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A person who doesn't know much about India would get the impression from the pictures on the India page on Knowledge that India is only a cold Himalayan place. We need one image to show the humid climate that India has as well. If you don't like this one, please find another one that is suitable.
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If you have problems formatting your nomination, someone else will fix it, don't worry! If you wish to simply add your nomination to this page without creating the subpage, that is OK as someone else will create the subpage. The important piece of information is the pointer to the image, and the
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are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the common saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images selected on
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Interesting image. I will be willing to support if you can get a higher resolution picture. The current size is just not enough. Also, on checking the emails accompanying the image, I found that it is a Knowledge-only permission. I am not sure how that translated to a CC-BY-SA. —
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Explanation: blue being a shorter wavelength than red gets attenuated faster in moisture (such as clouds or the humid haze that hangs over the water). So, it is unlikely that the far background (especially the farthest island) would appear that blue or bluish-green.
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Votes added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not give any reasons for the opposition. This is especially true if the image is altered during the process. Editors are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.
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Map created to the scale, contains important cities and road ways. Truely enclyopedic for a state of India whose page is largely neglected on Knowledge. Map added to state page along with district pages and major towns for which pages exists.
195:===]=== ] Add your reasons for nominating it here; say what article it appears in, and who created the image. Sign the request with ~~~~ <!-- additional votes go above this line --> {{breakafterimages}} 389: 91: 753: 473: 327: 90:, please add it below to the New nominations section. Conversely, if you believe that an image should not be listed, add it to the Nomination for removal section. Old nominations are 945:. This image was taken with a strong blue filter or post-processed with a blue filter and, in addition, had the saturation level of its blue increased. The result is a fake blue. 169: 680:
Wonderful colors and composition. Depicts the subject in a great manner with a nice perspective. Resolution is a problem otherwise would have nominated for featured status.
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overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g. add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination.
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Failed an earlier featured nomination. But feel it deserves selected status. Appears in several articles. There is something in the image that makes it eyecatching.
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How is the background blending with the clouds fatal? I think you are setting too high standards for Selected pictures by comparing them to Featured ones. --
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on why it wasn't selected). The main problem for me is that the composition is poor: the background blending with the clouds is fatal to this nomination.
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Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the
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is famous for its greenery. Its backwaters, lagoons, pond and lakes are world famous. Kerala is a famous tourist destination. We have an FA on
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I like the idea, but the image is both too busy and too low-res to be encyclopedic (in other words, to impart unambiguous visual information).
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Marleshwar (or is it Dhareshwar) WaterFalls in Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra. 5 km from Devrukh , formed on the banks of bav river.
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Also, I checked the image out, and it's fairly colour-neutral. Not much a blue filter has been used, though it does appear so.
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should illustrate an India-related Knowledge article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the
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Too many problems. Background is bleached. Right side is out of focus, left side has slight
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If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do
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gives everything a bluish tinge. Haven't you noticed how distant hills are often blue?
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Where possible, objections should provide a specific rationale that can be addressed.
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This picture (perhaps, taken during the moonsoon) is full of waterfalls all over.
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The picture drives home the truth that algae render Kerala its greenery.
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and this picture is really portraying the natural beauty of the state.
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Updated with a higher resolution. Let me know if this suffices. Thanks
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A stunning aerial view of the Andaman Islands. Uploaded by
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487:Sorry, no one has told me how to add a nomination. 292:Place new nominations at the top of this section. 1015:image, it would have been truly remarkable. — 8: 228:indian selected pictures candidate template 976:Interesting. Thank you for noting that.-- 261:To change your vote, strike it out (with 182:Do not change this portion of text at all 170:Portal:India/Selected picture candidates/ 758: 798:makes her a famous tourist destination. 159: 65: 926:An aerial view of the Andaman Islands 205:  to the top of the list in the 7: 244:If you approve of a picture, write 786:. Kerala's greenery consisting of 251:If you oppose a nomination, write 167:Create a new subpage named   31: 1030: 888: 813:Articles this image appears in: 770:situated at the southern tip of 725: 646: 524: 445: 361: 299: 79:. 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Index

Portal:India
Knowledge:PINSPC

historical
village pump
Portal:India
selected picture criteria
featured
Indian Portal
archived
Shortcut
WP:PINSPC
Selected articles
Selected pictures
What is a selected picture?
Selected picture candidates
Picture of the week archive
Portal:India/Selected picture candidates/ExampleName
PISPC
indian selected pictures candidate template

historical
village pump
Marleshwar falls

Pinecar
talk

historical
village pump

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