Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Periscope Depth

Original - USS Key West off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii with masts and antennas raised at periscope depth.

Reason: This image provides a relatively rare look at a submerged submarine from an aerial source. This is only possible in certain portions of the world and in certain weather conditions. The image is especially helpful in the Los Angeles class submarine article, as it provides a good look at certain features of the class.
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Creator: Image was uploaded to commons by Protonk (talk), but I am not the image creator. The image was created by a military member and forwarded to us (I was stationed on the Key West at the time) via ComSubPac (our bosses). The image was reduced in size in photoshop so it could be emailed (note the meta-data).

Support as nominator --Protonk (talk) 17:51, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose too small, unsharp also not too keen on the angle/framing. As far as the size goes, the full size version could easily have been emailed in jpeg format, most email limits around 10MB - that translates to a sizeable jpeg - around 15MP at 80% quality. Mfield (talk) 18:09, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I meant email to a submarine downloading it at sea. :) Protonk (talk) 18:12, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It also appears that images of this sort are not as rare as I thought here is an old one that failed FPC. Protonk (talk) 18:12, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose That's a nice photo, but I don't think that it meets the FP criteria. Submarines can be spotted from aircraft when they're operating at a shallow depth pretty much anywhere where the water is clear (which is why they generally stay bellow periscope depth) so this is isn't all that rare. Nick Dowling (talk) 03:10, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- nicer image than the failed candidate, good encyc. value. Not a common photo (speaking as a former Naval officer in SUBPAC). Maybe ask the photographer for the original? Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 18:47, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The periscope is out of focus, and the image does not provide sufficient encylopedic value. Mostlyharmless (talk) 07:52, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --jjron (talk) 03:49, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]