Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Shuttle Atlantis heads home on a modified 747 (2007-07-01)

Shuttle Atlantis heads home on a modified 747

 * Reason:This image is simple, yet complex. The image clearly shows the steps to a human civilization in space from the shuttle to the moon. The simplicity of the sky and the complexity of space and space travel may be interpreted in this picture as well.
 * Articles this image appears in:STS-122
 * Creator:Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas

MER-C 03:46, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator &mdash; Jack Zhang 00:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. We're looking at the back of the aircraft, from rather far away.  This doesn't effectively illustrate the apparent subject matter of the photograph (the shuttle and the modified 747 that carries it)-- and it certainly doesn't effectively illustrate the article in which the image is located (STS-122 is a future shuttle mission.)  The composition is also problematic-- it looks like the wing of the aircraft is resting on top of the moon.  Spikebrennan 03:58, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose the problem is definitely the composition here. [[Image:Atlantis_on_Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft.jpg|200px|right]]The image to the right is a much better image, though grainy as, unfortunately, so many of these NASA images are. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:26, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * OpposeThe second image that TheDJ uploaded is actually no more grainy than the candidate, and is actually really cool. I would still oppose it too, unless someone tried to down-size it to reduce the grain and artifacts a bit, which may work because of how high res it is.  Zakolantern 17:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)