Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Andrees Station3.jpg

Balloon station at Spitzbergen

 * Reason:The base at Spitsbergen for the unsuccessful S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897, which attempted to fly over the North Pole by balloon. Photochrom image from the end of the nineteenth century.  Restored version of Image:Andrees Station.jpg.
 * Articles this image appears in:Spitsbergen, S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897
 * Creator:Detroit Publishing Co.


 * Support as nominator -- Durova Charge! 00:00, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. I prefer this over the milk-cart. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:16, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment is it possible to make this image sharper? Greener Cactus (talk) 20:02, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Tough request: the sharpening options don't normally produce the kinds of benefits for photochroms that they do for other types of photography--photochrom is a hybrid medium. We're dealing with lithography worked over a slightly grainy black and white photograph and some of the dyes used in this process have a tendency to mottle as they age.  I'll see what I can do and upload if it generates any improvements.  Durova Charge! 21:38, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support (original preferred I think) Interesting enough image to make up for its softness (at 1024px it's fine). I wonder if the noise can be reduced though. —Pengo 01:21, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 18:00, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support original.--ragesoss (talk) 06:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose A picture of the hangar from which the balloon launched doesn't seem highly encyclopedic, except during the actual launching. The people being photographed are distracting, unless we can identify them as two of the explorers.  Fletcher (talk) 14:38, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support, for aesthetic quality, and enc. value in illustrating the particular article section. Mostlyharmless (talk) 02:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 04:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)