. I just found a copy that has very high resolution that may qualify as a Featured Picture. The original is 30 x 50 cm. and resides in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C.
Articles in which this image appears
History of Detroit
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
  • Support as nominator --Diannaa (talk) 05:26, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Crop's too tight; if the image is a little off square, a tight crop emphasizes that - though this is understandable, given the weird crop of the original scan. I'd probably add a little paper at the top, since the paper is almost certainly there. Pencil marks in lower right; some marks on it. Think this one'll be a quick restoration, though, so I'll set to work. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:21, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you, Adam! There's also some pale while lines that may be the result of folding the document. I don't know if anything can or should be done about those. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:24, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • First one in a bit I've managed to do to the FPC schedule. Not a perfect scan - it could stand to be a bit sharper, but the good resolution makes up for that, and a little sharpening fixed it up further. It's a good example of a somewhat under-represented style of Victorian lithograph. For the record, scans have a tendency to yellowshift when scanning slightly yellowed paper; further, the LoC is known to use uncalibrated scanners. Adjusting the yellowed paper somewhat blued up the colours a bit, which I believe is likely more accurate, but if anyone would prefer, ask me for a colour-unadjusted version. Support Alt Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:53, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:26, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Chuck Norris

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2013 at 19:57:03 (UTC)

Original – Chuck Norris on the set of "The Delta Force" (1986)
Alt
Reason
Valuable and uncommon picture from the set of the film "The Delta Force" (1986), kindly contributed by the official stills photographer of the movie: Yoni S. Hamenahem. Very high EV and quality seems acceptable for 1986. I also added an alt version - a downsampled one, in which the zoom view is more pleasant.
Articles in which this image appears
Chuck Norris, The Delta Force
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Yoni S. Hamenahem

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:31, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Edward White on the First American Spacewalk

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jul 2013 at 13:15:11 (UTC)

Original – On June 3, 1965 Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go, effectively setting himself adrift in the zero gravity of space. For 23 minutes White floated and maneuvered himself around the Gemini spacecraft while logging 6500 miles during his orbital stroll. White was attached to the spacecraft by a 25 foot umbilical line and a 23-ft. tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand White carries a Hand Held Self Maneuvering Unit (HHSMU) which is used to move about the weightless environment of space. The visor of his helmet is gold plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun.
Reason
A high resolution picture, perhaps the most recognizable image of the event
Articles in which this image appears
Extra-vehicular activity, Omega Speedmaster, Gemini 4, Edward Higgins White
FP category for this image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Getting_there
Creator
James McDivitt, with NASA

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:17, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Doleschallia bisaltide (Autumn Leaf) - male

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jul 2013 at 14:44:44 (UTC)

File:Doleschallia bisaltide bisaltide (Autumn Leaf) - male, January 2013, Singapore.jpg
Original – The Autumn Leaf resembles a dead leaf, enabling it to blend into its environment if it is resting among dead leaves or plants.
Reason
Parallel, good exposure, composition, and very detailed, can even see the wing scales.
Articles in which this image appears
Autumn Leaf, Defense in insects, Butterfly
FP category for this image
Animals
Creator
Arctic Kangaroo
  • Support I've never understood the "blend into the environment" thing. I get that they can't be seen by predators... but can't they be stepped on? – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 17:07, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't worry, Autumn Leaves are very skittish and have a very large circle of fear. I was only lucky with this guy because he was cooperative enough to sit and smile for the camera. It's very rare for this species of butterfly to cooperate. ✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎ 14:37, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Doleschallia bisaltide bisaltide (Autumn Leaf) - male, January 2013, Singapore.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:45, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]


The Declaration of Independence

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jul 2013 at 15:59:27 (UTC)

Original – The signed copy of the Declaration. Now badly faded, because of poor preserving practices in the 19th century, is on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Reason
We already have as a featured picture the facsimile version, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Us_declaration_independence.jpg however, I felt it would be prudent to feature this high resolution scan of the actual document as well, provided by the National Archives. Perhaps we could place them together in a two-picture set.
Articles in which this image appears
Historical document, Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson and religion, United States Declaration of Independence
FP category for this image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/USA_History
Creator
Scanned by the National Archives
Note: That FP is not a scan of the original, but is the version most used in WP. We should D&R. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 00:10, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree on D&R. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 12:00, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, I disagree. Seeing the texture of the document is really negligible to me compared with the ability to read the original handwriting. But actually, they both have high EV - of different kinds (this one shows the texture, current FP shows the handwriting). So I removed the oppose vote, and I disagree that only one pictrue should be featured. Tomer T (talk) 10:03, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:USA declaration independence.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:02, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



