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Mt Kilimanjaro[edit]

Original - An aerial view of Mount Kilimanjaro. The summit once covered in ice has lost more than 80% of it since 1912 and more than 26% in the past decade.
Edit 1 Levels adjustment
Reason
Good quality, and EV. A recent picture hence it shows how little ice is left. Different view from what is normally seen, I personally had never seen such a sight even with google earth.
Articles in which this image appears
Mount Kilimanjaro, List of African Ultras
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim
  • Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 12:48, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The slight haziness and bland colour can be forgiven for the rarity and EV of this picture... As far as I'm concerned anyway... Gazhiley (talk) 14:29, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

* Oppose this isn't Mahammad's best image of Kilimanjaro, the other image being used in the article is technically superior, but doesn't show the loss of ice. This image has blown high lights and is a little soft. I don't see why you would use 800 ISO when shooting in daylight. --Leivick (talk) 20:10, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    • I was in a plane moving at over 900km/hr. I needed a fast shutter speed to avoid blur. Even with ISO-800, some pictures came out a bit blurry. --Muhammad(talk) 01:07, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 1 curve adjustments are a great improvement. I also realized that the monitor I was looking at it on doesn't display highlights very well. --22:38, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose per the above --Herby talk thyme 09:12, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. per above. A bit hazy so, not exactly FP standard, but great image nonetheless. -FASTILY (TALK) 23:51, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Slightly hazy, but it's fairly unrealistic to expect a non-hazy photo from such a distance and (presumably) through an an aeroplane window. Having said that, increasing the contrast or black point seems to help quite a bit and is probably worth doing to combat the haze. Anyway, I think this aerial view is interesting and uncommon and shows the shape of the mountain far better than one from the ground. It's a shame there is so much cloud though. Also, this image does not have significant blown highlights. In photoshop, go to the Image menu -> Adjustments -> Threshold, then drag the slider to 250 (still 5 values below blown). There is virtually nothing in the image that is white (above 250). Therefore no blown highlights IMO. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Edit 1 Uploaded --Muhammad(talk) 01:28, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support edit 1 per Diliff. Interesting and encyclopedic. Mostlyharmless (talk) 06:12, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support edit1 per Gazhiley, great shot. Fletcher (talk) 02:06, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support edit 1 per nom. Spikebrennan (talk) 21:25, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support edit1 per Diliff. Very nice view. —Krm500 (Communicate!) 23:32, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mount Kilimanjaro Dec 2009 edit1.jpg —Maedin\talk 07:38, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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