Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Super Hornet on flight deck

 
Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 103 is parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) as the ship operates in the Arabian Sea on Dec. 5, 2006. The Eisenhower is in the Arabian Sea in support of maritime security operations.
Reason
It caught my eye, so I decided to place it here and see what everyone else thought
Articles this image appears in
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Creator
DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Johnston, U.S. Navy.
  • Support as nominatorTomStar81 (Talk) 21:19, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Sorry; not close. At full size, there are all of the following: Compression Artifacts: on the sides of both engines. General fuzziness/blur: both wings. Some really crazy distortion that is probably a combination of compression artifacts, blown out highlights, bad white balance, motion blur: the wheels, especially the back ones. Some strange distortion that makes the asphalt look wavy and bumpy. A number of other technical issues in various places. Most of these problems can even be seen on the image page / not at full size, which means they are major, not minor, flaws. If anyone can comment on the series of things technically "off" with the wheel area in more detail than I did, I would be interested. Zakolantern 22:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, I want to support... but its poor quality :( 8thstar 23:33, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above. That's a fine camera; something tragic was done to it in Photoshop, as evidenced by that being a 1.7 MP image from a 8.0 MP camera. :-/ I will say the thumbnail was striking, but that's not what we're going for on FP's. --Peter 02:49, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above. --Mad Max 22:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 06:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]