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Featured picture candidates

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

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and current month.

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

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photographs

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

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

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

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

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

Video and audio

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

Set nominations

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

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

Simple tutorial for new users

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

Adding a new nomination

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

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

All single files:

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

Voting

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

You may use the following templates:

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

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

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

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

General rules

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

Featuring and delisting rules

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

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

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5.

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

Above all, be polite

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

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

See also

Table of contents

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

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

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File:Toucan barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus ramphastinus) Paz le Las Aves.jpg

Voting period ends on 21 May 2025 at 09:09:10 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Toucan barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus)

File:Red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor constrictor) Rio Napo.jpg

Voting period ends on 21 May 2025 at 09:15:25 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor)

File:The Temple among the forest Beneath the Clouds, Weaverville (2025)-L1007132.jpg

Voting period ends on 21 May 2025 at 01:35:38 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Interior of the oldest Chinese temple in California (Weaverville, Trinity County)

File:1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring.jpg (delist)

Voting period ends on 20 May 2025 at 22:32:50
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  •  Info Now superseded by the 108 gigapixel File:Girl with a Pearl Earring - Hirox.jpg (Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring.jpg)
  •  Delist . The proposed replacement (a tile set at full-res) is the highest resolution image on Commons, AFAIK. The current image is about the size of one of the individual tiles. See Template:Tile set/Girl with a Pearl Earring - Hirox/grid -- JayCubby (talk) 22:32, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Keep I appreciate that Commons has always sought to host media in the highest resolution available, in order to provide maximum flexibility for reusers who might want to use our pictures for large prints or high-resolution displays. But I think there does come a point where this gets faintly ridiculous. Does anyone really need a 108,000 megapixel version of Girl with a Pearl Earring, showing details at a far, far finer level than the painter's original brushstrokes? What is that extra information useful for? By delisting the current one and replacing it with these tiles, we're saying that it isn't enough to have a 179 megapixel image (which is still extremely large and frankly already pretty absurd, but which can still be displayed as one file and which the average high-end computer has a decent chance of being able to display at full size). No, we need a 108,000 megapixel one, even though it can only be stored as a series of tiles (which are, even individually, impossible for most computers to display at full size) and thus has considerably less utility to end users than the current FP. Why exactly? Will we delist the 108,000 megapixel tiles when someone scans this painting at 200,000 megapixels? Where does this end? Isn't it just enough to have a good version of a painting at a sensible size that people might actually want to use? Why do I want to view a beautiful artwork at 500 times the magnification the artist intended, what worthwhile experience am I getting from this? Cmao20 (talk) 00:31, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cmao20,
    • What is that extra information useful for?
      • Why not? We host TIFF files which are ten times larger than JPEGs with little quality difference.
    • and which the average high-end computer has a decent chance of being able to display at full size
      • There's a much lower-resolution version, stitched from the 108 GP, at File:Girl with a Pearl Earring - Hirox.jpg, at 18,920 × 22,112 px. I forgot to mention that. I'll see if I can open it on my midrange computer.
    • Will we delist the 108,000 megapixel tiles when someone scans this painting at 200,000 megapixels?
      • Maybe. Would we delist a 5MP in favor of a 50MP scan? Probably. Why shouldn't the trend continue?
      • Why do I want to view a beautiful artwork at 500 times the magnification the artist intended, what worthwhile experience am I getting from this?
        • You don't have to zoom down to the micron-level. But at a high resolution, the brushstrokes can be analyzed, etc.
    Also, the proposed replacement image's colors seem more natural to me. JayCubby (talk) 01:16, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Snowy morning in Sangla, Himachal Pradesh, India.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 May 2025 at 22:01:32 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Snowy morning in Sangla, in the Baspa valley of Kinnaur district of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh

File:Grünes Heupferd auf Motorhaube.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 May 2025 at 21:57:57 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Great green bush-cricket on a red engine bonnet

File:Hochries, Alpes del Chiemgau, Alemania, 2024-10-19, DD 34-36 HDR.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 May 2025 at 20:40:47 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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File:Allium (cultivars) Wassertropfen stacked-20250503-RM-151823.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 May 2025 at 20:24:36 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Blossom of an ornamental leek with water droplets. Focus stack of 6 shots. Photographed in a garden in Bamberg.

