User talk:Avenue/Archives/2010

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Red-billed Gull in flight.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments I dont think its possible to do better with a powershot.--Korall 04:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)  Comment Isn't it a bit noisy? Basar 03:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)  Comment I dont think the noise is that bad. Motion blur would be worse. Flying birds is not easy and the exposure time needs to be short. I think QI standards should be possible to achieve, not just that once in a lifetime shot. --Korall 19:01, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Spinifex sericeus seed head.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments QI and useful -- Archaeodontosaurus 15:11, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Sunset at Bethells Beach 2003-04-12.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Comment Lovely image but definitely a CCW tilt. --Herbythyme 11:57, 1 February 2010 (UTC) Good point. I've replaced it with a rotated (and slightly cropped) version. --Avenue 14:49, 1 February 2010 (UTC) Good now thanks. The sea is a touch blurred but the sky is the feature, qi to me --Herbythyme 14:51, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Crater lake, White Island, 2004.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Technically ok and valuable. --Iotatau 12:46, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Looking down the Franz Josef Glacier from above the Melchior Glacier.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Comment QI with geocode. --Iotatau 18:53, 3 February 2010 (UTC) Thanks, good idea. I've added it. --Avenue 22:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC) Thanks, impressive subject. --Iotatau 22:39, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Mountain goat - artificial salt lick.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Composition works, subject is sharp, nice backdrop. QI to me. Could you provide the geocode? --MichaelBueker 09:52, 5 February 2010 (UTC) Approximate geocode added.--Avenue 19:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! White Island - view from the breached crater.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Nice image --Herbythyme 09:35, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Corroding machinery at old White Island sulphur mine.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Very good and interesting --George Chernilevsky 06:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! View over Tautuku Bay 3.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good. With some acceptable noise in the sea. --Cayambe 19:45, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Tekapo-Pukaki canal.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good. --Cayambe 16:02, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Oblique aerial view of Murchison River.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good and useful. --Cayambe 08:30, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Light mast on Tiri Kat ferry.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments OK --99of9 06:29, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Mount Sefton and the Footstool 2.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments QI for me -- Archaeodontosaurus 16:10, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Inside the Tarawera rift.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good focus, composition, colors, lighting, crop, geocoded... → QI. --Iotatau 12:06, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Taro leaf underside, backlit by sun.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Leaf veins exceptional -- Archaeodontosaurus 18:15, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Map of Africa hot pool, Orakei Korako.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good. --Cayambe 19:19, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Upper Kaitoke reservoir.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments In the thumbnail the lighting looks extreme but in full view it is a good landscape image. --Iotatau 19:48, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Hot pool at Orakei Korako.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good and rare --George Chernilevsky 08:21, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Mount Sefton and the Footstool 1.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Impressive mountain but the foreground is too dark and there are JPEG artifacts above the ridge. Can it be fixed? --Iotatau 10:19, 1 March 2010 (UTC) I've lightened the foreground, but I can't see significant artifacts above the ridge (at least at full size; there are plenty in the 800x600 preview shown on the file page). Would you please annotate one or two of the worst ones? -- Avenue 01:34, 3 March 2010 (UTC) Thanks, good enough now. --Iotatau 07:27, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Tiritiri lighthouse - repainting Mar 2007.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good. --Ikar.us 09:54, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Flesh fly (Sarcophaga), Auckland.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good quality, well placed focus on the subject. --Elekhh 01:54, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Mosque of Paris

Bonjour. Many thanks for your review of my photograph of the close-up of the great mosque of Paris. Could you please explain to me (in basic english, please, i'm French !! lol) what do you mean exactly with the need of "perspective correction". Do you think that it would be better if more "flat" ? (sorry for my bad english...) --Jebulon (talk) 09:50, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Bonjour, no need to be sorry, your English is fine (et beaucoup mieux que mon mauvais français!) Yes, I think a "flat" photo would be better, where the sides of the window and the surrounding decorations are parallel. If you use Windows, you might find the free software ShiftN useful. Even if you don't, the first section of its instructions in French can probably explain what I meant better than I can. There is also the English wikipedia article on Perspective control.

This recent review also recommended perspective correction. The file history shows that picture before and after the correction.