California Tule Fog

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Original – A thick bank of fog blankets California’s Central Valley. The fog is bracketed by the Cascades to the North, the Coastal Range to the West and the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the East.
Reason
Stunning and rare capture of the weather phenomenon from space
Articles in which this image appears
Tule fog
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
NASA, MODIS

Promoted File:Tule Fog California - 2005.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:20, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Magna Carta

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jul 2013 at 16:19:30 (UTC)

Original – One of only four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text, Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, property of the British Library
Reason
High Resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Several Hundred Pages Link to This Image (See Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/File:Magna_Carta.jpg)
FP category for this image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/Others
Creator
Scanned by the British Library

Promoted File:Magna Carta.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:22, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Quechua Woman and her child

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2013 at 02:14:25 (UTC)

Original – Quechua woman and child in the Sacred Valley, Peru
Reason
Though the composition could have been better, but clarity wise, it is at par with FP standards and has good EV regarding dressing styles of Quechua woman and children.
Articles in which this image appears
Quechua people, Andes, Amaicha, + 30 other
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
Creator
quinet on Flickr

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:30, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Tagetes erecta

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2013 at 11:23:18 (UTC)

Original – Tagetes erecta flower in Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Reason
Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Tagetes erecta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
JDP90

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:27, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Moyland Castle

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Original – Moyland Castle, 2011
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Moyland Castle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Rainer Lippert
  • Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 11:27, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support Oversharpened (at least on the towers) and doesn't look straight. I read on the Commons discussion the towers are deliberately "weird" but that's not what I'm referring too... the ground just doesn't sit right to me. But one can't deny that that's also a mighty fine looking castle, perfect exposure, and excellent EV. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 04:51, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That might be an optical illusion. Maybe it is straight. Silly shrubbery. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 04:52, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:29, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Sella Pass

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Original – Sella Pass in a snowy weather (February 2011), with Sella group mountains in the background
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Sella Pass, Sella group
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Dmottl

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:34, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Iris sibirica

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2013 at 11:35:35 (UTC)

Original – Iris sibirica flower
Reason
Good composition, good detail, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Iris sibirica
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Böhringer

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:35, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2013 at 21:44:30 (UTC)

Original – The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel by French artist Louis Daguerre, circa 1824.
Reason
High resolution painting of the Holyrood Abbey lit by moonlight by French artist, stage designer, and photographer Louis Daguerre. Conflicting dates, but around 1824, Daguerre built and exhibited a 70-foot wide diorama of the ruins of this abbey and would backlight it, revealing "a ghostly figure wandering in the moonlit Gothic ruin" (source for quote). This painting was created after this effect, minus—in this version—the figure.
I removed a one pixel extremely dark (almost black, but not quite) border on the right and bottom edges, and then I copied five pixels from part of the sky to cover up a five-pixel hair or glitch at the very, very top right corner. I left the dangling part simply because it appears more natural than the pixel-straight glitch and isn't distracting to me.
Articles in which this image appears
The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Louis Daguerre

Promoted File:The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel (Louis Daguerre), 1824 (Google Art Project).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:56, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Mrs. Fiske

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2013 at 21:54:06 (UTC)

Original – Portrait photograph of American stage actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, taken by Zaida Ben-Yusuf, 1896.
Reason
High resolution cleaned-up portrait photograph of American stage (and film) actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, photographed by Zaida Ben-Yusuf. She is known simply as Mrs. Fiske. I stumbled onto her article quite by accident and noticed her portrait was tiny, so I just replaced it on the article with this version. Work was done from the Library of Congress TIFF scan, which was in color and had color noise, so I smoothed out the noise, then converted the image to grayscale (no color profile saved).
Articles in which this image appears
Minnie Maddern Fiske and Women in photography
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Zaida Ben-Yusuf, photography; Keraunoscopia, restoration

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:02, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Tetragnatha extensa (female)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2013 at 23:02:22 (UTC)

Original – Tetragnatha extensa (female) Tetragnatha extensa
Reason
High quality photo.
Articles in which this image appears
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragnatha_extensa
FP category for this image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Arachnids
Creator
Marcel Zurreck

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:04, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2013 at 04:40:06 (UTC)

Original – Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel, oil on canvas, by American artist John Singer Sargent, 1903. It was commissioned by Gretchen's husband, Fiske Warren, and painted at what is now the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
Reason
High resolution (Google Art Project) of an outstanding painting by American portrait artist John Singer Sargent. This is the second nomination as the previous one didn't quite pass muster due to borderline EV. There is now an article on the painting itself.
Articles in which this image appears
Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel
Gretchen Osgood Warren
+ 2 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
John Singer Sargent

Promoted File:John Singer Sargent - Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:05, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Mixed onions

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2013 at 12:19:35 (UTC)

