Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Raising a Flag over the Reichstag

Raising a Flag over the Reichstag

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Original – Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945.

Alt 1 Attempt to not blow the whites in the sky, lightly restored by Adam Cuerden

Reason

Iconic WWII photograph, high resolution.

Articles in which this image appears

Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, Battle of Berlin, Bibliography of the Soviet Union during World War II, May 1945

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

Yevgeny Khaldei

• Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 12:41, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
• Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 18:51, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
• Support. I can't believe it was not already featured. MER-C 17:36, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

  Prefer alt. MER-C 16:27, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

• Support --Yann (talk) 18:19, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 20:20, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:36, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:40, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support – 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 03:03, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support I was sure its already FP. --Petar Milošević (talk) 11:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Just as a heads up, I've distributed it to a few more articles. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 23:00, 7 March 2024 (UTC) @TheFreeWorld, MER-C, Vinícius94, Hamid Hassani, Charlesjsharp, FatCat96, and PetarM: I've done an alt, mainly because I think the sky was blown out in the original version - lots of textureless whites. I'd Support Alt, but I really apoloise if this is late and thus disruptive. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 23:37, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

• Support Alt I saw some too stong contrast and colors lost and highlithed on 1st edition. So this ALT is better. --Petar Milošević (talk) 11:13, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt – Agreed. Yann (talk) 13:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:12, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt – 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 18:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:13, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:42, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
• Comment – Extremely familiar photo that smacks of propaganda. The gutted Reichstag bldg. had never been repaired after the famous Reichstag fire in 1933. 'Conquering' it in 1945 was a stunt for Soviet uses. – Sca (talk) 16:03, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

  @Sca: I think you have a point, but given there's an article on the photo, I think that there's sufficient context. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 20:48, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Promoted File:Raising a flag over the Reichstag - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:24, 11 March 2024 (UTC)