Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Approaching Omaha

Approaching Omaha

Troops in an LCVP craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944.

I sort of stumbled on this picture and really liked the amount of detail in the picture. Even the faint "No Smoking" on the ramp is visible. I think that this picture has some good historical value. Thoughts?

Nominated by

bibliomaniac15 01:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• Great pic. Would this featured image steal its thunder? Durova^Charge! 02:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Looking at this again and comparing against the source files, there's a problem. This is a retouched photo. Somebody ran filters through this in an apparent effort at denoising, and the result looks like watercolor at high resolution. Durova^Charge! 08:06, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
    • I've reverted that edit, if you feel like retouching (your recent edits have been spectacular). thegreen J Are you green? 22:58, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
      • You sure know how to flatter a lady. Lots of horizontal streaks on this image - I'll guess the print was scanned on a dirty machine. That would be real work. Important photo, though. I'll see if I have time. Best regards, Durova^Charge! 21:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
• This is a good contrast to Image:1944 NormandyLST.jpg, which I believe is one of the early waves of troops to hit the beach. On the other hand here, it looks like some other waves have already landed. Otherwise there are some lines near midway and a scratch near the top right. --BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 05:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
• On second thought, is there any way to get a better scan of this image? The damage is extensive and it goes across the center of the image in ways that would be murder to fix and probably result in significant data loss. Durova^Charge! 02:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

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