Wikipedia:Picture peer review/USNS Mercy

USNS Mercy and Rainbow


I have enjoyed seeing this photo every time I look at this article. I had a little free time and found out I could nominate photos to be featured. This is the one I always think of as the best on Wikipedia (that I have seen mind you), and I thought I would nominate it for at least peer review to get input.


 * Nominated by: AContributor (talk) 01:49, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Cool photo -- could probably be improved with some judicious cropping, especially of the blank water in foreground. Maybe try centering the rainbow? Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 03:42, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Does the shoreline really follow that parabola shape? Also, the sky is grainy. MER-C 07:22, 26 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I compensated for the lens distortion, darkened the sky slightly (to compensate for the slight overexposure there), applied some light sharpening and contrast increasing, and selectively blurred the sky to reduce the noise. The forground was cropped out as it didn't really add anything.Noodle snacks (talk) 13:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Much improved, thanks. The grainy sky may preclude promotion to FP. Pete Tillman (talk) 04:57, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


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