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Original – A fixed slit photo of a San Francisco cable car, showing prominent striped background. In slit photography, the photographer captures a 2-dimensional image as a sequence of 1-dimensional images over time, rather than a single 2-dimensional at one point in time (the full field).
Reason
Very interesting example of a novel photographic technique.
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Original – The long-believed-lost "Third Imperial Fabergé egg"
Reason
Here goes: on technical grounds, this diagram of a Fabergé egg is freely-licensed, is W3C valid, is raster-free, and contains only correctly-scaled (em-based) freely-licensed font with alternate sans-serif font family which should render correctly in any browser. The text has been correctly aligned and justified on each side of the object. It has been included in the corresponding article for more than seven days without objection. On artistic grounds, this image depicts with (I've been told) almost photographic realism (check it out!) one of the long-missing eggs for which no freely licensed image (other than a very poor photograph from the turn of the century) currently exists. No single photo could depict the egg in both its closed and open positions, as shown here— between this unique characteristic and its highly accurate (yet entirely vector-based) rendering of its subject matter, I believe this image qualifies as worthy of being considered a Featured Picture. Am open to suggestions for improvement if any are made, please indicate below (and as a special request, please do not vote "Oppose pending a minor technical request" of some sort— it is much more encouraging to be told "Support pending some minor technical request", yes?). I've chosen the category "History/ Others" for its category, but am not sure that "Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle" or "Diagrams, drawings, and maps" aren't better. You decide. Also please consider that it is not a bird, flower, or insect, which by itself makes it stand out!
Comment – An extremely well-executed svg, but slicing a Fabergé egg in two kind of kills it for me... I might support a version just showing it open, but would definitely prefer a real photo (I found the photo I assume you used as a basis for your svg, but it is of course copyrighted...) PS: What's with the two "glowing" rivets on the bottom ring? --Janke | Talk09:48, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Arg. Those two rivets weren't supposed to be glowing— that is a result of the difference between an .AI image viewed through Adobe Illustrator and an SVG viewed in a browser: Illustrator makes this highlighting look quite subtle, but as you can see, this isn't how it turned out here. I can easily decrease the intensity of this, and will do so. Also: you would prefer to see the entire clock? This can also be done. And I agree with you regarding a real photo— except there is none to be had, and I feel pretty confident about this because I looked really hard and found none anywhere.
Now, my last Fabergé egg image was declined on the basis that it should have been a photograph— although no freely licensed image of that egg exists anywhere either. By showing this egg with one half closed and one half opened, I felt I had done what no photo could do— and that therefore it wouldn't be opposed on that basis, at least. If I show the entire clock, then don't we end up with another image that "could have been" a photo (even though it isn't), and therefore we should await the appearance of such a photo? (even though a freely licensed one is almost certain never to appear). If that's the case, I am stuck in a corner: the half-and-half split kills it for you (and possibly others), but a whole and accurate SVG egg can never be better than an [unobtainable] photo of it. Help! KDS4444(talk)07:31, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Still undecided on the image's merits as an FP, and apologies to KDS4444 for nitpicking again, but the perspective looks a bit off. The annulus appears horizontal, indicating that it's at eye level, but the cross section where the egg opens is shown as if it's beong viewed at a slightly downwards angle. Also, I think I'd be more comfortable with the closed/open split if there was a line or small gap dividing the two halves of the image, helping indicate that it's showing two different states. --Paul_012 (talk) 15:24, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see. I wonder if there's a way for the image to better represent the fact. Having seen that photo, though, I'm now quite inclined to think that a view slightly angled to the side might be better than a straight-up front view... --Paul_012 (talk) 10:51, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I think it needs a little touching up at (x,y)=(1240,430) pixels relative to top left corner, looks like a sensor defect maybe. Visible at full size. Also a similar line at about (x,y)=(1310,630).Bammesk (talk) 04:00, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, it blends in nicely as a spider web. Sensor defects usually don't blend in. I struck my comment. Support, good EV in second article (first article looks weak IMO). Bammesk (talk) 00:38, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – U.S. Army Sergeant Kornelia Rachwal gives a young Pakistani girl a drink of water as they are airlifted from Muzaffarabad to Islamabad, Pakistan, on 19 October 2005
Reason
Striking photograph, and while not incredibly high resolution, captures a lot. Featured on Commons, finalist in POTY 2007.
