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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 name, quality, image description, categories 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:Roasted coffee beans on the surface. 01.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2025 at 16:12:04 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:March for Gaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh 55.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2025 at 15:44:17 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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March for Gaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh

File:Lucas Cranach (I) - Bildnis einer vornehmen sächsischen Dame (1534), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2025 at 15:33:17 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Portrait of Princess Maria of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder

File:Drilling rig at a construction site in Tuntorp.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2025 at 10:55:36 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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An Epiroc SmartRoc T40 surface drill rig drilling blast holes for dynamite into granite rocks at a construction site for a new house in Brastad, Sweden.

File:Portrait - 3.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2025 at 08:00:37 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Portrait of a Tunisian woman in traditional costume
Thanks for the review and I will remember to rename! --Kritzolina (talk) 13:36, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Weißes Hof und Natur an Silvester 20241231 HOF0102 RAW-Export.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2025 at 05:35:33 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Frozen tuber pond with iced-over drainage system
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena#Ice
  •  Info Frozen Silence at Year's End – This striking image captures a natural winter scene in which the drainage system blends seamlessly into the frozen pond. The composition, subdued lighting and textural contrast combine to create a calm, almost meditative atmosphere. It is technically refined and visually compelling, making it a strong candidate for featured status.
    Created and uploaded by PantheraLeo1359531, nominated by -- Radomianin (talk) 05:35, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support A visually and technically compelling image. The frozen textures, natural composition, and subtle winter light create a quiet yet powerful scene. An excellent representation of seasonal stillness. -- Radomianin (talk) 05:35, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support One more of those not really abstract abstract images that I really, really like. I agree with your assessment, Radomianin and fullheartedly support. --Kritzolina (talk) 07:42, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support When the right moment (ice, a little snow like icing sugar, light from the side), the right composition (so elementary that it seems just perfect) and the right technique (sharp and crisp subject, good amount of DoF) come together … water and a mundane block of concrete become meaningful and impressive. – Aristeas (talk) 08:46, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Yet another file name that says absolutely nothing about what's in the image. Please remember to fix that after the nom is done. It's much easier than moving and fixing files for me during the nomination, and most people forget it when blinded by a shiny new gold star. --Cart (talk) 10:37, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thanks for mentioning, will be done after the nomination :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 10:50, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank you very much for your attentive comment, Cart - much appreciated! I had a slight doubt about the filename when nominating, and you're absolutely right: especially with FPs, it's helpful when the filename already gives an idea of what's shown. Maybe I should have asked PantheraLeo beforehand, but I'm sure renaming it right after the nomination will be fine for everyone. Thanks again - I'll gladly shoulder part of the responsibility here. Always great to have your sharp eye around :) Kind regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 13:08, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Happy to hear that. :-) I don't have a sharp eye, just the normal checklist that is written at the top of the nom procedure. I'm just astonished about how many people here simply ignore it: name, image quality, description, categories, license. Five things to check when you make a nom, it's as simple as that. --Cart (talk) 13:15, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry that this discussion landed on your nomination, but these are not just formalities. You all here create extraordinary photos and I think every author wants them to be used as much as possible. But since Commons doesn't have an AI image recognition tool, searches are completely relying on the words that are written on the file pages. Without good texts, your photo will not be found and not used. Then the only satisfaction you get is to collect another star and a place in the POTY competition, and I honestly don't think that is why all of you take photos. Let that sink in. --Cart (talk) 13:38, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dear Cart, thank you very much for your thoughtful words - I truly appreciate the clarity and care with which you addressed this important issue. You're absolutely right: these aren't just formalities, but essential steps to ensure that the extraordinary photos shared here can actually be found and used. I usually do take care with file names and descriptions, especially when nominating my own work. This time, I hesitated briefly - the image was part of a small series, so I thought the title might still be acceptable in that context. Clearly, I misjudged the situation. I'm genuinely sorry for the oversight, and I'll be even more mindful in the future. That this discussion unfolded here, openly and constructively, is something I welcome - it reminds all of us why context, clarity, and accessibility matter so much on Commons. Thank you again for your dedication and your voice in making this a better space for everyone. -- Radomianin (talk) 14:14, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Large Close Hen Harlequin For Wiki.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2025 at 00:15:28 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Hen Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicsu) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA

File:Drake Harlequin Perched LBI.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2025 at 00:05:26 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Drake Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrinicus) - Barengat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
If you know that a file has a bad name, you should fix that before you make the nomination. It's much easier to ask a file mover (like me) to fix that. It's a few seconds of work, as opposed to the more complicated way of doing it during a nom. (sigh) Anyway, just write here what new names you want for this and your other file and I'll fix it all for you. --Cart (talk) 10:41, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Operations in the Celebes Sea (8860610).jpg

Voting period ends on 31 May 2025 at 22:50:26 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Two US Navy sailors participate in search and rescue training with an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter in the Celebes Sea. (US Navy photo - Feb 2025)

File:Baikal Railway, Tunnel 27, 1915, East portal, Russia.jpg

Voting period ends on 31 May 2025 at 21:07:01 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Baikal Railway, Tunnel 27, Lake Baikal

File:Yaks on Manali, Himachal Pradesh.jpg

Voting period ends on 31 May 2025 at 20:35:56 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Yak in Manali, Himachal Pradesh

Enyo gorgon

Voting period ends on 31 May 2025 at 11:44:59 (UTC)
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  • Male dorsal
    Male dorsal
  • Male ventral
    Male ventral
  • Female dorsal
    Female dorsal
  • Female ventral
    Female ventral

File:Kreenholmi manufaktuur 2020 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 31 May 2025 at 08:39:49 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Östringen - Tiefenbach - Kreuzbergkapelle - Situationsansicht von Osten bei Sonnenuntergang.jpg

Voting period ends on 31 May 2025 at 08:31:33 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Shortly before sunset in the vineyards at the Kreuzberg near Tiefenbach, Östringen, Germany; at the right the Kreuzbergkapelle (1872).

File:Coral (Sinularia densa), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-29, DD 89.jpg

Voting period ends on 30 May 2025 at 21:24:24 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Flat cup coral (Sinularia densa), Zanzibar, Tanzania

File:Genève, Pont de la Machine, Quai des Bergues, GT 2025.jpg

Voting period ends on 30 May 2025 at 14:58:36 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Quai des Bergues, Genève.

File:Baufortschritt Eppenreuther Straße 20241215 HOF8666 RAW-Export Ausschnitt bearbeitet.jpg

Voting period ends on 30 May 2025 at 14:27:12 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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A metal ladder in the building pit for a bank building in Hof, Bavaria, with a little snow.

File:Love in every lick 01.jpg

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File:S-charl richting Alp Sesvenna. 12-10-2024. (d.j.b) 04.jpg

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File:Gewerbepark Hochfranken – Neubau 20250427 HOF8526 RAW-Export.jpg

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Gate and broad facade at an industrial park in Hofer Land, Bavaria, Germany
  •  Request Dear PantheraLeo, here is a cropping suggestion that would eliminate the inconsistencies described above and clarify the composition: SwissTransfer-Link. If you like it, you are welcome to use the file for the update. By the way, I changed the color profile from AdobeRGB to sRGB, which actually offers the highest conformity for the web view when it comes to looking more or less the same on different devices or differently calibrated monitors. Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 08:35, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your support :D, I uploaded the new file (see down below) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 10:55, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative version (cropped)

Gate and broad facade at an industrial park in Hofer Land, Bavaria, Germany

Also 'pinging' previous voters about the alt: JayCubby, Poco a poco and PetarM (as should be done). --Cart (talk) 12:11, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:A male blackbuck photographed at Blackbuck Conservation Area, Bardiya, Nepal.jpg

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A male blackbuck photographed at Blackbuck Conservation Area, Bardiya, Nepal.jpg

File:Summer clouds over Tuntorp 3.jpg

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Clouds that can be perceived as a laughing man, photographed with a polarizing filter in Brastad, Sweden.