File:Новоселско Езеро.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 May 2025 at 19:54:18 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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An aerial view of Novo Selo Lake
Please Kiril, I don't know how many times I've had to add basic categories, descriptions and full gallery info to your nominations. You are a senior participant here at FPC, so more is expected of you. When you create a nomination, please check that all the things mentioned in the FPC rules are met. Thank you, --Cart (talk) 20:17, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:2024-07-07 Motorsport, DTM Classic, Norisring Nürnberg 2024 STP 0323.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 May 2025 at 00:43:47 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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motor sport, DTM Classic, Norisring Nürnberg 2024: Stefan Mücke / Peter Mücke (Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse DTM); panning shot

File:CH-47 Chinook - RIAT 2015 (20820630144).jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 23:45:24 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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CH-47 Chinook at RIAT 2015

File:Golden orb-weavers (Nephila pilipes) female and male Double Haven.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 23:09:31 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Golden orb-weavers

File:Ringeltaube auf Norderney 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 09:52:19 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Common wood pigeon on Norderney, Germany

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File:Dode stam van een berk. 18-04-2025 (actm.) 01.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 04:25:55 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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File:ISS-46 Northern India at night.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 01:33:54 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Picture of the northern Indian subcontinent at night taken from the International Space Station.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Satellite images#Asia
  •  Info Picture of the northern Indian subcontinent taken from the International Space Station, showing the region between Agra in the east and Kabul in the west. Created by astronauts on the International Space Station, uploaded by Ras67 – nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 01:33, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support After spending a tense night with drone & missile attacks, and jets flying overhead here in northern India (since India and Pakistan are on the cusp of war), I'm reminded by this picture of how artificial this border that has consumed millions of lives really is. -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 01:33, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Impressive, but very noisy. I am unsure this counts as one of our best pictures of Earth from space when there is so much competition nowadays. Cmao20 (talk) 20:07, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I understand, Cmao20. It indeed is quite noisy, but we do have this FP which is similarly noisy. I can see the noise being a reason to oppose, but for me the numerous village, town, and city lights peeking through winter fog of the densely populated Indo-Gangetic plain, interrupted by the thinly populated Himalayas, Hindu Kush and Tibetan Plateau in the north and Thar desert in the bottom left corner, and the continuity of the landscape make it quite beautiful. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:00, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support despite the noise caused from ISO 10.000 --Ras67 (talk) 20:22, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Moral support for the very honourable reasons to nominate this photo, but mostly because of the good composition. Unlike some other pictures of Earth from space it gives me an imposing impression of the spherical nature of Earth, the lights of the big cities are placed in a harmonic way, and the green arc over the far horizon adds some “space feeling”. This and the very difficult circumstances (a night shot from space, ISO 10.000 despite ƒ/1.4) excuse the noise for me. – Aristeas (talk) 08:25, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support After having looked through the 1,507 photos from space of this region: Yes, this one is the best despite the high ISO. It has both good compo and the wow-factor, and it shows the region in a very illustrative way. --Cart (talk) 13:39, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support as per Aristeas and Cart. Special thanks to Cart for her extensive research and support. Your efforts in reviewing the extensive collection of photographs of the region were invaluable. -- Radomianin (talk) 14:50, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would also add that sometimes night photos reveal more about human activity than those taken in daylight, even though there are plenty of hints that photos for wikis should be taken in daylight. Here the borderline is clearly visible, and then there are also photos like this one where all the oil rigs in the Atlantic are clearly visible. They and other structures at sea don't show up on sites like Google maps, since they only service land and coastal regions. So for most people they don't exist, as in "out of sight, out of mind". --Cart (talk) 15:37, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you very much, Cart. Your words, as always, add depth and perspective. I really appreciate how you so often see what lies between the lines, and bring it to light, both in your images and in the way you speak about them. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:04, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:2024-07-07 Motorsport, DTM, Norisring Nürnberg 2024 STP 0442-2.jpg

