Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Trenches of the Great War

In the trenches: Infantry with gas masks, Ypres, 1917

Edit 1 by Fir0002, contrast, sharpening

Edit 2 by YFB: levels, sharpening, magically found some more pixels :-)

Reason: Personally I think this image absolutely exemplifies the tragedy that was WWI. I cannot imagine a more iconic representation of the Great War. Also, I think the fact that the soldiers are without faces, without their humanity per se contributes significantly to this picture. World War I was permeated by radical nationalism and rarely were individuals seen as something more than just pawns on a chessboard. Very historical and deserving of being a FP. --Tobyw87 23:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Articles this image appears in: World War I, Poison gas in World War I
Creator: Captain Frank Hurley
Nominator: Tobyw87

Support — Tobyw87 23:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Support Historical and a great picture .Bewareofdog 23:24, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
~~support~~ per nom. Ugh what a nightmare it must have been. Debivort 23:40, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

weak support original, regular support YFB edit unfortunately, fir's edit has revealed that what I thought was noise in the trench foreground is actually jpeg compression artifacting. I think I must support the original where this is less obvious. Debivort 05:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

weak oppose not impressed with the quality, barely meets size requirements and is quite small horizontally, but mostly can't hold a candle to this Feature Picture trench warfare shot. --Bridgecross 02:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

1070x800 and 1400x1070 are pretty comparable resolutions, plus the one you link has significant moire. (I think I supported it though). Debivort 02:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
The current WW1 pic has diagonal lines all the way through it and the proposed one does not, and also the proposed one has the soldiers wearing gas masks which adds to its encyclopedic value. As well as its very iconic in my opinion ----Tobyw87

Support - Actually, Bridgecross, I think it does hold a candle to it and is perhaps superior...the gas masks are pretty chilling. --Iriseyes 15:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Support. I nominated the other one and I like this too. The technical quality is certainly better and its very illustrative of its subject: Poison gas in World War I. howcheng {chat} 00:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Support With preference for Edit 1. Glad that isn't me! --Fir0002 23:09, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Good Job Fir0002 I like the edit! I support edit one. --Tobyw87 02:38, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Support Great historical significance. --Midnight Rider 23:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Support either They look like bugs with the masks. :-) | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 11:24, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Question. Is it possible to obtain a version without the compression artifacts? --KFP (talk | contribs) 00:42, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Support E1: Highly encylopedic/historic. Arjun 02:58, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Support edit 1. Historic and encyclopedic importance. - Darwinek 15:01, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Support, with preference for ~~the original~~ YFB's edit. The original is already fairly short of midtones; this seems to be more so in the edit. While the edit is crisp and the black shadows look nice, I think it's less representative in the details. TSP 00:11, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Support edit 2 - seems a little less artifacty to me, and I've retained the darker tone of the original which has more midtone detail. --YFB ¿ 07:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Support YFB's magical edit. --KFP (talk | contribs) 20:10, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Support YFB's edit Incredible detail. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 03:39, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Australian Infantry with Small Box Respirators Ypres 1917.jpg Trebor 19:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC)