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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, 2025 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
How to nominate in 8 simple steps

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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 name, quality, image description, categories 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:Center for Clinical Sciences Research, Stanford University (2025)-L1007419.jpg

Voting period ends on 26 Jun 2025 at 01:46:06 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Center for Clinical Sciences Research on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California

File:First Palo Alto United Methodist Church (2025)-L1007338.jpg

Voting period ends on 26 Jun 2025 at 01:43:17 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Exterior view of the First Palo Alto United Methodist Church in Palo Alto, California

File:Bol de pommes sur une table, Henri Matisse, 1916.jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Jun 2025 at 20:43:36 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Bowl of Apples on a Table, Henri Matisse, oil on canvas, 1916. 89.5 × 114.9 cm
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Others#Plants
  •  Info created by Henri Matisse, digitized by Google, uploaded and nominated by Yann
  •  Info Bowl of Apples on a Table, Henri Matisse, oil on canvas, 1916. 89.5 × 114.9 cm
  •  Support Public domain since last January. No FP by Matisse yet. Only one FP of still-life paintings. Very high resolution. -- Yann (talk) 20:43, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment Pardon me, but the 'ok' or 'not ok' was meant for voters other that the nominator to add. Doing it this way will only encourage every nominator to add the 'ok' to their own checklists, and then what's the point of even testing this system. If this is how people are going to do this, we might as well shut the whole thing down immediately and go back to yelling at each other. Perhaps that is what you want? --Cart (talk) 22:00, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Ídolo moro (Zanclus cornutus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 233.jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Jun 2025 at 18:19:21 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus), Anilao, Philippines

File:Egg jellyfishes 1912-1865.jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Jun 2025 at 16:24:56 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Fried egg jellyfishes
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class : Scyphozoa
  •  Info created by Mozzihh – uploaded by Mozzihh – nominated by Mozzihh -- Mozzihh (talk) 16:24, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Mozzihh (talk) 16:24, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment - Image looks good, but categorization is lacking. Is there nothing for the species (are they even identified)?  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:42, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment I've fixed up the categories for you, please check them out so you can do it yourself the next time. The file name is borderline with little specifics and a bewildering number. --Cart (talk) 17:21, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks for fixing! File name is from my archive... Mozzihh (talk) 19:18, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Oppose While the jellies are very pretty and the rather too much black space in the photo can be cropped, I think the quality is too low, especially for an aquarium shot. Some might be salvaged by better editing from the raw (if such exists), but as it is now, I'm not too impressed. Sory. --Cart (talk) 18:41, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you for the hints, I did some raw editing and cropping. I hope it's more impressing now. Mozzihh (talk) 20:34, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    The crop is good for me, but the edit might unfortunately have made it worse. It's "blotchy" now. Sorry. --Cart (talk) 21:54, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Osmo Lundell hey 18:57, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Doronicum-orientale-2025-1.jpg

