Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Dali Atomicus

Delist and Replace: Dali Atomicus[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Mar 2019 at 23:27:52 (UTC)

Reason: to be replaced by File:Salvador Dali A (Dali Atomicus) 09633u (retouched).jpg, file retouched
Articles this image appears in: Salvador Dalí, Philippe Halsman, Portal:Salvador Dalí
Previous nomination/s: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dali Atomicus
Nominator: Yann (talk)

Delist and replace — Yann (talk) 23:27, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what the current conventions are, but I think it's easier for reviewers if you show both images as I've done now. Hope you don't mind Yann. Revert if you disagree or if I'm wrong. Also it's best if you tell people what the actual changes are, i.e., why do you think it's now better? You haven't given a solid reason - "retouched" is very vague and could mean anything. --jjron (talk) 07:53, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding the retouched version. I didn't do the retouch, so I don't know the details, but I have noticed this version. AFAICT some vertical lines were removed. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:38, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's been retouched to remove the strings that the frames are suspended from.

The better-known version of this artwork is a retouched version, presumably hand-retouched in 1948. Our copy is a scan of the original photo without the original retouching; this digital edit remakes some, but not all, of the changes in the better-known version. (Not changed: assistant's hands visible on the left; wooden support on steps; cropping; painting behind Dali. For me that makes this a bit of a weird compromise - it's neither the famous version, nor the original unedited photo. I'd suggest we keep the current version. TSP (talk) 12:27, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - per conversation above. The strings that have been edited out are part of the photograph, not damage. It's true that the better-known version of this lacks the strings, but the other differences from the better-known version remain, which makes this an odd compromise that I think is less encyclopedic than the original photo. Arguably also a violation of FP criterion 8. TSP (talk) 12:27, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn OK, fine. --Yann (talk) 09:57, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:57, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination and image is still used in two articles. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:57, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]