Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/May-2025
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- Reason
- High EV and reproduction
- Articles in which this image appears
- John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, Mauritshuis, Pernambuco, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Eighty Years' War, 1621–1648
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Jan de Baen
- Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 23:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
Weak support. May just be me, but should we make this brighter (even by a bit)? / RemoveRedSky [talk] [gb] 19:52, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- No. No doubts the painting is dark in its way. ArionStar (talk) 23:46, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Reasonable. May just be me using dark mode then. / RemoveRedSky [talk] [gb] 14:04, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- No. No doubts the painting is dark in its way. ArionStar (talk) 23:46, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
Not Promoted --– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 23:41, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Reason
- Could possibly have made this a set with the second image, but given the first took days of work, think I'd be wise to start here. The first of the two original illustrations to the story
- Articles in which this image appears
- The Bottle Imp
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
- Creator
- After William Hatherell, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 11:17, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support ArionStar (talk) 12:29, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support —Hounaam (talk) 16:17, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 10:16, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:49, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:18, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Promoted File:William Hatherell - Robert Louis Stephenson - The Bottle Imp 1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:18, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Reason
- High quality scan of famous painting used in a lot of articles.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Impression, Sunrise, Impressionism, Claude Monet, Painting, Visual arts, Light in painting, etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Claude Monet
- Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽33 12:24, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Support Nice! ArionStar (talk) 12:31, 24 April 2025 (UTC)- Per below. ArionStar (talk) 01:46, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- Comment - is the original really this murky? On google images, Wiki's version is one of the darkest. Has anyone here seen it "live"? --Janke | Talk 16:45, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose, sadly. The version on claude-monet.com is a tad more pleasing. Though I've not seen the painting in person, I don't like the version up for FP, but would support a clarified version. I was able to get yay far, but have been unable to resolve the murkiness. JayCubby 22:03, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- This version I do like, but it's cropped and stretched. JayCubby 22:07, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Very strange phenomenon: compare the year 72 after the signature, in the murky image, the color (ink?) is "bleeding", but not in the brighter one... --Janke | Talk 18:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- This version I do like, but it's cropped and stretched. JayCubby 22:07, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose I've seen this painting in person, and agree that the representation here isn't accurate. The version on the National Gallery of Australia's website (from when it displayed the painting) is notably brighter, and is more like how I remembered this work to be. Nick-D (talk) 01:47, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Conditional support – if you can get a better scan closer to the original. — Benison (Beni · talk) 11:05, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:25, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Reason
- HQ and EV
- Articles in which this image appears
- Azure Window, Natural arch and 2017 in Malta
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
- Creator
- Berit Watkin from Redhill/Surrey, UK
- Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 00:30, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
Oppose
Support, fixed now. The detail is much better too!I see some chromatic aberration. The perspective and framing is decent, resolution is good and clarity phenomenal. JayCubby 21:50, 25 April 2025 (UTC)- @JayCubby: Done. Thank u Wilfredo. ArionStar (talk) 21:34, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- hi Jay, I want I would like to understand where exactly you are still seeing chromatic aberration. In response to your earlier question, I applied a noise reduction filter using Topaz DeNoise, followed by manual chromatic aberration correction in Photoshop. For some reason, when using Topaz DeNoise, the images not only become cleaner but also noticeably sharper, as the software tends to reduce some chromatic aberration during the denoising process itself. All of this happens within the same DeNoise filter. Wilfredor (talk) 22:06, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Wilfredor: I forgot to strike the previous comment. I see no CA now. Topaz, I've found, tends to reinvent details pretty accurately to 'denoise' (It's more than just a simple algorithm. Topaz's unblur feature tends to introduce faces in random objects, for once there's truth to a company claiming AI usage), which would explain the clarity. Thanks again for the fix. JayCubby 02:17, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- I have never worked with Topaz Unblur, nor have I ever encountered the issue of generating nonexistent details with it. I am aware that this happens with Topaz Gigapixel and Topaz Photo AI, but I had never heard of it occurring with Topaz DeNoise. I do agree that chromatic aberration should be removed during the image processing stage. Wilfredor (talk) 03:26, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Wilfredor: I forgot to strike the previous comment. I see no CA now. Topaz, I've found, tends to reinvent details pretty accurately to 'denoise' (It's more than just a simple algorithm. Topaz's unblur feature tends to introduce faces in random objects, for once there's truth to a company claiming AI usage), which would explain the clarity. Thanks again for the fix. JayCubby 02:17, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- @JayCubby:
