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File:Catoctin Mountain and farm MD1.jpg, featured[edit]

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Farm in sunlight on a cloudy day at the foot of Catoctin Mountain, between Emmitsburg and Thurmont, Maryland. The farther mountain has snow on it. Camp David is at the summit of that mountain.
Fixed, thanks. Acroterion (talk) 03:15, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral. I very much like the light here, the thumbnail catches attention that's for sure; also, the photo meets "informative" requirement, but there are a few flaws: the whites are blown on the house, and there's a roll problem: all vertical lines are leaning to the left (not only the leftmost structure, but also the house).  Podstawko  ●talk  10:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll look at the lean tonight and see whether the highlighted house side can be recovered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acroterion (talk • contribs) 12:25, 2 November 2023 (UTC) (UTC)[reply]
I've knocked down the exposure to recover the house siding texture and adjusted tilt. The hay barn and all of the telephone poles lean. Overall it's a little less contrasty. Acroterion (talk) 01:16, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Thank you for the changes. Good for me now; the stark light/shadow contrast and the telephoto compression make this an impressive photo. --Aristeas (talk) 20:05, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I like very much the photograph, and the whites had to be fixed, but now there is a texture that there was not before. Also the buildings in the foreground did lose sharpness. I don't know if the result will change much, but maybe you may try to repeat the processing from the begin. --Harlock81 (talk) 09:42, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll see what I can do, the balances between NR/blur and sharpening/artifacts are narrow and treating it like an HDR images loses much of its impact. Acroterion (talk) 12:29, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've tried a different workflow and uploaded a new version. Acroterion (talk) 00:55, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Support Thank you, very good work. --Harlock81 (talk) 09:05, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
They're either pigeons or gulls catching the light, I debated taking them out. The object you mention is probably a cellphone tower, thinly disguised as a silo. Since the mountain surrounding Camp David is mostly national park land, cellphone towers can't go on the high points. Acroterion (talk) 14:08, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 9 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 10:49, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Agriculture#United States
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