Talk:Into the Jaws of Death

Burning

Judging by this version here the rendition used to illustrate this article has had the sky heavily burned in order to look more dramatic. At which point did this edited version become the standard, and who edited it? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 23:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Although the photograph in the article is cropped differently, it does appear to have been edited in some manner. By careful comparisons of specific portions of each photograph, the one in this article is definitely darker in certain areas. What do you suggest...go back to the original? It works for me if that is what needs to be done. Cuprum17 (talk) 23:25, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Or compare it with this, which is the same picture uploaded under a different name. This appears to have been a former feature picture which was presumably rejected because of damage to the print, and I surmise because it's less dramatic than the version with the burned sky. My hypothesis is that this image - with the dull grey clouds - is an accurate rendition of the original negative, but at some point someone at a newspaper decided to make it look more ominous, and the edited version has become the new standard. You see the same kind of thing with the famous shot of the landing craft on its way to the beach - the top of the ramp and the chap in the top-left have been burned-in. It'd be interesting to know what it looked like when it first appeared in a newspaper, presumably on June 7th. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 11:15, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

User:Ashley Pomeroy, I changed the image after the edited version was selected as FP over the "original". As far as I know, the editing process was done by a Wikipedian to the standards they saw as improved quality (not by any newspaper), and this is what the FP folks found the best image. I'm not sure I agree with this standard, but it seemed best to defer to the FP process consensus on this - I honestly don't know the line between technical improvement of an image that may have degraded over time, and overcreative editing for dramatic effect that may be ahistorical.--Pharos (talk) 16:35, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Image caption

The caption for the image is a bit too long to fit the criteria of WP:CAPTION and should be shortened. However, I don't think this prevents it from meeting B5. --Lineagegeek (talk) 22:56, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

File:Into the Jaws of Death 23-0455M edit.jpg to appear as POTD

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Into the Jaws of Death 23-0455M edit.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 6, 2015. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2015-06-06. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:50, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Picture of the day

Into the Jaws of Death is a historic photograph taken on June 6, 1944, by Robert F. Sargent, a chief photographer's mate in the United States Coast Guard. It depicts U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division soldiers disembarking from an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase at Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings in World War II. The photograph became one of the most commonly reproduced images of the landing.Photograph: Robert F. Sargent