Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pope John XXIII

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2024 at 16:54:04 (UTC)

Reason: high quality portrait. "Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council." "The council had a significant impact on the Church due to the scope and variety of issues it addressed."
Articles in which this image appears: Pope John XXIII, Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, Second Vatican Council, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator: De Agostini Editore

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 16:54, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:47, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - A bit iffy on the exposure (head highlights are blown), but given the age, I'm okay with it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:01, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — I put it into Krita and checked the levels; they're not fully blown out. There is forehead detail in there, although it didn't look particularly great when I crushed the levels down enough to find it. I'd support an alt that balances things a bit better. Moonreach (talk) 20:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I messed with this in Photoshop last night, and unfortunately his face falls within the highlight range, so fixing the shine also makes the rest of him look like Lurch. Doing a localized adjustment was somewhat better, but it still ended up looking more grey than recovering detail. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:08, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, thanks for trying. Moonreach (talk) 18:16, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ioannes XXIII, by De Agostini, 1958–1963.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:55, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]