My unbalanced and coincidental list of favourite images

Sometimes I am so happy seeing photographs made by others, that I like to keep them for a while ore try to nominate them as FPC or QIC. There are so many wonderful images on Wikimedia Commons: My list is very subjective and not made to be a true ‘favourites’ collection. So please don’t be sad if your photos do not appear here. I just use the ‘Favorites’ feature of Commons as a quick way to collect images that are just interesting for me.

"Leipzig_Völkerschlachtdenkmal_(Februar_2023)_4.jpg" by User:Romzig
"Oranges_Óbidos_February_2022-1.jpg" by User:Alvesgaspar
"Jules_and_Gabriel_at_Parque_das_Nações,_Lisbon,_Portugal_julesvernex2.jpg" by User:Julesvernex2
"Blick_vom_Gurten_nach_Südosten_2.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"Schakelruimte.jpg" by User:Ger Hagens
"Katowice_Pomnik_Powstańców_Śląskich_aerial_2025.jpg" by User:Gower
"AuschwitzBirkenau_13.jpg" by User:Pankrzysztoff
"CH.BE.Grindelwald_2021-04-20_Jungfraujoch_Sphinx-Observatory.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"01_707_Anschlussbahn_Carl_Einführer.jpg" by User:Falk2
"014_Baby_cape_fur_seal_sleeping_at_Cape_cross_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg" by User:Giles Laurent
"003_Cheetah_hissing_after_a_meal_in_Kalahari_Desert_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg" by User:Giles Laurent
"Georg-Schumann-Straße_100_Leipzig.jpg" by User:Freddo213
"Georg-Schumann-Straße_100-2_Leipzig.jpg" by User:Freddo213
"161016GSchumann117.jpg" by User:Uwe Pilz, Leipzig
"Felseninsel_Stein,_Wörlitz_(August_2023)_4.jpg" by User:Romzig
"Döbeln,_Gabelsbergerstraße_3-20150723-003.jpg" by User:Tilman2007
"Berlin_1059.jpg" by User:T meltzer
"Berlin_2549.jpg" by User:T meltzer
"Berlin_9199.jpg" by User:T meltzer
"Berlin_6501_-_2.jpg" by User:T meltzer
"Bahnbaustelle_am_Hp_Leipzig_Anger-Crottendorf_mit_abgestelltem_PKW.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"FOT8725_Gurtendörfli_mit_Berner_Alpen.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler

