Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/HMAS Australia (D84) redux

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jul 2013 at 08:35:45 (UTC)

Reason: High resolution, beautiful image of a beautiful ship, digitally restored (first nomination was almost there, but the lack of restoration sank it)
Articles in which this image appears: HMAS Australia (D84) +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator: Photo: Allan Green / State Library of Victoria; Restoration: Crisco 1492

Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:35, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Support for alt too. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:06, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent restoration of an excellent photo with strong EV. Nick-D (talk) 12:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose on technical grounds. Tilted horizon and white levels are a little low. These could be easily fixed in Photoshop. - Mr X 21:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Considering both your oppose !votes that I've seen are questioning the white/black levels (when other editors have no issue), I wonder if your monitor is properly callibrated. I'll admit that the horizon is not straight, but considering this is a historical photograph rotating it to make the sealine level would misrepresent the original work. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:34, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My monitor is calibrated with a Datacolor Spyder2Pro, so I don't think that's an issue. I looked at the histogram in Photoshop and the whitest white (highlights on the gun turrets and lifeboats) is about 225. It should be closer to 255 (Usually around 250, because most monitors will render anything above about 250 as pure white). - Mr X 01:17, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Very well, then it isn't your calibration. I've played with the histogram/levels in Photoshop and it looks way too bright to be real. We're not going for what a machine says is the correct balance, we're going for what will look good to the human eye. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:26, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I guess we will have to agree to disagree then. Imaging standards and monitor calibration exist for exactly this reason. - Mr X 01:40, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The brightest points in an image need not be 255 in the brightest channel. Consider for example a photograph of a grey wall. I think that this ship was probably painted grey, so don't agree with the need to adjust the brightness. My monitor is also calibrated. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:27, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 00:28, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Nikhil(talk) 02:13, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. But I too would be happier if the horizon was level. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:27, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- By popular demand. Any thoughts, Nick-D, MrX, Wingtipvortex, Nikhil, and JJ Harrison? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:06, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt --Pine^✉ 06:50, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:HMAS Australia Oct 1937 SLV straightened.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:38, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Post closure reply to Crisco: straightened version is ok with me. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:20, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]