Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Archives/Jul-Sep 2011

Please cut and paste nominations to be archived from the Picture peer review mainpage to the top of the appropriate archive page, creating a new archive (by nomination date) when necessary.

 
Seagulls (or whatever it is in the picture) flying in a lake in reykjavik

Ducks in Reykjavik, good quality but I don't know what specie of ducks it is in the picture and its EV isn't really high.

Articles this image appears in
Atmospheric pressure
Creator
User:Someone35
Suggested by
User:Someone35
Comments
k thanks, added it to the description-- Someone35 (talk) 15:25, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Saw that you added it to the European Herring Gull article. These are definitely not EHGs - which have pink feet and light grey wings. I'd suggest to you that they are almost certainly Lesser Black-backed Gulls. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 15:58, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Added it to that page instead, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Someone35 (talkcontribs) 16:36, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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A very local storm above Snæfellsjökull, demonstrating how mountains "pull" clouds towards them.

Very high EV (because it shows clearly what difference in barometric pressure does to clouds) but a low quality (taken from an iPhone).

Articles this image appears in
Atmospheric pressure
Creator
User:Someone35
Suggested by
User:Someone35
Comments
  • As the photographer notes, the image quality issues are too severe to disregard. (Was this image taken from a moving vehicle? I'm trying to figure out the source of blurring in the yellow road markers.) Issues with image sharpness throughout. Conspicuous dust in sky distracts from the 'real' clouds. In order to illustrate cloud formation, it might have been better to include more of the sky in the photo (less than half of the frame is above the horizon). TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:04, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Urginea maritima before flowering, near Ramon crater, Israel

Urginea maritima near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. Good quality and EV (encyclopedic value) (because there are barely any pictures of that plant in the English Wikipedia) but there is no article for that plant on the English Wikipedia.

Articles this image appears in
None
Creator
User:Someone35
Suggested by
User:Someone35
Comments
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Original - Ghazl el-Mahalla labor leader Kamal el-Fayoumi experimenting with Twitter

A high resolution, very good quality, freely licensed photograph of Kamal el-Fayoumi, arguably one of the most important figures of the Egyptian labor movement and a prominent labor rights activist during Hosni Mubarak's reign

Articles this image appears in
Kamal el-Fayoumi
Creator
Hossam el-Hamalawy
Suggested by
The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 21:17, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
I know about the B&W but I might be able to make people see my POV. As for the apple logo, it's under CC Apple Logo. I think the problem is the blur. I wonder if that can be fixed. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 11:00, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Without commenting on the quality of the image, the logo is fine - it's a pretty clear example of de minimis use which is incidental to the picture. Commons:Category:People using computers in the 2000s has plenty of similar examples, as do the subcategories of Commons:Category:Apple portable computers. Shimgray | talk | 13:04, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Original - Sameh Naguib mourning Chris Harman's death

A high resolution, very good quality, freely licensed photograph of Sameh Naguib, arguably one of the most important figures of the Egyptian labor movement and a prominent labor rights activist during Hosni Mubarak's reign

Articles this image appears in
Sameh Naguib
Creator
Hossam el-Hamalawy
Suggested by
The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 21:17, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
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Original - Portland Aerial Tram car "Walt" as it nears the upper station.

Good EV, used in several articles, clear photo

Articles this image appears in
Portland, Oregon, Portland Aerial Tram, South Waterfront, Transportation in Portland, Oregon
Creator
User:Cacophony
Suggested by
Pinetalk 05:50, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Quite crowded, but considering what it is a picture of that is to be expected. The clouds may be a little much; many FPs don't show clouds. Encyclopedic, quite nice, high quality, good resolution. Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:47, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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[[File:|thumb|right|260px|Original - The mammoth task of counting billions of homes marking every home and every place as "been counted" was officialy completed by Indian government enumerators after they pasted the sticker denoting the enumeration of a house in the 2011 census of India.]]


