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Picture peer review was a staging area for potential Featured Picture Candidates (FPCs).

This review was a useful "spot check" before making a formal FPC nomination – a working area where you can get some creative feedback, request help with useful pictures that might need minor editing, or advice with finding the best article that they illustrate – giving that nomination its best possible chance of promotion.

Note: "peer review" usually implies a group of authoritative reviewers who are equally familiar with and expert in the subject. The process represented by this page is not a formal academic peer review in that sense. Images that undergo this process cannot be assumed to have greater authority than any other.

For general advice on editing pictures prior to uploading, see Wikipedia:How to improve image quality.

For the specific criteria against which FPCs are judged, see Wikipedia:What is a featured picture?

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Ancient culture

This picture is a window to human history and evolution of culture and civilizations, it would make a great contribution.

Articles this image appears in: Azerbaijan

Creator: RetlawSnellac

Nominated by: RetlawSnellac (talk) 14:53, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Interesting photo, but given the size right on the borderline and the nearly blown white sky, I doubt it would pass. A larger version might stand a chance if it's strong technically, though that sky may generate some knee-jerk opposes. Thegreenj 21:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Per greenj and no further comments on the nom per se, but perhaps you could crop the sky out of a larger one without really impacting the EV. EV would also be helped if it could get somewhere a bit more specific than just the article on the country it's found in. --jjron (talk) 08:23, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Good Picture of a Mohawk

It really helps the article go above and beyond in showing a Mohawk it is also the main focus of the picture.

Articles this image appears in: Mohawk hairstyle

Creator: Ich

Nominated by: Etineskid (talk) 14:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Please check the criteria. Regardless, I can't make sense of this nom - if the nominator and creator are different people, then the caption and image page make no sense. If they're the same person it then could be a case of sockpuppetry. --jjron (talk) 15:02, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a regular here, but would note that the front half of the mohawk blends in with the dark background; a lighter background would make the mohawk shape clearer. Tempshill (talk) 23:22, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, this is well below the minimum size requirement at FPC. Makeemlighter (talk) 07:50, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Panorama of IIM Indore campus, Indore, India

Reason: This picture covers almost the entire campus of IIM Indore- taken from the tallest point at the campus. This is a 39 image stitch.I believe this matches all criteria as per Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria, though I am not sure about whether the post processing will count as 'inappropriate digital manipulation'
Articles this image appears in: IIM Indore
Creator: User:trakesht
Nominated by: User:trakesht

Comments

Yes, sorry, you're on the money re the post processing. HDR images don't go down very well at FPC, and this one's been cooked up at a very high temperature :-). Can also see some stitching errors in the sky, visible even in thumbnail, probably exacerbated by the HDR, and the horizon has an odd curve to it. Nonetheless it's not a bad image and I can appreciate the work you've put into it. Any chance of redoing it without the HDR to give a more natural, realistic look? --jjron (talk) 14:31, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Extensive misuse of the term HDR to refer to the process of Tone mapping. HDR can be used with contrast reduction instead of tone mapping to capture the full dynamic range and represent it in a (typical, sRGB color space) jpeg. This is what I came for :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darxus (talk • contribs) 22:10, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Artichoke Flower

I think this picture might be featured picture quality, although I don't know very much about WP:FP. It shows an artichoke plant in bloom.

Articles this image appears in: Artichoke

Creator: Little Mountain 5

Nominated by: Little Mountain 5 14:57, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Without looking at this fullsize I'd say it wouldn't make it. The petals are clipped at the top, and given the structure of this I'd suggest the leaves could be included in full without being cut off in a really good photo. Also looks to have very bright (perhaps blown) highlights. Regardless, standards for these types of images tend to be pretty high, and the cutoff petals would be enough to do it in. Thanks for the nomination, it's a pretty good contribution, but not quite FP standard. --jjron (talk) 05:59, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks for the review. :) Little Mountain 5 14:34, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Feel free to pop any other possibilities up here and keep up the good work. --jjron (talk) 07:09, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Pulsatilla alpina

File:Pulsatilla alpina fruit-edit1.jpg

Edit 1 by jjron - levels, sharpening, downsample

I've seen many other images go through the process and I believe my photo is up to scratch. It shows the detail of the fruit and I think it is the best quality photo to illustrate this.

