Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/August-2018

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Sadhu

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Aug 2018 at 08:18:28 (UTC)

Original – Hindu sadhu with painted face

Reason: high quality image used as lead
Articles in which this image appears: Sadhu
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator: Peteranta, uploaded by Yann

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 08:18, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:29, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lord Pethic-Lawrence and Mahatma Gandhi

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Aug 2018 at 09:40:58 (UTC)

Original – Lord Pethick-Lawrence, British Secretary of State for India, and Mahatma Gandhi photographed as the latter was leaving after an interview, Delhi, April 18, 1946.

Reason: high resolution and good quality historical image
Articles in which this image appears: Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence, Colonialism, Mahatma Gandhi Series, Mahatma Gandhi New Series
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Unknown, uploaded by Yann

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 09:40, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Scanned from newspaper or other print source, coarse screen is visible. Original photo must exist somewhere... --Janke | Talk 10:52, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Janke: Yes, it is copied from a book, but it is, by far, the best available on the Internet. I don't have the money to buy the original. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Per Janke. Plus jumbled composition. Sca (talk) 15:02, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sca: Why do you mean by "jumbled"? It is photojournalism, not a studio shot. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As a longtime journalist (now retired) who sometimes took and/or edited photos, I can assure you that framing one's composition is an important aspect of good photojournalism. In this shot, two or three people are cut off and the principal subjects are looking away from the camera. There is no central focus to the composition. Sca (talk) 22:10, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:29, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bloody Saturday

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Aug 2018 at 17:19:24 (UTC)

Original – Baby crying on a platform of Shanghai's South Station after aerial bombing by Japanese forces, 28 August 1937

Reason: high resolution historical image with complete restoration. The image has its own article, and it is mentioned in List of iconic photographs. There was an earlier failed nomination with a smaller version of the picture.
Articles in which this image appears: Bloody Saturday (photograph), Battle of Shanghai, Shanghai, Strategic bombing during World War II, Terrorism, Portal:Shanghai
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: H. S. Wong, restored and uploaded by Yann

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 17:19, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:16, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ Support, if the bright wedge along the upper left border is eliminated (cloned or cropped out). Bammesk (talk) 00:25, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Yann (talk) 06:26, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support GMG ^talk 11:25, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support powerful. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:38, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bloody Saturday, Shanghai.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:22, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Aug 2018 at 06:45:09 (UTC)

Original – The eclipse from outside Crowheart, Wyoming. This image used exposure bracketing to show both the Sun's corona and the surface features of the Moon itself.

Reason: A great shot
Articles in which this image appears: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: Michael S Adler

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 06:45, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support GMG ^talk 11:26, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – good EV, despite artifacts in combining the bracketed images. Bammesk (talk) 12:55, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support – Not so hot about this... --Janke | Talk 17:21, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I'll take it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:22, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - good photo. --B dash (talk) 08:54, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Total Solar Eclipse 8-21-17.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:43, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NGC 6357

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Aug 2018 at 07:06:57 (UTC)

Original – Composite image of NGC 6357

Reason: Looks cool
Articles in which this image appears: NGC 6357
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 07:06, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 12:43, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Wonderfully graphic! --Janke | Talk 16:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Janke. Brandmeister^talk 19:41, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:45, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:45, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Neptune

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Aug 2018 at 07:31:34 (UTC)

Original – Neptune's Great Dark Spot and its companion bright smudge; on the west limb the fast moving bright feature called Scooter and the little dark spot are visible.

Reason: Some striping or banding
Articles in which this image appears: Neptune, Great Dark Spot, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 07:31, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 12:41, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Chris857 (talk) 03:46, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — truly breathtaking! - Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 12:35, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'll take the fifth Support. --Janke | Talk 16:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - B dash (talk) 02:44, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Neptune Full.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:49, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ky-Mani Marley

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Aug 2018 at 07:11:48 (UTC)

Original – Ky-Mani Marley in Vieilles Charrues Festival, 2014.

