Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/David Ben-Gurion (D597-087).jpg

David Ben-Gurion

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Original – David Ben-Gurion

Alt – quick test

Reason: Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: David Ben-Gurion
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Fritz Cohen, edited by Andrei Kurbyko

Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 08:27, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Important person, high EV - but extremely grainy, can something be done? (Selectively, so as not to blur facial features...) --Janke | Talk 14:48, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Janke: I've never seen that end up turning out well. Best you can do is play with the curves a bit, in my experience. Also, Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.3% of all FPs} 15:22, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think some improvement can be done, did a quick test, see alt. Someone else can do it better, I think. --Janke | Talk 16:45, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - That just looks unnatural to me. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.3% of all FPs} 17:08, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      - I spent less than 5 minutes on it. Someone else can certainly do it better, as I said. The grain in the background is really popping out in the original. --Janke | Talk 17:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        Not a photo expert, from what I understand this grain is just a feature of the photo. It is present in the original scan from the library so i guess it was made in this way. There are only less official portraits available without this "effect". But blurring some parts while keeping the face looks artificial and, on my opinion, does not help much. --Andrei (talk) 07:53, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support original. I don't like the selective blur. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:22, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support original – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 08:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support either – For the face – and the hair tufts. – Sca (talk) 13:15, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support original – the alt. wasn't intended for voting, just a test. Can someone (who knows how) delete the file itself, thanks. --Janke | Talk 15:32, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'd keep it just in case! --2A00:F41:18E7:EBD5:C24B:F565:BE8C:5FDE (talk) 15:42, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:David Ben-Gurion (D597-087).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:04, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]