Original – Mixed onions: red and brown onions; with and without skin; whole, sliced both ways and in rings.
Reason
This quality image is bursting with EV. We have red and brown onions, with and without skins, sliced horizontally and vertically and in rings. The lighting and black background highlights the rich colours and the glossy surfaces. All key elements are in focus.
Articles in which this image appears
Onion
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator
Colin
  • Support as nominator --Colin°Talk 12:19, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - This is brilliant, but for a food I'd expect to see a more appealing background than just black. I rather like File:Various grains edit2.jpg, although that's not quite the same background you'd be going for. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:29, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • There's more than one way to do this for sure. A more rustic-kitchen still-life is one way though a fair bit of effort to set up with photogenic and pristine props. Most of the single-food photos we have are isolated on white, which is fine and useful, but also not "appealing". I wanted to try something different and the white onion flesh isn't so visible on white and the colours less contrasted. For the lead image, I wanted the focus just on the onions alone. -- Colin°Talk 14:34, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I can agree with that (and note that yes, our food pictures are mostly on plain backgrounds). Weak support as the EV is fairly high, but it's not quite appetizing as a food picture. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:43, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - While I don't feel qualified to comment for the most part, I'll just say that I personally think that the black background creates an appetizing food picture in this case, but I find the bright reflection in the bottom left corner slightly distracting to the eye when viewing the image at smaller sizes (where the transitional dimmer reflection becomes less visible). -- Junkyardsparkle (talk) 20:56, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Great quality and EV. I'm not concerned about the background, FPs don't have to be aesthetically pleasing... --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 23:44, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • WP:FP? #3: "It illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more. A photograph has appropriate lighting to maximize visible detail; diagrams and other illustrations are clear and informative." — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:23, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not quite sure your point in quoting this, Crisco? I hope the arrangement of colours, shapes, slices and skins are compelling. Wrt lighting (and the comment below) I'm puzzled that a bit of shadow affects "EV". The brown onions (with skin and without) show the full shape of the onions. Remember that if this was lit evenly on all sides, the onions would look flat -- one needs tonal variation in a 2D picture to determine shape. The difference with the red onions is the colour of the skin (rear onion) and the rings in the slices (foreground cuts). I don't see how any "EV" is lacking because the outer surfaces are in shade -- which is a standard technique to focus the viewer's attention and to emphasise a curved surface. Colin°Talk 07:20, 7 July 2013 (UTC) BTW, it is interesting to drag this image into Google Images and use "still life" as a search term. A "still life on black" is a common theme for food. Colin°Talk 07:49, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • My problem isn't with the shadows themselves. What I meant was that the shadows blend into the black background, making it difficult to see the outer contours of the red onions. --Paul_012 (talk) 00:29, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • I never brought up EV/shadows. I was just pointing that aesthetic considerations / interest factor are part of the criteria, even if they don't have to be all gumdrops and roses and whiskers on kittens. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:01, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • WP:FP? #3 also states: "A featured picture is not always required to be aesthetically pleasing." If you look back at my comments, I did not mention it was not compelling or that it did not make the viewer want to know more; simply that it did not have to be aesthetically pleasing. I, in fact, do think it is compelling. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 17:31, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I find the dark background makes it too difficult to discern the shadowed sides of the onions, thus reducing EV. --Paul_012 (talk) 05:34, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose For the purpose of illustrating an encyclopedia a well lit subject on a white background would be much preferable. This photo of carrots is a great example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cacophony (talk • contribs) 08:50, 7 July 2013

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:25, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



John Herschel redux

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2013 at 17:58:04 (UTC)

Original – John Herschel, one of the early developers of photography, in a photograph by noted early photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
Reason
Well, he invented photography, and the photographer is one of the most highly acclaimed early photographers. Between that, there's obvious EV. Sorry this took so long, by the way. We could go with a tighter crop if desired; let me know what all of you think.
Articles in which this image appears
John Herschel. Could probably go in Julia Margaret Cameron as well, but, as that article's a little full, I didn't want to be the one to add it.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Science and Engineering
Creator
Julia Margaret Cameron, restoration by User:Adam Cuerden.

Promoted File:Julia Margaret Cameron - John Herschel (Metropolitan Museum of Art copy, restored).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:35, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Apollo 13 Mailbox

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2013 at 23:35:39 (UTC)