Voting period ends on 25 Jun 2025 at 10:33:15 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Doronicum orientale shot with a macro lens in Hatanpää mansion garden, Tampere, Finland in the summer 2025.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants/Asterales#Subfamily : Asteroideae
  •  Info created by Osmo Lundell – uploaded by Osmo Lundell – nominated by Osmo Lundell --Osmo Lundell hey 10:33, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- --Osmo Lundell hey 10:33, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment Gallery fixed. If a gallery link you make is red, then there is something wrong with it and you need to check it out. Go to the gallery pages and find the right one, plus the right section heading on that page and simply copy it. A little info about where this photo was taken, and is it wild or cultivated, should also be in the description and categories. Would you please add that. Best, --Cart (talk) 11:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    I checked the diff, didn't notice the category was empty while posting from a mobile device. I'll add info of when the photo was taken soon. --Osmo Lundell hey 14:38, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    Added details on where the photo was taken. Hatanpää mansion has a private owned garden that is open to the public in Tampere. Technical details on the camera body and lens aren't that important, atleast according to the policy, but I can provide them if someone is interested. The composition was edited in Lightroom. --Osmo Lundell hey 17:21, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    Now we are getting somewhere, but the idea was that you should have added the place for the flower on the file page, not just here, since this page will be archived out of sight for most of the general public as soon as the nomination is over and the info will be lost. I've copied it for you and added the relevant categories too. A plant photo without a good location is almost useless for Commons, so please take a look at what I've done so you can do the same the next time. :)
    So since this was in a garden, I assume that the flower was planted and not wild. Or? In that case it should be in the 'Doronicum orientale (cultivars)' category and not the general category for the wild plants.
    Regarding info about the camera you used: Yes, we are very interested in the equipment used for a photo. We usually find that in the photos EXIF, but if you don't keep that with your photos you can also use the Template:Photo Information and add to the description on the file page. Having the tech specs is useful for people learning how to take good photos, and it also allows voters to see how well you have used the cameras capacity. That can be very useful when providing feedback on your photos and perhaps give hints and tips. I know this is a lot to take in for a "newbie", but this is the Big League for photos on Commons, so everything is the next level from just uploading photos for wikis. --Cart (talk) 17:45, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    The plants in the garden were planted, yes. I took the exif and other metadata out, because there was too much info I didn't want to be there and stripping it straight out was easier than cherrypicking them out of the ~200 or so pics I took on that tour.
    It's not a lot to take at all! I'll go add the deets you asked. ^^ --Osmo Lundell hey 17:52, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you! Plant category fixed. --Cart (talk) 18:12, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Samuel Morse portrait.tiff

Voting period ends on 24 Jun 2025 at 22:13:32 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Circa 1860 portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse, by Mathew Brady

File:Physical Map of Africa.jpg

Voting period ends on 24 Jun 2025 at 14:27:26 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Physical Map of Africa
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Maps#Maps of Africa
  •  Info Physical Map of Africa. Created by Tom Patterson – uploaded and nominated by Riad Salih (talk) 14:27, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Riad Salih (talk) 14:27, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment There are several mistakes regarding some names in Italy, that are reported in Italian (some of them with typoes), and not in English: Golfo di Cagliari --> Gulf of Cagliari; Golfo di Taranto --> Gulf of Taranto; Golfo di Salerno (Gulfo is a typo) --> Gulf of Salerno; Puglia --> Apulia; Isole Pelagie --> Pelagie Islands; Calabriaa (typo) --> Calabria.
    The capes are named in Italian, but this can be ok (Capo Spartivento, Capo Rizzuto, Capo Passero and Capo Santa Maria di Leuca), since there are other in northern Africa that are in French; otherwise, you may use Cape Spartivento, Cape Rizzuto (not frequent), Cape Passero, and Cape Santa Maria di Leuca. --Harlock81 (talk) 10:47, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    If someone is able to open the source file in Adobe Illustrator, they might be able to correct those inaccuracies. Riad Salih (talk) 14:10, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment Could you please transfer some data from the source to the file page on Commons, such as how and when the map was made. Even physical features change with time. --Cart (talk) 11:34, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    I did Riad Salih (talk) 14:05, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment The source website offers two versions: the medium-quality and the high-quality file. This is the medium-quality version. But IMHO we should use the high-quality file because it allows for much more possible use cases. It’s exactly the same image, just in higher resolution. (One can always downscale a raster image, but upscaling it is much more difficult and problematic.) No problem, we can simply upload it over the current (medium-quality) image. Please do so. – Aristeas (talk) 13:33, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    @Aristeas I attempted to open and upload the high quality file, but my internet speed and PC capabilities are somewhat limited. Please feel free to upload the high version if you can. Riad Salih (talk) 14:01, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
    ✓ Done Uploaded the high-quality file. Looking at the Exif data they say that the image uses “uncalibrated” colours; this means normally that the file uses the Adobe RGB color space, but the profile was not embedded, this causes wrong display (too muted colours). I have embedded the AdobeRGB profile with ExifTool, i.e. without any quality loss. Now the colours look a bit different, but IMHO quite reasonable and more like in common physical maps. – Aristeas (talk) 15:24, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Willistead Manor, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-06-10.jpg

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Willistead Manor (1906)

