Original – Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy (Manche), France at night.Edit 1 – another version taken a few minutes beforeEdit 2 – This version doesn't have the lights from the car coming the other way, nor the red backlights of some car on the left. Dark parts have also been brightened slightly.Edit 3 – Edited the most recent alternative for less bright highlights and brighter shadows.
Reason
This is a beautiful capture. More importantly, detailed pictures of Mont Saint-Michel are rare, one usually finds pictures taken from hundreds of yards away. Also, the minimal noise level (despite the light in this shot) is difficult to achieve.
Oppose While it may have been a tough exposure, the lighting is blown in places as well as the shadows in others. What a beautiful place though -Fcb98115:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose, it is blown out in places and that is something you get in night shots... and it's surprisingly crisp, but I don't think this image really does a great job of representing the subject. Part of it is that maybe for old structures like this night shots are out of place because the lighting doesn't fit, and part of it is because it's difficult to see the main structures. Definitely a lovely place. grenグレン18:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm user Benh from commons and the author of the picture. I uploaded another version of the candidate which has brighter dark parts since it was taken a few minutes before. It's also post processed to help. I also rotated it slightly to the left since it was tilted. Unfortunately, there's a car coming the other way which spoils the picture... Blieusong12:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original The headlights in the lighter version does spoil it. Although the original does have a few blown highlights, it's not more than expected from a long exposure night shot. The lighting also creates a more dramatic images compared to the lighter one. Besides the few blown highlights, the images suffers from no other significant problems. Very unique and encyclopedic pic. JumpingcheeseCont@ct14:00, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've found another picture, taken after the first two ones, which may addresses most of the flaws mentionned above. Blieusong17:46, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Edit 3, it looks quite good this way, only some bits are still a little bright. If it were any darker though the other bits would be too dark, so I suppose this is the best that can be done. typhoonchaser06:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original or Edit 2 Only I love the dark sky of the original. The most important thing that I love in this picture is the mood of the dark sky and the castle. I like the detail in edit 3 but it's too bright for me. So I support those with dark sky. Only one question, Are those white dots dead pixels or stars? Because they look weird. --Arad02:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
they are stars (look at picture in chronological order, edit1, original and then edit2 to check) and I yap I found them "weird" too. Since I'm here, I Oppose Edit3 which looks too unnatural/overprocessed to my taste. Blieusong19:22, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]