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Weedy Seadragon

Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) Cabbage Tree Bay, Sydney, Australia

The Weedy sea dragon taken by Richard Ling.

Its a striking image of an animal in its natural habitat. It's pin sharp and well lit. Zeimusu | Talk


Habanero

A habanero, the spiciest food in the world.

A habanero, the spiciest food in the world. Taken by Aka. Beautiful, striking color and contrast. Illustrates the subject perfectly, with no extraneous information, and captures the eye. Neutralitytalk 05:55, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)

Above vote was mine. Mgm|(talk) 13:41, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)


Apricot

Two apricots and leaves

A very nice photo of apricots.


Tomato

tomato

A beautiful red tomato I grew myself.


Geitoneura klugii

Geitoneura klugii

A good shot of geitoneura klugii on a branch.


Northwestern arch

"The Arch" at the entrance to Northwestern University's Evanston, Illinois campus

Self-nom. — Dan | Talk 02:10, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)


Bison skull pile

Bison skull pile, 1870s

I recently saw this photo on a documentary and immediately thought of W:FPC. It is an enormous pile of bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer, in the 1870s. The way the photo was presented in the documentary involved a slow zoom-out from the man at the top to reveal the entire pile-- it definitely fits the criteria of striking/shocking/impressive. The photo demonstrates the extensive slaughter of the bison: from around 60 million in 1800 to as few as 750 in 1890.

Unfortunately, the largest version of this photo on the internet is not very large, and it doesn't appear to be available in any books for scanning. So, I will present the best that I could find, cleaned up as much as possible. It is currently featured in the article American bison, which appears to be the only article that talks about the slaughter of the bison. --brian0918™ 05:26, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)


Oxford Canal

The Oxford Canal as seen from Napton-on-the-Hill in Warwickshire, England


Self nom - I took this a few days ago with my fancy new camera, and I'm rather proud of it, what does everyone else think. G-Man 21:09, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Alt route 1948

File:Alt route 1948.jpg
US 99 in 1948

From Ridge Route and US 99. The verdant, rolling hills of 1948 California. Found by User:Lucky 6.9.


Toronto Skyline Through Island

Toronto skyline as seen from Toronto Island
Edited version

Photograph I took, I think that it is a nicely composed picture juxtaposing the city against nature. - Pdefer | !! 03:19, 2005 Mar 2 (UTC)


Delicate Arch

Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah.

Geology doesn't get much more attractive. Illustrates Delicate Arch, but curiously not Arches National Park. - Solipsist 20:03, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image moved to File:Delicatearch1.jpg. MER-C 07:44, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Zuni girl

Old version:
Zuni girl with jar, 1903
New version:
Edited version

Currently featured at Zuni and definitely adds significantly: in one image you have their art, clothing, culture, etc. I'd also say it fits the criteria of beautiful, striking, and/or impressive. -  BRIAN0918  14:54, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Child laborer

Child laborer, New Jersey, 1910

I found this one while looking through the Library of Congress collection -- a child laborer carrying 2 pecks of berries (probably about 30lbs). I think it at least fits the criteria of striking or shocking. Currently featured at Child labor. -  BRIAN0918  04:42, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman
New attempt
Third attempt

Just browsing through the poetry article when I was struck by this picture of Walt Whitman. I love the contrast and shadows and the detail on the beard. This is my first time to nominate a picture. TheCoffee 09:20, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I agree. TheCoffee 06:58, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Support this version or the 2nd version. -- BRIAN0918  15:21, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Bang Pa-In floating pavilion

1 - The Aisawan Thiphya-Art, or Divine Seat of Personal Freedom
2 - edited version

Interesting and striking colors. Used Bang Pa-In, photo is from the Commons, taken by Rdsmith4 - AllyUnion (talk) 03:22, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Dry Tortugas

Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas

Currently featured at Dry Tortugas. There are a lot of other striking photos of this island group / fort, but they're all under copyright. -  BRIAN0918  05:35, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Petrified wood closeup 2

Polished slice of petrified wood

I'd vaguely thought that petrified wood looked like normal wood, except, well, stonier. Thanks to Dschwen, now I know better. Both images currently featured in the article are quite good, but I feel this is the superior. —Korath (Talk) 07:00, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)


Australian Blue Dragonfly

1 - Blue Dragonfly
2 - Blue Dragonfly

Two great images (sorry Solipsist :-) ), of a Blue Dragonfly.


