Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Himmeldunkberg Gipfelkreuz II.jpg

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•  Info Summit cross on the Himmeldunkberg. In the background on the right the Kreuzberg. All by me. -- Milseburg (talk) 15:19, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Milseburg (talk) 15:19, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Makes me feel cold just to look at it Cmao20 (talk) 18:57, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Neutral  Support Great light, composition and perspective: The panorama has many interesting details, such as the serpentine road, the ski lift, the icy benches, the dynamic condensation trails, or the impressive view above the clouds. Well done! -- Radomianin (talk) 18:57, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment Temporarily changing my supporting vote to Neutral until the issue mentioned below is resolved. -- Radomianin (talk) 19:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support ★ 19:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Question Hallo Milseburg, ich finde das Bild klasse. Allerdings fällt mir bei Deinen Bergszenen immer auf, dass der Schnee ziemlich grau ist (was normalerweise ein Indiz dafür ist, dass bei der Aufnahme keine oder eine zu geringe manuelle Belichtungskorrektur eingestellt war). Egal, was auch immer der Grund für die graue Farbe des Schnees ist… könntest Du bitte überlegen, ob Du den Schnee durch nachträgliche Korrektur etwas weißer machen kannst? Beste Grüße, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 21:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Oppose Snow is simply not gray. I rarely intervene based on technical concerns, but I've now seen enough winter photos here where exposure compensation wasn't applied correctly. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 17:27, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Info And just to explain this properly: Modern cameras are programmed to average the brightness of the scene to a middle gray, resulting in snow appearing dull and gray rather than bright and white. To correct this, the photographer has to dial in (some cameras have an extra wheel for this) a stop or so of exposure compensation to instruct the camera to increase the exposure, making the snow appear natural. Applying exposure compensation results in a well-exposed image where the snow retains its bright, white appearance without being washed out or appearing gray. Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:44, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

 Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:01, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment Thanks to Frank for the thoughtful review. I just opened the image in PS and noticed that the sRGB profile is not assigned. This can make a big difference in how the image looks in different browsers. @Milseburg: If you are going to develop the Raw file again with exposure adjustments, exporting it in the sRGB profile would be a good choice. Just my 2 cents to solve the problem. Best regards :) -- Radomianin (talk) 18:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment Good catch, Radomianin. I have taken the liberty to embed the sRGB profile with ExifTool. @Milseburg: This is just a little help, especially if you do not want to edit the image anymore; embedding a colour profile with ExifTool is a lossless operation and has no impact on the image data itself, so your image was not changed by this at all. – Aristeas (talk) 14:39, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Support Not a usual sight from Germany. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:18, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support--Famberhorst (talk) 05:41, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 14:21, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support--Llez (talk) 15:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Weak oppose I miss wow here. I like snowed landscapes, but preferably with virgin and white (I concur with Frank) snow, not the case here. I also find the crop at the top too tight. I believe that there was FP potential here but I just see a cross that cannot breath at the top, trampled grey snow and a bit of mountains. Poco a poco (talk) 20:07, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support It works fine for me. --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 22:42, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Poco a poco. —kallerna (talk) 10:46, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment A wonderful view (I can only agree with Radomianin’s first comment); however I have to admit that the whites could be whiter – I have tried it, adjusting the white point makes the whole image even better. – Aristeas (talk) 14:39, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Weak oppose Impressive landscape but as others have said, the white balance is off and the placement of the cross feels a little awkward. BigDom (talk) 09:05, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Neutral Whites are much better. I still find the placement of the cross a little too distracting for FP, but not enough to oppose. BigDom (talk) 14:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Oppose I agree with Frank Schulenburg.Ermell (talk) 18:55, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 18:27, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Info @Cmao20, Radomianin, ArionStar, Frank Schulenburg, Aristeas, SHB2000, Famberhorst, Agnes Monkelbaan, Llez, Poco a poco, Sebring12Hrs, Kallerna, BigDom, Ermell, and MZaplotnik: Sorry for my absence and thank you for the reviews and criticism. I tried to take this to heart, washed the snow and uploaded a new version. Better and sufficient? --Milseburg (talk) 14:58, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment Thank you very much for the revision, Milseburg. Your editing has significantly improved the picture. I have restored my original supporting vote. -- Radomianin (talk) 19:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Thank you very much, Milseburg! – Aristeas (talk) 14:13, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 14:58, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 13 support, 3 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:03, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Other#Germany