File:Российский имперский флаг и Лахта-центр.jpg

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Russian imperial flag and the Lakhta Centre
Thank you very much for your thoughtful input! --The Cosmonaut (talk)
  •  Oppose Sorry, I don't care how metaphorical the photo is and it's not easily recognizable for the average viewer, the quality (detail) is low for such a normal range photo and the wow-factor is eluding me. --Cart (talk) 14:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How amazing is that an average viewer finally has a champion to speak for them! --The Cosmonaut (talk) 18:34, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Obsolete is some ways, but not gone. The USSR is the formal successor of the Russian Empire. And the Russian Federation is the legal successor of the USSR. So there is a degree of continuity in a dimension of time. Here are all three major flags that have been used over the last 330+ years of history of the RE/USSR/RF: File:Флагштоки возле парка 300-летия Санкт-Петербурга. 2024. 05.jpg, Category:Flagpoles (Park 300 Years of Saint Petersburg). Who knows, maybe there will be a fourth one in the next 100 years or so. Or, we could just reuse the flags we already have in cycles with little or no alterations. That black-dark blue-yellow-white one looks really nice. --Argenberg (talk) 11:00, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, fog and humidity always eat up visible detail through diffusion, diffraction and polarization. I took another look at the image. The quality of the original copy is good for a 24MP image, fog-wise. There’s tons of fine detail in both the skyscraper and the trees. You might just consider taking the original, denoising the sky and applying a delicate high-frequency sharpening mask on everything else. --Argenberg (talk) 11:00, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Again, thank you very much for the constructive input! I'll upload another version over the weekend. The Cosmonaut (talk) 08:31, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hole-in-the-Wall - Death Valley.jpg

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Hole-in-the-Wall

File:Cementerio estadounidense, ciudad de Luxemburgo, Luxemburgo, 2023-12-16, DD 132-134 HDR.jpg

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American Cemetery, City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

File:Zachód słońca nad Wisłą pod Tyńcem w Krakowie, 20250404 1842 7952.jpg

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Crepuscular rays at sunset over the Vistula River in Kraków

File:Magura Julie disk brake rotor 160 mm.jpg

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Magura Julie disk brake rotor 160 mm

File:Yellow warbler (82905).jpg

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Male yellow warbler

File:Brandushkin Yar, kovyla, panorama.jpg

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File:فارس الصحراء بعزيمة وإرث تاريخي.jpg

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Men of the Desert

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Male common kestrel on top of a trimmed tree in Kraków

File:Ascension Island Green Way (9294).jpg

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wind turbine inspection

File:Masked trogon (Trogon personatus temperatus) male San Isidro.jpg

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Masked trogon (Trogon personatus temperatus) male
I concur. Argasidae I believe. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Argasidae seem to be mainly Asian family. The trogon is a big bird, so it would be a huge tick. I don't think I can add it to the Ixodida article till we are more sure. Anyone? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:41, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Huge ticks are not surprising to me. I could find ticks as big as my thumb nail on my cat if she had been out in the forest on one of her long treks over a few days. This one (unfortunately) looks very familiar. --Cart (talk) 14:48, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The bird was very close, so high ISO not so deadly. I use Topaz Photo AI RAW noise reduction for the whole image, a feature Topaz has introduced in the last year, then mild background denoise. The denoise processes actually add some sharpness. With a very detailed image like this mild Topaz sharpening of the subject helps. All is done in one sequence with the cRAW file. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:02, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Wolf spider (Aglaoctenus castaneus) on web Rio Napo.jpg

