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•  Info At the top of this picture is Hohenbeilstein Castle, built in 1080 and restored and rebuilt in the nineteenth century. At the bottom we have Unteres Schloss, a listed villa built from 1906 to 1908. I really like the warm evening light and the satisfying composition. created by Aristeas - uploaded by Aristeas - nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 19:35, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 19:35, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 22:06, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:22, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Comment Nice, but the sky is noisy, somehow I don't understand why it had to be shot at ISO-400? --A.Savin 00:56, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment It was not easily possible to use a tripod (I took this photo standing on a parking place, people and cars cruising around me ;–), I wanted f/10 to get enough DoF at 94mm, and so I selected ISO 400 to get 1/125 s in order to avoid camera shake. --Aristeas (talk) 07:05, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• IMO it would be nothing wrong about using, for example, f/7.3 and 1/50 sec exposure. Tripod? For god's sake, a Sony A7Rx user hardly ever needs a tripod ;-) --A.Savin 13:02, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment I will provide a version with noise reduction in the sky as soon as possible (hopefully tomorrow or at Monday), but at the moment I am working hard as a member of the jury for WLM 2020/DE and can’t do any photo editing ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 07:05, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Info New version with less noise uploaded. @Aristeas: Please revert, if it's not meeting Your expectations. --Ivar (talk) 08:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Iifar: Thank you very mich for helping out! (Maybe I will take the freedom to upload my own de-noised version created from the RAW file next week, but your version is definitely a good improvement, I will take it as a measure for my own attempt.) --Aristeas (talk) 11:01, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Appealing light, interesting architecture. Assuming no tripod was taken, the settings seem consistent to me (minor noise in the sky, honestly not a deal-breaker in my view). High resolution and appropriate DoF -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:55, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Thank you very much, Cmao20, for nominating and all of you for your comments and support. --Aristeas (talk) 07:05, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 09:00, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:08, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
• This one, FF, paid some 2000, but ISO 400 migth be problem. A.Savin !? --Mile (talk) 11:33, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:36, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support In Ivar's version well fixed, thanks. --A.Savin 13:02, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 17:13, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 19:12, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Oppose None of the three buildings is large enough in the scene to keep the attention, so it feels like the three buildings together define the composition, and the way they're laid out doesn't feel balanced. Also, the way the trees suddenly burst in to obscure the building at the bottom-left makes it feel even less balanced. Lighting and detail are excellent, but the arrangement just doesn't fit together for me. --Bobulous (talk) 19:15, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Neutral I'd like more space at the bottom --Llez (talk) 06:00, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment I understand your wish very well, but the problem is that at the bottom there are some very ugly modern buildings which would spoil the image … Next week I will have a look at the RAW file if I can rescue some more pixels at the bottom, but we cannot do much, sorry. --Aristeas (talk) 11:01, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:46, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Weak support. I see Bobulous's point but overall the image still works for me. Daniel Case (talk) 20:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Trougnouf (talk) 10:30, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /--MZaplotnik^(talk) 00:27, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Castles_and_fortifications#Germany