Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Evening pray (edited).jpg

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•  Info created and uploaded by Anton Gutmann - retouched by Radomianin - nominated by Kritzolina -- Kritzolina (talk) 08:54, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Another image from WLF that really impressed me. It is not as colourful or showy as some others, but the quiet dignity of the two women doing a common ritual is captured in a way that makes me look again and agin. -- Kritzolina (talk) 08:54, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 08:57, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support May be a bit dark, but still great. Yann (talk) 09:25, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Comment Technical quality is poor. Prayer wheel, but not evening prayer if EXIF is accurate. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:47, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

  In this case I definitely trust the word of the photographer who named the image "Evening Pray" over the Exif data. Not everyone sets the time of their camera correctly. If I look at other images of the same photographer, we also have discrepancies (e.g. sunset or sunrise images showing EXIF data for around midnight) Kritzolina (talk) 10:19, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 15:58, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support A classic travel/reportage photograph, showing a very authentic and likeable everyday life scene. IMHO the technical quality is good (thanks to Radomianin for reducing the noise!). I love the colour palette with its harmonic earth and gray tones, and in this case even the muted lighting contributes to the feeling of authenticity. --Aristeas (talk) 14:42, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 08:35, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 11:53, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 14:49, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose I think the subjects are too much in shadow and that what's more emphasized in the photo is the bright white wall and, to a lesser extent, door behind them. It's also a bit grainier than optimal. I don't think we should promote this image just because the motif is interesting. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:06, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

•  Technical improvements Dear reviewers @Kritzolina, SHB2000, Yann, Charlesjsharp, Aristeas, MZaplotnik, Agnes Monkelbaan, Llez, and Ikan Kekek: Thanks a lot for your constructive review, Ikan. What I was able to do is improve the technical quality a bit more, in particular: Reducing the grain, optimizing contrast and tonal value, changing the crop in favor of the main subjects. Apologies for pinging, but I think it's important in an ongoing nomination in favor of transparency. Thanks and best, -- Radomianin (talk) 22:22, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Improved, but still a little grainy to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:36, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks for your response, Ikan. Removing the author's added grain completely with my edits, make the skin parts too unnaturally smoothed for my taste. That's why I decided to use this compromise which comes closer to a natural analog film grain and appears more authentic. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 10:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

I understand. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:15, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

•  Support Per Aristeas --Palauenc05 (talk) 07:29, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 14:41, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jakubhal 06:18, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:24, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 23:55, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:12, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 14 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:00, 26 July 2023 (UTC)--Palauenc05 (talk) 13:32, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

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