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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 11 Oct 2016 at 10:49:48 (UTC)
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Cascading waves at Kallbadhuset Lysekil
  • Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena#Storms
  •  Info A "Kallbadhus" (literally "Cold bathhouse"), open-air bath, can be found in many Swedish towns. Most were built during the 19th century (like this one) and they usually look like small castle pavilions. Built for comfortable outdoor bathing, this is not the kind of weather you usually associate with them. This is the most difficult photo I've taken so far. Tripods are not an option in storms, unless you want to chase them for sport, and you get showered with salt water. I tied the camera to my hand to keep it from blowing away and set it to continuous shooting hoping that something would turn out ok. Of the over 800 pics I took that evening, 600 had too much camera shake, about 60 of the remaining showed something interesting and only 8 made the final selection. All by me, -- cart-Talk 10:49, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- cart-Talk 10:49, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support - Are some parts of clouds posterized? I'll leave that determination to someone else. I really like the drama of this picture. But be careful! We wouldn't want you to get blown away. :-) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:10, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Lack o sharpening, some element disturbing and unbalanced.(I added notes) However, I like this composition. --The Photographer 18:00, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for the notes. However the stone block is pretty hard to move (and it's part of the harbor infrastructure so not to be cloned out) and I like to keep the whole wave to the right. Let's keep this nomination as it is. :) cart-Talk 18:09, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You should wait the nightfall and try move it, however, Try to keep too many elements in the composition could shut down the importance of all remember it's only my opinion. --The Photographer 18:17, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It was almost nightfall when I took the pic and moving stone blocks was the last thing on my mind then. :D Anyway the storm is over now, I'll probably have to wait another year for the next big one. Your opinion is much appreciated, we'll see what others have to say. I'm hoping to avoid another editing circus. cart-Talk 18:23, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I spent most of my childhood in a small village on the Margarita island, Caribbean Sea. Every afternoon after school, I went with my father to fish. The pier and buildings were more rudimentary build in colonial times, however, swell and sky were almost the same. --The Photographer 20:49, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks Jee for sorting this out, and the other vote as well. Never thought I'd thank someone for finding a way to strike a 'Support' vote on one of my pics, but this feels much better. cart-Talk 12:10, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 22:12, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Natural phenomena#Storms
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