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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).


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:Amphithéâtre vue interieur 5.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 Nov 2025 at 07:41:50 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:"Horas de Chumbo", by Rui Chafes, Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal julesvernex2-2.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 Nov 2025 at 06:32:10 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Horas de Chumbo is a hidden gem in Lisbon. It's a great mix of art, acoustics and urban flair. The tunnel is an interesting photo opportunity and the echo experience is amazing. I particularly like the abstraction in this image composition; you don't immediately realise what you're looking at here.

File:Bad Wimpfen - LSG Altenberg-Mittelberg - Streuobstwiese mit Raureif.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 23:51:16 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Old meadow orchard near Bad Wimpfen, Germany
  • No worries, I fully understand this. Not trying to change your vote, but I'll explain in some more detail why this picture is special to me, for the benefit of other voters. I like the gentle curve of the path from the bottom left that subtly leads the eye towards the horizon. I like the shapes of some of the trees, including the one slightly to the right of middle that looks a bit like a trident. But most of all I like the colours. The contrast between the winter mood of the bare trees and grey frost, and the green grass and rich clods of earth poking their way out from the frost. It feels to me like, even though it's still winter, the world is promising to start coming back to life. I really like that. Cmao20 (talk) 05:51, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:CH.ZG.Zug Landsgemeindeplatz Restaurant Platzmühle 16x9+R 8192x4608.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 23:51:14 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Landsgemeindeplatz in Zug at blue hour, Switzerland

File:Sir James Dyson CBE FREng FRS.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 21:18:03 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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James Dyson is a renowned inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and supporter of science and engineering.

File:SS Sankt Erik icebreaker museum ship Stockholm 2016 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 15:29:29 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SS Sankt Erik icebreaker museum ship at the Vasa Museum, Stockholm.

File:ОУ „Христијан Тодоровски Карпош“ - Облавце 4.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 15:11:07 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Windows separated by a downpipe of the Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš Primary School’s building in the village of Oblavve

File:Grawa-Wasserfall 2025.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 14:54:52 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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The Grawa-Waterfall in the Stubaital, Tyrol, Austria

File:Peucetia viridana, Sierra de Guadalupe, Mexico 20251108p2.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 14:07:43 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) male Farellones.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 11:57:28 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) male

File:Poplar Sunset Douar Chiker Morocco Nov25 A7CR 09360.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2025 at 10:33:53 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Sunset in the Daya Chiker polje depression

File:CacioMurilo SitioArqueologic Inga PB (40883824191).jpg

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Details of the Ingá Stone, Ingá, Paraíba, Brazil

File:Cais Mauá by Renato Soares (edited).jpg

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Mauá Wharf, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

File:Ritchey–Chrétien at Kickapoo Valley Reserve 2.jpg

Voting period ends on 17 Nov 2025 at 22:48:13 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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An amateur 8 inch (20 cm) Ritchey–Chrétien telescope imaging under dark skies at Kickapoo Valley Reserve, WI, USA

File:Livorno - Hotel Palazzo - 2025-09-29 20-09-38 001.jpg

Voting period ends on 17 Nov 2025 at 22:11:37 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Livorno - Hotel Palazzo

File:20250502 Franz von Assisi Kirche Vienna 01.jpg

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View from the Reichsbrücke to the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Vienna, Austria

File:Southern pudu (Pudu puda) male head Chiloe.jpg

Voting period ends on 17 Nov 2025 at 11:00:00 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Southern pudu (Pudu puda) male

 I withdraw my nomination But please TheBritinator and Ikan Kekek don't suggest I used flash. These images were taken, as I stated, under torch light. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:39, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, you mentioned that above, but I forgot because it looked like flash to me. Note that I support the nomination. Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:52, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:20250706 Drago de San Antonio 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 17 Nov 2025 at 10:52:23 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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View up to the crown of Drago de San Antonio in Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife, Spain

File:Islam Hoja Minaret outside Itchan-Kala wall, Khiva (Минарет Ислам Ходжа, Хива, Islomxoʻja minorasi).jpg

