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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).


Adding a new nomination

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate name, quality, image description, categories and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Nominations are time-sensitive and for one-time use only. An automatic clock starts as soon as they are created. Do not create them in advance, save them for later or re-activate them.

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters. They should be added by, or at the request of, the nominator.

An 'Alternative' is created by adding a sub-section to the nomination page: ====Alternative==== [[File:Foo.jpg|300px]] A short description.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture.
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

General rules

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.
  5. Only two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken.

See also

Table of contents

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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File:Live specimen of Coreidae, found in Coacalco, México, 2025-11-21.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:008 Milky way aligned with the Matterhorn reflecting in Stellisee Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Milky way aligned with the Matterhorn reflecting in Stellisee

File:Übeltalferner.jpg

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View of the Übeltalferner, Sonklarspitze, Zuckerhütl and Wilder Pfaff from the Becherhaus in the Stubai Alps. On the glacier the shadow of the shooting location.

File:Duck-Sitia-Crete-8.jpg

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Muscovy duck. Sitia, Crete, Greece.

File:Mosque Shikh 02.jpg

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Mosque Elshikh in Djerba. This is an essai of minimalism with the white buildings of Djerba.

File:Fanal (Madeira, Portugal), Lorbeerwald -- 2025 -- 1532.jpg

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Laurel trees (Ocotea foetens) in the laurel forest “Fanal,” Madeira, Portugal
  • I'll try black and white later, but not for FPC. Thanks for your idea. Maybe it would work better with stronger contrast. However, I think the green works quite well here. And as for the sharpness: everything looks a little blurry in thick fog. It's not just gray, but the fine water droplets create the right effect. --XRay 💬 14:04, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Aekingerzand Nationaal Park Drents-Friese Wold. 11-08-2025. (actm.) 27.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Harold Urey, 1934.jpg

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Harold Urey

File:Kandinsky - Jaune Rouge Bleu.jpg

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Yellow-Red-Blue, a painting by Wassily Kandinsky

Alternative

Version from Google Art & Culture

File:20220806 Buttbrunnen 01.jpg

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Fight between two house sparrows at the Buttbrunnen in Berlin, Germany

File:2025 Platanus x hispanica . Alameda de Santiago de Compostela 1.jpg

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Leaf of Platanus x hispanica on a bench. Alameda Park. Santiago de Compostela. Galicia (Spain).

File:2025-09-20 D500-0782 Achim-Lammerts Rechtenbach-Protestantische-Pfarrkirche.jpg

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The Protestant parish church (formerly St. Mary's) in Rechtenbach (Southern Palatinate), Germany

File:Crown Towers a.jpg

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233 ft tall building in New Haven, Connecticut.

File:Paris - Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre - 2025-09-30 23-31-57 001.jpg

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Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, Paris.
Abadie’s strange elongated cupolas on the domes don’t help us to judge the perspective. I was going by the proportions of the domes rather than the cupolas. I may have overthought it when I was looking at it. Acroterion (talk) 03:44, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Acroterion , @Giles Laurent -- I'd like to share my thoughts and personal composition experience on this challenging subject with the circular domes. Hugin (composition software) produced excellent results, but with that software the aspect ratio was severely off (too short) and needed to be adjusted, risking quality loss. However, using Camera Raw produced drastically incorrect blending results, and after much patience and numerous adjustments, the aspect ratio became much more pleasing (perhaps even too high in proportion). Therefore, your input and insights were truly appreciated for allaying my concerns and doubts. Furthermore, the meticulous attention to detail is evident in all your photos, demonstrating your extensive photography experience, which has prompted me to make numerous updates to the Basilica photo. I am in your debt, thank you again. Terragio67 (talk) 08:37, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Palpimanus male on Coacalco, Meixco 202511 p1.jpg

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Dead Palpimanus male, found in Coacalco, Mexico
✓ Done Thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:20, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Open wing basking position of Lexias cyanipardus (Butler, (1869)) - Great Archduke M.jpg

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Open wing basking position of Lexias cyanipardus (Butler, (1869)) - Great Archduke (Male) M.jpg

File:Auch cathedral (49).jpg

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Saint Mary cathedral in Auch, Gers, France

File:The Eli in New Haven.jpg

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Art deco building in New Haven, Connecticut.

File:Стена Ичан-Калы (Ichan-kal’a devori, Itchan Kala walls).jpg

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Itchan Kala walls, Khiva, Uzbekistan

File:Scarlett Johansson-8596.jpg

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Film director Scarlett Johansson at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

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Film director Scarlett Johansson at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

File:Lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) Torres del Paine.jpg

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Lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata)

File:Common Pochard 2025 11 09 01.jpg

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A female common pochard
  •  Support Thank you very much, Alexis, for the detailed explanation! It is impressive how you consciously avoid digital manipulations and preserve the natural atmosphere. The image definitely benefits from the clarity and authenticity you maintain in the shot. It is very insightful to learn about the distance of the birds and the shoreline - that really explains the even fog effect and adds more depth to the image. I truly appreciate your work and the transparency regarding the process. Thanks also for the Flickr link - it adds even more context. Once again, thank you for your response and the valuable insights! Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 10:38, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tufted Duck 2025 11 11 01.jpg

