Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ethel Waters redux
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2013 at 06:24:58 (UTC)
- Reason
- A fine, rather candid portrait of a notable singer. The dilapidated background suits common themes in blues and jazz (and was a bugger to clean up without removing legitimate stains. Think I managed.) This nomination is a followup to Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ethel Waters, in which I promised to do a restoration, but was unable to get to it in time due to working on Herschel. I rather wish I had checked this one first: It was far, far easier.
Image is cropped just enough to make it square. Annoyingly, the edges aren't at all straight; I don't know why, this is a bit out of the era I tend to work on.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Ethel Waters, +2
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
- Creator
- William P. Gottlieb, restoration by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:24, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
- Support as nominator in the first round. But maybe it will be better to use the crop and white balance of the original nom? Tomer T (talk) 06:51, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
- It's almost impossible to get an exact replication of white balance (and felt details were being lost when I tried tweaking it. As for crop... well, we need a copy of the full version anyway, as it represents the original artistic vision, and I was a little worried the original crop looked a little busy, without space to breathe. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:14, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
- That said, I welcome Alts, if anyone wants to try one. Just remember to work from the lossless PNG version. Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:33, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
- It's almost impossible to get an exact replication of white balance (and felt details were being lost when I tried tweaking it. As for crop... well, we need a copy of the full version anyway, as it represents the original artistic vision, and I was a little worried the original crop looked a little busy, without space to breathe. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:14, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
- Support -- Colin°Talk 16:04, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
- Comment There appears to be some remaining dirt/hair top center. Not sure though, it is hard to tell what is image and what is junk... --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 23:57, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
- Having looked at that a while, I think it's damage or markings on a metal plate (or wooden panel? Kind of looks like metal given the damage, but not sure) above her head. Like, a dent or a ding or the like. The area she's being photographed in is rather dilapidated, and it has the film grain over it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:16, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
- OK, you are the expert
Support--WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 17:42, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
- OK, you are the expert
- Having looked at that a while, I think it's damage or markings on a metal plate (or wooden panel? Kind of looks like metal given the damage, but not sure) above her head. Like, a dent or a ding or the like. The area she's being photographed in is rather dilapidated, and it has the film grain over it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:16, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
- Support, very good job Adam. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:03, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Promoted File:Ethel Waters - William P. Gottlieb.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)