Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/HMS Hood 2

HMS Hood (51)
Voting period ends on 19 Feb 2013 at 23:02:40 (UTC)
 * Reason:In the previous nomination (albeit of a different file), it was pointed out the file needed restored. Unfortunately, there was a bad link to the source that we only sorted out a few days before it closed, and this restoration was far too difficult to complete in that time, with my other commitments. So, with apologies to Pine, the original nominator, I have finished work, and submit a new nomination.


 * If anyone spots any additional issues, just let me know, and I should be able to fix it. I would appreciate if people kept voting in the meantime, conditionally if need be, but that's largely due to me noticing that a lot of noms that have issues pointed out early on tend to fail.


 * Articles in which this image appears:HMS Hood (51), List of battlecruisers, List of sunken battlecruisers
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
 * Creator:Allan C. Green, restoration by Adam Cuerden


 * Support as nominator -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:02, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Is it possible to fix the white splotches on the left and right margins of the image? Nick-D (talk) 10:07, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That's vignetting, and it's very hard to do so it looks natural. I've had a go, but wasn't happy enough with it, so didn't upload that version. I could have another go, I guess, and see if I can get something decent. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:05, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The big trouble is the smoke going towards the left of the image. It's very hard to make out the significance of the small changes in tone that make up details like that when zoomed in enough to do editing, which makes a bit of a nightmare when you're trying to do repairs nearby that basically involve smoothing out all detail. I'll keep poking, but I've currently considered, then rejected three separate attempts to fix the vignetting without removing image details. Adam Cuerden (talk) 05:46, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that explanation Adam. With that in mind, I'm pleased to support the nomination. Nick-D (talk) 10:51, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support thanks for your work here, Adam. --Pine✉ 23:41, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support --LlamaAl (talk) 00:57, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - very well done indeed. - The Bushranger One ping only 04:26, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Nice work on this. JJ Harrison (talk) 12:43, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 01:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Not strictly necessary considering the overwhelming support but very well restored. Cat-five  t  c   06:41, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 23:28, 19 February 2013 (UTC)