Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Victory Monument

Original (left), Edit (right) - Victory Monument in the Douglas community area of the South Side of Chicago is both a Chicago Landmark and National Register of Historic Places-listed structure.

Reason

This has been the main image for a fairly high traffic WP:FA (South Side (Chicago)) that has vast image alternatives since 2007. It is also the main image for the Chicago Landmark and National Register of Historic Places-listed Victory Monument since 2007. It has been included in both List of Chicago Landmarks, National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago and the Portal:Chicago selected article rotation for a long time. In addition, I have recently added the image to Douglas, Chicago and Fountain of the Great Lakes. I personally like seeing the beautiful blue sky in the backgroud of this image whenever I visit the articles where it is the main image.

Articles this image appears in

main image in: South Side (Chicago); Victory Monument (Chicago)
supporting image: List of Chicago Landmarks; National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago; Portal:Chicago/Selected article/7; Douglas, Chicago; Fountain of the Great Lakes

Creator: TonyTheTiger
Time Requirement: Y Added to South Side (Chicago) September 2007. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 23:56, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:50, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I have made my first attempt at perspective correction.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:38, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- FYI, I attempted to make both sides of the column vertical. I think they were about 88.5 and 89 degrees before instead of 90.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:59, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Apparently, my attempt was no good and Noodle snacks (talk · contribs) "uploaded a new version over the top, did perspective correction as I saw it, fixed the barrel distortion, levels, sharpening and crop (off centre composition was awkward)". (copied from my user page with a time stamp of 05:01, 22 March 2009 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TonyTheTiger (talk • contribs) 05:05, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - I didn't say it was no good, but I thought a better job could be done is all. Noodle snacks (talk) 05:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 - Better quality and better lighting. VX!^talk 19:31, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No quorum. Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 00:41, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]