Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/GoldenSpikev3.jpg

Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
This is one of those historical photos that I absolutly love, the completion of the US Transcontinental Railroad. I uploaded two large, seperate versions of the photo.


 * Nominate and support. TomStar81 03:04, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This is indeed a classic. The second version is way too dark, though, losing much detail. The first one could be improved somewhat by some gamma adjustment. --Janke | Talk 11:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know how to gamma adjust a picture, so if some kind soul could do that I would be thrilled. TomStar81 21:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I did it, see version 3. When the time comes to vote, I'll support even though the quality isn't the best possible, but because of the historical significance of this picture. If someone can find a higher resolution version, that would be great. --Janke | Talk 12:23, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * As promised, I’m thrilled! Thanks! TomStar81 06:07, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Support but information on the author would be nice. --Lysy (talk) 18:52, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * At you request, I went looking for information on the author. Acoording to this site, the man who snapped this photo was Andrew J. Russell.


 * ( + ) Support Version 3 is quite nice. Very special occaision. --Fir0002 21:56, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support for third version. Would be neutral due to the low quality and resolution of the image but it has important historical significance which elevates my vote to support. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:28, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * As I mention in my comment above, I support. --Janke | Talk 09:33, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Raven4x4x 06:34, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

