Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cave of the Crystals

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 May 2013 at 13:34:04 (UTC)

Original – Gypsum crystals in the Cave of the Crystals. Note person for scale

Reason: Very nice picture with high EV. The mine worker really makes it stand out.
Articles in which this image appears: Cave of the Crystals, Naica Mine, Gypsum (added now)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: Alexander Van Driessche

Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 13:34, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support It is quite difficult to get sufficient lighting for any underground photography, and this is pretty good. As the article mentions, getting further images may be impossible, so this is probably the best available. Has good EV and wow factor. Chris857 (talk) 01:25, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support It is a little dark, but as I've never seen any well lit images of this cave, the conditions are difficult, and the EV is quite high, I don't mind. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:31, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I supported at Commons but now I see hot pixels, blue in the darks and some whites. Should be cleaned up. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 09:44, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't know how to do it. Tomer T (talk) 09:53, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak Oppose~~ EV is good, despite being somewhat soft. I'd like to see those hot pixels gone before supporting though. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 22:20, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- As I said, I don't know how to do it. Can somebody of you do it? Tomer T (talk) 05:44, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think I've got it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:44, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - I still see some in the dark areas in the lower left of the image. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 23:44, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      - Got three more. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:56, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great! I'll change my vote to Weak Support. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 21:13, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Very unbalanced lighting. Also, I get no sense of size here. I would like to see how large these crystals are in relation to any other object.-- mcshadypl ^T ^C 22:34, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Um, there is a person in the picture... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.222.57 (talk) 23:10, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Did you read the nomination reason or the caption? Tomer T (talk) 05:43, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support Per Chris857. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 09:50, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Definitely an important photograph and probably not too easy to obtain. I'm wondering if the f/22 was a huge mistake and is causing the softness. Otherwise, with a person for scale, this is a fantastic shot. Thanks for taking care of the hot pixels. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 03:19, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, I think f/22 was way overkill here. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 22:38, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 16:20, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cristales cueva de Naica.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:45, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]