Reason: Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears: Ky-Mani Marley
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Thesupermat

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 07:11, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The NMI User (talk) 06:38, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:23, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lençóis Maranhenses

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Aug 2018 at 19:00:29 (UTC)

Original – During the rainy season, the valleys among the sand dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil are filled with thousands of fresh water lagoons, prevented from draining due to the impermeable bedrock beneath. These can stretch up to 300 feet (91 m) in length and 10 feet (3.0 m) in depth, and together comprise as much as 41% of the total area of the 383,000 acre (155,000 ha) park.

Reason: I originally pulled this out of latest files feed when it was uploaded back in June. Honestly, it was such high quality with such vivid colors that I was pretty sure it was going to end up being a copyright violation, but it ended up just being a really excellent image uploaded by Julius Dadalti (this guy), and donated as part of Wiki Love Earth 2018. Having looked through quite a few books and stories trying to polish up the article for this nomination, it puts a lot of the images used by the sources to shame. Also just for context, even though these almost look like puddles you can step across with your rain boots, they're actually pretty dang big (goat for scale) and expansive enough that they're visible from the International Space Station.
Articles in which this image appears: Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator: Julius Dadalti

Support as nominator – GMG ^talk 19:00, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Nice! Wish we could get more such quality pics of more remote areas. Renata (talk) 19:06, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Stunning image! --Janke | Talk 08:31, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:20, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Chris857 (talk) 15:21, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support great Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:36, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The NMI User (talk) 06:39, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lençóis Maranhenses 2018.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:29, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to Places/Landscapes instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:29, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

July 2018 lunar eclipse

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Aug 2018 at 06:12:31 (UTC)

Original – This image of lunar eclipse on July 27, 2018, totality from Oria, Italy, 21:09 UTC, very cropped

Reason: Stunning shot, very cropped
Articles in which this image appears: July 2018 lunar eclipse, Lunar eclipse, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: Giuseppe Donatiello (cropped by PhilipTerryGraham)

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 06:12, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Too dark. --B dash (talk) 13:11, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:36, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ceres (high-resolution view)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Aug 2018 at 06:24:13 (UTC)

Original – High-resolution view of Ceres taken during its Low-Altitude Mapping Orbit

Reason: High resolution was amazing
Articles in which this image appears: Ceres (dwarf planet), Dawn (spacecraft), List of geological features on Ceres
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 06:24, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment if this is the best image we have of Ceres, why is it not in the infobox, but buried in the article? Mattximus (talk) 14:05, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – detailed and has EV, but this being an "orthographic projection" (per file description), in other words a composite photo of a planet, it doesn't look natural enough. The inconsistent shadow directions bother me. Bammesk (talk) 02:58, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:37, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gorky Park (Moscow)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Aug 2018 at 10:08:53 (UTC)

Original – Main portal of the Gorky Park, a central park in Moscow, named after Maxim Gorky.

Reason: High EV, good quality, already featured in Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Gorky Park (Moscow), Moscow, Portal:Moscow
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: A.Savin

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 10:08, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support "I follow the Moskva / Down to Gorky Park..." Brandmeister^talk 19:37, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:43, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The NMI User (talk) 06:40, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Too much flowery foreground, busy detail in background. Might be better taken from the other side. Sca (talk) 13:58, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It's a park, so the flowers are OK, IMO. --Janke | Talk 10:06, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

But the photo is intended as a view of the portal or gate, not of many small flowers in a park. Sca (talk) 15:46, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Moscow Gorky Park main portal 08-2016 img1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:18, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ben-Gurion's Hut

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Aug 2018 at 10:23:28 (UTC)

Original – The room of David Ben Gurion in Ben-Gurion's Hut in Sde Boker

Reason: Good quality and high EV. This is the room where David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, lived in its later years. In 1953 he quit the role of Prime Minister and moved to Sde Boker in the Negev, and encouraged the people of Israel to move and to settle the Negev and the periphery of the country in general. Before dying he asked that his house in Sde Boker will be reserved and serve as a museum, Ben-Gurion's Hut. The museum, and this picture in particular, demonstrates the famous simpilicty in which Ben-Gurion lived, which is a complete contrary to the luxury life many of the Israeli policians have now.
Articles in which this image appears: Ben-Gurion's Hut
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: Hanan epstein

