Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:MtRedoubtedit1.jpg

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Mount Redoubt

Photo of an ascending eruption cloud from Redoubt Volcano as viewed to the west from the Kenai Peninsula. The mushroom-shaped plume rose from avalanches of hot debris (pyroclastic flows) that cascaded down the north flank of the volcano.

Reason: In one hand - The image, both this and the previous one, present image noise, something that should be avoided for a picture to become a FP.
In the other hand - This image cannot be reshoot, and is about a very rare and hard to capture (and risky) event, not mentioning that has high EV.
I don´t know if this can be an exception to the featured picture criteria, so i´m posting here this nomination to get opinions and/or comments from the comunity of whether it must be delisted or not.
Previous nomination/s: First (and only) nomination by - ceranthor
Nominator: Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{__Ξ_} .

Neutral - I consider that featured images must not have noise, however, as i posted above, i also think (as posted in the previous nomination) that this image is very rare and cannot be retaken again (not for the same volcano). Therefore i´ll keep my vote undefined untill i get feedback from other users. - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{__Ξ_} . -- 22:07, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delist quality is not there, but I want to see this as a VP. Zoo Fari 22:13, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I think it could be very well suited to be a VP. Whether this image is kept or not, Can an image belong to both VP and FP? - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{__Ξ_} . -- 22:24, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - FP deals with both quality and EV, while VP deals only with EV so it can be promoted to only one of them. Zoo Fari 04:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Although there is a good amount of noise, I believe the enc is a significant enough factor for keeping. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 01:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Is a noise-reduction edit possible? Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 01:54, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - And was the previous nominator notified of this? Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 01:55, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: there is more to a featured picture than just the technical details of image quality; sometimes these debates lose sight of that. this is an amazing photo of an extraordinary event. we can't re-shoot it, & we can't plan on getting another simillar snapshot casually. if the tech exists to truly "sharpen" the image, not just airbrush & smooth over, then go for it. otherwise, until we get something legitimately comparable, that improves on the technical qualities, this should stay. Lx 121 (talk) 08:45, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Involved keep as FPC nominator - Coming from a person who knows a lot about volcanoes, it is a picture that will probably not be taken again for years and years to come. ceranthor 11:20, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delist While EV is a good thing, and eruptions of this magnitude are fairly rare, this is a pretty severe case of image noise. If it were a more notable eruption I could be swayed to "Keep", but this is certainly no Pinatubo. -RunningOnBrains^{(talk page)} 07:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kept per consensus. --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:39, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]