Pecans
 
Edit 1 to remove artifacts
Reason
I found this to be a very eye-catching, illustrative picture of pecans, both shelled and unshelled.
Articles this image appears in
Pecan, Hickory
Creator
Scott Bauer (USDA)
Nominator
ShadowHalo
Maybe you are the only one... I cannot see any "massive" artifacts except some noise here and there. Care to be more specific? --antilivedT | C | G 05:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I see them too. They're not really massive artifacts but rather look similar to scanlines. Looks rather strange to be honest, but not something that is easy to fix. Downsampling would help and probably not lose much/any information. In fact it looks as though the image has been upsized already with poor sampling hence the artifacts. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 11:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
File:Pecans-crop.jpg
OK, maybe not massive! But I can't justify supporting pictures with this problem (see crop) ...it's just not the quality I've come to expect at FPC. Again, I would happily support if we got a copy that addressed this issue. I really do think it's a fun, encyclopedic shot. tiZom(2¢) 18:35, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • No clear consensus yet on whether to go with the original or edit 1. --KFP (talk | contribs) 21:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original I don't see what the improvement is of the edit. There is a barely visible cut in the center of the picture, roughly at a 167 degree angle, but the edit doesn't remove that either. ~ trialsanderrors 20:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose edit, decreasing resolution to a point where the artifacts aren't noticable anymore also discards good data from the picture. Weak oppose original not very enc as each individual nut is fairly small. I'd strongly prefer macroshots of closed, cut and opend nuts. --Dschwen 12:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original Aesthetically a very nice picture that shows pecans in an artistic yet informative way. I see no improvement in the edit -- it merely seems blurrier. I agree that close-up macro shots would add to the Pecan article, but I don't think that should count against this particular image. Despite some technical flaws, I think this image should be promoted. --Asiir 14:56, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Pecans.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]