Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/St. Michael's Cathedral (Izhevsk)

Svyato Mikhailovsky Cathedral
Voting period ends on 3 Apr 2011 at 01:13:45 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality and EV
 * Articles in which this image appears:St. Michael's Cathedral (Izhevsk)
 * FP category for this image:link to category from WP:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
 * Creator:Richard Bartz


 * Support as nominator --Nergaal (talk) 01:13, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Support I like it! Aaadddaaammm (talk) 11:53, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Prefer alt. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 12:28, 2 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Support Excellent quality, excellent EV, very eye-catching.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:05, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Support I wish it had higher resolution, but this is acceptable.  Jujutacular  talk 17:51, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Slightly fuzzy near the entrances to the cathedral, but otherwise a nice picture. —  Ancient Apparition •  Champagne?  • 11:48pm • 12:48, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment It seems quite underexposed... JJ Harrison (talk) 08:42, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The colours does seem a tad washed out, and not as vibrant as it could be. Also, it doesn't look straight to me (Slight clockwise rotation needed?). Can you provide an alternative edit with these fixes? SMasters (talk) 01:34, 30 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment Agree, I guess the light conditions were not ideal, hence part of the subject is in the shadows. Could you improve it by propping up the shadow areas? Maybe playing with the curves could also help. Otherwise, great composition and razor-sharp. Would support if exposure is corrected. --Murdockcrc (talk) 19:04, 30 March 2011 (UTC).
 * To be honest, I simply found the pic. I have no real experience in actual editing like "propping up the shadow areas". Nergaal (talk) 04:17, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Alternative 2 Tried some post-processing to increase exposure on dark areas. Let me know what you think.--Murdockcrc (talk) 08:35, 31 March 2011 (UTC) More comments on the edit, please. Makeemlighter (talk) 09:07, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks really nice to me, and much more eye catching with those bright colors. Nergaal (talk) 22:19, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the edit is preferable. --99of9 (talk) 09:57, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I prefer the edit as well.  Jujutacular  talk 00:56, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 02:33, 8 April 2011 (UTC)