Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Paratroopers at the Western Wall

Paratroopers at the Western Wall[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jan 2021 at 09:18:26 (UTC)

Reason: Good quality reproduction of this notable photograph.
Articles in which this image appears: Paratroopers at the Western Wall etc
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: David Rubinger

Support as nominator – MER-C 09:18, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Andrei (talk) 13:00, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Severely blown highlights on wall, focus is on helmet, not faces. --Janke | Talk 15:26, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, leaning support This photo is genuinely iconic, and our article on it notes the rushed, crowded and somewhat chaotic conditions the photographer took it in, which explains the issues around composition, etc. I also don't see a problem with the focus being on the helmet - this is an image of combat soldiers involved in capturing the Western Wall taken shortly after it was captured during a war. I do wonder if this is the best possible digital version of the photo though given that the image is now PD - the highlights on the wall are blown, but if this was the case in the original negative there's not much we can/should do about it. Nick-D (talk) 23:10, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It comes from http://gpophotoheb.gov.il/, the National Photograph Collection of the Government Press Office. It is the primary source for the archive, therefore I don't think getting a better version is possible. Other versions also have very bright areas. --Andrei (talk) 14:38, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 10:23, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 17:42, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Gnosis (talk) 03:49, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:צנחנים בכותל המערבי.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:31, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]