Long term list

"Wolf_Spider_Guarding_the_Next_Generation.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.GR.Pontresina_2024-02-28_Morteratsch-Glacier_9792_3x2-R_7K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"Treppen_1800_-_2.jpg" by User:T meltzer
"Treppen_4159.jpg" by User:T meltzer
"Entrance_hall_of_the_Düsseldorf_former_state_and_district_court_building,_Germany.jpg" by User:T meltzer
"Tempelhof-Flughafen-(Berlin)-2025-09-msu-1989-1990.jpg" by User:Matthias Süßen
"CH.LU.Rothenburg_2009-04-12_Toni's-Zoo_348c_3x2-R_4K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"Koksöfen_in_der_Kokerei_Zollverein.jpg" by User:GZagatta
"مسجد_جامع_اصفهان_عبدالهی_مهر.jpg" by User:Abdolahimehr
"Ice_structure_no._2.jpg" by User:BogTar201213
"Schwanzmeise" by User:Rhododendrites
"Fanal_(Madeira,_Portugal),_Lorbeerwald_--_2025_--_1546.jpg" by User:XRay
"Jeune-raie-aquarium-Nausicaa-Luc-Viatour.jpg" by User:Lviatour
"Libelule-Anax_imperator-femelle-Hamois-Luc-Viatour.jpg" by User:Lviatour
"Fratercula_arctica_in_flight,_Borgarfjörður_eystri,_Iceland,_20240717_1136_1678.jpg" by User:Jakubhal
"Saint-Petersburg._Bolsheokhtinsky_Bridge_(Peter_the_Great_Bridge)._Rivets_on_the_bridge_support.jpg" by User:Александр Байдуков
"001_Volcano_eruption_of_Litli-Hrútur_in_Iceland_in_2023_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg" by User:Giles Laurent
"Dorothea_Lange_1936.jpg" by User:MarkSweep
"WK_113_200m_Freistil_männlich_Jahrgang_2008_at_DJM_2021_(Martin_Rulsch)_25.jpg" by User:DerHexer
"WK_109_200m_Lagen_männlich_Finals_Jahrgang_2007_at_DJM_2021_(Martin_Rulsch)_19.jpg" by User:DerHexer
"CH.VS.Zermatt_Hotel-Wellnessresort-La-Ginabelle_4747_3x2-R_11K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"Flying_Bee_01.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"20240504_20240504_yellow_warbler_pleasant_valley_PD203189.jpg" by User:Pdanese
"Little_egrets_(Finistere,_France).jpg" by User:Stephan Sprinz
"Stockente_im_Feldsee_(NSG_Feldberg).jpg" by User:Stephan Sprinz
"Blender_render_(Blender_classroom_demo).png" by User:PantheraLeo1359531
"Ebing_Brücke_Arbeiter-20160907-RM-114411.jpg" by User:Ermell
"AS08-16-2593_remastered.jpg" by User:Aaron1a12
"Praslin_710-1286.jpg" by User:Mozzihh
"2023-10-29_MAG_apparatus_finals_warm-up_Still_rings_(Martin_Rulsch)_10.jpg" by User:DerHexer
"CH.SG.Quarten.Murg_2022-06-16_Murgbach_7132_Orig-R_11K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"Escalator,_Public_Hotel_New_York_(2024)-L1005609.jpg" by User:Frank Schulenburg
"Wings_to_waves_-_fishing_at_Kakinada_Beach.jpg" by User:Zahed.zk
"Un_pecheur_rentre_au_port_au_lever_du_jour_à_kerkennah_-_vue_large_-_tunisie.jpg" by User:Skander zarrad
"2023-02-04_48._Hallorenpokal_Training_4_February_(Martin_Rulsch)_1645.jpg" by User:DerHexer
"Дикі_гуси.jpg" by User:Byrdyak
"Лелека_весною.jpg" by User:Byrdyak
"Дві_лелеки_на_снігу.jpg" by User:Byrdyak
"Дві_сови_на_гілці.jpg" by User:Byrdyak
"Kingfisher_on_branch_in_Yala_National_Park.jpg" by User:Byrdyak
"Domestic_horse_at_Suryachaur_and_the_mountains_in_the_back1.jpg" by User:Shadow Ayush
"Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer_(Coccinella_septempunctata)_auf_Blüte_im_FFH-Gebiet_"Viernheimer_Waldheide_und_angrenzende_Flächen".jpg" by User:IamMM
"Phalacrocorax_carbo,_Egretta_garzetta_and_Mareca_strepera_in_Taudha_Lake.jpg" by User:Prasan Shrestha
"Garranos_fight.jpg" by User:Norberto Esteves
"Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum_skylight.jpg" by User:T meltzer
"2021_Gugelhammer_Bogenbrücke_01.jpg" by User:Derzno
"Three_giraffes_01.jpg" by User:Byrdyak
"Giraffe_and_Black-faced_Impalas_drinking,_Etosha_National_Park,_Namibia.jpg" by User:Flickr upload bot
"Eichhörnchen_mit_Winterfell_im_Frankfurter_Grüngürtel.jpg" by User:Mikes Makro
"Bergelut_dengan_asap_nan_beracun.jpg" by User:W.carter
"Perereca-macaco_-_Phyllomedusa_rohdei.jpg" by User:Renato Augusto Martins
