Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJU over Starbeyevo

Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJU over Starbeyevo

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Oct 2011 at 09:20:07 (UTC)

Original – A Qantas 747-400 seen flying over Starbeyevo (Moscow region) at 11,000m

Reason: This is an extremely high quality image of a 747-400 overflying Moscow at 11,000m. The photo was taken from the ground. Note that the contrails are only visible on aircraft at an extreme altitude, so to have a planform view of an aircraft, in such resolution, and with contrails showing, is an extraordinary feat.
Articles in which this image appears: Boeing 747, Contrail
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator: Commons:User:Bushman787

Support as nominator --Russavia ^{Let's dialogue} 09:20, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Question -- Awesome image, but I'm wondering about the black "sky". Am I correct in assuming this photo was taken during the day and the black sky was added later? Also, I think it could use a small bit of touchup, most notably... 1) You missed a tiny bit of something on the leftmost engine. 2) The leading edge of the left wing near the fuselage has a bit of discoloration. 3) There are a few glowing pixels on the trail ends of the flap track fairings that jump out at you. JBarta (talk) 16:23, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The black sky is probably as a result of colour balancing; at high altitiude the large amount of air between the observer and the plane makes the plane appear blueish. Adjusting this blue to white has the side effect of making the sky very low saturation. In this case the white reflections on the plane make it far brighter than the background sky so the plane appears white and the sky appears black. - Zephyris _Talk 09:46, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is not my photo, but is rather one I have gotten permission to use and the photographer has provided larger resolution pics, etc. Russavia ^{Let's dialogue} 02:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Re: EV, I think this image would have far more EV in articles like contrail rather than the article on the plane itself. - Zephyris _Talk 09:46, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I have added the photo to the contrail article as well as leaving it in the aircraft article. Russavia ^{Let's dialogue} 02:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I added Contrail to the list of articles in which this image appears. Pine^talk 05:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support I have some concern about the black sky, but the subject is supposed to be the contrails and this photo illustrates them impressively. Pine^talk 05:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose -- While I think this is a very nice image, I'm opposing because I'm not satisfied that the black sky is a natural effect of simple color balancing. Looking at various images of contrails, they invariably show a blue sky. In that regard, this image is (IMO) not entirely encyclopedic and a better contrail image should be sought. As a photo of the plane, I suppose it shows the underside nicely, but again, I'd prefer it were shown in a more realistic setting (blue sky). This is an encyclopedia, not an art show. JBarta (talk) 01:38, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, as I think about it, I would be very interested to see a copy of this image before anything was done to it, just as it was taken. JBarta (talk) 02:18, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]