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Wolf spider (Aglaoctenus castaneus) on web
Gallery fixed. There may be no FP of this genus, but that gallery is so far for Families and that one exists. Also no idea what you were up to here blanking the new category you created. I've noticed that you are starting to make a lot of mistakes with things like this, so perhaps you should leave such things to coders here. Just post your noms and we'll take care of the "boring" sorting stuff for you. --Cart (talk) 19:07, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Not sure the stacking is working so well here. There are an awful lot of "shadows/halos" from un-sharp parts of the stacked photos and the stacking goes in and out all over the image. Might be less confusing working with less photos in the stack. --Cart (talk) 19:13, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment A 3D spider's web is the most challenging subject for focus-stacking I know. Try it. Working with less photos doesn't work I'm afraid. And more photos doesn't help either. There is a huge amount of manual cloning needed to create sharp threads that aren't in any of the stack, but you have to stop somewhere. In time the AI models will improve. I happen to think the composition with its random threads works OK. Incidentally, the focus-stacking here is many times more challenging than the recent on the recent 2D web with male and female spiders. And have a closer look at the lovely FP nom of two damselflies. The spiders webs just stop in mid air! Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:40, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I know that spiderwebs are a nightmare to stack and that you are doing as well as you can. Believe me, I actually have tried focus stacking spiderwebs and I just gave up since it was so darn difficult to get things to line up and not give off halos. That's why I think it might not be the best way to photograph these kind of things. Couldn't you concentrate the stacking on just the spider and let the net fade in and out of Dof like in a normal photo? Just brainstorming ideas here. Btw, the spiderwebs "ending" in midair is a usual phenomena depending on how the light and shadow hits them and whatever moisture is on them. I think every nature photographer have seen them appear and disappear in their photos. --Cart (talk) 22:08, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Thomas C. Lea III - That Two-Thousand Yard Stare - Original.jpg, featured

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That Two-Thousand Yard Stare, by Thomas C. Lea III
Confirmed results:
Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:12, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Non-photographic media/Others#Historical

File:Ostensorium-Inventar-29-Domschatz-Essen.jpg

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Ostensorium, probably from the Rhineland, before 1450, inventory no. 29 of the Essen Cathedral Treasury
  •  Comment You are right that such elongated objects are not treated well by sensors. IMHO it’s difficult to argue with the state of the art as cameras are always evolving and because what is state of the art differs depending on your point of view: many people assume that the state of the art in cameras is defined by AF speed, others emphasize the resolution, others refer to the dynamic range and/or the noise handling, etc. I dare to say that for static objects like this one which do not require a quick AF etc. a high-resolution camera would be very useful; e.g. the Z7/Z7 II, assuming that you prefer Nikon. For similar reasons I use a 2nd-hand camera which is certainly not state of the art anymore, but delivers useful resolution and dynamic range. But I have stricken my comment. – Aristeas (talk) 07:34, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Panorama of Manhattan's West Side from Across the Hudson, restored.jpg

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Panorama of Manhattan's West Side from Across the Hudson, celebrating Navy Day and the end of the Second World War, showing ships at harbor including the U.S.S. Midway, the largest ship in the world at the time. Vintage silver gelatin photograph.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1940-1949
  •  Info created by Tom Blackmore, restored, uploaded, and nominated by Yann
  •  Info Panorama of Manhattan's West Side from Across the Hudson, celebrating Navy Day and the end of the Second World War, showing ships at harbor including the U.S.S. Midway, the largest ship in the world at the time. Vintage silver gelatin photograph. Please see the description for details.
  •  Support -- Yann (talk) 22:04, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be inclined to give this a slight sharpen. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:35, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Adam Cuerden: Done. Is it OK? Yann (talk) 10:06, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good. I kinda prefer the original colours, but that's a debate we always have.  Support Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:02, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Allfarblori-Vogelpark-Marlow-2025-01.jpg

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Colorful feathers of three Coconut lorikeets

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File:Charming the horse.jpg

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Algerian woman wearing a haïk, looking at a horse.

File:Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration 02.jpg

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Parliament of the Tibetan government-in-exile (Central Tibetan Administration) in Dharamsala, India

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Portrait of Nusrat Faria
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Result: 2 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 13:10, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
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    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
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      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
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    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
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  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
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  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
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  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
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