Hope this helps, Avenue (talk) 10:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, again. I'll try to do. If not, I'll take another photograph of this close-up, cause I like this little window very much. And congratulations for your QI, very nice ! --Jebulon (talk) 14:54, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! And you're welcome. Good luck with the photo. -- Avenue (talk) 20:27, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Little black mussels (Xenostrobus pulex) at Muriwai.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments QI and Useful -- Archaeodontosaurus 13:43, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Dried bull kelp (Durvillaea antarctica) with cross-section showing honeycomb structure IMG 102 1239.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments QI and very useful -- Archaeodontosaurus 17:36, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

QIC review of File:Qaqortoq 2008-10-28.jpg

Hi Avenue,

Thank you for spotting the crop problem with this photo. I thought I would have had time to fix it yesterday, but no. It is fixed now though, so if you get the time to reassess it at some time, it would be great, thanks. --Slaunger (talk) 20:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Now promoted, with pleasure. -- Avenue (talk) 14:29, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Avenue. --Slaunger (talk) 07:17, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Some more colorful houses for you!

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--Slaunger (talk) 21:50, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! The first day of school one is interesting and sweet. And the other one - wow. --Avenue (talk) 23:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Multi-coloured scoria in the Tarawera rift.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good. --Cayambe 10:28, 12 March 2010 (UTC)* Comment Violet chromatic aberration around the white stone, the two top and the bottom two. --Archaeodontosaurus 16:38, 12 March 2010 (UTC) Edit uploaded, with saturation of blue/magenta reduced to mitigate CA. -- Avenue 19:08, 12 March 2010 (UTC) Even better, I also support --Archaeodontosaurus 13:02, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

FP Promotion

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Dandelion seed head (Taraxacum officinale).jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments good --Mbdortmund 22:08, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

File:Rufous-naped-lark.jpg

File:Rufous-naped-lark.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Reef starfish (Stichaster australis) at Muriwai.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments QI and very useful --Archaeodontosaurus 17:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Bois de renne

A little explanation about a translation. In French, the horns of all cervidae are called "BOIS". And the English word for "bois" is "wood" ("bois" as "little forest", or as building or burning material). So Spoke Archaeodontosaurus. Friendly, --Jebulon (talk) 23:03, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I wondered if it might be something like that. It's nice to have my suspicions confirmed. Cheers, Avenue (talk) 00:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ice plant (Carpobrotus edulis) in Muriwai sand dunes IMG 102 1378.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments good. Is the sand came from lava?--Mbz1 00:48, 10 April 2010 (UTC) It's from old volcanoes along the west coast of NZ's North Island. Partly from lava, but not fresh lava. --Avenue 01:04, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

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Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Starfish orgy (Stichaster australis).jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Very interesting and a good quality--Mbz1 14:27, 17 April 2010 (UTC) At least, pornography as QI ! ;) (the little one is unsharp)--Jebulon 17:52, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Female tree weta on duffel bag.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Infothere are at least three dead pixe, and the low light is a bit noisy --Croucrou 06:45, 17 April 2010 (UTC) I've fixed one of the dead pixels - thanks for that. The other two are not dead pixels, as they appear in other shots of the same insect. I've also reduced the noise somewhat. --Avenue 08:33, 17 April 2010 (UTC)  Support now it can be QI IMO --Croucrou 21:40, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion

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User:Avenue/Volcano FPs

Hello Avenue. I was just wondering, but what is User:Avenue/Volcano FPs for? Is it just a gallery of FPs of volcano-related pictures? Regards, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 01:18, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

That's all it is. It was just to help me keep track. I should update it. --Avenue (talk) 01:40, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Portland Japanese Garden maple.jpg

Thanks for giving your FPC vote some extra consideration after my comment. Much appreciated, Steven Walling 18:18, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. I was probably too hasty with my first vote. --Avenue (talk) 11:58, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

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Gold Ray Dam

Hi Avenue. Thanks for your kind words and suggestion about the tilt in File:Gold ray dam.jpg at COM:FPC. Julian Colton has kindly adjusted the tilt. Would you mind taking another look to see if it's OK or if it needs further attention? Any suggestions are welcome. Finetooth (talk) 05:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for re-reviewing and for your support. Finetooth (talk) 18:09, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Avenue (talk) 00:02, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

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FPC careless reviews

Hi Avenue,

You may be interested in participating in this_discussion. Cheers, Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Floods in QI

You might be interested in an ongoing discussion regarding QI floods of late, here. Cheers, ianaré (talk) 19:14, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Psalm 23 QI

Thanks for the review! Since I suspect long conversations there are just going to break the page, I'll reply here:

Basically, "I own the book" was me trying to keep my statement short, since I was already quoting a bit of the rules, and so on: I meant more that I was the one who did the scanning, preparation, adjustments against the original, and all the rest of the work. If I got the scan from elsewhere, it'd be a much more ambiguous case under QI's rules, as the rules only specifically allow photographic reproductions by Wikimedians: It doesn't discuss edits of scans gotten from elsewhere, and, well... you probably got my point ages ago. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:49, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Yes, I wondered if that was the point you were trying to make. Perhaps my response was also too brief to be clear. I think that statements about who did the scan and so forth would probably clutter up the QI page too much, and I think it would generally be better if they were kept on the image description page (except for nominations of other Wikimedian's scans), as with photos. But I can see why you wanted to cover all the bases, given that this was something of a test case. --Avenue (talk) 08:25, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Aye. In future, I think I'll just put "self-scanned". That should be enough, and I can always point to the rules if needed. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

RE:Hawaii

Thought it was a typo, I'm not a satellite so I wouldn't know. :) --IdLoveOne (talk) 14:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

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Oops, fixed. --Avenue (talk) 13:02, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

File:ManchesterCourts2_annzstream_crop.jpg

Good work on the crop - really shows that terrible crack! I've had another go on the perspective correction using ShiftN. Feel free to revert to the previous version if you like. Cheers - gobeirne (talk) 03:24, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm glad you like it. I think I prefer the closer crop, but I don't feel strongly about it. Thanks, Avenue (talk) 09:07, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion

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Thank you

Hi Avenue,

Only now I noticed the notes tou added to the image I uploaded File:Kohala coast at the Big Island of Hawaii from the air.jpg. Thank you--Mbz1 (talk) 21:18, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome; it was my pleasure. I just wish the notes would show up on the Wikipedia image page, since I doubt many readers will click through to the Commons version. Do you know if there's a good way to make this happen? --Avenue (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

I thought about that too. I believe the best way to proceed about that is to ask the user, who wrote this feature for Commons, to do the same on English wiki, but I am not sure, who did it. I posted question to Village pump here. Best. --Mbz1 (talk) 01:56, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

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Uplistsikhe34

Can you go see: [1]

Merci pour lui…

--Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 17:33, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Uplistsikhe34

Can you go see: [2]

Merci pour lui…

--Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 17:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

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/FPCBot (talk) 22:04, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

I see it's going to be media of the day on 2010-11-16, but File:NASA ISS June 12 2009 Sarychev Volcano.ogv was already media of the day on 2010-09-22. Does it really make sense to use essentially the same video twice in such a short time frame?
Also, I'd like to upload File:NASA ISS June 12 2009 Sarychev Volcano.ogv (higher bitrate) over this image (featured, and geocoded), and tag the former as a duplicate; any objections? –Tryphon^☂ 21:05, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I just noticed that myself. I agree it makes no sense to show it twice as MOTD. Please do upload your version over the top of the one I uploaded. I'm sorry I didn't notice your version earlier (I only looked in Category:Sarychev Peak), or I would have nominated that for FP instead. --Avenue (talk) 21:13, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

No problem, it's basically the same file anyway. I just want to make sure we keep the best parts of each version, and that we don't keep near duplicates for no good reason. I'll do the re-uploading and duplicate-tagging, but I'm not really familiar with the MOTD process; would you mind taking care of that (otherwise I'll ask Shizhao, I just noticed he was the one who added it to MOTD)? –Tryphon^☂ 21:50, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm not entirely familiar with MOTD either, but I've tried to remove it from the queue. I've left a note on Shizhao's talk page to let him know. --Avenue (talk) 22:32, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! –Tryphon^☂ 23:06, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Tasman mountain Tasman Lake

Hell my friend down under !
I have a little gift for you.
I put it on the file page, but reverted to your version, then you have the choice.
Please feel free to use it, or not, I hope you'll like, but no worries if you dislike.
Anyway, it was a good exercise for me with GIMP, because even if it was funny, it was not easy at all !!
You know what ? It is a very good picture, congrats !
Friendly from Paris.--Jebulon (talk) 01:20, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I like what you've done with the distant mountains - much improved. The foreground now seems a bit too dark and brown, but even so, I think it is better overall. I've reverted to your version. Would you please update the description of the changes in the RetouchedPicture template? I will try to improve the picture further tonight. Thanks for your help! Amicalement, Avenue (talk) 08:51, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I've uploaded another version that I think improves the foreground, but I'm still not entirely happy with it. I'll try something else in the next couple of days, once I've learnt my way around a bit more of what the GIMP can do. --Avenue (talk) 00:38, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