Articles this image appears in
Creator
Avenue X at Cicero (talk · contribs)
Suggested by
Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 13:33, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note
Alternate captions are more then welcomed. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 13:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
I have nominated the picture for promotion as FP. You can comment here. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 07:08, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Original - A violent tornado tore the small branches and bark from this tree, in addition to piling various other debris, including a car, at its base

This photo was taken quickly in the heat of a storm chase, but it came out much better than I expected it would. I didn't realize it at the time, but this damage was done by an EF5 tornado, the most violent possible, and there actually used to be two houses on either side of these trees that were just flat out blown away. I'm thinking that it falls just short of FP status, but I'd like to get comments just to see what I can improve for the future. -RunningOnBrains(talk) 21:50, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Articles this image appears in
Tornado intensity and damage, May 21–26, 2011 tornado outbreak sequence
Creator
Runningonbrains
Suggested by
RunningOnBrains(talk) 21:50, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
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A picture of an Egyptian protester during the 2011 Egyptian revolution holding the Egyptian flag.

An amazing photo during an amazing event

Articles this image appears in
2011 Egyptian revolution
Creator
Kodak Agfa
Suggested by
The Egyptian Liberal
Comments
  • Looks quite nice. Colour balance is good, cropping is nice, and it is dripping with encyclopedic value. However, I have two concerns. First, the image is of a somewhat low resolution. Second, the flag is somewhat blurry. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:16, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do you think that they can help with the flag problem? As for the image being somewhat in low resolution, I dont think it can be fixed, do you?
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Original - Map of Portland, Oregon from 1897

good scan image quality, good historical value

Articles this image appears in
[Portland, Oregon]
Creator
U.S. Geological Survey + EncMstr
Suggested by
Pinetalk 05:44, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
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Original - A decorative kris, with a Semar-shaped handle

I think this could be a featured picture because it is of high resolution, shows the subject clearly, shows the sheathe (which our other pictures of kris lack), and is interesting (the blade design, unique handle etc.).

Articles this image appears in
Kris, Semar
Creator
Crisco 1492
Suggested by
Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:17, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
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Original - A female dancer performing Kuda Lumping, a traditional Javanese dance

I believe this may be suitable to be a featured picture as it is of high quality and gives a better understanding of the subject it represents. I respectfully request that this discussion consider the current location of the article as if it were in main space, with a focus on technical aspects.

Articles this image appears in
Kuda Lumping
Creator
Crisco 1492
Suggested by
Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Appears to be of decent quality and have good EV. However I personally doubt this would pass at FPC. Photos 'looking down' on the subject rarely have the ideal aesthetics, especially when it has a pretty ordinary looking background like here. If the photographer had have got down on the level of the subject (crouched/kneeled down), rather than standing above her and shooting down, it would have most likely made for something more visually appealing. Sorry. --jjron (talk) 14:03, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, yeah, I think it would probably look better, but it would be a pretty big job cos they're pretty prominent. In FPC terms, that would also probably put it in violation of Criterion 8, but strictly in terms of the image's use in articles, it would possibly be an improvement. --jjron (talk) 10:54, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Original - An Su-35S of the Russian Air Force demonstrating at the 2009 MAKS Airshow.

A good picture taken with good contrast and brightness about a lethal fighter.

Articles this image appears in
Sukhoi Su-35, Russian Air Force
Creator
Oleg Belyakov
Suggested by
Sp33dyphil "Ad astra" 03:24, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
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I really like how this picture came out. I was playing around with different backdrops and surfaces using this bottle just as a stand-in, but it ended up looking pretty professional. I wanted to see what everyone else thought, and perhaps if there's any advice for me? Thanks in advance!

Articles this image appears in
Stella Artois
Creator
ChrisEngelsma
Suggested by
ChrisEngelsma (talk) 19:31, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
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Original - View of Glastonbury Festival from the Park Stage as crowd arrives for Pulp, 2011

I'm just seeing if it's any good, if I'm honest...

Articles this image appears in
Glastonbury Festival 2011
Creator
Bennydigital
Suggested by
Benny Digital Speak Your Brains 09:44, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • To be honest back at you, it's an ok "holiday snapshot", but I'm not really feeling that it's featured picture quality. A lack of compositional focus, unsharp at full zoom, and doesn't really illustrate Glastonbury fantastically. Please don't be discouraged, keep taking photos and uploading them, even if they aren't FP quality! Aaadddaaammm (talk) 19:08, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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