Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Elliðaey (Breiðafjörður)

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Support as nominator – Alchemist-hp (talk) 00:05, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Whole island has a halo, and there is a lack of detail at full zoom. Shadow on the front is unfortunate too as loss of detail of the front. gazhiley 10:19, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I try to rework it. I think it is easy to eliminate the small halo. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 15:53, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In view of the new upload, I will change my vote to Weak Support The other points I raised prevent me from a full support... gazhiley 18:36, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Hmm, I feel completely differently about this. I think the lighting is appealing and visually interesting, and the level of detail quite adequate. All in all a fine picture, I would say. 86.152.161.61 (talk) 14:24, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to login/register and support then - anyone can do it. But each to their own opinion. gazhiley 14:39, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ support ~~if the halo can be fixed~~. Otherwise, it's a beautiful picture; personally, I find this amount of shadow aesthetically pleasing. I do see the shadows, but there is still a fair amount of detail in them. I've noticed that people here tend not to like shadows, but the amount of shadow here hardly detracts from a viewer's ability to understand what is being depicted. In fact, the shadows give the subject some depth (figuratively and literally). Tokugawapants (talk) 01:43, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To satisfy my curiosity, could you explain what is this thing you are calling a "halo"? I don't see anything halo-like. 86.152.161.61 (talk) 01:28, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gladly! The haloing is present where the top of the island meets the sky. This is a common artifact that occurs, for example, when a dark foreground is lightened in post-processing against a light background. I've uploaded a crop (zoomed to 150%) with red arrows indicating the location of the halo and an edited version that amplifies the existing halo effect by using a single, extreme curves adjustment layer across the entire frame. Tokugawapants (talk) 07:41, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nice examples - I almost like the "negative" effect version! Very arty... gazhiley 10:05, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I see. I was looking for something much bigger. To be honest, that tiny pixel-level artefact does not spoil the picture at all for me. I do not even notice it in normal viewing. However, I understand that other people may be looking at things from a more technical perspective. 86.152.161.61 (talk) 12:27, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: a new version is uploaded: new processed incl. lens correction. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:12, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Hafspajen (talk) 18:18, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Brackenheim (talk) 14:38, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support — A rugged, moody Icelandic image. I like the shadows. (If it weren't for the modern-looking lighthouse, it would look like it just rose out of the depths.) Sca (talk) 14:49, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Elliðaey (Breiðafjörður) Iceland M74A1908.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:06, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]