Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lower Manhattan, August 2001

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Dec 2024 at 18:58:39 (UTC)

Reason: Gorgeous image of Lower Manhattan, a two months before it no longer looked like this. Image is large as well, and I only noted small distortion on a few buildings at the edges of the picture, all the rest are straight from what I've seen. High EV as it depicts a building complex with it's surroundings, just a two months before they left us. Amazing image overall, especially for 2001. May need slight clean-up, I did notice dust at the top.
Articles in which this image appears: Architecture of New York City, World Trade Center (1973–2001), (will add to more articles shortly, surprised it isn't used in more)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Carol M. Highsmith

Support as nominator – E_F⁵ 18:58, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose due to a lot of dust & scratches, needs restoration. --Janke | Talk 21:20, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — Agree about the dust and scratches. I'd support a restored alt, though. Moonreach (talk) 20:38, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ Support Alt 1 – ~~if the restoration is done~~ now is done. It would be nice if we could source the "August 2001". Bammesk (talk) 02:49, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- It would probably in her WTC book (ISBN 9780517220924), if someone has access. blameless 02:06, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About the restoration, I will do it in the next couple of days. Photo was certainly shot post 1997 because that's when the Museum of Jewish Heritage was completed, in foreground. Close enough to 2001 for me to support. Bammesk (talk) 02:34, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Vulcan thinks a restoration will help this image, now waiting and will switch support to Alt 1 if it is ready.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:02, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I added Alt 1, restored it and fixed the perspective/lens distortion (it was visible at far left and far right). And added the image to the World Trade Center (1973–2001) article. BTW, the date of the photo is July 2001. I verified it in Highsmith's book (per User:Blameless), and added a note on the file page, the book says "two months before" the attacks. Pinging participants @EF5, Janke, Moonreach, and VulcanSphere:, @Blameless:. Bammesk (talk) 18:22, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

EF5, you need to vote for the Alt, your earlier vote covers the "Original", not "Alt 1". See my vote above. Bammesk (talk) 18:29, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I think there is a color issue. Please see this comment on Commons. Yann (talk) 11:54, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So I made blue tint corrected version. Support Alt2 --Yann (talk) 17:52, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt 2 The blue tint correction looks convincing enough for Vulcan –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:17, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]