Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tomcat launch preparations

F-14 Tomcat Launch Preparations

An F-14 Tomcat is preped for launch on the flight deck of the carrier USS John C. Stennis

This photo shows an F-14 Tomcat being preped for take off from the flight deck of the carrier USS John C. Stennis. Aside from the slight tilt to the right I think this photo has the potential to go featured, so I am placing it here to see if others concur. Image is from the commons, where it is listed as Public Domain (US Navy photo), and appears in the article aircraft carrier.

Nominate and Support TomStar81 (Talk) 07:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose This is a great perspective, but it's a bit dark and not so sharp. I like military photos with lots of crisp detail. --Bridgecross 17:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Great photo, both the steam and the rocking of the boat add realism to it. My only complaint is the flight director, (please correct me if that is not what they are called), is cut off.AndonicO 13:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Wonderful subjects, but often photographed. Opposing per cut-off person to the right, and not much going on in picture. HighInBC 14:24, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not a very good example, try searching for 'f-14' here for a lot of pretty good photos of this subject. --Yummifruitbat 00:44, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree. If anything, this picture [1] should be uploaded and nominated. Nauticashades 10:15, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Anyone can photograph a plane in the air, which is why I try to shy away from those types of photographs. This one stood out because the F-14 is not in the air, but rather preparing for launch. The fact that the photo was taken on a carrier, as opposed to runway at a ground facility, led to believe that this was different enough to warrent a try for featured status. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:20, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I don't think Nauticashades' example is particularly spectacular. However, there are better pictures of launch/capture and manoeuvring on deck among the 900 or so photos returned at my link above. I'd recommend having a thorough browse through those to see if you can find a better candidate. AFAIK, all the images on that page should be PD as they're created by US military personnel in the course of their duties. --Yummifruitbat 01:01, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Oppose It's a pity, I like this one, but the little things add up. The angle isn't great (not dead on the nose, angle shows very little wing) the guy on the right is cut-off, and things get a bit blurry as you go towards the top of the photo. Staxringold _talk^contribs 15:39, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Raven4x4x 04:13, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]