Original – Deke Slayton (check jacket) shows the adapter devised to make use of square Command Module lithium hydroxide canisters to remove excess carbon dioxide from the Apollo 13 LM cabin. As detailed in Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, the adapter was devised by Ed Smylie. From left to right, members of Slayton's audience are Flight Director Milton L. Windler, Deputy Director/Flight Operations Howard W. Tindall, Director/Flight Operations Sigurd A Sjoberg, Deputy Director/Manned Spaceflight Center Christopher C. Kraft, and Director/Manned Spaceflight Center Robert R. Gilruth.
Reason
Highly historical image showing NASA engineers and the famous 'Mailbox' that was used to save the lives of the Apollo 13 crew when the carbon dioxide levels reached dangerous levels aboard the spacecraft by adapting a spare filter from the Command Module to fit in the Lunar Module. Has tremendous EV in terms of showing Aerospace Engineers in action in what is considered "NASA's finest hour." Image has recently gone through the graphics lab, this is the best version we were able to find.
Articles in which this image appears
Aerospace engineering, Apollo 13, Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Science and Engineering, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA
Though I think the image's greatest EV is in the Aerospace Engineering article, I concur that its EV in the Apollo 13 article was weak and have therefore moved it to a more suitable location in the article. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 04:01, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely! --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 18:14, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Apollo 13 Mailbox at Mission Control.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:35, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Eurasian Sparrowhawk with its prey

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2013 at 00:07:43 (UTC)

Original – Sparrowhawk capturing Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
Reason
Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Pierre Dalous
ALT Cropped version - Sparrowhawk capturing Starling

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Ethel Waters redux

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2013 at 06:24:58 (UTC)

Original – Ethel Waters, blues, jazz, and gospel singer, c. 1943.
Reason
A fine, rather candid portrait of a notable singer. The dilapidated background suits common themes in blues and jazz (and was a bugger to clean up without removing legitimate stains. Think I managed.) This nomination is a followup to Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ethel Waters, in which I promised to do a restoration, but was unable to get to it in time due to working on Herschel. I rather wish I had checked this one first: It was far, far easier.

Image is cropped just enough to make it square. Annoyingly, the edges aren't at all straight; I don't know why, this is a bit out of the era I tend to work on.

Articles in which this image appears
Ethel Waters, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
William P. Gottlieb, restoration by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Ethel Waters - William P. Gottlieb.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Map of the Battle of the Somme

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2013 at 08:52:24 (UTC)

Original – Map of the Battle of the Somme, considered one of the deadliest in history and probably the best-known battle of the First World War.
Reason
Another map to SVG conversion. I had to do several bits of checking (I'm still a little unsure if I have the height scale numbers right - but I looked at several supporting maps), which underlines for me the problems of a JPG's raster nature. Good source nonetheless, straightforward EV, has a certain aesthetic quality as well. SVG format, so no size issues. I couldn't help this really being one of those maps where you can see only the general characteristics in thumbnail - the front lines are as bold as I thought possible without dominating the zoomed in version.

Two notes to add: first, I am used to nominating similar files more than once, which I am more than happy to do if there are little things that need changing - though do use the full size version since the rasterisation widget is not great - so just through them at me; second, the file is partly new and partly a straight replacement for the last one, so I thought 3 days would be appropriate (no sense of opposition to the replacement anywhere).

Articles in which this image appears
Battle of the Somme, about a dozen other related or contingent battles.
FP category for this image
Map, diagrams and drawings
Creator
User:Grandiose; US military (for inset map, check description).
With respect to the Anglo-French boundary - I assume you mean extending it east as the advance progressed - then what I'd say is the location of all the divisions are for one period of time only; it would be almost impossible to trace (on a single map) the progress and addition of many more men to the front. At the start of the attack, the Reserve army would (I think) not have had any defined area of control and so the situation's quite similar to the first point. As to the tenth, what did you mean? The Micheler/Fayolle boundary is shown for some distance, did you mean extending it somehow? Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 08:40, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since red lines are German positions, they changed very quickly as a much larger number of soldiers were moved to this part of the front. I don't think it's really possible to capture this development without causing confusion. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 20:28, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:42, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Grant Park, Chicago

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2013 at 05:58:05 (UTC)

Original – Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Reason
Lead image in the article, already featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Grant Park (Chicago)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Poco a poco

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:04, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



NASA Mission Control Center

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2013 at 06:15:37 (UTC)

Original – NASA's Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center
Reason
High EV, lead image, good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Control room, Houston, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA


Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:05, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Admiralty Arch

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2013 at 08:37:54 (UTC)

Original – Admiralty Arch, seen from The Mall, June 2009
Reason
High EV, good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Admiralty Arch, Admiralty
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Diliff

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:52, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Federal Council of Switzerland

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2013 at 09:41:43 (UTC)

Original – The official portrait of the Swiss Federal Council for 2013 (also in the picture: the Federal Chancellor).
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Federal Council (Switzerland), Head of state, List of members of the Swiss Federal Council, Politics of Switzerland, Switzerland
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Swiss Federal Council (Photographer: Monika Flückiger)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:42, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Frankie Howerd

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2013 at 10:52:39 (UTC)

Original – English comedian Frankie Howerd, as photographed in 1976 by Allan Warren
Alt: Slightly cropped at the top to remove the black line
Reason
This is a high quality image of notable subject in an interesting pose
Articles in which this image appears
Frankie Howerd
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Allan warren

