Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mariner 2 Engineering Model
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Apr 2023 at 19:11:23 (UTC)
- Reason
- high-quality photo of a spacecraft
- Articles in which this image appears
- Mariner program, Mariner 2, Mariner 1
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
- Creator
- Smithsonian, CC0
- Support as nominator – Artem.G (talk) 19:11, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
- It's a little grainy to my eyes. Presuming it's on display, it should be possible to get a better image. If not, there's a better case for 2015 digital photography. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 09:49, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
- I agree that the photo is not ideal, but it's the best photo of the spacecraft that exists and is in public domain, and it's very unlikely that Smithsonian or anybody else will create another studio photography of better quality. The photo is still very good in my (unprofessional) opinion, and it has an encyclopedic value. Artem.G (talk) 06:48, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
- I think I'd rather have out-of-studio good quality than in-studio and mediocre, though it depends where on display it is. 11:03, 29 April 2023 (UTC) Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 11:03, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
- I agree that the photo is not ideal, but it's the best photo of the spacecraft that exists and is in public domain, and it's very unlikely that Smithsonian or anybody else will create another studio photography of better quality. The photo is still very good in my (unprofessional) opinion, and it has an encyclopedic value. Artem.G (talk) 06:48, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
- Comment - Per metadata, the photographer is Eric Long for the Smithsonian. I agree that the noise is less than ideal for a studio environment (which this appears to be, based on the clean cut and lack of other displays' reflections in the solar panels). I can see the argument for 2015 and 8,400 × 6,000 pixels, but at the same time... it is a studio environment and thus ISO shouldn't be increased. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:29, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
- Support – High EV. Choliamb (talk) 11:20, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
- Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 21:17, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:37, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
- Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 05:37, 30 April 2023 (UTC)