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motor sport, DTM, Norisring Nürnberg 2024: Award Ceremony; Nicki Thiim (DEN, Lamborghini, SSR Performance); celebration, Champagne shower
  • Of course I don't want you to freeze them with a short exposure time. That would ruin the photo. I just mean that the image is not sharp. There is no fine detail, either on the droplets or on the man in the background. It's like everything is out of focus. Cmao20 (talk) 00:38, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, but I'm with Cmao20 on this. It's great that the champagne splash is not "frozen" that brings life to the photo, but I'd like the guy to be sharper, like you managed to do in this photo. I'd choose that photo over this. Apart from that, the file name is not describing what's in the photo. We are always telling new users to follow the Commons naming policy, we "oldies" should do that too. --Cart (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • When I look at the vast quality difference between the picture you link (which is excellent and I'd vote for as FP (Edit: amusingly it appears I opposed this picture in 2019. I've changed my mind, it should have become FP)) and this one, I almost wonder if Stepro even uploaded the right file here. This picture is poor quality and looks almost upsampled. Cmao20 (talk) 00:40, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have at least nominated the photo that I intended to nominate. ;-) For me personally, it's one of my photos from last year that conveys real emotion. Of course, I could also nominate other super-sharp photos, but they wouldn't have that wow effect that was at least once demanded here. (On the grounds that FP is not QI.) The other photo mentioned is less emotional for me, that's how different perspectives can be. In my opinion, the big difference in terms of sharpness is not that it is present there and missing here, but that in the other photo the people are not standing behind the champagne shower and are therefore naturally in focus. In this picture, the focus is clearly on the champagne splashes, but they have a motion blur. As the name suggests - a blur. One that I wanted. Stepro (talk) 00:56, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, as I say I think the composition of this picture is very good, but I don't know why you think I have a problem with the motion blur. The motion blur is absolutely necessary for the picture to work. It conveys a dynamic impression. But the focus isn't 'clearly on the champagne splashes'. I don't think the focus is anywhere. Nothing in this picture is really sharp, and I don't mean this in the sense that the subject is blurry, I mean that the subject is badly focussed and the image has no detail. Cmao20 (talk) 12:47, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, but I can just second Cmao20’s comment. Somehow this photo looks like a smartphone shot – no fine details. Even falling splashes of liquids can look more detailed (e.g.). In addition, I also cannot find any “wow” in the subject of this photo: it just shows a perverted waste of luxury foods. Using champagne as a fun shower is tasteless and stupid, it’s typical of the hollowness of our affluent society, which doesn’t know how to express pleasure other than through senseless exaggeration and waste. Yes, you can call this an odd comment, but everyone can make an odd comment from time to time, and at least this is a honest one and not a revenge vote. ;–) – Aristeas (talk) 08:11, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Warbling vireo (82141).jpg

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Warbling vireo singing

File:Señorita herida (Halichoeres chierchiae), La Paz, Baja California, México, 2024-12-20, DD 35.jpg

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Wounded wrasse (Halichoeres chierchiae), La Paz, Baja California, Mexico

File:View of the Upper Rhine Plain from Battenberg Castle.jpg

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View of the Upper Rhine Plain from Battenberg Castle, Germany

File:Instrumente in der Maschinenhalle der Zeche Zollern.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

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Field and Mühlenbach on the border between Börnste (Kirchspiel) and Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

File:Himalaya, Indian Atlas, sheet 66 (15219000), cropped.jpg

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Himalaya, Indian Atlas, sheet 66. Scale 1:253,440.
  • Yes, you are right. Map sheets are usually divided in several parts. I don't know the reason why the borders do not align. It is not mentioned at the source. Yann (talk) 18:48, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you! Well, as I said above, most of the actual map is aligned very well at the borders of the parts, so it does not hurt that the margins are not perfectly aligned. – Aristeas (talk) 19:52, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dense vegetation on the shore of Brofjorden at Lahälla 1.jpg

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Forest path through dense vegetation on the shore of Brofjorden at Lahälla, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden.

File:Macaca sylvanus in Michlifen 01.jpg

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Macaca sylvanus in Michlifen

