Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz

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Original – Hector Berlioz by Pierre Petit

Reason: Ever really want to do something, but some sneaky bastard cunning got in and did it first, the swine? Well, I call Jebulon out as that extremely talented swine. ;) Eyeing both versions, I think, somewhat unusually, the crop is the right choice for once. The awkward framing of the original version, like a 1950s television turned on its side, really doesn't work so well.
Articles in which this image appears: Hector Berlioz + 17
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Pierre Petit, restored by the talented Jebulon

~~Support as nominator~~ – Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:13, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 19:01, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Per Nom, this is quite a nice one. Mattximus (talk) 23:10, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The damage in his crotch area has a bit of a bluish/purple tinge which I doubt was in the original. Worth fixing? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:28, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's more of a sort of glaze formed on the darkest bits of the image. It's not that uncommon. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:20, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... odd, I can't recall seeing it before. Still worth knocking back the blues a bit? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:26, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Really? Mind you, I'm often fairly ruthless with removing it. It's often a distraction. Here, though, it's a very minor part of the image, and not particularly distracting. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:34, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... guess my eyes are playing tricks on me. I tried reducing the saturation of cyans, blues, and magentas in PS, but it had little to no effect on the section. Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:36, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Jobas (talk) 19:00, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Thanks for the nomination. Maybe this crop is more useful for an encyclopedical use, but I prefer in "Commons" the original version: the crop losses informations. I'm not a fan of the new color neither. Anyway, congratulations to Pierre Petit, who was really an excellent portraitist.--Jebulon (talk) 21:21, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jebulon: Now that you mention it, the colours ARE better in the original. Withdraw for a bit while I work on this. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:59, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Adam Cuerden: Wouldn't suspending this better than withdrawing? Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:15, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:11, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]