The Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2007 competition is now over and the winner has been selected. In the final 919 Wikimedians voted, of which 84 voted for the winner, Broadway Tower in Cotswolds, England. New York City takes the second place with 67 votes. The third place is for Eichhörnchen with 66 votes.
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This is the picture I would like to have taken myself.
Great colours and composition.
Best composition ever. Nice weather too.
really torn between this and All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg, but since I only have one vote...
Perfect composition, excellent colours
Great! A man and a castle at the edge of the world!
One of the most beautiful buildings I have ever seen, and a wonderful photograph. Now I want to visit!
Que nous sommes petits!
beautyfull
it's hard to pick a single pic...
Arty encyclopedic
Perfect composition
Surreal
I like the scale contrast
Could be the standard Windows Vista wallpaper ;-)
Tellement intriguante
Whoa,I like how the tower is like big, and the person is like... not
Le site ! Ainsi que la construction de la photo, bravo !
Let it say this way: contrast and deep colours, good composition, decriptive... There would be also some contras, but let it characterize like: "Le château des Pyrénées", René Magritte.
clearly
This image has most comments, so it is probably the best.
Magic !
It's Just Unreal
Striking composition and colors, and an all around beautiful image.
Beautiful composition, perfect shot.
that it was created specifically for Wikipedia is a plus.
the Peugeot racing car is more impressive at first view, though this one is lovely as well
Linda imagem de um lindo momento de um lindo animal.
I love that image, but unfortunaly it has not such a good resolution like the others. Anyway, my vote for it
simply beautiful
Gorgeous colors. Reminds me of a certain Academy Award winning film.
under wather
beautiful
Das Foto geht über ein bloße Abbildung des Tieres hinaus. Es zeigt das Tier in Aktion in seiner natürlichen Umgebung und bietet so viel mehr Informationen. Außerdem hat das Foto eine hohe ästhetische Qualität,
Natural, eye-catching, perfect composition.
good
Amazing!
Fantastic!
Nice!
Fantastic quality and composition.
Great pic in hard-to-shoot environment
Good picture
A wounderful nature picture with dynamic and colorfullness of a gorgeous animal
Perhaps not as nice as others, but holds the most encyclopedic value in a really great shot
ihana
looks gr8
Really good, looks like it came out from an actual video in high definition TV
impressive
It's remarkable
#6 – 49 votes;A 4x4 segment panorama of the Colosseum at dusk.
Taken by Wikimedian Diliff.
Voters' comments:
One of the most photographed landmarks in the world. Still this image manages to amaze: that's top quality for you!
A beautiful shot. Sharp, nice colours, everything's perfect.
clear & useful for WM projects
Tolle technische Qualität, sehr schöne Lichtstimmung. Alles in allem perfekt.
impressive!
excpetional quality
good work
No finer way to depict something.
very beautiful
No comments
incredibile il contrasto fra luci e colori scuri
this is brilliant
Best quality / interest / style
One of the new world wonders shown in espectucalar light. Unfortunately the image shows some artifacts in the sky. But nonetheless the image is briliant! Thank you!
Another great picture by Diliff, still the best with hard competition
I don't care what Stephen Colbert says! Bears are the future! :P
This photo should win - mainly to annoy Stephen Colbert.
Viele-baeren can easyly vote for one bear!
Sharp in focus encyclopedia, and cute
Ma dove correva?
Like it
It looks alive
Yay! Bear!
Shooted in danger
Great image!
Good movement and colours. If this bear were running for an office, this photo would be his election poster #1. Minus for being from a zoo, but you cannot have everything.
the water droplets are amazing, well timed shot.
Amazing. I love how I can see the water droplets.
Useful for the encyclopedia, and simply a great picture.
Picture anyone could appreciate; not perfect, but I wouldn't want to get close enough to get it perfect!
#11 – 34 votes;A stormy day in Pors-Loubous, a small port in Plogoff, Brittany, France.
Taken by Wikimedian Henri Camus.
