Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Transit of Venus

Transit of Venus[edit]

Hmm...at first I thought it was a cool shot, but not so sure anymore...noisy, chromatic aberration, cut off sun, etc. Still, it illustrates the size differences b/t the two bodies (admittedly not entirely accurate) in an impressive manner, and it's not easily reproducible. Can technical faults be forgiven considering the subject/conditions of the picture? Thanks.

Nominated by: Malachirality 01:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

I don't think it would be featured; see the recent FPC nom for a transit of mercury which is admittedly of lower quality. Personally, I think that where an illustration would provide the same informational content (rare situations indeed), a "real picture" is not of huge encyclopedic value, at least not enough to overwhelm any technical flaws. Enuja (talk) 03:33, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seconder:

I do not think it would be featured. IMO my FPC nom for a transit of mercury image is more interesting and more encyclopedic because it shows the whole Sun, Mercury and few sunspots that gives a viewer ability to compare the size. The quality of my image was not any worse than the proposed image, yet it did not pass. Still, if you are to nominate the image, I'll support it because I believe the image has big educational value.--Mbz1 17:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]