Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Datong

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Original – City view. Datong, Shanxi.

Reason: There are few pictures of Chinese cities that are featured, so I started searching for good ones. Apart from being an accurate depiction of the skyline (taken from a large mountain I believe), I think it meets all criteria, however there are two versions depending on your belief in posthoc editing. The second is the original.
Articles in which this image appears: Datong
FP category for this image: Places/Urban
Creator: Chlukoe

Support alt as nominator However, I want to post the thumb of the original (unedited) photograph for an alternate in all it's polluted glory but I don't know how. It is found here: [1] Mattximus (talk) 02:59, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think the sharpening and contrast enhancement are probably improvements, but the more extreme colour/saturation shift in the greens, and in particular the artificial blue sky, may be frowned upon. On the whole I'd suggest that editing to bring out the detail is good; editing which specifically presents a false reality is bad. TSP (talk) 12:22, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I generally agree, but couldn't figure out how to show a thumb of the alternate. I feel the new one only changed the colour/saturation and not sharpness, but I'm not an expert. I kinda prefer the alt since it is more realistic, but I can see either way so it's up to others to see which they prefer, if any. Mattximus (talk) 21:17, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you want them both to be considered, you should upload the retouched version as a separate file. --Paul_012 (talk) 16:39, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I've swapped the files, in order to avoid confusion as to which is the original. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:19, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Buildings on the right (and on the very extreme left) are tilted. -- Veggies (talk) 20:19, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:27, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]