Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/VLS cells aboard USS Santa Fe (SSN-763)

VLS cells aboard USS Santa Fe (SSN-763)

 * Reason:These days submarines are known not only for their torpedoes, but also for their missile magazines, a fact often forgotten since these boats are typically associated with torpedo attacks. Here, though, we have a unique view of the vertical launch cells that subs make use of to fire missiles during exercises or during actual military operations. As an added bonus, the cells are forward of the sail of the submarine, a unique feature since missile subs (SSBN/SSGN) have these doors behind the sail. On the whole, this is a photograph that should inspire a closer look, and I am therefore adding it here.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Los Angeles class submarine
 * Creator:OS2 JOHN BOUVIA


 * Support as nominator --TomStar81 (Talk) 06:15, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose. There's not much positive to say about the photo. The composition is fairly ordinary, the image is quite out of focus/soft, there's lots of film grain, and the subject seems a bit underexposed. I suppose it's an interesting photo for sub-spotters, but it just doesn't stand out as a FP. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  11:11, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. Factsontheground (talk) 14:34, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * In light of my comments above regarding the flaws in the image, could you elaborate on why this image is good candidate for FP? &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  15:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Diliff, the answer to your question could be found in Avenue and mine comment on the same user vote for my nomination Pyrocumulus clouds in Yellowstone National Park down below.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:05, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose Bleak colours, boring composition, cut-off --Muhammad (talk) 16:16, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Diliff and Muhammad. --Dschwen 16:26, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Diliff and Muhammad too. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 18:56, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment This might work better as a valued picture than a featured picture - it's a very useful image, but not of particularly high technical standards. Nick-D (talk) 07:38, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That suggestion has actually been made to me before, but I like to think that any picture that can be valued can also be featured, so I do not make use of the VP system. If you would like to add this image for consideration at VPC then do feel free to do so, I won't stop you, its just a preference for FPs over VP that keeps me from using the system. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:15, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Diliff and Muhammad--Mbz1 (talk) 00:56, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 04:21, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Per WP:SNOW. Makeemlighter (talk) 04:21, 24 March 2010 (UTC)