Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

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Original – Wernher von Braun, the first director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and designer of the Saturn V rocket.

Alternative – Wernher von Braun, 1960

Alternative 2 – von Braun standing in front of Saturn V's Rocketdyne F-1 engines, unknown date

Reason: This is an illustrative portrait from May 1964 of an immensely important 20th century scientist. The models behind him are of the Saturn rockets.
Articles in which this image appears: Wernher von Braun, Jack Parsons (rocket engineer), Space Race
FP category for this image: People/Science and engineering
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 20:58, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — Focus not very sharp and colors have that faded Polaroid look. I suspect there are better likenesses of von Braun available, such as the apparently official portrait (albeit B&W), below right. Sca (talk) 21:56, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I belive in 1960 colour photos were quite rare. Hafspajen (talk) 22:16, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Highlights are blown. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:23, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have added 'Alternative' to the other portrait for those who prefer it. JJARichardson (talk) 14:42, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support alt.~~ — It's a big enough file and at least it clearly shows a face with character. (Both photos dated 1960.) Sca (talk) 15:25, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose alt: There is something terribly off about that photo. There's a halo around him; I think it may be the historical equivalent of photoshopped. I'd far rather have some authentically-blown highlights from a period when such was considered a bit artistic. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:41, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt. Alborzagros (talk) 10:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose alt This is obviously fake and looks very strange. Perhaps useful to illustrate early retouching, but as a portrait not acceptable to me. --DXR (talk) 12:44, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — To be honest, I don't really like either one. Sca (talk) 18:57, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I have added a third option which is featured on the Commons. JJARichardson (talk) 20:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The third option is already featured here! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:24, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose first two but Support the third - The first picture has an annoying halo and the second picture is aesthetically displeasing. The third is the best of them, since it shows von Braun's chief accomplishment - rockets -DUCK404 a (talk) 04:46, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose all I can't support scientist-as-hero type photos of someone who was involved in some of the very worst aspects of the Nazi slave labour program (of which Wernher von Braun#Slave labor only scratches the surface): they fundamentally violate NPOV. Nick-D (talk) 10:27, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:59, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]