Voting period ends on 17 Nov 2025 at 09:21:14 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Islam Hoja Minaret outside Itchan-Kala wall, Khiva (Минарет Ислам Ходжа, Хива, Islomxoʻja minorasi)
  •  Comment Толку само ако купиш карта за сите музеји внатре, а ги има за 3 дена гледање, внатре во зидини. Јас горе и не бев. Со скап ЦПЛ, овај од Marumi MC-CPL, стотка беше, има веома добри резултати. Некни имав ефтин Heliopan, ама не беше ок. А иначе влез во зидини е беспалетн. Значи купвај скапо, да не купваш двапати. И поголем радјиус земиш, да можи и НД филтер да приклајш горе и да не објектив не покрива слика. --Mile (talk) 16:52, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment A very beautiful minaret and an effective composition, but IMHO too dark, especially the sky. That a CPL is a “natural” = non-digital filter does not mean that we must take its effect as natural if it is exaggerated; this photo would look much more natural if you lift the exposure on the sky during the post-processing/raw image development. – Aristeas (talk) 15:19, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment @Aristeas i will use copy-paste, for more check Polarizing filter (photography): “...This allows the natural color and detail of what is beneath to come through. Reflections from a window into a dark interior can be much reduced, allowing it to be seen through. (The same effects are available for vision by using polarizing sunglasses.)”... DeepSeek say: “In conclusion, a C-PL filter gives you direct optical control over light and reflections, allowing you to capture scenes in a way that often more closely matches how your eye perceives them, or to creatively enhance them beyond reality. It's a must-have for landscape, architecture, and travel photographers.”Reddit say:“Is a CPL filter worth it? Circular Polarizer (CPL) filters are a must-have tool for photographers looking to reduce glare, enhance colors, and improve overall image quality. Whether you're shooting landscapes, reflections on water, or through glass, a CPL filter can make a significant difference.” I say: yes, i need it, otherwise i would left it at home. Otherwsie compare colors on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Minaret_of_Islam_Khodja_Madrasa And its still about Minaret and not sky. I increase there than i increase Minaret too. I would not change anything. --Mile (talk) 16:39, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you very much for the explanations, although this was not necessary – I know well about the use of polarizing filters, there are always CPLs for my most-used lenses in my bag and I use them from time to time. And I did not say that you should leave the CPL at home. My point was that while the minarets look clearer thanks to the reduced reflections, the sky gets too dark. There are two ways to cope with this. (1) CPL filters have the advantage that you can vary the strength of the polarization by just turning the filter a little but. Personally I often use CPL filters at a medium setting, so I get clearer colours and a darker sky, but not a too dark one. But if you need to use the CPL at its maximum setting because this is necessary for the proper rendering of the minaret, you can still (2) use a simple mask on the sky to increase its exposure during the post processing/raw image development. This allows you to lift the exposure of the sky until it looks natural without changing the look of the minaret, and this is what I wanted to suggest here. – Aristeas (talk) 18:57, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Grey Heron 2023-10-11.jpg

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A grey heron

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A red fox drinking from a lake

File:Saltwater crocodile in Sundarbans National Park November 2024 by Tisha Mukherjee 03.jpg

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Crocodylus porosus (Saltwater crocodile)

File:Northern Sky Narrowband Survey - True colors.jpg

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Milky Way as seen from the northern hemisphere
  • Description says: The circular double band is the ecliptic.
  • It would be great to have some annotations: main stars and objects (Andromeda Galaxy?), and some information about the equipment. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:24, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pez león (Pterois antennata), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 96.jpg

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Spotfin lionfish​ (Pterois antennata), Ad Dimaniyat Islands, Oman.
  • Mile: Famberhost's feedback was fine and fair. There was room for improvement, and I uploaded an improved version. It isn't still perfect but affirming that it's an issue now for FP falls in my opinion in the category pixelpeeping. I'd like to hear more opinions. That precisely you come with this kind of comments when some of your FP noms at full resolution (like tis one) are just of poor detail is kind of weird (your last noms have been likely downsampled to "improve" them, something I don't do). --Poco a poco (talk) 12:58, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:The three temples of Sbeitla 01.jpg

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Through the triumphal arch of Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius in Sbeitla you can have this view of the three temples of Sbeitla dedicted to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.

all by me -- IssamBarhoumi (talk) 07:38, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Heldburg Castle in the district of Hildburghausen, aerial view

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Puma (Puma concolor concolor) female

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The façade of Macedonian Radio-television Centre

 Support Cmao20 (talk) 23:39, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Passer domesticus, male, Geneva lake.

File:The Cosmic Lotus Mahakala and the Ten Sikh Gurus.jpg

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The cosmic lotus Mahakala and the Ten Sikh Gurus

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File:Wat Suthat Thep Wararam Ratchaworamahawihan 2025 by Don Ramey Logan.jpg

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Wat Suthat Thep Wararam Ratchaworamahawihan is a significant Buddhist temple located in Bangkok, Thailand. It is classified as a first-class royal temple and is known for its impressive architecture and historical importance, 2025

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A male Gambel's quail in profile at Rockhound State Park, New Mexico
  • Unfortunately the rest in the series are either similar or the tail is partially behind a branch. There are not very many good photos of Gambel's Quail available on Wikimedia Category:Callipepla gambelii. I believe this may be the only full unobscured profile in good light and decent focus and resolution. I hope this gives it a fairly good "wow factor" that mitigates the slight lack of focus. Polinova (talk) 02:22, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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An aerial view of Sandy Hook with Manhattan and Brooklyn in the background, November 2025

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A top-down aerial view of the Bell Works Complex, November 2025.