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Hi

Hi Avenue, I wonder, if you see halos in this image? Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:48, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi Mila, the outlines of the birds here are definitely much cleaner than in this version. The only thing I see here that is remotely like the haloes there is a brownish fringe under the reflection of the bottom-most bird (a little left of centre). But (1) it is only visible below and in front of the bird's reflection, not all around it, and (b) I see hints of a similar but weaker effect for a couple of the other birds. So this doesn't seem unnatural to me. More generally, I like the more focussed crop you have applied top and bottom, but the left crop feels uncomfortably tight to me. By the way, I was sad to see you withdraw the other plover photo from FPC. It is really a nice photo apart from that flaw. --Avenue (talk) 07:41, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Avenue. A brownish fringe is a shadow that is visible or not visible depending on the colors of the background. I will renominate plovers image, maybe the latest one we're talking about. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:55, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

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The fringing and unsharpness of the four sons of Horus

Hi Avenue.
Thanks for review.
You are absolutely right.
Yes I've got the RAW file, but I don' know how to use it for improvements with GIMP.
Thoughts about ?
Have a nice day, down under !--Jebulon (talk) 00:31, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Bonjour Jebulon,
I think the problem is due to tranverse chromtic aberration (CA). I gather CA can be corrected in GIMP using the Fix-CA plugin, but I haven't tried it. I have used the Panotools software that comes with Hugin. Here is a tutorial for correcting CA using Panotools (in English, sorry). Some DCRaw front-ends (like RawTherapee) seem to provide an easy way to reduce the problem, too. I would be happy to try to fix it if you like; just send me the RAW file (or a link to it). Perfect correction often seems to elude me, but some improvement is usually possible. --Avenue (talk) 04:24, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I hope your photo can be fixed. I was sorry to decline it at QIC; I think it is a very interesting image, with excellent quality apart from this problem. --Avenue (talk) 09:00, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Salut Avenue,
Thanks for your kind message, and for your kind proposal and suggestions. I'll try to do it myself, with the tools you provided. If I have no significant result, I'll send you the RAW file. As you have maybe seen, this picture (of a part of a very small object) was taken through (against) a glass in "the Louvre" Museum, without tripod. No worries with your decline vote: this image does not deserve the QI status. I'm afraid it is really too unsharp too, and cannot be corrected... Well, what is interesting in the picture is... the caption and annotations ! If possible, I try to offer good and usefull captions in french and in english, and good categorization too, because I don't forget that why are not only sharing nice photos, but building a wonderful encyclopedia. A bientôt et encore merci --Jebulon (talk) 15:40, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. I think the image is sharp enough in the centre. CA typically causes softness as well as fringing, so correcting this will hopefully improve the sharpness at the sides too, perhaps even enough to be QI.

The caption and annotations are good, and I think very useful to readers. Perhaps I should be putting more work into my captions too. Amicalement, --Avenue (talk) 00:10, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you for your reviews

Dear Avenue,

I just wanted to say thanks for some recent thorough reviews of my images, especially the open pit mine pano. I agree with your observations and I appreciate them. I recently acquited PTgui and the pano was my first attempt using it. It is quite evident that I am not yet mastering that tool . --Slaunger (talk) 21:29, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, Kim. I'm glad if my thoughts and clumsy annotations were some use to you. I very much appreciate you taking the time to say thanks. And I am still quite a way from mastering the panorama software I use (Hugin) myself! --Avenue (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I've used Hugin for some three years as well, but I was beginning to miss some possibilites like stitching from raws and HDR stitching, and just generally a better user interface. PTgui has much of the same workflow as in Hugin. It just has some more features and the product is more "Automated", yet allowing you full control. A bit expensive though...IMO. --Slaunger (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi Avenue, I wish I were able to repeat slaunger's sentiment, but I have to tell you the truth, and it is that I was disappointed with your oppose reason on my glory image. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:03, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, in hindsight my oppose rationale there was too brief and curt. In particular, I should have said that I agreed with what I saw as the substance of Carschten's points (that the glory and shadow make up too small a part of the picture, and that the composition does not highlight them enough), but not the dismissive way in which they were phrased. I felt it was a good and interesting photo, just not good enough to be FP.

I believe in not voting (and especially opposing) unless I can review the image thoroughly and explain my reasons clearly, and I have not lived up to that ideal here. You are right to be disappointed. Sorry, Avenue (talk) 01:23, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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