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:53, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



1901 series ten dollar bill

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Jul 2013 at 04:35:27 (UTC)

Original – A 1901 series US ten dollar bill, depicting Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. The central portrait is a depiction of an American bison which may be modeled after Black Diamond, a bison once housed in the Central Park Zoo
Reason
Beautiful design, ridiculously high resolution, heck of a good scan
Articles in which this image appears
United States ten-dollar bill, Lewis and Clark Expedition, American bison, United States Note
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, scan by Godot13
  • Even with a stain in the I, this is probably one of the most perfect specimens you're going to see of this bill.. heh. The ascension number I think increases EV instead of decreases, it's how the museum tracks their items. — raekyt 01:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ah, yes. Well there are two different marks. If you're referring to the red and blue squiggles running the length of the note from top to bottom, they are silk fibers embedded in the paper as an anti-counterfeiting measure. Typical placement was about 1/3 of the way in from both sides. They are routine in notes from this period. They could even be seen in modern era US banknotes through the 1970's or 1980's, though there were very small. There is also a pencil notation in the lower left reverse margin. This is the accession number written on the note when it was donated by the US Treasury to the Smithsonian Institution. Any other question just let me know.--Godot13 (talk) 00:59, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:57, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Black-headed Gull

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2013 at 01:54:34 (UTC)

Original – Black-headed gull
Reason
Good quality and high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Black-headed Gull, List of Charadriiformes by population, List of birds of Sweden
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Hans Hillewaert

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:04, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Raden Saleh.jpg

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2013 at 11:13:53 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of Raden Saleh, a Javanese painter active in the Netherlands and East Indies (now Indonesia) in the 19th century.
Reason
High resolution, gives us a good look at this painter and the style of its creator (only surviving portrait by the artist). Previous nom just fell short.
Articles in which this image appears
Raden Saleh, Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel, +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel

Promoted File:Raden Saleh.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:14, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Set: Sarah Vaughan

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2013 at 17:16:39 (UTC)

No. 1 in a set of 2 – Sarah Vaughan, jazz (and other genres) singer, in 1946.
No. 2 in a set of 2 – Sarah Vaughan at Café Society, also 1946.
Reason
A high-quality mini-set of photos by a notable photographer. These two were chosen to give both a really good view of Vaughan performing, as well as a more standard photo of her from the front, to assist identification. Some flaws - these are relatively candid shots - but they're also irreplaceable. Interesting fact: There's three people (besides Sarah Vaughan) visible in No. 2, although you can only see two of their faces.
Haven't done a restoration set in a bit. Good to get back to them. In this case, I think the photos both add lot of value, since they have completely different angles and attitudes. Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:28, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Both are used in Sarah Vaughan; the first is used in several additional articles.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
William P. Gottlieb, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Sarah Vaughan - William P. Gottlieb - No. 1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:17, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Sarah Vaughan - William P. Gottlieb - No. 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:17, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Saint Stanislaus

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jul 2013 at 06:47:21 (UTC)

Original – Miniature painted by Stanisław Samostrzelnik of Mogiła (Stanislaus Claratumbensis), from a manuscript copy of two books by Jan Długosz, created in the 1530s for Bishop Piotr Tomicki of Kraków. It depicts Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów as the patron saint of Poland, venerated by King Sigismund I and Tomicki himself together with church and secular dignitaries.
Reason
One of the painter's best works, used in diverse WP articles. High resolution allowing to see some curious details not easily spotted (like a green, winged, fire-breathing dragon). Public domain. I have written an extensive description of the painting, based on a reliable source.
Articles in which this image appears
Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Archbishop of Kraków, Renaissance in Poland, Patron saints of Poland
FP category for this image
Creator
Stanisław Samostrzelnik (c. 1490–1541)

Promoted File:Stanisław Samostrzelnik, Św Stanisław.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:47, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



HMAS Australia (D84) redux

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jul 2013 at 08:35:45 (UTC)