- Support High quality photo that illustrates the subject well. Nick-D (talk) 01:11, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:49, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:17, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support – so badly wanted to visit it :/ — Benison (Beni · talk) 11:04, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Promoted File:Malta Gozo, Azure Window (10264176345).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:31, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- American woodcock
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Creator
- Rhododendrites
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:24, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:49, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support ArionStar (talk) 18:20, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:16, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose – a visually impressive image, but the odd, cramped-looking perspective obscures the actual shape of the bird and lowers the EV. An angle like this one is much clearer and less visually confusing. Cremastra talk 00:33, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose – regretfully, per Cremastra. It's a striking photo of a great bird, but the EV is compromised by the angle and the extreme foreshortening, which obscures the shape and size of the body. And because the depth of field is shallow, much of the body is not in focus. On the other hand, I love the soil on the tip of the bill, which does add some EV (foraging and feeding habits). But in the end, while I could imagine hanging this photo on my wall, I probably wouldn't choose it to illustrate a bird guide or an encyclopedia. Choliamb (talk) 12:54, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
- Editing to add, in response to the comment below, that I do not consider the photo of the woodcock in the snow "a better depiction" in every respect: the snow in particular, and the fact that the legs are invisible, would make it a non-starter for me if it were nominated for FP. I can't speak for Cremastra, but I assumed that his point in linking it was not to claim that it was obviously a superior image, but rather to show how the angle from which it was taken illustrates the shape and size of the bird's body more clearly. That was his specific reservation about the nominated photo, and mine as well. It's not as if we must choose one or the other. @Rhododendrites: I encourage you to change your comment to a bolded support vote. It's one thing to automatically support every time one of your photos is nominated, and another to cast a single vote in an instance where you have clearly articulated reasons for your position and you think the reservations expressed about EV are unpersuasive. I don't think anyone disagrees that this is a great photo, and opinions about EV may legitimately differ, so if you feel strongly about it, vote. Choliamb (talk) 17:36, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
I assumed that his point in linking it was not to claim that it was obviously a superior image, but rather to show how the angle from which it was taken illustrates the shape and size of the bird's body more clearly
Yes. Cremastra talk 20:31, 6 May 2025 (UTC)- Eh. Alright. Support per [above/below]. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 02:37, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Editing to add, in response to the comment below, that I do not consider the photo of the woodcock in the snow "a better depiction" in every respect: the snow in particular, and the fact that the legs are invisible, would make it a non-starter for me if it were nominated for FP. I can't speak for Cremastra, but I assumed that his point in linking it was not to claim that it was obviously a superior image, but rather to show how the angle from which it was taken illustrates the shape and size of the bird's body more clearly. That was his specific reservation about the nominated photo, and mine as well. It's not as if we must choose one or the other. @Rhododendrites: I encourage you to change your comment to a bolded support vote. It's one thing to automatically support every time one of your photos is nominated, and another to cast a single vote in an instance where you have clearly articulated reasons for your position and you think the reservations expressed about EV are unpersuasive. I don't think anyone disagrees that this is a great photo, and opinions about EV may legitimately differ, so if you feel strongly about it, vote. Choliamb (talk) 17:36, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
- Alright, I'm going to do something I generally don't do when a photo I took is nominated -- I'm going to go to bat for it. :) The bird: famously difficult bird to photograph -- not only elusive/skittish in the wild, but hanging around on the ground, amid the leaves/grasses (which get in the way of the camera). This photo: low to the ground, high resolution, good pose, unusually lucky subject/background separation, tack-sharp head. I'm perplexed by the suggestion that a photo from above, with less than 1/5 the pixel information (much of the "out of focus" parts of the nominated photo still have more detail), with the feet completely obscured and the subject in the far right side of frame is somehow a better depiction. Snow can be useful for creating a smooth background, but it weakens the EV because you don't actually see the environment in which it spends its life (apart from that it's in a part of the world that snows). It seems like the main objection boils down to the bird facing towards 4 or 5 o'clock rather than 3 or 9 -- which I guess I can chalk up to personal preference for the "passport photo" style of wildlife photography, as a Commons friend puts it, but I'll disagree. I know I can just vote to put it over the top, but I long ago decided that because I don't participate on enwiki's FPC process in general, it doesn't feel right to vote just when one of my own images is nominated. Do with this what you will. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:12, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
Promoted File:American woodcock (95252).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:25, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons. Movie listed on the National Film Registry.
