Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mount St. Helens

 
Original
 
Edit1 by jjron. Removed dirt from scanned image, sharpened, downsized, and noise reduction.
Reason
Striking image. It needs a little cleanup (there are hairs and debris on the scanned image), but I think the image is pretty spectactular.
Proposed caption
Plumes of steam, gas, and ash often occur at Mount St. Helens. On clear days they can be seen from Portland, Oregon, 50 miles (81 kilometers) to the south. The plume photographed here rose nearly 3000 feet (1000 meters) above the volcano's rim. The view is from Harrys Ridge, five miles (8 kilometers) north of the mountain. (May 19, 1982, by Lyn Topinka, USGS)
Articles this image appears in
Mount St. Helens
Creator
Lyn Topinka, USGS (so it's PD)

Edit1 uploaded. --jjron 07:45, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak Support Edit1. I really like this picture, but am struggling to get it high enough quality even with the edit. Nonetheless, I think the edit is a significant improvement on the original. --jjron 07:46, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The original is fuzzy, the edit suffers jpg artefacts. - Mgm|(talk) 10:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • FWIW, what appeared to be significant jpeg artifacts in the original (though it could have come about through the scanning process instead) have in fact been greatly improved in the edit. --jjron 07:29, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 1 by jjron. Debivort, of course this photograph shows what it looked like at some time in the past; this is what it looked like in 1982! I wish it hadn't been downsampled (or not as much), but with the dust and all removed, I love this shot. I think it's compositionally excellent, getting a steam plume with a beautiful blue sky background. Enuja (talk) 20:58, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 01:57, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]