Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/U.S. Naval Academy Ceremony

U.S. Naval Academy Graduation Ceremony

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Original – Newly commissioned U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officers celebrate their new positions by throwing their Midshipmen covers into the air as part of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2005 graduation and commissioning ceremony.

Reason

The work has good EV - as the primary image of the page for Officer (armed forces) it depicts a milestone ceremony for officers capturing the symbolic 'hat toss'. The aesthetic appeal is evident. The photo is well sourced. While the resolution of the height scrapes under the 1500 pixel minimum guideline, an exception could be made based on the technicality of its framing and uniqueness.

Articles in which this image appears

Officer (armed forces)

FP category for this image

I'm tentatively suggesting Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA_History, although there may be a better one.

Creator

Mate 1st Class Kevin H. Tierney

• Support as nominator --Noozman (talk) 07:28, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
• Comment: I feel very uneasy about EV to "Officer (armed forces)", which documents officers in all sorts of military service, around the world, " symbolic 'hat toss'" is not symbolic in most of these places. Are there not more specific pages? Is this image inferior to those already used there, or merely unused? Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 09:50, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose I don't think this adds a huge amount of EV to this article in its current context. The photo surely is not of a typical military officer who is performing typical duties or posing for an official portrait. The photo might do better in the article graduation if you'd like to expand it to include military graduations. You might also find a spot for it somewhere in the United States Naval Academy article. Pine^✉ 09:57, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose per Pine. As two side notes, A) it should not be the lead image in Officer (armed forces) per both Pine and Grandiose, and B) That file needs a shorter name... --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:47, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose per Pine Mediran ^{talk|contribs} 12:28, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:44, 7 October 2012 (UTC)