Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:USS Essex (CV-9) - January 1960.jpg

File:USS Essex (CV-9) - January 1960.jpg, not featured

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•  Info created by US Navy - uploaded by Cobatfor - nominated by Pine -- Pine^✉ 23:49, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Pine^✉ 23:49, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
•  Oppose --Nice and strong image but I think that in this case the B&W is a bad choice: the vessel gets lost in the image. Sting (talk) 01:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

• The photo was taken in 1960.... -- KTC (talk) 08:01, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

• So what? Color films were common 50 years ago. Good moment but wrong film type choice, or PoV if we keep the B&W. May be post-processing could correct this keeping the picture natural, trying to change the brightness and/or contrast of the sea. Sting (talk) 16:40, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

• Colour photography were of course available in 1960, but to say they were common is quite misleading. Of course, that doesn't mean it's invalid to oppose based on contrast, brightness or whatever other technical reason, just take into account when the photo was taken. -- KTC (talk) 17:11, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
• There might not have been colour film with sufficient speed to shoot from a moving and vibrating vehicle in dim light. — Julian H.^✈ 17:47, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

• Common enough for US Gov imo. Sting (talk) 17:53, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I have, as a proposal, uploaded a version with brighter water. In the long term, this is probably better as a separate file, if we actually want to keep this, but for the moment I just added a new version. Is this better? — Julian H.^✈ 23:06, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Much better, yes. Thx Julian. I didn't check the picture in detail but I won't oppose any more about the carrier that doesn't pop out of the picture. Sting (talk) 00:33, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

 Support Very nice, I like B&W photos and this is great -- Lauro Sirgado^contribs 16:39, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

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Result: 2 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /KTC (talk) 23:56, 13 March 2015 (UTC)