Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cynthia Woodhead

Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead edit

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OriginalCynthia "Sippy" Woodhead
Reason
While grainy, this is a fantastic candid shot. Check out the water drops in her hair, and the emotion of her expression.
Articles in which this image appears
Cynthia Woodhead
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Koen Suyk / Anefo; Restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk) 05:30, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Considering the speed of film needed for athletic meets, I don't mind the grain here. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:51, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Right side of her head (left side of pic) is rather badly shadowed.
Understand re fast film & athletics, but this print is awfully grainy. Looks like it was taken on ASA 1000 film – too bad photog didn't switch to Tri-X for this shot. Sca (talk) 14:38, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Sca: If you'll look at the original, you'll see I've brought up the shadows a bit. You'll note her hair is at least somewhat distinct from the background here; that isn't true of the original. I'm not sure how much more I can do about the dark part of the photo. I think it's definitely an improvement, though. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:40, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I guess I could go a little further. Updating... Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:04, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Done, and Chris has been notified the nomination has changed. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:17, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support – This does look better – and it's a nice capture of a moment. Sca (talk) 18:12, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Her hair got mixed up with the black background. Rainbow Archer (talk) 16:59, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Rainbow Archer: I know. A good portion of my work on this was bringing it away from the background as much as possible without being misleading. I think I've done as much as I could in that line. If you didn't know, I always upload the originals. This is the pre-restoration image. I think you'll agree I've pulled out a lot of shadow detail. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:00, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Not perfect technically, but the excellent composition and strong EV of the moment the photo captures more than makes up for this. Nick-D (talk) 00:24, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support In my opinion, It's good enough.MITB --- MITB_talk 09:34, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Struck as user isn't eligible to !vote. (was registered only 2 days ago instead of the required 25) Armbrust The Homunculus 11:12, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Good EV, nice candid shot (and we don't get too many photographs from this era). Kaldari (talk) 03:30, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportJobas (talk) 10:14, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cynthia Woodhead 1980 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:34, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]