He denied that image which I believe wholeheartedly is an uncompressed one straight from the record label to the folks over at iTunes. Here is his earth-shattering, apocalyptic-sized comment for its denial... *reason: scan moire pattern try and descreen and or noise reduction*
Here's a link to the image in question with technical specs below it....
http://is5.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Mus ... 00-999.jpg
SIZE: 8,299.33 KB (8,498,512 bytes) DIMENSIONS: 4,000px x 4000px
This image is obviously a digital one.
How can it contain scan moire? Its not scanned!
Its simply a perfect image in highest quality.
If a mod is not able to see the difference between a scanned and a digital image, he is out of place here.
And why should you remove the noise? Its original and intentional.
What are you doing here?
Do you post an cover as its intended to be by the creator or do you modify it because of personal perception?
I expect from a website like fanart original covers and not "improved" ones.
Maybe the denial of the image has to do with personal sensitivities. In this case the mod is showing a nonprofessional behavior.
Whatever the reason is for denial, every contributor could only be rejected by such a working method.