Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA.jpg

BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Dec 2011 at 14:57:04 (UTC)

Original – Four BNSF GE C44-9W hauling a mixed freight train along the Columbia river, between Kennewick and Wishram, Washington

Alternative – Reduced saturation a bit; adjusted white balance and brightness; denoised sky and slightly sharpened everything else (new RAW export with higher JPEG quality, thus the larger file size)

Reason: Gives good illustration of the GE Dash 9-44CW diesel locomotive, and is impressive and eyecatching
Articles in which this image appears: GE C44-9W, Train
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator: Kabelleger

Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 14:57, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great picture! Good EV. Dusty777 (talk) 20:34, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice image! -- TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 02:15, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support excellent photo of a train in action. Pine^talk 08:56, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: I added this to the article Train. Pine^talk 09:07, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. There's something about the light/colors that looks unnatural. But great composition and IQ overall. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:14, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I think it is mostly just underexposed, that and the clouds are shading the hills towards the rear left. JJ Harrison (talk) 21:55, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Very nice and sharp. Although I also consider the colours odd, the description says that the sun peeked out at just that moment. I'm assuming the rest of the train is in shadows. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:15, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- If you can give me a better description of what exactly you don't like about the colors (Saturation? White balance? Brightness? ...?), I will try to fix it. But keep in mind that there is (and will always be) a strong contrast between the sun-lit foreground and the shady background. --Kabelleger (talk) 23:25, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's mainly the shade of yellow which seems odd to my (Canadian) eyes; I've never seen a locomotive that particular shade. However, you still have full support from me. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:13, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded a new version with a little more subtle colors and adjusted white balance, maybe it's better now? (I'm not sure, maybe you have to press shift+reload in your browser to see the new version) Also note that the yellow stripes are reflective, which may make them look a bit odd when the sun is low. --Kabelleger (talk) 09:57, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, I'm fine with the old one. As a note, generally when you edit an FP candidate you should upload the edit separately so both can be considered. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:57, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, sorry. I fixed that. --Kabelleger (talk) 12:23, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Wonderful shot of great EV --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 03:23, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Prefer alt 1 the lighting seems more natural. I already voted above so don't count this as a second support vote, just a preference. Pine^talk 07:21, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original The colors on the original are closer to what I am used to seeing from BNSF. The alt looks a little washed out. Clegs (talk) 11:40, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Still supporting original I see BNSF locomotives nearly every day, and the original still has the best color. Dusty777 (talk) 21:43, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Katarighe (talk) 23:37, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good train image, if a little underexposed. --jjron (talk) 11:31, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment on colors For those of you who are not native to the Western US, BNSF locomotives are a very unique shade of orange; the original picture captures this shade perfectly. That's probably what is making the picture look funny--on anything else, that shade of orange would be due to oversaturation. However, here, it is correct. Clegs (talk) 09:45, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA.jpg --Julia\^talk 22:49, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]