White-booted racket-tails

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  • Thanks, again. Two new versions uploaded. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:39, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Front Right Sacred Heart Ooty Mar25 A7CR 05516-Pano-Edit.jpg

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Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ooty
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#India
  •  Info The church was built in 1897 and the bell towers added in 1918. Note: There is an FP of this church, a significantly different view than this nomination. No other FPs of church exteriors in India. Created by Tagooty – uploaded by Tagooty – nominated by Tagooty -- Tagooty (talk) 06:28, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Tagooty (talk) 06:28, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support A tough shot to get right Cmao20 (talk) 16:02, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Neutral The white on white is very well handled, but sorry I'm not a fan of that top-heavy, distorted look you get when photographing such tall buildings in close proximity. Some buildings are just impossible to get a full clean photo of that really works. --Cart (talk) 18:45, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Madam Maries NJ1.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
"Well the cops finally busted Madam Marie
For tellin' fortunes better than they do"
created by Acroterion – uploaded by Acroterion – nominated by Acroterion -- Acroterion (talk) 01:42, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Acroterion (talk) 01:42, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --XRay 💬 06:12, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support - Simple lines, shot well, with an interesting history. Works for me! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:31, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 12:15, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Юрий Д.К 14:15, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Cmao20 (talk) 16:01, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 17:33, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 20:06, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support as per Chris Woodrich. -- Radomianin (talk) 20:42, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Love the beautiful contrast between the blue shades (Madam Marie’s, sky) and the yellow/orange shades (left and right buildings). The colour palette, the austere composition and the meaningful emptiness remind me of some paintings by Giorgio de Chirio and Edward Hopper – Aristeas (talk) 08:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support per Aristeas. --Cart (talk) 11:41, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Poco a poco (talk) 18:24, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Pargo Coconaco (Hoplopagrus guentherii), Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, México, 2024-12-19, DD 24.jpg

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Mexican barred snapper (Hoplopagrus guentherii), Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, Mexico
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family : Lutjanidae (Snappers)
  •  Info Mexican barred snapper (Hoplopagrus guentherii), Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, Mexico. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and attains a maximum total length of 92 centimetres (36 in), although 50 centimetres (20 in) is more typical, and the maximum published weight is 9.6 kg (21 lb). It emerges at night from their day shelters in caves and crevices to hunt during the night other fishes and crustaceans. Note: we have no FPs of the genus Hoplopagrus. c/n/u by Poco a poco (talk) 20:39, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 20:39, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Cmao20 (talk) 23:25, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Excellent portrait Acroterion (talk) 01:55, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:42, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Another great underwater image --Tagooty (talk) 06:30, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 08:03, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Cart (talk) 08:51, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 12:14, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 17:34, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 20:07, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support as per Acroterion. -- Radomianin (talk) 20:48, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:43, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 17:28, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Bergiges Meerufer.png

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Bergiges Meerufer by Paul Gril
That's all well, but re-naming a file during a nom isn't quite as easy as just moving the file page and nom page. You must also take care of the code in the nom or you will create a mess. I've fixed that for you now, please remember that in the future or better still be sure all is ok before you make the nom. --Cart (talk) 15:43, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Pretty painting but visibly tilted canvas and detail of brushstrokes is a long way off FP. Cmao20 (talk) 18:55, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
Fixed tilted canvas --Ezarateesteban 20:52, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
Sorry but clearly still strongly tilted. Cmao20 (talk) 23:17, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Oppose - Per Cmao20 on tilt and detail. In addition, the asymmetric cropping of the frame further emphasizes the tilt of the image and distracts from the painting. - ERcheck (talk) 00:36, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
     Comment: This painting by Flemish artist Paul Bril is in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie art museum in Berlin. The digital museum site has an image of this painting here. There is a significant hue shift between the two images. (Note the linked image is CC BY 4.0). - ERcheck (talk) 12:27, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Common European viper (Vipera berus) female Pieniny.jpg

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Common European viper (Vipera berus) female