Lake-effect snow

File:LakeEffect-Superior-Michigan-EO.jpg
Streaming lake effect snow clouds off Lakes Superior and Michigan. Wind direction is southeastward, becoming eastward as the clouds extend to the east.

I was surprised that this wasn't already featured. I've become (nonvoluntarily) familiar with lake effect snow (my area usually gets hit the worst). Fits the criteria of striking/impressive/fascinating and adds qualitatively to the article Lake effect snow. -  BRIAN0918  16:08, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Snowflake

File:Rasmussen-Libbrecht snowflake 01.jpg
Snowflake 1
File:Rasmussen-Libbrecht snowflake 02.jpg
Snowflake 2
File:Rasmussen-Libbrecht snowflake 03.jpg
Snowflake 3

I couldn't decide which of these to nominate, so I'll let you decide which is the best. I've put them in order of my preference, (1=most preferred), and others can as well. The winner will then be put in appropriate articles, such as at snowflake or snow. -  BRIAN0918  04:12, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Z Machine

I know I've been adding a lot of candidates lately, but I couldn't resist this one. I worked with this group over the last two summers, and took a tour of this machine twice (not while it was on :)). The point of this thing is to produce high energy x-rays to be channelled into uniformly collapsing a 2mm-wide deuterium capsule for fusion purposes. The whole bang is over in a tenth of a microsecond, and destroys most of the inner bits. An overhead camera was triggered to take a picture when the event occurred. Informative article here. Permission granted for usage on Wikipedia. -  BRIAN0918  04:02, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Kyoto Fushimi Inari shrine

A row of torii arches at the entrance to the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
Edited (cropped) version.
Large (3072x2048) version.

I noticed this evocative and mysterious image on the Kyoto page and was quite taken with it. We've all seen Japanese torii arches, but perhaps never a path of them, congested like this, a kind of stairway to heaven. (Was this an inspiration for Christo's "The Gates"?) I support this photo and made it my screensaver this week. Sandover 08:23, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Pine cones

male and female pine cones

Spring is coming, and its nice to see the trees out and about and having sex. This rather good illustration for pine cone was taken by User:Menchi, apparently using a video camera. - Solipsist 19:41, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Mammatus

Mammatus clouds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1973

Probably fits the criteria of beautiful/striking/fascinating, and adds qualitatively to the article Mammatus. -  BRIAN0918  16:37, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Numeral systems

1-500, in base 2 through 10.

Very clever diagram; I wouldn't have thought of illustrating numeral systems like this. Created by User:Fredrik.

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Dew on spider web

#1 - Dew drops adhering to a spider web
File:Water.drops.on.web01.jpg
#2 - sharpened picture

I noticed a similar image was on FPC back in November (Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dew on Spiders Web). Although I liked that one as well, this one doesn't have the problems mentioned by the opposers. Currently featured at Dew and Adhesion, it demonstrates adhesion of water molecules to the web, as well as surface tension created by the Van der Waals forces within the water drops. Notice the larger drops at web intersections. -  BRIAN0918  02:39, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Missouri fires a missile

File:Missouri missles.PNG
#1 - USS Missouri fires a BGM-109 Tomahawk missile.
#2 - enhanced and sharpened picture

An image I found and uploaded while adding some history the USS Missouri (BB-63) page. I think its striking, impressive, fascinating, and it does much to illistrate the modernization of the Iowa class battleships carried out under the Reagan Administration. This is a self nomination and this is my first time nominating an image for featured article status. TomStar81 02:58, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

TomStar81 00:02, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Skeletal muscle

A top-down view of skeletal muscle

Spent the better part of an afternoon making this. It's a montage of 6 pictures - (one public domain and the rest GFDL). Rama did the initial drawnings, and I cleaned them up and put them together.


Lincoln cent

2002 Lincoln cent, Obverse, proof with cameo

High in detail and contrast, and an excellent example of cameo on coins. Currently featured at Penny (U.S. coin), cameo, and proof coinage. This image is definitely striking :)  BRIAN0918  16:37, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Magellanic penguin

#1 - Magellanic penguin in its natural summer habitat near Punta Arena, Chile
#2 - with background somewhat brightened up

Significant amount of detail, in a setting you don't normally associate with penguins. Currently featured at Magellanic penguin. -  BRIAN0918  16:31, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Treasury of Athens

Treasury of Athens at Delphi, built with the spoils of the Battle of Marathon
further deskewed image

Self-nom. Taken a little while back while in Greece. I think it's as good a photo as you'll see of the most complete building at the site of Delphi. Oh, and the colours are totally natural!

