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•  Info created and uploaded by Expepper – nominated by Kritzolina -- Kritzolina (talk) 17:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Support This shot from WLF 2025 for me captures the mood of the days before Easter perfectly. It shows a religious tradition in an almost minimalist way. -- Kritzolina (talk) 17:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Neutral The image captures a compelling and rare moment with strong compositional intent and atmospheric lighting. However, neither a central figure nor any other key element appears to be distinctly in focus. Whether due to motion blur or a missed focal plane, this softness unfortunately limits the image’s technical strength. Still, a striking and valuable document. -- Radomianin (talk) 21:45, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Support For most photos, a clear centre and focus are crucial. But here I don’t miss them, on the contrary: it’s just apt that this photo doesn’t emphasize any single person or group, because it wants to show how the participants are completely absorbed in the procession. The processione della Desolata refers to the time between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when Jesus’ disciples were in utter despair because the Saviour seemed to have died. They and their followers are completely desolate, and what could be more appropriate than an image in which the people merge into an indistinguishable black unity of grief? – Aristeas (talk) 08:37, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  Thank you Aristeas for expressing what I wanted to convey in a much more concise and understandable way. Kritzolina (talk) 06:06, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

•  Support It is not very sharp, but for me this is an artistic motif that is not worth pixel-peeping. I could see it on the cover of a magazine spread about the procession so that's good enough for me. Cmao20 (talk) 13:35, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Support --GRDN711 (talk) 05:34, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 06:00, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Neutral IMO good shot, impressive. But the sharpness is too low. --XRay 💬 09:25, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:14, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per XRay --Ermell (talk) 19:56, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 21:28, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per above Poco a poco (talk) 18:25, 16 June 2025 (UTC)