File:Feuerteufel bei einem Perchtenlauf in Bayern (Nachtaufnahme).jpg

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Fire performance by a masked person
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#Events
  •  Info created and uploaded by Inge Prommersberger – nominated by Kritzolina -- Kritzolina (talk) 19:56, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support This is the winner of WLF Germany. The night action shot convinced the jury with its high quality that I agree deserves to be counted among the best pictures on our site -- Kritzolina (talk) 19:56, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment It's a stunning photo of really good quality, but the name is too ambiguous/could mean any number of things and the categories needs some work. I've fixed up and corrected the 'en' part of the description, perhaps someone fluent in German can match the 'de' part. --Cart (talk) 20:57, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
     Comment Good points, Cart. IMHO most of this is done now – Kritzolina started with the categories, you (Cart) have improved categories and ‘en’ description, Cmao20 has added the German version, Radomianin has added helpful links (many thanks to all of you!) and yours truly has tried to improve the filename. Have we missed something? – Aristeas (talk) 07:36, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
Thank you, almost there, 'Devil costumes of Germany' is more accurate and as usual the "when" was missing. I've fixed that. --Cart (talk) 11:44, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
Thank you all so very much. This kind of cooperation is what makes the Wikimedia projects special. You all made me very happy this morning! Kritzolina (talk) 08:07, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Flaming Star Nebula.png

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Flaming star nebula
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Astronomy#Nebulae
  •  Info No FPs of this nebula. Not a NASA photo - amateur astrophotography from a user with a Commons account. created by Cpayoub – uploaded by Cpayoub – nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 15:28, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 15:28, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:33, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support - ERcheck (talk) 15:48, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Great wow-factor! Took a while for me to sort out the categories (and do a little digging online) since the Astronomy cats don't really reflect the brilliant minds behind photos such as this. With all the photos taken from various telescopes on Earth, space telescopes, astronauts in orbit, whatever, I think it's important to know a little bit about where a photo was created, not just the equipment used. --Cart (talk) 18:36, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Thank you Cart, I'll use this as reference in future. In previous nominations of Chuck's astrophotography the pictures were only categorised with the name of the nebula, so I thought that was enough. This looks better though. Cmao20 (talk) 21:16, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks! I set up a category for him, so it might be easier to sort his photos in the future. Ideally the number of the nebula should have been included in the title (those numbers are like the latin names for species) since these astronomical objects often go by many name even within one language, but we'll start slowly here. ;-) --Cart (talk) 21:23, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Ludwigsburg Palace 05.jpg

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Ludwigsburg Palace

File:Part of ramp at Brastad SK8, the new skatepark in Lysekil Municipality.jpg

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Part of ramp at Brastad SK8, the new skatepark in Lysekil Municipality, Sweden.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Photo techniques/Styles and Techniques#Minimalism
  •  Info Part of the skate ramp at Brastad SK8, the new skatepark next to the indoors sports venue in Brastad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. Also taking the plunge with the new checklist, read more about this on the Commons talk:Featured picture candidates if you haven't seen it already. All by me, -- Cart (talk) 14:10, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Cart (talk) 14:10, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Nice abstract shapes and forms Cmao20 (talk) 15:31, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support - Love the gentle color transitions on the skating surface, juxtaposed to the sharp shadows. Has the feel of a painting. "Is it real, or is it Memorex?" ;-) - ERcheck (talk) 15:53, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Reduced to shape and surface, the ramp gains a quiet, sculptural abstraction - where urban function meets visual poetry. -- Radomianin (talk) 18:08, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support I can only agree with Cmao20, ERcheck and Radomianin. – Aristeas (talk) 20:32, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 22:03, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 06:02, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support :-) --XRay 💬 09:24, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:17, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Acroterion (talk) 01:58, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:29, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 13:13, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --BigDom (talk) 14:27, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Kritzolina (talk) 14:49, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support I like the current minimalist and abstract trend on FPC. JayCubby (talk) 22:41, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Fields Akoni Nilgiris Tamil Nadu Nov24 A7CR 05287.jpg

