Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/BAE-McDonell-Douglas AV8B edit5.jpg

Reason: Superb quality of an aircraft.
Articles this image appears in: AV-8B Harrier II, VMA-231, Supermaneuverability
Creator: Paulmaz (talk · contribs)

Support as nominator Latics (talk) 02:24, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The picture is definitely FP material however, I would like to see the harrier lightened and given a bit more contrast. --victorrocha (talk) 04:24, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - an impressive sight, and very encyclopedic. I do agree with the above comment that it could perhaps do with the contrast slightly improved. Bob talk 09:02, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit uploaded It's better contrast, but likely not the best. Latics (talk) 19:24, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Edit 2 uploaded Very nice pic. I'm no raster expert, but here's a different take on the contrast enhancement. Looks overdone in thumb, but that's opinion - there's still some space at the edges of the histogram. I also smoothed out the sky to get rid of some .jpg artifacts and cropped out the blurry grass. Dhatfield (talk) 19:52, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, my edit was a quick job, so I'm looking for feedback. As for edit 2, there are a lot of artifacts. Could you re-save it at a higher quality? Latics (talk) 20:01, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wish I could - those artifacts are from the original jpg and they only come out when you up the contrast. I saved at 100% quality from GIMP and the file size is about 4x as large as the original so I think that it did it. Bummer. Score another one for the Joint Photographic Experts Group. Dhatfield (talk) 20:11, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Edit 2 withdrawn. Good idea on the WB shift, victorrocha. Dhatfield (talk) 22:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, further to my earlier vote, I support either the original or edit 3. At a push, I would say edit three is the more striking. Bob talk 23:24, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 3 A very fine image with plenty of "wow" factor. I prefer edit 3 because it has the best contrast. TheOtherSiguy (talk) 23:44, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

weak support focus is a bit soft, but not prohibitively for me. de Bivort 01:15, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Edit 5. Edit 5 is the best of the edits IMO (biased by still!) however it can't fix the underlying lack of sharpness in this picture. Must say I'm looking forward to the 2009 air show! :) --Fir0002 12:32, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support any. Very cool! Look at all the heat wash! Clegs (talk) 17:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral The original isn't good enough, and to me, the edits make it look borderline fake (especially the front landing tire). smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 00:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose mainly because for me the grassy foreground that is blurred is very distracting. Seddσn ^talk ^{Editor Review} 21:16, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you produce a cropped version of edit 5 please. Seddσn ^talk ^{Editor Review} 21:19, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll go with edit 5. Too much compression artifacts in edit 3. Latics (talk) 23:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:BAE-McDonnell-Douglas AV8B edit5.jpg MER-C 04:35, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]