File:1029 Acropolis of Athens in Greece at night Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Acropolis of Athens in Greece at night

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Sher Ali Khan

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File:Gewone fopzwam (Laccaria laccata). Locatie, Paddenstoelenreservaat. 14-10-2025. (d.j.b).jpg

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File:Photographic lenses and tubes 2025.jpg

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The item identification has been done --Cvmontuy (talk) 20:32, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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rancolinus pictus (Painted Francolin)

File:026 American pygmy kingfisher in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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American pygmy kingfisher in Encontro das Águas State Park

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Ruby-crowned kinglet
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This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Regulidae (Kinglets)

File:Chor Minor mosque (Чор-Минор, Бухара).jpg

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Chor Minor mosque
  •  Comment Was the CPL useful to get a clearer image of the mosque? If yes, well done. However nothing stops you from reducing the extreme effect on the sky in post-processing. Right now the sky looks indeed unnaturally dark. – Aristeas (talk) 15:17, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Buxoro arki. Arxeologik muzey ichki bezaklaridan biri 03.jpg

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One of the wall decorations of the Subhonquli Khan Mosque, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

File:Pholiota aurivella 2018 G2.jpg

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Golden Scalycap mushroom (Pholiota aurivella) in clusters
Thank you for your comment.
My forest photography trips aren't like strolling through a city park. My boots allow me to traverse marshy areas. I wear clothes that allow me to take photos on my knees and lying on the ground. This is necessary when photographing small animals (snails, lizards, hedgehogs, etc.) and also when photographing mushrooms. I take my camera, an external flash with several filters, and softboxes. I also take at least three lenses, extension tubes, and two tripods (full-size and macro). I also have spare batteries and lens cleaning supplies. With all my gear, I walk 15-20 kilometers through the forest and then return to the road to civilization.
If I'm taking photos, I try several aperture settings and softbox options. For shots like this, I try to reduce the flash enough to avoid harsh lighting. In a very dark forest, getting a good shot without a flash is simply impossible. And this nominated shot is truly the best of several variants in the serie. -- George Chernilevsky talk 17:00, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You weigh more than I do, hats off to you. I have my much smaller equipment on my bike and it takes me less than five minutes to get to the heart of the forest. :-)
I took a closer look at the category; quite a few of the pictures are flashed too and most of the rest are at least partially out of focus. However, there is one nice picture of yours that I would have preferred, even though you can't see the gills in it. They are important too for a correct determination, of course, but the habitus is clearly recognisable and it's beautifully composed. Syntaxys (talk) 17:13, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:William Wallace Statue, Aberdeen.jpg

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File:Arc de triomphe de Trajan vue 2.jpg

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File:Knoblauch Blüte focus stack-20250713-RM-111019.jpg

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Flower of a garlic plant in a garden in Bavaria

File:Pez ballesta (Sufflamen chrysopterum), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-23, DD 178.jpg

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Halfmoon triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum), Anilao, Philippines

File:Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo São Cristóvão 20220422-5128.jpg

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I agree. heylenny (talk/edits) 22:03, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative

File:EDERSON BRITO ARTESANATO BOA VISTA RR (41032996462) (cropped).jpg

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Handcraft depicting indigenous women in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil

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Punta della Dogana in Venice

File: Munnar-Pothupara Waterfalls-WUS07067.jpg

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Pothupara Waterfalls near Munnar, Kerala, India

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File:The Gaumont Co. L'T'D. London presents the motion picture records of the undying story of Capt. Scott and animal life in the Antarctic - The Morgan Lith. Co., Cleveland, O. LCCN2002713102-restored.jpg, featured

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The Gaumont Co. L'T'D. London presents the motion picture records of the undying story of Capt. Scott and animal life in the Antarctic
Adam Cuerden fixed, and scratches too, thanks! --Ezarateesteban 16:53, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:48, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Non-photographic media/Entertainment#Film
What's wrong with the gallery? I see Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Entertainment#Film, but when I put that in "gallery" in the FPC-results-reviewed template, it redlinks. What gives? And why did I have to insert that manually in the first place? Please help. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:52, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Based on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Ruby-crowned kinglet (14077).jpg , I needed to subtract Commons:Featured pictures/ from the gallery. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:54, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Morgenstimmung-Drenthe-Feld-Waldrand-Krepuskularstrahlen-2025.jpg

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A moody morning in Drenthe near Aalden. Visible are crepuscular rays. A diffraction effect can also be seen on the leaves on the left side, causing them to appear slightly bluish.

File:Kasr Zemmour 011.jpg

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Ksar Zemmour by a sunset moment gives the person seeing the sight a feeling of sun kissed land... That is why I am nominting it for Featured pictures. Before those Ksars were warehouses to preserve wheat and olive oil and goods of a tribe.

File:Црква „Св. Димитриј“ - Бајловце 5.jpg

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The secondary entrance of St. Demetrius Church in the village of Bajlovce half-covered by hedgegrow


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  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:
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  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 or part of a set nomination, use the 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}}
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    • 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. For set nominations, use:
      == Set Promoted to FP ==
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      File:XXXXXX.jpg
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  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/November 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):
    {{FPC-delist-results-reviewed|delist=x|keep=x|neutral=x|delisted=yes/no|sig=~~~~}}
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/File:Ensifera ensifera (22271195865).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/November 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. In the {{Assessments}} template on the image description page, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes). If the image description page uses the old {{Featured picture}} template, replace it with {{Assessments|featured=2}}.
      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 (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 must not be removed from the chronological list.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

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