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Vegetable fields, Econy, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Agriculture#India
  •  Info Vegetable fields in a steep valley on the north face of the Nilgiri Mountains, South India. Cloth barriers in lower left to deter wild animals. Note: there are only two FPs of agriculture in India. Created by Tagooty – uploaded by Tagooty – nominated by Tagooty -- Tagooty (talk) 10:48, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Tagooty (talk) 10:48, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:28, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Nice, I really like the layers of clouds and the figure working in the fields. Painterly. Cmao20 (talk) 13:36, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Really nice to see such blue and clear sky, that is not often the case in Indian photos. I've fixed up the categories for you a bit. Please remember to go as deep as you can into them, and find the most precise category, like 'Radish fields in India' and not just 'Radish fields'. --Cart (talk) 19:26, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 06:01, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support per Cmao20. – Aristeas (talk) 08:21, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:15, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support The sky, the purple buildings, and the pink fabric make the picture. Acroterion (talk) 02:00, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:27, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Юрий Д.К 14:11, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Beautifully captured. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 21:17, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Paris 11e - Place de la Nation - Le Triomphe de la République (Jules Dalou) 01.jpg

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Public statue in Paris
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Sculptures#Statues outdoors
  •  Info created by Romainbehar – uploaded by Romainbehar – nominated by Romainbehar -- Romainbehar (talk) 19:57, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Romainbehar (talk) 19:57, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Weak oppose The statue is very sharp, and I like the fact you've left in the bottle of drink and the graffiti, but the light is dull and the bottom crop seems a bit random with the plinth very close to the bottom edge of the frame and the leftmost part cut off. BigDom (talk) 05:07, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Neutral Nice quality but I do think the light is a bit dull for FPC. I'm not sure I can support when it would be so easy to visit this statue in more compelling light. Cmao20 (talk) 13:36, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment It might not be so easy to get this free of people. I would support if the bad crop at bottom left if fixed. Yann (talk) 19:35, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Processione della desolata - Canosa di Puglia5.jpg

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Women wearing black in a procession
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#Events
  •  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)

File:US Marine wearing camo face paint navigating with a compass.jpg

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Marine in face camo paint with compass
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People/Work#Soldiers
  •  Info U.S. Marine in face camo paint looks through a compass during a navigation training exercise - created by LCpl Brynn L. Bouchard – uploaded & nominated by ERcheck - highlight corrections by Cart -- ERcheck (talk) 12:59, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- ERcheck (talk) 12:59, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Very intense, could be a closeup in a movie. ;-) --Cart (talk) 13:05, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support per Cart Cmao20 (talk) 15:27, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Striking camouflage - the black spot on the left eyelid convincingly mimics an open eye when closed, enhancing the image's impact. -- Radomianin (talk) 21:50, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 05:58, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:12, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:24, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 21:27, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Poco a poco (talk) 18:26, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Purple-bibbed Whitetip (54568837053).jpg

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File:Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (54567044907).jpg

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Order : Apodiformes (Hummingbirds_and_Swifts)
  •  Info Rufous-tailed Hummingbird in Ecuador. Сreated by Andy Morffew – uploaded/nominated by Юрий Д.К 11:50, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Юрий Д.К 11:50, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Cmao20 (talk) 12:02, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:07, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 08:19, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Beautiful! --Moheen (keep talking) 10:02, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Striking colours, excellent detail. --Tagooty (talk) 10:55, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Astonishing, that with 1/250 the wings are so sharp --Llez (talk) 05:57, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
     Comment I guess the photo was taken by flash … this would explain the lighting, the low ISO/small aperture combination and the freezing of the movement despite the “long“ 1/250 exposure. – Aristeas (talk) 08:04, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
    These two beautiful hummingbird pictures are taken in a 'studio' environment, using a light box with man-made bokeh, cut flowers enhanced with sugar water, multiple flashes and usually automatic triggering. I've seen the complex set-ups the photographers use. The birds are wild. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:05, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you very much for the explanation, Charles! – Aristeas (talk) 08:09, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Thi (talk) 08:12, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Poco a poco (talk) 10:25, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:08, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 10:14, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Passer domesticus (female), Geneve, Switzerland.jpg

