Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Armadillo Aerospace Pixel hover

Armadillo Aerospace Pixel hover

Armadillo Aerospace's "Pixel" in test flights before the 2006 X PRIZE Cup

Action shot of a rocket in preparation for competition. I particularly like the optical effects produced by the extreme heat and airflow. The only flaw that I noticed in the photo is the presence of a "rocket anchor" in the foreground. Also I'm having some trouble getting the image to show the same colors when it is viewed at a reduced size.

Creator

Matthew C. Ross, Armadillo Aerospace

Nominated by

Wronkiew (talk) 05:29, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• Very cool pic. I'm not too bothered by the rocket anchor -- I take it you meant the suitcase shaped thing on the left? If that's part of the launch equipment it's acceptable to be in the photo. There does however seem to be some jpeg artifacting on it. Is this the absolute highest resolution available? It also seems as though the exhaust gas kicked up a lot of dirt, which creates the appearance of the lens being dirty, even if it's not (e.g., the sky has splotches in it). I think it's a pretty interesting and rare photo; the technical quality isn't perfect but I might like to see it nominated. Anyone else want to comment? Note: I've corrected your caption which linked to armadillo, the animal. Fletcher (talk) 00:36, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

  Thanks for correcting the caption. I uploaded a new version based on a less compressed original. Also I filtered the dirt out of the sky and fixed the white balance. No higher resolution available. Wronkiew (talk) 05:08, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

• Why is the filesize so low? smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 02:22, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

  The original was highly compressed. I uploaded a larger file. Wronkiew (talk) 05:08, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

• The very top of it should be cropped because there is nothing but poles there. Shii (tock) 04:53, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

  Interesting idea. How much of the poles should be cropped? At least a little sky is needed to show the dimensions of the vehicle. Wronkiew (talk) 06:23, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

  • Agree; ideally the poles would not have been cut off in the first place, but if you crop them, they are still going to be cut off somewhere because they go all the way down to the motor, and you'd have the the motor jammed up near the top of the frame. Your clean up looks good, BTW. Fletcher (talk) 12:57, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

    Sorry, I need some clarification. Are you recommending that I leave the crop as it is, and not try to cut out any of the poles? Wronkiew (talk) 06:41, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Seconder

• Has been nominated at FPC. --jjron (talk) 07:13, 24 October 2008 (UTC)