Mergansers

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  • A hen Red-breasted Merganser in flight in the Barnegat Inlet.
    A hen Red-breasted Merganser in flight in the Barnegat Inlet.
  • A drake Red-breasted Merganser in the Barnegat Inlet.
    A drake Red-breasted Merganser in the Barnegat Inlet.
  • A juvenile drake, Red-breasted Merganser in the Barnegat Inlet.
    A juvenile drake, Red-breasted Merganser in the Barnegat Inlet.
Just talk about how to re-name files
  •  Comment So we've got a drake, hen and youngster as a set. Well that works for me. Nice and sharp photos. However, the file names are all over the place and none of them meet the general Commons naming guidelines. They are more like some sort of code that only bird-people can understand, they need to be more general. If you can suggest better names for them here, I will gladly help you renaming them. Also the name of the location (including the country) should be in the description too. These photos will be seen by people all over the world, so please make it easy for them to understand which English-speaking country Barnegat Inlet is located in. --Cart (talk) 18:20, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry! You are absolutely correct. RBME (Red-Breasted Merganser) BIF (Bird In Flight). I will gladly rename them and I can do it in a way that helps with language barriers. Mergus_serrator_Drake/Hen/Immature Do those work? And I can add Barnegat Inlet_New Jersey_USA a suffix. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 19:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That sounds much better. The four capital letters are especially bewildering, since the British have similar four-letter abbreviations for their bird sanctuaries (RSPB). Do you have file mover rights or do you need help with the renaming? If you want to see correct naming of files, take a look at how Poco a poco names his photos. They have among the clearest names here on Commons and you can get some tips from those, like his nom here at the moment. Btw, good call to add the genus section to the bird gallery, you did that right. I'm just going to add that since you are nominating a set, there is less trouble with re-naming files during a nomination, we usually never recommend that otherwise. I'll keep an eye on this so that the code doesn't break anywhere. --Cart (talk) 20:35, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! I have been contributing for some time, but it wasn't until last year that someone nominated one of my images for Featured Picture that I learned about these processes. Despite 17 years using wikipedia, I am still a novice. I am not a file mover. What is the best method for me to rename the images or request that the images be renamed? Needsmoreritalin (talk) 21:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The easiest and fastest way for these, is if you just write the exact new names you want for the photos right here in a reply to my post, and I'll fix it for you. --Cart (talk) 21:50, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow, it doesn't get easier than that! Thanks again.
    How about:
    Red-Breasted Merganser Hen (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
    Red-Breasted Merganser Drake (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
    Red-Breasted Merganser Juvenile (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:13, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Okey-dokey, done and fixed. Please also take a look at how I added the info to the 'Description' box on the files, that info should also be in good shape for an FP. --Cart (talk) 22:38, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support These are very nice, well done Cmao20 (talk) 11:16, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 15:36, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't understand what kind of set this one is. The closest is probably #4 A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that). I'd accept a set of 2: in flight + swimming or a set of 2: adult and juvenile, but this fulfil no valid set IMHO Poco a poco (talk) 17:18, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Poco a poco, we have been bending the rather short-sighted and rigid rules of sets before. I have no problem with allowing this. And technically speaking, Needsmoreritalin only has this nom of three photos up and running, so given your definition of sets, he could withdraw this and nominate the drake adult and juvenile as one set, and then nominate the hen in a normal separate nom (or any other combination that would fit the set criteria you outline more perfectly). The three photos are great, so I think the outcome would be the same as if we allow this nomination to proceed. To placiate you, perhaps Needsmoreritalin could refrain from making another nomination until this one is over? It's easier to keep this one running instead of going through all that bureaucratic rigmarole. In another current set nomination, Adam is admitting to finding more images for his "complete set of illustrations" saying there might be need for a second set, and no one is getting upset about that. --Cart (talk) 18:04, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I will not nominate any additional images for Featured Picture consideration until this set is approved or rejected. This was the first time I submitted a set and I appreciate your feedback. Thanks Cart for the support and the suggestion!
    I submitted this as a set because the drake Red-breasted Merganser is very unique in its appearance, the hen and immature Red-Breasted Mergansers look the same. However, when the juvenile male gets a little older it starts wearing eyeliner. There are no Featured Pictures of any species in the genus, Mergus. I thought submitting the three "types" of Mergus Serrator would be a good start.
    This is only my rationale, and you must support or oppose based on your own standards. I respect and accept your decision. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:21, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sets are always tricky since they rely so much on interpreting the rules, and if one photo isn't good the whole thing falls. I've made a couple of sets early on here at FPC, but I have since given up on them, and I prefer to make noms one at a time just to keep things simple. Slow and steady wins in the long run. --Cart (talk) 22:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Very good photos. Regarding the set question, I just think of this one as “Mergansers family”: mother, father, child ;–). But if this argument is too lax and risqué (the two adults are probably not the parents of that juvenile, although I could not tell the difference ;–)), I second Cart’s pragmatic argumentation. – Aristeas (talk) 18:09, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:26, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Would support 1st,2nd, but 3rd not so much. This should go one by one, since 3 differnt birds. --Mile (talk) 18:29, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image:C62 3 Niseko (2).jpg

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The special train pulled by JR Hokkaido's C62 steam locomotive