Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 17 (Eugene Cernan)

Apollo 17 (Eugene Cernan)

ALT - The commander of the Apollo 17 mission, Eugene Cernan (note: the original has been deleted on the commons)

Reason: A breathtaking picture. I know that the size is under 1000px, and there are some oddities, but details such as the reflection in Eugene's (the subject's) visor, and the stark color of the American flag make this picture truly wonderful.
Articles this image appears in: Apollo 17, Eugene Cernan
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator --Ontello (talk) 23:44, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Durova³⁶⁶ 00:04, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Prefer alt. Durova³⁶⁶ 16:40, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. You would have thought they could get a higher quality shot in their studio, but this will do. J Milburn (talk) 00:48, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm not entirely convinced that this is the best quality we can find for this image. It's wonderful for all the reasons that the nominator put forth, but we have other feature pictures from the moon (say Apollo 11, which also includes other images of high resolution not yet nominated or featured) that are of a much high technical quality. Cowtowner (talk) 01:39, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Was not logged in, sorry. Did I mentioned I love the composition?
  - I tend to agree with you on that point - the cameras they took on the later Apollo missions were of a high quality and have produced for us some wonderful featured material, all of which has been of a higher resolution. Mostlyharmless (talk) 10:48, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Read WP:HOAX! Just kidding. I support the nom per nom. Nezzadar ^[SPEAK] 08:14, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Tracked down a higher resolution version of the image (ALT1), but the colors are slightly different and I prefer the original colors. Maybe this could be fixed? Jujutacular ^T · C 08:48, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt. Higher resolution, colour doesn't bother me - I assume that it is true to the original (if it is not, then I'll reconsider). Mostlyharmless (talk) 10:50, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt Only. The resolution and colors are much better in the alt, IMO. Kaldari (talk) 16:24, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt That's more like it! Cowtowner (talk) 18:25, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt Good job sourcing that! I was going to go look for it today myself since I _know_ larger than 950x950 image has to exist. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 18:38, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt Well alright then! One cool thing to note: In the alt, Earth is visible in the reflection of the helmet (which for whatever reason was removed in the low res version that was uploaded). 71.113.239.202 (talk) 18:46, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops that was me. Jujutacular ^T · C 18:47, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Probably the little dot just disappeared at the lower resolution. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)}

Support Alt Very nice image. It's a bit grainy at full, but it's a very good image otherwise. I really like how well the suit got captured, and how you can see the Earth and the photographer. Takeiuchi (talk) 18:47, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt High quality, good resolution and enc. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 20:06, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt. Great image, very good compositition. Might be considered for includion in Exploration of the Moon as well. Elekhh (talk) 17:31, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt without reservation for the historical moment of the historical event.--Caspian blue 15:41, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
NOTE Removing ALT, a bot has replaced all instances of the first version and an admin deleted it as a duplicate. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 19:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is the alt not gonna be back to the page? Most of people have support for the image....--Caspian blue 10:21, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The original has been completely replaced by the alt, as it was apparently an exact replica, so there is no need for keeping the alt on here as it would just be exactly the same image as the first. I disagree however that it should have been replaced, the (original) original had slightly different colours which IMHO made for a better shot. Ontello (talk) 10:46, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To avoid confusion: the original file was deleted on the commons - so I renamed the caption "ALT" instead of original. Jujutacular ^T · C 19:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Not bad for a studio shot either... Gazhiley (talk) 08:46, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hasselblad ftw. —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 22:59, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. --JN 466 22:27, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Apollo_17_Cernan_on_moon.jpg --Zoo Fari^{Thank you Wikipedia!} 22:45, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]