Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rory Kennedy

Rory Kennedy edit

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OriginalRory Kennedy, documentary filmmaker.
Reason
A bit stylised, and black-and-white as an artistic choice, but the choices work well. I've levels adjusted this a little bit since it did seem a bit too dark and shadowed, but it's otherwise untweaked
Articles in which this image appears
Rory Kennedy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Lyndie Benson
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk) 23:15, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Great pose. Damn shame the photographer focused on her neck rather than her face (facial features are unsharp, necklace is sharp). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:26, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Crisco 1492: Come to think of it, isn't that actually one of those things photographers do intentionally? Blur the face slightly to give smoother-looking skin? Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:49, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • Some. But there are much better alternatives than missing the focus. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:54, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I don't think any photographer does it by missing the focus (it makes the image look odd / out of focus). It is done by putting a filter in front of the lens, or using a special purpose lens, or these days in software. Bammesk (talk) 02:27, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Good EV. Striking resemblance to her father, esp. around the eyes. Agree re focus, but overall detail is acceptable. Sca (talk) 14:05, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Au contraire, I absolutely love politicians, all of them! – as long as they're not trying to slip official pics of themselves into the media as clandestine political advertising. Sca (talk) 14:21, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportJobas (talk) 10:16, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - per Sca Spongie555 (talk) 00:46, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – out of focus, not FP quality for a 2011 photograph. The camera-composition-lighting show this is a professional studio photo. The focus is on the far side of her head and farther back, not her face. I would be sympathetic if it was a historic photo or an action shot, but it is neither. Bammesk (talk) 02:23, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rory Kennedy 2011.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:16, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]