Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hindenburg Disaster

Hindenburg Disaster

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 May 2012 at 00:34:14 (UTC)

Original – The Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg catching fire on May 6, 1937 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey.

Reason

Iconic picture. I will admit it has technical flaws, but the encyclopedic value is incomparable. Contributes greatly to linked articles.

Articles in which this image appears

Hindenburg disaster, List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft, LZ 129 Hindenburg, Zeppelin, plus others.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air

Creator

Gus Pasquerella (U.S. Navy)

• Support as nominator --Dusty777 00:34, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose this is washed out, contrast too high and i believe cropped... full image? — raekyt 01:17, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

It appears that the picture is cropped, but neither the original or the cropped version has any higher EV then the other. I believe the technical flaws can be excused due the the rather exceptional EV in this case. Dusty777 17:39, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm sure we'd need to make quality exceptions, but I'd like to make sure we have the best we can get... ;-\ — raekyt 18:32, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree. If you come across any pictures that are better quality, let me know. Dusty777 17:59, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

• Support In comparing the two it is obvious they are both cropped as aspects are missing from each. Google backs this up. Regardless, the nominated picture seems to show more of the important detail. EV is not in question. Saffron Blaze (talk) 00:42, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
  • Is this just a still from the video of the incident? If so they may be different frames... I agree EV is not in dispute, but finding the _best_ image or maybe better the video should be the goal? — raekyt 00:57, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
    • Indications are it is a photograph, and Google shows nothing significantly superior to this one. Saffron Blaze (talk) 01:19, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:00, 15 May 2012 (UTC)