Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Derek Jeter's 2,722nd hit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Mar 2012 at 18:27:20 (UTC)

Original – Derek Jeter salutes the Yankee Stadium crowd after breaking Lou Gehrig's franchise hit record.

Reason: High quality image of proper size depicting Derek Jeter, regarded as a future Hall of Famer, during one of his most notable moments. He is saluting the Yankee Stadium crowd as they celebrate his 2,722nd career hit, with which he passed Lou Gehrig for the franchise record. He's got his typical stoic facial expression, which is pure Jeter. In addition to the articles, this image illustrates Wikipedia:WikiProject New York Yankees very well.
Articles in which this image appears: Derek Jeter, History of the New York Yankees, Wikipedia:WikiProject New York Yankees
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator: created by Chris Ptacek, Flickr user, uploaded by Kanesue

Support as nominator --– Muboshgu (talk) 18:27, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, I think this is too dark, too grainy and too soft. Matthewedwards : Chat 18:38, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. such a historic picture is non-reshootable; to get a better quality than this, you're going to have to get a press pass (I've tried to get big lenses in to baseball games... the ushers are nazis). Clegs (talk) 10:34, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Even if the fans can't get good cameras in, there are press there with good cameras, so good photos exist. — raeky t 13:22, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not now, but in 70 years or so, yes. Wikipedia can wait. — raeky t 13:50, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose To address Clegs' claim, we already have a higher quality, FP of Jeter. This is simply too grainy for a modern, active, highly photographed player. And while yes there is historical value given the timing, the photo itself does not really reflect that in a meaningful way as far as I am concerned (the event was famous, this photo/act really wasn't). Staxringold _talk^contribs 18:43, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree, a shot of his swing would have had much more EV. But this is a classic pose, acknowledging the applause just after he got to first base. For me, at least, it's good enough. Clegs (talk) 11:47, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The EV is in serious question for me on this one. It's really hard to connect the picture with what it is claimed to represent. You can't see the crowd cheering behind him... he could be stretching for all we know. —Eustress ^talk 17:19, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:34, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]