Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Hernando de Soto Bridge Memphis.jpg

Hernando de Soto Bridge, Memphis, Tennessee

 * Reason:This is is a superb view of the Hernando de Soto Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee. Photogaphed apparently in the early evening, it shows the bridge in a heavy haze while the setting sun casts a perfect shadow on the Mississippi River. Somehow the shadow and bridge, taken together, suggest the body of a guitar, so emblematic of Memphis musical culture. The work does not appear to have been to have been photoshopped or otherwise altered, though it may have been cropped.
 * Articles this image appears in:Memphis, Tennessee, Hernando de Soto Bridge, Portal:Tennessee/Selected picture
 * Creator:Larry Donald, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


 * Support as nominator Verne Equinox (talk) 03:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * oppose far too noisy/artifacted at full rez. de Bivort 03:55, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.svg|15px]] Oppose - incredibly poor quality, horrible image at full size, which is what we're voting on. I do however support this being included on WIAFP? to illustrate heavy artifacting. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 11:39, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * On a side note, welcome back Vanderdecken. I haven't seen you here in awhile, almost since my first few weeks here almost a year ago, in fact, it'll be 1 year on the 16th, wow does time fly. -Fcb981(talk:contribs) 22:26, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've been active constantly on WP, but just haven't voted regularly on FPC for quite a while. Not that many pics that interested me on here recently, but I still check the page every day with my watchlist. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 15:45, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * neutral nice composition, and eye-catching, but a bit too grainy for me. (just a bit, have some perspective).  --Bridgecross (talk) 16:19, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Looked so good at thumbnail size :( -- ⁪ffroth 16:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose very pleasing at 800px, why the heavy compression artifacts. Is there a better version someplace? -Fcb981(talk:contribs) 22:40, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Sadly.. but there are just too many artifacts + rather low res..  Y zm o  talk  23:55, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Reasons above. —αἰτίας •'discussion'• 02:01, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose per reasons above. What a terrible shame, since I agree that the shadow=guitar effect for a bridge in Memphis is striking and charming.Spikebrennan (talk) 03:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 04:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)