Original – Australia was an Australian heavy cruiser that served from 1928 to 1954, including heavy service in the Second World War. (caption by The ed17, from the previous nom)
Alt1 – Straightened
Reason
High resolution, beautiful image of a beautiful ship, digitally restored (first nomination was almost there, but the lack of restoration sank it)
Articles in which this image appears
HMAS Australia (D84) +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
Photo: Allan Green / State Library of Victoria; Restoration: Crisco 1492
  • Considering both your oppose !votes that I've seen are questioning the white/black levels (when other editors have no issue), I wonder if your monitor is properly callibrated. I'll admit that the horizon is not straight, but considering this is a historical photograph rotating it to make the sealine level would misrepresent the original work. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:34, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • My monitor is calibrated with a Datacolor Spyder2Pro, so I don't think that's an issue. I looked at the histogram in Photoshop and the whitest white (highlights on the gun turrets and lifeboats) is about 225. It should be closer to 255 (Usually around 250, because most monitors will render anything above about 250 as pure white). - MrX 01:17, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Very well, then it isn't your calibration. I've played with the histogram/levels in Photoshop and it looks way too bright to be real. We're not going for what a machine says is the correct balance, we're going for what will look good to the human eye. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:26, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The brightest points in an image need not be 255 in the brightest channel. Consider for example a photograph of a grey wall. I think that this ship was probably painted grey, so don't agree with the need to adjust the brightness. My monitor is also calibrated. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:27, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:HMAS Australia Oct 1937 SLV straightened.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:38, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Black Sabbath

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jul 2013 at 13:21:30 (UTC)

Original – All four Black Sabbath musicians in 1970
Reason
Satisfyes all of the criterion.
Articles in which this image appears
Black Sabbath
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Enterpassworddude

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:19, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Sella Pass

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Jul 2013 at 15:37:54 (UTC)

Original – Sella Pass in a snowy weather (February 2011), with Sella group mountains in the background
Reason
In the previous nomination it was nearly promotes. I think it's a highly valuable photo of very good quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Sella Pass, Sella group
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Dmottl
  • Auto Color more often than not makes the colors unrepresentative of real life. I've done it with pictures of my wife, and her somewhat olive skin gets turned much more pale than in reality. Manual tweaking would be best, assuming tweaking was necessary. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:54, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • True, it doesn't always work, especially with skintones. In the case of this landscape image, It removes the overly blue cast from the clouds and especially the snow, and warms up the mountains in the background, making the image look much more realistic in my view. - MrX 01:28, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sella group panorama.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:40, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Dale D. Myers

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2013 at 15:06:34 (UTC)

Original – Dale D. Myers, former Deputy Administrator of NASA
Edit 1 Level adjustment
Reason
Good resolution, nice and sharp, fairly interesting for an official portrait. I've had to remove a bit of dust and some hairs (this photo seems to have been taken in the late 80s)
Articles in which this image appears
Dale D. Myers, List of Administrators and Deputy Administrators of NASA
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Uncredited NASA photographer; restoration by Crisco 1492
  • Just a note: I've also gone and expanded the article 12-fold (not too much to demand, considering it was not even 300 characters to start with). No issues with this one hitting the main page. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:44, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thus is the nature of perception, I suppose. I would recommend looking at the histogram values, or trying as I suggested in Photoshop. It does improve the photo noticeably. - MrX 01:32, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think (though I haven't met Mr. Myers in person) that the skin tone is slightly off in the edit, based on our other pictures of him and the colour photograph here. But eh, que sera sera. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:29, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, so it wasn't just me thinking it was oversaturated compared to the original... --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 21:18, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:17, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2013 at 22:34:40 (UTC)

Original – interior view of Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
Second image – another interior view
Reason
High quality and resolution, improves reader's understanding of subject
Articles in which this image appears
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California)
FP category for this image
places
Creator
DavidLeighEllis
Done. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:44, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support as a set. --Pine✉ 02:44, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Problem solved. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 23:56, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Regretfully, your request cannot be accommodated. The HDR processing of this image was contemporaneous with the taking of the source photos, with only the result being recorded. I would need to return to Sacramento and retake the photo to alter any tone mapping parameters. Logistical constraints currently preclude my participation in such an activity. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 22:18, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:22, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2013 at 00:35:16 (UTC)

Original – Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount
Reason
Large photo of a building with high EV on a site that is significant to multiple religions.
Articles in which this image appears
Dome of the Rock, List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States, History of the Quran, Oleg Grabar
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
David Baum

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:25, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Flight helmet

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2013 at 01:11:45 (UTC)

Original – A flight helmet for the Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft, exhibited at Technik Museum in Speyer, Germany
Reason
Lead image, good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Flight helmet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
Julian Herzog
  • Support - Excellent perspective and the background provides context, and is not really very distracting. Meets all other criteria. - MrX 20:15, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Crisco: it should be possible to get much better images of a flight helmet than this. The front-on perspective is also inferior to a three-quarter type perspective given that it doesn't clearly depict the face mask component of the helmet. Nick-D (talk) 11:16, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose don't really like the front-on view, and agree with Crisco that showing it in use would have more EV. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 22:37, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:26, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



San Francisco Ferry Building

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2013 at 06:03:00 (UTC)