Voters' comments:
great
great climate!
motion and colours are fantasic
a picture full of emotions.
powerful image - great colors
An extremely tough choice between maybe 6 great pictures!
may not be the most pretty, but this obviously took the most technical skill to take
Definitely the finest image here on Commons. The depth of field is amazing, the colours too. Excellent, truly impressive sharpness and great composition. The exif data also confirms my suspicions. This image could not be better technically or compositiona
Hard choice, but this was the one! 2nd was Flughahn.jpg, 3rd was All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg and 4th was Hawaii_turtle_2.JPG and 5th was Egeskov_Slot_spejling_Edit_2.jpg
Mooh !
I simply love the comp and the cow =)
zencow is zen
It's just too good to not vote for - very nice composition
nice colors and disposition of elements
Ja, es ist eine einfache Kuh, aber wenn alle Kühe so friedvoll aussehen würden, wären all diese Urlaube auf dem Bauernhof früher viel leichter zu ertragen gewesen; andererseits, wer weiß schon, was die überlegt; hat der Fotograf noch alle Körperteile?
Fantastiskt kofoto.
It was a difficult choice, but this is the one I prefer
#13 – 28 votes;Egeskov Castle, Denmark
Taken by Wikimedian Malene Thyssen.
Voters' comments:
Beautiful captured
Just the kind of image I wish I'd taken. Beautiful, informative, and CC-by-sa!
Good position of the scene - nice is the silent water, and the colors are excellent
#14 – 28 votes;Old book bindings at the Merton College library
Taken by Wikimedian Tom Murphy VII.
Voters' comments:
Basically represents our projects
What's in the books?!
Yeees, nice one!
difficult choice. The sujet of this picture is so much me that I voted for "Old bookbindings". Firefighting exercise, breaking wave, Peugeot, Broadway Tower, Brown Bear, Antelope Canyon were also close to being my favorite.
couldn't be done better,
知識を象徴する。
La antikva Vikio!
There are a lot of extremely great pictures in the running for Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2007. As a Wikipedian this picture of old books grabs my attention, my imagination and that part of me the fuels my continued contributions to Wikipedia;
I like books so much, as the represent information, just like Wikimedia
Inspires the ideas of knowledge and hidden treasures in an excellent way.
#15 – 28 votes;Animation of a Foucault pendulum showing the sense of rotation on the southern hemisphere.
Taken by Wikimedian DemonDeLuxe.
Voters' comments:
Its this kind of media that makes Wikipedia special. Keep up the great work
not only a good picture, but good exposition of the subject
Compleja para ser un gif
As before the candidates are all visually impressive. I think this image effectively illustrates a difficult to explain conc
Fine art. I wish the best to those who knew the artist
Ein Bild, das aus dem Rahmen fällt
Наиболее энциклопедичная картинка)
Great physics made alive
прикольна річ :)
Every deatil is taken care of, from the reflection on the picture and the shadw, to the fading ink.
an amazingly raw and yet somehow tender view of nature
it is what Wikis are like; always hungry for more info
Es standen auch andere Top Bilder zur Wahl. Mir gefiel dieses Bild mit den Küken.
Completely unique
#23 – 14 votes;Colouring pencils
Taken by Wikimedian Michael Maggs.
Voters' comments:
nice idea
Very well done, I love colours
Amazing photograph
A very simple image that nicely illustrates opposites and has good contrast between the black background, the bright colour of the pencils and the light 'circle' created by the shaved wood. Very cool!! Gets my vote.
I liked his Toledo Skyline photo better, but this is equally excellent
Clear crisp photo, accurately portrays the subject.. and looks pretty cool too.
#25 – 14 votes;U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight neutralize a live fire during a field training exercise.
Taken by Kathrine McDowell.
Voters' comments:
socialact and color top
Only allowed one vote? No fair!
The fire can be beautiful (only during an exercise!)
subtile bichromie de gris et cuivre
Nice and surreal.
#26 – 13 votes;Picture taken at Georgia Aquarium, pictured is one of the two resident male whale sharks
Taken by Wikimedian Zac Wolf.
Voters' comments:
intense moment. ;)
It is similar to WP: an event and reporters, writers, readers.
Photogenic, encyclopedic / educational, clearly the object was photo with a good light and still it could have been noticed by most of us, not only for someone who can afford a long travel. Quite examplarish as a collection of our project.
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