The colours look very fake, it was probably processed a lot on photoshop to reach this state. It fails the "Featured picture criteria 5": Be accurate.
bogdan21:29, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist elephants weep. This has had more photoshopping than ... well I don't know. Just look at it. The clouds man, the clouds! In the sky! o______O -
Francis Tyers·21:59, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment While some saturation modification is evident I have seen scenes with my own eyes that seem saturated beyond realism. Could the original author be contacted to clarify what modifications have been made? The sharp edges on the cloud do indicate some sort of significant modification.
HighInBC(Need help?
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Go
here to get in touch with the photographer and see some other examples of photoshopping. He has some other pictures that might be "good" if not "featured" status, but this one has no business appearing on the WP front page. ~
trialsanderrors23:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist Looks like photoshopping to me. I say delist straight away, if it turns out to be real later on it can always have another shot on the front page. My guess though is that it will stay on for the duration of front page, which is a shame.
Sad mouse22:57, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong and Speedy Delist This isn't just a variation of saturation and color levels, this is a third rate masking job per my comments at the
talk page. We're Wikipedia, not the Idiot's Guide to Photoshopping. ~
trialsanderrors23:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist. This never should have been promoted in the first place. During the nomination period I recall mentioning which edit was reasonable in terms of saturation and post-processing, but IIRC the edits kept changing and I don't think the realistic one remained to be promoted at the end. --
Moondigger00:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)reply
"Be natural" is not a criteria, but "Be accurate" IS, and hypersaturated colors, flat-colored sky, and sharp clouds do not accurately represent the subject. --
Dgies03:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment By looking at the photographer's Flikr site, it looks like the original was this:
Image:IR.Kurdistan.jpg. It had oversaturated color and blown highlights in the clouds. The edited version which made FP tried to fix the blown highlights and introduce a faux-
HDR. The result is messed up clouds, and still funny colors. --
Dgies03:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)reply
That picture appears to be not only oversaturated, but also changed the hues with photoshop. (as can be seen with the violet sky)
bogdan08:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong Delist Oversaturated colors, completely blown areas in clouds, grainy landscape. Dschwen is right, were we all on vacation when that went through? --
Bridgecross16:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist. Sky is photoshpped and just looks terible and fake.
Ursper
Delist. I don't know why I didn't vote on it when it was originally up, but when I was writing the POTD, I scrutinized the nomination to see if it had been promoted incorrectly. howcheng {
chat}21:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Speedy Delist - I don't know where you lot were when I seemed to be the only person opposing first time round! I agree it may once have been a good image (although I suspect it wasn't a perfect exposure even to begin with) but whatever the photographer did to it in post-processing has made it pretty horrible. I seem to remember that this image attracted a lot of support from people with an apparent Iranian connection who don't usually vote here (and didn't vote on other noms at the time), which made me think "vote stacking", but I couldn't find any direct evidence of this. If I'd realised how much support the delisting would get, I'd have put it up earlier - shame it had to make it onto the main page first. --
YFB¿07:25, 30 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I don't think your smiley makes that an appropriate comment. To say I always oppose is completely untrue, (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6 (see, I even agree with you sometimes),
7,
8,
9,
10) - I think perhaps I just expect higher standards from FPs than you do? Anyway, I think the other votes here speak for themselves. --
YFB¿19:07, 2 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Keep - I'm not sure if this is edited a lot, the author is the only one who can clear that, but I still love the image. --
Arad23:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)reply
The sky is still masked, as seen by the cloud behind the leftmost mountain, and from looking at the borwn field in the foreground I'm prtty sure the green grass is a mask too. ~
trialsanderrors09:19, 2 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist. Very nifty look, I'd love to see a video game adopt that surreal color, but of course totally inappropriate for FP --
frothTC21:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)reply
The colours look very fake, it was probably processed a lot on photoshop to reach this state. It fails the "Featured picture criteria 5": Be accurate.
bogdan21:29, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist elephants weep. This has had more photoshopping than ... well I don't know. Just look at it. The clouds man, the clouds! In the sky! o______O -
Francis Tyers·21:59, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment While some saturation modification is evident I have seen scenes with my own eyes that seem saturated beyond realism. Could the original author be contacted to clarify what modifications have been made? The sharp edges on the cloud do indicate some sort of significant modification.
HighInBC(Need help?
Ask me)22:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Go
here to get in touch with the photographer and see some other examples of photoshopping. He has some other pictures that might be "good" if not "featured" status, but this one has no business appearing on the WP front page. ~
trialsanderrors23:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist Looks like photoshopping to me. I say delist straight away, if it turns out to be real later on it can always have another shot on the front page. My guess though is that it will stay on for the duration of front page, which is a shame.
Sad mouse22:57, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong and Speedy Delist This isn't just a variation of saturation and color levels, this is a third rate masking job per my comments at the
talk page. We're Wikipedia, not the Idiot's Guide to Photoshopping. ~
trialsanderrors23:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist. This never should have been promoted in the first place. During the nomination period I recall mentioning which edit was reasonable in terms of saturation and post-processing, but IIRC the edits kept changing and I don't think the realistic one remained to be promoted at the end. --
Moondigger00:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)reply
"Be natural" is not a criteria, but "Be accurate" IS, and hypersaturated colors, flat-colored sky, and sharp clouds do not accurately represent the subject. --
Dgies03:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment By looking at the photographer's Flikr site, it looks like the original was this:
Image:IR.Kurdistan.jpg. It had oversaturated color and blown highlights in the clouds. The edited version which made FP tried to fix the blown highlights and introduce a faux-
HDR. The result is messed up clouds, and still funny colors. --
Dgies03:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)reply
That picture appears to be not only oversaturated, but also changed the hues with photoshop. (as can be seen with the violet sky)
bogdan08:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong Delist Oversaturated colors, completely blown areas in clouds, grainy landscape. Dschwen is right, were we all on vacation when that went through? --
Bridgecross16:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist. Sky is photoshpped and just looks terible and fake.
Ursper
Delist. I don't know why I didn't vote on it when it was originally up, but when I was writing the POTD, I scrutinized the nomination to see if it had been promoted incorrectly. howcheng {
chat}21:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Speedy Delist - I don't know where you lot were when I seemed to be the only person opposing first time round! I agree it may once have been a good image (although I suspect it wasn't a perfect exposure even to begin with) but whatever the photographer did to it in post-processing has made it pretty horrible. I seem to remember that this image attracted a lot of support from people with an apparent Iranian connection who don't usually vote here (and didn't vote on other noms at the time), which made me think "vote stacking", but I couldn't find any direct evidence of this. If I'd realised how much support the delisting would get, I'd have put it up earlier - shame it had to make it onto the main page first. --
YFB¿07:25, 30 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I don't think your smiley makes that an appropriate comment. To say I always oppose is completely untrue, (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6 (see, I even agree with you sometimes),
7,
8,
9,
10) - I think perhaps I just expect higher standards from FPs than you do? Anyway, I think the other votes here speak for themselves. --
YFB¿19:07, 2 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Keep - I'm not sure if this is edited a lot, the author is the only one who can clear that, but I still love the image. --
Arad23:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)reply
The sky is still masked, as seen by the cloud behind the leftmost mountain, and from looking at the borwn field in the foreground I'm prtty sure the green grass is a mask too. ~
trialsanderrors09:19, 2 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Delist. Very nifty look, I'd love to see a video game adopt that surreal color, but of course totally inappropriate for FP --
frothTC21:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)reply