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Original – Special Forces Soldiers from the 3rd Special Forces Group patrol a field in the Gulistan district of Farah, Afghanistan with Afghan National Army commandos from the 207th Kandak, April 12, 2009.
Reason
Good quality, striking composition and contrast of both the subjects, their camouflage, the wheat field in the foreground and the mountainous backdrop. Public license. Content wise it shows soldiers on a foot patrol, which I assume is representative of a significant amount of time out in the field in Afghanistan.
Articles in which this image appears
Special Forces (United States Army), United States Army, Gulistan District, MultiCam
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Military
Creator
Spc. Joseph A. Wilson
I was wondering if the color temp was a bit too yellowy, but I don't know. Sca (talk) 14:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That was the one minor question mark I had as well. My first assumption was local lighting conditions (maybe dust in the air, judging from the shadows the sun isn't particularly low), however if you zoom in on the wheat in the foreground, the yellowish haze seems concentrated in the kernel areas, the blades themselves are green (cfr the distinctive wheat patches at knee height to the right of the frontmost soldier). -- MiG (talk) 16:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The 'haze' is haloing from excessive use of tone mapping, probably from a highlight reduction tool in an image editing program. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:34, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:52, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]