Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dry Tortugas Light

Dry Tortugas Light edit

Original - The Dry Tortugas Light, on Loggerhead Key in the Florida Keys, was constructed between 1856 and 1858 to replace the Garden Key Light as the major seacoast light for the Dry Tortugas. The tower walls are six feet thick at the base, tapering to four feet thick at the top, and the light is shown 157 ft above the water; a radio room is attached to the base. The lighthouse was automated in 1988. Its beacon can be seen to 28 miles at sea.

Reason: Excellent, high-resolution view not only of the original light tower, but of the station outbuildings as well, providing a nice idea of the station layout. It also shows the effect weathering has had on the structure.
Articles this image appears in: Dry Tortugas Light
Creator: United States Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Johnson; uploaded by DanMS

Support as nominator --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 01:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Support Excellent clarity, cannot see any noticeable noise or artifacts... Intruiging picture too as I assume this was taken from the sea, however there is no bluriness which I would expect from a sea based viewpoint due to the "motion of the ocean" to coin a phrase... Gazhiley (talk) 10:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC)...[reply]
- Taken at 1/750s, I feel you'd want to be on pretty rough water to get a motion blur. --jjron (talk) 14:32, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's very flat water (as far as these things go), so a boat is going to be very stable. Mostlyharmless (talk) 10:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support -Ooh this is a lovely image good find!. Very distinctive great atmosphere. Very clear. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Durova^Charge! 17:11, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. An excellent illustration. Mostlyharmless (talk) 10:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose (Not quite a full oppose, but a little more than a weak oppose). Though good enc., I just don't think the quality is quite there–there's more noise than I'd prefer (mostly in the sky), sharpness overall is a tad lacking, and the beach and white buildings are a bit too bright, IMO. In addition, I'd prefer a slight crop on the left to remove the cut-off palm tree. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 21:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Well, I'm with Spencer on this one. And I think I spot some over-saturation (palm trees, dock), though someone could feel free to refute that if I'm wrong. Maedin\^talk 20:29, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Artifacted => not promoted MER-C 04:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted for further consideration, and/or editing to deal with the problems pointed out. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 11:11, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I've been to the Dry Tortugas in November, and don't believe this is oversaturated. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 11:27, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per MER-C. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:33, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Relisting this picture was a mild and civilized way of dealing with a gross closing mistake. After this agressive striking action, the question is: shall we continue with the poll or just promote the picture, as it should have been done before? -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:57, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Stop the presses per above. Invalid strikethroughs performed without permission or notification of reviewers. Durova^Charge! 20:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I believe this has been corrected: It was rather arbitrarily done by Wadester some time after the relisting. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 22:48, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Striking objection; thank you for the restorations. Durova^Charge! 23:08, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Technical quality on this was always weak, but evidently not detected by first 5 voters. --jjron (talk) 04:00, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The behaviour of "do the original votes count yes-no-yes-no" has ruined any chance of this having a fair run anymore in this page. Hence, per talk page, provisionally promoting per original votes, but listing as a delist nom. Promoted Image:Dry Tortugas Lighthouse 2005.jp --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please play fair. wadester16 | Talk→ 16:53, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]