Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/USS Michigan (SSBN-727)

USS Michigan


A while back I uploaded this photo of the ballistic missile submarine USS Michigan and placed it into its namesakes article. Since then this picture has found its way on to several other pages on or relating to submarines; however, I feel that the photos placement in the article drydock significantly adds to the article by providing an example of a naval vessel inside a flooded dry dock, and for this reason I am nominating it for Featured Picture status.


 * Nominate and support. - -- TomStar81 06:40, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose color of vessel blends in with the water. - Mgm|(talk) 14:06, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Errm... isn't that the point of a Naval submarine? Do you want the US Navy to paint all their covert infiltration submarines yellow so that we can see them clearly in encyclopaedia photos? At full res it's perfectly distinguishable anyway. Having said that, the tilt of the photo makes me feel a bit woozy, and the JPG compression artifacts (look at the feet of the men standing on the sub) are a bit undesirable. Edit supplied, but in order to leave no blank space in the top left corner after rotating, I've had to crop out what appears to be a metal tube coming from the top of the conning tower. [[Image:Symbol support vote.png|15px]] Support. &mdash;Vanderdecken&there4; &int;  &xi;  &phi;   17:57, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * True, that's the point of a submarine, but it doesn't make the image attractive to look at. - Mgm|(talk) 09:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I am not 100% sure about this, but that "tube" may be the periscope. Its in the right place, and would likely look like a tube or pipe of some sort. TomStar81 20:15, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Precisely. I wasn't sure if that was an essential part of the sub. Considering that most of my knowledge of submarines extends from Up, Periscope and Das Boot, it looked a little bit like a chimney from a commercial gas boiler. If it is, as you say, a periscope, then consensus will decide whether they'd prefer to have the top quarter of it or a straightened image. I straightened it by aligning the coast in the background, the concrete arch behind the supposed periscope, and the sides of the buildings on the left. &mdash;Vanderdecken&there4; &int;  &xi;  &phi;   10:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong preference for the edit to cure seasickness. The periscope can get knotted. :) Stevage 12:01, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Support. Very encyclopedic look at a typical drydock.  The sub is clearly distinguishable from the water at full resolution. Redquark 16:44, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak support edit, good subject, but the photo isn't totally "wowing" me. Support proposal to repaint US Navy submarines pink to improve their pituresqueness. Stevage 07:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose not striking enough for me. Wolfmankurd 19:04, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support edit. I believe the tube is the snorkel. It is not that important to have it in the frame... Glaurung 05:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support edit. I like the angle of the submarine. Definately a very informative and eye-catching picture. --Hetar 06:09, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose. Definitely informative and interesting. Unfortunately I don't find it at all attractive which to me means it doesn't satisfy criteria 7 for a FP. I also don't think it's the most informative picture in the drydock article. Additionally I can't quite reconcile the the overall images. The original has that badly sloping horizon, but to me is far superior to Edit 01 with the cut-off bit (whatever it is) of the sub and the background, especially that boat, all sliced off. Sorry, on the balance cannot support this one. --jjron 14:45, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose either, especially the edit. It crops the subject too close and cuts off the top.
 * Oppose - not particularly striking, ordinary composition. --P199 20:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support as said before, I like the angle. --Lewk_of_S e rthic contrib talk 19:45, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Not striking enough for me either
 * That was User:Swollib...&mdash;Vanderdecken&there4; &int;  &xi;  &phi;   12:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose Original is tilted, edit is a too tightly cropped, i.e. not a pleasant composition. --Janke | Talk 18:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Raven4x4x 09:37, 5 June 2006 (UTC)