Wikipedia:Picture peer review/M3 tank, 1942

M3 tank, 1942.

M-3 tanks in action, Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 1942.

Yes, more Alfred Palmer. It isn't easy to find clear, high resolution color photography of World War II. This is a training exercise, obviously. It's also an encyclopedic image of how this type of tank looked when it was new. Appears in Stuart tank. Retouched version of Image:AlfredPalmertank.jpg with dust and fibers removed. Sky denoised; tank sharpened. Durova^Charge! 00:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

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Durova^Charge! 00:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• I love these shots. I think there's a better one by him of the same tank, though; I'll see if I can find it later on. This one is pre-focussed, a common issue with sheet film for moving capture. There's absolutely no depth of field, the focus has to be pre-set – pre-guessed, more like – and he's just missed it here. The other one's sharp, from memory, and equally amazing in other respects. --mikaul^talk 01:30, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
  • He did take several of this type of tank. If you show me the one you think is better I'll restore it. Thanks for the feedback. :) Durova^Charge! 23:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Seconder

• Comment. As much as it would break both of our hearts to mess with such a great work of fine art, wouldn't the photo be more encyclopedic if it were cropped so that the tank filled more of the frame? Spikebrennan (talk) 14:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Great minds think alike; I resisted the same urge. We might wind up nominating a different photograph. Durova^Charge! 08:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Alternate shot, restored, is now on FPC. Durova^Charge! 19:50, 18 January 2008 (UTC)