Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Messier 81 HST.jpg

Image:Messier 81 HST.jpg, not featured

•  InfoMessier 81 (M81, NGC 3031) bared-spiral galaxy created by NASA (HST) - uploaded & nominated by Winiar --Winiar^✉ 14:06, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Winiar^✉ 14:06, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Neutral This one doesn't wow me like other NASA pictures. The only other spiral galaxy FP is Image:NGC 1672 HST.jpg, which has more of a "wow factor", but has an unfortunate lower resolution. -- Ram-Man 14:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Mbz1 18:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
•  Support--Luc Viatour 09:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose There are better ones Metoc 18:03, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
•  Support The technical quality of space images is given in its resolution and number of colors or shades it supports. The image CAN'T be impressive by composition, because it would result in FALSE (non-scientific) information. So even colors can't be changed without scientific justification. There are still no illustration for this spiral galaxy, and we need such images for Wikimedia projects. Verdy p 21:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
  •  Comment Anyway, recoloring using warmer colors would not be too detrimental to the scientific value of the image, if done correctly (but be careful when saving with digital artefacts because this is a lossy JPEG format; edits should be performed in lossless PNG formats for tests at various resolutions, only to prepare illustrations e.g. for an article!). Don't add any artistic effects when editing such high-quality images (the original is ALWAYS the best to keep, even if it does not look impressive). Verdy p 21:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

result: 4 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 07:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)