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51: 82: 168:- Great image at thumbnail size, okay at full screen, some focus/artifact issues at full size that become distracting from the waist down... Given the pixel count, final file size seems a bit small.-- 222:
Looking at it closer, the de-noise is excessive, it shows in the feet area and the stars. Also I don't see a benefit in reducing (scaling) the image size, it results in loss of details.
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A good image of the most famous national symbol of Latvia. The statue is high up a column, meaning that she is difficult to photograph front-on without a very long zoom. We already have
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I saved it at 95% quality JPEG, and I don't see any JPEG artifact issues. I still have the TIFF, so I could resave it as a 100% JPEG easily enough.
17: 331: 312: 299: 282: 256: 217: 204: 195: 177: 160: 143: 125: 85:, but that one shows the entire column with the statue only a minor detail. The two different images both have high EV. 66: 70: 151:– Due in part to the monument's interesting history – surprisingly, it survived the Soviet occupation of Latvia. 224:
Aside from the technical issues, I am undecided about significance of EV given we have a FP of the monument.
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despeckle tool, set at 2 pixel radius, and thought it was an improvement, just one user's opinion.
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Uploaded the 100% version. Must admit, the sky looks a lot better.
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I agree about the file size, the original is a lot larger.
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I like the composition, excellent background. I have to
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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.
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Knowledge (XXG):Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
65:in Riga, which commemorates the fallen in the 8: 337:Featured picture nominations/September 2016 243:sidenote: I ran the original image through 18:Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates 227:Image complements existing FP, as a set. 28:Liberty atop the Freedom Monument, Riga 7: 241:) 00:56, 30 September 2016 (UTC) ... 233:because of technical issues, sorry. 88:Articles in which this image appears 83:one featured picture of the monument 73:that united to form Latvia in 1918. 327:Ended featured picture nominations 24: 283:06:44, 29 September 2016 (UTC) 257:01:45, 30 September 2016 (UTC) 218:20:32, 29 September 2016 (UTC) 205:07:33, 29 September 2016 (UTC) 196:03:42, 29 September 2016 (UTC) 178:20:54, 28 September 2016 (UTC) 161:14:19, 28 September 2016 (UTC) 144:10:18, 28 September 2016 (UTC) 126:20:22, 27 September 2016 (UTC) 1: 332:Featured picture nominations 313:22:48, 7 October 2016 (UTC) 300:21:14, 3 October 2016 (UTC) 67:Latvian War of Independence 353: 100:FP category for this image 57:– The copper statue of 74: 39:Voting period ends on 53: 119:Support as nominator 75: 259: 228: 47: 344: 288:Regretful oppose 242: 226: 215:Smurrayinchester 202:Smurrayinchester 141: 140: 123:Smurrayinchester 112:Smurrayinchester 92:Freedom Monument 71:cultural regions 63:Freedom Monument 38: 36: 352: 351: 347: 346: 345: 343: 342: 341: 317: 316: 136: 135: 37: 34: 31: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 350: 348: 340: 339: 334: 329: 319: 318: 306:Not Promoted 303: 302: 285: 267: 266: 265: 264: 263: 262: 261: 260: 208: 207: 198: 181: 180: 163: 146: 128: 115: 114: 109: 106: 101: 98: 89: 86: 79: 45:20:22:35 (UTC) 33: 30: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 349: 338: 335: 333: 330: 328: 325: 324: 322: 315: 314: 311: 307: 301: 297: 293: 290:per Bammesk. 289: 286: 284: 280: 276: 272: 269: 268: 258: 254: 250: 246: 240: 236: 232: 225: 221: 220: 219: 216: 212: 211: 210: 209: 206: 203: 199: 197: 193: 189: 185: 184: 183: 182: 179: 175: 171: 167: 164: 162: 158: 154: 150: 147: 145: 142: 139: 132: 129: 127: 124: 120: 117: 116: 113: 110: 107: 105: 102: 99: 97: 93: 90: 87: 84: 80: 77: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 46: 42: 29: 26: 19: 305: 304: 287: 270: 230: 223: 165: 148: 137: 130: 118: 54: 44: 40: 32: 27: 292:Daniel Case 231:Weak oppose 96:Kārlis Zāle 41:7 Oct 2016 321:Categories 138:INeverCry 61:atop the 310:Armbrust 55:Original 271:Support 249:Bammesk 235:Bammesk 188:Bammesk 170:Godot13 166:Comment 149:Support 131:Support 108:Creator 59:Liberty 78:Reason 275:Jobas 16:< 296:talk 279:talk 253:talk 245:GIMP 239:talk 192:talk 174:talk 157:talk 153:Sca 43:at 323:: 308:-- 298:) 281:) 273:– 255:) 194:) 176:) 159:) 133:– 121:– 94:, 294:( 277:( 251:( 237:( 190:( 172:( 155:(

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Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates
Liberty atop the Freedom Monument, Riga

Liberty
Freedom Monument
Latvian War of Independence
cultural regions
one featured picture of the monument
Freedom Monument
Kārlis Zāle
Knowledge (XXG):Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Smurrayinchester
Smurrayinchester
20:22, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
INeverCry
10:18, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
Sca
talk
14:19, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
Godot13
talk
20:54, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
Bammesk
talk
03:42, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
Smurrayinchester
07:33, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
Smurrayinchester
20:32, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
Bammesk

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