User:Pdanese/Favorites

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  one of these 4 should win PoTY 2024 (imo).
  
  edit: I don't think this camel shot even made it to round 2!
  
  edit2: I think the puffin shot is going to win. Despite the fact that it's a great shot, I'm just jaded over puffins.
  
  edit3: Interestingly, I must have 'thumbnail-blindness' because it's Poco's photo of the guy polishing livestock horns that's running away with the PotY. By 'thumbnail-blindness' I mean that I overlooked the photo because the thumbnail was not eye catching enough to me to warrant a more detailed look--definitely a flaw in how I select photos to look at, but I'm probably not the only one with this affliction. Puffin shot may make 2nd or 3rd place.
  
  edit4: This also contradicts my 'theory' that the top vote-getters in Round 1 of PotY would be the top vote-getters in round 2 (± some noise δ) because Poco's photo wasn't even in the top-20 of round 1! It'd be interesting to make a map of ranking changes between rounds 1 and 2.
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  one of these 4 should win PoTY 2024 (imo)
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  one of these 4 should win PoTY 2024 (imo)
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  Strangely, this pic is FP, but not QI. one of these 4 should win PoTY 2024 (imo)
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  Beautiful minimalism.
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  ... I'd love to watch someone do the focus stacking required for this type of pic. I assume there's focus stacking involved!
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  So far, this is my only 'fave' that prominently features a person.
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  overhead? ✓ minimalism? ✓ fave? ✓
  
  This fared much better in PotY than I would have guessed.
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  six-σ to the right on the normal distribution.
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  I'm a sucker for minimalist overhead shots.
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  more minimalism
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  When I find the time (i.e., never), I need to start doing microscopic photography.
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  Talk about reversal of fortunes! Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Close wing Basking of Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Sergeant (4) WLB.jpg edit: This photo and the "controversy" surrounding its FP nomination should be turned into a movie. Next up on FPC: The Zapruder film.
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  Normally, I'd try to avoid "favoriting" similar types of photos (e.g., multiple butterfly photos), but hot-damn, User:Anitava_Roy is quite good.
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  Reminds me of my dining hall in grad school.
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  This building feels like it should be in A Clockwork Orange.
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  More overhead minimalism--with a message.
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  My vote for PotY
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  Scorsese could've used this shot in The Departed.
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  let me get ahead of the curve on this one
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  This has "wow." Interestingly, the views on the FPC page were mixed. Chief complaint was "too dark" I think. But ... I like it.
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  I'm preaching to the choir on this one because everybody over at FPC loves this.
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  As far as I'm concerned, there is no bad shot of Monte Cervino. But even with that axiom, this is better than most.
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  Lots of "wow" here.
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  amazing
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  Another stunner. Apparently, the water is not quite level, but hopefully it gets sorted out. Even w/o correction, it's still 🤌.
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  Has an Edward Hopper feel to it.
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  Like a painting.
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  stunner
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  !!
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  This is just beautiful.
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  Another with that Hopper vibe.
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  Has a similar vibe to last year's PotY.
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  You can never have enough Hopperesque photos.
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  The usual knives are out for this one. It's pretty stunning, so I can understand the wariness. But some people consistently lob accusations with diamond-hard confidence and nothing to back those accusations up. I guess we'll see. edit: and we have seen!
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  Someone suggested a better crop and it definitely seems better. A wild photo. Seems like a building from Machinarium (video game).
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  Stunner! Just to grind an axe, however, I should note that no one has asked to see the RAW file for this one. To be fair, I don't really care to see the RAW, but it's my poor attempt at humor.
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  !!!!
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  would be on my short list for next year's PotY. as others have noted, it has a great painterly quality.