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Passer domesticus (female).
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Passeridae (Old world sparrows)
  •  Info This is probably one of the best shots I've ever taken in my life. There is only one female house sparrow featured and it's a portrait. Even though these birds are very easy to photograph, I think this plump one would be fine... Created, uploaded, nominated by Terragio67 -- Terragio67 (talk) 10:24, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Terragio67 (talk) 10:24, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support - I reacted with "Oh, what a cutie!" as soon as I saw the image. The tail is OOF, but I think everything important about the bird is there.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:53, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 11:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Cmao20 (talk) 12:02, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Cart (talk) 12:04, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support I don't often vote for bird pictures, as this is not my area of interest and expertise - but this guy got me. --Kritzolina (talk) 16:34, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Excellent detail, clean composition, and a textbook example of how to photograph a common species with clarity and elegance. -- Radomianin (talk) 21:41, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Very cute and good light. BigDom (talk) 05:03, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 08:18, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Good composition and light, very sharp and detailed plumage without any exaggerated sharpening. – Aristeas (talk) 08:38, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Excellent detail, attractive plump pose. --Tagooty (talk) 10:56, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 05:55, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:07, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support - Sweet. Great detail. - ERcheck (talk) 18:48, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Юрий Д.К 21:36, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support-- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 00:38, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:19, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Lucille Burroughs, daughter of a cotton sharecropper. Hale County, Alabama.jpg

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Lucille Burroughs, daughter of a cotton sharecropper. Hale County, Alabama, 1935 or 1936, by Walker Evans
  • I uploaded the Wrong Version(tm). :/ And I will do a bit more. Yann (talk) 20:21, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support I thought it looked like a photo by Lange or Evans. Good shot, good restoration. JayCubby (talk) 21:05, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Much better. I suspected something had gone wrong! Still a few small flecks, but not enough for me to remain neutral. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:20, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 05:06, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support idem Crisco Ezarateesteban

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Jewel moray (Muraena lentiginosa), La Paz, Baja California, Mexico

File:Close wing mud-puddling position of Pareronia avatar (Moore, 1858) - Pale Wanderer WLB.jpg

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Close wing mud-puddling position of Pareronia avatar (Moore, 1858) - Pale Wanderer WLB.jpg

File:Zaad capsules van een Cyclamen hederifolium. 06-06-2025. (d.j.b).jpg

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File:Breathtaking beauty of Dzukou Valley in Manipur-Nagaland border (edit).jpg

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zukou Valley at the Manipur-Nagaland border
  • Bottom left is also quite unsharp, though not as bad. Cmao20 (talk) 12:46, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support per Crisco. Nice editing! Looks like some inviting crumpled velvet blanket. --Cart (talk) 17:45, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:43, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 05:20, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:54, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Neutral Very nice view, but my impression is that the picture is too blurry. --Harlock81 (talk) 10:31, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Breathtaking landscape - yes. But: for a photo of this type (landscape, no moving object, DSLR camera with a resolution of 6,016 × 4,000 pixels, low-noise ISO setting) I expect considerably more sharpness, especially in the corners. Especially since the image is obviously already cropped. Sorry Je-str (talk) 14:35, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Юрий Д.К 21:27, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Belcastel 4.jpg

