Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:AlfredPalmerM3tank1942b.jpg

File:AlfredPalmerM3tank1942b.jpg, featured

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•  Info created by Alfred Palmer - uploaded and edited by Durova - nominated by Sarcastic ShockwaveLover -- Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 09:45, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 09:45, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Question This picture shows what appears to be JPEG compression artifacts/scanner noise but might as well be film grain (the photo is from 1942). Can anyone confirm that it is the latter? -- JovanCormac 10:37, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Yes, it is rather film grain IMO. --George Chernilevsky ^talk 11:47, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
    •  Support then. -- JovanCormac 16:11, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Strong support very nice and ultra-rare old color photo. It is M3 Lee modification, named in memory Robert Edward Lee --George Chernilevsky ^talk 11:47, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Support For George Chernilevsky. Jacopo Werther (talk) 12:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Yes yes yes. Takabeg (talk) 16:00, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose WWII in Kentucky? I would like to see a real action shot. —kallerna™ 17:12, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Info Color photography was very rare in 1942. This appears to have been shot on Kodak sheet film, which was higher quality but far more expensive than other processes that were invented after the war. The Alfred Palmer photos from training operations in Kentucky are the only color images I have ever found of World War II tanks in operation during their useful lifespan. Even at a training camp this was a difficult shot; the dust cloud posed a danger to the camera. This was about as far as WWII technology could go. Durova (talk) 17:45, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Durova (talk) 17:45, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Support GerardM (talk) 17:47, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Support--Mbz1 (talk) 18:00, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Wolf (talk) 21:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Strong support Of course --Cesco77 (talk) 21:32, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
•  Support but what is the wierd banding I can see in the sky - light-dark-light-dark etc... ? - Peripitus (talk) 00:29, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
  •  Info Apparently it's a characteristic of the film. The same effect can be seen here. Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 08:52, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 11 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 16:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Historical