Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chachani

Summit of Chachani Volcano

Original - Summit of the Chachani (on the left), and Mt Fatima (highest point), the highest of three volcanoes above Arequipa, Peru, in October 2007. The path to reach the summit can be seen, going almost to the top of Mt. Fatima first. This region is almost entirely empty of snow, due to the fact that the region is extremely dry.

Less edited version

Reason: A high quality, picturesque image of the summit of one of the highest volcanoes on Earth. High EV, and illustrates topic well.
Articles this image appears in: Chachani
Creator: Nattfodd

Support as nominator --—Sunday ^Scribe 22:49, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Originally I thought that it didn't give a feeling of mountain's height like the other pic on the article page, but then I realized that it's huge EV comes from showing the atmosphere and the dryness, so, yeah, that's my reason for support. Intothewoods29 (talk) 04:07, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. As the photographer, I'm obviously biased but still like this image very much, and think it makes a fine job of showing the mountain and its environment. --Nattfodd (talk) 07:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It is a good picture imo because it illustrates the environment quite well, rather than the geographic location. For the latter purpose, I think that a photograph from an adjacent peak, or the valley (with appropriate zoom lens) would work a little better, not least because I suspect (never having been to this location iirc) the valley view is what most people will see and hence recognise. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:16, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support less edited version, Oppose Original per criteria 8 (Avoids inappropriate digital manipulation). The contrast is jacked up way too high. Looks completely unnatural (dark sky, bright ground). Kaldari (talk) 21:34, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's "inappropriate". It's no different from what most cameras do internally, I just choose to have more control by modifying the curves myself during post-processing. As for the sky, you can see in the "less edited version" which was posted afterwards that it's very dark indeed (my guess is that it's because of the extreme altitude).--Nattfodd (talk) 18:46, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That one looks more realistic to my eyes. I would expect a mountain summit to look a bit hazy, rather than having perfect levels. Kaldari (talk) 19:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mountain summits are often in the clearest air available. de Bivort 23:47, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Guess you've never been to the Smoky Mountains :) Kaldari (talk) 15:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Guess you don't know the meaning of "often" :) de Bivort 22:47, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I've added the less edited version to the nomination. Hope that's okay with everyone. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:34, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support either. de Bivort 23:47, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support less edited version. Diego_pmc ^Talk 17:09, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Chachani summit edited.jpg MER-C 05:09, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]