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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, 2026 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, PDFs, 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]] *{{info}} A short description.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 100 constructive, stable edits on Commons (excluding user and talk pages) 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 100 constructive, stable edits on Commons (excluding user and talk pages) 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:Arul Mihu Navashakti Vinayakar Temple - Victoria - Seychelles - 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 10 Feb 2026 at 18:19:36 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Hindu temple Arul Mihu Navashakti Vinayakar in the capital of the Seychelle islands.

File:20220611 Dactylorhiza 04.jpg

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inflorescence of a Common Spotted Orchid with Eusphalerum luteum in the Pupplinger Au, Germany

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

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  • Pterocles exustus (Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse) male
    Pterocles exustus (Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse) male
  • Pterocles exustus (Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse) female
    Pterocles exustus (Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse) female

File:Vista interna da parte frontal das ruinas (cropped).jpg

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Interior view of the front of the Missions ruins.

The Trapezium and Kleinmann–Low Nebula as seen by JWST

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  • Short wavelength view from NIRCam
    Short wavelength view from NIRCam
  • Long wavelength view from NIRCam
    Long wavelength view from NIRCam

File:Fish lined up at a fresh fish store at Tezukayama, Osaka, Japan, February 2024 - 7017.jpg

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Fish lined up at a fresh fish store.
✓ Done See note. --Laitche (talk) 00:13, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Six different types of fish may sound disturbing because these are common names rather than formal species names. This is simply how fish are referred to at fish stores. --Laitche (talk) 11:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Knop van een esdoorn (Acer platanoides). 03-04-2023 (d.j.b.).jpg

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Acer platanoides

File:Gobio (Lubricogobius exiguus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-23, DD 174.jpg

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Goby (Lubricogobius exiguus), Anilao, Philippines
  • Totally agree, I didn't even know that there are adult fishes of this size until I saw it. In fact it was my guide of course who spoted it :) The size, together with a decent quality is what I believe is extraordinary about this nom Poco a poco (talk) 10:19, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Vitraux de la basilique Notre-Dame, Genève 23.jpg (delist)

Voting period ends on 8 Feb 2026 at 19:40:02
stained glass window no. 14 of the Notre-Dame Basilica, Geneva

File:Rue du Mont-Cenis, 1911 - Maurice Utrillo.jpg

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Rue du Mont-Cenis, 1911, by Maurice Utrillo

File:Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring (1943) (Art. IWM LD 2850), 2026 upload.jpg

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Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring (1943, by Laura Knight)

File:Ridgway's Rail (50914476003).jpg

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File:Црква „Св. Екатерина“ - Стенче 7.jpg

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A fresco depicting the Dormition of the Mother of God above the entrance of St. Catherine Church of the Stenče Monastery
  • This is a contemporary fresco painting of the Dormition of the Mother of God, which is one of the main events in the New Testament. I disagree that the time of creation should matter. In first place, contemporary fresco painting follows a different style compared to that of the Byzantine, late renaissance or revival periods. This is particularly noticeable from the use of wider colour palette (lighter and more vivid colours vs darker shades of red, yellow and blue), simpler representaton of objects and depictions of dressed ordinary people (ordinary people in the past were painted naked as a representation of sinfulness). So, contemporary and medieval fresco paintings are different as, for instance, romantic and abstract arts. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:48, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • That top crop is inevitable as the ceiling is vaulted. As for the dimensions, the ordinary people are depicted in natural human proportions and the saints are slightly bigger, so its base is about 3.6 m long, the edges are about 2.4 m wide and the height is about 2.8 m. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:30, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:159 Cape starling in Etosha National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Cape starling in Etosha National Park

File:A daylighting window made of glass blocks at Osaka General Medical Center for Acute Care, January 2026 - 0060.jpg

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A daylighting window made of glass blocks at Osaka General Medical Center

File:Chowgan ground in Kishtwar, Jammu, India (crop).jpg

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Chowgan ground in Kishtwar town in the Himalayas of Jammu, India, after a fresh snowfall.

