Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:USS Maine c1897 LOC det 4a25824.jpg
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Image:USS Maine c1897 LOC det 4a25824.jpg, not featured
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Voting period ends on 19 Oct 2008 at 21:14:02
Info USS Maine. Photo created circa 1897 by Detroit Publishing Company, taken from Library of Congress - uploaded by Balcer - nominated by Balcer -- balcer (talk) 21:14, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
Support -- balcer (talk) 21:14, 10 October 2008 (UTC)- Support Sharp for a picture over 100 years old that was sunk soon after.--Paloma Walker (talk) 00:53, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Comment - No date in the picture file or info here -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:19, 11 October 2008 (UTC)- object Uneven fading at lower left could be corrected. Durova (talk) 16:57, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Neutral Interesting historical picture! I suppose there is no more information available about date etc., as it's a scanning of an old photograph. I have my doubts about the quality of the scanning however: pictures made by the Detroit Publishing Company used to be very sharp, and that's not the case in this scanning at full resolution. On the other hand, I don't completely agree with Durova about the fading of the lower left corner: correction is easy to do indeed, but is not really necessary as it does not add an extra value. -- MJJR (talk) 19:41, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
- I am guessing the picture was shot from another ship rocking on the waves, hence the decrease in sharpness. I wonder what the exposure duration was in those days. The picture is indeed unique (among those available on the web at least), as it is by far the best image of USS Maine that I have seen, and the ship is of course quite significant. I particularly like the clear view of sailors on board, giving a good indication of the ship's size. Per Durova, it would be good to clean the picture up more and remove the artifacts, but I don't have enough experience to attempt this. Maybe someone could lend a hand here? balcer (talk) 00:16, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
result: 2 supports, 0 oppose, 1 neutral => not featured. Benh (talk) 19:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
