Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2010 at 16:54:58 (UTC)

Original - Olduvai Gorge within the surrounding Great Rift Valley

Edit 1 - Denoised sky, removed dust spots

Reason: I saw this on WP:PPR and thought it was too good not to be nominated here. To me, it fits all the criteria and has definite EV because it adds a lot to the "big picture" of the area. I have also made an edit addressing some of the concerns mentioned in the WP:PPR page.
Articles in which this image appears: Olduvai Gorge
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Flickr user Noel Feans

Support both as nominator --Aiyizo (talk) 16:54, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Great job on the edit, however there's a halo on whole of the near horizon, if that makes sense... Hard to see for the most part, but obvious on the parts with further land behind (above) it... Gazhiley (talk) 17:40, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, I saw that too. That was in the original, and looks like an unsharp mask was applied a bit too strongly. I hoped my denoising would help it out but it really didn't all that much. Perhaps someone with more Photoshop/GIMP-fu can fix it up a little. --Aiyizo (talk) 18:25, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too dark. Even if lighter, I doubt it is FP material. Greg L (talk) 20:53, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Original, the edit is better, but I can't conclusively support or oppose at this time.
- above vote is by User:Iankap99. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 19:10, 30 June 2010 (UTC) [reply]
Oppose There's also what looks like a stitching error on the horizon at about (5700,1370). Time3000 (talk) 19:20, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:01, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]