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 10:23, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The NMI User (talk) 06:39, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Chris857 (talk) 03:49, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - More of this, politicians who read Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 00:36, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - This works, I think. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:10, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:44444 חדרו של דוד בן גוריון בצריף בשדה בוקר.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:22, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NGC 6357

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Aug 2018 at 06:36:53 (UTC)

Original – Composite image of NGC 6357

Reason: Looks cool and wonderfully graphic
Articles in which this image appears: NGC 6357
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 06:36, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:44, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Again. --Janke | Talk 07:23, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Works for me Mattximus (talk) 16:33, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Aoba47 (talk) 21:04, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:41, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

California sea lion

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Aug 2018 at 07:18:34 (UTC)

Original – Female sea lion with pup at Tierpark Hellabrunn, a wonderful capture shot

Reason: Wonderful photo
Articles in which this image appears: California sea lion
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Rufus46

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 07:18, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – the background wall (unnatural, man-made) takes away the wow factor for me. Bammesk (talk) 02:43, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Bammesk. Most zoo photos are bromides. Composition is cluttered. Sca (talk) 14:47, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose not a very clear look at the head of the animal. Mattximus (talk) 16:33, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose poor composition etc. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:58, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Killer whale

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Aug 2018 at 04:19:05 (UTC)

Original – Transient killer whales near Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Reason: Great shot
Articles in which this image appears: Killer whale, Megafauna, Orcinus, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: NOAA

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 04:19, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support very useful image. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:40, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose – Unfortunate composition problem, a fin covers the other whale. --Janke | Talk 08:39, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral, leaning weak oppose - The composition with the fin is unfortunate. The lighting is pretty dull. (Compare the lighting in this FP that just reaches out and smacks you in the face.) It is likely among the best such images we have, given it's use in three related articles. But I'm not sure this image in particular isn't liable to be replaced in time with a better one, given how common images of the subject are. GMG ^talk 13:32, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:11, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Saltwater crocodile

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Aug 2018 at 04:50:15 (UTC)

Original – Crocodile at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Florida

Reason: Best picture
Articles in which this image appears: Saltwater crocodile, List of largest reptiles
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator: St. Augustine Alligator Farm

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 04:50, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
oppose not a high quality image Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:38, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Charles. Monochromatic, inadequate contrast, sketchy definition. (Promotional photo?) Sca (talk) 15:42, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:11, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Vincent van Gogh (Russell painting)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Aug 2018 at 05:32:26 (UTC)

Original – John Peter Russell, Vincent van Gogh, 1886, Van Gogh Museum

Reason: High quality image. It is the earliest and, according to specialists, most realistic painting of Van Gogh by one of his contemporaries, and reportedly his favourite.
Articles in which this image appears: John Peter Russell, Vincent van Gogh (Russell painting), portrait painting, portraits of Vincent van Gogh, Australian art
FP category for this image: Paintings
Creator: BotMultichill

Support as nominator – HappyWaldo (talk) 05:32, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support good EV and good quality scan. Mattximus (talk) 14:12, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The NMI User (talk) 23:11, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:56, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:46, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:46, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Minggu Pagi

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2018 at 06:34:01 (UTC)

Original – The cover for the 7 February 1954 edition of Minggu Pagi, a magazine published by the Kedaulatan Rakyat Group in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The magazine transitioned to a tabloid format in the 1980s. Pictured is the actress Lies Noor.

