Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Saint Mary Lake

Saint Mary Lake

File:Saint Mary Lake and Wildgoose Island-2.jpg

Levels Adjustment Layer in Photoshop

File:Saint Mary Lake and Wildgoose Island-3.jpg

Levels Lake 3 16bit Mode

This article appears in Saint Mary Lake, and illustrates it well. I know all of the sizists out there are going to complain, but even at this small size, it is quite stunning. Besides, in the past, FPC never had to be very big.

Nominate and support. - Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 21:07, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- The lake seems a little dark... how about this?PiccoloNamek 21:39, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that is correct, all the 'sizists' are going to complain. It just happens to be that larger pictures look better, and when we ask if the picture is available in a larger size, it is because we like it and would like to support it at a larger resolution. Obviously FP's did not need to be large in the past because monitor resolution capabilities were less. Phoenix2 22:59, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Severe compression artifacts in the sky. —Cryptic (talk) 12:08, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I think those (only visible on the second picture) are due to the level correction in PS. The original picture does not have this problem Glaurung 16:13, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - They're worse in the second image, but still quite visible in the first. —Cryptic (talk) 16:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oppose. (And just to be clear, I mean the 8-pixel blocking where the mountains meet the sky, not the banding in the second image.) —Cryptic (talk) 15:25, 24 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, perhaps I shouldn't have edited it in 8-bit mode...I'll have to fix that. Also the levels correction was not applied to the sky at all. I used a gradient map so that only the lake was affected. Changing the levels in 8-bit mode must've posterized the image. How about this? (#3) PiccoloNamek 17:46, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral. Nice, but bordering on small. Enochlau 10:59, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Ridiculously small. Where did you get the image from? If it was the forest service or something I'm sure they will send you the full size version if you ask. --Deglr6328 07:31, 24 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Could have been good but far too small. --Fir0002 09:38, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. It's beautiful, but the sharpness is off and its pixilated-looking around the edges of the mountains and the sky looks streaked and not quite focused to me. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 04:02, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Come on! Support! This is brilliant! It's... Thelb4! 15:40, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Raven4x4x 09:37, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]