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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture.
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

General rules

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.
  5. Only two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken.

See also

Table of contents

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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File:A Hundred Steeds.jpg (delist)

Voting period ends on 26 Apr 2025 at 09:25:52
Delist and replace with new art scan Proposed replacement

File:Ertholmene aerial view of 3 islands asv2024-07.jpg

Voting period ends on 26 Apr 2025 at 09:23:26 (UTC)
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Ertholmene aerial view

File:Palm warbler (90385).jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Apr 2025 at 19:11:25 (UTC)
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Palm warbler

File:Abstract pattern on a tree stump.jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Apr 2025 at 18:15:58 (UTC)
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Abstract pattern on a tree stump (black and white)

File:Antiopelle (Antiopella cristata) (Ifremer 00576-68854).jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Apr 2025 at 12:22:08 (UTC)
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Antiopella cristata, or sea slug
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class : Gastropoda
  •  Info Antiopella cristata is a nudibranch found in the North Sea, the North-East Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Its body, with a maximum size of 8 cm, is flat, elongated and hidden by numerous outgrowths, the cerata, whose extremities are pale blue. The colour of these animals varies from milky white to light orange. The main sensory organs of nudibranchs are their rhinophores, which detect chemical particles present in the water, including food, the pheromones of a possible sexual partner, or the presence of certain threats.
  •  Info created by Olivier Dugornay, uploaded by OptimusPrimeBot, nominated by Yann
  •  Support -- Yann (talk) 12:22, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- vip (talk) 14:12, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:A Koch woman.jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Apr 2025 at 12:00:15 (UTC)
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Koch tribal woman, Bangladesh
  • Thank you, Basile. I've contacted the author by email and asked if he could provide a higher resolution version of the original file. If he sends one, I'll be happy to update the image accordingly. I appreciate your technical observation! Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 05:38, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Gold chain with gemstones and enamel, late 16th century, The Royal Armoury, Sweden.jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Apr 2025 at 10:42:56 (UTC)
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Gold chain with gemstones and enamel, late 16th century, The Royal Armoury, Sweden.

File:Trompetnarcis-trumpet-narcissus 16-03-2025 (d.j.b.).jpg 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Apr 2025 at 04:24:47 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:徐渭 花卉图卷.jpg

Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2025 at 11:45:14 (UTC)
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Xu Wei Flower Scroll

File:Danny Sanderson.jpg

Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2025 at 10:51:32 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) male feeding on sunflower 01.jpg

Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2025 at 07:59:21 (UTC)
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Plum-headed parakeet in Bangladesh

File:La Défense vue depuis la Tour Eiffel.png

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 23:46:28 (UTC)
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La Défense district seen from the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.

File:Entrance in Torp shopping mall, Uddevalla.jpg

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 22:21:27 (UTC)
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People using the revolving doors of the entrance to Torp shopping mall, Uddevalla Municipality, Sweden.
Not sure to understand why "Singapore", but there are too many dark parts, from my point of view, especially the top of the image completely black. Everything here is silhouetted, not just the people. And the image looks over-processed -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:43, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 13:08, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't see anything remarkable which would lead to FP status. 50% of the picture is only black. Yann (talk) 11:41, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I’m still undecided, but it’s actually a clever feature that most people are just silhouettes without any recognizable features. Otherwise the people in the revolving doors would be very easily recognizable and it would be a severe infringement of their personality rights to publish a photo without their explicit consent (cf. the European GDPR). There are exceptions for press photographs, but Commons is not press photography, and therefore the legal status of the photo would be quite problematic. By hiding their faces in the shadows Cart has completely worked around this problem while still showing the revolving doors in full action. – Aristeas (talk) 15:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    However you decide (or not) I'm really glad that someone has recognized what I'm trying to do in many of my photos with people. I love street photography and to document everyday life, hopefully in a cool or artistic way. But to comply with the rules on Commons, you need to be creative in how you depict people, especially for FPC. Using silhouettes is a clear favorite for me. I don't see the problem with the percentage of black in the photo, we have other FPs using the same technique, examples. --Cart (talk) 16:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I am rather hesitant. But it does fit. I had to look for a long time to see what was so appealing about the photo. At first it looks a bit restless, but the strong contrast is the real strength of the photo. --XRay 💬 18:01, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Baikal, Cape Burhan, Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia.jpg

