Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Douglas MacArthur surveys the Leyte beachhead

Douglas MacArthur surveys the Leyte beachhead

Reason: A good shot (e.g. the reflection in the sunglasses) and one of the iconic photos of MacArthur. I've seen it used several times in books.
Articles this image appears in: Douglas MacArthur, Scottish American
Creator: Listed as US Army; however the source of this particular version lists the US Coast Guard

Support as nominator BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 05:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support The back of the hat is cut off, and there seem to be horizontal lines (striations?) throughout the image.--Here T oHelp 13:00, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Is the picture tilted? It looks to me like Dugout Doug is leaning backwards-- maybe this is an illusion caused by the angled background objects. It's hard to tell from this crop. Spikebrennan (talk) 16:29, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've always seen this picture at this angle (check 2 of the 3 prior versions, although one is a mirror image). This particular version I think is also the highest res I've seen of it online. The horizontal lines are particularly prevalent at the lower right. --BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 16:41, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support High quality encyclopedic image. I would hope somebody removes those lines in the bottom right corner, though. --Shark face 217 05:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The background is very messy and distracting. Very grainy. Surely there are better portraits of him? --Janke | Talk 09:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I quite like it but it's just not a clear FP, largely due to creative manipulation, probably all in the darkroom. The tilt is about 30 degrees CCW (the pipe would have been horizontal) which provides a bit of drama but detracts from FP value. It's been clumsily burned-in, esp. top right, which I find distracting. I would have liked to have seen the whole frame, too; this seems to have been heavily cropped at some point. --mikaul^talk 10:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support It is a classic B&W shot, plus the reflection on the glasses adds the finishing touch. Chris.B (talk) 12:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There's a different shot of Gen. MacArthur at Leyte on picture peer review. Durova^Charge! 23:50, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Another iconic image of MacArthur and the Battle of Leyte. BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 00:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus MER-C 02:20, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]