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Belcastel, one of the "most beautiful villages of France" (Les Plus Beaux Villages de France)
  • I'm sorry Tuxyso, but in this you are wrong. (Kallerna should also read this.) Good text documentation and categories, as well as a good descriptive title are requisites for FPs. Just read the rules. There is no image recognition search tool available on Commons. Texts and categories are the only way a photo will be found and used in this pool of 120,530,793 files. Good luck finding a specific photo in that if you don't do a complete documentation of your photo! (Part of this is an explanation I wrote on another page):
The matter with the importance of texts came to my attention a few years ago when I was part of a trial group for the people who set up the new search system for en-wp and Commons. I learned that an overwhelmingly large part of the people who search for images for articles and other projects, don't use the category system. They just type in key words in the search box and see what pops up. They don't go looking for QIs or FPs since most of them don't know what these combinations of letters stand for.
Most people are by now familiar with tags and they think Commons images are tagged in the same way. That is why poetic or sequential file names are good for photo exhibitions, but totally useless here. You need to get as many of the the words describing the image into the title or the Summary description as possible. The search tool first go for the file name, next the description and last categories. But one thing it never contains is map coordinates. So a good description in the file name gets your photo a "high ranking" in searches. This is why you always get a bunch of useless books and documents mixed in with the photos. They consist of a lot of words. With a bad file name, a few words for description and insufficient categories, your photo will just get lost in the system.
Learning about how all this works was a real eye-opener for me. I was just as lazy as most photographers here are, and really didn't care much about the "formalities" of texts or categories on the file pages, but now I know. As a test you can try to searching for your own photos describing them with "tag words" of what's in the picture, and see how many will turn up. --Cart (talk) 11:56, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
In this case, I admit that I made a mistake in 'supporting' the photo before making sure all the requisites for an FP were fullfilled. Which only proves how helpful a checklist would be for FPC. A.Savin is the only one who has kept his head cool and seen what we others missed. This does him credit. It's too easy to be seduced by a beautiful photo and not do a full reality-check. To make up for my clumsy mistake, I've fixed the description and categories for you. --Cart (talk) 12:07, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Please read COM:OVERCAT as well. --A.Savin 22:43, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
I don't see any OVERCAT in this case. The tool connected to Cat-a-lot is far from 100% reliable. Here we need a cat for the houses in the village itself, apart from the bridge and the chateau, and the 'check overcat' will sound the "alarm" any which way the houses are categorized, as buildings in the town or as the town itself. The main cat is far too small to start making a lot of subcats at this point, just to please the automated system. Let's use common sense too. --Cart (talk) 01:20, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
Of course there is --A.Savin 08:08, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support - I see that the page now has a category for the river and for the bridge. I'm satisfied that the identified issue was addressed. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:09, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Beautiful scenery, and many thanks to Cart for improving description and categories. – Aristeas (talk) 19:08, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support as per Aristeas. -- Radomianin (talk) 21:15, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 05:18, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:51, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Beautiful Je-str (talk) 14:38, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:07, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Fine composition. --Terragio67 (talk) 04:34, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --BigDom (talk) 04:58, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Rbrechko (talk) 13:52, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Юрий Д.К 21:28, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

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Sun rise over clouds after a 6km night trek in the hills of Karnataka.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather#Sun
  •  Info created and uploaded by Sri Chakra Pranav – nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 16:11, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 16:11, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Sorry, but this is a bit too generic per the Value section: "almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing". An almost minimalistic photo like this with lines as the main feature, must be perfectly composed and that means ending lines in corners and not cutting of triangle corners. A few steps to the left here would have made this so much more interesting. --Cart (talk) 16:23, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
    Its a sunrise from above the clouds, I don't think that's quite generic tbh. I, for one, have yet to see one myself. :) UnpetitproleX (Talk) 19:03, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support For me there's something magical about it. I enjoy the minimalism and find the 'landscape of clouds' quite pleasant to look at. Cmao20 (talk) 20:39, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support: the cloud layer does it for me. Are those birds or is it just dust in the top-left? JayCubby (talk) 00:58, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Comment It is difficult to get a sense of scale, though it seems that there is a person (blurry) in top left on the hill. - ERcheck (talk) 03:24, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
    There are two (possibly three) people, actually. All on left side: one in the distance, with back to camera, one a bit closer, behind grass and facing the camera. A third possible person is the dark blob, though it could also be a rock. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 03:33, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Oppose I am amazed by this nomination. I can't see any sharpness here. The foreground is completly blurred and noisy. Not even a QI. --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 09:51, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Weak support Love the cloud layer and the atmosphere. Sharpness is not perfect, but also not that bad – the foreground is a little soft due of diffraction (ƒ/10 on an APS-C sensor) plus noise, and the grass may also be slightly moved by the wind. The crop – Cart is right, some degrees to the left would have been even better. But it works. – Aristeas (talk) 10:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 12:31, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 05:10, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:58, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Weak support Composition could be better cropping out 250px on the right. --Terragio67 (talk) 04:15, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
     Comment - Per @Terragio67 - cropping on the right would improve the composition. - ERcheck (talk) 21:27, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Support Very good! Юрий Д.К 12:07, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

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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/June 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/June 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. Category:Commons guidelines

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/June 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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