Reason: High quality scan; not every day we get decent magazine covers.
Articles in which this image appears: Minggu Pagi, Lies Noor
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator: Kedaulatan Rakyat Group; restored by Chris Woodrich

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:34, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – I agree with nominator. Yann (talk) 17:00, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 13:58, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 18:01, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support — Marvellous Spider-Man 17:47, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I'm iffy on the copyright status, but would probably support a crop of just the Lies Noor image. Kaldari (talk) 08:37, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Great quality, good EV, works for me. Mattximus (talk) 02:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
On hold I will put this nomination on hold until the DR on Commons concludes. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:53, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Minggu Pagi 6.45 (7 February 1954) cover.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:12, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DR on Commons was closed as keep. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:12, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pygmy goat

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Aug 2018 at 23:35:28 (UTC)

Original – A pygmy goat on a stump

Reason: A good capture
Articles in which this image appears: Pygmy goat, Goat
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Kuebi

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 23:35, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Too many animals. Sca (talk) 01:20, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose - the rear of the animal is out of focus. Chris857 (talk) 02:36, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support A nice, clearly-taken photograph.Goveganplease (talk) 03:46, 20 August 2018 (UTC)'[reply]
oppose nice composition, but with F4, the rear of the animal is out of focus. Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:10, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per Goveganplease. Yann (talk) 13:23, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:10, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

African leopard

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Aug 2018 at 23:44:34 (UTC)

Original – Leopard in the Serengeti, Tanzania

Reason: A good capture
Articles in which this image appears: African leopard, Leopard
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Haplochromis

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 23:44, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Too many animals. Sca (talk) 01:20, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
oppose I don't think 'too many animals' is a fair point. Too many leopards would be fair. This is not FP composition: no tail; and technical quality barely QI. Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:15, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose but not because it is an animal (we need more animal photos) but because the framing is off (the tail is cut off). Mattximus (talk) 15:33, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Mattximus. And although the hues may demonstrate camouflage/protective coloration, low contrast reduces visual accessibility. Sca (talk) 17:56, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:11, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Elephants Dream (2006)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Sep 2018 at 11:53:06 (UTC)

Original – Elephants Dream (code-named Orange and originally titled Machina) is a 2006 English-language and Dutch-produced 3D CGI animated science fiction 9-minute short film that was produced almost completely using the free software 3D suite Blender (except for the modular sound studio Reaktor and the cluster that rendered the final production which ran Mac OS X). It premiered on 24 March 2006 after about 8 months of work.

Reason: High quality encode of entire short film under a compatible license. I can think of no better way than to demonstrate the film than to actually show the entirety of it to the viewer.
Articles in which this image appears: Elephants Dream
FP category for this image: Entertainment
Creator: Orange Open Movie Team

Support as nominator – FakeShemp (talk) 11:53, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Retract nomination FakeShemp (talk) 07:12, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, and leaning towards oppose - This is already 12 years old, with very stiff (if not outright amateurish) character animation. Is it really worthy of being featured? --Janke | Talk 12:32, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm wondering how it could possibly be made any better without making an entirely different film. Yes, it was made 12 years ago. Yes, the animation isn't good, but that's what the movie is. If we go this route I also don't think Roundhay Garden Scene should ever be featured because it's basically crap in all regards. And nether should The Mystery of the Leaping Fish and Night of the Living Dead because the acting is stiff and the scripts dumb. Should we really judge movies on their content rather than their files' quality. To me, that's like saying The Ugly Duchess is not feature worthy because of it's ugly motif, nor Discovery of the Land because it's not realistic enough. FakeShemp (talk) 20:11, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Janke. Technically not up to FP or Main Page standards. Scant EV. Sca (talk) 17:51, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:00, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:00, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/August-2018

Contents

Sadhu

Lord Pethic-Lawrence and Mahatma Gandhi

Bloody Saturday

Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

NGC 6357

Neptune

Ky-Mani Marley

Lençóis Maranhenses

July 2018 lunar eclipse

Ceres (high-resolution view)

Gorky Park (Moscow)

Ben-Gurion's Hut

NGC 6357

California sea lion

Killer whale

Saltwater crocodile

Vincent van Gogh (Russell painting)

Minggu Pagi

Pygmy goat

African leopard

Elephants Dream (2006)

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