Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Trenches of the Great War

 
In the trenches: Infantry with gas masks, Ypres, 1917
File:Australian infantry small box respirators Ypres 1917 edit.jpg
Edit 1 by Fir0002, contrast, sharpening
File:Australian Infantry with Small Box Respirators Ypres 1917.jpg
Edit 2 by YFB: levels, sharpening, magically found some more pixels :-)
Reason
Personally I think this image absolutely exemplifies the tragedy that was WWI. I cannot imagine a more iconic representation of the Great War. Also, I think the fact that the soldiers are without faces, without their humanity per se contributes significantly to this picture. World War I was permeated by radical nationalism and rarely were individuals seen as something more than just pawns on a chessboard. Very historical and deserving of being a FP. --Tobyw87 23:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in
World War I, Poison gas in World War I
Creator
Captain Frank Hurley
Nominator
Tobyw87
  • weak support original, regular support YFB edit unfortunately, fir's edit has revealed that what I thought was noise in the trench foreground is actually jpeg compression artifacting. I think I must support the original where this is less obvious. Debivort 05:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1070x800 and 1400x1070 are pretty comparable resolutions, plus the one you link has significant moire. (I think I supported it though). Debivort 02:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The current WW1 pic has diagonal lines all the way through it and the proposed one does not, and also the proposed one has the soldiers wearing gas masks which adds to its encyclopedic value. As well as its very iconic in my opinion ----Tobyw87

  Support With preference for Edit 1. Glad that isn't me! --Fir0002 23:09, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Australian Infantry with Small Box Respirators Ypres 1917.jpg Trebor 19:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]