Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/SpaceShipOne Takeoff

Dawn of a new age SpaceShipOne flight 17P

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Feb 2015 at 06:35:09 (UTC)

Reason: This was the final flight of 3 that sealed SpaceShipOne as the winner of the X Prize. With Brian Binnie at the controls SpaceShipOne under the carriage of the White Knight, launch aircraft, created the Private Space Industry that we see today, just over 10 years after its final flight. The EV value of this shot is high and it has a wonderful artistic aspect as well. One of a kind.
Articles in which this image appears: SpaceShipOne flight 17P - SpaceShipOne - X Prize Foundation
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator: - ℅ ✰WPPilot✰ ^{123.0 unicomm}

Support as nominator – talk→ WPPilot 06:35, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support.--Jobas (talk) 14:48, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Not easy to re-shoot ;-) but it has some issues; unsharp in full size, tilted, a bit too dark to show details. I abstain, for now... --Janke | Talk 17:52, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to Comment Once in history event. Detail: Digital Camera's 11 years ago were not what you see today, in terms of quality and as to the angle of attack so to speak. The horizon is square (well off set to give the illusion of square), the "tilt" as you mention is, on a photo that had the sunrise, the and the distance from the camera, all were in perfect order, with the depth of field defined by the tilt, show by the runway makings seen in the foreground. I could see removing a little of the "tilt" and if you like am willing to create a altertivie image to see if that improves the shot.talk→ WPPilot 19:15, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support but what's with the lighter rectangle in the lower right? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:05, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rreagan007 (talk) 17:23, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Could benefit from a white balance correction, slight exposure lift and noise reduction (esp. chroma noise). Samsara 17:55, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Careful with white balance correction, though - at sunrise, there is going to be some colour to the sky. Rather not see what happened to that unfortunate Aurora photograph a few years back, where, if I recall correctly, they decided the snow must be white, despite being primarily lit by the aurora.... I should really check to see if that's ever been fixed. Anyway , I'd say that the saturation might be a little high, but it's mostly good. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:28, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The shot is "as is" so to speak and if it is worth it I am willing to do a Alt, but for a event of this nature, of a craft that sits in the Smithsonian on its last trip, I think this one truly qualifies. I agree the saturation might be just a tad high but as Adam mentions with that colorful sunrise it could be tough. If the minor reduction of saturation would improve it I am willing to give it a go, but considering the exceptionally high EV value of this shot I am not sure that I want to change it at this junction. talk→ WPPilot 02:12, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support-Deserves..Ṫ Ḧ ^{the fury of the nature}_{given flesh} 13:31, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:SpaceShipOne Takeoff photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:36, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]