Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/John Edwards Pittsburgh 2007

Delist: John Edwards in Pittsburgh, 2007

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Feb 2015 at 16:20:35 (UTC)

Reason: This image is just not up to the current FP standards. Marginal EV, the lighting is poor, he is squinting, his mouth is open, the microphone obscures part of his face, he is in an awkward pose, and I find the blurry American Flag in the background to be distracating.
Articles this image appears in: John Edwards, Political campaign
Previous nomination/s: Original nomination page
Nominator: Rreagan007 (talk)

Delist — Rreagan007 (talk) 16:20, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I like this picture a lot. It has energy and immediacy. I don't agree with most of the objections. 217.44.208.182 (talk) 18:02, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Agree with the IP. This has really high EV (he's campaigning for president in this image, which has only happened twice). Campaigning means talking (not the easiest thing to photograph), and propaganda like the flag, and the jacket reading United Steelworkers at a United Steelworkers meeting (nice move). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:11, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delist Inclined to agree about the microphone. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:28, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delist: There's the issue of the full sun in his face and his hands and drenching the flag. Distracting and difficult to look at...It is not as if the picture will be done away with; just not classed as a FP. Fylbecatulous talk 23:44, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It looks good. The colours are keeping it together. Also it is a good balance between left and right side, the movement of the hand creates a diagonal against the verticals. Hafspajen (talk) 02:08, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - great candid. Captures the moment. It's good to see photographs that capture the passion of real people doing real things. --Atsme☯^Consult 03:51, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Atsme. Microphones are a part of public speaking (and a number of other things, come to think of it). Samsara 17:16, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:24, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]