Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Douglas MacArthur surveys the Leyte beachhead

Douglas MacArthur surveys the Leyte beachhead

 * Reason:A good shot (e.g. the reflection in the sunglasses) and one of the iconic photos of MacArthur. I've seen it used several times in books.
 * Articles this image appears in:Douglas MacArthur, Scottish American
 * Creator: Listed as US Army; however the source of this particular version lists the US Coast Guard


 * Support as nominator Broken Sphere Msg me 05:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak support The back of the hat is cut off, and there seem to be horizontal lines (striations?) throughout the image.--HereToHelp 13:00, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. Is the picture tilted?  It looks to me like Dugout Doug is leaning backwards-- maybe this is an illusion caused by the angled background objects.  It's hard to tell from this crop.  Spikebrennan (talk) 16:29, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I've always seen this picture at this angle (check 2 of the 3 prior versions, although one is a mirror image).  This particular version I think is also the highest res I've seen of it online.  The horizontal lines are particularly prevalent at the lower right.  -- Broken Sphere Msg me 16:41, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Support High quality encyclopedic image. I would hope somebody removes those lines in the bottom right corner, though. -- Shark face  217  05:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose The background is very messy and distracting. Very grainy. Surely there are better portraits of him? --Janke | Talk 09:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose I quite like it but it's just not a clear FP, largely due to creative manipulation, probably all in the darkroom. The tilt is about 30 degrees CCW (the pipe would have been horizontal) which provides a bit of drama but detracts from FP value. It's been clumsily burned-in, esp. top right, which I find distracting. I would have liked to have seen the whole frame, too; this seems to have been heavily cropped at some point. --mikaultalk 10:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support It is a classic B&W shot, plus the reflection on the glasses adds the finishing touch. Chris.B (talk) 12:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment There's a different shot of Gen. MacArthur at Leyte on picture peer review. Durova Charge! 23:50, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Another iconic image of MacArthur and the Battle of Leyte.  Broken Sphere Msg me 00:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 02:20, 8 January 2008 (UTC)