Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kalapana, Hawaii

Kalapana, Hawaii

 * Reason:Good EV and quality, a rare everchanging lanscape
 * Articles in which this image appears:Kalapana, Hawai'i
 * Creator:Mbz1


 * Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 03:14, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: Very nice. Might there be a dust speck in the darker cloud just left of the pole, and another between the two vog plumes? -- Avenue (talk) 10:24, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Edit conflict, same as Avenue. If I hadn't read the caption I would have assumed that the plane was also a dust spot. Benjamint 10:31, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I do not see a spot to the left, could somebody please add a note? Thank you. To the right from the pole there is a plane and a helicopter--Mbz1 (talk) 11:30, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I've added a note for each speck. Would it be worth adding notes for the plane and helicopter? -- Avenue (talk) 11:44, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I've added notes for the plane and helicopter. I am not sure about dust spots. IMO they are too black for dust spots. It might be just another helicopter or a bird there. If you still wish me to remove those two, I will.Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:38, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I think you're in the best position to judge, so I'll leave it up to you. -- Avenue (talk) 15:18, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Then I'd rather not, the image is up for supporting :)--Mbz1 (talk) 15:25, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Did you have to darken the sky a lot? (or lighten the land) I was just thinking it looks kind of odd the way the yellow sign suddenly gets darker at the same height as the horizon ... almost looks as if it wasn't excluded from the mask (I'm sorry I'm just being annoying now) Benjamint 18:24, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your question, Benjamint. You do not have to be sorry. Your question is a legitimate one, and honestly I am very glad that such a good photographer as you are showing interest in my image. Now about the question itself. The answer is: I do not remember, but maybe you are right. The original image was lost, when I crashed my hard drive some time ago. It was very upsetting because I lost some absolutely unique images that I took from helicopter. Very few were uploaded to Commons before the crash (Mauna Loa, which is nominated above is one of them), but most images, taken on that expensive helicopter ride, were lost. The image in question is of course not the one that was taken from a helicopter, yet IMO it is kind of unique on its own. I tried to address the problem in my new edit, I also removed the dust spots in question. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:11, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Support Lovely photo, with excellent justaposition of the various elements - tells much of the story in a single image. The plane and especially the helicopter are useful for giving a sense of the scale. -- Avenue (talk) 00:19, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: The image currently seems to be in an image gallery in the specified article.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 03:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, you are kind of right. Of course I would not like to replace the top image with an active lava flow, but the quality of the top image do not allow to nominate it for FP. On the other hand Kalapana is such a fascinating place that IMO one of the images should be featured. The article is small, and I am not sure how to format it to include the image in the body. Any suggestions? Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 03:23, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 01:25, 4 March 2010 (UTC)