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File:Burning Viet Cong base camp.jpg
Description: My Tho, Vietnam. A Burning Viet Cong Base Camp. In the foreground is Private First Class Raymond Rumpa, St Paul, Minnesota, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, with 45 pound 90mm recoiless rifle., 04/05/1968
Reason
Header image for Vietnam War-- a powerful illustration.
Articles this image appears in
Vietnam War (header image), a few others.
Creator
Source: US Archiv ARCWEB ARC Identifier: 530621, Post-Work: User:W.wolny
I corrected it based on information available from arcweb image 594380 (not available online) but obviously taken at the same time, it says Photograph of Private First Class Raymond Rumpa Walking Past a Burning Viet Cong Base Camp 04/05/1968 Bleh999 07:31, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
yes I just uploaded it without any editing back in april, feel free to make new improvements, although apart from scanning dust, the quality is good for a Vietnam color image. Bleh999 09:06, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ehm... the jpg differs a little bit from the TIFF. Besides a slight crop, the blue (ink?) blotches in the upper left corner are gone, and the contrast/brightness and saturation are a teeny weeny bit different (visible for instance in the highlights on the plant just left of the soldier, and in the burning roof just above it). Sorry, I don't have the time to try to remove the damage the original has acquired since it was taken (the scratches). Maybe someone else would like to try it? Lupo 09:25, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I remember now, I did a slight levels adjustment and cropping, the main distracting scratch I see is the one near his wrist, this could be removed rather easily with a dust scratch filter used selectively on the area. Bleh999 09:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 03:44, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]