Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Invitation to the Inauguration of Barack Obama

Invitation to the Inauguration of Barack Obama

Original - Invitation to attend the 2009 Inauguration of Barack Obama. The invitations were individually engraved, leaving a raised impression on the front, and an indentation on the back of the sheets. The invitations were produced in a 100% green manner, using recycled paper, by companies certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

Reason: A very detailed image of the Invitation to the Inauguration of Barack Obama, showing detaling in the engraving, fibres in the paper, etc, etc. I've chosen to nominate this version because the original .png file, File:Inaugural invitation 2009.png is too large to be thumbnailed and used in articles, while the smaller .png version, Image:Inaugural invitation 2009 72dpi.png, doesn't show the detail this one does. There is also an alternative file, File:Reverse of seal of Obama inauguration invitation.jpg, which shows the reverse of the invitation and the indentation of the seal.

Articles this image appears in: Invitation to the Inauguration of Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration, and United States presidential inauguration
Creator: Commons:User:Kop (original png file), User:Matthewedwards (this jpg file)

Support as nominator Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 22:55, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Very cool indeed, but I'm bothered by the shadow across the center (which looks like it's from a crease) and the crease in the top-right corner. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 00:02, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Commons:User:Kop said at the original .png upload that the creases occurred while in the care of the USPS; however, IMO, I think this just adds to the authentication. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 00:54, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The lighting is uneven, and the shadowed region of the middle crease is out of focus, apparently because it wasn't flush with the scanner. Also, holy crap, we have an article about the invitation!?!--ragesoss (talk) 00:58, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Amen, but it's better referenced than most articles that I see out there. How can this be!? ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 05:37, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I am sorry to oppose, but the shadowing makes the invitation look creased in this photograph. Pastor Theo (talk) 02:06, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose left side of the seal is out o focus. —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 03:05, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The seal is clearly blurred. The uneven lightning is also a major issue.-- mcshadypl ^T ^C 04:55, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - if the invitation article survives AfD, feel free to nominate this at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates, where I'm pretty sure it'd pass if it met all of the criteria. Intothewoods29 (talk) 07:21, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose While acknowledging Matthew's withdrawal, I just wanted to note that although most are opposing on technical grounds, this picture no enc. value whatsoever. It's just a souvenir. Fletcher (talk) 23:17, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw, please. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:23, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn --Noodle snacks (talk) 12:30, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]