Oppose great Commons FP, but doesn't really add value to articles. Charlesjsharp (talk)
Oppose – Per Charles. Further, while this may be an unposed 'action' shot, lighting and positioning of subjects seems rather melodramatic. (And the event was 12 years ago.) Sca (talk) 13:37, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – The Maroon Bells near Aspen, Colorado, with Maroon Lake in the foreground
Reason
The Maroon Bells, with Maroon Lake in the foreground. Good quality image of an incredible setting near Aspen, Colorado. Sort of reminds me of the Great Valley in The Land Before Time :)
Weak support - Agree, a little more "punch" would improve the image. I would do it (very carefully ;-) with gamma or curves, not exposure, in order to preserve the nice detail still seen in the snow. Full support when/if that is done. --Janke | Talk07:09, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Three simultaneous hurricanes active on September 8, with Katia(left), Irma(center), and Jose(right). All three were threatening land at the time.
Reason
High-quality and large image of three simultaneous Atlantic hurricanes, including the catastrophic Hurricane Irma.
Comment – there are a bunch of spots around x,y=4570,5090 pixels relative to top left corner. Dead pixels? Bammesk (talk) 00:23, 10 October 2017 (UTC) . . . Support, too small not to support (couldn't clone the spots without affecting jpeg truncation). Bammesk (talk) 02:10, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Could almost be captioned "Hurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose pause briefly from causing death and destruction in the greater Caribbean basin to pose for a passing satellite". Daniel Case (talk) 15:36, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Gorgeous image, and easy FP for commons. I'm just not sure it illustrates the article's information on drums sufficiently. There's focus on the motors and whatnot, but all I see here are the filters and the ... ribs? fins? props? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:52, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment very nice photo, but as for EV, I'm not sure it has any since I have no idea what I'm looking at. It's not a clear image describing what exactly is the drum. Mattximus (talk) 15:00, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination I know, english FP needs black on white. Sometime i got feeling its for small childrens encyclopedia. Like books for youth, CAT - HOUSE - DOG. I though what if i made from outside, could do, but so uniteresting shot, while i beleive it would be more suitable for here. So let it be just on Commons. --PetarM (talk) 15:39, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Traditional sulfur mining at Ijen Volcano, East Java, Indonesia. This image shows the dangerous and rugged conditions the miners face, including toxic smoke and high drops, as well as their lack of protective equipment. The pipes over which they are standing serve to guide sulfur vapors and condense them, thereby facilitating production.
Reason
High quality image of a striking and often covered subject: the mining of sulfur at Ijen using traditional methods
Oppose – Questionable EV; I've seen much better pictures of sulfur mining. Furthermore, the image is confusing; what are those "sewer pipes" on the slope? No explanation in the caption. They are hardly natural... --Janke | Talk09:22, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Pipes are usually drained into the rock for drainage during rain. You'll see the same thing in rock faces near toll roads etc. I'm assuming it's to prevent landslides. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:40, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently not... I got curious and did a bit of research, it looks like the pipes are installed to guide sulfur vapors and condensing them, thus being an integral part of the mining, not just for draining water. See: [[2]] --Janke | Talk15:13, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support While I respect the views of the other editors above, I have to disagree. I think that this is a striking image of the unsafe conditions the miners work in. Images available on Commons taken closer to the miners don't really capture the scale of the hostile environment they face. As the composition is good, the image is technically solid and the overall photo has strong EV, I think that the FP criteria are met. Nick-D (talk) 09:47, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Nick. I feel that this image portrays a perfect view of what miners suffer with every day. The image also shows us (the Wikipedia users) a darker side of the world around us which is nice as well. I also feel that the quality of said image is top notch as well! Goveganplease (talk) 19:43, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – the image has good EV in This article (added it above), there is a section about the manual process, ceramic pipes, fumes, workers, pay, etc. I reorganized the images in the article (so the nom image is no longer in a gallery). There are lots of sources here: [3]. This source: [4] describes the pipes, quote: "Inside the pipe network, the sulphur condenses ...", and this source [5] has a good photo of the pipes: [6]. Bammesk (talk) 01:33, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
If the caption is amended with info about the pipes, thus increasing the EV monumentally, I'll change my vote to support! --Janke | Talk11:42, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Changed my vote as promised. I also moved the caption to the articles, and changed your parenthetical remark to "facilitating"... --Janke | Talk15:28, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Since i made one few days ago, i really want it as sharp as this, despite not stacked. Bottom picture isnt so clear. You got luck with placing it, on stone. --PetarM (talk) 18:10, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]