Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Muammar Gaddafi

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Muammar Gaddafi[edit]

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Original – Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan head of state and dictator from 1969-2011.
Reason
High quality, high resolution image. Easily the best available non-propaganda image where he is not wearing sunglasses, or having his head caved in (which incidentally means we won't be getting any more pictures). Definitely better than our FP of Saddam.
Articles in which this image appears
Muammar Gaddafi and 30+ others.
FP category for this image
People - Political
Creator
U.S. Navy
  • Support as nominator --Cowtowner (talk) 17:55, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This is excellent. Ok the focus is a few mm in front on his chin rather than his eyes but this isn't a studio shot. The conditions are unforgiving: 200mm lens, ISO 1600, 1/100s, and f/2.8 gives no depth of focus to play with. Great EV. Colin°Talk 19:57, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. It's a peculiar pose, but a fairly important portrait and not likely to be improved on. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 20:32, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I'm not crazy about how serious he looks in this portrait, but then again the pose rather befits him. I doubt pictures of him smiling or laughing would have as much EV. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:20, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • They should have just as much EV, because we should be striving for NPOV. But if you do a google image search, at least 80% of them have the same stern expression as in this photo, so I think it's representative. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:20, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • If the majority of his pictures are with the same stern expression, I'd say that's solid evidence that this has higher EV than a smiling picture of him. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:49, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I felt for a while that this should be a featured picture. Very crisp! It really shows Gaddafi characteristically. Indefatigable2 (talk) 14:46, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Not perfect, but neither is the man. Visually attractive and dynamic image with perfect color palette. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 19:49, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, but I would like to see a slightly more neutral caption when it hits the main page... J Milburn (talk) 18:55, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support this is likely the best we'll ever get. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 23:37, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Muammar al-Gaddafi at the AU summit.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:15, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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