File:Prague astronomical clock (48866424811).jpg

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Prague Astronomical Clock
  •  Oppose Upon careful reconsideration, the strong HDR processing - especially in the sky and local contrast - feels overdone and artificial, overpowers the otherwise excellent composition, and weakens the encyclopedic value; therefore, I withdraw my neutral vote and cast a Contra. -- Radomianin (talk) 22:25, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Copepod2.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Ceiling-Laurentius-Ebern-1030428 HDR.jpg

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Ceiling of the church of St. Laurentius in Ebern

File:ScotRail 153 and 156 Bridge of Orchy - Rannoch.jpg

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Scotrail's 1Y43 Glasgow Queen Street - Crianlarich - Fort William consisting of 153 370, 156 457 and 156 476 crossing the River Gaur over the Gaur Viaduct between Bridge of Orchy and Rannoch, Scotland.

File:Dome of Devonaboy mosque, Andijan (Devonaboy masjidi, мечеть Девонабой).jpg

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Dome of Devonaboy mosque, Andijan

File:Wilder Freiger (Westseite).jpg

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Wilder Freiger in the Stubai Alps seen from the Northwest (Aperer Freiger)

File:063 Northern Emerald-toucanet in Los Quetzales National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Northern Emerald-toucanet in Los Quetzales National Park

File:Ύδρα 8133.jpg

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House in Hydra, Greece

File:Alcea rosea 2025 G1.jpg

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Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)


File:Schloss Schwetzingen - Porzellanhäuschen - Fliesen 03.jpg

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Tiles in the Procelain cottage, Garden of Schwetzingen Palace
  •  Comment @ Ikan Kekek and Charlesjsharp. Yes, it is a single shot and the tiles are over 300 years old. The Porcelain Pavilion in Schwetzingen Palace Park is a small, pavilion-like building designed by the architect Nicolas de Pigage with a single room of only a few square meters. The walls of its interior are covered with tiles. The impressive Delft tiles originate from Rotterdam manufactories (Delft faience) and were delivered for the pavilion's furnishings as early as 1723. The porcelain pavilion itself was built was built between 1762 and 1764, 40 years after the tiles were delivered, as part of the palace gardens in the 18th century. The wall coverings depict landscape motifs (landschap in achtkant op gesprenkeld fond met uitgespaarde lelie) and equestrian tiles (Ruiter; hoekmotief: spin). The tiles are among the most valuable furnishings of the building. -- Llez (talk) 18:43, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
 Support Well done, I like photos like that. -- XRay 💬 20:02, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:A spectacled weaver, taken in South Africa v2.jpg

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Alternative

File:Црква „Св. Петка“ - Руѓинце 10.jpg

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A relief of a bull head on the northwestern edge of St. Petka Church in the village of Ruǵince

File:Mount Taboche and horse.jpg

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A horse grazing in front of mount Taboche in Sagarmatha national park, probably near Ama Dablam base camp.

File:Pez halcón moteado (Cirrhitichthys aprinus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-23, DD 186.jpg

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Spotted hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus), Anilao, Philippines

File:Malta Gozo, Azure Window (10264176345).jpg

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Malta: Gozo, Azure Window

File:Navagio, Zante 01.jpg

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Navagio Beach at Zakynthos (Greece)

File:Ceiling of Echo Dome, Golconda Fort (Oct 2025).jpg

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Ceiling of Echo Dome, Golconda Fort

File:Islam Hoja Minaret, Khiva (Islomxoʻja minorasi, Минарет Ислам Ходжа, Хива).jpg

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Islam Hoja Minaret, Khiva

File:Interior Stork Zawiya Chellah Rabat Nov25 A7CR 08934.jpg

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Interior of Zawiya of Chellah, Rabat, Morocco

File:SW Perugia Plains Assisi Italy Sep23 A7C 07858.jpg

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Perugia plains, looking southwest from Assisi, Italy

Alternative

File:ILanz, plaats in Graubünden. 27-09-2025. (actm.) 51.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Barcelona March 2015-1b.jpg

