Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/HMS Avenger from above

HMS Avenger (D14) from above

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Oct 2010 at 14:32:25 (UTC)

Original - HMS Avenger underway in rough seas with six Sea Hurricanes on the flight deck

Alternate - Edited version: colour corrected, contrast adjusted, sharpened

Reason: I think it meets the FPC criteria as its an unique image of a type of ship no longer in production. The six aircraft parked on the flight deck shows just how small these ships were.
Articles in which this image appears: HMS Avenger (D14), Avenger class escort carrier, List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures#Vehicles
Creator: Tokyotown8

Support as nominator --Jim Sweeney (talk) 14:32, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ the picture needs some color correction or something (too much pink in the bakground). Nergaal (talk) 20:05, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose for now. Concur with Nergaal's point, and it's not really eligible, size-wise. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 20:42, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Papa and Nergaal. Wackywace ^{converse | contribs} 07:27, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, just too small. This would be the perfect candidate for VPC (or what I wish VPC was). J Milburn (talk) 10:26, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support: size is not a problem for me, but that hue is odd. I would support if the color is corrected. bahamut0013^words _deeds 00:15, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support I think that this picture has excellent encyclopedic value. It is a pity that the image size is so small. But I did what I could to correct the colour and adjust the black point and white point of the image in Alternate. I also sharpened the image slightly to bring out the details. Purpy Pupple (talk) 22:22, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Both... Sorry Purpy Pupple, but in your alt there is now a lot of what I think it called jpeg artifacting (lots of large pixels rather than a smooth image) but might be wrong in what it's called... The waves around the ship are now in lines of pixels... And the orig I oppose to for the colouring... gazhiley.co.uk 23:02, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Since I saved my version in the highest quality possible using Adobe Photoshop, the jpeg artifacts must have come from the original image then. Oh well. Purpy Pupple (talk) 23:21, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
0.9 support for alt a picture from the profile of the ship would be ideal but this is quite ok. Nergaal (talk) 01:54, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support alternative, this is a significant improvement. (air)Wolf (talk) 16:39, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment While the alt is a nicer image in technical terms, I'm concerned that it has much weaker EV - colour photos from the World War II era are fairly rare, and a colour photo of an escort carrier seems to have strong EV in its own right. Nick-D (talk) 09:24, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually, on closer inspection I think that this was a black and white photo with a pink hue! As such I support the alternative Nick-D (talk) 11:04, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose both. Nice historical photo, good EV, but small and tightly cropped below. --Avenue (talk) 23:11, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Great picture (valuable picture) but not FP on multiple gounds, as per above. BTW, I think the contrast and sharpening is a bit harsh on the alt - shadows under the wings look wrong. Doug (talk) 19:04, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Jujutacular ^talk 23:06, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]