Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mallard II

Mallard II

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Original – Mallard II, a clamshell dredger that has been in continuous use repairing salt pond levees in San Francisco Bay since 1936.

Reason

I created the article on the Mallard II and got it to GA, and this is its main illustration. I think it's a pretty good photo of a pretty unique subject (the oldest operating dredge in California).

Articles in which this image appears

Mallard II, San Francisco Bay, Dredging

FP category for this image

Vehicles/Water

Creator

JPxG

• Support as nominator – jp×g 02:03, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose – It isn't sharp. Would be acceptable if it was a historic photo, one time event, etc. but not for a contemporary photo of a stationary subject. Bammesk (talk) 15:11, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose - Atmospheric heat distortion causes the unsharpness. Better result on a cooler day? --Janke | Talk 16:15, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Lighting is washed out, and you can't really see what the boat is doing so EV isn't great. Nick-D (talk) 08:57, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Not Promoted. Jeez Louise. I guess I'll have to take my camera with me the next time I'm in the neighborhood, huh? jp×g 10:49, 7 September 2021 (UTC)