Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Platinum-nugget.jpg

Original - Native Platinum nugget, locality Konder mine Yakutia, Russia. Size ca. 35mm•23mm•14mm, weight ca. 112g = 3.6 oz. Collection: M.R.

Reason: I don't think that too many people have such a thing floating around the house.
Articles in which this image appears: Platinum, Native metal, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Creator: Alchemist-hp

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 09:42, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~. Looks to me like most of the overexposed areas at the centre of the specimen have been crudely painted over with a grey brush. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 16:24, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"grey areas are fixed (false layer)". Platinum is a high glossy metal. I think it is Ok if we see a small "overexposed" areas. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:23, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- looks much better now. Detail is excellent, EV is very high, small amount of overexposure not a huge problem. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 22:43, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As anyone who has studied GCSE science will tell you, one of the properties of a metal is that it shines. It would be misleading not to see some shine. J Milburn (talk) 23:21, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral as creator (otherwise alternatively Support) --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:23, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Shine's fine. The upper front corner seems a little unsharp, but the high EV and excellent detail elsewhere outweigh that for me. -- Avenue (talk) 03:04, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Prefer original. It seems more natural, and I don't feel the nugget needs to "pop out" more. -- Avenue (talk) 03:44, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nice quality and rare object --George Chernilevsky ^talk 07:18, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Herby ^{talk thyme} 15:53, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Mbz1 (talk) 02:42, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'd prefer the background to be whiter but this good as well --Muhammad(talk) 14:56, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Prefer edit 1, IMO the white setting allows the nugget to pop out more --Muhammad(talk) 16:24, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Edit 1 Uploaded Made background white. --Muhammad(talk) 16:24, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Maybe a VP, but not a FP. I don't see anything exceptional in this image except the value of the object. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 02:13, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
A VP is only possible on commons, not on en:wikipedia, de:Wikipedia, pl:Wikipedia, .... The value of an object is one of the FP criteria also the high resolution, the DOF and the rare object. Of course your opinion is though accepted. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 08:15, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- But there is already a VPC page on Wikipedia! -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:25, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  Ups, thank you. I did not know it. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 19:29, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Would voters comment on edit 1, please? Maedin\^talk 10:02, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit 1 increased the overexposure in many areas of the nugget itself, ultimately leading to a loss of detail. I realise that the nature of the subject means that some overexposure is inevitable, but nonetheless I prefer the first version. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 10:20, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Apart from the grey background, I did not touch anything else. The nugget is unmodified --Muhammad(talk)`

It looks different to me when you compare both images at 100%: see the comparison I uploaded. As discussed above, the overexposure isn't itself problem: but when more areas become overexposed, and more white bits join together to form contiguous areas, then detail is lost. I wouldn't oppose Edit 1, but I prefer the original since fine detail on the platinum itself is more important to me than the shade of the background. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 16:04, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was additional my new edit over the edit from Muhammad. I made it also somewhat brighter. But the main: we are voting here for the original image! NOT for others. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 18:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't notice that, so my apologies for the confusion. I still prefer the original to both versions of Edit 1: I've already stated the reasons why I dislike Edit 1 in its current form, and Muhammad's first version has problems with the detail along the top edge of the platinum. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 19:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Prefer original. And how about we take this opportunity to declare "uploading over the top" as a bad idea (tm)? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 21:48, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
info only the original is here a featured picture candidate. All the edits are legal, but not a FP candidate. :-) --Alchemist-hp (talk) 21:58, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Can you stop jabbering on about things that are completely against the established practice at FPC? Thank you. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 22:40, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Platinum-nugget.jpg —Maedin\^talk 12:26, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]