- Articles in which this image appears
- The Cameraman, Yankee Stadium (1923)
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton (directors)
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:56, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:48, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support ArionStar (talk) 19:26, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 21:58, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:14, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support hinnk (talk) 10:34, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Promoted File:The Cameraman (1928).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:57, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
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_(edited).jpg)
- Reason
- High EV and quality
- Articles in which this image appears
- Amazon Theatre, etc
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
- Creator
- Ivo Brasil
- Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 18:27, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose – the subject is barely 40% of the image, and too many distractions around. — Benison (Beni · talk) 11:03, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Already failed twice last 6 months, by the same nominator. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:47, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Renominations due to lack of quorum are acceptable here. ArionStar (talk) 03:02, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- It tires participants to constantly review the same images. The subject has already been explained at length, I think. Parable of the Unjust Judge. -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:12, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- It is a common and acceptable pratice on en-FP. ArionStar (talk) 03:15, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Proof it's not. The same nomination will fail for the third time. -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Return of the Prodigal Son (Rembrandt) (2), Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tony Lovato 2, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dustforce 2, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Viperine water snake/3 (three times), Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Castle of São Jorge 2… ArionStar (talk) 04:13, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Different situations. Major difference is that these nominators are very parsimonious. They don't have 6 or 8 open nominations (all failing) at the same time.
- The picture may be deleted too: c:Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Downtown Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (edited).jpg. -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:11, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- You don't need to use difficult words to counter-argue… After the quantity question I said I'll keep the number in 5/6. ArionStar (talk) 12:33, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Return of the Prodigal Son (Rembrandt) (2), Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tony Lovato 2, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dustforce 2, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Viperine water snake/3 (three times), Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Castle of São Jorge 2… ArionStar (talk) 04:13, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Proof it's not. The same nomination will fail for the third time. -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- It is a common and acceptable pratice on en-FP. ArionStar (talk) 03:15, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- It tires participants to constantly review the same images. The subject has already been explained at length, I think. Parable of the Unjust Judge. -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:12, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:28, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Reason
- HQ and EV
- Articles in which this image appears
- Samhain
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
- Creator
- Matt Cardy
- Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 23:36, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support – Stickymatch
- comment Do we know which neo pagan group?©Geni (talk) 04:57, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 01:30, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Very likely a copyvio, like other similar uploads by this user, already deleted. Very dark content, bad light in my opinion. Moreover, the current description is in very bad state. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:37, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination Thank you again for the alert. Nevertheless, content and light are good for the ritual moment, IMHO. ArionStar (talk) 02:55, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Not in my opinion, because the fire in front creates a contre-jour, in addition of the ambiant darkness. Thus nothing clear, apart from an out-of-focus background.
- That would be good also to read the file page before nominating. So many problems of this kind, too often. -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:01, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Not a problem when it depicts the neopagan ritual Samhain. ArionStar (talk) 03:18, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Bye. -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:25, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Not a problem when it depicts the neopagan ritual Samhain. ArionStar (talk) 03:18, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:29, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
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- Reason
- Pulitzer winning photograph, restored, previous nom. was not completed
- Articles in which this image appears
- 1980 Pulitzer Prize, Jahangir Razmi, 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran, Iranian revolution, Execution by firing squad, Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Capital punishment in Iran, Ettela'at, List of photographs considered the most important
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
- Creator
- Jahangir Razmi, restored by Yann Forget
- Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 21:50, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:15, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- Comment – Grainy. Doubtful EV: First target is not about the conflict in Iran. – Sca (talk) 14:59, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- Comment – I added more information in the image description. Should I copy it here? Yann (talk) 15:41, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:51, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
- Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 21:51, 7 May 2025 (UTC)