Original - New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2005:08:29 17:24:22), showing Interstate 10 at West End Boulevard, looking towards Lake Pontchartrain.
Reason
This is a nom of an edited version of an image that failed its previous FPC nom. The nomination closed shortly after Debivort posted this edit. The edit improves the graininess of the original. I think that this edit is worth another look.
Oppose Downsampling. Noise is not that much of a concern that detail and resolution should be thrown away in the quest for the smoothest possible image. There are foreground objects such as damaged powerlines and road sign gantrys that have lost all detail in this edit. Try simply running the original through NoiseNinja and you end up with a more usable image. This file is much reduced in size (from 1150 to 900 wide) to the point that it is now bordering on the size requirements. I can upload the NN'd version if you want to see. Mfield (talk) 16:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
