Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Shea Smith quarterback

Shea Smith

Reason: High quality image during an American college football game.
Articles this image appears in: Armed Forces Bowl, American football, History of Air Force Falcons football, Shea Smith
Creator: U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan

Support as nominator --– LATICS talk 22:01, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Seldom enough that we get good sports photography under free license. Durova^Charge! 00:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak opposeI think the composition could be much better, particularly if the player's entire body was shown. It's also detrimental that the background on the right side of the photo was left in since the opposing player is completely blurred anyway. The photo doesn't adequately show the QB's body positioning prior to the pass since the framing only focuses on the upper body. I would likely change my vote if the player's entire body was shown. -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 05:44, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support both, preference to jjron's Edit1 Per Durova, these are probably hard to get. We do have a good picture showing the QB's whole body and footwork, which is good for EV. But arguably, this picture puts the emphasis on his head and arms as he prepares to pass. I also don't mind the background blur, as it is just enough to give context while emphasizing the QB. My main reason to support is that this picture seems likely one of the best we have, and it is hard to get these. I don't think a FP necessarily has to be the absolute best we have, or best possible shot. Fletcher (talk) 17:42, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I would support if there was a realistic article on this particular player, but as is I tend to oppose on EV as I don't think it has huge value for any of the articles it's in. So that leaves me pretty neutral overall. --jjron (talk) 15:58, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Au contraire... :) (Yes, I just created it.) – LATICS talk 04:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK then, Support (preference for Edit1), good job on the article BTW, even if done on the fly - hopefully the article will remain! FWIW I've added what I think to be a slightly improved edit. --jjron (talk) 13:07, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I like "action" shots like this and think they can be just as or even more EV than whole-body shots of the player. Good job. Intothewoods29 (talk) 04:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support pref edit 1 I think readers will know what the legs would look like, so the crop is unimportant. I prefer the selective focus; Having everything in focus tends to make it difficult to know what to look at. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:48, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Both Pretty good photo, but IMO doesn't have enough EV to be featured. Also, the completely-blurred right side is pretty distracting. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:26, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support original, oppose edit 1 because of sharpening artifacts. Diego_pmc ^Talk 18:11, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Shea Smith-edit1.jpg --Noodle snacks (talk) 05:49, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]