Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/US Capitol (again)

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Original – The western front of the United States Capitol, in Washington DC

ALT1 – Very slight tilt correct.

ALT2 – Tilt, levels and highlights corrected. Edited original uncropped file.

ALT3 - Same highlight and levels correction as ALT2, but with further tilt correction and noise reduction.

Reason: High technical resolution, undeniably PD, great colour and EV.
Articles in which this image appears: United States Capitol (lead image) + 17 more
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Architect of the Capitol

Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:07, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My support goes for everything. ALT3 is especially nice. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:20, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak oppose~~ - appears to be leaning slightly to the right (as in, the left-hand-side is higher) which I find mighty distracting. Will support with this resolved, however. Nik thestoned 12:00, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

0.4 degrees... Heh, would have thought it was more! Support. Nik thestoned 15:22, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt-1 Great picture! Dusty777 (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Question: is it just my monitor, or does alt1 look a little more washed out than the original? Clegs (talk) 18:27, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- They look the same to me. Try opening the images in separate tabs and flipping back and forth. Makeemlighter (talk) 19:40, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - To be quite honest I don't see a difference in colour between the original, ALT1, and ALT2. I didn't touch the colours when fixing the tilt, just your basic rotate then crop. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:20, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Scratch that, I see the difference between ALTs 1 and 2, but not ALT1 and the original. To sum up the differences between ALTs 1 and 2, ALT2 is slightly darker and has a (slightly) tighter crop. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:26, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2 added. In addition to the tilt, color balance and highlights have been adjusted. Original uncropped file was used for editing. O.J. (talk) 22:10, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment File:Capitol Building Full View.jpg is far superior (as is the night shot File:US Capitol Building at night Jan 2006.jpg). Both are current FPs, but the first one is, surprisingly, not used in the Capitol article. No need for another FP here; just put the current one back in the lede. (FWIW, it was removed here.) Makeemlighter (talk) 00:24, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I'd rather have the grounds as well. The "full" picture is extremely close-up on the building but doesn't give us much understanding of the area. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:35, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt-2 Superior to the others offered including linked images. Saffron Blaze (talk) 14:04, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Alt-2 Better then Alt-1 as far as the color-correction goes, but the tilt is not fully corrected (Open alt-1 and alt-2 in different tabs, then flip back and forth, you should see what i mean). Once that's fixed, i will give full support. Dusty777 (talk) 14:15, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I think the tilt is fully corrected in Alt-2. Alt-1 on the other hand seems to be slightly "over-corrected". O.J. (talk) 00:35, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose all Current FPs are larger and have much more detail on the subject. This one is fairly noisy too. Makeemlighter (talk) 17:31, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Alt-3 added. OK, here's my last attempt. Levels and highlight correction about the same as in Alt-2. I did correct the tilt by a further 0.5 degrees and applied some very conservative noise reduction. O.J. (talk) 01:11, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Jujutacular ^talk 17:44, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]