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Male tufted duck

File:Emission nebulae behind molecular clouds in Perseus and Taurus.jpg

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California nebula behind molecular clouds

File:Python at Nairobi National Museum, Kenya.jpg

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Malayopython reticulatus (Reticulated python) at Nairobi National Museum, Kenya

File:Marine iguana, Plaza island, July 13, 2025.jpg

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Marine iguana on South Plaza Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

File:De Bazel facade texture Vijzelstraat Amsterdam 2016-09-13-6630.jpg

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Details of the facade on De Bazel (Amsterdam City Archives), Vijzelstraat, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

File:Supremo Tribunal Federal por Henrique Goldenstein (01).jpg

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Long exposure picture of the Brazilian Supreme Court. View from the Planalto Palace.

File:Врати и прозорци во Бајловце.jpg

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Doors and windows on a communal building in the village of Bajlovce. From left to right: a closed window with external wooden shutters, a window with a wooden mullion, a closed door with a padlock, and a closed door with security grilles.
  • @Ikan Kekek: This is a fair point. I was also hesitant if the addition of the leftmost closed window with the shutters as well as the rightmost door with the security grilles would enrich the composition because of the arrangement of four different objects. I've taken a simpler version of the same motif only with the green window and door (see the alternative version below). --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:28, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Alternative

A window and a door on a communal building in the village of Bajlovce

 Comment This is an alternative version only with the green window and door where the reflection from the window is more visible and the textures become more apparent. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:28, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Plage de Cluny (7).jpg

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Plage de Cluny in commune of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France

File:20220615 Plebejus idas 02.jpg

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A Northern Blues on withered flower in Munich, Germany

File:Grey Bushchat in Lepcha Jagat October 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg

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Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) male

File:Le sommet de Raz de bec dans les nuages à Chaudun (Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France) -DSC01929.jpg

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The two remaining (restored) houses of the village of Chaudun, abandoned in 1895 (bottom right), overlooked by the summit of Raz de Bec (2,385 m) in the clouds (Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France)

File:Campamento de ganado de la tribu Mundari, Terekeka, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-27, DD 08.jpg

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File:Campamento de ganado de la tribu Mundari, Terekeka, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-27, DD 08.jpg
  • I love it. I've seen it loads of times already, because I love it. It even makes me want to withdraw the photo I nominated. Here, you don't breathe smoke or autumn, you breathe humanity.--Lmbuga (talk) 05:01, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Sambhavnatha at Sambhavnathni Khadki, Ahmedabad.jpg

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The idol of Sambhavanatha, the third tirthankara of Jainism, at Sambhavnathni Khadki, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

File:Bahía de Dwejra, isla de Gozo, Malta, 2021-08-22, DD 47-58 PAN.jpg

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Dwejra Bay, Gozo Island, Malta

File:Plated leaf chameleon (Brookesia stumpffi) Lokobe.jpg

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Plated leaf chameleon (Brookesia stumpffi)
  • We took a boat from Tsara Komba. Most of the tours arrive by canoe, but we used power so we had almost an hour on our own before the mass of tourists arrived. We actually found this chameleon in the leaf letter quite a long way into the forest - again, far from the crowds. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:56, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm confused, you took a jet boat from the South of Nosy Komba to Lokobe in the southeast of Nosy Be?! I was in Lokoba a few weeks ago and took also a jet boat, but from Ambatoxavavy. I didn't see any tourists there and spent 4 hours in the jungle. Poco a poco (talk) 19:53, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • We took a private boat provided by Tsara Komba Lodge. The crowds appear on cruise ship days. We couldn't avoid them, but you might have got lucky. Also, there may be more than one entry point to Lokobe Strict Reserve. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:43, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ksar El Krikriya 1.jpg

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Ksar El Krikriya used before as a warehouse of wheat and olive olive oil and now reused as place for leisure time coffee, hotel, food people can rest and enjoy their journey discovering the south of Tunisia tehre.

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Desert-adapted baby elephants cuddling in Damaraland
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Result: 30 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 13:12, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals#Family : Elephantidae (Elephants)

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Ortygornis pondicerianus (Grey Francolin)
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File:George Bellows - Harbor of Monhegan, Fish Boats (1911)-restored.jpg

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Harbor of Monhegan, Fish Boats
The large spot is a dust spot IMHO, not part of the original artwork Ezarateesteban
Your opinion is noted, but you are not a professional painting restorer, and restorations should be done to the painting, not a photo of a painting. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:52, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Locomotion No. 1 New Bridge.jpg

