Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Carl Van Vechten

Carl Van Vechten

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Oct 2011 at 12:56:23 (UTC)

Original - A self-portrait by Carl Van Vechten (1936)

Alt1 - this is the actual original image with only very minor editing to return to original condition from LOC version (straightened, cropped to image, convert to jpg)

Reason

This self-portrait of Carl Van Vechten from 1936 is of high resolution, with a striking pose. It has high EV as it is our only picture of the artist.

Articles in which this image appears

Carl Van Vechten, Self-portrait

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Carl Van Vechten, uploaded by MarkSweep

• Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:56, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

• For what it's worth, I now prefer JJron's ALT1. Hopefully it can be cleaned up a bit. (This computer doesn't handle photoshop well :( )Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:12, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose The image quality is a dealbreaker here. Good picture but not FP worthy imo. JFitch (talk) 17:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

• For a 70-year-old picture? This autochrome from roughly the same period is much grainier. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:32, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose as is. It's a good find, but I just downloaded the original, and I think the editing 'improvements' here aren't ideal. The contrast has been bumped up and it has been sharpened significantly (as well as substantially downsized); those things have simply emphasised a number of the quality 'issues'. Personally I think the original should replace this, but prior to FPC I think it needs a dust and scratches touch up (which I don't have the time or inclination to do). --jjron (talk) 13:12, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Uploaded Alt1. As I say above I think this should replace the 'original', but I think the scan has some dust and scratches that could be touched up before FPC. FWIW I'd probably Weak Support Alt1 as is. --jjron (talk) 13:27, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

• You had accidentally linked the one I nominated again. I've added the correct image. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:50, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

• Oops...when copy-pastes go bad. I had both images open in different tabs already so didn't realise I'd forgot to change the link. Cheers. --jjron (talk) 00:57, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

• I've requested cleanup from the lab. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:53, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Not promoted --J Milburn (talk) 20:24, 6 October 2011 (UTC)