Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/M4 Carbine Casing

M4 Carbine Casing


I am nominating this for the detail in it and the sheer skill (or luck) of the photographer to capture the casing in mid-flight. It appears in the M4 Carbine article and was taken on March 23, 2005 by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Day, U.S. Air Force.


 * Nominate and support. - &mdash;Vanderdecken ℘ζξ 12:42, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh yes. Very nice indeed. Raven4x4x 00:25, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Not much luck required if you have fast film transport. Most professional cameras can take upwards of 8 frames per second. --MarkSweep✍ 13:09, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Right, new version. No cropping needed, but remove graininess, halved dpi and corrected contrast & levels. Howzat? &mdash;Vanderdecken ℘ζξ 14:12, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * The new version is quite nice. This link is Broken 15:48, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Personally, I prefer the warmer (or more saturated?) colors in the first version. But my support goes for either one. --Gutza T T+ 19:54, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support first version. Oppose half-size version. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 01:51, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support -- either version. TomStar81 02:13, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support either version'. Raven4x4x 04:59, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support first one. Thelb4 07:20, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support first image. Half-size wasn't neccesary. - Mgm|(talk) 09:03, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support first version. Really nice.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91  ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  04:22, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Either version. I like the colors on the second one more, but I like higher res on the original (even if it does get a little noisy). Suprisingly low shutter speed - 1/500 sec --Fir0002 07:34, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Exceptional capture of the bullet. Enochlau 09:37, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * That is actually the casing, hence 'M4 Carbine Casing'. Phoenix2 23:08, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * or casing or whatever... Oska 22:37, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Preference for second picture. Enochlau 06:03, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support either version. Phoenix2 23:08, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose I don't like the composition and the bullet is blurry. Oska 22:36, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course it's blurry! I'm no expert but I'd guess it's travelling at about 200kph! One of the things I like about the shot is that I get the impression that it wasn't taken very professionally, or with the strict intention of capturing the case in flight. Re: Fir0002 - I could also do a higher dpi, say midway between the two? And the reason that I lowered the res was because, as this was taken on a 35mm film camera, the graininess was not digital noise - it's the particles of silver hallides on the film. I realise that the background in the first version looks better, warmer, but the uniform and the lighter parts of the gun were too yellow (look at the lapels). The second one looks more natural, although natural sometimes means less pleasing to the eye. &mdash;Vanderdecken ℘ζξ 15:32, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support either version, preference for the second -- Chris 73 Talk 07:39, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - Both versions look great -- ZeWrestler  Talk 14:31, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. either version, preferably the first (the color seems richer). exceptional capture, but what really makes it cool is the smoke trail that illustrate the path of the casing... very cool. and by the way, vanderdecken, my car goes 200kph. that bullet is moving closer to 3400kph (905 m/s). Hojimachong 02:31, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support any, prefer the second. =Nichalp «Talk»=  09:02, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