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 21:36:34 (UTC)
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Cape Burhan, Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal.
I think I can fix the tilt and put more sharpness into it. But what about the highlights? What do you mean by ‘toning down highlights’? The histogram is balanced, there is no overexposure or clipping. The midday light is a bit harsh but actually beneficial for a marble/quartz/graphite rock like this. Maybe by ‘toning down highlights’ you meant ‘raising up shadows’ or what? --Argenberg (talk) 12:30, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, I meant that even though the histogram is fine, some of the highlight colors are rather glaring. Such things don't show up in a histogram since it only shows the color as other than white. Take a look at how rich it looks with only a 3% reduction of highlights in this example. The difference is most noticeable in things like the white sign with text. That version is also corrected for tilt. (Feel free to use it in any manner if you like.) --Cart (talk) 13:39, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have reprocessed the file according to your suggestions. --Argenberg (talk) 15:24, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tadej Pogacar and his team in front of the peloton during Simacourbe climb of Tour de France 2024 stage 13.jpg

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 20:06:33 (UTC)
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Tadej Pogacar (Yellow jersey) in the peloton of Tour de France 2024.

File:Pyramid roof of Piramide Shopping Center (Blok 44, Belgrade).jpg

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 18:31:17 (UTC)
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Pyramid roof of Piramide Shopping Center (Blok 44, Belgrade)

File:Alcaudón culiblanco (Eurocephalus ruppelli), parque nacional de Tarangire, Tanzania, 2024-05-25, DD 71.jpg

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 13:34:15 (UTC)
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Northern white-crowned shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli), Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

File:Sur En-Sent. Sculpture Negativ - Positive. Artwork by Peter Gredig. 17-10-2024. (actm.) 01.jpg

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 04:26:17 (UTC)
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Sent, municipality of Scuol, kanton Graubünden

File:ভরতপক্ষী (Alauda gulgula), লালগঞ্জ, দক্ষিণ চব্বিশ পরগনা, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, DSC6316.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2025 at 22:10:44 (UTC)
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Oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula), Lalganj, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.

File:Gandhi Bhawan, Chandigarh.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2025 at 21:41:37 (UTC)
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The Gandhi Bhawan in Chandigarh, India.

File:Our Lady of Sameiro sanctuary in Braga (1).jpg

Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2025 at 18:24:04 (UTC)
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Our Lady of Sameiro sanctuary in Braga

File:Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) on cherry blossom.png

Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2025 at 14:14:31 (UTC)
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A peacock butterfly on a cherry blossom.

File:Darband, Téhéran (3).jpg

Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2025 at 11:23:58 (UTC)
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A stall selling lavashak (Iranian fruit paste sweets) in the Darband district of Tehran, Iran.

File:Bydgoszcz Waterfront 2023.jpg

Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2025 at 09:35:44 (UTC)
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Bydgoszcz Waterfront

Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2025 at 07:07:32 (UTC)
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Weathered shutters, 1 Elias Street, Riga, Latvia
Confirmed results:
Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 14:54, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects/Architectural elements#Windows

File:Klay Nag Mandir (crop).jpg

Voting period ends on 20 Apr 2025 at 21:23:33 (UTC)
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Klay Nag temple, Lamothe dhar, Jammu, India

File:Blick über den Achensee nach Pertisau.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 Apr 2025 at 17:00:01 (UTC)
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View across the Achensee towards Pertisau
JayCubby I guess you're right, but now it should be fixed - please have a look! --Plozessor (talk) 04:06, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Plozessor Yes, you are right -- now changed! JayCubby (talk) 12:48, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Kaplica Matki Boskiej Śnieżnej w Kacwinie.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 Apr 2025 at 14:31:00 (UTC)
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The Chapel of Saint Mary of the Snows, Kacwin
I would go with 'Places/Other' since everything except the mountains is agricultural fields with fences between them, and that is man-made land although covered with snow. --Cart (talk) 15:53, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think Natural is a better category. The mountains are a big part of the picture, and the land, even if cultivated by humans is still Nature. Yann (talk) 17:56, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's the mindset that anything growing, cultivated or other, is 'Nature' that's got us in much of the mess the planet is in today. But that's a discussion for another time and place. --Cart (talk) 18:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Cart, please change it if you think that'd be for the best! You do a great job of organising the galleries and I won't insist on the gallery I initially chose if this one would fit better. Cmao20 (talk) 18:37, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hmm, yes I see what you mean but I wouldn't say a lot, it's there and visible mainly in the mountains in the background but I don't think it distracts from the composition and I don't find it noticeable except at full size. Cmao20 (talk) 18:37, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Unfortunately, it's in the chapel, trees and bushes too. I've made you a cleaned up version here. If you want it, you can do what you will with it. --Cart (talk) 18:52, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your version is pretty obviously better (well done). But I'm not sure of the ethics of replacing a picture when the author is unlikely to see the replacement or be able to assent to it (seems only to be active at WLM time). Cmao20 (talk) 18:57, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    You can always make it an 'Alternative', but you have to do without me for a while. I twisted my knee on my walk through the forest this afternoon and it hurts like hell, so I'm grumpier than usual now and I obviously do not belong in polite society. Sorry! --Cart (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
     Comment Many thanks for the well-done editing, Cart – and I am so sorry for the accident, get well soon! Well, IMHO we should not upload the improved version over the current one, and maybe even the author itself should better not do that: This photo won the 1st price of WLM 2024 in Poland, and because exactly that version won the price, major changes are a no-go according to COM:OW. (Unlike the current wording of that page, I think that noise removal is a major change because it is a global manipulation and significantly changes the appearance of an image; at least I would not overwrite any of my own local WLM or WLE winning images with additional noise reduction). But there is a simple solution which has been used for many other FP candidates: Please, Cmao20, upload the edited version as a new file, linking it to the original one with {{Derived from}}. Then you, Cmao20, can either offer it as an alternative version or (much simpler) just exchange the candidate here with the edited version – whatever you prefer. I would appreciate it very much if you could do the one or the other, because this is such a wonderful winter scene and now, thanks to Cart’s editing, much improved. – Aristeas (talk) 19:22, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh no Cart, that sounds really painful - I'm so sorry to hear it. I've only just read the section about your accident. Please take all the time you need to rest and recover. We'll miss your presence, but your well-being comes first. Wishing you a gentle and speedy healing! -- Radomianin (talk) 08:18, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Painkillers have also become my friends since the surgery, but please be careful that they don't do any harm in the end. I wish you a good recovery, especially that it doesn't get worse. All the best :) -- Radomianin (talk) 19:33, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Alternative version

