Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tahrir Square - February 9, 2011

Tahrir Square on February 9, 2011

Voting period ends on 26 Jan 2012 at 14:29:36 (UTC)

Original – Over 1 Million in Tahrir Square demanding the removal of the regime and for Mubarak to step down

Reason: A high resolution, very good quality, freely licensed photograph of Tahrir Square during the early 18 days on the revolution.
Articles in which this image appears: Timeline of the 2011 Egyptian revolution under Hosni Mubarak's rule, Tahrir Square and Arab Spring
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Drumzo AKA Jonathan Rashad

Support as nominator --The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 14:29, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Its an alright picture... Kinda looks like someone just pointed a camera and took the picture (Snapshot-ish). Its blurry in spots, and its out of focus. Not the best picture to represent the Egyptian Revolution. Dusty777 (talk) 16:23, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Very soft, very titled, inexplicably saved as a PNG. I could be convinced if this had particularly high EV, as I recognise that this is a photo of a unique historical event, but I do suspect that this was a very heavily photographed event. J Milburn (talk) 21:58, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The image softness is evident from the thumbnail. Lacking in contrast and not sure about the white balance - looks kind of bluish to me. Did a quick search for images of Tahrir square on wikipedia and saw several better images in my opinion God Emperor^Talk 22:26, 20 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Weak Oppose Great EV, but lots of quality issues, and I second the idea that there must be a better free photo out there. -RunningOnBrains^(talk) 08:10, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I honestly spent days going through picture of Tahrir Square during the first 18 days of the uprising and this photo in my opinion is the best pgoto we can find on wiki at the moment. If you think or saw a better picture, please feel free so share them with me here. The image has some issues but keep in mind the circumstances that was surrounding the photographers around that time. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 07:52, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. Rotation necessary, but as sufficient resolution is being provided, the blurriness does not, imo, bar this from being promoted. Possibility of full support after making the appropriate correction. I looked at the alternatives, and this one does stand out on aesthetic grounds, when the information conveyed seems to be about the same. This one also wins on resolution against the half dozen or so others I've seen. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 14:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Blurry. Good EV, but not done technically well enough.

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]