Original – The Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries on the San Francisco Bay and an upscale shopping center located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. The Bay Bridge can be seen in the background.
Reason
Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks, Port of San Francisco, San Francisco Ferry Building
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
JaGa
  • It has been cropped from the original image by about 34 pixel on the horizontal side and 88 pixel on the vertical side. Does it make any difference? Not much, I think.--Nikhil(talk) 01:52, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:San Francisco Ferry Building (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:09, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



RMS Titanic

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2013 at 06:27:24 (UTC)

Original – RMS Titanic departing Southampton on April 10, 1912.
Reason
Great picture of an iconic ship and highly encyclopaedic
Articles in which this image appears
RMS Titanic, Royal Mail Ship, Passengers of the RMS Titanic,
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
F.G.O. Stuart (1843-1923) and uploaded by Antonynizh

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]




Spanish painted frog

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2013 at 10:54:53 (UTC)

Original – Spanish painted frog (Discoglossus jeanneae) in Andalusia, Spain
Reason
Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Spanish painted frog
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator
Benny Trapp

Promoted File:BennyTrapp Cädiz-Scheibenzüngler bzw Iberischer Scheibenzüngler Discoglossus (galganoi) jeannaea.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:55, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Beautiful view of Thevara

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2013 at 13:23:29 (UTC)

Original – A beautiful view of Thevara
Edited - A beautiful view of Thevara
Reason
Good quality, good EV, good composition
Articles in which this image appears
Kochi, Thevara
FP category for this image
Creator
Augustus Binu

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:05, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Nick Holonyak Jr

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2013 at 07:44:42 (UTC)

Original – Nick Holonyak, Jr. (1928–), an American electrical engineer, who invented the first practical light-emitting diode in 1962
Reason
Inventor of the LED. Though not of the minimum size required, but it has good clarity and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Nick Holonyak, Laser diode, Timeline of United States inventions (1946–91)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Deglr6328

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:31, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Southern marbled newt

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2013 at 11:24:46 (UTC)

Original – Southern marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) in Andalusia, Spain
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Southern marbled newt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator
Benny Trapp
Is the newt's colouration camouflage? 81.159.104.219 (talk) 03:37, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:17, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Lymantria dispar dispar caterpillar

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2013 at 14:06:16 (UTC)

Original – Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) caterpillar
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Lymantria dispar dispar, List of Lepidoptera that feed on Carpinus, Historical ecology
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Archaeodontosaurus

Promoted File:Lymantria dispar MHNT Chenille.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:07, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Mycena overholtsii

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2013 at 02:33:58 (UTC)

Original – Mycena overholtsii, commonly known as the snowbank fairy helmet or fuzzy foot, grows in clusters on decaying conifer wood.
Reason
I believe this photo meets all of the FPC criteria: it is of a high technical standard, high resolution, and it is the best image I have ever seen of this species. The image is highly encyclopedic, illustrating simultaneously several characteristic identifying features (e.g., the hairs at the base of the stipe, spacing and arrangement of the gills and their attachment to the stipe, shape/color/texture of the cap, substrate and habit) all in one attractive image. As a work of a US government employee, the photo is public domain.
Articles in which this image appears
Mycena overholtsii
FP category for this image
Fungi
Creator
US Forest Service 2011-2013 Southern Cascades Fungi Survey (US Forest Service); photographer=Noah Siegel
I don't think it's as clear as you say. 86.179.115.136 (talk) 19:18, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If you say so... — raekyt 08:08, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's pretty standard in mushroom photography, as the characteristics of the gills are usually important identifying details. Further, it's not like picking flowers as individual mushrooms typically only last a couple of days, and picking them does next to no damage to the organism (all of these mushrooms will be the same individual fungus). J Milburn (talk) 15:22, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In my opinion the arrangement would be much improved if the picked mushrooms were placed apart from the others, and not shown as if they are all part of the same mass of growth. 86.160.208.172 (talk) 01:01, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mycena overholtsii 333331.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:34, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Apollo–Soyuz

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2013 at 20:55:38 (UTC)

Original – Crew of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, March 1975.
Alt1 - cleaned up of scratches.
Reason
Historical flight, commemorated on several occasions, including fragrance of the same name. More than standard resolution, the model on the table adds further EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, July 1975, Space Race, Vance D. Brand, NASA
FP category for this image
People/Others
Creator
NASA

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:10, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Paper fortune teller diagram

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2013 at 12:19:17 (UTC)

Original – A diagram showing how to fold a paper fortune teller
Reason
High quality, easy to follow diagram which is useful for its subject
Articles in which this image appears
Paper fortune teller
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator
MichaelPhilip
  • We do? The only Uranium FP we have that I'm aware of is File:HEUraniumC.jpg which is a billet of highly enriched uranium... nothing to do with extraction (Crushing, then creating Uranium hexafluoride) nor does it have to do with the enriching process. Theres also a fundamental difference if we did have a FP quality picture of any of these industrial processes, it it wouldn't exactly be a guide. This is pretty much a guide, so I dunno. — raekyt 16:39, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:29, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Ben-Hur (play)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2013 at 21:40:52 (UTC)