Articles this image appears in: Pulsatilla alpina, Pulsatilla, Ranunculaceae

Creator: SiameseTurtle

Nominated by: SiameseTurtle (talk) 11:18, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I think this is pretty good, especially considering the camera. Interesting fruit (should be stated in the caption though). Note however that this is NOT in any articles (despite the nom claiming it's in three). Needs to get in at least one article and stick there before it's eligible, and note that galleries don't count. Should also really be moved to Commons (though that's not actually a criterion). I feel it is a bit too soft at full size - have uploaded an edit with adjusted levels and sharpening that IMO helps with some minor issues with lighting and sharpness. Possibly worth a try. --jjron (talk) 14:01, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominated at FPC by SiameseTurtle. --jjron (talk) 14:21, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bee In Flight

Just discovered it on flickr, amazing photograph.

Articles this image appears in: None yet.

Creator: Jeff Turner from Santa Clarita, CA, United States

Nominated by: — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 08:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Quite a nice photo at smaller sizes, but not really up to some existing FPs on the same subject IMO. Focus looks a bit out and it certainly doesn't have the sharpness of some of ours. Compare to this older one by Fir0002 or this recently promoted one by Muhammad . Cheers, --jjron (talk) 14:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Galápagos Giant Tortoise

I think the size and composition of the image are good, also adds good value to the article.

Articles this image appears in: Tortoise, Giant tortoise, Galápagos tortoise

Creator: Childzy

Nominated by: Childzy ¤ Talk 17:02, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Childzy, I won't be too detailed as you pretty much understand the FP process. For starters this looks overexposed to me, but that could be improved in an edit. Also seems to lack a bit of sharpness (just looking at the carapace on the image page size). But I think the real killer at FPC (which I'm sure you'll appreciate) is the unnatural setting, the log wall behind, the drain cover (?) at bottom right, would attract opposes on that even if all else was perfect. Cheers, --jjron (talk) 13:42, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- FWIW, you also need to add some information to the image page - what, where, etc. --jjron (talk) 13:43, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Headbanging cellist

An interesting combination of a classical instrument and behavior most commonly associated with music that isn't usually played with a cello.

Articles this image appears in: Apocalyptica Perttu Kivilaakso

Creator: teevee

Nominated by: teevee (talk) 16:22, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I am familiar with the band actually. I couldn't accurately predict the outcome at FPC though. As I understand it band photography typically requires fast primes and high ISO. There is a wierd red outlining effect, not much is in focus and it is noisy. I guess it would come down to if the difficulty would outweigh the poor technical quality. Noodle snacks (talk) 07:32, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Marine Corps Bayonet Training

I think it meets the criteria and was instructed to give this a try before submitting it.

Articles this image appears in: Bayonet, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, OKC-3S bayonet, Knife bayonet

Creator: HighInBC

Nominated by: Kumioko (talk) 03:58, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

This isn't a bad photo, but I feel it would be unlikely to meet with success at FPC. Some key reasons: size is marginal (although technically within guidelines); it feels a bit too cramped to be ideal for what it is showing - while it may have been shot this way to bring the viewer 'into the action', to me it would have been better to be a bit further back; related to the previous point, the crop is a bit tight, clipping off the guy on the left and only just leaving in the knife at the right; despite the potentially intentional close composition mentioned above, it just feels very staged to me and by being up close it just highlights this; I keep thinking it's a bit overexposed, however that's probably more a side-effect of the dead grass, so possibly OK there; there could be an issue with the source - it says HighInBC created it but also says the USMC did, so who did? - HighInBC certainly used to upload his own photos and I thought he was from Canada, so would be unlikely to be in the USMC and why didn't he upload it? This would need to be clarified. Thanks for bringing it here. --jjron (talk) 06:37, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Mortar firing

This Image simply has allot of wow factor about it and shows a mortar in action.

Articles this image appears in: United States Army Mortar (weapon) M734 M120 mortar

Creator: SSGT AARON D. ALLMON II, USAF

Nominated by: «l| Promethean ™|l» (talk) 06:26, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

For starters you'd need to try fixing the nasty tilt (must be about 10°CCW) and see what that does to the composition. (Note, I've only had a quick look, but for mine I'd also be a bit concerned about motion blurs as I feel it's been shot at too slow a shutter speed to be ideal for this photo.) --jjron (talk) 07:22, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Notable mutations

Links together the basic concept of the genetic code with some clinically important mutations. Colorful.

