Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/CombinedTaskForce

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[edit] Combined Task Force

The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero
The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero

I feel that this picture really captures the Navy in action, has a great widescreen view, and has a good resolution for its size. This picture appears in the Navy page, and the creator of this image was Photographer's Mate 1st Class Bart Bauer and it is in public domain.

  • Nominate and support. - Swantoon 18:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Support Really great picture! Cab02 20:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Support not the best resolution but i think to is a powerful pic --Childzy talk contribs 21:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
    • The resolution is adequate; try clicking on the image again on the image description page to see it at full size. Redquark 02:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Support Per Childzy. Chancellor Alt 02:50, June 11, 2008 (UTC).
  • Oppose. None of the ships are illustrated very well due to poor angle and image quality. Ugly smoke, boring composition. Redquark 02:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Image:Pennsylvania Lingayen.jpg is a much more captivating and powerful shot of ships in line. These ships don't even keep in line properly, and yes, the smoke spoils the image. Lupo 07:48, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. That smoke is really quite unappealing, even in thumbnail. The 'line' of ships is too jagged, otherwise would be more effective. --jjron 10:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose for the superior image and smoke. Staxringold talkcontribs 13:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Support. I see what you are getting at but I still think it is worthy. The older image listed above shows a better "line up" but is not nearly as clear a picture due to its age. The composition is good, adequate size and rez, and the smoke I find more illustrative than unattractive. Witty lama 13:44, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Smoke is bad. I see relatively little encyclopedic value. This could be helped by stating what the ships are (name/class/country). Being in a straight line would be much better. You should try to identify the ships, it would help greatly. say1988 14:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose per users above. -- Darwinek 21:33, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak oppose The smoke is really distracting. Except for that, I think it's a great picture. --Nebular110 23:22, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Neutral, leanning towards support The picture looks great for the most part, but what kills it for me is that you can hardly see any details of the ships. The smoke... it dosen't bothers me that much, as a matter of fact, i think it raises the level of aunthenticity (did i spelled that right?) of the picture. I much rather have one very details picture of one ship.Nnfolz 07:48, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose Cropping on the RH ship is a bit close for my liking --Fir0002 09:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. It's just ugly. Morganfitzp 20:50, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose - this would make a great photo on the sadly nonexistent Combined Task Force article. The fact that that article doesn't exist, and that there's no information about it at Navy makes the image of dubious (current) value - it's illustrating an entity that we don't apparently cover. That said, really like the photo (and I don't in general go for these "glorifying our armed forces" type shots), hope it can find a better home soon. Stevage 23:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. An amazing site to see, but the fleet's pollution makes the image look dirty (not opinion) and there seems to be very little significance to the array of ships, unless there is some underlying reason which the photo cannot relay. Thanks. AJ24 02:39, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Not promoted Raven4x4x 09:33, 18 July 2006 (UTC)