"Lenovo_Ideapad_100-15IBY_-_cristaux_liquides_(5_dioptries).jpg" by User:Gzen92
"Dülmen,_Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche,_Beichtstuhl_--_2018_--_1339.jpg" by User:XRay
"The_Bug_Peek.jpg" by User:Mildeep
"Mangrove_Reflection_Wide_Ashtamudi_Kollam_Kerala_Mar22_A7C_01464.jpg" by User:Tagooty
"Три_олениці_взимку.jpg" by User:Byrdyak
"CH.ZG.Zug_Brueggli_2021-05-25_Lake-Zug_Kitesurfing_01_16x9-R.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.VD.Bex_2007-09-02_Airshow_287_16x9-R_5120x2880.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.GE.Geneva_2008-01-01_Gulls_51_16x9-R_3840x2160.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.VD.Bex_2007-09-02_Airshow_396_16x9-R_5120x2880.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.VD.Bex_2007-09-02_Airshow_485_16x9-R_5120x2880_gp_Br925.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.BE.Interlaken_2007-07-14_Breitling-Jet-Team_in-front-of-Harder-Kulm_126_16x9-R_5120x2880.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.VD.Villeneuve_2007-08-25_Vertigo-swiss-riviera_The-Renegades-Halfpipe-Maneuver_518_16x9-R_5120x2880.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.ZH.Hausen-am-Albis.Oberalbis_2020-10-25_16x9-R_16384x9216.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.ZH.Hausen-am-Albis_Albishorn_2020-10-25_16x9-R_5120x2880.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.SZ.Arth.Goldau_Rossberg_Gnipen_2016-10-30_92_16x9-R_5120x2880.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.VS.Zermatt_Sunnegga_Grindjisee_Matterhorn_9034_16x9-R_16K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.BE.Boenigen_2021-08-15_Seaplane-Meeting_5322_16x9-R_8192x4608_s-ai_Br1137.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.ZG.Zug_Altstadt_02_16x9+R_16384x9216.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.ZG.Zug_Landsgemeindeplatz_Restaurant_Platzmühle_16x9+R_8192x4608.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.SZ.Stoos_Fronalpstock_Sequence_Rescue-Helicopter_REGA_16K_16x9-R.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.ZH.Langnau-am-Albis_Langenberg-Wildlife-Park_2022-02-12_7587_16x9-R_5K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.VS.Taesch_2022-07-16_Air-Zermatt_5769_16x9-R_11K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.VS.Zermatt_2022-07-16_Air-Zermatt_5958_16x9-R_11K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"Acro-Show-Villeneuve_Infinity-Tumbling_2022-08-21.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"Rime-ice-found-on-summit-cross.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.BE.Boenigen_2021-08-15_Seaplane-Meeting_4513_16x9-R_5120x2880.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.BE.Boenigen_2021-08-15_Seaplane-Meeting_7341_16x9-R_6016x3384.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"2017-08-22-ICE_TD_Puttgarden-4147.jpg" by User:Superbass
"Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church.jpg" by User:Farzin Doust
"CH.BE.Boenigen_2021-08-15_Seaplane-Meeting_5426_16x9-R_7680x4320.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"CH.GR.Arosa_Tschuggen-Grand-Hotel_2220_16x9-R_16K.jpg" by User:Roy Egloff
"Horní_Žitná_srostlice_javorů_říjen_2022_(2).jpg" by User:Lubor Ferenc
"Mehrfamilienhaus_Herrnhuter_Straße_2_(monochrom).jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"Karlštejn_in_winter.jpg" by User:GrandEscogriffe
"Hamburg-Finkenwerder_Airport_Airbus_Transport_International_Airbus_A330-743L_Beluga_XL_F-GXLH_(DSC09359).jpg" by User:MarcelX42
"Romanesco_broccoli_texture.jpg" by User:Iifar
"Altes_Rathaus,_Nikolaikirche,_von_Norden_Leipzig_20180814_001.jpg" by User:Tilman2007
"Simone_Barrientos-8601" by User:Harald Krichel
"Elderly_woman_walking_towards_the_camera_on_a_snowy_walkway,_Promenadeplatz,_Munich,_Germany_julesvernex2.jpg" by User:Julesvernex2