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1975 replica of Locomotion No. 1 owned by the National Railway Museum running between New Bridge and Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, UK.
I feel like the black & white one is the clear winner. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please don't add 'Alternatives' like this. There is no way of knowing what people might vote on if you blend in 'Alts' in the middle of the text. I've converted them to links and moved them here for now, but if you seriously want to make one of them an 'Alt' please do it the right way. See This nom as an example. Also, 'Alternatives' should be added by the nominator or at the request of the nominator. We've had to clamp down on this since noms turned into a bit of "edit fests" before with people jumping in with their own versions. --Cart (talk) 14:47, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I wasn't really clear on how to do this and the rules at the top of the page don't really explain anything in this regard. --Kabelleger (talk) 16:33, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good point! Unfortunately, so many new things don't get written down properly. I'll get on fixing this one. --Cart (talk) 17:00, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Syntaxys and Ikan Kekek: It seems the preferred alternative is the b/w picture. I've added it below. —Bruce1eetalk 17:52, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative

Alternative in B&W

File:009 Pod of Spinner dolphins swimming in the Indian ocean Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Pod of Spinner dolphins swimming in the Indian ocean

File:NE Lac Bab Louta Tazekka Nov25 A7CR 09270-4 HDR1.jpg

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Lac de Bab Louta, Taza, Morocco

File:Bad Rappenau - Wasserschloss 02.jpg

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Water castle Bad Rappenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

File:2025-06-29 D300-7544 Achim-Lammerts Gemarkung-Kandel-Pfalz-Wegekreuz.jpg

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The picture showing a wayside cross on a cherry tree depicts a typical landscape in my local area, which is strongly influenced by agriculture, religious beliefs and traditions.

File:Бухара, Арк, стена в золотой час.jpg

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Ark fortress walls in the golden hour. Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

File:Active Passage. Saturna Group, looking West - NARA - 305490-restored.jpg

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Active Passage. Saturna Group, looking West
Yann I applied WB correction, but I think it was natural. Ezarateesteban
OK, removing my opposition. Yann (talk) 18:23, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Palace of Khudáyár Khán, Kokand (Дворец Худояр-хана, Xudoyorxon oʻrdasi).jpg

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Palace of Khudáyár Khán, Kokand

File:Zippammer3.jpg

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Close-up photograph of a singing ROCK BUNTIN (Emberiza Cia)

File:Jahra Nature Reserve in Kuwait - Aerial photography.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Интерьеры Румянцевского особняка 39.jpg

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The stairwell at the entrance to the Rumyantsev mansion from Galernaya Street, Saint Petersburg

Alternative

BW edition and in horizontal

  •  Comment @JayCubby Good spoting. Check now. I also put some -highligths, + selective denoise, sharpening. For me, picture if good, could not say it was from smartphone. Also saw some others, good cell. --Mile (talk) 09:41, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
<span style="display:inline-block;transform:rotate(-90deg);">[[File:Интерьеры Румянцевского особняка 39.jpg|300px]]</span>
Copy this and save in a notebook somewhere. Just change the file name or rotation deg. :-) --Cart (talk) 15:58, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. :-) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:28, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Berlin U-Bahnhof Wittenbergplatz Eingang-20241207-RM-155601.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Flowers in snow 2022 G4.jpg

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Pink Chrysanthemum sp. cultivars in snow

File:Ksar Ouled Mehdi 1.14.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Breeding Double-Crested Cormorant Close-Up.jpg

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A close-up of a double crested cormorant in breeding plumage. We have a couple double-crested cormorant FPs but none in breeding plumage.

File:Ksar Ouled El Mehdi 15.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 22 Nov 2025 at 09:08:50 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Ouirgane commune from the south east, Morocco
Confirmed results:
Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 13:13, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Settlements#Morocco


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Mon 17 Nov → Sat 22 Nov
Tue 18 Nov → Sun 23 Nov
Wed 19 Nov → Mon 24 Nov
Thu 20 Nov → Tue 25 Nov
Fri 21 Nov → Wed 26 Nov
Sat 22 Nov → Thu 27 Nov

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)

Thu 13 Nov → Sat 22 Nov
Fri 14 Nov → Sun 23 Nov
Sat 15 Nov → Mon 24 Nov
Sun 16 Nov → Tue 25 Nov
Mon 17 Nov → Wed 26 Nov
Tue 18 Nov → Thu 27 Nov
Wed 19 Nov → Fri 28 Nov
Thu 20 Nov → Sat 29 Nov
Fri 21 Nov → Sun 30 Nov
Sat 22 Nov → Mon 01 Dec

The bot

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag featured or not featured – for example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image or part of a set nomination, use the com-nom parameter. For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another Wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the nominator. For set nominations, use:
      == Set Promoted to FP ==
      <gallery>
      File:XXXXXX.jpg
      File:XXXXXX.jpg
      </gallery>
      {{FPpromotionSet2|YYYYY}}      , using the names of the set files instead of the XXXXXX and the title of the set instead of YYYYY.
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotedUploader|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the user who has uploaded the image, if that user is not the same as the nominator.
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotedCreator|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the creator, if the author is a different Commons user than nominator and uploader.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/November 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line):
    {{FPC-delist-results-reviewed|delist=x|keep=x|neutral=x|delisted=yes/no|sig=~~~~}}
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/File:Ensifera ensifera (22271195865).jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/November 2025.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. In the {{Assessments}} template on the image description page, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes). If the image description page uses the old {{Featured picture}} template, replace it with {{Assessments|featured=2}}.
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture must not be removed from the chronological list.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/November 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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