Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Space shuttles Atlantis (STS-125) and Endeavour (STS-400) on launch pads.jpg

Two Shuttles on the launch pad

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Original – Space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At the left of each shuttle are the open rotating service structures with the payload changeout rooms revealed. The rotating service structures provide protection for weather and access to the shuttle. For the first time since July 2001, two shuttles were on the launch pads at the same time. Endeavour stood by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission was necessary during Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The mission was slated to launch October 10 2008. After Endeavour was cleared from its duty as a rescue spacecraft, it was be moved to Launch Pad 39A for its STS-126 mission to the International Space Station.

Reason: Meets all WP:WIAFP. Has very high EV and superb composition.
Articles in which this image appears: STS-3xx, STS-400, Space Shuttle
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 16:53, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support I considered this image previously and didn't nominate it because it lacks sharpness. The EV is good. Pine^✉ 20:50, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support per Pine, but good composition, including faint rainbow. Brandmeister^talk 20:57, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support - Pretty decent composition, weak sharpness, but a good photo. The faint rainbow's pretty cool. Zappa O Mati 21:06, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support/Comment - Great composition and EV, but this current version is a bad edit, IMO. The original upload could use a much better edit that didn't clip the white parts and didn't oversaturate. The current version has very visible JPEG blocks in the sky. I gave it a very lame attempt but I don't think I'm good at this. — Kieff | Talk 21:11, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps if someone obtained the original image from the NASA site and someone good with Photoshop/GIMP skills edited it. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 21:30, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I hope someone steps up. It just needs a touch up. Here's the full resolution image on NASA's website. — Kieff | Talk 22:05, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it need a horizon alignment and a tad bit of an increase in vibrancy. By white parts you mean the clouds, correct? Any other changes you think need happen? --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 22:34, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, the white parts are the launch pad and the shuttle. Basically, any white thing that's under the Sun is oversaturated, so it shows up as pure white, losing details. Compare the original to the current version. You can see the details in the original. — Kieff | Talk 23:55, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see that now. Yes, very true. Something to be fixed in the long run. Maybe put in a request in the Graphics Lab. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:17, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support per above comments about EV; the sharpness doens't really bother me. Tomer T (talk) 21:25, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Perhaps it could have been better if the photo was taken more to the left, showing more of the base, but then the towers would be too close to the right border, so I guess it's OK this way. The base is surely similar to the other in the background anyway. Cambalachero (talk) 23:20, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The original NASA image shows the entire tower. The problem is that the horizon is not well aligned, so when someone fixed that, they would have cropped it to the point where they had to remove some of the tower. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 23:44, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that the image was incomplete because the left side seems as if things continued to the other side, but it was just the initial view: comparing the base with the base in the background, it is clear that such initial view was mistaken, the photo is complete. Sorry if I was not clear enough. I can't comment on the technical properties of the photo because I'm not an expert in such topics, but if the others have no complains, then I follow their perspective on that aspect, and reconfirm my full support. Cambalachero (talk) 00:12, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Support per Kieff but I love the composition. Spongie555 (talk) 03:50, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Given that despite the flaws mentioned above, it's sufficiently good enough to pass as we will never be able to get a shot like this again... gazhiley 11:18, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- Image is confusing. To many elements. Not sure what the subject is. Launch site? Shuttle? Water tower? Rainbow? Jimerb (talk) 13:42, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I would say given that the title of the picture is "Two shuttles on the Launch Pad", I would say the subject is the two shuttles on their launch pads........ gazhiley 16:23, 24 August 2012 (UTC) [reply]

That would be it...--Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 21:08, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Space shuttles Atlantis (STS-125) and Endeavour (STS-400) on launch pads.jpg --Dusty777 17:32, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

6 1/2 Support, 1 Oppose. Dusty777 17:32, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]