Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The break of Mavericks waves

The break of Mavericks waves

 * Reason:Amazing shot, high quality and EV, huge "Wow"
 * Articles in which this image appears:Surfing; Mavericks (location) Big wave surfing
 * Creator:Shalom Jacobovitz
 * Comment The nominated image is great! Yet I put mine low quality image as the lead image for Mavericks (location). I did it because IMO my image that was made out of 4 images is more encyclopedic. It shows the break of a wave from the beginning to the end. May I please ask you while commenting on the nominated image to state your opinion about the lead. I am more than willing to replace my image with the nominated one, if you believe it will be a better lead for the article. Could you please also comment, if the title of the nomination should be changed to "Big waves surfing" ?  Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:10, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment The alternative was done by request of Wikimedia Commons reviewers. I personally prefer the original much more. It is more encyclopedic IMO.
 * Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 15:06, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support prefer original. Great EV for big wave surfing --Muhammad (talk) 16:17, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support original version. The out-of-focus area in lower left seems to be a closer wave, which is understandable. The edit in the alt version is clean, but makes the wave appear to get steeper again near the photographer for no apparent reason. -- Avenue (talk) 20:32, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment How do we know that this high-res version is CC-licensed? The one freely licensed on flickr is a lower resolution. Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:55, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The high resolution image was emailed to me as an attachment by the photographer himself. He changed the license on Flickr because I asked him to. I emailed the links to the image and to the articles image appears in to the photographer. So Shalom is fully aware of what's going on. --Mbz1 (talk) 22:23, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The photographer has since begun uploading his own photos to Commons, at a similar resolution. We could ask him to upload the original of this photo himself too, if there is any doubt. -- Avenue (talk) 10:09, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Support either version, prefers edit. The blurred area in the original is distracting for me. I find the clone less distracting albeit it may not be a very accurate representation of the waves in this very small area. The nominator has done a good job in negotiating licensing terms with the creator. Photographing the Mavericks in this manner cannot be done from the coast. You need to be in a boat close by (as in this case, which is risky from a personal safety point of view) or hovering in a helicopter over the waves. It is rare that photos from these sources are freely licensed, so I find it is a quite unique contribution and great action shot (although the technical qualities of the photo could have been better). --Slaunger (talk) 10:16, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Support either, as per others --  Chil dzy  ¤  Ta lk  16:26, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Support either, with preference to the edited one. Obvious EV and beauty. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 02:16, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 22:53, 9 March 2010 (UTC)