Articles this image appears in: Mutation, Genetic code

Creator: Mikael Häggström

Nominated by: Mikael Häggström (talk) 08:00, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Appears to be well referenced. I can't make any strong comments as I don't have much knowledge in the area. I'd probably give it a whirl though. It could be a little clearer that the third base is represented by the row in each cell. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:23, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comment. I've specified the 3rd base in each row.Mikael Häggström (talk) 05:51, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments: i. I wonder if the SVG shouldn't have a white bg too (transparency makes it bit hard to read); ii. I'd align the smaller boxes at the top with the right side of the big table; iii. some text alignment issues in the svg (hydrophobic runs outside border), but could be a thumbnailing issue as the 'fullsize' looked OK; iv. I haven't read the full text carefully, but what's with those random molecules scattered around the diagram? --jjron (talk) 08:04, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I replaced the background with white in Inkscape, but it still turns out transparent in the browser, but only on the image description page, not when in Wikipedia mainspace or when clicking on it to view only the image in Firefox, so I think it's acceptable, since it's probably meant to make clear that it's actually a vector image. I gave some more space to hydrophobic, and also some to missense, nonsense etc, but they still cross the borders in the thumb, and if I compress them more they'll look weird in fullsize. As to the molecules, they are the coded amino acids for each codon. Putting the boxes to right made space for a descriptive box inside the image as well. Thanks for comments. Mikael Häggström (talk) 09:02, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mutations that cause something such as sickle-cell anaemia will cause that phenotype in the cells, but something such as a missense mutation in cancer will only make one more susceptible to its development, so I would like to see something to clarify that. In addition, I think links to the diseases and/or genes in the description would be helpful. SiameseTurtle (talk) 11:55, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Jacques Cartier Bridge

File:JCBridge.JPG

Original - Jacques Cartier Bridge

This is one of only three pictures in List of bridges in Montreal that was not taken by myself. I believe there is not much that can be done to improve it, either by finding a better spot from which to take a picture, or a better timing for it. At full resolution, you can even see a bird flying above the bridge.

Articles this image appears in: List of bridges in Montreal, Jacques Cartier Bridge, Montreal, Transportation in Montreal

Creator: Bolshoibooze13

Nominated by: Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:04, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

This is quite an attractive and artistic depiction of the bridge but I would doubt its chances at FPC. The location of the sun takes out a lot of detail of the bridge itself, leaving much of it in silhouette. One of the key criteria is encyclopaedic value (EV) and this lighting, while looking attractive, reduces the EV. Some other issues could include that the bridge is partially cut-off, particularly at right, the foreground is a bit unappealing (the bit of road and armco) as well as that tree that is unfortunately positioned to obscure the pylon. There also appears to be some lens distortion causing the bridge to look curved (other photos from other angles indicate it is straight until it curves off at the end as the roadway descends). I have only looked at this at a reduced size (2000px) so can't comment on the other technicals for sure, but at that size there appears to be a bit more noise and artifacting than generally liked at FPC. Thanks for the nomination here; will leave it up what to do with it. --jjron (talk) 15:03, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wicked Witch of the East

A high resolution (2,743 × 3,280 px) portrait of the Wicked Witch of the East which retains thin lines that might be lost in some high contrast scans.

Articles this image appears in: Wicked Witch of the East

Creator: The Man in Question

Nominated by: — The Man in Question (gesprec) · (forðung) 23:08, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The fact that no-ones stopped by to review these two probably reflects the response you'd get at FPC, sad to say. As originals they're were probably too small and lacking in detail to make them truly exceptional examples of their type, even though technically-speaking there's nothing wrong with their reproduction here. Bottom line, this sort of subject is always hard to "sell" at FPC because it needs something really compelling and encyclopedic to commend it. This recent successful nomination shows how it needs to be: a complete set of very detailed images, overseen by Carroll himself, all illustrating scenes (as well as characters) from Alice. Anything less would likely not have passed. --mikaul^talk 02:01, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Glinda

A high resolution (2,050 × 2,696 px) portrait of Glinda which retains thin lines that might be lost in some high contrast scans.

Articles this image appears in: Glinda

Creator: User:The Man in Question

Nominated by: — The Man in Question (gesprec) · (forðung) 23:04, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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If you have an excellent picture, but can't think where to put it, add it to the section below. Similarly if you need help in writing a new article on the subject of a photo, request it below. If you are unsure of what plant or animal is in a picture please ask at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science.

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If you have found a good picture on another language Wikipedia that would benefit the English Wikipedia, suggest it below. The image may need confirmation on its identification and assistance with translating the caption and moving to Commons before placing on the equivalent English language article.

There are pictures of Tofua on http://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofua The island might have some more interest soon, a swiss man, Xavier Rosset, spent 300 days alone on the island and is making a move about the experience. Mech Aaron (talk) 19:10, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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