Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rusty chain

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Original - Heavy rust on the links of a chain near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; it was continuously exposed to moisture and salt-laden spray, causing surface breakdown, cracking, and flaking of the metal.
 
Edit 1: blown out top-left corner airbrushed.
Reason
The photo is very clear and informative, exposing a great degree of detail; excellent technical quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Rust, Redox
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena
Creator
WikipedianMarlith
  • Support edit Long used in a very generic article is good sign of EV. In my opinion, higher DOF wouldn't really help this image, as it would simply show more of the very same thing we see here. Raising the DOF would also decrease the aesthetic qualities IMO. Jujutacular talk 23:10, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:RustyChainEdit1.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:17, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]