Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Anvil cumulus

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[edit] Anvil Shaped Cumulus

Amazing cloud, and surprising that the stitching worked out ok - it was moving fast!

• Support Self Nom --Fir0002 11:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. This is excellent! Good quality and resolution, nice subject. Mikeo 13:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support Great quality and what an amazing pic.--Childzy ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 19:42, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support I have not seen clouds like that in several monthes, although monsoon season is set to begin soon... TomStar81 21:36, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support Wow! - Adrian Pingstone 21:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support You're darn right wow! --Nebular110 22:00, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support - Woooow!!! Froggydarb 03:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• No need for my support, is there? --Janke | Talk 08:28, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support, great encyclopaedic image, although the image seems a bit suspect as the blending between the sky and landscape seems a bit false and lacking contrast, with haloes on the horizon. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 12:12, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

If you're asking if I dubbed the sky on I can say that I most certainly did not and I'm a little disapointed that you would insinuate that. The only time I uploaded a photo with a dubbed on sky I made very clear what it was. --Fir0002 12:34, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

No, my thoughts were more that it was the result of bracketed exposures that were not blended as well as they could be, I didn't insinuate that the sky was dubbed on. My other thought is that it could be the result of the shadow/highlight PS tool with a large radius, as this can leave haloes in areas of high contrast. Can you explain the haloes on the horizon? Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 12:54, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Well I'm not sure how it looks to you, but they're not really that visible on my monitor. Yes they could be a result of shadow highlight as I applied that, but not much, not what I'd expect to have a high impact. The shots were not an exposure bracket. Only other explanation is either sharpening or compression. Sorry if it is bothering you. --Fir0002 13:08, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Support Vertical perspective makes one feel trapt like an ant under foot, great contrasting landscape underfoot. Joe I 13:27, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Great picture! Interesting shape with the clouds, too. G.He 20:36, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Are there compression artifacts in the blue part of the sky? Mainly the top right section. --liquidGhoul 13:12, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I see them too, but they're not strong enough to be distracting, IMO. --Janke | Talk 17:12, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

• Support, with a comment. A great image, but I don't think it belongs in the cumulonimbus or cumulonimbus incus articles. Those cloud types are characterized by flat tops, giving the cloud an anvil-like appearance. This one has towers and a cauliflower-shaped top, which is characteristic of a cumulus cloud. I'm not a cloud expert, but the descriptions in the articles are pretty specific. -- moondigger 20:43, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support The anvil shape is there... Check out the 2nd pic at stormwiki - Ravedave 23:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

• Honestly, the link you provided doesn't look anything like Fir's pic to me. Check this picture, which clearly shows the anvil shape: [1]. Fir's image is excellent, but I really think it's in the wrong articles. -- moondigger 23:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

• Support. Awesome work, Fir0002; love your cloud pics. -- GarrettRock 23:30, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Cool cloud and a great pic :D. -- Darwinek 21:02, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Wow. Kokot.kokotisko 10:33, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. Sorry Fir, but I agree with Diliff about the haloes around mountains and trees - looks like classic over-use of the shadow-highlight tool which, while it has certainly added to the 'wow' factor, has also lent the sky a false look and introduced those haloes. I'm sure you've got the original so I'd prefer to see another attempt with less 'shopping. --Yummifruitbat 22:58, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Ah, good old cumulonimbus capillatus incus, my favourite type of cumulonimbus capillatus. Wowlookitsjoe 20:24, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
• Support. It is a very nice photograph.--Tnarg¹²³⁴⁵ 02:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Support. What a great picture! -- Underneath-it-All 04:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Support - Three thumbs up. Froggydarb 11:54, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Support, and congratulate the photographer - What a cool picture! Great work, Fir0002. Andrew (My talk · World Cup) 16:18, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Anvil shaped cumulus panorama edit crop.jpg Raven4x4x 07:10, 6 July 2006 (UTC)