Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A word from the Rear Admiral

A word from the Rear Admiral

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Nov 2014 at 09:33:56 (UTC)

Original – US Navy Rear Admiral Michelle J. Howard, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Two, uses the public address system to address the crew of USS Wasp (LHD 1) in 2009.

Reason: Encyclopedic illustration in multiple articles
Articles in which this image appears: Public address system, Rear admiral (United States), 1MC, Personnel of the United States Navy, Rear admiral, Michelle J. Howard, Now hear this (nautical command)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator: US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andrew McCord

Support as nominator – Pine^✉ 09:33, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support High EV in both showing the use of a public address system, the uniform of a rear admiral, and add to that, the notability of the particular rear admiral shown in this case. Well caught moment. One issue is that the face of the speaker is somewhat under-exposed, because there is a bright background. That is for me mitigated by the very high EV. The background is also great at visualizing with good bokeh the action on-board the ship. -- Slaunger (talk) 15:48, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. For me, the poor lighting of the main subject is quite a problem for a picture proposed to be featured. 86.145.139.73 (talk) 01:38, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support The darkness isn't an issue for me - is representative of the fact that there are shady areas on ships, especially when the sun is as bright as the background portrays. High EV, and not easy shot to get (for normal civilian photographers). gazhiley 10:36, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It's pretty good, and the EV pulls it up the rest of the way. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 12:02, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry- I neither see this as a particularly good photograph, nor as particularly useful. J Milburn (talk) 23:23, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I agree with the above comment. Seems a poor photograph to be using with some of the articles it is currently being used in, because the photograph is very general in nature and does not show specific details. For PA system all we see is the handset. Where does the cable go? Is the white cylindrical thing mounted on the shelf part of the pa system or not? Why are those in the background seemingly oblivious to the announcement? For rear Admiral, the whole uniform is not shown, and those details that are shown are shown as a side view and not particularly well lit. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 19:36, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Yeah, sorry, I'm with the two nay-sayers above. Drmies (talk) 21:41, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I Could possibly Enough Right For This National Names 2000 (talk) 03:38, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:32, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is only a 62.5% support, which isn't enough for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:32, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]