Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/B-2 Spirit original.jpg

B-2 Spirit

B-2 Spirit over the Pacific Ocean, 2006.

Original image, more water

Reason: Vivid and detailed picture of a very advanced aircraft.
Articles this image appears in: B-2 Spirit
Creator: Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III
Nominator: Trevor MacInnis (Contribs)

Support — Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 03:21, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. I wish it was bigger, but I do think it is an aesthetically pleasing image of an encyclopedic subject. JHMM13 03:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I've uploaded the original source image, but it's just more sky. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 04:13, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks...I like that version a little better as it gives a sense of really how high up the plane is. JHMM13 07:56, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great, nothing wrong here. Cool subject, hard to get similar shots -Fcb981 04:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support Larger - I prefer the one with more sky, but either one is nice. Very enc., and beatiful composition. --TotoBaggins 04:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original — Not enough sky on the crop; makes it look like an alien spacecraft for some odd reason. ♠ SG →Talk 06:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- When I was little, there was a picture of one of these on my "play room" wall and for the longest time I thought it was, in fact, an actual picture of a spaceship because the image was shot from the direct side angle so I couldn't see the V-shaped wings. Amazing how imaginations run wild at that age. JHMM13 07:56, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Good quality image, but wrong angle reduces enc. Also completely without Wow factor. ~ trialsanderrors 07:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I disagree, trialsanderrors. I think the angle is perfectly encyclopedic as it displays the famous V-shape of the aircraft. JHMM13 07:56, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - But there are tons of images that do it better. Quick search of the af.mil repository brings up this and this and this and this and this and this. ~ trialsanderrors 08:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - I don't think any of those pictures are a good picture of the B-2. One or two might be good pictures of the B-2 in the midst of a mid-air refueling, but none as striking as it alone in the sky from above. JHMM13 09:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      - Well this one isn't from above, it's mostly from the front, and poor on details. ~ trialsanderrors 10:08, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just a comment: for me this pic demonstrates the most enc thing about this machine: it looks like something from outer space. :) --TotoBaggins 02:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- <snark> Well, shouldn't that be a reason to oppose the image - the plane not being from outer space and all? </snark> Debivort 02:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
support either Debivort 02:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support nice picture with enc, good comp, and resolution too Voshvoshka 03:18, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, nothing special compared to some of the other plane images we have. I think the image above is nicer and gives the plane (and its size) some context. gren グレン 08:03, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support A good picture of the B-2. —Pixel8 12:51, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I actually like the angle.--Lewk_of_S e rthic _contrib ^talk 17:02, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Not the ideal image of this aircraft (angle is a bit low so less detail is visible) but close enough. Noclip 21:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not the ideal image of this aircraft. IMO, the best B-2 Image on Wikipedia is still this one. TomStar81 (Talk) 11:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Really? I was about to replace it with this one, until I realized it's unrecognizable in thumbnail. ~ trialsanderrors 18:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - That one works, too. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:57, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional Support Larger The left "wing" is higher than the right. Rotate it. Otherwise, I think it's a better picture than this one. RMelon 19:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original - I've always liked the B-2, and yes, I see what you mean about the spaceship. I think the original looks far better because the bomber seems more 'atmospheric'. Mrug ² 21:12, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:B-2 Spirit original.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 20:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]