Commons:Valued image candidates/64 pounder gun firing - fort glanville.jpg

64 pounder gun firing - fort glanville.jpg

promoted

Image
Nominated by	Peripitus (talk) on 2009-02-23 11:35 (UTC)
Scope	Nominated as the most valued image on Commons within the scope: RML 64 pounder 64 cwt Gun
Used in	Global usage en:RML 64 pounder 64 cwt Gun, en:Fort Glanville Conservation Park
Review (criteria)	Oppose This is a description, not a scope. --Eusebius (talk) 11:45, 23 February 2009 (UTC)  Comment - Dropped one bit then - the scope is just the weapon. From all of the images I can see of this weapon this is the only one that is more than an image of a dead piece of metal in place - Peripitus (talk) 01:34, 24 February 2009 (UTC)  Comment Scope ok, opposition dropped, I need to take some time later to review it. --Eusebius (talk) 06:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC)  Comment If the scope is the cannon, then the soldiers are distracting and the following pictures have more descriptive value: However, the firing of the gun surely brings some value to the picture. I wonder whether it would be pertinent to have a "firing" subscope for one particular model of cannon. "Firing cannon" or "Firing [some family of cannons]" would probably make nice scopes, but there would be more competitors. --Eusebius (talk) 12:53, 24 February 2009 (UTC)  Comment The problem I see with the other photos of mine, and others, of this gun is that the lack of human figures deprives you of a sense of scale. This image not only shows the gun, but also its size, the firing mechanism (see the friction fuze flying through the air on the end of a string) and a crew size required to operate it...all of which add value to the gun itself. The muzzle blast is just a bonus. - Peripitus (talk) 06:56, 25 February 2009 (UTC)  Support Very true. I support in the light of these comments, with current scope. --Eusebius (talk) 08:22, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Result: 1 support, 0 oppose => promoted. Eusebius (talk) 11:37, 27 February 2009 (UTC)