The Chapel of Saint Mary of the Snows, Kacwin

File:Botete cara de perro (Arothron nigropunctatus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 267.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 Apr 2025 at 13:15:44 (UTC)
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Blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus), Anilao, Philippines.

File:Pepper No. 14, 1929.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 Apr 2025 at 12:19:25 (UTC)
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Pepper No. 14 by Edward Weston
  •  Weak support To give this candidate a little love: While I share Cart’s unease about the background etc., I also understand Weston’s fascination for the bizarre shape of this pepper. It looks like a carefully crafted little sculpture, and depending on your state of mind you can see in it a complicated sexual scene from the Kama Sutra, or a couple in protective embracing of their new-born child, or a pietà with Saint Mary weeping over the body of her dead son, etc. The lighting and perspective seem simple, but are perfect to emphasize the multivalency of this pepper. – Aristeas (talk) 09:19, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 19:14, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per Aristeas. My own first instinct when I saw this was that it was a sculpture of two in embrace. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 02:28, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support Promotion because of the interesting shape and the historical value in the art of photography. It is a pity that the pattern in the background is irritating, we do not know if Edward Weston chose it deliberately or carelessly. -- Radomianin (talk) 09:30, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment They way I see it, is that we already have the best pepper from this series as an FP, File:Pepper No. 30.jpg, and that makes me more picky about a second photo from it. In most series of similar objects, there is one photo that stands out and represents the collection. --Cart (talk) 10:54, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Feeding lineated barbet NBG Dhaka.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 Apr 2025 at 06:46:05 (UTC)
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Lineated barbet in Bangladesh

File:Orange-headed thrush - কমলা দামা (Geokichla citrina), Gazipur, Bangladesh.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 Apr 2025 at 13:43:55 (UTC)
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Orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina), Gazipur, Bangladesh.

File:Close wing moisture sucking of Gandaca harina (Horsfield, 1829) - Tree Yellow (Male) WLB.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Apr 2025 at 15:18:23 (UTC)
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File:Blick vom Leinpfad bei Neuenheimer Landstraße 38-2 über den Neckar zur Stadthalle Heidelberg.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Apr 2025 at 04:05:28 (UTC)
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View across the Neckar with the "Schloss-Heidelberg" ship towards Heidelberg townhall


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Sat 12 Apr → Thu 17 Apr
Sun 13 Apr → Fri 18 Apr
Mon 14 Apr → Sat 19 Apr
Tue 15 Apr → Sun 20 Apr
Wed 16 Apr → Mon 21 Apr
Thu 17 Apr → Tue 22 Apr

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)

Tue 08 Apr → Thu 17 Apr
Wed 09 Apr → Fri 18 Apr
Thu 10 Apr → Sat 19 Apr
Fri 11 Apr → Sun 20 Apr
Sat 12 Apr → Mon 21 Apr
Sun 13 Apr → Tue 22 Apr
Mon 14 Apr → Wed 23 Apr
Tue 15 Apr → Thu 24 Apr
Wed 16 Apr → Fri 25 Apr
Thu 17 Apr → Sat 26 Apr

The bot

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/April 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/April 2025.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/April 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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