There are two rounds of the Picture of the Year contest. In the first round, you may vote for as many images as you like.
In the second round, you may vote for up to 3 finalists you like. Each of these 3 votes counts equally and you can only vote for each finalist once.
To vote, you must be an established Wikimedia user registered before January 1, 2024, with at least 75 edits on Wikimedia projects.
Log into your Wikimedia Account to vote. If you don’t have an account, just view these beautiful images from 2023.
The Commons Picture of the Year is a competition that was first run in 2006. It aims to identify the best freely licensed images from those that during the year have been awarded Featured picture status. This year’s candidate images are listed at Commons:Featured pictures/chronological/2024.
Picture of the Year 2023 is the eighteenth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons image competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons.
Thanks for posting an activity, I hope you do not mind I slid into the OEGlobal 2024 Interactions space as something for all to do over the next few weeks.
Sadly I have not done enough editing in Wikimedia Commons to vote. But it is fun to consider what to vote for, or to share what people are drawn to. I felt pulls for the many dramatic wild life photos (especially the jaguar in the water) and having seen Northern Lights recently those images. I also am intrigued by the expanding of what a camera is to include satellite and telescope images.
After much scrolling and peeking, I landed on my three picks.
Settlement surrounded by rice terraces in Batad, Banaue.
Something about this aerial view of a land on which there is no trace of its original form, being shaped by humans for growing rice and then superimposing dwellings. It’s the footprint of humanity? Plus I have to look up where Banaue is and then find that the Batad rice terraces are a World Heritage site. Every web link should open doors, thats what the Wikivesrse provides.
Incense plays an important role in Vietnamese life. It is considered as a sacred bridge to connect…
I skipped this one a few times but came back to it for such a powerful framing and composition, the leading curve line, and the almost inversion of subject and background, that the person becomes almost just a small dot in the field of color. It’s the kind of image a person creates, not an algorithm.
Okay, I leave it for someone else to share a favorite photo, and say why.
