Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Louis XVI of France

Reason: A king who is merely bad is boring, but there's something fascinating about epic failure. This 1792 tinted etching depicts an obese Louis XVI of France wearing the Phrygian cap of the French Revolution and drinking to the health of the radical sans-culottes. A derisive caption (translated to English on the image hosting page) spells out the incongruity of an absolute monarch joining the revolution against his own power, and accuses him of plotting vengeance against the revolutionaries. The revolution beheaded Louis XVI a few months after this etching was published. Restored version of Image:Louis le dernier.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Louis XVI of France, Phrygian cap, The Legislative Assembly and the fall of the French monarchy, National Assembly (French Revolution)
Creator: unknown

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 20:56, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Opinion I see that you cropped the mounted frame, and adjusted the general tone, and you did a good job. However, one thing that I am not satisfied with the picture is sharpness. Etching works tend to have sharper than other printing, and the texts on the picture are blurry. I would appreciate if you give more sharpness to the image.--Caspian blue 23:57, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- As noted in the image page, this was scanned from slide film that was used to preserve a likeness of the original. The film was in soft focus. Holistic sharpening on an image of this sort is not feasible because it accentuates paper grain and gives a noisy appearance, so as described in the editing notes selected areas have had mild sharpening and contrast adjustment. Specifically the eyes, mouth, and descriptive text received that attention. Durova^Charge! 00:25, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 03:02, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]