My own short term important images

"Fassadenverkleidung_einer_Turnhalle.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"Wasserturm_Engelsdorf.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"Bruhnsstraße_(Leipzig).jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"S3_in_Leipzig_Anger-Crottendorf.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"M019F001_Deckenlicht_im_Vulkan_im_Wörlitzer_Park.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"Kinderkrippe_Theodor-Neubauer-Straße_–_Südseite.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler

Valued or interesting images

Railway and Tram

"Avalanche_of_snow_across_railroad_tracks_in_Alaska.jpg" by User:JayCubby
"Siemens_Mireo_S-Bahn_Mitteldeutschland.jpg" by User:Tohma
"Bf_Beucha,_ex_280_001.jpg" by User:Falk2
"01_555_Bf_Brandis._Stw_Bw.jpg" by User:Falk2
"03_615_LO-Skl,_Stirnfront.jpg" by User:Falk2
"Gare_Centrale_Leipzig_-_Leipzig_(DED5)_-_2025-11-25_-_6.jpg" by User:Chabe01
"Kipsdorf_2016_-007.1.jpg" by User:Bybbisch94
"Karl-Marx-Stadt_Weststraße,_ET_322_Stirnfront.jpg" by User:Falk2
"Karl-Marx-Stadt_Weststraße,_ET_322.jpg" by User:Falk2

Railway in Anger-Crottenorf

"Alter_Fahrleitungsmast_am_Haltepunkt_Leipzig-Anger-Crottendorf.jpg" by User:Augustgeyler
"I10_653_Abzw_Torgauer_Straße,_W60.jpg" by User:Falk2
"AngercroBrückeEilbftrasse.JPG" by User:Jwaller
"01_716_Güterring,_HSG_Ri._Abzw._Anger.jpg" by User:Falk2

Historic

"1990-02-23_DDR_Bezirk_Leipzig_Stadt_Leipzig_Leipzig-Neustadt_Ludwigstraße_62_71_c.jpg" by User:Throttle lever
"Hitler_and_Himmler_with_SS_members_of_the_Reichsführerschule,_Munich_(cropped).jpg" by User:Wabbuh
"Reichsführerschule_der_NSDAP_Geschäftsstelle_Schellingstraße_50_(?)_München_SS_Schutzstaffel_members_kepis_c._1932_Hitler_Kurt_Kühme_Adolf_Egeberg_jr_etc_National_Archives_NARA_Unrestricted_No_known_copyright_242-HF-0072_001.jpg" by User:Wolfmann
"Käthe_Kollwitz_(1867-1945),_Plakat_»Nie_wieder_Krieg«,_1924.jpg" by User:Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln
"Soldaten_Leipzig_Oststraße_erster_Weltkrieg.jpg" by User:Plagman
"Leipzig,_Kaufhalle_--_1986_--_28.jpg" by User:XRay
"Reichenbach_Fassade_2_Loebauer_Straße.jpg" by User:Oberlausitzerin64
"Abbruchhäuser_1993.jpg" by User:Andreas Wolf 01

Recumbent bikes

"Azub_1.JPG" by User:Kareltriska
"Tweewieler_RAI'84_(voorproefje)_twee_modellen_ligfietsen_een_off_the_road_fie,_Bestanddeelnr_932-8512.jpg" by User:Mr.Nostalgic
"Düsseldorf_Oststraße,_Demo_für_Fahrradspuren_während_der_Corona-Krise,_23._Mai_2020_(2).jpg" by User:Kürschner

Other

"Strasbourg-Rue_Geiler-Plaque.jpg" by User:Ji-Elle

Discussed Media

"2024_Duszniki-Zdrój,_park_zdrojowy_(1).jpg" by User:Jacek Halicki
"Efremov_-_2025_-_Architectural_elements_of_the_facade_of_the_Khimik_House_of_Culture2.jpg" by User:Юрий Д.К.
"12-06-30-leipzig-by-ralfr-55.jpg" by User:Ralf Roletschek
"12-06-30-leipzig-by-ralfr-52.jpg" by User:Ralf Roletschek
"12-06-30-leipzig-by-ralfr-36.jpg" by User:Ralf Roletschek