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Encants Barcelona
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors#Spain
  •  Info The mirrored ceiling of Encants Barcelona, a flea market in Barcelona, Spain. All by Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:13, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:13, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Wobbanight (talk) 19:57, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Striking composition --Tagooty (talk) 05:44, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry, but it doesn’t work for me aesthetically. You have cropped it at the bottom, probably to get rid of irritating cars etc. and to respect the privacy of people in the foreground (cf. your other photo); that’s understandable. But the bottom part is still crowded and confused, distracting from the roofs, and now the fences, the tent roofs, the information board at the right etc. are cut in half. Therefore the bottom crop appears abrupt and arbitrary, and the traffic lights and the street lamp look a bit grotesque – distorted and enlarged by the perspective and stretching themselves uselessly above the nothingness since we can’t see the road to which they belong. So we have still a crowded composition with distracting elements without seeing why the bottom is so crowded. (In any case, you should at least crop or clone out the fragments of street lamps at the lower left edge.) The roofs themselves are highly interesting, but from this perspective they look distorted and mostly just blackish. The reflection is not beautiful because it is neither a clear reflection (or a mosaic of clear reflections) of the area below nor sufficiently blurred to develop abstract beauty. And I wonder what was supposed to be sharp here – the sharpest point I can spot is the ‘Precio especial’ poster, but the edges of the roofs appear mostly a bit out of focus, I am missing crisp contours there and elsewhere. IMHO we either need another perspective which gives us, at least, an appropriate, more complete and less distorted impression of the building, or details of the roofs with their reflections. – Aristeas (talk) 09:49, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose A very interesting and undoubtedly impressive subject, both architecturally and conceptually. For me, however, the image does not unfold a sense of visual lightness or inner tension, but feels heavy and somewhat blunt overall. Large areas of the image are very dark, which makes it difficult to clearly perceive the reflections. The reflections remain insufficiently differentiated, rather than developing a clear or convincingly abstract visual effect. From a compositional point of view, the image feels unsettled to me: distracting elements appear in several places, such as the street lamps on the left, which could at least have been reduced through retouching (with appropriate disclosure). Overall, I miss a clear visual guidance or a resting point that holds the viewer's gaze. The subject itself has great potential, but in this execution the image overwhelms me rather than drawing me in or sustaining my attention. For an FP, this impact is unfortunately not sufficient for me, which is why I cast a Weak oppose.
As a side note: If I were to support one of your recent works, it would be this one: Compianto - Niccolò dell'Arca. In that image, the expressive power of the sculpture is captured exceptionally well; it would only benefit from a very gentle noise reduction limited to the background. I was also immediately struck by your very abstract composition Composition with greens - Porto Covo, which triggered an instant Wow! response when I first saw it. Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 11:30, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank you for your careful feedback, Aristeas and Radomianin, you are both right! But you know (or suspect) that my two last nominations were more intended to make a point than to see my pictures promoted. If I were convinced that any of them really deserved the star, I would have made the nominations a long time ago. What I'm trying to do is to persuade the reviewers to take a closer look at the candidates, one that goes beyond the very first impression and pixel-peeking considerations. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:15, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for sharing your perspective, Alvesgaspar. I understand your aim to encourage reviewers to look more closely, beyond first impressions. Some longtime participants may feel nostalgic and even jokingly call for a Make FPC great again approach; personally, I don't see FPC as having declined - in fact, it has evolved positively, with clearer standards and a more collaborative atmosphere than in earlier years. Mistakes happen, of course, but the process is still challenging and meaningful. Honest critique and differing opinions are welcome, and while framing FPC as fallen seems unnecessary, I also want to acknowledge that, as discussed on the FPC talk page, there have been times when an intimidating climate was a real problem for some users, making it harder to oppose nominations freely. While this is less of an issue today, it is important to recognize that concern. Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 12:50, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:20220917 St. Ursula Munich 10.jpg

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A staircase of the church St. Ursula in Munich, Germany

File:Βλυχός Ύδρας 8531.jpg

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View of Vlychos, Greece

File:Black Redstart in Kaziranga National Park March 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 02.jpg

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Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - female


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Wed 28 Jan → Mon 02 Feb
Thu 29 Jan → Tue 03 Feb
Fri 30 Jan → Wed 04 Feb
Sat 31 Jan → Thu 05 Feb
Sun 01 Feb → Fri 06 Feb
Mon 02 Feb → Sat 07 Feb