Original – Poster for a performance of Ben-Hur
Reason
It's a high-quality poster for a notable theatrical adaptation, and well-placed in both articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Ben-Hur (play), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture,_entertainment,_and_lifestyle/Theatre
Creator
Strobridge & Co. Lith., restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Strobridge & Co. Lith.- Ben-Hur - Klaw & Erlanger's Stupendous Production.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:00, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Jul 2013 at 23:44:25 (UTC)

Original – Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Reason
It's Anastasia! (Oh yeah, and it's high resolution, well-restored if I say so myself, an interesting pose, and absolutely free)
Articles in which this image appears
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, +3
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Bain News Service, publisher, restoration by Crisco 1492

Promoted File:Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Crisco edit letters removed.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Bird's Eye View of Detroit redux

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2013 at 03:43:27 (UTC)

Original – Birds eye view, showing about three miles square, of the central portion of the city of Detroit, Michigan, 1889
Reason
The previous nomination had no opposes, but failed from lack of participation, for which I (Adam) blame myself: By the time I had the restoration ready, it was well down the page. Diannaa had this one right: It's a valuable image for the history of Detroit, by showing a snapshot of it at this point of time. It's also a lovely example of a sort of lithograph - a limited-colour image - that we don't have many of.
Articles in which this image appears
History of Detroit
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)

Promoted File:Bird's eye view of Detroit, Michigan, 1889 - . Calvert Lithographing Co..jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:48, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Blue-winged Pitta

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2013 at 05:06:58 (UTC)

Original – Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
Reason
Highly illustrative photo of a colourful bird.
Articles in which this image appears
Blue-winged Pitta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Pitta moluccensis - Kaeng Krachan.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:59, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Oriental Pratincole

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2013 at 05:12:14 (UTC)

Original – Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
Reason
Great quality photo of this Thai visitor. Taken in the hot season on a dried out lake bed from a small fishing canoe in a water channel.
Articles in which this image appears
Oriental Pratincole
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Glareola maldivarum - Beung Borapet.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:03, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



A group of monks at Preah Pithu T

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2013 at 05:22:04 (UTC)

Original – Young monks in Cambodia
Reason
I don't think we have promoted many images related to Buddhism. This image shows four contemporary adolescent monks in Cambodia. In Cambodia (and Thailand) young men may undergo a period of tempoary ordination, which may last up to about three years.
Articles in which this image appears
Buddhist, Buddhism in Cambodia, Preah Pithu
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Preah Pithu T Monks - Siem Reap.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:10, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Fanous Ramadan

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2013 at 08:02:18 (UTC)

Original – An old and Handmade Fanous Ramadan or Ramadan lantern, is a famous Egyptian folklore associated with Ramadan, though many other Muslim countries adopted the tradition and the Fanous became a symbol of Ramdan
Reason
High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Fanous Ramadan
FP category for this image
Culture and lifestyle
Creator
User:Ibrahim.ID
  • Support as nominator --فلورانس (talk) 08:02, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's pretty, but I'm not quite sure I understand the significance of the lantern colours and such, and the article doesn't really explain much beyond lanterns being connected to Ramadan (I gather from Fanous that they represent light into the darkness, but is this lantern and its colours more significant than other lanterns?) I do apologise for my ignorance. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:17, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    the significance is this that is an old and handmade lantern (Fanous), Made of Copper and stained glass and lighted by a candle. this type of lanterns now become so rarely. the another reason is the wonderful blending of the colors make a pretty artwork. --»» Ibrahim.ID 07:03, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, I agree it's beautiful, just the article it's attached to isn't very good at present, so, in order to integrate the picture better, we need to expand the article a bit. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:30, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Green tickY you are right, the article is very small and low content, I will expand it »» Ibrahim.ID 22:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Unique and original work for folklore, and meet all featured picture criteria. --»» Ibrahim.ID 07:03, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Having thought about this, I think I will support it, even though its article is very poor. Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:25, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - The caption needs to be improved. "An old and Handmade Fanous Ramadan or Ramadan lantern, is a famous Egyptian folklore associated with Ramadan..." doesn't make any sense. Folklore is the set of stories, songs, customs, etc., associated with a certain people. You can't say an object is "a folklore"; and this image represents a single lantern, not the whole class of them. The caption should also say how it's used or something of its symbolism. Right now, not only is the caption written in poor English, it isn't informative enough. As for the picture, it's pretty but it lacks context -- where is the lantern in the picture? Where are such lanterns usually found? I feel like this picture raises more questions than it answers. Aɴɢʀ (talk) 19:27, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:28, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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