Comment: My support is for the original image. The others don't appear natural. -- Longhair | Talk 12:23, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Itsukushima torii

The torii at Itsukushima Shrine appears to float in the water.
auto-colored, auto-contrasted

Self-nom; a vibrantly-colored illustration for Itsukushima Shrine and Three Views of Japan. — Dan | Talk 13:04, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

File:800px-Itsukushima torii 3.jpg
desat. clouds, rotated 1.25 degrees CW
File:800px-Itsukushima torii 4.jpg
bold crop
Bold crop with higher resolution and lower saturation


Root Canal Illustration

#1 - Root Canal procedure: unhealthy tooth, drilling, filing, rubber filling.
#2 - Root Canal procedure: unhealthy tooth, drilling, filing, rubber filling.

This is a simplified explanation of Pulpectomy that makes the article come to life beyond simple Xrays of teeth.

My dear doctor! I have made changes based on your suggestions and our conversation in Talk pages. I think I've addressed everything. Do you support this image? jk 01:08, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Support #1. Great! It's perfect, brief, well-arranged. It's not exact but enough popular. JK, you're skillful --Metju12 06:36, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose #2. Just for now. I gonna talk to jk. --Metju12 23:11, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Stormy skies

#1 - Turbulent Skies
#2 - Stormy Skies

Two quite different sky shots, which believe it or not were taken in roughly the same spot with maybe 2-3 hours between them


WMAP CMB

The first detailed, all-sky picture of the infant universe. The WMAP image reveals 13 billion+ year old temperature fluctuations (shown as color differences; red=warmer, blue=cooler) that correspond to the seeds that grew to become the galaxies. Encoded in the patterns are the answers to many age-old questions, such as the age and geometry of the Universe.

This image adds significantly to anything it touches. For the first time, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature fluctuations were captured in detail, using WMAP in 2003. This image answered several questions, such as the age of the universe (13.7 billion years with only a 1% margin of error), or when stars first appeared (only 200 million years after the Big Bang). It is the best evidence yet for Big Bang and Inflation models, and sheds light on the nature of dark energy. This image and future, more detailed versions may even provide the first experimental tests of string theory. [6]. See the mission site for more info. -  BRIAN0918  17:26, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Two Plums[edit]

Two beautiful plums

Some nice plums after some light rain


Huntsman Spider[edit]

#1 - Huntsman Spider
#2 - Huntsman Spider with a scale

This impressive specimen was on my verandah one night attending to the flies which had gathered around a porchlight, and I took the opportunity to take a snap. I tried waiting for an opportunity to get the spider with a fly, but as soon as he/she got one, the spider would run off into a corner to eat it in peace.


Vitrification[edit]

Molten glassy vitrified material poured from a crucible.
3rd version, auto-levelled
4th version, background to black

A striking image of an experiment at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in which radioactive waste materials are heated and "glassified" into obsidian-like insoluble ingots for eternal disposal. High detail and conrast with the depth of field just shallow enough to fix the viewers attention on the perfectly focused subject. Also nicely shows the viscous undefined phase transition of amorphous materials, I think. --Deglr6328 02:46, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wow, I never realized how bad it was until I touched that little "gamma" setting. :o) Thanks much for the work, this is obviously now the superior image in every respect.--Deglr6328 05:46, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Spotted Flower Chafer[edit]

Spotted Flower Chafer

A spotted flower chafer


University of Guanajuato[edit]

The University of Guanajuato

This image, of the University of Guanajuato in Guanajuato, Mexico, I believe nicely shows the beautiful architecture of the main building and its dome. --Spangineer 03:31, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)


Brightly Colored Tarantula[edit]

#1 - Tarantula
#2 - Tarantula

This photo was actually of a museum display, so I can't credit bravery for this spider :) Unfortunately due to the lighting (and the tarantula being behind reflective glass) This was the best angle I could get



Long Beach, CA at night[edit]

A picture of Long Beach, California at night.

It looks pretty and stunning. Used in Long Beach, California. Public domain image. -- AllyUnion (talk) 06:01, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Promoted +6/-1