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

Sat 24 Jan → Mon 02 Feb
Sun 25 Jan → Tue 03 Feb
Mon 26 Jan → Wed 04 Feb
Tue 27 Jan → Thu 05 Feb
Wed 28 Jan → Fri 06 Feb
Thu 29 Jan → Sat 07 Feb
Fri 30 Jan → Sun 08 Feb
Sat 31 Jan → Mon 09 Feb
Sun 01 Feb → Tue 10 Feb
Mon 02 Feb → Wed 11 Feb

Closing nominations manually

The following description explains how to close nominations manually. Normally this is not necessary, as FPCBot takes care of counting the votes, closing and archiving the nominations. When the Bot has counted the votes, a user needs to check and approve the result; everything else is done by the Bot. Therefore, the following instructions are normally only needed for delist-and-replace nominations that the Bot cannot (yet) process, and in case the Bot malfunctions. The closing can be done by any experienced user. If you need help, just ask on the FPC talk page.

  1. On Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the nomination, then [edit].
    • Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line):
      {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=(“yes” or “no”)|gallery=xxx|sig=~~~~}}
      (You can leave the gallery parameter blank if the image was not featured. If the nomination contains alternatives, you must add the alternative=xxx parameter with the name of the selected image between the gallery and the sig parameter. See {{FPC-results-reviewed}} for examples and more explanations.)
    • Edit the title of the nomination and add featured or not featured after the link – for example:
      === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
      becomes
      === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
    • Save your edit.
  2. If it is featured:
    1. 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.
    2. Add the picture to the appropriate featured picture gallery page and section. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images on Commons:Featured pictures, list to find the gallery page, and search for the correct section. (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.)
    3. 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 in the nomination Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}} You also need the com-nom parameter if the image gets renamed.
      • 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}}
    4. Head over to the structured data for the image and add the “Commons quality assessment” claim (P6731) “Wikimedia Commons featured picture” (Q63348049).
    5. Add the picture to the chronological archives of featured pictures. Place it at the end of the gallery using this format:
      File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Title'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]<br> {{s|xxx}}, {{o|xxx}}, {{n|xxx}}
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other entries on that page for examples. (If you want to do everything perfectly, link that number to the nomination subpage, just like FPCBot does this. It allows users to jump directly to the nomination.)
      • The Title should be replaced by the bare name of the featured picture, without the ‘File:’ or the file extension (such as .jpg .tif .svg).
      • The x in {{s|x}}, {{o|x}}, {{n|x}} should be replaced by the count of support, oppose, and neutral votes respectively.
      • If the nomination was a set nomination, use this format:
        File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Set: Title (Z files)'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]<br> {{s|x}}, {{o|x}}, {{n|x}}
        Replace the Z in (Z files) by the count of images in the set, and use the name of the first image from the set instead of File:xxxxx.jpg and for the title.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. 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.
  3. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}-d, {{FPD}}-d and {{Withdraw}}-n nominations), you have to move the transclusion (the {{ }} and the text within those) of the nomination to the current log page.
    • To find the current log page, visit the first page of the log for this month. If the header of that page contains a link with the text “Next part of this month”, the log for this month has been split into several parts because it contains too many entries. Click on the “Next part …” link and repeat this until you reach a page where the header does not offer a “Next part …” link; that’s the last and current log page.
    • Now open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you are closing. It will be of the form: {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}} or: {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/XXXXX}}.
    • Copy that line to the bottom of the current log page and save that page. Then remove the same line from the candidate list and save that page.

Closing a delisting nomination

  1. On 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. Edit the title of the delisting nomination and add delisted or not delisted after the image title; for example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the transclusion of the nomination to the current log page; please see above for an explanation how to find the current log page and how to move the nomination to it.
  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:
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in the chronological archive 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 archives.
  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 section above. 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.

Archiving a withdrawn nomination

If a nomination has been withdrawn by the nominator by using {{Withdraw}} or is cancelled with {{FPX}} or {{FPD}}, wait 24 hours after the nomination was last edited. If there has been no objection to the cancellation within this time, the nomination can simply be archived. Just move the transclusion of the nomination to the current log page; please see above for an explanation how to find the current log page and how to move the nomination to it.

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