Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.jpg

Image:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.jpg, Featured

•  Nominate

-- Fabien1309 20:51, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

•  Support -- Fabien1309 20:51, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support -- Warriorfloyd 20:56, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support --FML ^hi 00:52, 4 October 2005 (UTC)  Neutral with Wsiegmund. --FML ^hi 13:07, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support -- YolanC 10:53, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support. James F. (talk) 14:32, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support Fantastic! -- ADSR6581 16:12, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support -- Get_It (Talk) 01:02, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support Grumpy Troll ^(talk) 14:33, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support —nice Nat Krause 04:07, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support -- Luc Viatour 04:31, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support David.Monniaux 08:53, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Oppose I'm sorry not to join the chorus, but am I the only one that finds the background distracting and inappropriate? It is a very expensive surveillance aircraft, so presumbably is not taking images of mountain ranges. Wsiegmund 18:47, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

This is the trainer version of the aircraft, so the flight path could be arbitrary? LoopZilla 11:10, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Well what kind of background would you prefer? It isn't taking any pictures of the mountain range, but it is infact flying away from (most likely) a KC-135 stratotanker after refueling, which is in perfect military context. Whether the mountain range was there for artistic value is niether here or there. Opposing because there was a "pretty" background is illogical. ADSR6581 16:48, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

The best pictures, in my view, complement the subject. One way this can be done is if the background provides a context for the subject or relates to it in some way. For example, an image of a subalpine flower might have tundra or mountains in the background. Alternatively, the background might provide a contrasting color and/or texture. In this case, the background provides neither context for the subject nor helps to emphasize it. Instead, one's eye is drawn to the background. It is more appealing than the subject, in many ways. Also, I agree with Rama's points below. It reminds me of an automobile advertisement with a vehicle on the top of a sandstone column in Monument Valley. Also, nothing connects the subject to the background. It could be a publicity montage of separate images of the plane and the mountain range, just as well as not. Wsiegmund 02:04, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

•  Neutral You are completely right, Wsiegmund. The object in its military context would be perfect, but it's a nice and clear shot norro 21:49, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Support —FoeNyx 12:39, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Oppose Looks like a publicity, a propaganda poster or the a children's model box. Rama 09:42, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Oppose -- skINMATE 07:05, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Oppose ack Wsiegmund --Thomas G. Graf 16:09, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
•  Oppose ACK Rama --SehLax 21:19, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

11 Support, 5 Oppose, 2 neutral => Featured --Shizhao 16:48, 21 October 2005 (UTC)