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SMS Seeadler edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Mar 2014 at 23:04:48 (UTC)

Original – SMS Seeadler, an unprotected Bussard-class cruiser, seen during a visit to New York City in 1893.

Reason: Another ship Parsecboy is working on getting up to FA. He asked if I could do anything to get a good illustration for it; I think I managed rather well. That said, this is a crop from a larger image, which may or may not be a problem, hence why I... er... put it at the line of the song that I could most easily skip past if this was clearly going to fail, because I'm a bit crazy that way.
Articles in which this image appears: SMS Seeadler
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator: Detroit Photographic Co., restoration by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:04, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Attractive ship, I should think. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:56, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — Half the pic is water or smoke. Sca (talk) 16:43, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- @Sca: I didn't want to crop the smoke - it tells a bit about the amound of fuel being used to power the ship, and so on. And, as such, I needed enough water to balance. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:54, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
oppose The right size of the photo has suffered from irreparable damage that impacts the appearance of the stern of the ship.©Geni (talk) 02:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm sorry, I honestly have no idea what you mean. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:05, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - The stern of the ship is much less sharp than than the bow. The highlights in the water also look to be somewhat out of focus despite other areas of the image showing they should be in focus. I would suspect it was due to the quality of 19th century lenses except the opposite area of the original image has no sharpness problems and the depth of field suggests the lens of stopped down somewhat.©Geni (talk) 13:50, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- So, you're opposing because an unretakeable shot is slightly out of focus? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:02, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - For a late 19th century warship? Yes. Remember people loved these warships and there was a whole cottage industry in providing images of them (the British had a habit of photographing every new bit of royal navy tech in front of HMS victory). Better pics will exist. I don't think it is a focus issue though. Note that the buildings behind the ships don't appear to be suffering from the same problem.©Geni (talk) 05:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:32, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]