Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nelly Martyl

Nelly Martyl edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Sep 2020 at 15:06:25 (UTC)

Original – Nelly Martyl, opera singer and Red Cross nurse.

Reason: A fine Reutlinger photograph. Some minor damage to the right edge of her dress, otherwise able to be restored to a pretty pristine state. Restored on the article creator's request.
Articles in which this image appears: Nelly Martyl
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Jean Reutlinger, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.4% of all FPs} 15:06, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I like how you've managed to hold the detail in all that almost-white. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – What a great picture. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 11:52, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:30, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – As the article creator, I'm thrilled that the image on the biographical article will be of such good quality. Those Reutlinger arrays in Commons include some real treasures, but they're often damaged and need restoration. This is a great example of what's possible. – Penny Richards (talk) 15:32, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Although the photographer was a apparently of the "shoot at f1.2 so only one eye is in focus" school.©Geni (talk) 21:34, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is that transitional period between the long-exposure film of the mid to late 19th century that required people to use devices to hold themselves still, and the more spontaneous poses allowed by faster film. I've noticed a bit of a nosedive in quality around the 1910s when they realise they can shoot faster with a bit of loss of quality, and are using it to shoot the same sort of compositions people are used to from long exposures, before film quality catches back up and compositions grow more interesting. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.4% of all FPs} 23:45, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 14:43, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Nelly Martyl by Jean Reutlinger (Image 10715).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:41, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]