Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Medal of Honor Grave Marker

Medal of Honor Grave Marker

Grave marker of Medal of Honor recipient Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. at the World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

edit by User:Mikeo

edit 3

Self Nomination, appearing in the article World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

I took this photo in September 2004 during a visit to the Cemetery. I had planned to send this series of photos back to a history teacher in the US so that he could use it in his class while teaching World War II. I was stunned at how well this photo turned out, and, in a subsequent return to the Cemetery in November, I attempted to recreate it under better light conditions without luck. Feel free to edit it if you think you can better affect the lighting (it was partly cloudy at the time).

• Nominate and support. - Nilington 16:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support Very excellent picture - Adrian Pingstone 16:18, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Good angle. -- bcasterline • talk 17:33, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Superb photo. --Pharaoh Hound 17:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support with touchups? - Could the white be made a bit less blinding, and the image be sharpened, and possibly the contrast improved? It's a very nice angle. Stevage 17:52, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Edit3 for what it's worth. Stevage 12:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment - See the original at the Jimmie W. Monteith page. I attempted to brighten it a bit for the Cemetery article to give the trees in the background more life...maybe too much?
• Support a great photograph Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 20:44, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support, simply stunning. Phoenix2 22:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Would prefer edit 3 as it is more vibrant. Phoenix2 17:54, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support my edit I made the white a little less blinding while brightening up the trees in the background a bit - using the original picture mentioned above. This is an important picture for an encyclopedia. Mikeo 08:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support any edit I support any of the edits. I also went ahead and edited the picture a little as well. The grass is slightly greener to give the picture more life, the white isn't as blinding, trees in the background are a little lighter than the original image. Overall the image has a little more contrast. -Every1blowz 14:14, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Support for edit 3, by Every1blowz. Love it, as original. In the edit, I think the richer grass, the slightly bluer white on the gravestone and the better perspective improve it for me. —Vanderdecken∴∫ξφ 18:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support edit 3 TomStar81 01:36, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support edit 3 The grass color is perfect. Staxringold _talk^contribs 18:14, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support Excellent picture; I think edit 3 best fits the criteria --James 21:01, 28 May 2006 (UTC)-
• Oppose Boring picture. Olegivvit 09:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support - quite excellent. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 06:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
• Agree for edit 3. Witty lama 12:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support Original Great way to show support for those who have fought in WWII. This picture shold have been nominated before so we could have had it featured on memorial day.