Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/MGL-140 (loading)

40mm grenade launcher loading edit

 
Original - A U.S. marine soldier feeding the Milkor MGL-140 grenade launcher with 40mm grenades by twisting the cylinder section clockwise
Reason
It has a good resolution, it´s very explanatory and is very original
Articles this image appears in
Milkor MGL-140, 40mm grenade
Creator
Koalorka (talk)
Could you clarify your reasoning? —Vanderdeckenξφ 23:47, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I don't really know what JPEG artifacting is since I am still new to this but I think its a good image. By the way its just US Marine not marine soldier. Its kinda like saying US sailor soldier or soldier soldier. --Kumioko (talk) 17:34, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • JPEG artefacts Ksempac (talk) 09:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks, so basically a jpeg format picture isn't going to pass this if I am understanding correctly? --Kumioko (talk) 11:14, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • False, but images with visible artifacts at 100% generally don't succeed. MER-C 11:55, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • Most of our FP are JPEG. What is important is how the original file was converted to compressed JPEG. Sometimes FPC with lot of JPEG artefacts can be recompressed from the original uncompressed file to suppress JPEG artefacts. Things like which software you used (forget MSPaint), and compression rate influence heavily the quality of the final image. Ksempac (talk) 12:29, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted - Damërung . -- 09:01, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]