Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/BB61 USS Iowa BB61 broadside USN.jpg

USS Iowa Firepower Demo

 * Reason:The combination of excellent resolution, color and texture warrants a FP for this outstanding work. It grabs your attention looking at it, and it does a good job on the Battleship article as a "hook". Even the other Iowa picture (the FP one) would not work in the same context. It is in the Public Domain as a work of the US Navy.
 * Articles this image appears in:Battleship, USS Iowa (BB-61)
 * Creator:PH1 Jeff Hilton (Photographer's Mate 1st class)


 * Support as nominator -- Riotrocket8676  You gotta problem with that? 22:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Previously considered at Featured picture candidates/Uss iowa bb-61 pr.jpg, and not promoted. Opposed because of tight crop, and considered inferior to current FP File:Uss iowa bb-61 pr.jpg. Nominator, would you consider withdrawing, or updating your rationale to account for these earlier objections? Chick Bowen 00:38, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This is not cropped The original is exactly from the US Navy site. And the crop is actually quite minimal. If you look at the FP, you see where the shot ends. If you look at the top set of guns, you can see the balloon of the gun where the shot ends. The whole set of flame is in the top of the picture. What tight crop? Yes, the bottom set is cut off a little, but that is a minimal crop. -- Riotrocket8676  You gotta problem with that? 03:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I suspect what they were meaning to say is that the framing is a little too tight. Crop does imply that it was edited from an original, which I don't think was the intended meaning. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:31, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Not as good as the other FP inn terms of composition and I don't think more than one FP of this is necessary. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Support I am aware that this picture has been nominated before and there is also currently a similar FP. However, I strongly support this nomination because this particular picture is magnificent and brilliant enough to be a FP and I am surprised it is not an FP yet. Madadude  My Talk Page 20:58, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support While there has been another picture made FP, this is undeniably a fantastic, striking, powerful (no pun intended) photograph. I strongly support this photo. Coastalsteve984 (talk) 16:57, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose I agree with Diliff that the (as he reworded it) framing is too tight. It doesn't look balanced, and just doesn't appear to be FA quality, in terms of general layout.  hmwith  τ   13:35, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 02:51, 24 April 2009 (UTC)