Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Holmdel Horn Antenna

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Reason: Photo of an important antenna in 1962. For a summary, see the lead section of Holmdel Horn Antenna. This is the instrument used in 1964 to discover the cosmic microwave background of the universe, which confirmed the Bing Bang theory. The two scientists who did it received the Nobel Prize in physics. On a sidenote: the image caption in Arno Penzias claims that the two scientists Penzias and Wilson are standing at the base of the antenna, but this claim is unsourced.
Articles in which this image appears: Holmdel Horn Antenna, Cosmic microwave background, Arno Penzias, + others
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator: NASA, restored by Bammesk

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 20:52, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Has an unpleasant "negative vignette" - could be improved by slightly darkening corners + L&R sides. Thus, ~~Conditional~~ support. --Janke | Talk 08:04, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. If you see anything else that needs to be done, let me know. Bammesk (talk) 01:55, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, thanks! Looks really good in full size, but a bit "smoky" as a thumbnail. --Janke | Talk 10:33, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Janke, I reduced the vignette adjustment, I think it was too much and made the image flat and as you noted "smoky". If you disagree just revert. Notifying David and MER-C as well. Bammesk (talk) 03:18, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

~~Support~~. High EV, good-enough quality for the time. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:16, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Vignetting is better but I'm still seeing significant (maybe more?) haloing, as if from a wide-radius unsharp mask, in the sky immediately beneath the horn. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:02, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - David, I removed the halo. You may see an optical illusion at thumbnail size because of the edge contrast, so look at it at full size. FYI, the mid section of the photo was never modified in any of the previous uploads, the halo was/is part of the original photo. Bammesk (talk) 01:32, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - Support again after the improvements to the haloing. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:22, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:23, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Wow (talk) 21:39, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Horn Antenna-in Holmdel, New Jersey - restoration1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:09, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]