Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Original - The Mount Rushmore monumental sculpture of South Dakota, depicting (from left to right) U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln

Reason: An iconic image for an iconic monument; violates no FP criteria that I am aware of and is 2,000 × 1,333 pixels in size.
Articles this image appears in: Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Creator: Dean Franklin

Support as nominator --Pericles of Athens^Talk 16:33, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. My only complaint is the blown highlights. I've contacted the photographer on Flickr to ask for an unprocessed version; if he responds and shares the original, I'll give it a shot at reprocessing.--ragesoss (talk) 17:41, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cool! Thanks.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 17:48, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The photographer sent me the original; unfortunately, it's a jpeg, but it's well-exposed. I played around with it some, but I couldn't get the same level of pop as in this version without blowing out the highlights. Someone more skilled than me might want to take a crack at it: File:Dean Franklin - 06.04.03 Mount Rushmore Monument (by-sa) - original.jpg. --ragesoss (talk) 00:15, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Feel free to try again with a new version. --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:07, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]