Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Galileo launch on Soyuz, 21 Oct 2011 (6266227357).jpg

File:Galileo launch on Soyuz, 21 Oct 2011 (6266227357).jpg, not featured

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Featured picture candidates/File:Galileo launch on Soyuz, 21 Oct 2011 (6266227357).jpg Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Galileo launch on Soyuz, 21 Oct 2011 (6266227357).jpg

• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Space exploration
•  Info The first launch of Arianespace Soyuz, first launch of Galileo IOV satellites, and the first launch of Soyuz outside of the former Soviet Union territory. Not the sharpest image ever, but historically significant.

Created by German Aerospace Center - uploaded by File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) - nominated by SkywalkerPL -- SkywalkerPL (talk) 15:39, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

•  Support -- SkywalkerPL (talk) 15:39, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too many extraneous distracting elements, such as the lights on the left and whatever that is down in the right corner. Besides the launch fire itself really isn't that dramatic. Daniel Case (talk) 03:24, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

 Comment - Photograph is showing the moment of take off from the launch pad... so... of course that there are tons of things all over the place. Here is a diagram showing said location - everything you mentioned as a part of clutter are in fact a features of the launch pad itself, which is an integral part of the photograph showing the moment of launch. As for the dramatic part - for me it looks very dramatic... unless you are looking for this kind of dramatic ;) hehehe SkywalkerPL (talk) 09:23, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

If they're integral to the launch pad then of course go and include them for the EV, but then you can't complain if other observers remark that they detract from the picture's wow. Compare the nominated image with this and this, both of which are FPs of rocket launches that manage to be simple, uncluttered and dramatic in ways this one is not. Daniel Case (talk) 22:35, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm not complaining. I'm just pointing out a few things. And remember: different launch pad = different features. SkywalkerPL (talk) 10:50, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Laitche (talk) 21:17, 11 September 2015 (UTC)