Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/64 pounder RML gun firing

64 pounder RML gun firing

Original - RML 64 pounder 64 cwt gun demonstration firing at Fort Glanville Conservation Park

Reason: Best demonstration of this type of 19th Century heavy artillery I can see. Only one showing the gun crew, period uniforms, size of the weapon, firing action and (if you look closely) the friction tube type fuze flying through the air. I am not convinced that the lighting is sufficient (even with tweaking) to get near FP but heaps of EV from a very lucky shot. I processed the file as best as I could to give max detail given that the uniforms are black and the helmets white - slight blown area on the gun barrel from bright sunlight.
Articles this image appears in: RML 64 pounder 64 cwt gun and Fort Glanville Conservation Park
Creator: Peripitus

Support as nominator --Peripitus (Talk) 02:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I agree with the nominator. This has great EV. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 22:49, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nominator Zoo Fari 03:41, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Mbz1 (talk) 03:44, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support though a version with more on the right to show all the smoke would be preferable. Time3000 (talk) 13:28, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You take your lumps with situations like this - my plan was to capture the gun and gun crew....just very lucky that the gun firing and shutter closing coincided - Peripitus (Talk) 23:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:64 pounder gun firing - fort glanville.jpg --Zoo Fari 02:14, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]