Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/U20-WorldCup2007-Okotie-Onka edit2.jpg

Destin Onka save

**Original** - Austrian Forward Rubin Okotie tries to score on Congo Goalkeeper Destin Onka at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Onka makes the save. Shot at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Reason: Great action shot from Commons FPC.
Articles this image appears in: Rubin Okotie
Creator: User:Nwiebe

Support as nominator Cacophony (talk) 22:23, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow! rarely do we get professional quality sports pictures from professional competition. This is very nice. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 02:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support enc. value, but no accurate focus. —αἰτίας •discussion• (Happy new year!) 03:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Great photo with encyclopedic value and the football spirit. - Darwinek (talk) 15:07, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Fcb981 Muhammad Mahdi Karim (talk) 16:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - meets all the criteria.--Svetovid (talk) 16:56, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s ^{(Talk to Me)} 21:57, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Edit 1 - nice action shot, although the original lacked sharpness. This is fixed in Edit 1. --Fir0002 07:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support edit 2 then original as a superb action shot - Fir0002, you also appear to have downsampled (edit 1) significantly and brightened it, making it in comparison a bit washed out left of Okitie - Peripitus (Talk) 09:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The downsampling was unavoidable in gaining sharpness, the brightening didn't happen AFAIK. The only other thing I did to the image is a mild noise reduction filter. That said, I've uploaded another edit at full res which I think is better than the original, but not as good as Edit 1 --Fir0002 10:05, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Just doesn't look like anything special. Nothing notable going on in it, just a simple save save by a goalkeeper. Not sure it even has much encyclopedic value other than to show what Onka looks like. Buc (talk) 19:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't play or watch much soccer, so I'm not sure how many times a keeper makes a diving stop with his fingertips in a typical FIFA match, but to capture one with a good angle, using good equipment, with reasonably good composition/focus, and then license it freely is quite exceptional. Sure you can find plenty of better shots from Getty, but none that you can use here. Cacophony (talk) 04:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support As to Buc and Cacophony, saves like this happen rarely in the college games I photograph. I've been trying for two years to get one this sweet, and have not yet succeeded. Clegs (talk) 20:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Buc. Pstuart84 Talk 19:42, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - fulfils all the criteria. We have to be careful will these (I'm talking generally, here) 'nothing special' opposes. The job of the photograph is to illustrate the article, not for every picture to be of an event or object that is incredibly spectacular. Iorek (talk) 02:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support All, prefer Edit 2 Looks good, encyclopedic. --Shark face 217 05:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
support excellent action shot Ryan shell (talk) 17:33, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support any. Also added to goalkeeper (football). I uploaded a great sports shot too but it's just a bit too small for FP status, so I'm happy to see a football pic get promoted. howcheng {chat} 17:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:U20-WorldCup2007-Okotie-Onka edit2.jpg MER-C 07:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Neat! Thanks for nominating and touching up my photo. Nick.wiebe (talk) 06:39, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]